Collier Geophysics (Collier) is pleased to announce the acquisition of New England based Hager GeoScience (HGI). HGI has provided exceptional consulting services in geology and geophysics throughout the United States and internationally for over 29 years. We would like to recognize owners Jutta Hager and Mario Carnevale for building such an amazing company. We are honored that HGI has entrusted Collier to take over their legacy and carry it forward into the next generation.
Through the addition of HGI, Collier has expanded its national presence into the Northeast. The merger of these two companies is a vital step in Collier’s mission to provide nationwide geoscience and geophysical services. Jutta and Mario will continue to lead the HGI office and provide the same high-quality service to their clients. HGI will also now be able to offer expanded surface, borehole, marine, and airborne geophysical services through Collier’s national network.
Collier is excited to continue building a nation-wide company that is centered on professionalism, exceptional science, a team-focused environment, and top-notch customer service.
Collier Geophysics (Collier) and Aqua Geo Frameworks, LLC (AGF) are excited to announce a strategic alliance between our companies. This alliance allows a formal collaboration between Collier’s surface, borehole, and marine geophysical expertise and AGF’s airborne electromagnetic (AEM) investigations. This alliance provides for an industry leading set of expertise between the two organizations. Over the years, the large-scale AEM projects have needed fill-in and ground-based geophysical surveys to provide clients with a complete geologic framework for their project needs.
The experience brought together by Collier and AGF staff offers tremendous breadth and depth from geologists, hydrologists, geophysicists and engineers to solve complex hydrologic and geologic problems. Additionally, the scale-factor to acquire townships worth of data with AEM, follow-up with the mobile Wallaby TEM array, or any other variety of geophysical methods, gives this alliance an edge to working at any level of project size desired.
With the ever-increasing demand for water resources, we believe this alliance will give federal, state, city and water district managers the value to select how and why particular methods are applied for their projects. This team provides a powerful combination of AEM and ground-based geophysical surveys including exploration for water resources, aquifer characterization, managed aquifer recharge, and environmental site characterization. With both Collier and AGF’s broad experience across the world, our alliance brings both our clients a collective team with unparalleled skill and experience.
Collier is excited to announce the opening of our new office in Atlanta, Georgia. We are please to welcome Jorgen Bergstrom, P.Gp. to the team as our out Atlanta Operations Manager! Mr. Bergstrom has over 25 years’ experience in geophysical methods and instruments in the United States and Europe. During his career, he has conducted numerous geophysical investigations assisting clients with subsurface characterization. These investigations have involved using geophysical methods such as ground penetrating radar (GPR), borehole and surface radar tomography (RT), resistivity, seismic, magnetic, electromagnetic, and acoustic. Mr. Bergstrom also provides geophysical borehole logging services, for a number of applications, to assist clients determine structure, fracture orientations, and fluid flow in rock. He has authored numerous publications discussing various geophysical technologies.
Mr. Bergstrom is involved in the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society and the Society of American Military Engineers. Welcome to the team Jorgen!
Jorgen can be reached at:
Office: (254) 968-8741
Cell: (770) 543-8444
Collier is pleased to announce Theodore Stieglitz, Sr. Geophysicist, as the newest member of the Collier team. Ted has over 25 years of experience as an oil and gas exploration geophysicist.
Ted began his career in environmental geophysics and transitioned to oil and gas after pursuing his PhD at Rice University. He has experience in a variety of R&D, business development and operational roles working for both the oil and gas industries and for seismic vendors, including the Hess Corporation, Spectrum Geo, EMGS, Veritas and ION. Ted is an expert in depth imaging and model building. He has broad 2D and 3D experience supporting several world class seismic libraries spanning numerous basins around the world. He believes strongly in the holistic integration of the Earth model through data acquisition, imaging and interpretation. He was a founding partner of Agile Seismic LP and has served as a consultant to many domestic and international clients.
Ted is a member of the Geophysical Society of Houston and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists where he actively serves on the SEG Finance Committee. He is licensed to practice in the State of Texas.
Theodore can be reached at:
590 E South Loop Stephenville, Tx. 76401
Office: (254) 968-8741
Cell: (713) 569-4603
Email: tstieglitz@collierconsulting.com
Collier Consulting and Collier Geophysics are excited to announce that we are attending in person conferences and events once again. We are bringing to you new services, staff, and information! Listed below are the conferences we will be attending in September. In addition, we have multiple team members speaking and exhibiting at events. Keep an eye out for the Collier logo!
- Texas Groundwater Summit 2021 in San Antonio, Texas
- Exhibit booth # TBA
- AGSD DAM Safety 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee
- Exhibit booth # 721
- Water Pro Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Exhibit booth # 935
- 4th Annual GRA Western Groundwater Conference 2021 in Los Angeles, California
- 33rd Annual AHS Symposium in Tempe, Arizona
- John Jansen will be speaking on Rapid screening of potential MAR sites using a towed-cart time-domain electromagnetic induction system.
- CECON 2021 in San Marcos, Texas
- Exhibit booth # 52
- Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists 64th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas
- Exhibit booth # 2
- Phil Sirles will be speaking on Seismic and Electrical 3D Geophysical Imaging for Landslide Remediation and 3D Geophysical Investigation to Evaluate Risk at Karstic Wind Turbine Foundation Sites.
- Trever Ensele will be speaking on Thru-Dam Seismic Tomography.
- Doug Laymon will be speaking on Imaging and Mapping of Karst Features.
Collier Consulting is pleased to announce that Kenny Weldon, Senior Director of Government Programs, as the newest member of the Collier team. Kenny has 36 years of results-oriented leadership experience in facility life cycle planning, environmental management, and government systems.
Kenny’s experience includes executive-level positions in government, higher education, and the private sector.
He retired from active duty, as a Colonel, following more than 26 years as an Air Force civil engineer officer where he held multiple command positions and served as a senior policy advisor at the Under Secretary of Defense-level. During Kenny’s career, he was responsible to provide facility life-cycle management, construction services, environmental management and emergency response.
While serving as mayor, he successfully led an effort to implement a municipal economic development authority for the City of Stephenville and established the first-ever life-cycle facility plans for the city-including pavement management, water resource, and capital improvement plans.
His federal, multi-agency experience is extensive, including executive program lead for the Department of Defense’ policy and implementation of joint basing at 12 multi-service installations; senior manager of a life-cycle plan for the Air Force’s 65,000-unit housing inventory; and senior project manager for a $38 million construction program to bed down the first operational F-22 fighter squadron.
Kenny’s work with environmental management is also very broad. Kenny was responsible for multi-media environmental regulatory compliance at 13 major military installations in five states. He paved way for the Department of Defense Fire Academy air and water permits and developed storm water pollution plans for 11 Air Force installations to comply with the Clean Water Act.
Kenny currently serves on several regional and local boards, including the Brazos Region G Water Planning Group and Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas.
Kenny can be reached at:
590 E South Loop
Stephenville, Tx. 76401
Office: 254-968-8741
Cell: 254-459-0867
Email: kweldon@collierconsulting.com
Collier Consulting is pleased to announce Brad Cross, Sr. Hydrogeologist, as the newest member of the Collier team. Brad has 35 years of experience in the field of underground injection control, hydrogeologic studies, environmental assessments, and project management.
Brad’s experience at the TCEQ for 15 years spans development rules, regulations, guidelines associated with Underground Injection Control, Public Drinking Water, Waste Management, and Non-Point Source Pollution. He served as a permit writer for Class I and Class V injection well areas and as a program manager for the Class V injection well program. Brad has served as Division Chair for the Ground Water Protection Council (formerly) known as the Underground Injection Practices Council), and has served as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. in development of regulatory guidelines for the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Brad can be reached at:
1205 Sam Bass Rd.
Bldg. B., Ste 300
Round Rock, TX 78681
Office: 512-851-8741
Cell: 512-619-9835
Email: bcross@collierconsulting.com
Collier Consulting & Collier Geophysics are writing to provide each of you with two important pieces of information relative to our companies’ response to the on-going COVID-19 situation.
We are doing our part: As public risk and concern over the COVID-19 virus continues to escalate, we at Collier are providing our employees an opportunity to work from home. While we have no known or reported cases from our staff, we want to be proactive in mitigating this pandemic. We make this decision not only in the interests of our staff, but also in the interests of others.
We continue to deliver our work: Our staff is equipped to work remotely, collaborate in virtual teams, and easily share work from office to office. Our staff has full access to all the necessary tools and resources to be fully functioning in a remote work environment. As always, we remain available on our cell phones. Given these facts and capabilities, we will continue delivering successful service and projects for you.
We are here to support you however we can. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to any one of our team members.
Thank you,
Collier Consulting, Inc.
Collier Geophysics, LLC
254.968.8721
Phil Sirles, Sr. Geophysicist
[Geophysics 2021 – Session]
“A 20/20 Perspective: The Past, Present, and
Future of Near Surface Geophysics in Transportation”
Tues. March 16th: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Trever Ensele, Geophysicist
[Correlating Geophysical & Geotechnical Parameters II – Session]
“Magnetic & Electromagnetic Survey to Identify Historic Structures at the River Mile Redevelopment” – Co-written & Co-presented by:
Melinda, Truskowski (Ramboll)
Wed. March 17th: 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM EDT
Nicole Pendrigh Sr. Geophysicist
[Seismic Body Waves Methods I – Session]
“A Seismic Tale of Two Rivers”
Thurs March 18th: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EDT
Juan Ortega, Geophysicist
[Seismic Body Waves Methods I – Session]
“Application of Broadband 2D and 3D
Seismic Reflection Surveys for Improved
Delineation of the Lake Okeechobee Area
Floridan Aquifer System Hydrostratigraphy”
– Co-written by Finn Michelsen, (Collier Geophysics)
Thurs March 18th: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EDT
Miriam Moller, Geophysicist
[Body Waves II – Session]
“Seismic Refraction Tomography for
New Penstock Design in Remote Alaska –
A Case Study”
Thurs March 18th: 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM EDT
And Several Opportunities to Hear from Two of Our Associates!
Bill Doll, Ph.D., Sr. Geophysicist
[Dams and Levees – Safety Investigation & Monitoring I – Session]
“Geophysical Investigations in Support of Grout and Fill Assessments at the Low Sill Control Structure..LA” – Co-written by Benjamin Breland (USACE-ERDC), Janet Simms (ERDC) and William Doll (Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education)
Mon. March 15th: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
[Archaeological Geophysics – Session]
“Geophysical Characterization of the Old City Cemetery in Murfreesboro, TN” –Co-written by M. Iftekhar Alam, William E. Doll, and William Piwonka (University of Tennessee – Knoxville) and Laura Bartel (Rutherford County Archaeological Society)
Mon. March 15th: 4:10 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
[UAS and Airborne Geophysics I – Session]
“Design Constraints for Low-Altitude Drone Magnetometer Surveys” – Co-written by Jeffrey Gamey (Tetratech) and William Doll (East Tennessee Geophysical Services)
Wed. March 17th: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM EDT
Ron Bell, Sr. Geophysicist
[UAS and Airborne Geophysics II – Session]
“Locating Four Abandoned O&G Wells: An Effective Application of the UAV Magnetic Survey Method”
Wed. March 17th: 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM EDT
[The Enigmatic Crestone Crater 2.0 – Session]
“UAS Magnetic Surveys Over Crestone Crater”
Thur. March 18th: 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM EDT
[Applications for UAVs & Optical Sensors in Munitions Projects – Munitions Response Meeting]
“UAS Magarrow Surveys Over Surrogate UXO”
Thur. March 18th: 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM EDT
Our Colorado office continues to grow with the addition of Jim Pfeiffer to our geophysicists’ team. Jim has over 23 years of experience in project management, planning, implementation, and interpretation of geophysical surveys
Throughout his career, Mr. Pfeiffer has successfully performed hundreds of geophysical surveys for clients in the government and private sectors. Jim has designed and presented geophysical training workshops for state DOTs and FHWA. He is an active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Denver Geophysical Society , and the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS). Mr. Pfeiffer is a registered professional geophysicist in the state of California and a registered geoscientist in the state of Louisiana. He can be reached at (303) 818-4091 or jpfeiffer@colliergeophysics.com.
We are excited to have you with us, Jim!