Staheli Trenchless is excited to announce the addition of Mark Hutchinson to their team!

Mark Hutchinson is a Senior Technical Advisor with over 38 years of experience in design and construction of municipal storm water, waste water, and CSO projects. He has developed, lead or facilitated teams of engineers, technicians, and inspectors to safely deliver high quality, functional projects under budget and on time.  Mark uses his experience to mentor and problem solve – drawing on a variety of trenchless projects he has worked on including microtunneling, pipe bursting, CIPP, large diameter tunneling, hand tunnels, jack & bore, pilot bore, and HDD projects. He is also well versed in shafts, shoring & ground improvement design & construction utilizing slurry wall, secant piles, jet grout, caissons, H-pile, sheet pile, stone columns, compaction, and permeation grouting.

As Construction Division Manager for the City of Portland for over 13 years and project manager for another 20 years he oversaw completion of their CSO program and the transition to 20 plus miles a year of pipe rehabilitation utilizing CIPP, pipe-bursting, slip lining, open cut and spot repair from 6-inch to 120-inch diameter on a variety of pipe materials from brick pipe to cast iron. He has also used a variety contracting methodologies to achieve project goals, as well as dispute resolution methodologies to reduce construction claims and litigation costs. He is well known by most construction contractors in the Northwest and respected in all manners of construction management and inspection.

Mark’s energy, passion for trenchless technology and zest for life make him a pleasure to work with.  He is a big family man with three children, and six grandchildren.  He is active in his church and an avid fisherman and gardener. If you were to ask him where the fish are biting, he could easily tell you where and when he plans to go fishing next in one of his boats.

Mark will be working out of both of Staheli’s Lynnwood, Washington and Portland, Oregon offices.

 

Staheli Trenchless Consultants (STC) is a specialty engineering firm that focuses on the reduction of trenchless risk through trenchless engineering services including feasibility studies, geotechnical investigations, design and bid services as well as construction management and inspection services. STC provides these services for projects which include microtunneling, horizontal directional drilling, guided boring, auger boring, pipe ramming, pipe bursting, EPB tunneling and in-place rehabilitation such as sliplining and CIPP.  STC is a certified WBE in Washington and Oregon.