Dale Miller, P.E. , S.E. Wester Regional Vice President
Vice President, Director of Project Management
INCA Engineers, Inc.
Dale Miller has more than 30 years of experience in the management and design of navigation, heavy civil and marine projects for public agencies and private developers. He specializes in "in-the-wet" construction of reinforced and post-tensioned concrete and steel structures and has managed several "on-call" type contracts for structural engineering involving coordination of a multidiscipline A/E teams. He has provided seismic analysis, preliminary and final plans, specifications and cost estimates, construction inspection, load ratings, alternative studies and reports. Dale was US Representative and Vice Chairman for PIANC (International Navigation Association) of InCom Work Group 29, Innovations on Navigation Lock Design.
The devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina are well known. Areas such as the Lower 9th Ward, Chalmette and New Orleans East endured some of the most severe devastation and flooding. The IHNC Hurricane Protection Project will provide flood risk reduction for a 0.1% frequency hurricane. The project is being executed at an unprecedented pace to complete design and construction in three years to provide protection to the greater New Orleans area from a 100-year hurricane before the start of Hurricane season June 1, 2011. The project includes two miles of innovative floodwall and three major navigation gates constructed through the marsh area of Lake Borgne. The project has two major milestones: interim protection (Advanced Measures) to be constructed and in place for hurricane season 2009 and total project completion by hurricane season 2011. Dale is design manager for this $695,000,000 flood protection project, the largest design/build project the US Army Corps of Engineers has undertaken.
Additional examples of Dale's project experience include:
Olmsted Lock and Dam Upper and Lower Approach Walls; USACE Louisville
2006 Levee/Floodwall Assessment; USACE, New Orleans
Hero Canal Levees and Floodwall Design; USACE, New Orleans
Soo Locks Emergency/Maintenance Closure; USACE, Huntington
Greenup Locks and Dam Extension Approach Walls Feasibility Report; USACE, Huntington
Charleroi Locks and Dam Land Wall and Lower Floating Guard Wall; USACE, Pittsburgh
Houma Navigation Lock; USACE, Vicksburg
Charleroi Lock and Dam; USACE, Pittsburgh
Publications and Presentations
IHNC Lake Borgne Barrier, USACE Infrastructure Systems Conference, July 2009
IHNC Lake Borgne Hurricane Risk Reduction Project, Tulane University, April 2009
SAME Vicksburg Post, IHNC Hurricane Protection Project, September 2008
Presentation to the 31st PIANC Congress, Portugal, May 14-16, 2006
Design and Construction of the Olmsted (Lock) Approach Walls, with Terry Sullivan (USACE, Louisville), On Course PIANC Magazine AIPCN, #119, pp. 37-44, August 2005
Completion of the Olmsted Approach Walls, with Terry Sullivan (USACE, Louisville), USACE Infrastructure Systems Conference, August 2005
Design of Movable Weirs and Storm Surge Barriers, PIANC InCom Working Group 26, May 2005
Charleroi Locks: Floating Lower Guard Wall, USACE Infrastructure Systems Conference, 2003
Innovative Design of Approach Walls, Olmsted Locks, USACE Structural Engineering
Conference, 1995
Education
MBA, University of Washington, 1985
MS, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, 1979
BS, Architectural Engineering/ Structures, University of Colorado, 1976
Registration/Certification
Professional Engineer, Civil & Structural, WA, 1982
Professional Engineer, Civil, CO, 1973
Professional Engineer, Civil, AK, 1985
Professional Engineer, Structural, LA, 2002
Professional Affiliations PIANC US Representative and Vice Chairman, InCom Working Group 29-Innovations in Navigation Lock Design, 2007
PIANC US Representative, InCom Working Group 26-Design of Movable Weirs and Storm Surge Barriers, 2006
SAME Louisiana and Seattle Chapters
Service Organizations
Girl Scout Totem Council
Property Community Girl Scout Totem Council, Chairman 1997-1998: Directed camp property improvements, capital budgets and maintenance oversight
Girl Scout Totem Council, Member of the Board of Directors, 1999-2002: Capital campaign for camp expansion and improvement, chaired selection committee and provided management oversight at the board level for design and construction
