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"The mission of the American Society of Highway Engineers is to provide a forum for members and partners of the highway industry to promote a safe, efficient and sustainable transportation system through education, innovation and fellowship."
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A 479.5-foot long retaining wall system consisting of two parallel rows of steel dowels socketed into bedrock and topped with a reinforced concrete cap was constructed to stabilize a roadway that has been afflicted by chronic landslide movement for over the last 50 plus years. The dowel system allowed for the majority of construction work to be performed from the roadway/bench elevation without the need for the placement of equipment on the steep, slide-prone downhill slope. Additionally, the concrete cap used to tie the two rows of dowels together not only served to stiffen the dowel system but was also designed to function as a new sidewalk and roadway curb.
Mr. Brown graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1992. Mr. Brown currently serves as Vice President for Earth, Inc. - a geotechnical engineering consulting firm located in Pittsburgh, PA - where he has worked for the last 26 years. Earth, Inc. primarily provides geotechnical engineering services for public sector roadway and bridge projects along with relatively large size commercial developments. As Vice President and Senior Geotechnical Engineer for Earth, Inc., Mr. Brown is responsible for both technical and administrative aspects of geotechnical and supplementary civil engineering projects. Mr. Brown is a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and is a member of several professional organizations including the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) and Association for Bridge Construction & Design (ABCD).