Industry Profiles
Anu Khetwal
Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineer
WSP
What is it like to work as an engineer on underground projects? Absolutely fascinating. For me, tunnel design is like …
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Hamed Nejad
Project Manager
Michels Construction Inc.
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I have …
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Brian Gettinger
Vice President of Tunneling
Southland Holdings, LLC
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I’m VP …
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Jenn Sketchley
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I am …
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Steven Lotti
Project Engineer
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc.
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I have …
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Ray Hashimee, PE, CCM
VP of Tunneling/Underground Construction
EPC Consultants, Inc.
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I have …
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Matthew S. Gore PhD, PE
Project Geotechnical Engineer
Golder Associates Inc. USA (a member of WSP)
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? For the …
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Amanda Kerr
Geotechnical Engineer
Black & Veatch
How did you get into the industry, and why did you decide to pursue it as a career? I was …
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Vojtech Ernst Gall
Senior Tunnel Engineer
Gall Zeidler Consultants
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I am …
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Luis Augusto Avila
Geotechnical/Tunnel Engineer II
WSP
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I have …
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Paul H. Madsen
Senior Project Manager
Kiewit
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I am …
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James Myers
Senior Project Manager
Keller
What do you do in the underground construction industry, and how long have you been in the industry? I have …
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Everett Litton
Lead Tunnel Engineer
WSP
Give us your background in the industry. What led you to pursue your profession? I was raised in a small …
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Ritika Kundu
Senior Project Engineer
Delve Underground
What is your current role and what does your job entail? I’m a geotechnical engineer focused on underground construction and …
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Rebecca Reeve
Tunneling Field Engineer
Traylor Bros. Inc
What kind of project are you working on now and what do you do every day? I work for Traylor …
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Aswathy “Ash” Sivaram
Engineering Manager
Black & Veatch
What is your current role and what does your job entail? I am an Engineering Manager at Black & Veatch …
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Antonia Cornaro
Expert Underground Space / Co-Chair
Amberg Engineering / ITACUS
What is your current job title? My job title is Expert Underground Space at Amberg Engineering. I am also the …
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Jes Barron, PE, PMP, LEED AP BD+C
Instructor, Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Do you consider yourself in the “underground industry”? I do, primarily as an academic, consultant, and enthusiast! As an Engineer …
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Phaidra Campbell
Tunnel Engineer
JCK Underground
What is your role in your company? JCK Underground is a newer firm, and our approach is a bit different. …
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Rajat Gangrade
Ph.D. Student, Colorado School of Mines
Leader of the UCA student chapter at Mines
What are you studying and how did you get started in Underground Construction? I am a Ph.D. student and I’m …
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Everything is different in the underground industry. You're a creative problem solver who has to think on their feet. You will see more in one day than others will see in their whole career.”
Matt Evans Engineer Professor at Oregon State University