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Darren L. Beckstrand
Associate Geologist
Mr. Beckstrand has 9 years of experience as an engineering geologist. He has worked on the investigation of earth, rockfill and concrete dams and numerous transportation projects. Geotechnical instrumentation is an area of expertise, with experience in designing, installing, collecting and analyzing data from slope inclinometers, vibrating wire piezometers and crackmeters, and extensometers. He also has extensive experience in the evaluation, investigation, mitigation of landslide and rockfall hazards.
He has served as a geologist on the following representative projects
- Statewide Rockfall Hazard Rating System (RHRS), Montana
- St. Johns Dike Stabilization, Portland, Oregon
- SR 191 Highway Improvements, Moab, Utah
- Frog Lake Butterfly Valve House Instrumentation, Three Lynx, Oregon
- Iron Gate Access Road Rockfall, Hornbrook, California
- Bonneville Dam Powerhouse No. 2 Corner Collector Explorations, Juvenile Fish Bypass, Bonneville, Washington
- Ashton Dam Seepage Investigation and Instrumentation, Ashton, Idaho
- Badrock Canyon Rock Joint Instrumentation, Columbia Falls, Montana
- John Day Lock Explorations and Instrumentation, Rufus, Oregon
- South Tongass Highway Construction Assistance, Ketchikan, Alaska
- Naselle Quarry Investigation, Naselle, Washington
- Bull Run Corridor Landslide Instrumentation, Sandy, Oregon
- Sain Creek Tunnel, Cherry Grove, Oregon
- Alba Gas Facility Landslide Dewatering, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa
- Bigelow Canyon Wind Turbine Geotechnical Investigation, Rufus, Oregon
- Cowlitz River Levees, Cowlitz County, Washington
- Interstate 84 Interchange Geotechnical Investigation, Cascade Locks, Oregon
- Third Avenue Extension, Ketchikan, Alaska
- Newberg Dundee Transportation Improvement Project DEIS, Newberg, Oregon
- Highway 2 Rockfall Mitigation, Libby, Montana
- John C. Boyle Dam Rockfall Mitigation, Keno, Oregon
- Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana
- Beartooth Pass Debris Flow Barrier Systems, Red Lodge, Montana
- US 26 Rock Slope Evaluations, Irwin, Idaho
- RHRS Database Design and Instruction, Virginia Department of Transportation
- Looking Glass Road Instrumentation, East Glacier, Montana
- Pioneer Mountain Eddyville Landslide Investigation and Instrumentation, Eddyville, Oregon
- Navy CVN Drydock Dewatering Wells, Bremerton, Washington
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