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Mr. Kiefer received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He has over 38 years experience in subsurface exploration, seismic analysis and deep foundations. As a Senior Consultant at Terracon in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Kiefer has been the geotechnical engineer of record for more than 100 high-rise building projects constructed on deep foundations in Chicago. These projects have included the proposed 112-story, 7 South Dearborn project, the 89-story Waterview Tower, the 67-story One Museum Park, the 70-story Park Hyatt Tower, the McCormick Place Hotel and West Hall Expansion, and the expansive Central Station Development of more than 20 high-rises.

Mr. Kiefer has been a consultant for deep foundation projects in Florida, Missouri, New York, Las Vegas, Poland, Russia, China, Korea the Caribbean and the Middle East. Mr. Kiefer has acted as peer reviewer or principal engineer for some of the tallest buildings in the world including the Lotte Tower in Busan, South Korea, the Doha Convention Center and Tower in Qatar, the Central Market project in Abu Dhabi, and the world’s tallest building, the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was also one of the principal investigators in a joint ADSC/FHWA research program on Free Fall Concrete in Drilled Shafts.

Mr. Kiefer is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings, the Deep Foundations Institute and the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

Mr. Kiefer received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He has over 38 years experience in subsurface exploration, seismic analysis and deep foundations. As a Senior Consultant at Terracon in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Kiefer has been the geotechnical engineer of record for more than 100 high-rise building projects constructed on deep foundations in Chicago. These projects have included the proposed 112-story, 7 South Dearborn project, the 89-story Waterview Tower, the 67-story One Museum Park, the 70-story Park Hyatt Tower, the McCormick Place Hotel and West Hall Expansion, and the expansive Central Station Development of more than 20 high-rises.

Mr. Kiefer has been a consultant for deep foundation projects in Florida, Missouri, New York, Las Vegas, Poland, Russia, China, …

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