Geotechnical, Civil, and Environemental Design Section
The Portland District Geotechnical, Civil and Environmental Design Section has an in-house professional staff consisting of geotechnical, civil and environmental engineers, geologists, engineering geologists, landscape architects and civil engineering technicians allowing us to provide a broad range of varied expertise to the District and its customers. Staff members are registered in their individual profession and most have advanced degrees. The average experience level in the section is 20 years.
What We Do
Our responsibilities include the following:
- Geotechnical Site Investigations
- Geomorphic Evaluations for Watersheds
- Full Service Geotechnical Design
- Embankment Dam Design
- Civil Site Design
- Bank Protection and Channel Improvement Design
- Environmental Engineering
- Levee Design
- Landscape Architectural and Recreational Facility Design
- Roadway, Pavement and Drainage Design
- Dam Safety Inspections and Evaluations of embankment dams and foundation inspections for all dams
- Providing Geotechnical Consulting Services
Technical Experience
The Geotechnical, Civil and Environmental Design Section offers a broad range of expertise related to the Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Civil Works projects especially water resources related projects. The Section is able to bring a broad based, highly diversified team to bear on any project. Our resources include not only our in-house professionals but also those from other Districts, Laboratories, and from our open-ended architect-engineering contracts.
Capabilities include:
- Hazardous, Toxic and Radiological Waste Investigation
- Erosion and Sediment Control
- Bank Protection
- Wetland Design, Restoration and Mitigation
- Treaty Fishing Sites
- Site Evaluations including exploration, sampling, and testing
- Material Property evaluations
- In-situ Materials Engineering property determinations
- In-situ Environmental property determinations
- Geomorphic Studies
- Landslide Stabilization
- Buttresses
- Horizontal Drainage System Design
- Structural Walls
- Seepage and Stability Studies
- Soil-Structure Interaction Studies
- Risk Based Evaluations of Dams and Levees
- Dam safety inspections of embankment dams
- Embankment Design including Dams, Levees, & general purpose fills
- Foundation & Excavation Design, both Soil and Rock
- Grouting Design for both seepage & material consolidation
- Dewatering and seepage control
- Soil and Rock Anchors
- Ground improvement design, including geomembranes and geofabrics
- Erosion Control design
- Rock Tunnel and Soft Ground Tunnel Design
- Instrumentation and Monitoring
- Quarry Evaluations
- Ground Water Studies
- Water Well location and design
- Site, landscape and irrigation design
- Civil site design of roadways, walks and fencing
How to reach us:
Call:
Office Manager
(503)808-4901/4902
Write:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Attn: CENWP-EC-DC
Portland District
P.O. Box 2946
333 SW First Avenue
Portland,OR 97208-2946
Visit us:
Robert Duncan Plaza
333 SW First Avenue
Ninth Floor