Airfield Pavement Committee

MEET THE CHAIR

Lindsi Hammond, P.E., M.ASCE

Lindsi joined GRI in 2015. As a Principal, she is responsible for projects related to pavement evaluation, design, and management. and co-founded its Pavement Division, which has tripled in size. She is an integral part of a team that designed one of the nation’s first seismically resilient airport runways for the Port of Portland and is the Terminal 2 project manager and lead design engineer.

She is also on the Management Team and serves on the Board of the company. She graduated with a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois and she is a professional engineer. Lindsi has extensive experience analyzing FWD data to develop rehabilitation and reconstruction recommendations for cities, counties, airports, and port authorities. She is also an expert in the implementation and updating of pavement management programs including StreetSaver and PAVER, conducting PCI inspections, and developing long-term pavement management strategies.

Hammond’s technical expertise and influence within the industry were major factors in her being the first female engineer promoted to the GRI management team in 2018, and then to principal and a member of the Board of Directors in 2019.

GRI’s leadership team highlighted her work ethic, project management ability, devotion to research and commitment to advancing pavement industry standards alongside and in leadership positions with the American Society of Engineers and the Transportation Research Board. As communications coordinator for the TRB’s Standing Committee on Production and the Use of Asphalt, she is the first female under 35 to be elected to the committee.

Hammond is a member of the Geoprofessional Business Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, recently formed to promote DEI throughout the geoprofessional industry. She also fosters young engineers through the Civil Engineering Cooperative Program and, with her leadership and mentorship, GRI strives to hire a CECOP intern every year.