Christopher Cocker, MBA
Chris Cocker is a Principal Site Civil Consultant based in Virginia with more than 30 years of experience focused on guiding clients in the energy sector with infrastructure development, often by supporting design, permitting, and stakeholder engagement for the development of electrical substations, electrical transmission projects, and data center collaboration across the eastern United States.
Specialties
Site-Civil Services; Entitlements & Permitting; Stormwater Regulatory Compliance, Erosion & Sediment Control Compliance; Construction Support
Practice Areas
Water and Natural Resources, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Education
MBA, General Business, Longwood University; BS, Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Registration
Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Reviewer, VA
Client Service
Energy service providers seek Chris’ expertise to address land-development and permitting issues associated with electrical substations, generation sites, linear transmission projects, and laydown yards to meet critical milestones associated with planned outages and demanding energization and construction schedules. To accomplish this, he directs and conducts site evaluations, site permitting, civil design, erosion control compliance, and stormwater management design. His vast experience and understanding of local ordinances and stormwater management regulations in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Mid-Atlantic allow his clients valuable time to focus on material orders, electrical physical design, and RTO planned outtages to keep their projects on schedule.
With wide-ranging technical expertise, attention to value engineering, and constructability focus, Chris has spent his career solving complex environmental and engineering challenges for power and industrial clients. He has led and designed hundreds of infrastructure and land development projects, including substation site-civil site plans, power-generation sites, highway designs, and numerous site evaluations and feasibility studies.
As co-leader of Geosyntec’s internal site civil services practice group, Chris connects subject matter experts across practices to infrastructure development opportunities, seeks business development opportunities through practitioners throughout the company, and mentors early-career staff members. Chris also serves on the steering committee for the firm’s data center group, where he guides strategic efforts related to power service connectivity, land development, and permitting.
Contact Chris at CCocker@geosyntec.com.
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