•Managed subsurface explorations in the New York City area and provided support of excavation, waterproofing and foundation design recommendations.•Managed and prepared support of excavation and pile foundation contract drawings and specifications. Collaborated with foundation contractors and tailored designs to meet their requests based on their equipment and material availability.•Prepared cost proposals for subsurface exploration, foundation and support of excavation design, and geotechnical instrumentation related projects on a competitive bidding basis.•Prepared subsurface exploration reports including support of excavation and foundation design recommendations.•Performed geotechnical and foundation inspections in accordance with the New York City Building Code, ASTM standards, contract documents, and current state of practice. Inspections include: subsurface investigations, underpinning, deep and shallow foundations, ground improvement, fill placement, and support of excavation systems.•Classified and determined engineering properties of soil and rock based on geotechnical borings, test pits and laboratory testing.•Specialized in geotechnical instrumentation and data interpretation. •Prepared interpretive geotechnical instrumentation monitoring reports. •Developed and designed geotechnical instrumentation plans. •Designed and prepared instrumentation location plans, detailed installation drawings and prepared job specific detailed specifications.•Installed various geotechnical instruments to monitor ground conditions and movements of adjacent structures caused by construction activities. •Experienced with seismographs, tiltmeters, tiltbeams, inclinometers, extensometers, displacement transducers, load cells, earth pressure cells, automated motorized total stations, strain gages and piezometers. •Experienced with instrumentation communications and remote data acquisition systems along with real time monitoring via web-based reporting.