Chris has been involved in environmental contracting for over 27 years, working for a variety of private and public clients throughout the region. Experienced at working for and negotiating with federal, state and local officials on a variety of complex projects.
Areas of experience
- Subsurface remediation
- Landfill capping
- UST/AST removal and installation
- In-situ treatment
- Pump and treat system installation
- Stream and wetland restoration and mitigation
- Slope and erosion stabilization
- Dam demolition and repair
Selected project experience
Mosaic Tile landfill, Zanesville, OH. Project manager for site clearing, excavation and in-situ treatment of hazardous lead impacted soils. Loaded out 5,000+ tons of non-hazardous lead impacted soils for Subtitle D disposal, supervised clay cover placement and HDPE liner installation, and restored the site with vegetated topsoil cover, drainage swales and an onsite retention pond.
AEP Morrison Road stream mitigation, Gahanna, OH. Project manager for stream restoration including clearing and grubbing, excavation of stream bank to create a floodplain bench, and installation of multiple cross-vane and rock riffle structures, managing nearly 40,000 cubic yards of cut plus biodegradable restoration fabrics, plantings and seeding.
Garland Road landfill, West Milton, OH. Project manager for clearing and grubbing of 24 acres, erosion control, excavation and embankment of over 65,000 cubic yards of impacted soil, landfill cap installation, 15,600 square yards of FabricForm concrete revetment and 8,000 tons of rip rap along 2,600 linear feet of the Stillwater River.
Prairie Oaks, West Milton, OH. Project manager for a 75 acre wet prairie restoration including erosion control, perimeter tie excavation, placement and grading of over 30,000 cubic yards of soil, and new storm sewer piping and catch basins to reroute drainage from local residential properties.
Professional training and education
- College courses, Central Texas University and University of Maryland, 1992 to 1994
- Rising Leader Executive Education, Fisher College of Business, 2009
- OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour construction safety
- OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER
- HAZWOPER incident command training (29 CFR 1910.120)
- RCRA hazardous waste training (40 CFR 265.16)
- Advanced first aid and CPR
- Trenching and excavation safety
- Confined space entry supervisor training (29 CFR 1910.146)
- Ohio UST installer license