Infrastructure Expert Yoga Chandran Joins HNTB Corporation As Project Director

Santa Ana, California (October 15, 2018)—C. Yoga Chandran, Ph.D., PE, GE has joined HNTB Corporation in southern California as project director and vice president. Based in HNTB’s Santa Ana office, Chandran is supporting the firm’s work on some of the most complex infrastructure projects throughout the region.

A registered geotechnical engineer (GE), Chandran brings more than 30 years of experience in a broad range of technically challenging engineering projects, including project management, planning, design, project assessment and environmental documents, bid documents, and seismic analysis. He has served in key roles on tunnel and geotechnical studies for both highway and transit tunnels. Chandran earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of California, Davis.

“Dr. Chandran is an accomplished professional whose broad range of infrastructure expertise significantly benefits our southern California transportation clients,” said Tom Ellis, PE, HNTB southern California office leader and senior vice president. “With his demonstrated project management and leadership skills, he is a valuable asset to our expanding team of professionals working on many of the region’s most visible projects.”

Prior to joining HNTB, Chandran worked for another engineering firm where he managed projects for the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7. Chandran served as the overall program manager for the $900 million bridge improvement program for the City of Los Angeles and assisted the city to obtain the project approval and environmental document for the $400M sixth street bridge replacement project. Chandran led the effort as the project manager on the Caltran’s SR-710 tunnel technical study to evaluate the feasibility of using a bored tunnel to close the gap on SR-710, between I-10 and I-210. For L.A. Metro, Chandran served as the project manager for the highly complex SR-710 North project to obtain project approval and environmental document by evaluating multimodal alternatives to alleviate congestion in western San Gabriel valley and east/northeast Los Angeles, a study area that covered 100 square miles. Chandran worked closely with both L.A. Metro and Caltrans District 7 to deliver the Draft Environmental document in little over 2 years, a major accomplishment for a project with such complexity.    

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