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Geotech/Hydraulics Team
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Barry Siel
Geotechnical Engineer
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12300 West Dakota Avenue, Suite 340
Lakewood, CO 80228
Ph: (720) 963-3208
FAX: (720) 963-3232
barry.siel@dot.gov
Experience
Began working in field in 1984
Joined FHWA in 1987
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Education
• Master of Science, Geotechnical Engineering, University of Colorado
• Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado
• Bachelor of Science, Geology, Oregon State University
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Expertise/Specialty |
• Drilled Shafts
• Foundations
• Geology
• Micropiles
• Retaining Walls/Rockfall Management
• Slope Stability
• Soil Nailing
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Licenses and Registrations |
• Professional Engineer, Colorado
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Professional Associations |
• TRB Committee on Engineering Geology, Member
• TRB Subcommittee on Rockfall Management, Member
• Northwest Geotechnical Workshop Steering Committee, Member (15 years)
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Professional Highlights |
• Senior geotechnical engineer in safety and highway design;
• Promotes innovative technologies, including soil nailing, micropiles, soil mixing, and various methods of ground improvement
• Providing training in basic soils and foundations, earth retaining structures, drilled shafts, pile driving construction control, geosynthetics, and slope maintenance and slide restoration
• Before FHWA, gained extensive experience in geology and geotechnical engineering by working for a State DOT and in private consulting
• Provided specialized training to North Dakota DOT on drilled shaft construction and construction inspection;
• Helped prepare NDDOT for their first-ever drilled shaft project, which was to support a 4400-foot, 26-span bridge on 13-foot diameter shafts over Lake Sakakawea on the Missouri River
• Accompanied Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities personnel on a damage assessment trip following the 2002 Denali Earthquake
• In response to recent large construction claims attributed to geotechnical problems, conducted a comprehensive review of the State’s geotechnical program, for the Montana Division and the Montana Department of Transportation
• Reviewed the PS&E and conducted a site visit to a proposed soil nail/ground anchor wall in Des Moines, IA, along a widening project on I-235;
• The contract called for soil nail walls, but the contractor proposed ground anchor walls instead at additional cost, claiming that soil nail walls were not constructible
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Technical Service Teams
Corporate Management
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