James "Jay"
P. Sappington, IV,
P.E.
Project Engineer
| Professional Experience  |
Mr.
Sappington has worked in the field of geotechnical engineering and
construction materials testing since 2004. His prior professional
experience includes environmental investigations, remediation, and
engineering, hydrology and hydraulics engineering, and land development
engineering. Mr. Sappington's graduate thesis focused on
strength
effects of long-term seasonal moisture change for various
pavement subgrade stabilization methods in sulfate-rich expansive clays. Mr. Sappington has diversified geotechnical engineering project management experience. Typical projects include retail and commercial developments, manufacturing facilities, educational buildings and related infrastructure, apartments and townhomes, residential subdivisions, highways and local streets, bridges, retaining structures, earth slope stability (distress, remediation, and design), major utility installations, elevated and ground-supported storage tanks, and distress investigations. |
| Project Experience |
Lockheed Martin, JSF Fighter Production Facilities,
Fort
Worth, TX The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX Lockheed Martin, McCullough Building Distress Investigation, Grand Prairie, TX Bell Helicopter, Plant No. 5 Expansion, Grand Prairie, TX City of Irving, Belt Line Road Distress Investigation, Irving, TX TxDOT, Interstate 30 Frontage Roads and Retaining Structures, MacArthur to Belt Line, Grand Prairie, TX TxDOT, Interstate 20 Bridges, Frontage Roads, and Retaining Structures, SH 171 to FM 2552, Weatherford, TX City of Fort Worth, Walsh Ranch Sanitary Sewer Line - Phases II and III, Fort Worth, TX Eagle Mountain-Saginaw I.S.D.; Elementary Schools No. 10 through 13 and Middle Schools No.4 and 5, Saginaw/Fort Worth, TX Grapevine-Colleyville I.S.D.; Pleasant Run Elementary School and Additions for Six Elementary/Middle School Facilities, Colleyville/Grapevine, TX Keller I.S.D.; Keller Elementary School No. 19 and Trinity Springs Middle School Addition, Fort Worth, TX Lake Worth I.S.D.; New Elementary and Middle Schools, Lake Worth, TX City of Trophy Club; Trophy Club Municipal Building, Trophy Club, TX Numerous Commercial Developments throughout the DFW Metroplex, TX Numerous Pavement Design and Investigations throughout the DFW Metroplex, TX Numerous Subdivisions and Single-Family Homes throughout the DFW Metroplex, TX |
| Education | Master
of Science in Civil Engineering, 2003, The University of Texas at
Arlington Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, 2002, The University of Texas at Arlington |
| Registration | Professional Engineer, TX #97402 |
| Affiliations | American Society of Civil Engineers Fort Worth Branch Director, 2005 - 2009 Recognized as Ft. Worth Branch ASCE Young Engineer of the Year, 2006 National Society of Professional Engineers Texas Society of Professional Engineers Fort Worth Chapter President, 2010 - 2011 Recognized as Ft. Worth Chapter TSPE Young Engineer of the Year, 2009 Society of American Military Engineers |