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Robert G. Gerber
Education
Valedictorian, Freeport H.S., 1966
B.S. Civil Engineering, MIT, 1970
M.S. Civil Engineering (Construction Management Program), Stanford University, 1971
Engineering Career
Summers of 1967, 1968, 1969 as a construction quality control inspector at Maine Yankee; Assistant to Chief Engineer of Consumers Water Company, 1971-72; Vice President and part owner of Environmental Planning & Design Associates, 1972-74; Staff Engineer, Central Maine Power Company, 1974-1976; Founder, President, and owner of Robert G. Gerber, Inc., 1976-1995; owner and multiple officer positions in Jacques Whitford, Inc., 1995-1998; Founder and President of Stratex, LLC, (owned by the law firm of Bernstein Shur), 1998-2007; Vice President, Sebago Technics, Inc., 2007-2011; 2011-present, Senior Engineer & Geologist, Ransom Consulting, Inc.
Early career emphasis: groundwater exploration for Consumers Water and other Maine water utilities; general civil design of roads and basic utilities and stormwater management systems; environmental impact analysis; computerized slope stability analysis and geotechnical design; groundwater quality impact analysis and computer modeling of groundwater fate and transport; hazardous waste site, petroleum spill, and landfill characterization and remediation analyses
Middle career emphasis: septic system impact analysis; marine geology and engineering including computerized wave analysis, surface water modeling and dam safety analysis (Dam Inspector for the State of Maine in mid-1980s); concrete mix design and technology; large facility siting studies; developing and implementing management training programs for professional consultants; complex project management with computerized planning, scheduling, and budgeting tools
Late career emphasis: fate and transport studies of radioactive groundwater contamination from nuclear power plants; characterization and clean-up of contaminated soils and groundwater from nuclear plants undergoing decommissioning; coastal and riverine flood hazard modeling and delineation ; coastal circulation modeling; development and analysis of large soil and groundwater quality environmental databases; development of ArcGIS geodatabases
Most Rewarding Career Moment
Significant projects and clients: Sears Island fault investigation for Central Maine Power Co.; Dutchess County, NY, groundwater resource plan; first characterization and groundwater modeling of McKin Chemical Superfund site in Gray, ME; Georgia-Pacific landfill and wastewater lagoon forensic and remediation studies in Woodland, ME; International Paper landfill expansion permitting, Jay, ME; Wheelabrator-Frye Sunkhaze Meadows and Chemo Bog (ME) characterization studies for large-scale peat mining feasibility study; forensic studies of failed landfill, and permitting of landfill expansions for Waste Management in Norridgewock, ME; various consulting assignments for the government of Trinidad & Tobago; characterization and closure of Route 9B landfill in Wells, ME, for Town of Wells; groundwater characterization and modeling studies for Maine Yankee, Connecticut Yankee, and Yankee Rowe nuclear power plant decommissioning; radioactive groundwater fate and transport studies at nuclear power plant sites at Nine Mile Point (NY), Callahan (MO), San Onofre (CA), and Seabrook (NH); representation of 10 municipalities in 2010 contesting new FEMA coastal flood map methodologies.