George Machan
Registration
Civil Engineer - OR, WA, MT, WY, UT, ID, AK, NY, AZ Geotechnical Engineer - OR Career 1996 - present Senior Associate Engineer Cornforth Consultants, Portland, OR 1995 - 1996 Region 1 Planning and Development Manager Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Portland, OR 1991 - 1995 Westside Corridor/LRT Project Manager ODOT, Portland, OR 1984 - 1991 Geotechnical Engineering Manager ODOT, Salem, OR 1975 - 1984 Senior Engineer Squier Associates, Lake Oswego, OR Education 1974/M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1973 B.S. Civil Engineering University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT Honors/Societies TRB Committees on Transportation Earthwork & Soil and Rock Instrumentation (AFS 10 and AFS 20), Transportation Research Board National Cooperative Highway Research Program (National Academy of Sciences) Chair, ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Group, Portland |
Senior Associate Engineer
Mr. Machan has 45 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and project development management. Designs have included slide repairs, drainage systems, cut slopes, embankments in mountainous terrain and over compressible floodplains, retaining walls, ground anchor stabilization, foundations, light-weight fills, rock slopes and rockfall protection methods.
He also provided overall project development management for highway improvements along Sunset Highway and Highway 217 in Portland, associated with the fast-tracked Westside Light Rail project. He provided leadership in public involvement and mediation efforts to community impacts and design issues. In addition, he represented ODOT in several legal proceedings and Land Use hearings. Several projects representative of Mr. Machan’s experience include:
Selection of technical presentations and lectures:
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Mike Meyer - Gerry Heslin - George Machan - Charlie Hammond - Brent Black - Darren Beckstrand - Chris Carpenter - Ben George
Wade Osborne - Tom Westover - Greg Landau - Aine Mines - Logan Allender - Andy Kost - Adam Koslofsky - Sebastian Dirringer
Rachel Hunt -Justin McCarley - Aleyna Link - Michael Bunn - Andy Vessely - Larry Pierson - John Sager
Wade Osborne - Tom Westover - Greg Landau - Aine Mines - Logan Allender - Andy Kost - Adam Koslofsky - Sebastian Dirringer
Rachel Hunt -Justin McCarley - Aleyna Link - Michael Bunn - Andy Vessely - Larry Pierson - John Sager