Landslide Technology

Andy Kost

Registration
Civil Engineer – Oregon, Washington

Career
2017 – Present Project Engineer
Cornforth Consultants, Inc.
Portland, Oregon

2015 – 2017 Staff Engineer
Cornforth Consultants, Inc.
Portland, Oregon

2013 – 2015 Engineer
Cornforth Consultants, Inc.
Portland, Oregon

2011 Engineering Intern
Cornforth Consultants, Inc.
Portland, Oregon

2010 Engineering Intern
Professional Service Industries, Inc.,
Portland, Oregon

Education
2013 M.S. in Civil Engineering
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

2011 B.S. in Civil Engineering
University of Portland, Portland, Oregon

Honors/Societies
2014 Best Paper by Soil Mechanics Section of the Transportation Research Board’s Foundations of Bridges and Other Structures Committee. The same paper was also awarded 2014 Best Practice-Ready Paper by the TRB’s Design and Construction Group.

2011 – 2013 Via Fellow, Virginia Tech

2011 Civil Engineering Outstanding Student Award, University of Portland

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

Member, Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society)

Project Engineer

Mr. Kost has 7 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer addressing landslide and slope stabilization challenges for clients as diverse as state departments of transportation, local municipalities, public utilities, and private landowners. His work has included analysis and design of drilled shaft and micropile deep foundations, MSE walls, deep patches, and tieback walls. He has experience analyzing concrete dams, embankment dams, and levees using both deterministic and risk-based methods. Mr. Kost’s work with levees has also included rapid assessments of flood damage and design of emergency repairs. He has broad experience developing and managing geotechnical investigation plans and laboratory testing programs to address clients’ unique design requirements.

Mr. Kost has served as an engineer on the following representative projects.

Representative projects include the following:

MT-200 Erosion Repair, East Missoula, Montana
Tolt Pipeline Slide, Duvall, Washington
Dickey Prairie Road Pavement Distress Mitigation, Molalla, Oregon