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2.6 GEOTECHNlCAL CONSULTANT: HALEY AND ALDRICH

Haley and Aldrich wishes to offer services which lead to accurate, safe, and economic solutions to geotechnical problems. The consultant believes it must remain flexible both in its approach and in projects undertaken to ensure a strong growth rate based on experience in the building of structures of all kinds. The elimination of unforeseen complications requires a sound theoretical analysis; designs based on predictions resulting from that analysis must be developed through a team approach if they are to be economical. "Factors of safety" must be introduced into any design solution due to the uncertainty associated with geotechnical factors.

Eight partners manage this private corporation and assign projects to the partner whose expertise best matches the needs of the work. The partner in charge assumes the role of Project Manager to coordinate the design effort and control the contractual and monetary commitments to the client. The eight principals are supported by a group of Project Engineers, Assistant Project Engineers, and a staff of engineers, draftsmen, geologists, and administrative personnel (see Figure 2.10).

Project Manager Edmund Johnson held responsibility for client relationships and contractual agreements, and represented the consultant at design team meetings. Douglas Gifford was Project Engineer and coordinated the analytic work, subsurface explorations, laboratory tests, construction monitoring and instrumentation. Mark Haley, Assistant Project Engineer, aided Gifford and provided technical expertise to the foundation subcontractor, Franki Foundation Company. Project review was accomplished through the participation of the partners in "brainstorming" sessions. An important facet of the Sixty State Street Project for Haley and Aldrich was the review and criticism of Scope Drawings prepared for the excavation retention and foundation.

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