Mr. Howard is responsible for the development, planning, management, and completion of project work for tunnels, shafts, microtunnels, mining, water resource development and transportation. Mr. Howard has over 25 years of progressive experience in engineering geology and hydrogeology, including field experience on a wide variety of projects throughout the United States and overseas. His responsibilities include project management, geotechnical investigations, tunnel design and construction, and senior review of all geologic aspects of the company's project work. Mr. Howard is a specialist in geotechnical investigations and instrumentation for tunneling, civil engineering, hydrogeologic and environmental remediation projects. He has applied these skills to projects involving private, industrial, military, and public development.

Mr. Howard's experience in tunneling and underground construction includes responsibility for subsurface investigations, Geotechnical Baseline Report (GBR) preparation, tunnel design evaluations, ground-water modeling, tunnel mapping, grouting, evaluation and implementation of tunnel instrumentation installation and data acquisition/analysis, and tunnel claim investigation and analysis. He has also served as project manager for tunnel design and construction management. Mr. Howard has worked on geotechnical investigations and tunnel instrumentation programs for rapid transit, water supply and sewer interceptor tunnels in numerous locations involving soft ground, hard rock and mixed face conditions and also including tunneling in contaminated subsurface conditions. Technical skills obtained through these projects include geologic mapping and map interpretation, in situ testing procedures in soil and rock, ground-water monitoring and modeling, seismograph monitoring of blasts and vibrations, construction monitoring, instrumentation installation and interpretation techniques, report preparation, and project management.

Relevant Project Experience
• Saguaro Ranch Tunnel, Marana, AZ
• Stone Canyon Tunnel, Bel Air, CA
• Sacramento River Crossings Tunnel Instrumentation, Sacramento, CA
• Washington Dulles International Airport, Automated People Mover, Fairfax County, VA
• Saavedra-Moron Tunnels, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• South Mountain Tunnel, Phoenix, AZ
• Upper Narrows Tunnel, Wolf Creek Pass, CO
• Rouge River CSO Tunnel, Detroit, MI
• Weinbach Avenue Relief Sewer, Evansville, IN
• Tren Urbano, Rio Piedras Tunnels and Stations, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Richmond Transport Tunnels, San Francisco, CA
• LA Metrorail Eastside Extension Tunnels, Los Angeles, CA

Education
BS, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1977

Professional Registrations
Registered Geologist - California (No.5971)
Certified Engineering Geologist - California (No. 1876)