ALPINE GEOTECHNICAL - Key Persons


ACI Strength

Job Titles:
  • Testing Technician Level 1
Work History Alpine Geotechnical, LLC, Principal/Senior Engineer, current Terracon Consultants, Inc., Office Manager, 2011-2014 NTL Engineering & Geoscience-Terracon, Materials Engineer and Laboratory Manager, 2008-2011 NTL Engineering & Geoscience, Inc., Staff Engineer and Laboratory Supervisor, 2006-2008 Orion Engineering/Holman Consulting, Geotechnical Engineer, 2003-2006 Gaston Engineering & Surveying, Civil Engineer, 2002-2003 NTL Engineering & Geoscience, Inc. Construction Materials Technician, Summers 2001-2003

James W. Horner

Job Titles:
  • Engineering Technician
Mr. Horner is an Engineering Technician II. He has 6 years of experience with soils, aggregates, and asphalt according to all ASTM & AASHTO standards. Mr. Horner also assists with concrete and asphalt mix designs. Mr. Horner has extensive concrete experience, as a former owner and operator of a concrete ready mix supplier. Mr. Horner has assisted with all aspects of asphalt concrete testing, including ignition oven asphalt content, aggregate gradation, Marshall density/theoretical maximum density, core density, stability and flow. He has obtained drilled cores of asphalt concrete, trimmed, and measured their bulk specific gravity and voids.

Kagan M. Rutz

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • Principal
  • Senior Engineer
  • Principal / Senior Engineer / Education
Mr. Rutz is the Principal/Senior Engineer of Alpine Geotechnical. Previously, he was office manager for Terracon's prior Kalispell, Montana office where he had been employed since August 2006. Mr. Rutz has performed geotechnical and materials engineering assignments.

Marshall Asphalt Mixtures

Job Titles:
  • Expert

Murrell Environmental

Job Titles:
  • Consulting, Environmental Consultant, April 1997 - September 2015