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Gary Aguiar, PE, Principal Engineer
Education:
MS, Sanitary Engineering, University of California,
Berkeley, 1981
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1977
Registration:
Registered Civil Engineer - California, #CE 34262
Registered Civil Engineer - Oregon, #CE 13353
Registered Civil Engineer - Alaska, #CE 7769
Registered Environmental Assessor - California, #04247
Experience:
Principal Engineer, Hydro Analysis, Inc., El Cerrito, CA, 1996-present
Principal Engineer, Hageman-Aguiar, Inc., El Cerrito, CA, 1990-1996
Principal Engineer, Aguiar Engineering, Berkeley, CA, 1984-1990
Staff Engineer, Todd Engineers, Berkeley, CA, 1980-1984
Specialized Expertise
- Fuel leak investigation and remediation.
- Underground storage tank removal and subsequent remediation of contamination related to tank and piping releases.
- Investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination at dry cleaner sites.
- Design and installation of groundwater and vadose zone wells.
- Drilling and sampling using hollow-stem auger, mud rotary, air rotary and direct-push/percussion hammer drilling methods.
- Hydrogeologic investigations, data collection, and analysis.
- Hydrologic analysis of stormwater runoff.
- Design and construction of above-ground hazardous materials storage areas, including above-ground storage tank installations
- Water resource studies.
- Hazardous waste management.
- Aquifer testing and data analysis.
- Subsurface investigation, facility operations analysis, waste removal and site closure with respect to metal plating facilities.
- Cone penetrometer testing and evaluation.
- Development of Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure (SPCC) plans for above-ground handling of hazardous materials.
- Construction dewatering.
- Water well design.
- Streamflow study for the evaluation of potential artificial recharge projects.
- Groundwater recharge spreading works design.
- Geophysical studies, including borehole logging, seismic refraction, ground-penetrating radar and magnetic gradient mapping.
- Lithologic logging of boreholes.
- Soil gas surveys.
- Design and construction of remediation systems for contaminated soil and groundwater.
- Risk assessments.
- Indoor air testing and data analysis.
- Island hydrogeology, including assessment and subsequent remediation of contamination within a freshwater lens environment.
- Hydrogeology of coastal aquifers, including tidal influences, water supply, water quality concerns and the prevention and remediation of saltwater intrusion.
- Regulatory agency interface, oversight, permitting requirements and case closure procedures.
- Investigation, assessment and subsequent remediation of subsurface soil and groundwater contamination by organochlorine pesticides at agricultural chemical formulation plants.
- Assessment of movement of non-aqueous liquids through permeable strata.
- Expert opinion and testimony, including expert witness in a court of law.
- Facility stormwater permitting, including site assessment, facility modifications, stormwater sampling and reporting.
- Septic system leach field design.
- Spill response and clean-up oversight.
- Permitted TSD facility closure.
- Environmental site assessments for real estate transactions.
- Design of deep excavation projects, including construction plans and specifications for sheet piling, shoring and dewatering.
- Design of both gravity and forced-main storm sewer and wastewater collection systems, including construction plans and specifications.
Teaching Experience
- Instructor, University Of California, Berkeley Extension, 1982 - present
Develop and teach courses on the principles of groundwater hydrology, groundwater pollution, and hazardous waste management.
- Instructor, University Of California, Berkeley Extension, 1992 - present
Teach surface water hydrology as part of Civil Engineering Exam Review course.
- Advisory Committee Member, UC Berkeley Extension, 1988 - 1990.
Member of advisory committee for U.C. Berkeley Hazardous Materials Management Certificate Program.
- Assistant Professor, California State University Consortium, Hayward. 1983.
Developed and taught a course on the engineering aspects of environmental planning.
- Lecturer, Resource Seminars, Berkeley, CA. 1981 - 1983.
Lectured on the principles of groundwater hydrology at seminars given in various U.S. cities.
- By providing education for the professional community, Gary Aguiar has maintained close contact with the University of California. Through this contact, experts in particular fields can be easily networked, while maintaining low overhead costs. In addition, the latest technologies in computer modeling, sampling and contamination remediation are continually evaluated and made available to the client.
Professional Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- American Water Works Association
- American Society of Civil Engineers o California Water Environment Association
- National Ground Water Association
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