Thomas Commons

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SENIOR GEOTECHNICAL TECHNICIAN, FIELD SERVICES
SENIOR FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURAL INSPECTOR

FIELD RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Performs construction materials testing in a field environment in accordance with AASHTO, ASTM, and other related testing standards.
  • Concrete testing includes: Sampling, Slump, Temperature, Unit Weight, Air Content and Fabrication, and Storage and Transportation of Field Specimens.
  • Soil and Aggregate testing includes: Sampling, Maximum Density Determination, and Compaction by Nuclear and Sand Cone Methods.
  • Other duties include: Asphaltic Concrete Sampling and Nuclear Density Determination, Reinforcement Steel Inspection, Foundation Excavation Inspection, and Grout and Mortar Sampling. Also involved in conducting special inspections, and management of large scale cut and fill operations.
  • Inspection and testing of bridges and other concrete/steel structures, roadways, embankments, retaining walls, drainage structures and asphalt pavement on numerous ADOT projects. Inspection and materials testing of soils, concrete and asphalt pavement on a variety of commercial and residential, public and private projects.
  • Performs laboratory testing, and field inspection and testing of grading, paving and concrete placement, drilled shafts, reinforcing steel. Performs structural and special inspections.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc
Certified in Radiological Safety and Gauge Operation
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade I
Arizona Technical Institute (ATI)
Field Level I
National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET)
Construction Materials Testing/Asphalt Level I
Competent Person for Trenching, Excavation & Shoring

WORK EXPERIENCE:

October 1989 - Present: Senior Geotechnical Technician, Foree & Vann, Inc.