Mr. Jaime Rojas, P.E.
Jaime Rojas is CQC‘s President and the CQC Team's Principal Project Manager. He brings over 20 years of geotechnical engineering expertise to our team. As Principal Engineer and Point of Contact, he collaborates with YISD, providing invaluable support in project scopes and team coordination. With a strong track record in public and medical facilities, roadways, bridges, and more, Mr. Rojas offers extensive experience in foundation recommendations, construction materials testing, and steel reinforcement inspections. Trust his leadership and technical skills to ensure exceptional project outcomes. Contact us to leverage Mr. Rojas' expertise in geotechnical engineering and experience the excellence we deliver.
PRINCIPAL PRACTICE
Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Materials Testing & Engineering
EDUCATION
The University of Texas at El Paso, B.S. Civil Engineering, 1996
The University of Texas at El Paso, M.S. Civil Engineering, 1999
Masters Thesis: Quality Control of Asphaltic-Concrete Pavements using
Wave Propagation Techniques
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
State of Texas – License to Practice as a Professional Engineer: Serial No. 89944
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CQC Testing and Engineering, April 2004 – Present
CSA Consulting Engineers – Civil Consulting Engineers, February 2003 – April 2004
Raba-Kistner Consultants (SW), Inc., 1998- February 2003
Cajun General Contractor, 1997 – 1998
The University of Texas at El Paso, Center for Highway Materials Research and Geotechnical
Engineering - Research Assistant and Engineer-in-Training - 1993 - 1998
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Mr. Rojas has been involved in the geotechnical and materials testing and engineering field for over nineteen (19) years. He has conducted numerous geotechnical investigations and supervised construction materials testing projects, which required extensive technical evaluations and developed alternative methods when the original specified procedures were inadequate to obtain the desired information. Mr. Rojas skills have contributed to the successful completion of numerous educational facilities, public facilities, commercial, governmental, residential developments and roadway improvement projects. In addition, Mr. Rojas has developed performance based specifications for TXDOT to evaluate HMAC pavements.
Individual Duties and Task Experience:
Public Relations:
Attend meetings, functions, seminars, and coordinate projects with private owners and public and/or govermental agencies such as:
Fort Bliss – Public Works Department, UTEP, TXDOT, TCEQ, IBWC, County of El Paso, City of El Paso-Engineering, Building Services, Planning Research and Development Department, City of El Paso Public Works & Traffic Department, Public Schools, and utility companies. Other public relation tasks include preparing and conducting presentations for clients and community involvement meetings conducted in English and Spanish, resolve conflicts that arise, prepare proposals and statements of qualifications.
Design Duties:
Perform review of topographic survey information, prepare and assist architect with horizontal and vertical control plans, grading and drainage calculations/design, stormsewer design, pipe capacity analysis, foundation and pavement design, prepare and/or designate design standard details, ensure that design meets applicable codes, regulations and meets ADA compliance. Coordinate with relevant agencies and/or utility companies to mitigate conflicts and for instance to ensure that existing storm sewer system capacities are not exceeded. Prepare plans, contract documents, specifications, and estimates with respect to construction cost, liquidated damages, and time of completion.
Bidding/Construction Phase Duties:
Assist owner to review bids, prepare contractor recommendation, hold construction meetings, prepare meeting minutes, prepare and keep weekly photo log of construction progress, review submittals, RFI, contractor pay requests and change orders. Perform prefinal and final inspection. Review and prepare final closeout documents (i.e., O & M manuals, copies of all submittals & warranties, and as-built drawings).
Management/Design/Construction Inspection Duties:
Design duties included conducting and preparing reports and plans for site feasibility studies, environmental site assessments, shallow and deep foundation designs, slope stability analysis, retaining wall design (rock walls, MSE and concrete cantilever walls) flexible and rigid pavements for residential, highways and airports, landfill design, forensic investigations for buildings, pavements, walls and several other types of structures and provided recommendations to mitigate observed distress or failures. Geotechnical evaluations consisted of soil drilling and rock coring (as required), soil logging, soil testing and classification, groundwater modeling and statistical analysis of data.
Construction inspection consisted of ensuring that the contractor met the specification requirements with respect to soil compaction & moisture, concrete strength, soil or base course type & gradation, concrete beam flexural strength, HMAC thickness, mat density, air voids and asphalt content. Steel and weld inspections and pier inspections with respect to bearing depth and material characteristics.
ASSOCIATIONS/CIVIC ACTIVITIES
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) – Council No. 298 Member
Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE)
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Member
Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT), Secretary
Speaker for Various High School Activities – Math, Science, Engineering as a Profession