Hans E. Naumann, P.E.

Hans E. Naumann P.E. Senior Vice President
Energy & Mineral Resources

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Education M.S., Mining Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1969
B.S., Mining Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1968

Licenses Kentucky, Professional Engineer, Certification No. 10669
Virginia, Professional Engineer, Certification No. 011287
West Virginia, Professional Engineer, Certification No. 7767
Tennessee, Professional Engineer, Certification No. 106686
North Carolina, Professional Engineer, Certification No. 027063
Alabama, Professional Engineer, Certification No. 24841
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, Certification No. 5078-1240
National Academy of Forensic Engineers, Senior Member, Certification No. 667

Experience Hans E. Naumann, Jr., P.E., Senior Vice President of the Energy & Resources Division in the Lexington, Kentucky, office, is a Senior Consultant specializing in expert testimony. He has over 42 years of practical industry experience in assignments including: industrial engineering (time-motion-cost); surface and underground mine planning; roadway/portal/slope/shaft/ embankment/impoundment construction; mine management; mining equipment evaluations and selection/acquisition; equipment maintainability, utilization and availability analyses; exploration and coal reserve evaluations; mine cost forecasting, capital cost estimation and justification; ground control investigations; reclamation permit processing; abandoned mined land reclamation; mine rehabilitation; water handling; mine ventilation; methane drainage; rail/conveyor haulage assessments; mining accident investigations; subsidence investigations; blasting damage investigations; foundation analyses; facilities construction design and construction management; land management; environmental site assessments; mine drainage treatment and disposal; and litigation relating to lost coal claims as well as inverse condemnations. He is responsible for projects related to mining, geotechnical, civil, environmental, and investigative engineering. His expert testimony focuses primarily on issues relating to mining property valuation, environmental concerns, and structural damage investigations.

Select Listing of Publications and Presentations

  • Analyzing Excavation and Materials Handling Equipment, Research Division Bulletin 58, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1970, 264 pages, H. E. Naumann and L. Adler.
  • A Systematic Approach For Conducting a Phase I Environmental Audit Utilizing Case History Examples, 1994, B. Hanlon, R. Pothini, and H. E. Naumann.
  • Integration of Hydrogeologic and Geophysical Techniques for Identification of AMD Seepage and Remedial Design, 1995, R. H. Mullennex, V. P. Wiram, and H. E. Naumann.
  • Locating Abandoned Underground Coal Mines, Faults, and Channels using Geophysical Methods, 15th Annual Professional Engineers in Mining Seminars, Lexington, Kentucky, 2002.
  • Valuation of Minerals in Condemnation Proceedings. Hypothetic Application of Valuation Methods to an Operating Property Which Combines a Going- Concern With a Reserve Area, 24th Annual Institute, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 2003.
  • Utilizing On-Site CB M to Power Mining Operations, 29th Mineral Law Conference, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky, 2004.
  • Mining Mitigation Reforestation & Remining, Presentation to The American Energy Security Summit, Alexandria, Virginia, 2007.