Project Manager Quality Assurance
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Daniel F. Schneider, P. E.
February, 2010
DANIEL F. SCHNEIDER, P.E.
President, Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado USA 80033
Citizenship: US
FOCUS AREAS:
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Construction Quality Control/ Quality Assurance
Construction Management
Landfill Design and Operations
Corrective Action and Remedial Strategies
Hazardous Site Remediation, Project Construction
Management
(Remediation)
Pollution Control and Containment Design,
Environmental Assessment and Site Characterization
Risk Assessment
Expert Witness Testimony, Litigation Support
EDUCATION: B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Colorado (1979)
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Colorado (1992)
Ph.D. Studies, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
Engineering
University of Colorado (1992-1994)
REGISTRATION: Registered Professional Engineer - Colorado #20484
EXPERIENCE IN FIELD: 25 years
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS MATRIX
D1 M P C Mm Up WD
NGP
Preliminary Assessment
Existing Records Review x x x x x
x
Site Reconnaissance x x x x x x x
x
Aerial Photo Review x x x x x x
x
Expert Witness/Litigation Support x x
Site Investigation
Backhoe/Surficial Exploration x x x
x x
Auger Drilling x x x x x x x
Dual Wall Percussion/Downhole Hammer x x
Geophysical Methods x x
Monitor Well Installation x x x x x x
x
Drum/Tanker Sampling x x
Surface Water Sampling x x
Shallow/Deep Ground Water Sampling x x x x x
x
Deep Aquifer Assessment x
Soil Vapor Surveying x
x
Expert Witness/Litigation Support x x x
x
Site Characterization
Source Determination and Delineation x x x x x
x
2D, 3D Subsurface Lithologic Contouring x x x
x x
Contaminant Transport x x x
x
Contaminated Soil Survey x x x x x
x
Ground Water Modelling x x x x x
Expert Witness/Litigation Support x x x
Corrective Action Planning
x x x x x x
Report Preparation
Remedial Strategies and Design
Efficiency of Remedial Design x x x x x
x
Remediation Evaluation x x x x x
Cost-Efficiency x x x x x
x
Health Based Risk Assessment x
Expert Witness/Litigation Support x x x
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS MATRIX (cont)
D1 M P C Mm Up WD
NGP
Site Remediation/Risk Reduction
Source Stabilization
x
Source Neutralization x
Source Removal/Disposal x x x x x
Equipment Decontamination/Disposal x x x
Surface/Subsurface Soils x x x x x x
x
Surface Water/Ground Water x x x x
x
Construction Oversight x x x x x x
x
Expert Witness/Litigation Support x x x
Facility Design and Operations Planning
Waste Compatibility x
Cell Configuration, Liner, and Cover Design
x
Leachate Collection System x
Construction Quality Assurance Plan
x
Landfill Gas Collection System
x
Design Specifications x
Geotechnical Engineering performed
as part of Environmental Projects
Excavation Stability/Shoring Design x x
x
Slurry Drilled Pier Foundation Design x
x
Stability Analysis of Embankment Slopes x
x
Foundation Settlement/Stability x
x
Expert Witness/Litigation Support
x
Geotechnical Engineering and Design
as part of Geotechnical Projects
Stability of Waste Tailings x
Earthen Dam Design (private owners)
Foundation Engineering (private owners)
key to matrix
D - Defense Facilities/Contractors M - Metal Plating Facilities P
-Petroleum/Petrochemical
Facilities
C - Chemical Manufacturers/Recyclers Mm - Mining (metal) Up -
Uranium Processing Waste
Sites
WD - Waste Treatment/Disposal Facilities NGP - Natural Gas Pipelines
US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SUPERFUND SITE EXPERIENCE
Type of Facility
Superfund Site Name and Location Contaminants of Concern
Affected Media*
F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming Defense Facility,
Solvents GW, SS, SbS
Empire State Refinery, Thermopolis, Wyoming Petrochemical, Heavy Oils,
PCBs GW, SS, SbS
Chemical Specialists, Golden, Colorado Chemical Recycling Fire, PCBs
GW, SS, SbS
Denver Toluene Site, Denver, Colorado Chemical Manufacturer,
Solvents GW, SS, SbS
California Gulch/Yak Tunnel, Leadville, Colorado1 Mining, Metals, Acid
Drainage GW, SW, SS, SbS
Eagle Mine, Minturn, Colorado2 Mining, Metals, Acid Drainage
GW, SW, SS, SbS
Martin Marietta/PJKS, Denver, Colorado Defense Contractor, Rocket
Fuel GW, SS, SbS
Protex Industries, Englewood, Colorado3 Indust. Waste Recycler,
Solvents GW, SS, SbS
Sand Creek Landfill, Denver, Colorado Industrial Waste Landfill,
Leachate GW, SS, SbS
*GW - Ground Water SW - Surface Water
SS - Surface Soils SbS - Subsurface Soils
1 Enforcement action, State Attorney General's Office
2 Enforcement action, State Attorney General's Office
3 Property seizure and enforcement action, Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
US Environmental Protection Agency
SUMMARY OF SELECTED GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE
LANDFILL GAS COLLECTION SYSTEM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT,
Jefferson County, Colorado
Mr. Schneider was hired by KRW Consulting, Inc. to provide technical review
the proposed design of a landfill gas collection system for the closed
Rooney Road Landfill located in Jefferson County, Colorado. The technical
review resulted in the redesign of the landfill gas collection system
including the gas recovery well layout, all gas and leachate piping, as
well as the cover system components. Additionally, Mr. Schneider was
responsible for the preparation of bid documents as well as being
responsible to preparing the "engineer's estimate" to complete
construction.
Mr. Schneider was responsible for interviewing and evaluating the bidders,
as well as reviewing the County contract prior to issuance of the bid
award.
As project manager, Mr. Schneider oversaw the all phases of construction
prior to May 2004 and was responsible for contractor invoice review and
approval for $3.5M of construction. In addition, Mr. Schneider was
responsible for detailed financial analysis of funding and allocation of
construction costs for the project for Jefferson County's proposal for the
City of Golden to develop the closed site as a recreational complex for
soccer and other field related sports.
Jefferson County requested additional funding analyses be completed for the
final stage of construction for the project. Mr. Schneider's was
responsible for completion of these analyses which resulted in an
additional funding request and approval of $1.6M.
FIELD TURF USE OVER CLOSED LANDFILL INTEGRATING A LANDFILL GAS COLLECTION
SYSTEM Jefferson County, Colorado
Mr. Schneider was hired by KRW Consulting, inc. to provide technical review
the proposed design of a recreational field turf to be used over a landfill
gas collection system at the closed Rooney Road Landfill located in
Jefferson County, Colorado. The technical review resulted the City of
Golden's incorporation of design concepts into bid documents.
Additionally, Mr. Schneider was responsible for site bidders meetings,
preparation and review of technical responses to bidder's questions as well
as developing a bidder's evaluation and scoring system that was used for
the selection, negotiation and award of the approximately $2M project. Mr.
Schneider was 1 of 5 members of the interview, evaluation and selection
committee.
Mr. Schneider was also responsible for detailed financial analysis of
funding and allocation of construction costs for the project for the City
of Golden's funding contribution to closed site to allow potential future
development of the site as a recreational complex for soccer and other
field related sports.
INDUSTRIAL POWER PLANT WASTE ASH DISPOSAL FACILITY, LINER AND COVER DESIGN
AND PROJECT TECHNICAL REVIEW, Bennett, Colorado
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was retained by Five Part
Development to review the proposed design of a fly ash disposal facility
located east of Denver, Colorado. The technical review included the
redesign of the proposed cell liner system and construction quality control
program prior to submittal to the Colorado Department of Health.
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. has also prepared the
construction specifications for facility construction.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITY, ENGINEERING
DESIGN AND OPERATIONS PLAN REDESIGN, Bennett, Colorado
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was retained by Conservation
Services, Inc. to redesign an existing non-hazardous industrial waste
facility that is currently in operation. The facility handles hydrocarbon
contaminated soils, and other industrial waste streams that are currently
not regulated as hazardous according to the EPA.
The facility is being expanded to increase the potential waste capacity by
approximately 150% to 4.5 million cubic yards.
LANDFILL LINER QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN CONSULTANT, Pueblo, Colorado
The design consultant indicated the preference of using a geosynthetic clay
liner (GCL) in the design of a landfill facility. Due to the relatively
new use of this material in the Front Range Engineering and Testing
Consultants, Inc. was retained to provide a quality assurance plan for all
stages of preparation, installation and testing for the proposed liner and
leachate sumps.
Research on the use and installation of this newly introduced material was
incorporated into the quality assurance plan and was approved by the
Colorado Department of Health.
SOLID WASTE LANDFILL LINER COMMITTEE MEMBER - COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
In 1992, the Colorado Department of Health was in the process or reviewing
and revising the "Regulations Pertaining to Solid Waste Disposal Sites and
Facilities - 6 CCR 1007-2" to comply with the federal legislation under
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Subtitle D. As a member of
the Liner Committee my expertise and updated research in the areas of liner
design, installation, testing and performance evaluation was integral to
the formation of the liner design philosophy and implementation through
these regulations.
320 ACRE LANDFILL FACILITY, Colorado
As the needs of communities grow, the landfill capacity must also increase
to handle to solid waste disposal needs within these communities. With the
adoption of RCRA Subtitle D, permitted landfills must be designed to
minimum technical and financial standards established by the EPA and the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was retained to design one of the
largest landfills to be permitted in the state. The site to be permitted
is 320 acres in size and is a cooperative effort between several
communities to formally join and form a county landfill incorporating non-
conventional liner design and excavation processes that were adopted to
minimize the significant costs of opening the new facility.
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE/LANDFILL EXPLOSION, Denver, Colorado
Public Service Company of Colorado (currently Xcel Energy) was involved in
an explosion at the site of a natural gas pipeline in the vicinity of 8th
Avenue and Wolff Street, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Schneider was PSCO's 24-
hour emergency response contact for environmental catastrophies. Immediate
assessment was required in the field to determine the hazard potential for
the affected structures as well as outlining immediate remedial repairs.
Mr. Schneider provided ongoing geotechnical and environmental strategy
throughout the development of the lawsuit defense. Mr. Schneider's area of
testimony and litigation support was limited to the environmental and
geotechnical components of the landfill at the site. Specifically,
landfill hazard models were developed and strategies were determined to
support a well-known landfill expert that would actually testify for Public
Service Company.
Having testified as an expert in geotechnical cases since 1985 along the
Front Range in Colorado, Mr. Schneider was specifically asked to prepare
geotechnical defense for PSCo in this case. This case continued for
approximately 4 1/2 years and was eventually settled prior to going to
court.
REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION, CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, SITE REMEDIATION,
FOUNDATION DESIGN, AND CAISSON DRILLING OBSERVATION, Blackhawk, Colorado
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was retained by a confidential
client to determine the feasibility of constructing a casino within the
Clear Creek Superfund Study Area in Black Hawk, Colorado. The situation is
unique in that the site actually lies spatially between two documented
National Priority List sites (the Gregory Incline and the National Tunnel
Drainage) within the study area. Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc.
was involved in Phase I, II and III investigations leading to corrective
action at the site.
Due to the potential for the site to be named as an priority site at some
point in the future, the impact of the corrective action and as
importantly, the rationale for the site specific remediation became the
focus of the project. Working with both the owner's environmental
attorneys and the owners themselves, a compromise solution was determined
that provided rationale for the source removal of contamination on the
site. Complicating the situation was the fact that the mineralization of
the area and the past industrial processes had indicated that the
corrective action would have an insignificant impact on the risk associated
with these practices.
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was contracted to provide
expertise throughout the planning and execution of the entire remediation
project and foundation construction portion of the project including
presenting the plan and obtaining EPA approval.
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. completed the characterization,
removal and disposal of approximately 15,000 yards of mine tailings, mine
waste and mixed waste from the site of the second largest casino (at that
time) to be built in Blackhawk, Colorado.
In addition, Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was responsible for
the design of the foundation system which consisted of slurry-drilled
caissons drilled into the bedrock which would most likely encounter
environmental contaminants during the drilling and foundation construction
process. The total field duration of the remedial action and the
construction of the foundation system spanned 5 months of continuous
observation.
INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSING FACILITY CONTAMINATION INVESTIGATION, Commerce City,
Colorado
As the environmental field continues to mature, several problems continue
to surface regarding original environmental work completed in the mid- to
late-1980's. Sites that had previously been assessed have later been found
to be contaminated and litigation has arisen over these subsequent issues.
Mr. Schneider was selected for expert witness testimony and litigation
support based upon his relevant experience in the site assessment,
investigation, and remediation aspects of environmental projects in
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona. Over 430 hours was spent analyzing
and compiling information related to the site including the review of in
excess of 5300 pages of documentation regarding to site history to the
present land use.
The project was additionally complicated by the fact that the site was
located adjacent to a well known Superfund site that had documented
contaminant plumes under the subject site. In addition, several complex
legal issues surrounding land transfer of contaminated property that had
been deeded back to the original landowners had to be resolved with respect
to potential remediation costs and cost benefits for final compensation.
As an the expert witness for the defendant, responsibilities included
preparation of questions nd strategies for opposing expert witness
depositions, cost-benefit analysis, preparation of court exhibit including
graphics and plates, strategic engineering-based defense against claims,
and expert witness deposition.
The case was settled 3 weeks prior to trial which was 5 days after Mr.
Schneider's deposition for approximately 1/15 of the original claim.
SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS OF EXISTING LANDSLIDE, Vail, Colorado
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was responsible for the slope
stability investigation and analysis of an existing landslide in Vail,
Colorado. The purpose of the study was to outline areas of suitability for
building 13 duplex structures without adversely impacting the slope
stability.
Individual site slope analyses were conducted to determine the maximum
foundation loads, site grading and excavation constraints for the planned
development. In addition, an area which would not be permitted for any
type of structure was also outlined as part of the stability study which
was adopted by the Town of Vail for current and future development of the
area.
Mr. Schneider served as the project manager responsible for the design of
the drilling and field investigation program as well as the computer
modelling of the landslide.
SLOPE ANALYSIS OF ORE-TRUCK HAULAGE ROAD, Routt County, Colorado
Mr. Schneider was the project manager for the design and analysis of a ore-
haulage road for the Energy Fuels Coal Mine located in Routt County,
Colorado. The design included the use of waste and overburden rock as
embankment material for the 70-foot high embankment roadway.
TAILINGS DAM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, Silverton, Colorado
As part of the remedial design for a failure of an old tailings
impoundment, Mr. Schneider was the project engineer responsible for the
design of an new impoundment and analysis of the tailings embankment
slopes. Due to the fact that the tailings impoundment embankment
construction was determined to be the centerline approach, the embankment
required several "lifts" each of which required the embankment to be
reanalyzed at the end of each lift construction.
CHROME AND ALUMINUM METAL PLATING FACILITY REMEDIAL ACTION, Berthoud,
Colorado
Due to the abandonment of an aluminum anodizing facility by it's operators,
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was contracted to assess the
immediately hazardous conditions that became known to the absentee owner of
a warehouse in northern Colorado. Having been formally notified by the
Colorado Department of Health's Hazardous Materials and Wastes Division
that the operator had been operating in violation of current statutes, the
owner became liable when the operator of the facility declared bankruptcy.
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was selected based upon their
experience a rapidly assessing environmental problems and their previous
consultant relationship with Chemical Waste Management. To date,
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. has been responsible for the
corrective action and remedial investigation this facility as well as
satisfying both state and EPA officials. The US EPA became involved with
the project when duplicate EPA Identification numbers were found to contain
discrepancies relating to site addresses and operators relating to the
facility.
The project has involved the characterizing, neutralization and disposal of
approximately 36,000 gallons of acids and acid wastes. At this time, the
project is approximately 97% complete. The remedial action plan prepared
by Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was approved by the Colorado
Department of Health.
Along with the site related services, Engineering and Testing Consultants,
Inc. was involved in the preparation of documentation for pending
litigation including photographing and videotaping of the conditions prior
to, during and after the cleanup of the site. Currently, the site closure
plan prepared by Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. is being
reviewed by the Colorado Department of Health.
DEFENSE FACILITY GROUND WATER REMEDIATION PROJECT, Cheyenne, Wyoming
During the spring of 1991, Mr. Schneider was directly responsible for
project management of F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Spill Site #7 Superfund
project. Responsibilities include formulating a disposal of excavated
materials plan, sampling plan and quality assurance project plan for the
site as well as contractor selection, negotiation and coordination.
Each of the required plans was reviewed and approved by the Bureau of
Reclamation which was the oversight agency for the ground water remediation
at the site. In addition, the Department of the Air Force was also
required to review all of the plans which included procedures and
schematics for decontamination of trucks that were transporting the
contaminated materials off-site for proper disposal.
The project required the construction of twin 30' high air stripping towers
as well as collection and leach trenches for collection of contaminated
effluent and return transport of treated ground water.
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE MERCURY CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT, Farmington, New
Mexico
Mr. Schneider was the project manager for a natural gas pipeline company
site assessment program. The project consisted of determining an
investigative strategy to investigate and evaluate over 15,000 potential
contaminated sites along the pipeline network route and determining the
stabilization recipe for the contaminated material to render the material
non-hazardous.
The main contaminant of concern is mercury which is used in the manometers
which measure pressure in the gauging stations. Due to mercury spills and
leakage throughout the life of the natural gas pipeline, the regulatory
agencies had determined that the levels of mercury were significant enough
to pose a health risk to the workers who routinely checked the gauging
stations.
The use of statistical programming and laboratory analysis was used to
determine waste stabilization a long term waste management approach to
dealing with a costly and widespread environmental situation. Based upon
the bench-scale stabilization testing designed to render the mercury
contaminated waste stabilized prior to disposal, a stabilization "recipe"
was formulated. The results of the study were incorporated into long range
environmental management as well as modifications to pipeline operations
for the natural gas pipeline company.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN, URANIUM MILL PROCESSING TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENT, Moab,
Utah
Mr. Schneider was responsible for the Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
preparation and implementation for a 90-acre uranium mill tailings pond
near Moab, Utah. As part of the preliminary investigations, the site was
studied through the review of aerial photographs to determine the
geomorphologic impact of the Colorado River which runs in the near vicinity
(adjacent) to the facility as well as the review of 5 years worth of
previous site investigations and ground water analysis.
The extent of the planning of the corrective action included stipulated
negotiations with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The technical
aspects of the corrective action plan included recovery well system design,
pump specifications and manifold configuration, sodium hydroxide treatment
and evapotranspiration system design and installation.
Upon approval of the plan by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, field
construction activities were completed under the direct supervision of Mr.
Schneider within the stipulated timeframe agreed to by the regulatory
agencies.
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT, SITE INVESTIGATION, AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN,
LIQUID ASPHALT TRANSPORT COMPANY, Denver, Colorado
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was selected both the remedial
construction manager and the environmental assessment firm for the removal
of 4 underground storage tanks at a trucking facility in Denver, Colorado.
Preliminary investigation indicated that the contamination from the tanks
has reached a depth of a least 22 feet. A corrective action plan was
developed by ETC to determine the best, most "reasonable" method of site
restoration. Alternatives were evaluated including deep, large diameter
augering and in-situ bioremediation.
Based upon the excessive cost of these alternatives a modified risk
assessment is currently being proposed to the Colorado Department of Health
to determine the site-specific excess "risk" by leaving contamination in
place below 16 feet.
The site was placed in the Oil Inspection Section's reimbursement program.
The Colorado Department of Health reviewed the final remedial action plan
which included a modified risk assessment in conjunction with the current
plan for active and passive soil venting. The soil venting system was
completed by Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. in the spring of
1994.
MULTIPLE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS FOR EXISTING HIGHWAY EXPANSION, Jefferson
County, Colorado
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. was awarded an environmental
contract to Goodson and Associates, Inc to conduct 22 Phase I Environmental
Assessments to determine the potential environmental concerns at 22
intersections of Colorado Highway 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard) from Chatfield
Reservoir to Highway 36 in Broomfield. Engineering and Testing
Consultants, Inc. personnel conducted the records review, field
reconnaissance and recommendations for future investigations.
DESIGN OF BIOREMEDIATION TREATMENT CELLS FOR OIL SLUDGES, Casper, Wyoming
Mr. Schneider was assigned the task of designing a lined, bioremediation
cell for treating oil sludges (residues) from petrochemical tanks in the
field. The process would require a simple design for ease of construction
in remote drilling areas. The design needed to be cost effective and
relatively maintenance free. Based upon the cell design proposed by Mr.
Schneider, the projects were successfully completed.
MULTIPLE PARTY SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS, Arvada, Colorado
Mr. Schneider was haired an as expert in the area of slope stability
analysis to analyze a multi-prty lawsuit involving the failure of a slope
between two residential developments. The analysis involves 6 events which
occurred over a span of 12 years and their individual an collective
contributions to the slope failure.
Using a finite element model and a computer program developed in Japan, Mr.
Schneider with the help of Dr. Bassam Helwany analyzed the slope and were
able to apportion amounts of failure that each event contributed.
Additionally, a conventional parametric slope stability analysis was also
conducted at the same site to determine the sensitivity of the parameters'
potential expected range of variation. To the author's and Dr. Helwany's
knowledge, this program has never been used to analyze multiple events
affecting slope stability in the United States.
At present five of the seven defendants have settled with the remaining two
in current settlement negotiations at this time.
WORK HISTORY AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES
PRESIDENT - Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc.
Responsible for all activities related to environmental and geotechnical
projects within the company. In addition, all financial and legal issues
within the company are handled by Mr. Schneider, including the selection of
projects to provide services.
Dates of Employment: April, 1983 to present
CONSULTANT - KRW Consulting, Inc.
Responsible for all phases of design, technical review, specifications,
QA/QC, and bid document preparation, evaluation and construction management
for the Rooney Road Landfill Gas Collection System. Mr. Schneider was
responsible for contractor invoicing review and approval, owner financial
analyses regarding final construction funding required to complete the
project, for the $5.3M Jefferson County government closure project.
Dates of Employment: December, 2001 to May, 2004
PRESIDENT, Incineration Technologies of Colorado, Inc.
Responsible for all aspects of thermal desorption company with fixed and
mobile treatment facilities in Atlanta, Georgia, Kansas City, Missouri,
Fargo, North Dakota, Commerce City and Greeley, Colorado. Total annual
sales for the company were approximately $2.75 million.
Mr. Schneider was contracted to turn the company's financial situation
which lost $750,000.00 in 1994. Within 2 1/2 months, Mr. Schneider was
able to renegotiate licensee agreements with 4 of the 5 existing licensees,
restructure $300,000.00 in short-term debt, and secure a capital infusion
of $250,000.00. Long-term debt of $1.3 million was permanently released
due to Mr. Schneider's negotiations.
The employee shareholders bought Mr. Schneider out of his 2 year contract
to allow them to run the company with a "fresh start" confident that the
mistakes they had made that allowed to company to lapse into the desperate
situation it was in prior to Mr. Schneider's arrival, would not happen
again. Mr. Schneider is currently serving as a consultant to the company
on an as-needed basis.
Dates of Employment: January, 1995 to March, 1995
CONSULTANT - Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
Served as geotechnical and geoenvironmental consultant on a wide range of
projects including Superfund site remediation contracting strategies and
remedial action planning. Projects were located in Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico and California.
Dates of Employment: February 1991 to June, 1991
MANAGER - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP, Western Technologies Inc.
Responsible for technical review and project management of all
environmental group personnel and projects including Phase I, II and III
types of work. Projects including analyses of site characterization,
review of available technologies and remedial strategy and planning. In
addition, other responsibilities include operational management, financial
planning and marketing for the Environmental Services Group.
Dates of Employment: May, 1990 to February, 1991
Major Accomplishments
* Corrective Action Plan (CAP) preparation and implementation for
a 90 acre uranium mill tailings pond including stipulated negotiations with
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The CAP included recovery well
system design, pump specifications and manifold configuration, sodium
hydroxide treatment and evapotranspiration system design and installation.
In addition, field construction activities were completed under the direct
supervision of Mr. Schneider.
* Groundwater Remediation System Design for hydrocarbon recovery
and groundwater treatment. Responsibilities included review of aquifers
characterization data, recovery well and pump design, air stripper
selection and construction recommendations.
* Hydrocarbon Investigation using soil vapor mapping, ground
penetrating radar, drilling and groundwater sampling to determine extent of
diesel contamination under warehouse during investigation subsequent
gasoline plume was also discovered unknown to the site owners.
SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, Industrial Compliance, Inc.
Responsible for the project management and review of ongoing projects
related geotechnical engineering including analysis of earthen structures
such as dams, tailings impoundments, slopes, excavations, and sidewalls,
disposal facilities and other soil/structure interaction projects. In
addition, other responsibilities include supervision and review of the
geotechnical laboratory and the designing and implementation of the Quality
Assurance/Quality Control field testing during construction of the above
projects. Other responsibilities include formulating strategy in
determining the planned growth and direction of the Engineering Division as
well as the overall development and management of the Phoenix, Arizona
office.
Major Accomplishments:
* 3 year contract for all State agencies for the investigation
and remediation of Underground Storage Tanks - State of Arizona -
responsible for the preparation of the response to the Request for
Consultant Qualifications, pricing, scheduling and participation of the
final consultants' interview.
* Developed prototype for statewide solid waste management
options ranking plan and criteria available for use by all county and local
governments throughout the Colorado - responsible for the preparation of
the approach methodology, selection of team members, bid preparation,
interview participation and contract negotiations with the Council of
Regional Governments.
Dates of Employment: July 1989 to May 1990
VICE PRESIDENT, DENVER AREA OPERATIONS MANAGER, Fox & Associates of
Colorado, Inc.
Responsible for the management of the Denver office (approximately 56
people). Other responsibilities included the management of marketing
resources for the Denver and Albuquerque offices as well as the overall
project financial monitors for the entire Fox organization. In addition,
responsibilities included long range strategy and planning of new ventures
as well as the sustained, steady growth of both Denver and Albuquerque
offices.
Major Accomplishments:
* Mr. Schneider was responsible for day-to-day operations of
approximately $3.5 million dollars in revenues including operations,
marketing, collections, and short and long term planning and strategies for
the company.
* Managed staff personnel reduction from 36 to 29 and then
increased to 56 total employees in both Denver and Albuquerque offices
within a 6 month timeframe (December 1988 -May 1989). This was as a direct
result of marketing efforts accomplished during this timeframe.
* Provided technical review in both geotechnical and
environmental projects as well as establishing and coordinating joint
marketing and operating policies.
* Developed internal education programs for both environmental
and geotechnical projects whereby project managers would be able to access
the most recent research and technology.
* Developed and coordinated 24-hour emergency response team for
hazardous materials.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, Fox & Associates of Colorado, Inc.
Responsible for the management of geotechnical and quality control projects
throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Maintained client relations,
executed field and laboratory investigations as well as prepared and
reviewed preliminary final drafts of engineering findings. Other
responsibilities included contract negotiations, project scheduling and
billing.
DIVISION MANAGER, Fox and Associates of Colorado, Inc.
Responsible for the management of the construction materials design,
inspection and testing division of the firm throughout the Rocky Mountain
Region. Responsibilities included hiring of personnel, changing operation
procedures, equipment sales and acquisition, overall marketing and business
planning for the division as well as technical review of all projects.
Dates of Employment: October, 1988 to July, 1989
PRESIDENT, CHIEF GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, Engineering and Testing
Consultants, Incorporated
Responsible for all phases of the company's financial, operations and
marketing activities for the geotechnical/drilling firm started in April,
1983. Other responsibilities included design and manufacture of drilling
and laboratory equipment, joint venture projects and feasibility studies
for multi-discipline projects.
Engineering and Testing Consultants, Inc. (ETC) offered a full range of
geotechnical and materials testing and design services ranging from
residential and commercial foundation investigations, drilling services,
and foundation design to investigation and design of earth dams. In the
area of materials testing we offered fill control, pavement design and
evaluation, concrete coring and sampling, and laboratory testing for soils
and aggregates.
In addition to these services, ETC offered residential structural
engineering, construction inspections and expert witness testimony in all
areas as mentioned above.
In the 1984, the firm began to specialize in hazardous material drilling
and backhoe investigations for EPA Subcontractors and for other enforcement
agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. Department of
Justice and the Attorney General's office - State of Colorado, as well as
difficult access (helicopter, confined space, etc.) site investigations.
Major Accomplishments:
* Successfully completed over 1200 projects in both geotechnical,
materials, structural, and environmental disciplines with revenues over
$1.8 million.
* Developed difficult access drilling equipment which was
helicopter transported to remote damsites, including the site of the
proposed 250 foot high roller compacted concrete dam then referred to as
the Muddy Creek Dam, Routt County, Colorado as well as several Superfund
sites in the Rocky Mountain region.
* ETC was asked by the Bureau of Reclamation to develop a
variation on our confined space drilling apparatus to determine if a stress
potentiometer could be installed as a 760 foot deep elevator shaft was
being advanced at Hoover Dam, in Nevada.
* Project engineers and construction manager for the enlargement
and embankment raising of the 40 foot high embankment dam.
Dates of Employment: April, 1983 to October, 1988
PROJECT ENGINEER, F.M. Fox & Associates, Incorporated
Responsible for large scale field investigation for power transmission
lines, fossil fuel powerplants, water retention dams, mine tailing
impoundments and commercial structures. Other responsibilities included
cost estimating and budget preparation for projects throughout the western
United States.
Major Accomplishments:
* Successfully prepared proposal and cost estimates for a 64,000
acre-ft reservoir siting study in Wyoming. In addition to the proposal, I
personally spent over 4 weeks in the field on-site as manager of field
activities which included foundation exploration and characterization,
surface seismic investigations, downhole geophysical logging, borrow
investigations and surveying. Peak field personnel under supervision
numbered 14 including 4 on-site drill rigs.
* Project Engineer responsible for the design and construction of
three earthen dam designs and their construction across the state of
Colorado.
* Analyzed and existing tailings impoundment and evaluated
remedial repair of the impoundment project. Mr. Schneider was personally
involved in the original construction in 1976 (on-site resident engineer
(testing and observation - 3 months)) through several modifications and
reevaluations throughout 1983.
SOILS LABORATORY MANAGER, F.M. Fox & Associates, Inc.
Responsible for continued operation of geotechnical engineering laboratory
including engineering properties, permeability, direct shear and uniaxial
and triaxial shear testing. This included design of equipment and
remodeling of existing equipment.
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, F.M. Fox & Associates, Inc.
Responsible for field testing and observations on construction projects
including sewer and water pipelines, residential and commercial
construction projects, earthen dams, tailings impoundments and over 8
airport resurfacing and construction projects throughout Colorado.
Dates of Employment: August 1976 to April 1983
TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES:
Hazardous Materials Training Courses OSHA 29 CFR 1910.20
40 Hour General Training
16 Hour Supervisor Training
8 Hour Annual Refresher
Radiation Safety and the Use of Nuclear Devices
Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) Level 1 Technician
SHORT COURSES AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
"Small Dams and Owner Liability" - Denver, Colorado, 1983
"What's New in Dam Design" - Golden, Colorado, 1985
"Professional Liability and Loss Prevention" - Denver, Colorado, 1989
"On-site Groundwater Remediation" - San Diego, California, 1990
"Mining and the Environment" - Denver, Colorado, 1990
"Geotechnical Design in Waste Management Practices: - Denver, Colorado,
1990
"Waste Management Practices in the Southwest" - Albuquerque, New Mexico,
1990
"Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination" - San Francisco, California, 1990
"Clay Liner Design and Construction" - Austin, Texas, 1993
"Geosynthetic Clay Liners - Design and Installation" - Austin, Texas, 1993
"Designing with Geosynthetics" - Chicago, Illinois, 1993
GRADUATE STUDIES
Geoenvironmental Aspects of Mine Foundation Engineering
Closure
Quantitative Risk Assessment Aqueous Chemistry and Water
Pollution
Advanced Engineering Geology Applied Statistics for Environmental Sciences
Specifications and Litigation Design of Landfill Disposal
Facilities
in Geotechnical Engineering Design of Earthen Structures
Finite Element Analysis of Embankment Dams Finite Element Methods in
Geotechnical
Advanced Soil Properties Engineering
Comparative Slope Stability Analysis Soil Dynamics and Earthquake
Engineering of Embankment Dams Applied Surface Hydrology
Advanced Soil Mechanics Theoretical and Applied Rock
Mechanics
PERSONAL REFERENCES
Mr. Dave Douglass
KRW Consulting, Inc.
Mr. Craig Pruitt
Terracon, Inc.
Dr. Charles Robinson
Mineral Systems, Inc.
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