About Us

FRED JALEH - CHIEF ENGINEER AND CONSULTANT

B.S. in Civil Engineering - Lamar University, Texas (1974)

M.S. in Engineering - Lamar University, Texas (1975)

Registered Geotechnical Engineer (RGE) in the State of California

Registered Civil Engineer (RCE) in the States of California, Nevada and Arizona.

California Environmental Assessor: REA

Fred was a Laboratory Supervisor at Lamar University for 2 years and has been a Chief Engineer and Consultant for over 30 years. He has had the responsibility to oversee all environmental tasks, geotechnical investigations and preparation of expert witness documentation on areas with major settlement or subsurface problems.

KEVIN CLARK - STAFF GEOLOGIST

B. S. in Geology - California State University, Fullerton

Registered Professional Geologist (PG) in the State of California

 

1. Additional training includes:
2. Radiation Safety and Use of Nuclear Soil Gauges
3. USEPA 40 Hour Basic Health and Safety Training Course for workers on hazardous waste sites
4. On-Site Health & Safety Confined Space Entry Training
5. Online Hazwoper 8 Hour Annual Refresher Course for compliance, workplace safety and emergency response

Kevin has published in Ryan, J.A.; Clark, K.M.; Landon, R.R.; Stoppelmann, P.E.; and Williamson, R.A., 1986, Seismic Refraction Study of Faulting in Villa Park, Orange County, California, Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Volume 23, Number 4, pp. 487-497.

Kevin has over ten years of diversified experience as a Geologist managing commercial, industrial, military, residential, municipal, and undeveloped projects in California, and other states in the United States. The majority of his experience demonstrates expertise in environmental geology managing projects for the Field Investigation Team (FIT), USEPA, Region 9 that included Preliminary Assessments and Site Investigations using the Hazard Ranking System for sites being considered for inclusion on the USEPA's National Priorities List.

Kevin has gained significant geotechnical engineering experience including grading for residential and commercial developments; fault trench studies, preliminary geotechnical investigations; percolation tests; post-grading observation and soil density testing for development projects.

Additionally he has managed the over-excavation of alluvial materials and the mapping of bedrock geology and has conducted construction inspection of temporary shoring.

BILLIE PARKER - Executive Assistant

Billie has satisfied college level general education requirements in specialized fields such as:

1. Paralegal
2. Real Estate Licensing
3. Computer Technologies

Billie brings with her over 25 years of management and administrative skills. She has worked in several different fields and has more than 10 years of experience in the geotechnical field. She is an expert researcher and currently manages our office.