Walt Kelly

Walt Kelly Enterprises, Inc.

Winona, Minnesota

Phone: 507 454 5147
Email: walt@waltkelly.com
Website: waltkelly.com

General Specialty Area 1: Construction
General Specialty Area 2: Risk Management

Specialty Focus, Special Skills, Experience: Excavation damage, One-Call, Telecom/fiber-optic and electric Damage, Horizontal Directional Drilling, Pipeline and building explosions, Hazardous liquid and gas distribution and transmission damage, Utility locating, OSHA 1926.651, Sewer Cross-Bores, Common Ground Alliance, Call Before You Dig.

Additional Information: Experienced as Director of state office of Pipeline Safety enforcing one-call laws. Consultant to Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Wrote, testified for, or assisted in passing excavation damage legislation in a dozen states. Has called in 12,000 excavation notices in 16 states. Presently active on national policy making organizations such as the Common Ground Alliance Best Practices Committee, writing for trade publications, and developing damage prevention tracks for national trade conferences. Over 16 years of expert witness work for plaintiff and defense.

Education: BA , St. Mary's University of Minnesota; MS, Winona State University

Years in Practice: 20
Number of times Deposed/Testified in the last 4 years: 5