Qualifications

Dr. Oakland earned his Bachelor of Science degree from The Pennsylvania State University, and his Master's and Ph.D from Purdue University.  He was previously employed as a geotechnical consultant at Haley & Aldrich, Inc, Camp Dresser & McKee, and Thornton Tomasetti.  He was the chairman of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Geotechnical and Computer groups and has served as a member of the Massachusetts Building Code Geotechnical Advisory Committee for more than 20 years.  Dr. Oakland has worked as a geotechnical engineer on a wide range of challenging projects including some of the largest infrastructure projects in the country.  He has authored numerous papers and presentations and is a registered professional engineer in 13 states.

Experience 

Supported by his extensive design experience, Dr. Oakland has been retained to serve as an expert geotechnical engineer on a wide variety of design and construction claims.  His work includes providing expert services on both insurance claims as well as standard of care reviews.  Dr. Oakland has applied his education and experience to opine on the causation of failures and has prepared numerous expert reports on a variety of earthwork and foundation performance topics.  He has participated in both mediations and arbitrations, as well as providing depositions and sworn testimony at trial.  CVs on specific areas of geotechnical engineering available upon request.
 

Areas of Practice

Areas of expertise within geotechnical engineering include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

• Shallow Foundations
• Deep Foundations
• Slabs on Grade
• Ground Improvement
• Support of Excavation Systems
• Dewatering
• Dams
• Slope Stability
• Pavement Subgrades
• Geotechnical Investigations
• Changed Site Conditions Claims
• Surcharging
• Consolidation Settlements
• Seawalls and other Marine Structures
• Bulkheads
• Corrosion and Rotted Wood Piles
• Earthwork and Excavation
• Design-Build Foundation Engineering

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