Triangle Networking Lunch & Learn

Description

Discussion: Retaining Walls – Real Estate Risk, ROI, & Asset Value 

Discover how proper planning and execution of retaining wall construction can impact your project schedule and budget. Join Aubrey Langford and Blake Hash of ECS to better understand how early decisions (evaluation and design) set the stage for value protection or the distasteful alternative - costly mitigation and delays leading to long-term value destruction. Walk away with insights to save yourself and your clients headaches and real dollars. Lunch will be provided by ECS. 

Speakers: ECS Aubrey Lankford, Blake Hash and Jeff Mann 

What you’ll learn: 

1. How to mitigate the pitfalls of challenging terrain and budget overruns commonly encountered with retaining walls. 

2. Common problems and typical solutions to prioritize before they sink your budget. 

3. Typical signs that point to future problems. 

Aubrey Lankford, PE – aplankford@ecslimited.com, 919.861.9824 

Aubrey is the Department Head for construction/materials testing (CMT) and special inspections (SI) in the Raleigh office of ECS. Aubrey over 17 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, CMT and SI services. His responsibilities include managing soil and concrete laboratory quality management and accreditation, reviewing field reports, laboratory testing reports, preparing project overview summaries and communicating with clients regarding project compliance on a day-to-day basis. In his spare time, Aubrey loves to travel and visit retaining wall failures and document the mass destruction. 

Blake Hash – bhash@ecslimited.com, 919.861.9823 

Blake is the Department Head for geotechnical engineering in the Raleigh office of ECS. Blake specializes in the planning and execution of diverse subsurface exploration in the central North Carolina geographic region. His expertise encompasses in-situ and laboratory testing of soil and rock for the design and construction of new facilities and additions to existing structures. Blake has conducted various analyses, for deep and shallow foundation settlements, bearing capacity, pavement section thicknesses, retaining wall lateral pressures, slope stability and site seismic classification. On the weekends, Blake can be found trespassing on private construction sites to observe retaining wall construction and providing unsolicited proposal for additional geotechnical services. 

Jeff Mann, PE – jmann@ecslimited.com, 919.862.9850 

Jeff is the Raleigh Operations Manager of ECS Southeast. Jeff is a Chief Engineer and Principal with 29 years of experience specialized in both civil and environmental engineering. He has applied his civil engineering expertise to a variety of projects, including those requiring site grading, water/sewer/stormwater utility design, erosion and sediment control, dam design, hydrology and hydraulic studies, wetland mitigation design, right-of-way encroachments and permitting. When not at work, Jeff enjoys sitting atop large retaining walls and pretending to fish.

AGENDA

11:30 AM            Networking                                                       

11:50 AM            Plate-Up                                                                                          

12:00 PM            Welcome and Chapter Announcements

12:05 PM            Acknowledgement of our Power Partners

12:06 PM            Introduction of Site Sponsor – ECS                  

                            Introduction of Speakers – Aubrey Lankford & Blake Hash

12:35 PM            Q&A  - 5 min                     

12:40 PM            Haves and Wants (Interactive)       

1:15 PM              Dismissal