Jake Keegan

About Jake Keegan

Professional engineer experienced in civil and geotechnical engineering, design, tunneling, geotechnical instrumentation monitoring, construction cost estimating, slope stability, surface water hydrology and hydraulic calculations and underground construction projects. Experience with operations and maintenance of ash management facilities including landfills, ponds, and associated infrastructure. Projects include:• Trenchless technology projects, including microtunneling, pilot tube microtunneling, conventional tunneling, earth pressure balance tunneling and long distance HDD projects.• Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) projects developing stormwater management plans, reclamation and landfill closure designs, and CCR compliance studies.• Managing field exploration activities and geotechnical monitoring on coal ash ponds.I earned my Professional Engineer certification in 2012 (Reg. No. 77329) in Ohio, and now certified in Kentucky (Reg. No. 31446) and Michigan (Reg. No.

Experience

1. Lead Associate

   Delve Underground

   Jul 2019 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Notable Projects:Intermodal Sanitary Sewer Extension (ISSE), City of Columbus, Columbus, OH. Lead Field Project Representative for the project providing on-site professional construction management. The ISSE project consists of 8,500 linear feet of 54-inch Reinforced Concrete Jacking Pipe (RFP-J) with cast in place HDPE liner by microtunneling, including a curved section, 7 caisson shafts, access manholes, and a shallow creek crossing. The 54-inch pipeline is installed in difficult ground consisting of cobbles, boulders, gravels, silts, and clays. Lower Olentangy Tunnel (LOT), City of Columbus, Columbus, OH. Project Engineer for the detailed design, coordinated the development of drawings, specifications, engineer’s cost estimate, and construction schedule. LOT is a 12-foot-diameter, storage and conveyance tunnel with several sewer connections that will relieve combined sewer overflows into the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio. Bay Park Conveyance Design-Build Project, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Nassau County, NY. Design Quality Manager for the project, which includes engineering design services for 3.5 miles of force main microtunnel and 7.3 miles of force main aqueduct rehabilitation and sliplining. City Island Crossings, NYC Dept of Design and Construction, Bronx, NY. HDD specialist, assisting in providing contractor oversight and on-site inspection during HDD operations. The project consists of construction by HDD of two subaqueous water tunnels under Eastchester Bay from Pelham Bay Park to City Island. Golden Ears Forcemain and River Crossing, Metro Vancouver, Langley, BC Canada. Provided contractor oversight and on-site inspection during horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations for two 36-inch-diameter, 5,400-foot-long sanitary sewer forcemain crossings near Langley, BC.

Education

• The Ohio State University

  Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering

Skills

• Scheduling
• Autocad
• Microtunneling
• Slope Stability
• Civil Engineering
• Deep Foundations
• Foundation Design
• Landfill
• Hydrology
• Road
• Construction Management
• Project Estimation
• Water
• Horizontal Directional Drilling
• Water Quality
• Hydraulics
• Tunneling
• Engineering
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Water Resources
• Site Development
• Cost Estimating
• Stormwater Management
• Surveying