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SPEAKER             BIOS
     SPEAKER BIOS



                       Michael Givens, PhD. Dr. Givens has 16 years of experience in geotechnical and geological
                       engineering. Dr. Givens has conducted project studies and formulated recommendations
                       for geotechnical engineering projects including slope stability, bridges, retaining walls, roads
                       and parking lots, pipelines, sewer lines, storm drains, residential and commercial construction
                       as well as litigation support.






     Robert Gladstone, PE. Robert is the Executive Director of the Association for Mechanically
     Stabilized  Earth,  AMSE,  the  national  trade  association  for  suppliers  of  MSE  structures.  Bob
     has  48  years  of  experience  designing,  building  and  teaching  about  MSE  structures.    He
     introduced  Mechanically  Stabilized  Earth  technology  to  DOTs  across  the  United  States  in
     the 1970s and ‘80s and guided engineers and contractors through creating many of their
     first MSE structures.  An industry consultant since 1996, Bob helped create AMSE and has led
     that organization for 24 years.  He is active in the AASHTO Bridge Committee’s T-15 Technical
     Committee, focusing on improvements to AASHTO’s MSE specifications that maximize MSE
     structure performance, reliability and long-term safety.



                       Gonzalo  Garcia-Ros,  PhD.  Gonzalo  finished  the  Master’s  and  PhD  degrees  in  Civil
                       Engineering. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering,
                       Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain, where his focus is on ground engineering.
                       His research areas are in soil consolidation, seepage, creeping, and geotechnics.




     Peter Gross,  Peter  has  over  17  years’  experience  in  the  roofing  industry,  both  on  the
     contracting and manufacturing sides of the business. Peter holds a Construction Documents
     Technology (CDT) certification from the Construction Specifications Institute. He has also
     served  as  the  past  president  of  the  Carolinas  Chapter  of  IIBEC  and  served  as  a  board
     member of the Gulf Coast Chapter of IIBEC


                       David Hallman, PE. David graduated from the Colorado School of Mines
                       with a BS in Geological Engineering in 1983.  Mr. Hallman is a registered Professional Engineer
                       in the States of Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, South Dakota and Wyoming, and a Professional
                       Geologist  in  the  State  of  Wyoming.    Dave  has  38  years  of  experience  specializing  in
                       geotechnical engineering and construction on a variety of mining and civil engineering
                       projects throughout the United States and Internationally.  His technical expertise includes
                       tailings and water dam design and construction, static and dynamic stability of embankments
                       and natural slopes, landslide evaluation, rock slope stability, open pit design, underground
                      support  systems,  seismic  risk  characterization,  liquefaction  evaluations,  mine  subsidence
     assessment and abatement, and coal mine fire investigation and extinguishment.  This experience includes
     high-mobility pressurized grout injection and foamed sand backfill placement for mitigating subsidence from
     historic mine workings.  Mr. Hallman participated as an instructor at the 2019 Colorado School of Mines Grouting
     and Ground Improvement short course presenting a technical session on backfill grouting for abandoned
     mine lands. Mr. Hallman has served as a qualified person for National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure
     for Mineral Projects in the fields of heap leach design, pit stability and tailings management, and as a tailings
     dam expert for the State of Alaska Dam Safety Program.
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