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Eric D. ELISON
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About Eric ELISON
As a Principal Engineer, Mr. Elison has over 30 years of civil and geotechnical engineering experience on numerous design, construction, and forensic projects. This professional experience includes residential, commercial, industrial, and public agency buildings; airports and mass transit facilities; bridges, highways, and other roadway improvements; water/wastewater treatment plants, reservoirs, and pipelines; flood control structures; and additional public and private works.
Mr. Elison regularly provides expert witness testimony on a variety of issues related to settlement and expansive soils, faults and fissures, drainage conditions, groundwater, and concrete deterioration. His forensic experience typically involves evaluation of the cause(s) of distress, assessment of the potential for future distress, formulation of repair recommendations, preparation of written reports, attendance at mediations, and expert witness testimony.
Professional Experience
Geotechnical Evaluations • Foundation Engineering • Pavement Design • Forensic Engineering
Eric ELISON is a Principal Engineer at SOCOTEC, with more than 30 years of industry experience. He joined SOCOTEC in 2025 through the acquisition of Ninyo & Moore, where he spent over 28 years, developing expertise in geotechnical evaluations, foundation engineering, pavement design & evaluation, slope stability analysis, and forensic civil and geotechnical engineering.
Qualifications
Education
- M.S., Civil Engineering, 1999, Brigham Young University
- B.S., Civil Engineering, 1994, Brigham Young University
Practice Areas
- Geotechnical Evaluations
- Foundation Engineering
- Pavement Design & Evaluation
- Pile Load Testing
- Retaining Structures
- Settlement Analysis
- Slope Stability Analysis
- Expert Witness
- Forensic Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
Registrations
- PE 270807-2202 (Utah)
- PE 58910 (California)
- PE 14311 (Nevada)
- PE 18732 (Wyoming)
- PE 58523 (Minnesota)
- PE 90169 (Ohio)
Affiliations
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Society of American Military Engineers
- American Public Works Association
- Utah Engineers Council
Representative Projects
PUBLIC WORKS
- Green Canyon Water Treatment Plant, Chlorine Contact Tank, North Logan, UT
- South Davis Sewer District, North Plant Additions Project, West Bountiful, UT
- City of South Jordan, Public Works Building, South Jordan, UT
- City of South Jordan, Mystic Springs Nature Area, South Jordan, UT
- NDOT, Project NEON, Las Vegas, NV
MILITARY
- Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Mission Integration Facility, Hill Air Force Base, UT
- Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Technology and Collaboration Center, Hill Air Force Base, UT
- Ground Based Strategic Deterrent 2 SMAC, Hill Air Force Base, UT
SOLAR POWER
- Hunter Solar, Emery County, UT
- Community Energy Solar, Sigurd Solar Project, Sevier County, UT
TRANSMISSION AND SUBSTATION
- TransCanyon Cross-Tie Transmission Line, Nephi, UT
- Ogden Canyon 36-Inch Water Transmission Main Replacement, Ogden, UT
