Darren L. Beckstrand
Associate Geologist

Mr. Beckstrand has 11 years of experience as an engineering geologist in the Pacific Northwest. Geotechnical instrumentation is an area of expertise, with experience in designing, installing, collecting and analyzing data from slope inclinometers, vibrating wire piezometers and crackmeters, and extensometers. He has extensive experience in the evaluation, investigation, and mitigation of landslide and rockfall hazards.

He has served as a geologist on the following representative projects

• Statewide Rockfall Hazard Rating System (RHRS), Montana
• St. Johns Dike Stabilization, Portland, Oregon
• SR 191 Highway Improvements, Moab, Utah
• Frog Lake Butterfly Valve House Instrumentation, Three Lynx, Oregon
• Iron Gate Access Road Rockfall, Hornbrook, California
• SR 14 Rockfall Litigation, Goldendale, Washington
• Badrock Canyon Rock Joint Instrumentation, Columbia Falls, Montana
• South Tongass Highway Construction Assistance, Ketchikan, Alaska
• Bull Run Corridor Landslide Instrumentation, Sandy, Oregon
• Alba Gas Facility Landslide Dewatering, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa
• Third Avenue Extension, Ketchikan, Alaska
• Allen Brothers Road Slide, Longview, Washington
• Highway 2 Rockfall Mitigation, Libby, Montana
• John C. Boyle Dam Rockfall Mitigation, Keno, Oregon
• Faraday Diversion Dam Landslide Reconnaissance, Estacada, Oregon
• Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana
• Beartooth Pass Debris Flow Barrier Systems, Red Lodge, Montana
• US 26 Rock Slope Evaluations, Irwin, Idaho
• RHRS Database Design and Instruction, Virginia Department of Transportation
• Looking Glass Road Instrumentation, East Glacier, Montana
• Pioneer Mountain Eddyville Landslide Investigation and Instrumentation, Eddyville, Oregon