CURRICULUM VITAE AUSTIN MARSHALL, P.E., L. B. C. Education

CURRICULUM VITAE

AUSTIN MARSHALL, P.E., L. B. C.

Education

Cornell University, Bachelor of Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Michigan, Master of Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Detroit, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Contract and Environmental Law

University of Michigan, Graduate Studies, Geology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Online Studies in Building Science and Management

Licenses

Licensed Professional Engineer, Michigan and Texas

Inactive P.E. Licenses in Illinois, Florida, and Rhode Island

Licensed Building Contractor, Michigan

Licensed Professional Geologist, Indiana, 1983 - 1995

Licensed Real Estate Valuation Specialist, Michigan, 1994 – 1997

Licensed Real Estate Professional, Texas

Certifications

Registered Environmental Manager, 1983 - 1994

Construction Arbitrator Panel Member, American Arbitration Association

Diplomate, Engineering Management, National Academy of Environmental Engineers,

1983 - 1994

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, 1983 - 1994

OSHA 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Worker Training

Red Cross First Aid and CPR Training

Emergency Response Institute Manager’s Training

Lion Hazardous Material Transport Training

Arbitrator I,II American Arbitration Association

Certified Ground Water Professional, National Water Well Association, 1980 - 1990

Experience

Professor; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of Construction Management,

University of Texas at El Paso, 2008 to present. I also serve as the Undergraduate Student

Director and as a panel member on various National Science Foundation research contract

panels. Specific research efforts have involved design and construction of a zero energy home

cooling systems, development of waste disinfection processes, waste elimination equipment and

construction waste minimization practices. Experience includes Construction Management

consulting at ChillPak systems in El Paso, Texas and mechanical tunneling/superheating/cooling

systems for Daniel Mining Systems, Rockwood, Tennessee.

President and Chief Legal Counsel, Harbor Consulting, llc, consulting engineering company

specializing in project development, 2007 to present.

Chief Legal Counsel and Environmental Engineer, ME Inc, Providence, Rhode Island. MEI is a

firm specializing in environmental engineering and treatment of wastes, including remediation

work. The firm has completed projects involving landfill work, spill control and cleanup work,

underground tank remediation, ground water cleanup work, and sludge removal and treatment

projects.

President and Director, Entropic Technologies Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan. A specialty

company providing equipment for processing and chilling of municipal solid waste using twin

screw extruder technology in the United States and internationally, 1996 – 2008. Efforts included

work under USEPA and DOE research grants to maximize efficiency of waste processing

equipment.

President and Legal Counsel, Geomanagement, llc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1994 - 2009

Principal in Charge of construction management and geotechnical

engineering consulting firm specializing in mechanical andgeotechnical construction,

instrumentation, mine analysis and construction, preparation and analysis of

construction claims, expert witness testimony, and business reorganization

consulting. Special projects involved with construction management and operational

supervision of a hazardous waste deep injection well and treatment facility, solid waste

disposal projects in the United States, and Africa; and development of a large international

railroad tunnel project spanning between Michigan and Canada. The following contract

assignments were performed:

Consultant, Detroit River Tunnel Partnership, Detroit, Michigan

Consultant, Syndeco Realty Corporation and DTE Energy, Construction

Oversight and Liability Management for a $60 million, Mixed Use High

Rise Office Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Executive Vice President, Construction; Ontario - Michigan Rail Corporation,

Detroit, Michigan

Consultant, Mine Construction Operations, RLS Mining llc acquisition

analysis of copper and gold mines in the United States, Mexico, Ghana,

and Nigeria

Consultant, JA Associates, LLC, project development work on fuel cell based

Waste fuel power generation facilities in Texas, Michigan, Iowa, Nigeria, and

Vietnam

Construction Manager, 60 inch Sewer Tunnel, River Rouge, Michigan

Of Counsel Construction Management Consultant, Integrated Environmental, Inc., 1998 -

2009

Consulting assignments included geotechnical engineering and construction

management work of deep foundation projects, underpinnings of buildings and

environmental remediation work.

President, City Environmental Contracting, Inc. and Sierra Environmental Contracting,

Inc., Detroit, Michigan, 1988 - 1994

Principal in Charge of construction companies specializing in environmental

remediation, landfill design and operation, liquid treatment plant design and

operation, excavation support projects, infrastructure construction, and sewer

lining construction. Project work included underground tank remediation, State and

Federal Superfund site cleanup work, industrial real estate revitalization, tunnel

construction, demolition, industrial plant closures, and marine structures.

Principal, Marshall - Halpert Associates, Inc. and GZA Geoenvironmental Inc., Boston,

Massachusetts, 1984 - 1988

Principal in Charge of geotechnical engineering, construction engineering, and

environmental engineering on commercial, industrial, and government projects

including program management of a multi - year, multiple site State superfund

site and construction management project. Services provided also included

contractor claims analysis. Research efforts included testing and analysis of slurry wall

systems for water migration control.

General Manager, Pile and Marine Division, The Millgard Corporation, Livonia, Michigan

and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1981 - 1984

Management of construction business procurement, estimating and construction of

piling projects, bridge construction, marine structures, road construction and tunnels

throughout the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Africa.

Design and Construction Manager, Bechtel Power Corporation, San Francisco, California,

1978 - 1981

Responsible for construction engineering and management of specific activities on

nuclear power plants, fossil fuel power plants, marine structures, earth dams,

roads, and pipelines. This work included mine design and construction,

structures, circulating water systems, cooling water reservoirs, earth dams, concrete

dams, dewatering systems, ground freezing systems, underpinning, and material

handling systems on projects in the United States, Asia, South America and the

Middle East.

Project Construction Engineer, Woodward Clyde Consultants (now URS Corporation),

Denver, Colorado, 1975 - 1978

Responsibilities included design and construction management of earth dams,

tailing dams, road construction, sewer construction, water line construction,

concrete dam construction, structural failure analysis, power plants, high

rise buildings, and mining projects throughout the United States and South America.

Construction Engineer, NTH Consultants, Ltd, Detroit, Michigan, Summer 1974

Responsibilities included construction monitoring of earthwork and sewer line

construction associated with the construction of an automobile manufacturing

facility and failure analysis of a tunnel construction project between Port Huron,

Michigan and Sarnia, Canada.

Surveyor, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, United States

Department of Commerce, Summer 1973

Research Assistant, Remote Sensing Program, School of Civil Engineering, Cornell

University, Ithaca, New York, 1972 -1974

Management Intern, Central Manufacturing, Inc., Cranston, Rhode Island, Summers,

1969 - 1972

Appointments

Fulbright Faculty Specialist, 2013 - 2018

Faculty Scholar, Vietnam Education Foundation, 2012, 2013

Faculty, University of Phoenix, Geology and Environmental Science

Adjunct Professor, University of Detroit, Department of Civil Engineering, 1981 - 1983

Guest Lecturer, Hazardous Waste Disposal by Deepwell Injection, Wayne State University

School of Chemical Engineering, 1998 - 2006

Arbitration Panel Member, Boston Central Artery Project

City Engineer, River Rouge, Michigan, 1999 - 2008

Environmental Protection Board Member, City of River Rouge, Michigan, 2001 - 2006

Advisory Board Member, Russell Construction Company, Muskegon, Michigan, 1995-2005

Board Of Directors Member, YMCA, Livonia, Michigan, 1980 - 1983

Board of Directors Member and Chairperson, Entropic Technologies Inc., Mt. Clemens,

Michigan, 1999 - 2005

Chairperson, Northville Township, Michigan Department of Public Works Commission,

1980 - 1984

Director, Digital Gas, Inc. 2008

Director and President, Deep Foundations Institute, 1980 - 1984

State of Michigan Speaker of the House Committee on Construction, 1995-1997

Managing Director, The Alternative Dispute Resolution Board, 1995 - 2005

Technical Advisory Board, Perry Johnson ISO Registrars Inc., 1999 - 2004

American Society of Civil Engineers Board of University Engineering Program Evaluators,

1990 - 1994

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - Urban Search and Rescue Response

Team

Director, Lamdol Manufacturing, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Panel Judge, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Port of

Entry Design Competition, 2009 - 1010

Associations

Engineering Society of Detroit, 1977 - 1998

Associated General Contractors, 1977 - 1990

United States Committee of Large Dams, 1975 - 1982

American Society of Civil Engineers, Previous Member of Deep Foundations Committee

and Underground Excavation Committee

Deep Foundations Institute, 1980 - 1996

Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors, 1980 - 1986

National Society of Professional Engineers, 1975 - 1986

Liquid Industrial Control Association, 1986 – 1994

Texas Board of Realtors

Presentations

Guest lectures on “Professional Practice in Engineering,” University of Michigan School of

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fall Semester, 1982 - 1983

“Construction Claims Analysis,” Deep Foundations Institute Spring Conference, Ann

Arbor, Michigan, 1982

“Deep Injection Well Disposal of Liquid Hazardous Waste” for Environmental Disposal

Systems, Inc., State of Michigan Site Review Board Hearing, Romulus, Michigan,

2003

“Drilling for Environmental Construction Projects, Your Liabilities,” International

Drilling Federation, Spring Conference, 1989

“Superfund Project Construction Management,” Liquid Industrial Control Association,

Dearborn, Michigan, Fall, 1989

“Trench Excavation Construction Liabilities,” Chicago, Illinois Power Conference, 1978

Compaction and Instrumentation Projects

Woodward Clyde Consultants, Denver, Colorado

 Rolled Concrete Dam Instrumentation of density and modulus

 Earth dam compaction monitoring of equipment passes vs. density

 Tailing dam in-situ monitoring of in - situ water and soil pressure

 Caisson bearing capacity using preliminary Osterberg sensors

Bechtel Power Corporation, Michigan, Saudi Arabia, Korea, California

 Nuclear Power Plant – Settlement and strength monitoring using Borros anchors,

settlement plates, strain gauges, Menard pressuremeter, downhole shear testing,

geophysical downhole testing, crosshole modulus analysis, and retaining wall movement

monitoring using slope indicator equipment including consulting assistance from Drs.

Ralph Peck, M.T. Davisson, Herb Ireland, and Ed Cording.

 Coal fired Power Plants– Use of load cells to determine pile capacity; full scale, in-situ

shear testing of 3 foot diameter carved clay samples; excavation stability testing of 45

foot deep excavation in soft clay using strain gauges and slope indicator equipment;

foundation vibration cross hole testing and vibration instrumentation, and compaction

monitoring using sheepsfoot rollers equipped with plate bearing equipment activated

during actual compaction operations including consulting assistance from Bram

McClelland of McClelland Engineers of Houston, Texas.

Millgard Corporation, Livonia, Michigan

 Caisson load bearing analyses using load cells and Osterberg pressure sensors on caissons

with design loads of up to 1500 tons

 Pile capacity monitoring using strain gages and Osterberg pressure cells

 Pile driving analyser studies during actual pile driving installations

 Load cell analysis of tied-back retaining walls and anchor pullout testing

 Tunnel excavation bracing structural monitoring using strain gauges and movement

sensors

Goldberg – Zoino and Dunnicliff Associates, Inc. (GZA), Boston, Massachusetts

 Strain gauge and slope indicator monitoring of various open cur and braced excavations

in soft clays

 Mobile nuclear density monitoring of sand and clay backfill test pads

 Retaining wall performance monitoring using strain gauges, load cells and slope

indicators