Consulting Engineers
Gerhart Cole Inc. is a consulting geotechnical engineering practice in Midvale, Utah. It specializes in geotechnical design, dam safety, alternative project delivery, and forensic engineering, serving water resources, transportation, and mining projects.
Phil GerhartFounder
Ryan ColePrincipal
Ryan MawPrincipal
Brian GarrettPrincipal
Travis GerberChief Engineer
Comprehensive analysis and design solutions tailored to soil, rock, and seismic conditions.
Safety assessments, seepage analyses, and engineering designs for dams, levees, and canals.
Collaborative procurement and project management services including progressive design-build and CM/GC methodologies.
Investigative analyses and expert technical consultations for structural and geotechnical challenges.
Subsurface structural solutions including deep foundations and temporary or permanent earth support.
Specialized field diagnostics, performance monitoring, and laboratory services for geological assets.
Water Resources · Stormwater & Flood Control · Mining · Transportation · Transit · Oil & Gas
Salt Lake City, UT · Transportation · 2002
Provided project management and geotechnical engineering design services for the reconstruction of 17 miles of interstate highway through urban Salt Lake City, a major design-build effort recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Utah, US · Water Resources
Addressed several issues related to dam safety during State of Utah mandated Phase II dam safety studies on a facility originally constructed between 1959 and 1960.
Utah, US · Water Resources
Evaluated and designed solutions to mitigate seepage from old Pleistocene river channels feeding into the left bank of Canal A, a primary irrigation canal, which resulted in sand boils and bank destabilization near the dam.
Clearfield, UT · Transportation
Conducted a forensic study of failing MSE wall abutments for a railroad crossing bridge. The scope of work included review of construction records, field observations, geotechnical exploration, stability analyses, and the design of multiple repair alternatives.