Alexandre (Alex) J. Bredikhin, P.E.

Education:

****/**** – BS/MS Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute, Russia

GPA: 4.5 out of 5.0; Research/Thesis Topic (Under Dr. V. Komaroff): “Rehabilitation of the Foundations of the Historic Moscow Circus Building to Accept Additional (Doubled) Structural Loading”

1996 – MS Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT

GPA: 3.3 out of 4.0; Research/Thesis Topic (Under Dr. L. Anderson): “Pile Driving Optimization Approaches”

1997 – 2 additional semesters of PhD course work in Civil (Geotech) Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

GPA: 3.9 out of 4.0; Research Topic (Under Dr. M. Mauldon): “Rock Slope Stability Modeling”

Work Experience:

1993-1994 – Staff Engineering Geologist, Center for Engineering Geology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

Job Functions: hydrogeological and engineering geological studies of existing and proposed construction sites in the city of Moscow

1997-1998 – Staff Engineer, LAW Engineering Services, Inc., Asheville, NC, US

Job Functions: foundation design, construction inspections of deep and shallow foundations, construction (concrete, steel, and soil compaction) testing, proposal and report preparation, setting up (both administratively and technically) all phases of exploration projects, from proposals through field reconnaissance/ drilling/sample testing/analysis to report preparation and payment collection.

Types of Projects: church buildings, commercial, light industrial and residential structures, cell towers, bridges, heavy industrial sites (cement factories, car factories, etc.)

1998 – Geotechnical Designer, Geopier Foundation Co., Stone Mountain, GA, US

Job Functions: Design and Construction Inspections/Testing of the Patented Geopier Intermediate Foundation System

Types of Projects: football stadiums, race tracks, various buildings and bridges

1998-2001 – Project Engineer/Project Manager, Woodward-Clyde Consultants (later acquired by URS Corp.), St. Louis, MO, US

Job Functions: foundation design, bridge design, roadway embankment design, geotechnical and hydraulic software analysis, slope stability and retaining wall design, geotechnical instrumentation (inclinometers, piezometers, settlement plates), construction inspections and testing.

Types of Projects: Large Industrial, Commercial, and Public Transportation

Examples of Projects:

St. Louis International Airport – Second Runway (geotechnical investigation, analysis, and design (settlement, slope stability, etc.) of high fill embankments, tunnels for adjacent streets, pavement, etc.)

St. Louis Metrolink Light Rail (geotechnical investigation, instrumentation data collection/reduction, analysis, and design (settlement, slope stability, etc.) of high fill embankments, etc.)

Plaza Hotel(12 stories), 8-story parking garage, new Court Building, Barnes-Jewish Hospital(18 stories) building and multi-story parking garage and numerous other high-rise structures in downtown St. Louis, Missouri (geotechnical investigation, analysis, and design of deep excavation soil retention systems (for underground parking stories and deep basements (up to 50 feet of soil retention in alluvial and thick man-made soil profiles)- mainly H-pile and lagging with tie-backs, secant walls, sheet piles, etc., and deep foundation systems (mainly end-bearing with skin friction drilled shafts). Full-time construction inspections.

Anheuser-Busch Brewery Plant Expansions, country-wide (California, Ohio, Virginia, Missouri, Colorado) – various heavy industrial additions in the high-density industrial environment (geotechnical investigation, analysis, and design of foundations and retaining structures for various eccentrically loaded, heavily loaded, etc. structures

Verizon Cell Towers, Missouri and Illinois (geotechnical explorations and foundation design)

Dynergy Power Coal and Gas-burning Power Stations, Illinois (geotechnical explorations and foundation design for various buildings, structures, roadways, and parking lots)

Woodrow-Wilson Bridge, Virginia-Maryland, and various bridges over the Mississippi river in St. Louis, MO and Memphis TN (geotechnical explorations and foundation design (including scour and seismic analysis), full-time construction inspections/testing.

2001-2003 – Project Engineer/Project Manager, STS Consultants, Milwaukee, WI, US

Job Functions: foundation design, retaining structures, rehabilitation of old abandoned industrial downtown buildings, pavement design, construction materials testing

Types of Projects: Large Industrial and Commercial

Examples of Projects:

Storm Water Detention Pond (Soil Nails and Gabions), Harley Davidson Headquarters, Milwaukee, WI

Lake Michigan 120’+ tall Bluff Stabilization Geotech Exploration, Testing, Slope Stability Analysis, Design, and Construction Inspection

Downtown Condos (Conversion of old factory buildings into residential condos) Subsurface Exploration, Settlement analysis, and Foundation remediation design), Milwaukee, WI

Environmental Remediation Slurry Wall – Canadian Rail Roads

Shorelake Dr. 27-story Condominium Building Foundation Design and Construction Inspection, Chicago, IL

Power Line Towers for various clients in Wisconsin

Wrigley’s Plant Expansion, St. Petersburg, Russia – pier review of geotechnical foundation (driven pile) design

Marquette Interchange (Milwaukee) – full-time construction inspections

Soldier Field Stadium Reconstruction – full-time pile driving and drilled shaft installation inspections

2003-2005 – Senior Project Engineer, Geotechnical Section Manager, Senior Project Manager, Terracon, Inc., Davenport and Cedar Rapids, IA, US

Job Functions: managed geotechnical and drilling sections of the office, slope stability, earth retaining structures, bridge, wastewater, drainage design, roadway embankment design, etc.

Types of Projects: Large Industrial, Agricultural, and Commercial

Examples of Projects:

Ethanol Plants in Iowa and Illinois – all phases of geotechnical design and construction inspections from scratch

Wind Towers in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin – foundation design and construction inspections

Waste Water Treatment Plant and lagoons soil and hydraulic exploration, analysis, and design

Various Industrial Expansions, John Deer and Kraft Factory Sites in Davenport, IA and Moline, IL

Schools, Libraries, Churches, various office buildings, etc. – geotechnical exploration, design, and construction testing

Multiple parking lot and roadway asphalt design and testing

May 2005 – July 2012 – District Geotechnical Engineer / Project Manager, TE-3, Ohio DOT D-4, Akron, OH, US

Job Functions: in-house geotechnical design of transportation structures (mainly bridge foundations, salt dome foundations, and slope repair), geotechnical consultant reviews, project management

Types of Projects: Transportation

Examples of Projects:

Bridge Foundations

Retaining Structures (MSE Walls, H-pile and lagging, secant walls, soil nail walls)

Embankment slope stabilization (embankments up to 90 feet tall)

Lake Erie Bluff Stabilization (due to a state route at the crest of the bluff)

Abandoned Mine (Coal and Clay) Remediation

Currently managing projects totaling about US$90 million

January 2008 – Present – Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Akron. Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in statics, mechanics of solids, construction estimating, design of costruction form-work, foundation design, and earth retaining structures and design parts 1 and 2.

Professional Registrations

-Registered Professional Civil Engineer in Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Oregon

-Member of ASCE and SAME

Citizenship: USA

PE registration: WI, OH, OR, IA

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