MEMBER PROFILE – ENGINEERING AFFILIATE
American Engineering Testing, Inc.
Trust delivered
By Julie Knapp, American Engineering Testing, Inc.
From Mississippi River bridges and skyscrapers, to power
plants and sports stadiums, to large water tanks and
grain bins, geotechnical engineers at American Engineering
Testing, Inc. (AET) have contributed to the success of thousands
of challenging projects requiring deep foundations throughout the
Upper Midwest.
Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., AET currently serves clients
from 17 offices located in seven states. They have been performing
services in geotechnical, environmental, and construction testing
since the firm’s founding (as Geotechnical Engineering Corporation)
in 1971 and inception as American Engineering Testing in 1990.
Across the company, they employ more than 75 registered professional
engineers and geologists with vast experiences on a variety of
public and private sector projects.
Deep foundations are a particular focus at AET. Their engineers
are experienced in the design of driven piles and drilled shafts, as well
as more cutting-edge deep foundation alternatives. AET engineering
staff have significant experience in the evaluation of potential soil and
foundation issues such as driven pile design, lightweight fill design,
sheet pile wall design, slope stability analyses, soft ground engineering
and construction below the groundwater table.
“AET has staff members with more than 30 years of experience
using the Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA),” said Greg Reuter,
P.E., D.GE, the vice president of AET’s Geotechnical Engineering
Division. “During pile installation, PDA equipment is used to evaluate
pile capacity and develop pile driving criteria. The company has
owned and operated six different generations of the PDA, beginning
with the ‘GC’ (‘blue box’) through to the new and significantly more
AET engineer attaching gauges to a driven
pile for high-strain dynamic testing
“We are strong
advocates of preconstruction
test pile
programs, when the
project warrants,
and of quantifying
soil set-up
characteristics.
That’s where the
biggest savings
can be realized
for the client.”
– Bill Cody, P.E., American
Engineering Testing, Inc.
www.piledrivers.org PILEDRIVER | 87
/www.piledrivers.org
