R. John Caulfield, PE, GE

Principal

John Caulfield has over 25 years of experience in the tunneling and underground structures industry. He has worked within a variety of organizations, including engineering consultants, heavy civil and tunnel contractors, and public utilities. Mr. Caulfield has undertaken jobs involving water and wastewater tunnels, pipelines, shafts, seismic retrofits, rehabilitations, deep excavation support systems, slope stabilization, and highways. He has extensive design and project management experience and has coordinated work on large multidisciplinary teams, served as resident engineer during construction, and provided construction disputes resolution services.

Mr. Caulfield has a strong background of team leadership and project management. Based in the San Francisco Office, he serves as the firm’s chief operating officer and regional manager for Northern California. He is also currently the project manager for design of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's (SFPUC) 5-mile-long (8 km) Bay Tunnel. The tunnel is a primary component of the $4 billion upgrade of the Hetch Hetchy Water System. Recently, he was project manager for the design and construction support services team of the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Claremont Tunnel Seismic Upgrade. Mr. Caulfield’s experience also includes the Manapouri Second Tailrace Tunnel in New Zealand, where he worked as project engineer for a 6-mile-long (10km) tunnel at the country’s largest hydroelectric power station.

Mr. Caulfield earned his MS in civil engineering from Stanford University in Palo Alto California, and his BS in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has published numerous technical papers on tunnel design and construction. He holds professional licenses in civil and geotechnical engineering from the State of California and in civil engineering and structural engineering from the State of Utah.