Soil and Land Use Technology, Inc.

Pradeep J. Perera

President

PE

Pradeep is a Professional Engineer in Maryland, Virginia and DC with over 35 years of professional experience. His technical expertise is primarily in geotechnical engineering, materials engineering, and in-situ testing. He holds a number of national awards for his program management. He holds a Master's Degree in Geotechnical Engineering from West Virginia University and a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nottingham.

Edward Dalton

Sr. Vice President

PE

Edward has more than 40 years of experience in Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Management and Construction Materials Testing. He has provided such services on several multi-billion-dollar projects including the Purple Line and Intercounty Connector in Maryland, dredged material disposal areas in Chesapeake Bay; grouting in Karst areas for Mass Transit projects. He manages and oversees all of SaLUT's QA/CM, drilling, instrumentation, geotechnical engineering and claims projects. He received his BSCE and his MSCE in Soil Mechanics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maryland and Delaware.

David Heisler

Sr. Vice President

PhD

David has over 45 years of experience in project and program management and quality assurance. He manages SaLUT's Federal Highway Administration and Department of State programs. He has directed staffs of up to 50 technical professionals. He conducts quality reviews of up to 500 technical reports annually. He has 19 years of teaching and training experience, covering industrial hygiene, environmental engineering, health and safety, information technology, human resources, management, statistics, anthropology, and archaeology. He received his PhD and MA in Anthropology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and his BA in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico.

Andy McAllister

Vice President

Andy has over 13 years of experience in geotechnical and environmental consulting, including subsurface exploration, industrial hygiene, environmental assessments, construction material testing, construction management, and safety. He oversees SaLUT's environmental and occupational health and safety programs, providing oversight on all business operations. His role includes contract executions, negotiations, hiring, business development, and staff training. He provides primary review and technical support for all environmental site assessment and remediation projects. He received his BS in Natural Science from Daemen College.

William Wainger

Vice President

PE

William has more than 40 years of engineering, permitting, construction and maintenance experience, including previously managing SaLUT's geotechnical engineering program. His areas of engineering expertise include geotechnical, pavements, utilities, environmental, storm water management, remediation, and storage tank removal. He is expert in quality control. He received his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a registered professional engineer in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Imran M. Syed

Vice President

PhD, PE

Imran has 30 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and pavement design for complex projects such as airfield and interstate highway pavements on expansive soils; tunnels in soft soils; surcharging and PVDs to improve soft soils, geotechnical instrumentation, forensic analysis. He also manages SaLUT's Subsurface Utility Engineering Division. He received his MSCE and PhD from Texas A & M University and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maryland.

Amy Diamond

Sr. Environmental Scientist

Amy has more than 20 years of experience. Her areas of expertise include environmental consulting, Phase I ESA, industrial hygiene, and project management. She manages NEPA analysis, asbestos, lead based paint, mold, PCB, and drinking water assessment projects. She received her BS in Marine Science from Eckerd College.

Aung Banyar

Sr. Geotechnical Engineer

PhD, PE

Aung has 20 years of experience in various aspects of Geotechnical Engineering, including design of earth dams; design of containment dikes for dredged material disposal; evaluation of drilled shafts in rock; slope stability and seepage analysis using finite element methods. He received his PhD in civil engineering from the University of Tokyo and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maryland and Virginia.

Chungling LI

Sr. Geotechnical Engineer

PhD, PE

Chungling has more than 20 years of experience in geotechnical engineering especially in designing Mechanically Stabilized Walls (MSE Walls), conducting finite element analysis for tunnels and dikes, designing foundations for major buildings, and pavement evaluations. He received his PhD from the University of Texas and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maryland.

Shannon Hudgins

Sr. Geotechnical Engineer

PE

Shannon has 15 years of experience in Geotechnical Engineering, especially in the design of various types of foundations (shallow and deep foundations) for buildings in different types of geologic settings (karst, residual soils, and Coastal Plain deposits); design of stormwater management structures, slope stability analysis, and pavement evaluations. He received his BSCE from Morgan State University in Maryland and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Maryland.

Mark Applegate

Certified Industrial Hygienist

CIH, CSP

Mark has over 30 years of experience providing safety and environmental consulting, industrial hygiene and project management services for DoD, federal, state and industrial clients. He has the expertise with responsibility and authority to implement safety, occupational health and quality control at project sites. He received his BS in Chemistry from Washington State University and is a certified industrial hygienist and certified safety professional.

Mark Fletcher

Drilling Foreman

MWD

Mark is a Master Well Driller with more than 35 years of experience. He has expertise in various types of geotechnical related exploration techniques, including the use of solid flight as well as small and large diameter hollow stem augers and rotary wash and mud drilling techniques. He installs geotechnical instrumentation, including inclinometer casing, pneumatic and vibrating wire piezometers, settlement anchors and extensometers.