Tunneling Expert Witnesses
Tunneling expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on tunneling. The tunneling expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, and Structural Engineering.
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Frederick B. Kuhnow, PE
Expert Geo-Structural Engineer
GEO-ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL
Murray, Utah
Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering
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Explosives Engineering, Rock Blasting, Vibrations, Demolition Blasting, Landslides, Settlement, Seismic Engineering, Mining, Retaining Wall, Shoring Design, Slope Stabilization, Foundation Engineering, Geological Engineering, Tunneling, Ground Improvement, Deep Foundations, UG Nuclear Waste Repositories, Slope Stability, Construction
Mr. Kuhnow has over 26 years of multidisciplinary experience with focus in geo-structural engineering, soil mechanics, rock mechanics, seismic analysis and design, tailing impoundments, hydropower dams, water dams and reservoirs, surface and underground mining engineering. His project experience includes detailed engineering design of earthen structures, seismic/structural design, geotechnical characterization (surface and underground), slope stabilization, design of rock anchoring systems, rock blasting, ground improvement, reinforced concrete foundations, geohazard evaluations, deep foundations, ground control, tunneling and underground construction.
Licensed in 11 sates including AZ, CA, CO, FL, KY, MI, NV, NY, OR, PA, and UT.
Mr. Kuhnow has published several technical journals and has peer-reviewed articles for industry professional societies nationally and internationally.
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Michelle L Macauley
Geotechnical Engineer and Trenchless Expert
Macauley Expert Services
Ritzville, Washington
Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering
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trenchless, drilling, tunnel, tunneling, pipeline, HDD, microtunnel, auger, boring, pipe, ramming, sinkhole, geology, construction, DSC, differing, horizontal, directional
I am a nationally recognized Geotechnical Engineer and Trenchless Expert. I have been involved with litigation matters involving construction issues related to pipeline installations using trenchless technologies.
Qualifications and Accreditation
M.S., Geological Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1996
B.S., Geological Sciences, University of Washington, 1994
California: Professional Engineer (Civil), Cert. No. C74224
Washington: Professional Engineer (Civil), Lic. No. 37412
Alaska: Professional Engineer (Civil), Lic. No. AELC11636
Texas: Professional Engineer (Civil), Lic. No. 160143
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE)
• Executive Committee, Pipeline Division, Board member, 10/2024 to present
• Manual of Practice (MOP) for Introduction to Trenchless Technologies (new MOP), Committee chair, 9/2024 to present
• MOP for Horizontal Directional Drilling (MOP 108) committee member, 2021 to present
• MOP for the Direct Steera...