David Sharp

Branch Manager/Senior Engineer with Potesta & Associates with offices in Charleston and Morgantown, West Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia
Mr. Sharp has been involved with many aspects of civil engineering with a special interest in the geotechnical/environmental aspects. His responsibilities have included projects involving civil/site design; geotechnical design; solid waste management facility design, including geosynthetic applications; hydrologic and hydraulic design; transportation/highway projects, including geotechnical and right-of-way plans; and municipal water and wastewater projects. Mr. Sharp’s geotechnical engineering responsibilities have included performing subsurface investigations, preparing geotechnical reports, coordinating laboratory analysis programs, and providing recommendations for lateral earth pressures, bearing capacities, modulus of subgrade reactions, settlements and construction specifications for multi-story structures. He has served as an expert witness in numerous cases involving geotechnical issues, earthwork construction, and/or drainage issues. Many of these cases involved a review of available information, development of professional opinions, and issuance of expert reports, depositions and expert testimony.