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