Ron Johnson

Affiliation

Geosyntec Consultants

Biography

Mr. Johnson is a senior principal engineer based in California with more than 34 years of experience in applying geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering principles to the development of infrastructure and the constructed environment. Mr. Johnson specializes in solid and hazardous waste disposal site permitting, design, and construction. He has led large multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists in the design and construction of low-level radiological disposal facilities, remediation of impacted sites, and the construction and closure of many landfill and disposal cells across the southwestern United States and abroad. He continues to advance the understanding of containment systems by authoring papers on geosynthetics and by giving presentations on the performance of engineered barriers.

He has also led numerous site characterization and geological/geotechnical exploration programs for a broad spectrum of facilities. His infrastructure experience spans a wide range of industries including transportation, water infrastructure, electrical power generation and distribution, high-rise construction and mining, and has been instrumental in promoting infiltration evaluation techniques to California-based geotechnical engineers. Mr. Johnson is a practice and industry leader in developing innovative approaches to design and evaluate stormwater infiltration facilities and beneficial reuse of closed or inactive landfills.

In the southwestern United States, Mr. Johnson has led significant exploration and geotechnical design projects for both the land development and mining industries. His joint geological and geotechnical