CURRICULUM VITAE – GORDON STOLLA

Supervising Engineering Geologist

Current Address

COTTON, SHIRES AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

903 Chelham Way

Santa Barbara, California 93108

Phone: (805) 845-8010, FAX: (805) 845-5943

Web site: www.cottonshires.com

Registration

Registered Professional Geologist in California, PG 7643
Certified Engineering Geologist in California, CEG 2346

OSHA 40-Hour Training Certification

Association of Engineering Geologists

Education

B.S., Geology: Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1998

Areas of Specialization

Field geology, use of multiple exploratory techniques; geologic data analyses; land development and technical peer-review; specialty design studies, fault rupture hazard investigations, landslide characterization and remediation; preparing technical illustrations and report documents.

Representative Experience

Mr. Stolla has over 12 years of experience in the engineering geologic disciplines in southern and central California. By 2001, Mr. Stolla had participated on over 1,000 projects for new custom residential lots in the hillside and coastal areas of Ventura, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara Counties, each with unique geology and design elements. Since, Mr. Stolla has gained extensive experience on specialty design projects for residential, commercial and industrial developments; earthen dams; water storage facilities and pipelines; landfills; quarries; retaining structures and deepened foundations; bridge spans; public community centers, schools, libraries, and historic buildings; cellular towers, highway/ roadway improvements; ground monitoring facilities; and private sewage systems.

Prior to joining CSA, Mr. Stolla provided as-needed geologic services to over 30 respected geotechnical and design firms throughout the greater Los Angeles Basin. This included lead support on municipal projects and serving as a lead engineering geologic reviewer on projects for the cities of Simi Valley, Moorpark, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills, Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Santa Monica, and Oxnard. Mr. Stolla has served as principal investigator of numerous landslides; fault rupture hazard studies along the San Andreas, Western Garlock, Simi Valley-Santa Rosa, Springville, West Hollywood, Malibu Coast, Newport-Inglewood, Sierra Madre, San Gabriel, San Cayetano, and Ventura fault systems; oil well remediation and abandonment; evaluations of bedrock rippability, rock quality, and potential wedge failures along discontinuities; seismic hazard studies; geotechnical due-diligence; field support on litigation cases; groundwater characterization and modeling; and design and construction of over 100 monitoring and dewatering wells.

Mr. Stolla is Supervising Engineering Geologist of our southern California office.

Professional History

Supervising Engineering Geologist, 2008 - Present; Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, California

Principal Geologist and Private Consultant to over 15 Geotechnical Firms, 2005-2008; Geodesign Consultants, Inc., Oxnard, California

Senior Staff to Senior Project Geologist, 2001 - 2005; Bing Yen & Associates, Inc., Camarillo, California
Staff to Project Geologist, 1996-2001; Mountain Geology, Inc., Simi Valley, California

Representative Projects

Water Tank Slope Failure for City of Simi Valley Dept. of Public Works (Bing Yen & Geodynamics, Inc., 2005-07): Lead engineering geologist for emergency slope evaluation and repair of failure below a 1.5 million gallon water tank situated above custom residential homes. Performed field work, geologic data analysis, drafting, report writing, plan review, and observations during grading completed in 2007. Design included a row of soldier piles and fill buttress.

Lead Geologist for Fault Rupture Study for Citrus College Community College Performing Arts Building (Geobase, Inc. 2006-2007): Hired as lead geologist on study of potentially active Duarte fault in response to CGS review of earlier geotechnical study; performed all aspects related to study and field work included downhole logging 24 large diameter borings and correlation of mappable horizons found in 4 continuous core borings and line of closely spaced CPT’s; radiometric carbon used to establish pre-Holocene ages in mappable, unfaulted paleosol; study approved by CGS in 2007.

Dry Canyon Stormwater Detention Dam, Simi Valley, CA (Bing Yen and Geodynamics, Inc., 2004-2008): Lead geologist during final design stages of work on proposed detention dam located within the City fault zone limits; Project design considerations include abutment locations, adverse geologic structure, numerous landslides, liquefiable soils, and the age of faults identified in trenches. The project was reviewed by the State DSOD.

City of Calabasas Civic Center for the City of Calabasas (Bing Yen and Geodynamics, Inc., 2004-2008): Lead Engineering Geologist during later design phases and site grading of the new City Hall and State Library, downhole logged borings and rippability trenches; participated in City meetings, reviewed budgets, plans, supervised field technicians, and performed geologic inspections during grading in 2007-08.

Little Tujunga Canyon Road Slope Repair for LA County DPW (Bing Yen, 2005): Lead engineering geologist/project manager for roadway slope repair along Little Tujunga Canyon Road. Responsible for proposal writing, scheduling and downhole logging borings, preparing maps, sections, logs, report sections, project billing and communications.

The Oaks Shopping Center- Thousand Oaks, CA (Bing Yen, 2004-2005): Lead Geologist for proposed additions and subterranean parking facilities, including Nordstrom’s, and relocation of Robinson’s May; responsible for subcontracting exploration, logging and sampling 58 hollow-stem borings, geologic report writing, project management.

North 74th Street Bridge Project for the Los Angeles County DPW (Bing Yen, 2004): Project Manager/Lead Geologist for proposed double wide bridge span over the underground Alameda Corridor railway, performed all project scheduling, billing, geologic report writing, & drafting.

Feasibility Study for Simi Valley Town Center for City of Simi Valley (Bing Yen, 2002-2003): Primary field geologist on 160 Acre parcel partially zoned in State AP zone; Responsible for scheduling subcontractors and logging over 7,000’ of fault trenches, 20 large-diameter & 18 hollow-stem borings, & 3, 50' deep alluvial trenches to evaluate potential fault splays; prepared technical maps, sections, interim reports, & minor report writing.

Lead Engineering Geology Reviewer for the Riverpark Development in the City of Oxnard; the River Village Development for the City of Santa Clarita; the Big Sky Ranch Development for the City of Simi Valley; and preliminary phases of the Anaverde Development for the City of Palmdale, (Bing Yen & Associates, Inc. or Geodynamics, Inc.); each project involved phased grading of large residential tract and ancillary buildings/parks; significant engineered cut and fill slopes; geologic/geotechnical constraints; and except Anaverde, routine project meetings, supplemental downhole logging and observations during grading.

Numerous examples of similar project-related experience available upon request.