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<br />HERNANDO R. RAMOS, P.E.
<br />Principal Geotechnical Engineer
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<br />Years of Experience
<br />25
<br />Education
<br />M.S. Civil Engineering - 1988
<br />(Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta)
<br />M.S. Civil Engineering - 1986
<br />(Florida International University, Miami)
<br />B.S. Civil Engineering - 1978
<br />(University of Cartagena, Colombia)
<br />Professional Registrations
<br />Professional Engineer, Florida 42045
<br />LBR Technician-CTQP Certified
<br />Professional Affiliations
<br />American Society of Civil Engineer
<br />Key Qualifications
<br />Geotechnical engineer with more than 25
<br />years of experience with transportation,
<br />industrial, ports, and civil projects. His
<br />experience includes design, planning,
<br />execution of new geotechnical projects and
<br />the remedial procedures to correct
<br />foundation problems of existing structures,
<br />extensive involvement with axial and lateral
<br />pile analyses, slope stability evaluation on
<br />retaining walls and embankment projects
<br />using geogrid layers. Other specialties
<br />include design of numerous retaining walls
<br />types such as mechanically stabilized earth,
<br />reinforced concrete, sheet pile cantilever and
<br />anchored walls.
<br />WORK HISTORY
<br />January 1978-December 1982
<br />Caminos Vecinales (Colombia)
<br />June 1988- December 1998
<br />Law Engineering Services, Inc.
<br />January 1999 to Present
<br />HR Engineering Services, Inc.
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<br />Hernando R. Ramos, P.E.
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<br />HR Engineering Services, Inc.
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<br />Detailed Experience
<br />Planning, Analysis, Execution and Review of Geotechnical
<br />Projects
<br />During the past 20 years, he assisted in, as well as supervised over
<br />120~ geotechnical explorations and construction monitoring projects
<br />ranging from one story structures such as industrial and commercial
<br />facilities to more complex projects including high-rise buildings,
<br />several roadway and bridge foundation evaluations, one elevated
<br />light rail people mover, two extensions to the existing metrorail, and
<br />two tunnel evaluation projects. Extensive experience with shallow
<br />foundations bearing on both soil and natural rock. Responsible for
<br />geotechnical recommendations for deep foundations on soil,
<br />weathered and hard rocks and a combination of soil/rock conditions
<br />for projects in south Florida. Deep foundation system
<br />recommendations have typically consisted of driven piles, redundant
<br />and non-redundant drilled shafts, augercast piles, Franki piles, pin-
<br />piles and micropiles.
<br />Shallow Foundation Recommendations and Evaluations
<br />Shallow foundations on fill soils generally included the removal of
<br />unsuitable soils and their replacement with structural fills. Shallow
<br />~oundations be~ring on t.he South Florida Limestone generally
<br />Included a special foundation preparation consisting of cleaning of
<br />the cavities in the rock and filling with lean concrete.
<br />Shallow foundation types ranged from strip and individual footings for
<br />several multi-story buildings, telecommunication towers, for support
<br />of the piers for an elevated people mover, an extension of the
<br />Metrorail Transit System, and FOOT bridge piers. Bearing capacity
<br />and settlement evaluations have been an integral part of preparing
<br />shallow foundation recommendations for most structures. Mr.
<br />Ramos has been involved with roadway projects requiring evaluation
<br />of embankments bearing on soft soils, in particular the widening of
<br />five miles of State Road 5 (U.S. 1) near Key Largo. The stability of
<br />the new embankments was provided with geogrid layers.
<br />Deep Foundation System Recommendations
<br />Deep foundation system recommendations have typically consisted
<br />of. driven piles, augercast piles, Franki piles, pin-piles, micropiles and
<br />drilled shafts. He has recommended augercast piles to pile lengths
<br />up to 110 feet and drill shafts with diameters up to 9 feet, lengths up
<br />to 80 feet, and capacity of about 1400 tons in friction, drilled over
<br />water, and driven piles with sections up to 30 inches by 30 inches,
<br />and lengths up to 130 feet and capacities of 300 tons for bridge
<br />support. These foundation alternatives have been recommended for
<br />~everal. m.ajor .structures in South Florida, including a 52-story high-
<br />rise bUilding In downtown Miami, a 70-foot high new MacArthur
<br />bridge, and numerous mono shafts for support of telecommunication
<br />towers up to 200 feet in height and an extension of the Metrorail in
<br />Miami.
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