Gerry Heslin

Registration:
Civil Engineer: OR, WA, MT

Geotechnical Engineer: OR

​FERC-recognized Independent Consultant for Part 12 Dam Safety Inspections

Professional Career:
2001-Present, President and Principal Engineer,
Cornforth Consultants, Inc.

1997-2001, Senior Engineer,
Shannon & Wilson, Inc.

Education:
1996, M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 

1995, B.S. in Civil Engineering,
University of Portland, Portland, Oregon

Honors/Societies:
Past Chair, Portland Geotechnical Engineer's Group, American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE)

President and Principal Engineer

Mr. Heslin has 27 years of geotechnical engineering experience in the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Alaska. His particular strengths include evaluating constructability of geotechnical projects and designing landslide stabilization measures, foundations, and shoring systems.

Representative projects include the following:​

• County Line Landslide, Togwotee Pass, Wyoming
• BZ-Glenwood Highway Landslide, BZ Corner, Washington
• Dickey Prairie Road Landslide, Mulino, Oregon
• Buckner Creek Road Landslide, Mulino, Oregon
• JC Boyle Flume Failure, Keno, Oregon
• Greens Creek Mine Access Road Landslide, Admiralty Island, Alaska
• Soda Springs Dam Fish Passage Structures, Toketee Falls, Oregon
• Looking Glass Hill Road Landslides, East Glacier, Montana
• Libby Rockfall Mitigation, Libby, Montana
• Depoe Bay Boat Basin, Depoe Bay, Oregon
• Third Avenue Extension, Ketchikan, Alaska
• Snowbasin Access Road Landslide, Weber County, Utah
• BLM/ERFO Trout Creek Landslide, Quartzville, Oregon
• BNSF Railroad Embankment Failure MP 128, Ulm, Montana
• North Slope Mt. Solo Landslide, Longview, Oregon
• 5th Avenue N/N Lynn Street Debris Flow, Seattle, Washington
• Beartooth Highway Debris Flows, Red Lodge, Montana
• Heiple Road Landslides, Estacada, Oregon
• Lusted Road Landslide, Sandy, Oregon
• Going to the Sun Road MP 33 Debris Flows, St. Mary, Montana
• Cochran and Pottratz Road Landslides, Washington County, Oregon
• Rock Creek Fish Hatchery Landslide, Idleyld Park, Oregon

Selection of technical presentations and lectures:

• Bear Creek Dam Seismic Stability, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Sacramento, California
• Seismic Stability of Astoria’s Water Supply, Northwest Hydropower Operators Forum, Eugene, Oregon 
• Performance of Aging Post-Tensioned Anchors In Dams, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

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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