Gilmore & Associates, Inc., a design, engineering and technical consulting firm with five offices throughout eastern Pennsylvania, is proud to announce that staff members Toby J. Kessler, P.G., and Trevor G. Woodward, P.G. have been selected to lead a pair of geology seminars for the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of Professional Land Surveyors (PA-PLS) at Penn State’s Lehigh Valley Campus in Center Valley, PA in mid-September.
The first class will provide surveyors with the background terminology and principles pertaining to geology, and familiarize them with the ideas and names of natural earth materials. The course will span the types of soils and rocks primarily found in Pennsylvania, and provide an overview of the natural processes involving those materials. Topics will include the principle of superposition, aquifers, types of rock, soils, and landforms.
The second class will build on the information provided in the first, and provide surveyors with familiarity of the business of geologists and specific applications that commonly involve professional survey, with specific projects cited as examples. Topics will include water supply, stormwater management, sinkhole remediation, geothermal wells, retaining walls, and cuts and fills.
Toby J. Kessler, P.G.
Mr. Kessler is a certified professional geologist, hydrogeologist and manager of Gilmore & Associates, Inc.’s geosciences department, with over 12 years of experience in geology, hydrogeology, and hazardous waste site assessment. A graduate of the University of Penn, with a Bachelors Degree in Geology, and recipient of a Masters Degree in Geosystems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Kessler has extensive experience in performing hydrogeologic studies for water supply, sewage impact studies, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments, remedial investigations, sourcewater protection studies, groundwater modeling, geothermal consulting, and municipal review.
Trevor G. Woodward, P.G.
Mr. Woodward is a certified professional geologist, and works as an engineering geologist in Gilmore & Associates, Inc’s geotechnical department, with over 12 years of experience in geotechnical and geologic investigations and field methods. A graduate of Bloomsburg University, with a Bachelors Degree in Geology, Mr. Woodward’s technical expertise includes investigations and remedial applications, foundation and subsurface investigations, construction materials testing, slope stability analysis, retaining wall design, and sustainable stormwater management recommendations for projects located in sinkhole-prone karst environments. He is an active member of Gilmore & Associates, Inc.’s Sustainable Resource and Green Infrastructure Team.
Founded in 1918, Gilmore & Associates, Inc. is a design, engineering and technical consulting firm that offers a broad range of responsive and technically sound services including: surveying; municipal engineering; master site planning; civil and site engineering; code enforcement; construction observation and administration; landscape architecture; traffic and transportation engineering; water and wastewater engineering; geographic information systems; and geotechnical and environmental services. Gilmore & Associates has over 115 employees working in five offices throughout eastern Pennsylvania.
