Cornforth Consultants :: Benjamin George

Ben George

Registration
Civil Engineer - OR, WA, MT, ID, AK

Engineering Geologist - OR

Geologist - OR, WY

Career
2010 - present
Senior Associate Engineer
Cornforth Consultants, Portland, OR

2008 – 2010
Project Engineer
URS Corporation, Denver, CO

2004 - 2007
Staff Engineer
Cornforth Consultants, Portland, OR

Education
2004/M.S. in Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

2002/B.S. in Geology and Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

Honors/Societies
2002 Brunton Award in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines

Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT), Level II Rope Access Technician

Board Member and Treasurer, Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, Oregon Chapter

Senior Associate Engineer

Mr. George has over 15 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer and engineering geologist. Rock slope stabilization and cut design is an area of expertise, including investigating, designing and observing installation of rockfall and rock slide mitigation measures. He is a senior lead for LT's rope access team with extensive experience conducting and managing on-slope work efforts for both design and construction. His experience also includes geotechnical field reconnaissance, geologic mapping, evaluation and mitigation of landslides, as well as design and installation of geotechnical instrumentation. He has worked on numerous transportation projects, earth and rockfill dams, and has assisted regional utility companies with protection and maintenance of geotechnical-related assets.

Representative projects include the following:

Southcoast Region-wide Non-NHS Slope Stabilization, Ketchikan, Alaska
US Highway 26 Improvements, Mt. Hood, Government Camp, Oregon
D3 I-15 Rockfall Mitigation, Helena, Montana
Banks-Lowman Highway Rockfall Mitigation, Banks, Idaho
Ross Powerhouse Rock Slide Emergency, Diablo, Washington
Captain William Henry Moore Bridge Replacement, Skagway, Alaska
I-84 Rockfall Mitigation, Hood River, Oregon
Bagdad Seepage and Mass Movement Observations, Bagdad, Arizona
Kennecott Mine Runout Analysis, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ketchum-Challis Highway Rockfall Mitigation, Ketchum, Idaho
Highway 2 Rockfall Mitigation, Libby, Montana
SR 12 Rockfall Mitigation, White Pass, Washington
John C. Boyle Dam Rockfall Mitigation, Keno, Oregon
Pioneer Mountain Eddyville Landslide Investigation and Instrumentation, Eddyville, Oregon
SR 107, MP 4.7 Landslide Mitigation, Montesano, Washington
Naselle Quarry Reclamation, Naselle, Washington
Yale Powerhouse Rock Block Removal, Yale, Washington
Prospect 3 Flowline Rock Slope Evaluation and Stabilization, Prospect, Oregon
Pelton Dam Spillway Tailrace Rock Slope Investigation and Stabilization, Madras, Oregon
Moorehaven Landslide Mitigation, La Center, Washington
Jim Bridger FGD Pond No. 2 Slope Stability Evaluation, Point of Rocks, Wyoming
Highway 26/287 Landslides, Moran Junction to Dubois, Wyoming

Selection of technical presentations and lectures

Polyurethane Foam in Rock Bolting, Transportation Research Board Subcommittee AFP10(1) on Rockfall Management, Washington DC and 42nd NW Geotechnical Workshop, Sheridan, Wyoming
D3 Rockfall Mitigation Project, Interstate 15, Helena to Great Falls, Montana, 67th Highway Geology Symposium (HGS), Colorado Springs, Colorado
US 26, Mt. Hood Highway Safety Improvement Project, co-presenter and Best Presentation winner, 40th NW Geotechnical Workshop, Gleneden Beach, Oregon
Ross Powerhouse Rock Slide Final Construction Results, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists (AEG) Chapter Meeting, Portland, Oregon
Collaborative Design of Context Sensitive Rockfall Solutions, co-presenter, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists (AEG) Annual Meeting, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii and SW Washington Public Agency Liaison Committee of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
Idaho State Highway 14, Milepost 39 Slide, co-presenter, 41st NW Geotechnical Workshop, Helena, Montana

Ben George​

Ben George