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Resume for Keith S. Schembs, LEG
Professional summary
Mr. Schembs is a geologist/engineering geologist with more than 35 years of experience in the identification,
characterization, and evaluation for soil and rock for geologic, geotechnical, and environmental
investigations. This experience has been focused on critical areas assessments for home owners and
builders, larger residential plats, commercial structures, transportation infrastructure, municipal waste
disposal projects, landslide repair, and shoreline stabilization. Specific job requirements have included the
planning of field and analytical investigation programs, implementation and management of the programs,
presentation of the results of the investigation programs to clients, and construction QA/QC.
Professional Registration
Licensed Engineering Geologist, WA (No. 925)
Education
BA Geology, Whitman College (1985-1989)
Additional Course Work, Albion College (1988)
Additional Training
Washington DOE Alternatives to Bulkheads: Course #1 – General Concepts Related to Shorelines and
Stabilization (2023)
Summary of core skills
Geotechnical Engineering/Engineering Geology:
Mr. Schembs has been involved in the subsurface exploration, surficial mapping, laboratory testing,
construction monitoring, and geotechnical engineering of numerous roads and bridges, educational
facilities, commercial and residential developments, industrial facilities, parks and playfields, and
stormwater management facilities. Subsurface exploration experience includes drilling with hollow -stem
auger, mud rotary, and rock coring. Construction monitoring experience includes conventional earthwork
and mass grading, reinforced earthfill, gravity and MSE walls, Augercast pile, soldier pile, tie-backs, pin
piles, stone columns, cement and bentonite admixtures, pressure grouting. Recent projects include Briggs
Village development in Olympia; for the Harbor Hill Development and Olympic Town Center in Gig Harbor;
and for the Canyon Crossing development in Pierce County.
Critical Areas Assessment:
Mr. Schembs has extensive experience with Critical Areas Assessments of potential geologic hazards.
Specifically, Mr. Schembs focuses on potential landslide, erosion, shoreline erosion and stabilization, steep
slope, and seismic hazard analyses. These assessments often included site reconnaissance, subsurface
explorations, literature review, aerial photograph review, computer modeling (for slope stability and
seismic liquefaction), and preparing written documents to satisfy various development and code
requirements for local municipalities. These reports are completed for individual homeowners,
builders/contractors, and developers.
Employment History
2005 - Present Partner, GeoResources, LLC, Fife, Washington
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2002 – 2005 Senior Geologist/Department Manager, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Tacoma, WA
1997 – 2002 Project Geologist, AMEC Earth & Environmental, Kirkland, WA
1992 – 1997 Senior Staff Geologist, AGRA/AMEC Earth & Environmental, Kirkland, WA
1989 – 1992 Staff Geologist, Rittenhouse-Zeman & Associates, Inc., Bellevue, WA