Engineer Quality Assurance

Haiyan Harry Liu, P.E.

OBJECTIVE To obtain a position as a geotechnical/civil engineer working

with an interdisciplinary team on technically complex,

innovative, and challenging projects.

EXPERIENCE 2002 -2010, Western Technologies Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Project Manager/Geotechnical Engineer

Responsible for project management and engineering. Project

types included a wide range of high-rise, commercial,

residential, Public Works, and industrial facilities.

Responsible for coordinating with clients and preparing

project scopes and proposals; developing and executing field

investigations and laboratory testing programs; completing

engineering analysis; developing design drawings and

construction specifications; preparing geotechnical reports

and final grading report.

Responsible for performing engineering analysis and design

including soil bearing capacities, settlement, slope

stability, shoring, retaining wall, MSE wall, pavement, and

seismic evaluations

Responsible for deep foundation analysis and design using

drilled shaft, driven and auger-cast piles, and pile dynamic

capacity field testing. Familiar with, soil dynamics

analysis, soft soil tunneling and earth dam.

Responsible for engineering geophysics testing from data

collecting to interpretation. Performed seismic refraction,

Refraction Micro-tremor (ReMi), crosshole, downhole, GPR,

resistivity, conductivity, and electromagnetic surveys for

over one hundred projects.

Company Safety Coordinator since 2005. Responsible for

general safety issues, facility audits, accident

investigations, company safety committee monthly meeting.

Selected Projects

Sahara Hotel & Casino Renovation, Las Vegas, Nevada

Project consisted of a 50-stories hotel tower, a 10-stories

parking garage, and ancillary low-rise structures. Supervised

field logging on borings to 150-feet in depth. Performed

field seismic testing and data analysis. Performed drilled

shaft capacity and lateral analysis, mat foundation and

settlement analysis. Completed geotechnical report.

Residential Development on Owens Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada

Project located on mountain foothills. Performed mountain

geologic hazards study to locate geologic hazards including

landslides with mitigation measures. Performed seismic

refraction tests to evaluate the hardness of the in-situ

soils/cemented deposits/rocks. Performed slope stability

analysis of the mountain slopes. Prepared geotechnical

report.

Man Camp, Vya, Nevada

Project consisted of multiple buildings and roadways on a

site of 160 acres. Traveled 1,700 miles and spent one week to

complete field exploration, soil sampling and percolation

testing. Provided quality assurance during construction.

Prepared final geotechnical report and final grading report.

Pyramid Island Causeway Renovation @ Lake Mead, Clark County,

Nevada

Project consisted of constructing a causeway to connect the

shore to Pyramid Island. Performed geotechnical evaluation

and prepared geotechnical report with recommendations for MSE

wall design, permanent slope stability and benching, and

slope protection with riprap.

Wastewater Treatment Expansion Project, Lake Havasu City,

Arizona

Main line sewer was constructed 159,130 linear feet.

Supervised field logging and performed field resistivity

tests. Provided engineering analysis and geotechnical report

with recommendations including excavation support, trench

subgrade, and corrosivity.

Terminal 3, McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, NV

Provided quality assurance of the drilled shafts installation

at roadway abutments on this 200-million-dollar project.

Performed grading special inspection.

Investigation of a PCE-Contamination Plume in Shallow

Aquifer, Las Vegas, NV.

Installed 9 monitoring wells up to 110 feet. Logged and

sampled the soil during the drilling operations. Analyzed

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by using a Photo-Ionization

Detector (PID). Provided hydrogeological parameters.

EXPERIENCE 2000-2002, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

Research Assistant, National Science Foundations of the USA

Research on inverting seismic surface wave data sets to

develop shear-wave velocity profiles emphasizing sites

containing strong stiffness contrasts. Expert at seismic

surface wave testing and data analysis including SASW, MASW,

and ReMi.

1995-2000, The 5th Engineering Co. of Beijing Urban

Construction Group, Beijing, China.

Construction Management/Structural Engineer

Technical advisor and construction engineer; Responsible for

project progress control, quality assurance, and construction

safety.

(Selected Project) Home Development Project of the Beijing

Film Company, China

Project consisted of a 6-story building with a basement level

utilizing reinforced concrete columns construction supported

on conventional foundations. Responsible for construction

progress and quality control. Supervised works of more than

500 construction personnel.

PROFESSIONAL Professional Engineer since 2005, Nevada, Certificate No.

17139

REGISTRATION Professional Engineer since 2007, Arizona, Certificate No.

46720

EDUCATION Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering /2002/ University

of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering /1995/ Zhengzhou Grain

University, China.

TRAINING Soil sampling, classification, and laboratory testing

Grading special inspection with nuclear density gauge safety,

Certified

ACI concrete field testing, Certified

Field sampling and testing for transportation construction,

Certified by NAQTC

OSHA 30 hours safety training, Certified

40 hours Hazwoper and current eight-hour refresher, Certified

COMPUTER Allpile, Lpile, Shaft5, Geo-slope, GINT, AutoCAD, Matlab,

GIS:ARC/VIEW

REFERENCES Available upon request

9252 Weeping Hollow Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89178-6234

Phone: 702-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

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