Kurt YOSHII
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Kurt YOSHII
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About Kurt YOSHII
As a Principal Engineer, Mr. Yoshii provides principal oversight on geotechnical evaluations and materials testing and inspection for residential, commercial, and public facilities, including correctional facilities, schools, hospitals, highways, railroads, pipelines, and bridges; oversees geotechnical analyses including slope stability analyses, flexible and rigid pavement design, and underground pipeline design; reviews geotechnical reports, and provides geotechnical design parameters and recommendations for grading and earthwork, shallow and deep foundations, retaining structures, and in-situ ground remediation; provides supervision and technical support to project-level engineers and geologists; as well as provides expert witness services on litigation projects.
Professional Experience
Geotechnical Evaluation • Materials Testing • Special Inspection
Kurt YOSHII is a Principal Engineer at SOCOTEC, with more than 34 years of industry experience and 30 years with the firm. He joined SOCOTEC through the acquisition of Ninyo & Moore, where he developed extensive expertise in geotechnical evaluation, materials testing, and special inspection services.
Qualifications
Education
- B.S. Civil Engineering – University of California, Berkeley – 1990
Practice Areas
- Geotechnical Design
- Foundation Engineering
- Slope Stability Analysis
- Materials Testing and Construction Inspection
- Seismic Evaluations
- Pavement Design
- Retaining Structures
- Laboratory Testing
- Expert Witness Services
Registrations
- PE 54759 (California)
- GE 2508 (California)
- PE 14274 (Nevada)
- PE 379182202 (Utah)
- PE 48007 (Colorado)
Affiliations
- American Council of Engineering Companies
- American Public Works Association
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Asian American Architects/Engineers Association
- Society for Marketing Professional Services
- Womens Transportation Seminar
- American Concrete Institute
- American Society for Testing and Materials
- Construction Management Association of America
Representative Projects
AIRPORTS
- Los Angeles World Airports, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Terminal 1.5 Design Project, Los Angeles, CA
- John Wayne Airport, On-Call Services, Orange County, CA
PORTS
- Port of Los Angeles, Red Car Trolley Building, Wilmington, CA
- Port of Long Beach, On-Call Geotechnical Services, Long Beach, CA
- Brightline West (formerly XpressWest) High-Speed Railway, Victorville, CA to CA-NV State Line
- Metro, Regional Connector Transit, Los Angeles, CA
RAIL
- Brightline West (formerly XpressWest) High-Speed Railway, Victorville, CA to CA-NV
State Line - Metro, Regional Connector Transit, Los Angeles, CA
WASTE/WASTEWATER
- South Coast Water District, On-Call Geotechnical Services, Orange County, CA
- Orange County Sanitation District, On-Call Geotechnical Services, Orange County, CA
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- University of California Berkeley (UCB), The Gateway Project, Berkeley, CA
- Los Angeles Unified School District, On-Call Services, Los Angeles, CA
- Long Beach Unified School District, Richard D. Browning High School, Long Beach, CA
HOSPITALS
- VA Greater Los Angeles, VA West Los Angeles Tower Replacement, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County (LAC) and University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
