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Universal Engineering Introduction <br />Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. (UES) has provided professional geotechnical engineering services <br />throughout the southeast since founder and CEO Seymour Israel first opened our doors in 1964. Headquartered <br />in Orlando, Florida and led by Sy’s son and company president, Mark Israel, UES’ foundation of community, <br />technical expertise, and the relentless pursuit of excellence remains stronger than ever. <br />Now in our sixth decade, UES has grown into one of the largest family-owned geotechnical firms in the country. <br />Employing nearly 1,000 professionals from the DC Metro Area to Miami, UES has provided a broad range of <br />geotechnical engineering services such as building code compliance, environmental engineering, construction <br />materials testing, and threshold inspection on some of the most prominent and significant projects in the <br />United States. <br />UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING STAFF INTRO <br />Reinaldo Villa, MS, PE, Miami Branch Manager, Senior Geotechnical Engineer <br />Reinaldo Villa has 13 years of project management, engineering analysis/design and field experience in the <br />geotechnical industry and is responsible for client development, project proposals and geotechnical <br />engineering activities. He currently serves as Universal’s branch manager for the Miami office overseeing all <br />aspects of geotechnical, environmental and materials engineering. Reinaldo has an extensive amount of <br />experience with transportation-related projects, specifically design-build contracts with government agencies. <br />He has been involved with designing shallow and deep foundations for bridges, retaining walls, buildings, noise <br />walls, signs and lighting poles. He has experience inspecting and overseeing the installation of various <br />foundation systems consisting of spread footings, driven piles, drilled shafts, auger-cast piles, steel piles, and <br />other structural components. Additionally, he has gained experience providing practical and cost-effective <br />solutions to deal with problematic soils encountered during roadway construction. <br />Steve Jaime, EI, Staff Engineer <br />Steve Jaime, EI has 6 years of field experience in the geotechnical industry and is responsible for helping project <br />managers and project engineers prepare geotechnical reports for both public and private sector projects. He <br />has experience inspecting and overseeing the installation of various foundation systems for bridges, walls, <br />signs, buildings, lighting, and utilities. His foundation systems inspection and testing experience includes spread <br />footings, driven piles, drilled shafts, auger-cast piles, helical piles, and other structural components. Steve also <br />has experience with installation and recording data from geotechnical instrumentation, including piezometers, <br />thermistors, inclinometers and extensometers. <br />E-69