• Registered Professional Civil Engineer with proven experience in civil, mining, and environmental engineering.
• Licensed Professional Surveyor in the state of West Virginia, involved with construction activities as well as private properties and boundary disputes.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
• Knowledgeable in all phases of building construction, site design, soil analysis, drainage design, slope stability analysis, mine, oil, natural gas, highway permitting, construction inspection and management, sewer and waterline design and permitting, and wetlands and stream analysis and mitigations.
• Ability to provide practical and innovative solutions to site design and permitting problems in the mining and construction industries.
• Seasoned project design and management skills in planning, supervision, budgeting, construction estimating, and report preparations.
• Adept at communications and regulatory liaison activities for project resolutions and remediation.

Gary’s Technical Expertise

• Civil Engineering design, planning, permitting, and stormwater design, and permitting in the highway and commercial development industries.
• Mining engineering, planning, permitting, design, and permitting for underground and surface mining operations throughout West Virginia since 1977.
• Planning and managing exploration programs for coal, gas, and aggregates.
• Project design for highways, mining, and commercial developments.
• Construction estimates and bidding in the construction industries.
• Wetlands studies and construction remediation.
• Stream relocation and remediation.
• Water collection and acid mine water treatment design and monitoring of mining sites.
• Mine reserve analysis and studies for coal acquisitions and developments.
• Interpretation and clarification of federal and state mining and environmental regulations.
• Professional Land Surveyor involved with construction surveying and layout.
• Boundary surveying and property line disputes.
• Resolving boundary issues between landowners.
• Aerial mapping coordination and acquisition.
• GPS surveying and control.
• Hydrological analysis and drainage design on construction and mining projects.
• Drainage and structural fill construction certification for state and federal requirements.

Gary’s Education

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from West Virginia University
• Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation and Management Program Certification
• West Virginia Department of Highway Certified Soils, Asphalt, Aggregate, and Concrete Technician for material control and testing on highway projects in West Virginia
• American Concrete Institute (ACI) Licensed Concrete Field Testing Technician, Grade 1