Scheilz supports geotechnical projects across the Midwest in a technical and project management capacity. He is a licensed professional engineer in 10 states and leads Braun Intertec’s In Situ Testing Community of Practice. Areas of project focus include power, water, education, and transportation industries in communities across Kansas City and throughout the United States.
He recently served as the geotechnical engineer of record for the De Soto Local Roadway Improvements project in De Soto, Kansas. The $65 million dollar project was the first public project within the state of Kansas to utilize the progressive design-build model. The project upgraded the existing two-lane road to approximately 4.5 miles of new, divided four-lane roadway with a bridge replacement, four reinforced concrete box culverts, and two large-block gravity retaining walls. The project has won several awards, including “Project of the Year” from the Kansas City ASCE Section in April 2025.
Prior to joining Braun Intertec in May 2022, Scheilz spent 10 years working for other firms providing geotechnical and civil engineering consulting services.
Scheilz has been an active member of ASCE and the Geo-Institute since his undergraduate days. In the local Kansas City Section, he is the former G-I Chapter Chair and the current Annual Geotechnical Conference Chair. At the national level, he is the G-I Region 7 Local Involvement Committee Representative and a member of the Engineering Geology and Site Characterization Technical Committee, where he lends expertise related to CPT, in situ testing, site characterization, and deep foundations. Additionally, he serves as a member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering’s Ground Property Characterization from In Situ Tests Committee.
He received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri and his master of science degree in the same from Purdue University.
