Cornforth Consultants :: David LaPorte

David LaPorte

Registration
Geologist-In-Training (GIT) – Oregon

Engineering Intern (EI) – South Dakota

Professional Career
2018 – Present Engineer
Cornforth Consultants

Education
2018 M.S. Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

2015 B.S. Geological Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

Honors/Societies
2017 Fulbright US Student Grant for research in Guatemala

2016 Stout Scholarship from the Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists

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

Member, Oregon Section of Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists

Engineer

Mr. LaPorte has 2 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer and engineering geologist. He has worked on the investigation and design of geotechnical projects focusing on foundations, dams, and geologic hazards. His experience includes foundation settlement assessments, dam investigations, geotechnical field reconnaissance, and geologic mapping. Landslide stability is an area of expertise, including investigating marginally stable slopes, installing and reading monitoring instrumentation, and developing stability analysis models. He is a member of the CCI rope access team with experience conducting on-slope work related to reconnaissance and investigation for a scour analysis project.

Mr. LaPorte has served as an engineer or engineering geologist on the following representative projects:

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Retail Fuel Facilities, Tacoma, Washington
US97 at Wickiup Junction Geotechnical Services, La Pine, Oregon
Irving Avenue Bridge Slide, Astoria, Oregon
Olympic Hot Springs Road Rehabilitation, Port Angeles, Washington
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aircraft Parts Storage Building, Tacoma, Washington
Clear Branch Dam 2018 Investigations, Parkdale, Oregon
North Fork Dam Scour Analysis, Estacada, Oregon
Historic Columbia River Highway Trail, Hood River, Oregon
Bond Street Retaining Wall, Astoria, Oregon
Allen Brothers Road Slide Monitoring, Castle Rock, Washington
Columbia Anderson Quarry, Yakima, Washington
Wanapum Dam Supporting Technical Information Document Update, Beverly, Washington