AVILES ENGINEERING CORPORATION

Aviles Engineering Corporation has been providing Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Testing and Inspection Services, Environmental Consulting, Site Assessment Services, and Construction Management for 30 years in the Houston Area. AEC also operates special project on-site testing facilities and provides geotechnical services on various TxDOT projects.

AEC's professional staff of 50+ employees has broad and varied cumulative experience in the various services. AEC's Management Staff, Shou Ting Hu, P.E., Ronald E. Ortwerth, P.E., and Truman Louderback, R.E.M. have combined experience of over 130 years providing geotechnical engineering and exploration; construction materials testing and inspection services; construction management, construction supervision and inspection, environmental assessment, permitting and consulting services in Houston, the State of Texas and the Gulf Coast area.

Our Geotechnical Engineering division is headed by Shou Ting Hu, P.E. with 25 years experience in providing geotechnical services and has a total of 4 licensed geotechnical engineers and 4 laboratory technicians. This is one of the most experienced geotechnical groups in Houston and has provided geotechnical services on many significant projects in the Houston area. AEC's Geotechnical Group has completed over 500 geotechnical projects and over $4 mil in net fees over the past 5 years.

AEC's Construction Materials Engineering, Testing and Inspection division is headed by Ronald E. Ortwerth, P.E., Shane Ressman, P.E., and Jeff Sherman with 35, 15, and 30 years of experience respectively in providing construction materials testing and inspection services in the Houston Area. These engineers and managers provide support for 30+ ACI, TxDOT and NICET Certified Technicians with experience ranging from 30 years to 1 year in construction materials testing and inspection. AEC's Materials Group is also one of the strongest materials groups in Houston and has provided services on many significant projects. AEC has completed materials testing and inspection services on over 300 construction materials testing projects and over $6.5 mil in fees over the past 5 years.

AEC's Environmental Division is headed by Truman Louderback, a Registered Environmental Manager with over 30 years of comprehensive environmental management and consulting experience. The Environmental Division also contains a licensed Professional Geoscientist and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Corrective Action Project Manager. Our expertise includes, but is not limited to; Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments; environmental permitting and negotiations with regulatory agencies; cultural and natural resource surveys and clearances; and litigation and public hearing support. Within the past 5 years, the AEC Environmental Division has completed over 125 environmental projects and over $1.1 mil in fees.

AEC is an Accredited Laboratory for technical competence in Geotechnical Testing and Construction Materials Testing (see our scope of accreditation) by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) and is one of only a few firms in the Houston Area that is also Accredited by AASHTO for Testing of Construction Materials in accordance with AASHTO R18 We are inspected on regular tours by AMRL and CCRL.

AEC uses state of the art computer programs for pavement design, settlement analysis, pile design and slope stability analysis to assure accurate and technically supported designs. All laboratory testing is input into password protected documents to ensure accuracy of calculations and all reporting is also provided on password protected documents to perform checks on field and laboratory information.

AEC is certified as a Small Business with METRO and the Port of Houston Authority; is certified as a Minority/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise with the Texas Unified Certification Program, City of Houston, Houston Independent School District, State of Texas and GSC and a HUB with the State of Texas (TBPC), Houston Business Council, City of Austin and City of San Antonio.