Education

• M.S., Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL - 1992
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Patna University, Patna, India � 1982

Professional Experience

• Himalayan Consultants, LLC, Germantown, Wisconsin, (2001-Present): Principal
• Kapur & Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (1996-2001): Senior Geo-Environmental Engine.
• Vijay Environmental, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1992-1995): Geo-Environmental Engineer
• Illinois Department of Transportation, Carbondale, Illinois, 1991 (summer): Technical Trainee
• Southern Illinois University, Dept. of Civil Eng., Carbondale, Illinois 1989-1992: Research Assistant
• Department of Irrigation of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal (1983-1988): Water Resources Engineer

Gopal has over seventeen years of geotechnical engineering experience managing numerous environmental, geotechnical, and hydrogeological investigations and remediation projects throughout Wisconsin, and Illinois. Related experience includes: work plan preparation, site investigation, remedial action plans development, and design of remedial systems/technologies for petroleum/hazardous materials impacted sites; environmental site assessments; and environmental and geotechnical oversight of construction projects. His field experience includes supervising the subsurface investigations, soil and groundwater sampling, conducting pumping tests, inspection of underground storage tank (UST) systems, and foundation and pavement sub-grade evaluation. He has completed numerous Phase I, 2, 21/2, and 3 hazardous materials investigations per WisDOT FDM Procedures 21-35-5 through 21-35-35 for several highway projects. Representative projects include:

• Environmental
• Geotechnical

ENVIRONMENTAL

I-94/USH 41 North South Corridor, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Lake Counties:
Performed a Phase 1 hazardous materials investigation of the corridor. The project limits are Howard Avenue on the north, 35th Street (over I-894/43) on the west, Howell Avenue on the east (under the Airport Spur), and the north end of the I 94/USH 41 interchange in Lake County, Illinois. Responsibilities included evaluating the environmental risk and liabilities associated with potential hazardous materials sites located adjacent to the project corridor that include the current and former UST systems, paint shops, salvage yards, wood preserving facilities, dry cleaning facilities, tanneries, municipal landfills, and miscellaneous fill areas and providing recommendations for additional investigation.

Marquette Interchange Reconstruction Project, Milwaukee, WI:
Provided field oversight for the hazardous materials investigation of the West Leg, South Leg, and Core sections of the interchange. The investigation included over 300 Geoprobe borings and 70 temporary monitoring wells. Borings were located at the design location of future structures (retaining walls, and bridge abutments and piers) and ranged in depths from 10 to 40 feet. Responsibilities included: supervising and directing the field activities, collecting soil and groundwater samples for laboratory testing, classifying soils during drilling operations, field-screening using a Photo-Ionization Detector and preparing logs of test borings.

Central MIS Improvement Project, Northwest Side Relief Sewer Project, West Oklahoma Avenue Sewer Relief Project, 32nd Street Bypass Pump Station Design, Ramsey Avenue Relief Project, Estabrook Parkway and Glendale Avenue Relief Projects, Milwaukee, WI:
Conducted Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) and limited Phase II ESAs for these projects that included the Central MIS Drainage Basins A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H and the associated intercepting structures and major siphons/aqueducts, in accordance with ASTM standard E-1527. The work scope included evaluating the environmental risk and liabilities associated with petroleum contaminated sites from the current and former UST systems, paint shops, salvage yards, wood preserving facilities, laundromats, tanneries, municipal landfills, and miscellaneous fill areas and providing recommendations for handling and management of soil and groundwater impacts during construction.

Marjorie H. Schultz Estate, Sussex, WI:
Performed a Phase I and Limited Phase II ESA for this 115-acre property located at W245 N6250 Pewaukee Road. Also conducted a LUSTs investigation. Responsibility included performing the assessment in accordance with ASTM Standard E 1527, supervision of soil borings and groundwater monitoring wells and coordination with DNR for liability clarifications associated with the petroleum impacts discovered at the property.

Vacant Lot, Pewaukee, WI:
Performed a Phase I ESA for this 2.3-acre property located at 472 Prospect Avenue Pewaukee in accordance with ASTM Standard E 1527.

3275 N. Pierce Street, Milwaukee WI:
Performed a Phase I ESA for this 0.17-acre property located at 1537 N. Pierce Street in accordance with ASTM Standard E 1527.

STH 60, Washington County, Hartford, WI:
Conducted a Phase I hazardous materials investigation per WisDOT FDM Procedures 21-35-5. The work scope included evaluating the environmental risk and liabilities associated with petroleum contaminated sites from the current and former UST systems, paint shops, salvage yards, laundromats, tanneries, municipal landfills, and miscellaneous fill areas and providing recommendations for handling and management of soil and groundwater impacts during construction.

Harbor Siphons and D/S MIS, Milwaukee, WI:
Conducted several Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments for various sewer and shaft locations along the project area including the S. Water Street section of Basin �A�, and N. Broadway Street section of Basin �G� Central MIS systems.

U Pull A Part Site Investigation, 5727 S. 6th Street, Milwaukee, WI:
Conducted a limited environmental site investigation of this 7.84-acre auto salvage yard. The site investigation included installing 16 soil borings/groundwater monitoring wells and five gas probes to delineate the extent of fill materials, and soil and groundwater impacts, methane monitoring, and preparing a site investigation report including a remedial action plan.

Ethylene Glycol Investigation, Red Arrow Park, Milwaukee County, WI:
Completed an environmental site investigation to obtain preliminary information concerning the soil and groundwater impact due to the suspected release of ethylene glycol from the underground piping network associated with the ice-skating rink located at the site. The investigation included six soil borings to depths ranging from 16 to 20 feet below ground surface, field screening of soil samples, soil and groundwater sampling for laboratory analysis for ethylene glycol, and interpretation of soil and groundwater results.

South Shore Park, 2900 South Shore Drive, Milwaukee County, WI:
Conducted a limited environmental investigation of this boat launch facility to evaluate the environmental quality of the Lake Michigan sediments at this location. The project consisted of collecting sediment samples from below the lake bed at the base of boat launch, laboratory analysis to characterize the deposits for potential disposal/management purposes, and making recommendations for handling and managing the dredged excess beach sand and lake sediments per NR 347.

Sheboygan River Sediment Sampling and Testing, US Coast Guard Station-Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI:
Performed sampling and testing of the river sediments for purposes of characterizing the sediment materials to help determine the management options for the dredged sediment during construction.

GEOTECHNICAL

Foundation Engineering, Analysis, and Design, I-43 and STH 164 Interchange, Town of Vernon, WI:
Conducted a subsurface soils investigation, geotechnical design, analyses, and foundation recommendation for two-bridge structure sites in the project area. Performed stability checks including the global stabilityfor abutments.

Foundation Analysis and Design, I-43 and S. Moorland Road Interchange, New Berlin, WI:
Conducted a subsurface soils investigation and pavement investigation. Performed foundation design and analyses for four-bridge structures and two box culvert sites. Additionally, developed pavement design parameters for main line (I-43) and delineated the extent of marshy marginal soils along 3,000-foot and 500-foot segments of I-43 and Moorland Road, respectively.

Geotechnical Investigation and Foundation Analysis, Milwaukee Intermodal Station Milwaukee, WI:
Performed geotechnical investigation and foundation analyses for construction of: new entrance piers on the existing station building as part of the improved entrance of the station, a canopy in the bus park area directly adjacent to the west side of the station building, an enclosure at the southwest corner of the building, and construction of a possible 3-story parking structure and a parking lot on the area to the west side of the 6th Street viaduct.

Pabst Theatre Improvements, Milwaukee, WI:
Performed foundation analysis and design for the proposed addition to the theater building. Supervised subsurface investigation computed allowable bearing pressures and anticipated settlements, temporary and permanent loads for design of walls; and proposed an instrumentation and monitoring program for construction. Set up an in-house geotechnical laboratory for testing the physical properties of soils.

Oak Creek Watercourse Improvements, Milwaukee, WI:
Performed subsurface soils and groundwater investigation, channel slope analysis and design, seepage analysis, and developed recommendations for erosion control/suitable channel lining for the North branch and the Main Oak Creek Channel for this MMSD project.

Slope Stabilization and Analysis, Deer Creek, Ashland, WI:
Performed stability analyses of the existing and several proposed slope configurations of this almost 90 feet high slope using the computer program ReSSA. The analysis included evaluating the stabilities using geogrid reinforcement.

Sorenson Creek Bank Stabilization, Racine County, WI:
Performed a subsurface investigation to assess the stratigraphy and physical properties of the underlying soils and provided recommendations for the design and construction of a geogrid reinforced modular brick retaining wall adjacent to the creek.

Registration/Certification

• Professional Engineer-Wisconsin E-31909
• OSHA 40 hour General Hazardous Waste Site Worker Training