J.A. Padgett, Jr., M.E.C.E.

Recruitment and Screening Panel

Civil Engineer J.A. "Jay" Padgett, Jr., PE, FASCE, is a graduate of Dickinson College (Sc.B. in Physics) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MECE). He served briefly as a reserve officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prior to embarking on a 22-year career with a regional consulting geotechnical engineering firm. At this firm, he had a variety of duties, including project management, marketing, human resources, business and finance management, corporate Board member and President of a subsidiary company. In 1993 he formed his own firm, which specializes in engineering support services for the geotechnical, geoenvironmental, construction, and mining marketplaces. The firm provides investigations, testing, prospecting, instrumentation, and various related specialty services. His experience includes work at numerous military installations, historic and monumental sites in Washington, DC, public projects, and numerous private developments throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Projects include building foundations, dams, bridges, towers, roads, pipelines, quarries, water front facilities, dredging, landfills, land stability, forensics, pavements, retaining structures, prospecting, ground water, and environmental issues. Areas of professional expertise include geotechnical engineering, site characterization, project management, and geotechnical instrumentation. Mr. Padgett has served as District Director on the American Society of Civil Engineers National Board of Direction, Chair of the Board's Policy Team, and as President of the National Capital Section of ASCE. ASCE service has included numerous technical and professional committee assignments as well as representation of ASCE to other organizations such as the AAES Engineers Public Policy Council and the U.S. Department of Labor Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. He is currently Conference Vice Chair and Program Chair for the ASCE 2002 Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Other professional affiliations of Mr. Padgett or the firm include ASFE, the Engineering Society of Baltimore, ASCE Geo-Institute and Construction Institute and the National Ground Water Association. Professional contributions include particpation in development of Codes and Standards, presentations at conferences/seminars, and student-oriented activities. Mr. Padgett is a Past President and Life Member of the Prince George's County (MD) Board of Trade and various other civic, business and community organizations. Civic volunteer service includes membership on citizens' commissions to recommend a new county growth management plan, evaluation of public policy on rubble landfills, and assistance of the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Maryland in strategic planning and quality management. A lifelong resident of Maryland, Mr. Padgett is also a licensed Maryland Master Well Driller and an OSHA-trained Hazardous Material Site Worker and Supervisor.

He is the 2002 co-recipient of ASCE's William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award.