About Hardman Geotechnical

Scott Hardman, PE, GE, MS

Principal Engineer and Owner

Scott Hardman is a geotechnical engineer with over 35 years of comprehensive experience focused on an expansive range of projects, from custom homes and high-rise buildings to bridges and earth dams. Having spent over 35 years serving clients in Oregon and Washington State, his previous work also encompasses Alaska, California, Utah, Nevada and Idaho.

Scott has acquired well-rounded experience working on thousands of geotechnical engineering projects including residential and commercial developments, large transportation projects, bridges, earth and concrete dams, corrections facilities, airports, landfills and transfer stations, major pipelines, wastewater treatment plants and other municipal infrastructure facilities.

Scott focuses on providing cost-effective, pragmatic geotechnical consulting to private and agency clients. Scott has particular expertise in landslide stabilization, retaining wall design, and seismic engineering, including soil liquefaction analyses and Site Seismic Hazard Studies. The depth of Scott’s engineering expertise ensures that our clients receive customized and value-driven outcomes on each project regardless of scale.

Lidia Lewczuk, MA

Business Development Manager

Lidia Lewczuk is a highly-experienced, versatile, results-oriented business operations manager, program developer| leader, project manager, and marketing |communications professional. With over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry and not-for-profit sectors, Lidia has a proven track record of demonstrating outcomes that advance business growth initiatives through aligned development partnerships, efficiency in operational management, and strategic planning leadership in implementing phased-in program direction, growth and sustainability within in an organization. At HGSI, Lidia is dedicated to optimizing best practices in business operations, comprehensive client management, marketing | communications and public relations.

Chad Hardman, BS Civil Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering Staff

With over 17 years’ experience working in the geotechnical field as a soil laboratory technician and soil technician, Chad Hardman has demonstrated capabilities of solving problems in the field to help move projects forward. Chad is well-versed in various lab tests, including Moisture Density (Proctor) Testing, Soil Plasticity, Sieve Analysis and Grain Size, and other laboratory testing procedures. As a soil technician, Chad has extensive experience in construction monitoring, specifically with density testing of soil fills, trench backfill, retaining wall backfill, roadway base, asphaltic concrete pavement, cement treatment, foundation excavation review, slope stability analysis, and ground improvement monitoring.

Chad has been involved in various geotechnical investigation techniques, including hand auger borings, infiltration testing, exploratory drilling and test pit excavation logging. Chad has a BS in Civil Engineering, with a focus on geotechnical engineering. He will continue pursuing his Professional Engineer certification, and to gain further experience in performing geotechnical investigations, analyses and reports, to benefit HGSI’s clients.

Jason Burgess

Lead Soil Technician

Jason Burgess has over 15 years of experience testing construction materials on projects ranging from residential subdivisions to commercial and industrial developments, and public works projects. Jason is ODOT certified for the following:

• Certified Density Technician – nuclear density gauge testing
• Certified Embankment and Base Technician

Jason has years of experience working in the Portland metropolitan area, in a variety of soil and weather conditions, to enable timely and cost-efficient soil inspection and density testing for earthwork projects. He has particular expertise in evaluating foundation support conditions for structures, large earthwork projects, retaining wall construction, and wet weather earthwork including cement treatment. Jason coordinates technician field work to enable timely response to client needs. He provides value-added, reasonable and effective recommendations when soil challenges are encountered on a project site. Jason has extensive experience with the major jurisdictions in the Portland metropolitan area, and takes pride in his knowledge of the different local agency requirements for soil testing and inspections.

Sarah Brown

Accounts Services / Bookkeeper

Sarah Brown has extensive experience in client-oriented roles and brings a strong dedication to supporting clients and their projects in her Accounts Services / Bookkeeper role at HGSI. Sarah’s work experience in client-oriented services and administrative assistant roles have provided key support in small business settings. Sarah intends to continue optimizing HGSI’s account services processes so that she can provide a smooth experience for all clients, all while continuing to grow the scope of her accounting knowledge and abilities. Sarah has an Associate’s Degree from Portland Community College.

Versatile and multi-talented, Sarah is a mother of 3 beautiful children and the family’s two dogs, Charlie and Nero. Sarah enjoys spending time with her family, as well as, running, hiking trails and camping.

Eric Hardman, RSO

Account Services

Eric Hardman originally joined HGSI as a “Proctor”, providing soil laboratory testing services. He soon learned the soil technician trade and has extensive experience performing foundation excavation soil inspections, soil density testing, retaining wall backfill testing, and pavement section materials testing. Eric is a certified Nuclear Density Technician and serves as HGSI’s Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) to keep the firm in compliance with State requirements for storing and operating our nuclear soil density gauges. Eric also has extensive experience performing Phase 1 ESA (Environmental Site Assessment) reports.

Eric is studying to be a Certified Public Accountant. To further that goal, he has transitioned to HGSI’s account services and bookkeeping. Eric has excellent attention to detail and is responsive to clients’ needs regarding project billing and insurance requirements.

Alvin Ly

Field & Laboratory Technician

Alvin Ly joined HGSI as a Field & Laboratory Technician with a keen interest in science and engineering. Alvin has a B.S. in Science from Portland State University with a focus on science laboratory processes and the scientific method. Before earning his B.S. in Science, Alvin spent two and a half years studying Civil Engineering, where he took part in projects as a requirement for his in-major courses. Among the significant projects that he worked on while studying engineering, included work on the Tilikum Crossing expansion and Fourth Avenue expansion in Portland. In these expansion projects, Alvin gained knowledge about adding extensions to existing structures, as a means of easing traffic congestion.

Alvin has experience with sample collection and preparation, soil testing and analysis, and data interpretation. Within HGSI, Alvin focuses on field and laboratory work for a large variety of geotechnical engineering projects.

In his free time, Alvin enjoys playing games on his Xbox, spending time with friends, and riding his motorcycle, when it’s not raining.