Geotech/Hydraulics Team

Scott Anderson Geotechnical and Hydraulic Technical Service Team Leader
12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3244 FAX: (720) 963-3232 scott.anderson@dot.gov Experience Began working in field in 1984 Joined FHWA in 2002

Education •    Ph.D., Civil Engineering -- Geotechnical, UC Berkeley, 1992 •    M.S., Civil Engineering -- Geotechnical, UC Berkeley, 1988 •    M.S., Geology - Engineering, Colorado State University, 1988 •    B.S., Geology - Engineering, University of Colorado, 1982

Expertise/Specialty

•    Soil and rock properties •    Slope stability •    Embankments •    Landslides •    Deep and shallow foundation design and construction •    Earth retaining structures •    Risk management •    Asset management •    Geophysics •    Instrumentation •    Site exploration

Licenses and Registrations

•    Professional Engineer CO (active), UT, and HI

Professional Associations

•    American Society of Civil Engineers, Member – Embankments, Dams and Slopes Committee •    Association of Engineering Geologists, Program Chair, N.A. Landslide Conference •    Deep Foundation Institute, Co-Program Chair of 2007 Annual Meeting •    AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges, Member T-13 Culverts •    TRB Committees on Transportation Earthwork, and Soil and Rock Properties, Member

Professional Highlights

•    Geotechnical Discipline Leader for the FHWA Office of Federal Lands Highway. •    Conducted and oversaw investigation, analysis, design and construction phases of the Hoover Dam Bypass and major projects within our National Parks, Forests, and other federal lands. •    Developed and implemented risk management and asset management tools. Deployed new technologies for slopes, retaining walls and foundations. Received the 2006 FHWA Award for Engineering Excellence. •    Worked internationally as a senior consulting engineer and manager for a major A/E design firm and geotechnical consultant. •    Consulted in the transportation market sector, as well as water resources, mining, and commercial market sectors. •    Projects included the Hanging Lake tunnel on Interstate 70 •    Many other highway projects; new and existing dams, canals, and pipelines; waste rock and risk management for large mines; and, deep foundations and excavation support for high-rise construction in the U.S. and abroad. •    Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Hawaii (and part-time at the University of Colorado). •    Conducted federally and locally funded research on soil and rock properties, groundwater hydrology, and slope stability, and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in geotechnical engineering. •    Recipient of ASCE Outstanding Faculty Award.

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