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James E. Monsees, Ph.D., P.E., 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
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Jim is an expert in the design and construction of underground structures and in soil and rock mechanics. Jim Monsees’ wealth of experience encompasses project management, construction engineering, detailed design, on-site consultation, and geotechnical investigations for a multitude of projects. He is a PB Sr. Vice President and is PB’s
Technical director on such worldwide projects as transit and water tunnels; nuclear waste disposal in geologic media; geotechnical studies; studies in tunnel and protective structures; and field and laboratory testing of soil and rock. He also has participated in the design of major subways and numerous tunnel projects throughout the U.S. For the Los Angeles Metro, he developed a new approach to seismic design of underground structures, an approach that has been refined and used on projects around the world. For the SSC he was design manager for all underground structures. Jim’s work includes feasibility studies; conceptual, preliminary and final designs; geotechnical investigations; and, as a member of many review boards of major tunnel projects, development and review of criteria and policy, and oversight of projects in progress. In 1991, he was elected the National Academy of Engineering, and has been member and chairman of the organization’s Award Committee and member of the Nominating Committee. He is an internationally recognized expert in tunneling and an invited speaker on the subject at national and international conferences.
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