Anticipating Engineering Properties And Behaviour From Geological Knowledge

Alan Moon

Skills in interpreting and understanding the geological origins of soil and rock masses and their defects are essential in the development of high quality ground models on which our ground engineering decisions are based. Alan’s talk will use case histories to show how important engineering properties and behavior of the ground can be anticipated from geological knowledge. The case histories will include projects involving tunnels, dams, foundations, and slopes in Australia and overseas. The talk will end with comments on what lessons can be learned on how we approach and carry out geotechnical site investigations.

Alan Moon Coffey Geotechnics

Alan is an engineering geologist with 40 years experience of engineering site investigations for civil and mining projects. He has worked in a wide variety of geological environments in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and South East Asia. Alan is a Senior Principal with Coffey Geotechnics based in their Adelaide office and is a former Australasian Vice President of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment. Alan has helped organize and present the AGS field based “geology for engineers” course and has also been involved in part time teaching at several universities.

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