2024 – Brian Dorwart, PE, PG

Mr. Brian Dorwart, PE, PG started in the construction industry in 1972 as a geologist, geotechnical exploration driller, and construction technician in Rochester, NY.

Mr. Brian Dorwart, PE, PG started in the construction industry in 1972 as a geologist, geotechnical exploration driller, and construction technician in Rochester, NY. Always striving to learn more, in 1979, Brian graduated with a Masters’ degree in Civil Engineering and immediately started work with a geotechnical engineering firm. His engineering experience has included construction, technical analyses, and management of projects involving geology, geotechnical engineering, underground construction, and geotechnical instrumentation. He has provided expertise on projects ranging from heavy construction of pipelines, tunnels, dams, and highways, to light industrial buildings and dynamic machine foundations, but his area of specialization is the interaction of ground to excavation tools and/or natural environmental processes and ground modification for construction. This specialization has been applied to trenchless technologies including directional drilling, small to large tunnels, soil/rock stability in shoreline protection systems, landslides, during permitting, design, and construction. In addition to his technical expertise, his management experience includes developing strategies for bid preparation, risk based design, conceptual design, research and development, construction engineering, forensic analyses, and consulting. Brian has worked for numerous national firms, including Shannon and Wilson, GZA, Haley & Aldrich, and now Brierley Associates.

Brian’s clients have included contractors, private industry, public agencies, owners, engineers, and other governmental agencies in numerous business sectors such as oil and gas pipelines, telecommunications, water and waste water, power transmission, rehabilitation of pipes and culverts, and transportation. Mr. Dorwart is a registered Professional Engineer in 23 states and a Registered Professional Geologist in 2 states. He has more than 40 years’ experience in underground engineering and more than 25 years design and field experience with various types of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) including subsurface characterization, design, cost analyses, construction management, forensics, and construction. He has worked in all 50 states, throughout Canada, Central and South America, and New Zealand.

Mr. Dorwart has been qualified as technical expert in Federal and State courts, a “Friend of the Court” in Canadian Provincial Courts supporting both contractors and owners in claim negotiation and remediation for geotechnical and geological matters associated with tunnels, directional drills, shoreline development, landslides, and forensic studies for geologic and geotechnical issues in jury trials, hearings, and before public boards.