Specialties
Dams Engineering; Geotechnical Infrastructure and Foundation Engineering; Earth Retaining Structures and Excavation Support; Slope stability and slope stabilization; Geologic characterization
Practice Areas
Water and Natural Resources; Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Education
M.S., Geotechnical Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2016; M.C., Geotechnics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2013; B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, Florida State University, 2009
Registration
Tennessee Professional Engineer, 00116586; Georgia Professional Engineer PE044253; North Carolina Professional Engineer 049362
Client Service
John serves as a key contributor to the firm’s geotechnical and geostructural practice areas. His experience includes construction oversight during the remediation of multiple high-hazard dam projects, evaluation of the stress-strain behavior of concrete and earthen dams, detailed design for new dams and the retrofit of existing dams, including technical specifications, engineering drawings, and construction plans.
John is an active member of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and has collaborated with committees of the United States Society on Dams (USSD) and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO). He serves as a Technical Reviewer for the Canadian Geotechnical Journal, has published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, as well as presented at multiple technical conferences, including the International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG), the International Commission of Large Dams (ICOLD), and USSD. He currently serves as an active committee member for the Foundations and the Dam Safety Committee of USSD.
Contact John Barrett at JBarrett@Geosyntec.com or +1 423-385-2318.
