Marvin E. White, Jr ., P.E.

Education: BSCE., Civil Engineering, Va. Tech, 1961

Registration: P.E.: PA,1972

Professional History

2003 - Current:  BS & T Labs, Inc.

2002 - 2003:  Independent Contractor

1969 -2002: Benatec Associates

1962 -1969: US Navy

Experiences include design of:

Inspection services for highways, commercial structures and sanitary facilities;

Geotechnical analysis for surface mines, small dams, buildings, steep slope stability;

Land Development Plans for Residential, Commercial and Industrial sites;

Hydraulic designs for small waterways and open channels;

Storm drainage designs for residential developments and highway networks;

Stormwater management retention ponds;

Surface mine permitting including sediment and treatment pond designs;

Acid mine drainage abatement of streams and waterways;

Sanitary landfills; and major construction projects.

Geotechnical Projects

Redner's Warehouse Market, Nesquehoning PA, 7 acre mountainside site for grocery store. Prepared the site construction plans for 58,000 square feet building and 200 car parking area. The site earthworks, slope stability , groundwater and stormwater drainage systems, pavement design, regulatory review, and consultation with the contractor during construction.

Creekside Drive, Messiah College, Cumberland County, PA. Two-lane, 2,500 foot, bituminous road located adjacent to a state designated scenic river. Responsible for geometrics, pavement design, earthworks, steep slope stability, wetlands determination, landscaping, erosion control, regulatory permitting, and construction observation.

Maryland Department of Transportation, U.S. Route 40, Garrett County, MD. Designed 7.2 miles of limited access, concrete pavement in steep mountainous terrain. The project was a major excavation effort in sandstone, shale, and isolated coal mines. In addition it was complicated by a mine fire near the site. Major features included 125 feet deep rock cuts.

PENNDOT, District 2-0, U.S. Route 322, Centre County, PA. Designed 6.7 miles of limited access, concrete pavement in steep terrain. Project involved 150 feet deep rock cuts in which pre- splitting was used to reduce excavation costs.

Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, PA. Supervised an air-rotary drill rig setting 28 water sampling wells around potentially hazardous material sites. The work included a geological analysis of the region, determining drill site locations in areas of concern, preparing drill logs for each hole, collecting water samples, and submitting the findings to the U.S. Corps of Engineers.

Numerous surface mining permits during a ten year period for both anthracite and bituminous coal regions. Work required extensive ground water testing programs, structural geological analysis of the region, highwall slope stability, overburden analysis for acid-base ratio, erosion and sediment controls, acid mine water treatment systems.

Warwick High School, Lititz Borough, Lancaster County. Prepared the geotechnical engineering report for a two-story addition to the existing school. The site IS known to be in limestone bedrock and solution cavities are a design potential.

Commercial Building, Derry Township, Dauphin County. Prepared the geotechnical engineering report for a new two-story office building. The- site is known to be in limestone and very weak subsurface layers were identified as a significant factor in foundation design.

St Michael's Church, Tilden Township, Berks County. Prepared the geotechnical engineering report for a new two-story addition to the existing church.

Panther Creek Partners, 36 acre site for 75 megawatt electrical power plant sited adjacent to an EPA Superfund site. Prepared plans for the plant location, access roads, stormwater management, temporary on-site sanitary sewer facility , wetlands studies, erosion and sediment controls, coal mining permits for four banks of anthracite refuse covering 250 acres.

Hershey Arena, Derry Township, Dauphin County .Served as part of design team to prepare plans for 96 acre site to house the new Giant Arena and parking for 9000 cars. Work included excavation in karst topography, stormwater management, sanitary sewers, potable and fire protection water lines, toll booths, access roads, and widening of existing public roads adjacent to the complex.

Pennsylvania Farm Show, City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Served as part of the design team to coordinate a fast track an addition of three buildings totaling 250;000 square feet to the existing complex. Work also included upgrading 45 acres parking on site and an additional 28 acres off- site parking. Design included collection lines for storm and sanitary wastes, distribution lines for fire protection, potable water, natural gas, electric power, communications.

Office Building, Dillsburg Borough, York County .Prepared site plans for new commercial building which included access roads, off street parking, sanitary sewer and water connections, erosion and sediment control plans, stormwater management.

Harrisburg Academy, Camp Hill, PA. Off-street parking. Designed 150 vehicle parking lot for staff and students. The academy is located on a major street that routinely experiences rush hour backlogs. Designed included relieving a major revision of traffic flow patterns to isolate school buses from both parent drop-offs and entering student vehicles. Traffic egress to local streets is also isolated from incoming traffic to provide a single direction of flow.

Olde Stone Way (Hess Farm), Land Development Plan, North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County, PA. Eighty-six acre residential development for 134 single family and 64 duplex homes. Assisted with lot layout, roadway alignment and profiles, storm sewer design, Erosion and Sedimentation Control (E&SC) Plan, and preparation of plans and documents for numerous agency reviews prior to construction.

Pennsylvania State Police Academy Improvements, Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA. Prepared site drawings of the Land Development Plan for submission to Derry Township for approval. Developed site grading and stormwater drainage. Also prepared the E&SC Plan.

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company, Bears' Den, Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA. Prepared site drawings of the Land Development Plan for submission to Derry Township for approval. Developed site grading, stormwater drainage, off-street parking, and utility relocation. Also, prepared the E&SC Plan.

Townhouse/Apartment Complex, Springettsbury Township, York County , PA. Designed a 60 acre apartment complex to township and state regulations for a private contractor. Responsible for street geometrics, parking lots, grading plans, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, public water distribution, landscaping and coordination with the architect, the township engineer, developers, and the various utilities.

Chambers Development, Dauphin County, PA. Design of storm water management, property spill containment, expanded storage facilities, and modification to RCRA Part B application for a commercial hazardous waste storage and treatment facility .Project also included soils analyses, remediation of spilled petroleum hydrocarbons, and removal of underground storage tanks.

United States Postal Service, PA. Designed proposed new facility Land Development Plans, proposed new facility for the municipalities of Downingtown and Mount Penn. Responsible for all site work including earthworks, drainage, pavement, E&SC Plans, incorporation of the American Disabilities Act features, and related specifications.

York County Transportation Authority, City of York, York, PA. Prepared the Land Development Plan for a four acre bus/van transportation facility. Design included all site designs and related specifications, E&SC Plans, construction observations, and coordination with both County and Township authorities.

Carlisle Hospital, Carlisle, PA. Design and project management services for construction of new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Facility. Responsibilities included design of all site preparations, hookup of all utilities, doorway connections, acquisition of local governmental approvals, Health Department plan review, and construction administration.

Capital Health System, Harrisburg, PA. Land Development Plan for building rehabilitation, parking lots, stormwater drainage, and retaining wall.

Remtech, Inc., York County I PA. Designed hazardous waste transfer facility to Department of Environmental Resources criteria. The ten acre project involved design and construction of a storage facility capable of providing temporary storage in both bulk liquid tanks and space for

1 ,000 drums. The project incorporated and isolated a possible product spill in the design of all drainage facilities by utilizing lined stormwater retention ponds, lined drainage pipes, gate valves at all discharge points, and dual containment waterstops throughout a three acre reinforced concrete parking ramp and the building floor slab.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT), District 8-0, Center Street (S.R. 1015) Construction, East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, PA. Construction of a three mile, two-lane arterial roadway. Assisted the final four months of the project with the inspection of drainage facilities, roadway paving, striping, and project completion records.

Creekside Drive, Messiah College, Cumberland County, PA. Two-lane, 2,500 foot, bituminous road located adjacent to a state designated scenic river. Responsible for geometrics, pavement design, earthworks, storm sewer hydraulics, sanitary sewer trunk, quantities, cost estimating, stormwater management, wetlands determination, landscaping, erosion control, regulatory permitting, and construction observation.

Panther Creek Partners, Carbon County, PA. Two and one half mile coal haul road designed for 60-ton highway trucks, which crosses four streams designated "exceptional value" requiring measures to prevent stream contamination at crossing. Responsible for pavement design, earthworks, open channel hydraulics, cost estimating, wetlands determination, erosion control, and regulatory permitting.

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Bucks County, PA. Two and one half mile widening of existing road to six-lanes of bituminous pavement with three bridge crossings, sound barriers, retaining walls, stormwater management facilities. Four lanes of traffic were maintained at all times. Served as Resident Engineer supervising as many as eight inspectors. Inspection included observation of earthworks, pile driving, reinforced concrete placement, bridge repairs and decking, bituminous pavement, storm sewers, retaining walls, sound barriers, and landscaping.

Maryland Department of Transportation (MDDOT), U.S. Route 40, Garrett County, MD. Designed 7.2 miles of limited access, concrete pavement in steep terrain. Responsible for earthworks, drainage, interchange geometrics, quantities, cost estimate, and road-user benefit analysis for interacting bridges. The project was a major excavation effort in sandstone, shale, and isolated coal mines. In addition it was complicated by a mine fire near the site. Major features included 125 feet deep rock cuts, a diamond interchange, and a 66 inch structural plate culvert 500 feet long.

PENNDOT, District 8-0, PA Route 743, Dauphin County, PA. Designed 2.3 miles of two lane bituminous pavement near Hershey, PA to relocate a major feeder road out of the Swatara Creek flood plain. Responsible for earthwork, drainage design, erosion control, quantities, and cost estimate with minor contributions to the geometrics. Major feature of the project included a replacement bridge structure and salvage of the original steel grate decking.

West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH), Interstate 77, Charleston, WV. Designed 2.3 miles of limited access, concrete pavement. Responsible for storm sewer design, culvert and pipe design, geometrics, storm routing in flash flood areas, quantities, and cost estimate. Major features of the project included four major bridge structures, severe right-of-way controls created by a railroad on one side and a landslide prone mountain on the other, a series of parallel retaining walls extending the length of the project, stainless steel storm sewers to compensate for drainage from several abandoned coal mines, 120 inch structural plate culvert 800 feet long, and a pedestrian underpass.

PENNDOT, District 2-0, U.S. Route 322, Centre County, PA. Designed 6.7 miles of limited access, concrete pavement in steep terrain. Responsible for all hydrology, pipe and culvert design, earthworks, quantities, and cost estimates. Project involved 150 feet deep rock cuts in which pre-splitting was used to reduce excavation costs. The major dra1nage feature was an eight foot box culvert 380 feet long.

PENNDOT, District 8-0, 1-83, York County, PA. Responsible for erosion control plan for 8.8 mile renovation of existing four-lane concrete pavement incorporating four interchanges.

PENNDOT, District 8-0, Route 181, York County, PA. Designed approaches to a replacement bridge over the Conewago Creek at York Haven. Responsible for earthwork, quantities, cost estimate, maintenance of traffic, and erosion control plan.

PENNDOT, District 8-0, Londonderry Township Road T -301, Dauphin/Lancaster County, PA. Designed approaches to a bridge over the Conewago Creek replacing a local structure destroyed by flood. Responsible for earthwork, drainage, erosion control, quantities, and cost estimates.

PENNDOT, District 3-0, John Street Bridge, McVeytown, Mifflin County, PA. Designed a half mile and two bridge approaches to replace structures over the Juniata River. Responsible for erosion control, quantities, maintenance of traffic, and cost estimates.

MDDOT, Jarrettsville Pike, Baltimore County, MD. Designed preliminary alignment and grade to correct a high density accident prone area. Responsible for basic earthwork, right-of-way, geometrics, and vertical control.

Roadway Approach to Bridge Construction and PENNDOT Betterment Projects:

1. District 3-0, John Street Bridge, McVeytown, Mifflin Coun~, PA, over the Juniata River.

2. District 8-0,Route 181, York County, over the Conewago Creek.

3. District 8-0, Road T -301, Londonderry Township, Dauphin/Lancaster County, over the Conewago Creek.

4. District 8-0, Good Hope Road, Cumberland County, PA, over the Conodoguinet Creek

5. District 8-0, Route 94, Adams County, PA, 5.5 miles PENNDOT Betterment Project.

6. District 8-0, Route 116, York County, PA, 2.3 miles PENNDOT Betterment Project.

Dillsburg Borough and South Hanover Township, Township Engineer. Responsible for review of subdivision and Land Development Plans, design and specification of roadway improvement projects, and preparation of the draft copy of a proposed new subdivision ordinance.

Borough of Hanover, York County, PA. Designed and prepared the permit for a 25 acre amendment to the Borough of Hanover landfill using single-tiered cells.

Middle Creek, Schuylkill County, PA. Abandoned surface mine reclamation. Designed 600 acres reclamation project near Tremont, PA, involving a complex of four to seven parallel strip mines which extend over a three mile length. Responsible for survey, earthwork, storm water drainage, open channel hydraulics, quantities, cost estimate; specifications, coordination with the contractor, and site inspection.

Martins Run, Schuylkill County, PA. Channel relocation through abandoned surface mines. Designed a 1,100 feet reinforced energy baffled concrete flume over a severely mined area. Responsible for earthwork, hydraulics, survey, erosion controls, quantities, cost estimates, coordination with the coordinator, and site inspection.

Trout Run, Elk County, PA. Abandoned surface mine reclamation. Designed 75 acres reclamation project near the Village of Benezette which involved abating several highly acidic discharges. Responsible for earthwork, stormwater design, erosion controls, quantities, cost estimates, specifications and coordination with the contractor

Study of Acid Mine Discharge, Susquehanna River, Elk County, P A. Responsible for an in-depth field survey of the 110 square mile project area, and for developing the hydrologic, geologic, and engineering approaches.

Co-authored a Report for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, "Evaluation of Mining Constraints to the Revitalization of Pennsylvania Anthracite." In addition to co-authoring the report, work included numerous interviews with potentia1 users of anthracite in the industrial sector.

Armstrong County, Designed Treatment Pond, PA. Used sodium carbonate as a reagent for a coal transloading site.

The Pennsylvania State University, Capital Campus Electrical Distribution System, Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, PA. Prepared site drawings for all underground primary electric conduits, developed site grading plans and the E&SC Plan, and coordinated trench alignment with other campus utility locations.

York, P A. Designed a seven acre hazardous waste transfer facility with reinforced concrete truck storage area and lined spill containment pond. Responsible for site development including pavement design, oil/water separator, earthworks, storm sewers, quantities and municipal and environmental permits. Construction observation services were also provided.

Manada Street, Harrisburg, PA. Designed a 4,400 feet Storm Sewer Trunk Line to Correct Neighborhood Flooding. Project included stormwater analysis and total pavement replacement. Responsible for storm sewer design, coordination with utilities, maintenance of traffic, quantities, cost estimating and construction observation.

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Performed feasibility study and preliminary engineering design for a high security facility which would be used to test effectiveness of certain combat agents. Responsible for management of the project which included site work, architectural, sanitary I electrical and mechanical design, emergency procedures, environmental assessments, preliminary cost estimates, and basic specifications.

Aircraft Hangar Apron, AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA. ,Designed a four acre reinforced concrete aircraft apron according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration specifications at Harrisburg International Airport. Design included the pavement analysis, site drainage, oil/water separator, parking lot, grading, maintenance of traffic, quantities, and coordination between contractor and owner.

Solid Waste Landfill, Schuylkill County, PA. Designed and prepared the permit for a 55 acre, 500,000 ton solid waste landfill in an abandoned surface mine using multiple-tiered cells and unique design for methane gas ventilation.

Defense Environmental Restoration Project, Abandoned NIKE Missile Site, Chestertown, MD. Site was contaminated by PCBs, TCE, and asbestos. Project Manager supervising field operations, materials testing, and hazardous materials transportation. Also, responsible for site health and safety during field operations.

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