dennis lambert diversions

Dennis G. Lambert, P.E., MASCE

POSITION: Chief Market Manager, COWI Marine North America SPECIALIZATION: Coastal, Marine and Environmental Engineering YEARS EXPERIENCE: 27 EDUCATION:

2000 M.S., Environmental Engineering: Numerical Modeling, Tulane University

1996 B.S., Civil Engineering: Structural Emphasis, Tulane University 1996 B.S., Environmental Engineering: Numerical Modeling, Tulane

University REGISTRATIONS:

Registered Civil Engineer, 2000, LA PE.0029326 Registered Environmental Engineer, 2000, LA PE.0029326

MEMBER:

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1988) Member of the ASCE Coasts, Oceans Ports, & Rivers Institute (2001) ASCE T&DI Louisiana Chapter Executive Committee (2008) ASCE COPRI Louisiana Chapter Executive Committee (2012) ASCE COPRI Waterways Committee (2014) ASCE COPRI Ports & Harbors Committee (2014) ASCE COPRI P3 for Waterways Chair (2014) Louisiana Civil Engineering Conference & Show Committee Member Tulane School of Science & Engineering Council Louisiana Engineering Society Construction Specifications Institute Prestressed Concrete Institute Society of Tulane Engineers / Tulane Engineering Forum Planning Committee American Consulting Engineering Council's Environmental Committee NCEES Environmental Engineering PE Exam Committee Member Louisiana Coastal Sand Management Working Group

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Mr. Lambert's work has focused on coastal, marine & environmental engineering

including the interface between navigation and ecosystem restoration, navigation and

flood protection, marine design, basin‐wide modeling and barrier island restoration.

His marine experience includes marine terminals, marinas, boat launches and

bulkheads, docks and wharfs, dredging, barge loading and unloading, barge traffic

analysis and vessel collision.


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DIVERSIONS, ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, FLOOD

PROTECTION & HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

Lower Mississippi River Diversion, Mid Barataria

Sediment Diversion, BA‐153, Plaquemines Parish, LA,

2014 ‐ Date. Independent Technical Review Team

Member responsible for reviewing and optimizing

design for this keystone ecosystem restoration project

including hydraulic modeling and ship simulation

modeling.

Lower Mississippi River Diversion, Mid Breton, Lower

Barataria and Lower Breton Sediment Diversion, BA‐

153, Plaquemines Parish, LA, 2014 ‐ Date. Independent

Technical Review Team Member responsible for

reviewing and optimizing design for this keystone

ecosystem restoration project including hydraulic

modeling and ship simulation modeling.

Lower Mississippi River Diversion, Delta Building at

Myrtle Grove, BA‐33, LaFourche, Jefferson and

Plaquemines Parishes, LA, 2005. Project Team Member

and coordinated NEPA EIS scoping for this large civil

works ecosystem restoration project and basin wide

modeling under LCA including navigation impacts.

Lower Mississippi River Diversion, Small Freshwater

Diversion to the Northwestern Barataria Basin (BA‐34,

PPL10) Project Area and Vicinity, St. James and

Lafourche Parishes, LA, 2005. Project Team Member

and coordinated initial surveying and data collection

efforts to restore and maintain selected cypress‐tupelo

swamp tracts in the upper Barataria Basin.

Barataria Bay, Basin Hydrodynamic Model Review &

Development of New Model, LaFourche, Jefferson, &

Plaquemines Parishes, LA, 2003‐2005. Project Team

Member and coordinated with the USACE on exchange

of Bathymetric Data included meetings with the

Hydraulic Branch of the New Orleans District and

collaboration between the Donaldsonville to the Gulf

and Morganza to the Gulf levee projects and LCA.

Design and Construction of Improvements to the

Bonnabel Canal, Jefferson Parish, LA, 2008‐2012.

Project Team Member and provided engineering

support services on the project, which includes the

construction of concrete box culverts/concrete flume,

design of two off‐system bridge replacements, road‐way

replacement, and miscellaneous public utilities (water

and sewer) from the south end of Veterans Blvd. to

West Esplanade Ave. Additional project elements

include surveying, geotechnical, electrical (street

lighting), preparation of right‐of‐way plans (as required),

and traffic engineering related services. The box culvert

is within tight drainage servitude across various private

utility and State R/Ws. The conveyances are approx. 1

mile.

Flood Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation Plan for

the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (S&WB),

New Orleans, LA, 2008‐2012. Project Manager –

provided a Hazard Mitigation Plan to include

vulnerability assessments, risk analysis and

identifications of hazards to critical facilities, identifying

repetitive losses and how to reduce those losses and

decrease the response time to a natural or man‐made

hazards. The purpose of the plan was also to integrate

risk and hazard mitigation strategies into the day‐to‐day

activities. The plan was prepared to meet the Disaster

Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) requirements in

order to maintain the S&WB’s eligibility for the Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Pre‐Disaster

Mitigation (PDM) and Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs

(HMGP). The review included the Emergency Operation

Plan, the Operation and Maintenance Plan, the Orleans

Parish Hazard Mitigation Plan, the Louisiana Hazard

Mitigation Plan, Storm proofing Pumping Stations to

improve resiliency of pump stations during and after

hazard occurrences, reduce the impact of flood and

flood related hazards on critical pumping infrastructure,

retrofit pump stations to protect components from

damage, Enhance/Expand Power Generation including

expanded power generation capability ensuring

continuous operating capability of pump and drainage

facilities, as well as water and sewer operations, reduce

the risk of hazard caused power outages that interrupt

critical operations and protect critical network

components to implement specific protective measures

to fortify critical facilities, reduce the risk of flood

related hazards and ensure continued operation. The


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plan ultimately assisted the S&WB in securing $141M in

hazard mitigation grant funds for the Retrofit Power

Plant Hazard Mitigation Grant Project.

Canal Bank Rehabilitation (Hurricane Gustav) District 5,

Jefferson Parish, LA, 2010. Project Manager, provided

design engineering services to prepare plans and

specifications, including topographic survey,

geotechnical and resident inspection for repairs and

restoration of certain canal banks and waterways from

damage caused by Hurricane Gustav. The restoration of

these banks is being funded by the USDA‐NCRSEWP,

whereby Damage Survey Reports (DSRs) were generated

identifying said banks. The DSRs included in this scope

are DSR Nos. 051‐08‐042G, 051‐08‐008G and 051‐08‐

001G.

Lake Cataouatche Levee Basin, Jefferson Parish, LA,

2005‐2007. Project Manager, responsible for

Watershed/Master 404 Services for 9,500+ acres, which

includes hydraulic and hydrodynamic modeling, storm

surge modeling and wetland delineations. Master 404

Services for 9500+ acres which includes hydraulic &

hydrodynamic modeling, storm surge modeling, wetland

delineations, soil identification, plant identification, base

flood elevations, topographical interpolation/LIDAR,

borrow pit coordination with USACE, geotechnical data

analysis, coordination with USACE HTRW studies and

coordination with cultural resource studies.

Terrebonne Bay, Whiskey Island West Flank

Restoration; Terrebonne Parish, LA, 2004‐2005. Project

Manager, providing coastal engineering support for a

study to restore the west flank of Whiskey Island (one of

five barrier islands comprising Louisiana’s Isles Dernieres

barrier island chain). The chain of barrier islands is

experiencing continued land loss and fragmentation as a

result of both natural processes and human activity.

Coastal engineering, modeling, and design framework

based on the adaptive management approach as

recommended is the recently released LCA Report was

developed. This framework incorporated lessons learned

from the design, construction and monitoring of

previous coastal restoration projects in Louisiana,

including coastal modeling efforts, restoration template

designs, and construction methodologies. A suite of

analytical and numerical modeling tools (using the DELFT

morphological model) to investigate a number of

important coastal processes, including: morphological

evolution, overwash, dune “rollover” and island

breaching during extreme events, sea level rise,

sediment losses to adjacent channels and shoals, and

cross‐shore profile equilibration was adapted.

FEMA/USACE Riverine Flood Insurance Studies,

Orleans, Jefferson, Rapides, Calcasieu, Ascension and

St. Tammany Parishes, LA, 2003‐2005. Project Team

Member and coordinated with FEMA Region VI for

FEMA’s Map Modernization Program. Storm surge

modeling includes Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne,

Barataria Bay and Calcasieu Lake and compiled SELA

hydraulic models for Orleans & Jefferson Parishes

including SWMM, HEC models and previously UNET

models.

Ormond Lakes Hydraulic Analysis, St. Charles Parish

Project No. P030305; St. Charles Parish, LA, 2004.

Project Manager, performed hydraulic analysis of the

Lake Drainage System and Pumping Station included an

evaluation of the hydrological and hydraulic features of

the Lake Drainage System. Accompanying the evaluation

is a recommendation for improvements which included

dredging as alternative and those elements of the

system that will have the greatest positive effect on the

system, while minimizing capital outlay.

Barataria/Plaquemines Barrier Shoreline Restoration,

Peer Review for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Lafourche, Jefferson and

Plaquemines Parish, LA, 2003. Project Team Member

and coordinated performance assessment of two

modeling projects which included Project Area #1:

Chaland Headland – Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass and

Project Area #2: Pelican Island – Pass Fontanelle to

Scofield Pass.

Lower Mississippi River Siphon, LDNR 2503‐01‐03,

Plaquemines Parish, LA, 2001‐2003. Project Team

Member and coordinated engineering evaluation for the

Naomi Siphon (BA‐03) and West Point A La Hache

Siphon (BA‐04) in Plaquemines Parish.


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MARINE, WATERWAYS, PORTS & HARBORS

Lower Mississippi River, Port of New Orleans, Fender

Piling Feasibility Study, Poland‐Pauline Wharfs, New

Orleans, LA, 2014. Project Manager, prepared a

feasibility report for fender piling and the Poland‐

Pauline Wharfs. The facility consists of five berths within

the Poland Street Wharf and one berth referred to as

Pauline Street which were all built at different times

(1923‐1940). Berths 1, 2, and 3 are the permanent lay

berth for the Cape Kennedy and Cape Knox RRF vessels.

These vessels are moored IA W Navy Heavy Weather

Mooring Service Type III requirements and do not sortie

from the berth during severe weather. The Port of New

Orleans is currently designing a third cruise terminal at

the Poland‐Pauline Wharfs for the AIDA Cruise Line to

berth the ship VITA for several port of call cruises to be

berthed at Poland Avenue Berths 4 and 5. The VITA

carries 1,266 passengers, is 42,289 GT, is 665 ft. long,

and needs at least 21 ft. of draft. In its present condition,

due to barge traffic and tug boats in the area, about 58

out of 133 fender piles are missing in this 800 linear feet

berth. The VITA berth has many fender piles are missing,

leaving the wharf substructure vulnerable to damage by

vessel collisions. Pilings are to be embedded in the

riverbed varying between El. ‐35 ft. and El ‐65 ft.

Evaluation of inspection reports were performed in

accordance with "American Society of Civil Engineers

(ASCE) Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No.

101, Underwater Investigations and Standard Practice

Manual" and Department of Defense Handbook

MOORING DESIGN MIL‐HDBK‐1026/4.

Lower Mississippi River & Inland Waterway Navigation

Study, New Orleans, LA, 2013. Project Team Member

and coordinated with shallow draft vessel fleet through

Greater New Orleans area and assisted in design

guidance for application to mooring facilities and

anchorages intended to secure vessels during hurricane

events along the Lower Mississippi River, IHNC and

Harvey/Algiers Canals. Coordination included the

Greater New Orleans Barge Fleet Association, American

Waterways Operators, Gulf Intercoastal Waterway

Association, US Coast Guard, Port of New Orleans, Canal

Barge, Ingram Barge, Kirby Inland Marine, Turn Services

/ Associated Terminals and various marine terminals and

barge fleeting operators utilizing dead man moored

vessels. Mooring criteria evaluated included TN N‐1628

(1982) Wind‐Induced Steady Loads on Ships; DM 26.4

(1986) Fixed Moorings; DM 26.5 (1985) Fleet Moorings;

TR‐6003‐OCN (1997) Wind and Current Forces/Moments

on Multi‐ple Ships; UFC 4‐159‐03 (2005) Design:

Moorings; OCIMF (1992, 1997, 2008). Mooring

Equipment Guidelines; BS 6349‐1 (1989) Part 1: Code of

practice for general criteria; BS 6349‐6 (1989) Part 6:

Design of inshore moorings and floating structures;

DNV‐RP‐C205 (2010) Environmental Conditions and

Environ‐mental Loads; PrEN 1991‐1‐4. Eurocode 1:

Actions on structures – Wind actions; PIANC (1995)

Criteria for Movements of Moored Ships in Harbours;

API RP 2SK (2005) Stationkeeping Systems for Floating

Structures.

Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans Municipal Yacht

Harbor, FEMA PW(s) 11698, 11803, 11841, 11160, 7208,

7393 & 7396 Orleans Parish, LA, 2009‐2010. Project

Manager, including sediment sampling, bathymetry,

tidal data, topographical surveys, applications for

Section 404, Section 10 and Coastal Use Permits, dredge

design including all cross‐sections, structural pier

assessments in accordance with PIANC, UFC, USACE and

ASCE (Report 50) standards. The undertaking included

development of three Preliminary Design Alternatives,

Hydrodynamic and Storm Surge Modeling and Coastal

Engineering, producing Final Deliverable, Plans &

Specifications, providing Inland Testing Manuel Tier II

Sampling & Analysis and Recap in accordance with the

USEPA, LDEQ and USACE guidelines, providing all

permitting services for LDNR, LDEQ and USACE,

providing oversight of the geotechnical, hazard,

bathymetric and land‐side surveying services. Also

performed a Phase II ESA on the New Orleans Municipal

Yacht Harbor (MYH) sediments where the sediment was

tested and compared to risk assessment (RECAP)

standards. A total of 18 boreholes were advanced.

Samples were collected at established intervals. Field

boring logs and office generated boring logs for the

same boreholes were checked where a QA/QC was

performed between the two field geologist logs.


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Lower Mississippi River Sand Mining / Scofield Island

Restoration (BA‐40), Scoping Phase, Plaquemines

Parish, LA, 2006. Project Team Member and coordinated

the scoping of the design & permitting of this proposed

sand mining operation located in Plaquemines Parish.

The volume of the sand to be mined is estimated

between 3Mcy and 4Mcy. The Limits of Permissible

Excavation in the river will be compliant with MVN

Standard Drawing File No. H‐8‐45755. Further, all access

to the batture near the borrow site will be proposed by

levee ramps complaint with MVN Standard Drawing File

No. H‐18‐24854. All anchorages and barge fleeting areas

along with riverbank revetments were identified.

Lower Mississippi River, Marine Terminal and Dock,

Vopak Terminal, Westwego, LA, 2006. Project Manager,

dredge design for marine terminal and dock. The Limits

of Permissible Excavation in the river were compliant

with MVN Standard Drawing File No. H‐8‐45755.

Further, all access to the marine terminal and dock via

levee ramps were designed complaint with MVN

Standard Drawing File No. H‐18‐24854. All anchorages

and barge fleeting areas along with riverbank

revetments were identified.

Empire Water Way Boat Hoist, Pier and Bulkhead with

Incidental Dredging, EN‐20‐010‐2415 & P20001891;

Plaquemines Parish, LA, 2005. Project Manager,

responsible for the design & permitting of a proposed

pier and bulk‐head on the Empire Waterway that

included dredging. Task(s) included super‐imposing the

right‐of‐way maps of the Empire Waterway onto the site

survey and cross‐sections. Design included 8” steel pipe

and decking.

Lower Mississippi River Sand Mining Design &

Permitting – Westwego Facility (EI‐20‐020‐0695),

Jefferson Parish, LA, 2001 & 2006. Project Manager,

responsible for the design & permitting of these sand

mining operation located in Westwego. The capacity of

the stockpile is 200,000 cubic yards at West‐wego and

pumped twice a year. The capacity of the borrow area is

1,500,000 cubic yards at Westwego. The Limits of

Permissible Stockpile on the riverbank were compliant

with MVN Standard Drawing File No. H‐8‐45756. The

Limits of Permissible Excavation in the river were

compliant with MVN Standard Drawing File No. H‐8‐

45755. Further, all access to the batture by levee ramps

were designed complaint with MVN Standard Drawing

File No. H‐18‐24854. All anchorages and barge fleeting

areas along with riverbank revetments were identified.

Lower Mississippi River Sand Mining Design &

Permitting – Lower Coast Algiers (EI‐20‐020‐0693),

Algiers, LA, 2001 & 2006. Project Manager, responsible

for the design & permitting of these sand mining

operation located in Lower Coast Algiers. The capacity of

the stockpile at Lower Coast Algiers area was calculated

to be 195,000 cubic yards and the pit is pumped twice a

year. The capacity of the borrow area for Lower Coast

Algiers was calculated to be 3,300,000 cubic yards. The

Limits of Permissible Stockpile on the riverbank were

compliant with MVN Standard Drawing File No. H‐8‐

45756. The Limits of Permissible Excavation in the river

were compliant with MVN Standard Drawing File No. H‐

8‐45755. Further, all access to the batture by levee

ramps were designed complaint with MVN Standard

Drawing File No. H‐18‐24854. All anchorages and barge

fleeting areas along with riverbank revetments were

identified.

Inland Bay Oil Platform / Marine Terminal SPCC/NPDES

Evaluation, June Energy, Inc./TORCH, Grand Coquille

Bay and Empire, LA, 1998. Project Manager, regulatory

Evaluation of offshore platform including dock and

closure of 29‐B Production Operations.

Marine Terminal Evaluation with Hazardous Waste

Above‐ground Storage Tanks, Solid Waste

Management Units and Wastewater Treatment Unit,

Exxon Chemical (USA), Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, 1992.

Project Team Member and coordinated regulatory

Evaluation of Hazardous Waste Above‐ground Storage

Tanks, Solid Waste Management Units and Wastewater

Treatment Unit

Marine Oil Terminal Assessment with Bulk Liquid

Storage, BP Oil, Port Sulphur, LA, 1991. Project Team

Member and coordinated regulatory Evaluation of

Hazardous and Solid Waste Management and Marine

Terminal Operations.


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Marine Terminal Evaluation with Bulk Liquid Storage

and Magnesium Ox‐ide Solids Centrifuge Rejects,

WITCO Corporation, Gretna, LA, 1991. Project Team

Member and coordinated regulatory Evaluation of

Magnesium Oxide Solids Centrifuge Rejects and Marine

Terminal Operations.

Marine Terminal Evaluation of Barge, Rail and Truck

Loading/Unloading Operations, Westlake Styrene,

Sulphur, LA, 1990. Project Team Member and

coordinated regulatory Evaluation of Barge, Rail and

Truck Loading Operations.

Marine Terminal Evaluation for NEPA EIS of Formosa

Plastics $1.5B Plant Expansion including Waterway

Impacts, Pointe Comfort, TX, 1990. Project Team

Member and coordinated evaluation of Sodium

Hydroxide Accidental Release (by rail, truck and

barge/ship) as part of a NEPA EIS in conjunction with a

NPDES permit(s) application and included barge

operations along the GIWW and berthing facility.

Marine Oil Terminal with Bulk Liquid Storage and

Remedial RCRA Investigation/Feasibility Study, Delta

Commodities, Inc., Harvey, LA, 1988. Project Team

Member and coordinated soil sampling and monitoring

well installation in tank farm serviced by marine

terminal loading/off‐loading.

Marine Oil Terminal with Bulk Liquid Rail and Tank

Farm, Southern Pacific Railroad, Avondale, LA, 1988.

Project Manager at Leaking Oilfield Tank Battery near

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.

VESSEL COLLISION AND WATERWAY CROSSING OF

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

Bayou St. John (Park Island) Bridge, Orleans Parish, LA,

2010‐2012. Project Manager, providing construction &

inspection services for the bridge crossing over Bayou St.

John, a designated Louisiana Historic and Scenic River

(Act 267, Enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana July 18,

1982)

Florida Avenue Bridge – Poland Avenue/Alvar Streetto

Tupelo Street, Orleans Parish, LA, 2005‐2007. Project

Manager, peer review of preliminary & final plans and

specifications for the Florida Ave Bridge over the Inner

Harbor Navigational Canal. Tasks include constructability

review and research, use of Accelerated Construction

Technology Transfer (ACTT) techniques, and

investigation/preparation to reduce impact on traffic

disruptions on rehabilitation segments along with

identifying all utilities such as a 48" water main. Vessel

collisions guidelines considered under AASHTO Guide

Specifications and Commentary for Vessel Collision

Design of Highway Bridges, 2nd Edition, with 2010

Interim Revisions.

Bayou Dularge Bridge Pier Protection System (includes

Bridge Hydraulic Analysis, Marine Structural

Assessment/Vessel Collision) Terrebonne Parish, LA,

2000‐2001. Project Team Member and coordinated

preparation of a Claim for Equitable Adjustment on

behalf of the contractor. The basis of the claim was due

to a gross benchmark error in hydraulic data discovered

during construction oversight. The DOTD reported the

benchmark as the vertical control point at elevation +9.0

NAVD 88. Subsequent surveys by CMC and LDOTD

proved the correct elevation to be at +7.3 NAVD 88, an

error of 1.7 feet. Claim included: Significant error in the

vertical control point elevation affecting Item No.

805(07), Class S Concrete, Item No. 805(02), Class A(m)

Concrete, Item No. 806(01) Deformed Reinforced Steel

and Item No. 804(04)J, Pipe Piles; Failure to convert the

datum properly affecting Item No. 805(07), Class S

Concrete, Item No. 805(02), Class A(m) Concrete, Item

No. 806(01) Deformed Reinforced Steel and Item No.

804(04)J, Pipe Piles; Lack of historical data for high tide

and low tide between circa 1975 and 1998 affecting

Item No. 805(07), Class S Concrete, Item No. 805(02),

Class A(m) Concrete, Item No. 806(01) Deformed

Reinforced Steel and Item No. 804(04)J, Pipe Piles; In‐

correct number of units on Item No. 202(02)I, Removal

of Existing Timber Fender System; Unforeseen

conditions, such as obstructions and welded structural

elements, to Item No. 202(02)J, Removal of Existing

Dolphins. Vessel collision guidelines considered under

1991 AASHTO Guide Specifications and Commentary for

Vessel.


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Bridge Load Rating LFM Update contract for District 02

& 07, LA, 1999. Project Team Member and coordinated

categorizing 93 existing steel and pre‐stressed concreted

bridge structures by District, Structure No., Route, Recall

No., Type, Year and Design Load. Each drawing was

obtained through DOTD General Files and all roll

numbers were marked. All data was placed in a

spreadsheet to prioritize prior to running the Bridge

Loading software. Vessel collision guidelines considered

under 1991 AASHTO Guide Specifications and

Commentary for Vessel.

Bayou Segnette ‐ Lapalco Blvd. Bridge (US90 to

Westwood Dr.), Jefferson Parish, LA, 1998‐1999. Project

Manager, provided impact modeling and Section 4(f)

Evaluation including new Bridge over navigable

waterway, Bayou Segnette for Section 10 permitting

through the Bayou Segnette State Park of a two‐lane

widening and navigable canal crossing using 1991

AASHTO Guide Specifications and Commentary for

Vessel.

NEPA AND DESIGN OF TRANSPORTATION &

TRANSIT SYSTEMS

DOTD S.P. 700‐26‐0289, NEPA Environmental

Assessment, Veterans Memorial Boulevard Widening,

Jefferson Parish, LA, 2009‐2011. Provided NEPA EA for

this road improvement under the Urban Systems

Program for the DOTD and the Regional Planning

Commission. Includes a Phase I ESA, Wet‐land

Delineation, Noise Study and familiarity with 24 CFR Part

58, and other federal laws and authorities, including the

National Historic Preservation Act, Executive Order

11988 (Floodplain Management), Executive Order 11990

(Wetland Protection), Clean Air Act, 24 CFR Part 51,

Executive Order 12898 (Environmental Justice), Coastal

Zone Management Act of 1972, Coastal Barrier

Resources Act of 1982, Endangered Species Act of 1973,

and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968.


Assessment, Earhart Expressway/Causeway

Interchange, Route LA 3139, Jefferson Parish, LA, 2005‐

2007. Preparation of NEPA documentation to support

LADOTD’s Feasibility Study for interchange to connect

the two highways included noise & air quality modeling.


Assessment, Harvey Boulevard (Wall Boulevard to

Peters Road), Jefferson Parish, LA, 2003‐2006. Provided

NEPA EA for this road improvement under the Urban

Systems Pro‐gram for the DOTD and the Regional

Planning Commission. Includes a Phase I ESA, Wetland

Delineation, Noise Study and familiarity with 24 CFR Part

58, and other federal laws and authorities, including the

National Historic Preservation Act, Executive Order

11988 (Floodplain Management), Executive Order 11990

(Wetland Protection), Clean Air Act, 24 CFR Part 51,

Executive Order 12898 (Environmental Justice), Coastal

Zone Management Act of 1972, Coastal Barrier

Resources Act of 1982, Endangered Species Act of 1973,

and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968.


Assessment, Hamilton Road (I‐20 to Benton Road),

Bossier Parish, LA, 2004‐2006. Provide air quality and

noise modeling as part of preparation of EA during

project planning. Examined multiple alignments and

various types of roadways (divided, curb‐and‐gutter,

etc.)

DOTD S.P. 700‐52‐0124 (TIMED); NEPA Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS); I‐12 to Bush, Route LA 3241, St.

Tammany Parish, LA, 2003‐2006. Preparation of

Environmental Assessment during project planning.

Examined multiple alignments and various types of

roadways (divided, curb and gutter, etc.) included noise

and air quality modeling.


Assessment, Relocated LA 1138‐2, Route LA 1138‐2,

Calcasieu, LA, 2004‐2006. Preparation of NEPA

documentation to support DOTD’s Feasibility Study for

interchange to connect the two highways included noise

and air quality modeling.


Assessment, Jones Creek Road, East Baton Rouge

Parish, LA, 2004‐2005. Preparation of the Environmental

Assessment. Project involved widening an existing urban


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two‐lane facility to five‐lane facility included noise & air

quality modeling.


Assessment, Peters Road Widening, Jefferson Parish,

LA, 2004‐2006. Preparation of Environmental

Assessment during project planning. Examined multiple

alignments and various types of roadways (divided, curb

and gutter, etc.) included noise and air quality modeling.


Assessment, Central Thruway, East Baton Rouge Parish,

LA, 2002‐2003. Noise modeling for new four‐lane,

divided facility.


Assessment, Lapalco Blvd. Extension (US90 to

Westwood Dr.), Jefferson Parish, LA, 1998‐1999.

Provided air, noise and hydrologic impact modeling,

Phase I ESAs, oversaw wet‐land and historical/cultural

resources surveys, traffic projects, line & grade, Section

4(f) Evaluation including new Bridge over Bayou

Segnette (Section 10) through the Bayou Segnette State

Park and two‐lane widening, etc.


Assessment, Lapalco Blvd. Extension (Westwood Dr. to

Barataria Boulevard), Jefferson Parish, LA, 1998‐1999.

Provided air, noise and hydrologic impact modeling,

Phase I ESAs, oversaw wetland and historical/cultural

resources surveys, traffic projections, line & grade, for a

two‐lane widening, etc.

Canal Street Streetcar (Redline) Emergency Installation

of a Portable Electric Substation provide by the

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA),

Regional Transit Authority, Orleans Parish, LA, 2006. A

22‐year‐old portable electric substation contained in a

60ft tractor trailer was loaned by the MBTA to the RTA

to run the Redline along Canal Street. The station

contained rectifiers that converted alternating‐current

electricity into the direct current. Provided permitting

and oversight for the installation of the unit adjacent to

the RTA Canal Street Facility along N. White Street.

Canal Boulevard Streetcar & Bus Terminal, Fatal Flaws

and FTA Categorical Exclusion Checklist,

LA030072.1065.1372102T4, Regional Transit Authority,

Orleans Parish, LA, 2005. Review of conceptual design

for the terminal; Review of the NEPA Environmental

Impact Statement for the Canal Street Streetcar

prepared in July of 1997; Review of the Major

Investment Study and the Canal Street Corridor Project

prepared in March of 1995; Review of Geotechnical Data

obtained for evaluation with respect to the conceptual

design; Review of the funding sources for the extension

project and its compliance under Section 303(a)(51) of

TEA‐21, the Full Funding Grant Agreement and Section

5309 New Starts funding requirements; Reviewed the

System Linkage, Streetcar Capacity, Transportation

Demand, and Governmental Authority and Funding (as

discussed above); Prepared the Environmental Fatal

Flaws Analysis of the project; Prepared the Technical

Feasibility of the project; and Prepared the Financial

Implications of the project. Prepared the Supplement to

the Categorical Exclusion Checklist (Section 771.117(d))

which included: Detailed Project Description; Location;

Metropolitan Planning and Air Quality Conformity;

Zoning; Traffic Impacts; CO Hot Spots; Historic

Resources; Noise; Vibration; Acquisitions & Relocations;

Hazardous Materials; Community Disruption and

Environmental Justice; Use of Public Parkland and

Recreation Areas; Impact on Wetlands; Floodplain

Impacts; Impacts on Water Quality, Navigable

Waterways & Coastal Zone; Impacts on Ecologically‐

Sensitive Areas and Endangered Species; Impacts on

Safety and Security; and Impacts Caused by

Construction.

NOAB 15‐07‐01, North Perimeter Road Improvements

and Runway 6‐24 Conversion Design Services, Louis

Armstrong International Airport, 2009‐2011. Provided

design engineering services for North Perimeter Road

and the conversion of Runway 6‐24 to a Taxiway.

DPW 2005‐E02, Design of Old Spanish Trail, City of New

Orleans, LA, 2008‐2012. Provided design services for the

project, which involved total reconstruction, concrete

and asphalt and all utilities (water, sewer and drainage).

DOTD S.P. H.007213, Veterans Memorial Boulevard

Expansion, City of Kenner, LA, 2008‐2012. Provide


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design services for the widening of Veterans Memorial

Boulevard (four‐lane Boulevard) from Loyola Drive to

the St. Charles Parish line. The project also includes

bridge replacement.

DOTD S.P. 742‐26‐0056, Lapalco Boulevard Overlay

(Murphy Canal to Brooklyn Avenue), Jefferson Parish,

LA, 2005‐2007. Provided design services for asphalt

overlay and curb & gutter reconstruction.

DOTD S.P. 713‐36‐0100 [Construction Inspection]; Off‐

System Highway Bridge Program, Bayou St. John (Park

Island), Orleans Parish, LA, 2010‐2012. Providing

construction & inspection services for the project.

DOTD S.P. 742‐36‐0116 [Construction Inspection], FAP

No. STE‐3602(512); Fleur de Lis Drive Improvements,

Phase I; Orleans Parish, LA, 2007‐2009. Provided

construction inspection services for this project.

DOTD S.P. 700‐92‐0016 (TIMED); Florida Avenue Bridge

– Poland Avenue/Alvar Streetto Tupelo Street, Orleans

Parish, LA, 2005‐2007. Preliminary & final plans and

specifications peer review & constructability review for

the Florida Ave Bridge over the Inner Harbor

Navigational Canal. Tasks include constructability

research, use of Accelerated Construction Technology

Transfer (ACTT), and investigation/preparation to reduce

impact on traffic disruptions on rehabilitation segments

along with identifying all utilities such as a 48" water

main.

I‐49 Alignment Coordination for Jefferson Parish, Bayou

Segnette/Lake Cataouatche Study Area, Jefferson

Parish, LA, 2005‐2007. Alignment review: future street,

sewer, drainage, and water evaluation.

31st Street Design – Overlay & Total Reconstruction

Design/Construction Engineering & Inspection Services,

City of Kenner, LA, 2002‐2003. Design the overlay &

total reconstruct segments of 31st Street which includes

an analysis of the drainage System and pumping Station

present. The analysis consisted of an evaluation of all

utilities including waterlines. Features of the drainage

system and subsequent evaluation recommended the

need for improvements which included waterlines &

other utilities with the greatest impact/positive effect on

the system, while minimizing capital outlay.

Recommendations were made for improvements to the

Drainage System using StormCAD and checked against

the Rational Method. Also provided construction

administration.

Rio Vista Subdivision Design, Jefferson Parish, LA, 2005‐

2007. Designed a 34 Lot Subdivision which includes an

analysis of new drainage, water and sewer infrastructure

and tie‐in. Analysis consisted of an evaluation of the

hydrological and hydraulic features of the three systems.

Accompanying the evaluation is a recommendation for

the improvement which included elements of the

system that will have the greatest positive effect on the

system, while minimizing capital investment.

DOTD S.P. 744‐52‐0020; Tammany Trace Bicycle

Tunnel, St. Tammany Parish, LA, 2001‐2002. Prepared

the Tammany Trace Bicycle Tunnel Traffic Plan.

DOTD S.P. 245‐90‐0051; Bayou Dularge Pier Protection

System (includes Bridge Hydraulic Analysis, Marine

Structural Assessment/Vessel Collision) Terrebonne

Parish, LA, 2000‐2001. Prepared a Claim for Equitable

Adjustment on behalf of the contractor. The basis of the

claim was due to a gross benchmark error in hydraulic

data discovered during construction oversight. The

DOTD reported the benchmark as the vertical control

point at elevation +9.0 NAVD 88. Subsequent surveys by

CMC and LDOTD proved the correct elevation to be at

+7.3 NAVD 88, an error of 1.7 feet. Claim included:

Significant error in the vertical control point elevation

affecting Item No. 805(07), Class S Concrete, Item No.

805(02), Class A(m) Concrete, Item No. 806(01)

Deformed Reinforced Steel and Item No. 804(04)J, Pipe

Piles; Failure to convert the datum properly affecting

Item No. 805(07), Class S Concrete, Item No. 805(02),

Class A(m) Concrete, Item No. 806(01) Deformed

Reinforced Steel and Item No. 804(04)J, Pipe Piles; Lack

of historical data for high tide and low tide between

circa 1975 and 1998 affecting Item No. 805(07), Class S

Concrete, Item No. 805(02), Class A(m) Concrete, Item

No. 806(01) Deformed Reinforced Steel and Item No.

804(04)J, Pipe Piles; Incorrect number of units on Item

No. 202(02)I, Removal of Existing Timber Fender System;


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Unforeseen conditions, such as obstructions and welded

structural elements, to Item No. 202(02)J, Removal of

Existing Dolphins.

DOTD S.P. 700‐99‐0197; Bridge Load Rating LFM

Update contract for District 02 & 07, 1999. Responsible

for categorizing 93 existing steel and pre‐stressed

concreted bridge structures by District, Structure No.,

Route, Recall No., Type, Year and Design Load. Each

drawing was obtained through DOTD General Files and

all roll numbers were marked. All data was placed in a

spreadsheet to prioritize prior to running the Bridge

Loading software.

MUNICIPAL & PUBLIC WORKS/UTILITIES

Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Sewerage & Water

Board of New Orleans, Sewerage & Water Board of

New Orleans Office of Emergency Management and the

Environmental Affairs Division, New Orleans, LA, 2008‐

2010. Provided a Hazard Mitigation Plan to include

vulnerability analysis and hazards to critical facilities,

identifying repetitive losses and how to reduce those

losses and decrease the response time to a natural or

man‐made hazards. The purpose of the Plan is also to

integrate Hazard Mitigation strategies into the day‐to‐

day activities and programs of the Sewerage and Water

Board of New Orleans (S&WB). The plan was prepared

to meet the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000)

requirements in order to maintain the S&WB’s eligibility

for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Pre‐Disaster Mitigation (PDM) and Hazard Mitigation

Grant Programs (HMGP). More importantly, the plan

and planning process lays out the strategy that will

enable the S&WB to become less vulnerable to future

disaster losses.

Sewer Improvement Program ‐ 42nd & Illinois Force

Main Design, City of Kenner, LA, 2009‐2010. Provide

design services for the replacement of an existing 12”

sewer force main approximately 2 miles from 42nd

Street to Illinois Street. The project, which encompasses

approximately $800,000 in construction, includes

analysis of the existing condition of the sewer force

main defined and recommendations (replace where

applicable and required). It further includes the design

of a canal crossing where appropriate (either above or

below canal cross‐section) and utility conflicts with other

utilities such as waterlines.

Iris Avenue Waterline Replacement Project, Council

District 2, Jefferson Parish, LA, 2010‐2012. Provided to

provide design engineering services for this waterline

replacement project in Council District 2 of Jefferson

Parish.

Program Management for Identifying and Obtaining

Funding Sources for New or Rehabilitated Facilities to

Restore Infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina,

City of Gretna, LA, 2009‐2011. Services included

identifying and obtaining funding sources for new or

rehabilitated facilities to restore infrastructure of the

City of Gretna that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

This Program Management requires knowledge of

policies, procedures and programs of the Federal

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the

Governor’s Office of Homeland Security (GOSHEP), and

the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) and any other

agency that oversees Hurricane Recovery programs in

the State of Louisiana. Reviewed of all waterline related

PWs.

Barataria Waterline Extension (McMurtry Street to

Trahan Street, Crown Point), JPPW 2001‐009‐WR,

Crown Point, Jefferson Parish, LA, 2005‐2007. Provided

design and construction administration services for this

waterline project and resident inspection.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Brownfields Phase I, Phase II Environmental Site

Assessments, RECAP Study and QAPP, Former

Bennigan’s Restaurant (Corner of Veterans & Severn),

Jefferson Parish, LA, 2010‐2011. Prepared Phase I &

Phase II ESA, QAPP for Brownfields and RECAP Study.

Brownfields Phase I & II Environmental Site

Assessment, Old Davis Concrete Plant, Jefferson Parish,

LA, 2009. Performed Phase I & II ESA for Old Davis

Concrete Plant from Task order from Res. 105956,

Miscellaneous Environmental Services.


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South New Orleans Subdivision (Squares 6 & 7),

Petroleum Assessment Grant, Proj #EPA‐BFS‐JP‐CS,

Regional Planning Commission Brown‐fields

Redevelopment Program, Jefferson Parish, Harvey, LA,

2007. Provided Phase I ESA

Brownfields Phase II Environmental Site Assessment,

Midship Marine, Jefferson Parish, LA, 2004. Performed

Phase II ESA for the old Texaco/Chevron Pipe Laydown

yard on the Harvey Canal.

Louisiana National Guard, Camp Beauregard Training

Facility including Firing Ranges, Pineville, LA, 2003‐

2005. Provided engineering & planning services

(Environmental Installation Management Plan),

including 7 firing ranges and various other military

operations included noise modeling for firing ranges,

roads and airport/heliport facilities.

Louisiana National Guard, Camp Villere Training Facility

including Firing Ranges, Slidell, LA, 2003‐2005. Provided

engineering & planning services (Environmental

Installation Management Plan), including 4 firing ranges

and various other military operations included noise

modeling for firing ranges, roads and heliport facilities.

Air Quality Technical Consultant, Shreveport‐Bossier

City MSA Caddo, Webster, and Bossier Parishes, LA,

2003‐2004. Responsible for inventories of marine and

stationary sources based on the U.S. EPA National

Emission Inventory, Version 2 database. Compiled

emission inventories for stationary & mobile sources for

this Early Action Compact Regional Air Quality Modeling

included seasonal and temporal allocation factors from

the top fifteen 15 nitrogen oxide (NOx) industrial

emission point sources in Bossier, Caddo and Webster

Parishes. The plants included Minden Gas Plant,

Springhill Compressor Station, ADA Plant and State Line

Compressor Station. Also responsible for input in

running MOBILE6 with average in‐use fleet emission

factors for volatile organic compounds (VOC), oxides of

nitrogen (NOx) and carbon mon‐oxide (CO) for eight

categories of vehicles.

Sempra Energy Resources: Bonnet Carré Facility Gas

Turbine Installation (including Railroad ROW Impact

Assessment), St. John the Baptist Parish, LA, 2003.

Provided noise modeling for gas turbine plant including

rail noise.

FEMA Debris Inspection for Hurricanes Lili & Isadore,

Jefferson Parish, LA, 2002. Provided inspection services

for debris hauling.

Churchill Energy/CVS Holding, Starks Gas Field Air

Emissions Inventories and Title V Permitting, Starks, LA,

2002‐2003. Provided emissions estimates for flare,

tanks, glycol reboilers and general operations at the

Starks Gas Field.

Old Matlack Truck Wash (now managed by Quality

Carriers) RECAP Investigation & Voluntary Cleanup

Program, St. Rose, LA, 2002. RECAP Investigation,

includes evaluation of foundations (pilings, reinforced

concrete, 12‐inch concrete slag, etc.) surrounded by

diesel‐contaminated soils.

Louisiana DEQ Type III Permitting and Conditional Use

Permit, City of New Orleans, LA, 2002. Provided

permitting of construction & demolition landfill and

supporting plans and drawings.

Regional Planning Commission ‐ Brownfields

Redevelopment Initiative (originally for the Parishes of

Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard and St.

Tammany, LA, 1999‐2000. Provided Phase I ESAs.

QAPP for the David Drive Jefferson Parish Incinerator,

Jefferson, LA, 2000. Provided QAPP for Phase II ESA.

Landfill Gas Collection Plan & Title V Permitting, Kelvin

Tract, Waggaman, LA, 1998‐1999. Provided landfill gas

collection design services and air permitting for

Jefferson Parish.

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