Fernando Pons Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc Metro Area

I lead a team of talented geo-professionals providing geotechnical engineering, construction materials engineering and testing (CoMET), instrumentation, facilities and geo-environmental consulting services. Our firm is a provider of geo-professional services to public and private sector clients, and strives to deliver sustainable and resilient solutions that lower project life-cycle cost and risk.

Washington Dc Metro Area

I was responsible for providing geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting services and for managing energy, infrastructure, institutional, and real estate clients. I was also an Officer-in-charge for a variety of multi-disciplinary consulting assignments, responsible for all aspects of service.At Haley & Aldrich I was fortunate to work on signature urban and complex assignments. Representative project work while at H&A includes serving as the Geotechnical Engineer-of-record (GER) for an urban hospital expansion extending five levels underground; being the GER for a FERC-regulated Liquid National Gas (LNG) facility in a coastal brownfield setting; and being the Officer-in-charge for a geo-thermal campus-wide evaluation at a major urban university in DC. I also served as senior project manager for utility tunnel projects near the U.S. Capitol, and for projects at the historic St. Elizabeth's Campus in Washington, DC where soil conditions included unprecedented deep cuts in marine clay. I assisted AIG/Lexington insurance underwriters evaluate geo-risks for 60+ large infrastructure, energy and building development projects across Canada and the U.S; and served both as the GER and Environmental Professional for several multi-modal transit facilities in contaminated settings. My work at H&A also included managing multiple environmental and facilities due diligence commissions across the U.S., mainly performed on behalf of long-term asset holders.

Baltimore/Washington Dc Area

I was a regional practice leader (North U.S. Region) focused on facilities engineering and due diligence services. At the Columbia, MD Branch level, I concurrently managed the geotechnical/materials testing (GMT) division and the facilities group; I was responsible for operations and technical service delivery. I also served as the Geotechnical Engineer-of-record or senior geotechnical engineer for a variety of urban and redevelopment projects in VA, MD, DC, DE, NY, NJ, and PA.

Tulsa, Ok, And Washington Dc/Baltimore Area

I served as Staff, Project, Senior, and (since 1997) Principal Engineer for a mix of real estate, transportation, utility/energy, telecommunications, water/waste-water, and industrial sector clients. I provided geotechnical engineering, facilities and environmental due diligence consulting, telecommunications A/E design services, & construction materials testing and inspection. While at LAW, I worked in various states with a focus in the Southwest and Mid-Atlantic U.S, and gained international experience with project work in Mexico, South America and Europe. I also served as Drilling Manager in Tulsa, OK, as Resource Manager in Sterling, VA, and as Branch Manager in Columbia, MD.My time at LAW Engineering groomed and shaped me as a professional. While at LAW, I was the project-engineer lead for the Sailboat Bridge project in Grove, OK, one of the first major bridges in the U.S. to use LRFD foundation design and the largest construction contract ever awarded by ODOT at the time. Following the 1994 Northridge, CA earthquake, I was also part of the geotechnical team that instrumented 30 retrofit caissons at the LA Coliseum using Osterberg load cells - an unprecedented task. I was one of several facilities specialists who traveled to the United Kingdom to conduct building condition surveys in Scotland on behalf of a large investment bank. I also completed projects in South America and Mexico, where my work included managing geotechnical studies for pipeline crossings at the Rio Grande; monitoring geotechnical drilling, field torvane testing, and cone soundings in rural Colombia, South America; and conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments at maquiladoras and manufacturing facilities in the state of Chihuahua and in Mexico City. My project experience included geotechnical characterization, structural design, and construction materials QA/QC testing for landfills, cofferdams, and foundation systems subject to dynamic loads.

M.S. In Civil Engineering

B.S. In Civil Engineering

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