Larry Cooley
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin: Post M.S. Study, August 1977 – August 1978
Mississippi State University: M.S. Geotechnical Engineering, 1974
Harvard University: Soil Mechanics Program for Teachers and Practicing Engineers, January 1969 – June 1969
Mississippi State University: B.S. Civil Engineering, 1965
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Background. Mr. Cooley has been actively engaged in the field of geotechnical engineering for the past 37 years. He has been responsible for the geotechnical investigation, testing and design of numerous large and small projects. Some of the types of projects for which he has had geotechnical responsibility include locks and dams, highway bridges and overpasses, levees, pumping stations, river ports and harbors, single- and multi-story buildings, towers, airfields, elevated and ground-supported storage tanks, landslides, industrial facilities, streets and roads. Prior to joining Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc. as a co-owner, he served as Manager of the Geotechnical Group for Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Baton Rouge, Louisiana office. Previously, he worked with the Vicksburg District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 19 years and served as Chief of the Foundation and Materials Branch from 1980 to 1984.
PROJECTS
Mr. Cooley has considerable experience on large multi-million dollar flood control and navigation projects, including locks and dams. Some of the larger projection which he has worked include the Felsenthall and Calion Locks and Dams on the Ouachita River in Arkansas, John H. Overton Lock and Dam on the Red River in Louisiana, Lake Chicot Pumping Station and Drainage Structure in Arkansas, Tensas-Cocodrie Pumping Station and Drainage Structure on the Black River in Louisiana, and Asealmore-Tippo Drop Structure in Louisiana. His involvement with these projects is varied and has included field investigations, laboratory testing and analyses, preparation and review of specifications, field testing consisting of pump test piles and pile load tests, consultation during construction, and reduction and evaluation on instrumentation data.
QUALITY ASSURANCE EXPERIENCE
Mr. Cooley has served as President of Cooley Dennis and Denmon Engineering Company, Inc. (CD&D) since the firm was established in 1993. Since this time, he has served as Principle-in-charge and Project Manager for one contract for Quality Assurance (QA) Inspectors for the USACE Vicksburg District, and as Principle-in-charge for five contracts for QA Inspection and/org Testing services. The USACE districts have included Louisville, St. Louis, Little Rock and Vicksburg. The responsibility included overall responsibility and managing CD&D as necessary to provide timely responses with properly trained and technically capable QA Inspection and/or testing personnel.
FEATURED EXPERIENCE
Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager for Quality Assurance Inspection and Laboratory for the Vicksburg District
Principle-in-Charge for Quality Assurance duties and Services throughout the limits of the St. Louis District
Principal-in-Charge for Quality Assurance Inspection Services within the limits of the Vicksburg District
Principal-in-Charge for Olmsted Locks and Dam (Locks and Dams 52 and 53 Replacement Project) Quality Assurance Inspection and Laboratory Testing.
Principal-in-Charge for Laboratory Testing and Quality Assurance Inspection at Montgomery Point Lock and Dam for Little Rock District
Principal-in-Charge for Construction Quality Assurance within the limits of the Vicksburg District
Principal-in-Charge for Quality Assurance Inspection Services in support of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi for Vicksburg District
Principal-in-Charge for Quality Assurance Inspection Services in support of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana for the New Orleans District