Chris Carpenter

Registration:
Civil Engineer: OR, WA, CA

FERC-recognized Independent Consultant for Part 12 Dam Safety Inspections

Professional Career:
2002-Present, Senior Associate Engineer,
Cornforth Consultants, Inc.

Education:
2002, M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley, California 

2001, B.S. in Civil Engineering,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

​Honors/Societies:
Officer, Portland Geotechnical Engineering Group, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

UC Berkeley Geotechnical Society

Senior Associate Engineer

Mr. Carpenter has over 22 years of geotechnical engineering experience in the Pacific Northwest. His areas of expertise include seismic slope deformations, and landslide analysis and design for causation studies, stability levels and stabilization measures.

Representative projects include the following:
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• Gas Facilities Landslide Mitigation, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa
• Interstate 5 - Iowa Street Viaduct Replacement and Retaining Walls, Portland, Oregon
• Scoby Hill Road Landslides, Springville, New York
• Greens Creek Mine Access Road Landslide, Admiralty Island, Alaska
• US 20 Realignment – Pioneer Mtn to Eddyville, Eddyville, Oregon
• Montana Rockfall Hazard Rating System (RHRS), Montana
• South Santiam Highway Landslide Studies, Sweet Home, Oregon
• Wrangell Airport Runway Extension, Wrangell, Alaska
• Moorehaven Slide Repair, La Center, Washington
• Looking Glass Hill Road Landslides, East Glacier, Montana
• Frog Lake Reservoir Landslide, Three Lynx, Oregon
• Gales Creek Road Slide, Forest Grove, Oregon
• EG LNG Train 2 Slope Stability, Equatorial Guinea, West Africa
• Going to the Sun Road Rockfall Mitigation, Glacier National Park, Montana
• Lemolo 2 Canal Slides, Idleyld Park, Oregon
• Moran Junction to Dubois Landslides, Dubois, Wyoming
• Astoria Uppertown Landslide, Astoria, Oregon
• Heiple Road Landslides, Estacada, Oregon
• Libby Rockfall Mitigation, Libby, Montana
• Skyline Summit and Forest Heights Slide, Portland, Oregon
• Arizona SR 87 Landslides, Payson, Arizona
• Weeksville Rock Bolt Installations, Weeksville, Montana
• Depoe Bay Retaining Wall Slide, Depoe Bay, Oregon
• Bridgeview Court Landslide, Astoria, Oregon

Selection of technical presentations and lectures

• Geotechnical Condition and Risk Assessment – Focus on Dam Safety and Network Operability, Tuscon, Arizona, Centre for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation (CEATI) International Hydropower Industry Conference
• Seismic Response of Embankment Dam Sites – Selected Case Histories, Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon Dam Safety Conference
• Drainage Challenges in the Pioneer Mountain – Eddyville, Project, Corvallis, Oregon, ODOT Geo-Environmental Conference
• Developing Seismic Parameters – Newport Big Creek Dams, Wilsonville, Oregon, Oregon Dam Safety Conference, 

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Mike Meyer - Gerry Heslin - George Machan - ​Charlie Hammond - Brent Black - Darren Beckstrand - Greg Landau
Chris Carpenter - Ben George - Wade Osborne -  Tom Westover - Aine Mines - Logan Allender - Andy Kost - Adam Koslofsky
Rachel Hunt - Justin McCarley - Aleyna Link - Sebastian Dirringer - Michael Bunn - Andy Vessely - Larry Pierson