Djan Chandra, PE, GE
Vice President, Leighton Consulting

With Leighton for 32 years, Djan is a senior technical expert and project manager, and a champion for our younger engineers whom he mentors and prepares for professional growth. He provides expertise in foundation design, soil reinforcement, slope stability analysis, and pavement design/rehabilitation.

Djan has particular expertise in the commercial/residential, transportation and water sectors, including design/build projects, providing geotechnical deliverables for five light rail transits, many bridges, miles of state highway and pipeline, and many water treatment plants. He has completed over 30 award winning projects and published technical papers on geotechnical engineering.

For the last 20 years, Djan  has helped set the industry standard by volunteering for the California Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists with test writing and grading of the Geotechnical Engineer’s licensing exam. Djan is a California registered Civil and Geotechnical engineer, with an MS in Geotechnical Engineering from Texas A&M University.