George Machan
Registration
Civil Engineer - OR, WA, MT, WY, UT, ID, AK, NY, AZ Geotechnical Engineer - OR Career 1996 - present Senior Associate Engineer Landslide Technology, Portland, OR 1995 - 1996 Region 1 Planning and Development Manager Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Portland, OR 1991 - 1995 Westside Corridor/LRT Project Manager ODOT, Portland, OR 1984 - 1991 Geotechnical Engineering Manager ODOT, Salem, OR 1975 - 1984 Senior Engineer Squier Associates, Lake Oswego, OR Education 1974/M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1973 B.S. Civil Engineering University of Connecticut, Mansfield, CT Honors/Societies TRB Committees on Transportation Earthwork & Soil and Rock Instrumentation (AFS 10 and AFS 20), Transportation Research Board National Cooperative Highway Research Program (National Academy of Sciences) Chair, ASCE Geotechnical Engineering Group, Portland |
Senior Associate Engineer
Mr. Machan has over 43 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and project development management. Designs have included slide repairs, drainage systems, cut slopes, embankments in mountainous terrain and over compressible floodplains, retaining walls, ground anchor stabilization, foundations, light-weight fills, rock slopes and rockfall protection methods.
He also provided overall project development management for highway improvements along Sunset Highway and Highway 217 in Portland, associated with the fast-tracked Westside Light Rail project. He provided leadership in public involvement and mediation efforts to community impacts and design issues. In addition, he represented ODOT in several legal proceedings and Land Use hearings. Several projects representative of Mr. Machan’s experience include:
Selection of technical presentations and lectures:
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Mike Meyer - Gerry Heslin - George Machan - Charlie Hammond - Brent Black - Darren Beckstrand - Chris Carpenter
Ben George - Wade Osborne - Tom Westover - Aine Mines - Logan Allender - Andy Kost - Adam Koslofsky
Collin McCormick - Anna Casady - Noah Kimmes - David LaPorte - Justin McCarley - Aleyna Donaldson
Michael Bunn - Andy Vessely - Larry Pierson - Derek Cornforth
Ben George - Wade Osborne - Tom Westover - Aine Mines - Logan Allender - Andy Kost - Adam Koslofsky
Collin McCormick - Anna Casady - Noah Kimmes - David LaPorte - Justin McCarley - Aleyna Donaldson
Michael Bunn - Andy Vessely - Larry Pierson - Derek Cornforth