Chris_Woods

Mr. Chris Woods

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Vice President of Business Development - Menard USA

  • Geotechnical Engineer

Construction

  • Shallow Foundations Liquefaction Engineering Deep Dynamic Compaction Pile Foundations Landfill Engineering Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Management
    Settlements

  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Master of Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University : 20/08/2001 - 21/12/2002
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering - Purdue University : 21/08/1995 - 18/12/1999

  • President's Award Deep Foundations Institute, 2022

  • Menard USA : ( 01/10/2025 - Present )
    • Vice President of Business Development

    • Spearheading the strategic expansion of dynamic compaction services, positioning Menard USA as the leading dynamic compaction contractor throughout North America. Responsible for technical training of staff across North America, related to dynamic compaction, along with development of leads and sales pipelines. Working with operations team to scale available compaction equipment accordingly.

      Serve as part of the Corporate BD Team, providing overall direction to North American business development efforts and maintaining corporate level relationships with key industry organizations such as Geo Institute, Deep Foundations Institute, CalGeo and the Design-Build Institute of America.
  • Densification, Inc. : ( 03/12/2012 - 12/09/2025 )
    • Vice President

    • Currently the Vice-President for the specialty dynamic compaction contractor, Densification, Inc. Responsibilities include development and oversight of technical work plans, project management, and engineering evaluation of on-going ground improvement work. Also provides consulting engineering services to support dynamic compaction projects worldwide. Additional responsibilities include direction of overall marketing strategies for the firm, oversight and management of all corporate IT systems, and general company management.
  • Langan Engineering & Environmental Services : ( 03/01/2000 - 01/06/2012 )
    • Senior Project Manager

    • • Managed Langan’s New Haven, CT geotechnical engineering group, while maintaining a strong active presence in Langan’s New York City and Elmwood Park, New Jersey offices.
      • Main duties included day-to-day management of the New Haven group including project allocation, business development, staff billability, account receivables, client management, proposal preparation, preparation and senior level review of engineering reports and designs.
      • Responsible for the overall management of several multidisciplinary projects (civil, geotechnical, environmental, and survey), with expertise in due diligence, subsurface investigation, foundation design, and construction oversight and management.
      • Responsible for coordination of several in-house training courses, including field investigations and construction oversight, as well as co-coordinator for the Firms’ Annual Geotechnical Workshop.
      • Key member of corporate recruitment committee. Assisted in development of company policies and guidelines with respect to recruitment at the collegiate level, and was extensively involved with recruitment efforts at both Purdue and Virginia Tech.
  • Anselmi & DeCicco : ( 01/06/1998 - 14/08/1998 )
    • Intern

    • Estimating intern for heavy highway contractor in Northern New Jersey.

  • From the Editorial Board
    Journal Article published 2023 Jun in GEOSTRATA Magazine volume 27 issue 3 on pages 8 to 9
    Authors: Chris Woods
    https://doi.org/10.1061/geosek.0000485
  • Dynamic Compaction: A Proven Ground Improvement Method for Landfill Sites
    Proceedings Article published 2023 Mar 23 in Geo-Congress 2023 on pages 311 to 321
    Authors: Chris Woods, Robert Shaffer, Samuel Drumheller
    https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484661.033
  • How Ground Improvement Contributes to the Green Building Movement
    Proceedings Article published 2016 Aug 8 in Geo-Chicago 2016
    Authors: Chris Woods
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480120.071
  • Ground Improvement on Strip-Mined Sites: Using Dynamic Compaction to Remediate Mine Spoil Sites
    Proceedings Article published 2016 Feb 8 in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016
    Authors: Christian B. Woods, Samuel J. Drumheller, Joe C. Drumheller
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479742.077


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From the Editorial Board
Journal Article published 2023 Jun in GEOSTRATA Magazine volume 27 issue 3 on pages 8 to 9
Authors: Chris Woods
https://doi.org/10.1061/geosek.0000485
Dynamic Compaction: A Proven Ground Improvement Method for Landfill Sites
Proceedings Article published 2023 Mar 23 in Geo-Congress 2023 on pages 311 to 321
Authors: Chris Woods, Robert Shaffer, Samuel Drumheller
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484661.033
How Ground Improvement Contributes to the Green Building Movement
Proceedings Article published 2016 Aug 8 in Geo-Chicago 2016
Authors: Chris Woods
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784480120.071
Ground Improvement on Strip-Mined Sites: Using Dynamic Compaction to Remediate Mine Spoil Sites
Proceedings Article published 2016 Feb 8 in Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress 2016
Authors: Christian B. Woods, Samuel J. Drumheller, Joe C. Drumheller
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784479742.077
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