Jacob provides geotechnical engineering services for mining, transportation, infrastructure, and renewable energy projects. His areas of expertise include instrumentation and monitoring, geotechnical design and investigations, and construction oversight. At Barr, his work involves design and installation of instrumentation and monitoring systems, assessment of trigger action levels, slope stability modeling, and soil strength analysis. Jacob also has experience with cone penetration testing, dilatometer test soundings, soil boring sampling, test pit oversight, electrical and thermal resistivity testing, field-velocity-resistivity-probe testing, and foundation construction oversight.