GRL Engineers opens Houston office

Houston — GRL Engineers, Inc. announced the March 16 opening of its 10th Branch Office, in the Houston metropolitan area. “We will be opening this office to better serve the needs of our growing client base in Texas”, said Pat Hannigan, President of GRL.

The office will be staffed by Brandon Phetteplace and managed by Camilo Alvarez, P.E., who together will bring more than 22 years of experience in dynamic testing and quality assurance methods for deep foundations to the Texas market.  Both Brandon and Camilo hold Master level certificates on the PDCA/PDI Dynamic Measurement and Analysis Proficiency Test.

Camilo, who has a MS in Civil Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, is well published and a registered professional engineer in multiple states. Camilo will manage the Texas office in addition to the Colorado and California offices. Brandon has a BS in Civil Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and a BS in Physics from the State University of New York at Fredonia.

As all other GRL offices, the Texas office will provide dynamic testing services (PDA) on driven pile foundations as well as dynamic load testing (DLT), thermal integrity profiling (TIP), crosshole sonic logging (CSL), and low strain integrity testing (PIT) services for drilled shafts and augered cast-in-place piles.  The office will also provide wave equation analysis, SPT Hammer and Becker Drill calibration, and other specialty services and analyses.