R&M Consultants R&M Consultants (R&M) is an Alaskan based engineering and earth science organization formed to provide consulting services to industry and government. R&M is a multi-discipline organization with The special expertise in geotechnical engineering and geology. firm has the capabilities to provide project geotechnical services from the Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau offices in Alaska as well as from Project Management Contractor's office in Irvine, California. As a major geotechnical firm, R&M provides a unique arctic and subarctic technical background and experience, much of which has been attained through extended involvement in the trans-Alaska pipeline system. Project responsibilities include performance of consultation on geotechnical matters, including evaluation and interpretation of geotechnical conditions, establishment of geotechnical design criteria and preparation of recommendations concerning specific design and construction problems. These efforts also include identification of pipeline route and compressor station conditions, classification and characterization of soil properties and development of the project geotechnical information system. R&M has been involved from the early inception of the project, participating in routing studies and formal filing hearings. The routing studies included major drilling programs conducted in 1976 and 1979. Interpretation of route soil conditions along this segment has been presented in the form of terrain unit maps, boring records and laboratory test summary reports. Additional alignment geotechnical assessment and criteria reports have also been prepared in anticipation of resolving routing questions and submittal of the FERC filing. EXHIBIT D |