Cornforth Consultants :: Brent Black

Brent A. Black

Registration
Engineering Geologist - OR, WA

Hydrogeologist - WA

Geologist - OR, WA, UT, ID

Career
1993 - present
Senior Associate Geologist
Cornforth Consultants, Portland, OR

1992 - 1993
Project Geologist
Eckstein & Associates, Kent, OH

Education
1993 M.S. in Geology
Kent State, Kent, OH

1990 B.S. in Geology
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Honors/Societies
Research Coordinator, Subcommittee on Rockfall Management AFP10(1)
Chair, Advances in Landslides, Analysis, and Control Subcommittee AFP10(2)
Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Member, NCHRP Project 24-35 Guidelines for the Certification and Management of Flexible Rockfall Protection Systems

Past Chair, Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists, Oregon Section

Senior Associate Geologist

Mr. Black has over 25 years of experience as an Engineering Geologist in the Pacific Northwest. His areas of expertise include site investigation and instrumentation, rockfall evaluations, soil and rock borrow source investigations and quarry development, geologic hazards, and construction quality assurance. He has performed numerous projects in remote areas requiring considerable planning, coordination, and communications with a wide range of personnel, and he successfully fosters working relationships with contractors and owners.

Mr. Black fulfills leadership positions in research committees and lectures on specialized aspects of interest to a national audience. A select list of recent lectures follows the project list below.

Several projects representative of Mr. Black’s experience include:

Bull Run Water Supply Pipeline Geologic Reconnaissance, Sandy, Oregon.
Prospect 2 Penstock Rockfall, Prospect, Oregon
Power Canal Geohazard Investigation, FERC Dam Safety Inspection, Leaburg, Oregon
Dock Failure and Submarine Slide, Skagway, Alaska
Clackamas Creeks Hydroelectric Project Geologic Hazards Evaluation, Estacada, Oregon.
Swift Powerhouse Rockfall, Cougar, Washington
Washington Park Station, Westside Light Rail, Portland, Oregon
US Highway 2 Rockfall Mitigation, Libby, Montana
Pacific Highway Geotechnical Evaluation, Woodland, Washington
SR 504 Slide, Castle Rock, Washington
Forsythe Road Slide, Oregon City, Oregon
McGuire Dam - Left Abutment Landslide, Carlton, Oregon
PGE Penstock No. 2 Failure, Bull Run Hydroelectric Powerhouse, Sandy, Oregon
I-15 Rockfall Mitigation, Wolf Creek, Montana
Skyline Drive Slide, West Linn, Oregon
3rd Avenue Extension, Ketchikan, Alaska
US 191 Highway Improvements, Moab Utah
Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Road Improvements, North Bend, Washington
Washougal River Road Rockfall Hazard Assessment, Washougal, Washington
Oak Grove Powerhouse Rock Slope, Clackamas County, Oregon
Cecil Roadway Slide, Klamath National Forest, Cecil, California
Going-to-the-Sun-Road, Columbia Falls, Montana
ERFO - M & M Mainline Slide and Road Realignment BLM Forest, Quartzville, Oregon
Banks-Lowman Highway Rockslide, Banks, Idaho
Washington SR 12 Rockfall Mitigation Project, White Pass, Washington
Beartooth Highway Landslides, Red Lodge, Montana

Selection of technical presentations and lectures

Rock Slope Scaling Specifics, Case History of Select Montana Department of Transportation Scaling Projects, and Scaling Plans and Specifications, Transportation Research Board Workshop 170, Washington DC
The Impact of Rockfall on Dam Facilities, Oregon Dam Safety Conference
Field Trip Co-Lead - D3, I-15 Rockfall Mitigation, Helena, Montana Northwest Geotech Workshop
I-15 Rockfall Mitigation Case History, Montana Preconstruction Conference