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About ELK Engineering

ELK Engineering Associates, Inc. is a Texas Corporation which provides a wide range of corrosion engineering and electrical engineering specialty services.

We are an engineering firm specializing in the practice of corrosion engineering to resolve problems resulting in the material loss of capital resources, environmental habitat, infrastructure or direct loss of life arising from corrosion initiated accidents or incidents.

Our unique combination of practical experience and knowledge based approach provides the expertise required to analyze and resolve your corrosion problems. The ELK team of corrosion control engineers and technicians has a wide range of experience solving difficult and unusual corrosion problems.

Our highly qualified staff includes both registered engineers and NACE (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) International certified specialists and technicians with training and experience to assist clients in choosing the correct application of cathodic protection technology. There is an increasing regulatory and corporate demand for NACE International certified trained professionals. NACE International and API certifications and specialization designations or endorsements are now commonly being requested from clients such as other engineering professionals and government regulators as well as liability insurers and the legal profession.

Our specialized staff has designed systems to control corrosion in virtually every environment where cathodic protection presents a viable solution. Our extensive knowledge of the operating parameters and long-term performance characteristics of system components allows us to choose the most appropriate systems to achieve the technical objectives, while carefully considering the client’s economic requirements.

We utilize in-house and other associates with widely varied backgrounds in science and engineering to provide practical engineering solutions to client problems.

No project is too large or too small to receive our careful, individual attention. A project manager directs each large project. All of our employees work in a safe, professional environment that maximizes their individual creativity and growth potential.

Personnel
Earl L. Kirkpatrick, P.E., President
Taylor Leon, Chief Operating Officer
Registered Professional Engineer (6 states)
NACE International Corrosion Technician - #4512
NACE International Corrosion Specialist
Certified Underground Storage Tank Cathodic Protection #1047549-28 - International Fire Code Institute
Approximately 49 years of experience in all phase of corrosion engineering, engineering management, and construction management - both domestic and international

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OQ Certified - #0081259 -ISN
Operator Qualified certification for crude oil and refined product pipelines
Experience includes responsibility for corrosion control testing and surveying of systems and facilities to include data reports, evaluation, and corrective action recommendations

Virginia V. Dean, Secretary/Treasurer (C.F.O.)
T. Randall Webb, P.E., Corrosion Engineer
Administration
NACE International Cathodic Protection Specialist
Personnel
NACE International Instructor teaching cathodic
protection classes
Finance
Approximately 41 years experience
Approximately 26 years of corrosion control experience with an extensive background in cathodic protection testing, design, and installation

Craig K. Bender, Senior Corrosion Technologist
William D. Conner, Corrosion Technologist
NACE International Senior Corrosion Technologist #5753
Kilgore College
 
NACE International Corrosion Technologist #6481
Project Estimating
Approximately 18 years experience in all phases of cathodic protection and protective coatings
Construction Management & Supervision  
Design Support Services    
Approximately 30 years of corrosion control experience    

Emily J. Rabeck, Office Manager
Associates:
Human Resources
L. Howard Williamson
Accounting
Jim Gillard, The Gillard Group
Approximately 25 years experience in related construction
Ray Schiltz, Ph.D., AADFW, Inc.
 
John Dabkowski, Ph.D, Electro Sciences, Inc.