Staff
Geotechnical
Mike Bailey
Senior Principal Engineer
Mike Bailey, PE, is Hart Crowser’s CEO. He has 34 years of experience, including the past 30 years with Hart Crowser. He has been senior reviewer or geotechnical project manager for numerous projects, including buildings, high-rises, highways, and even a below-ground linear accelerator for a hospital. Mike was awarded a special “Employee Recognition Award” by the Port of Seattle for his work as Hart Crowser's project manager for development of the Third Runway at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. He is program manager for our abandoned mine reclamation contract with the US Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining.
Garry Horvitz
Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer
Garry Horvitz, PE, LEG, has 35 years of experience, with a strong focus on waterfront projects. He has managed complex projects at most Pacific Northwest ports, all Pacific Northwest U.S. Navy facilities, and numerous other waterfront facilities. He is also expert in geotechnical engineering for highrise buildings. Garry provides senior-level review for many of Hart Crowser’s projects.
David Winter
Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer
David Winter, PE, LEED AP, is a geotechnical engineer with 30 years of experience. He oversees geotechnical design for waterfront facilities, buildings, international developments, and other major facilities. He has been responsible for nearly 40 deep excavation and high rise building developments; multi-state federal environmental contracts; remote site logistics for exploration and cleanup; and projects in India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Brazil. David is a vice president of the ACEC-WA Board of Directors, a Fellow in the Society of American Military Engineers, and a member of the Missouri University of Science and Technology Academy of Civil Engineers.
Jeff Wagner
Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer
Jeff Wagner, PE, is a senior principal of the firm and the operations manager of the Seattle office. He also manages the Geotechnical Services in Seattle. He has 28 years of professional experience applying geotechnical engineering to the planning, design, and construction of roadways, bridges, slopes and embankments, tunnels, buildings, industrial facilities, highrises, and other developments. Jeff has prepared design reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates for the reclamation/closure of dozens of abandoned coal mine features.
Barry Chen
Principal Geotechnical Engineer
Barry Chen, PhD, PE, is a regionally recognized geotechnical engineer with 23 years of experience. He has significant expertise in foundation and seismic design for building development and transportation projects. His projects include the 30-acre Amgen Campus at Seattle’s Pier 88/89, Seattle Central Library, Seattle Aquarium at Pier 59, Sea-Tac Third Runway, and numerous road and highway projects. He is the program manager for our on-call geotechnical contract with the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Tim Blackwood
Geotechnical Engineer
Tim Blackwood, PE, GE, LEED AP, has over 18 years of professional geotechnical engineering and geologic experience in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest. Tim has completed hundreds of projects in all aspects of geotechnical engineering and geology. His range of experience includes broad evaluations at a watershed scale through detailed site investigations for public, state, federal, commercial, and industrial clients.
Scott Wright
Senior Associate Engineering Geologist, Manager of Field Services
Scott Wright, LEG, has been with Hart Crowser since its start in 1974, and has been involved in over 4,000 projects. He supervises our engineering geologists and coordinates field exploration programs, including subcontractor contracts, site utility checks, coordination of street use permits, traffic control plans, and right of entry agreements. Scott has a thorough understanding of exploration equipment and is very familiar with the exploration subcontractors in the Pacific Northwest.
Doug Lindquist
Senior Associate Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineer
Doug Lindquist, PE, GE, LEED AP, has over 13 years of professional experience. His areas of expertise include traditional geotechnical engineering, seismic design, soil improvement, deep excavations, waterfront structures, and numerical computer modeling. Doug has been very active in the community serving in officer positions of the ASCE Seattle Section Geotechnical Group. His projects include highrises, multiple developments at the Port of Seattle (Terminals 5, 18, 30, and 91), as well as projects at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
John Bingham
Associate Geotechnical Engineer
John Bingham, PE, has 13 years of broad ranging geotechnical, civil, environmental, and natural resource engineering design, management and construction experience. John's geotechnical experience includes landslide and seawall stabilization, ground improvement, foundation and pavement design, transportation, excavation shoring projects, and abandoned mine land reclamation. John's civil experience includes stormwater infiltration facilities; development of construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates; and earthwork and grading projects. His environmental experience includes development and remediation of sites with contaminated soils and sediments, and subtidal wood waste cleanup and restoration. John's natural resource experience includes abandoned mine land reclamation, streambank stabilization/restoration, and natural resource damage assessment (NRDA). John enjoys helping project teams develop and implement innovative yet practical solutions to address challenging site constraints.
Greg Landau
Geotechnical Engineer
Greg Landau, PE, GE, has 12 years of professional experience providing consulting services to public and private clients. His projects have focused on pile foundation design and capacity analysis, slope stability analysis, seismic analysis, and construction monitoring. He has provided geotechnical engineering for bridges, roadways, airports, dams, marina/waterfront structures, landfills, public utilities, substations, resorts, and other public meeting facilities.
Dan Trisler
Geotechnical Engineer
Dan Trisler, PE, GE, has 17 years of experience managing and conducting geotechnical investigations in the private and public development sectors. He directs geotechnical site investigations for numerous projects, including transportation; public works; large-scale commercial, light industrial, retail, and mixed-use developments; multi-family residential developments; repair and stabilization of landslides; and educational facilities.