Currently a Research Associate at the University of Canterbury, as part of the industry-led research programme, the Building Innovation Partnership (BIP) that supports transformation in the building industry in digital design and construction methods, integrated asset management, material and manufacturing technologies and resilient construction systems.

During the ~2 years, I was a key project team member employed to assess and apportion likely earthquake-induced damage, and associated cost to reinstate residential dwellings for each of the earthquake events during the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence. A detailed working knowledge and ability to interpret GIS datasets, foundation design guidelines, ground and groundwater conditions, application of scaled PGA, ground movement, and liquefaction-based settlement, was required.A… Show more During the ~2 years, I was a key project team member employed to assess and apportion likely earthquake-induced damage, and associated cost to reinstate residential dwellings for each of the earthquake events during the 2010/2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence. A detailed working knowledge and ability to interpret GIS datasets, foundation design guidelines, ground and groundwater conditions, application of scaled PGA, ground movement, and liquefaction-based settlement, was required.A secondary component of the project comprised assessing the likely future seismic risk of repair/ rebuild strategies that were used to remediate damage.Key accomplishments from the project included:- Technical lead in designing templates and the methodology, as well as reporting to senior management team providing updates on team progress, and preliminary analysis.- Technical peer reviewer of team deliverables.- Developed innovative analysis and databasing tools to capture key data for use in large scale geospatial analysis, applying the extensive knowledge of land and building performance.- Carried out analysis to investigate the interaction and correlation of building and land damage to identify key findings in vulnerabilities of various building components. Show less

During my five years' as an Engineering Geologist my experiences included:- Earthquake damage and seismic risk assessments of residential, commercial and school buildings to aid with repair and rebuild strategies.- Managing, scoping, and undertaking geological and geotechnical site investigations, including lab testing and management of third party contractors.- Excellent soil and rock logging to NZGS and geological modelling.- Competent production of hand auger and borehole… Show more During my five years' as an Engineering Geologist my experiences included:- Earthquake damage and seismic risk assessments of residential, commercial and school buildings to aid with repair and rebuild strategies.- Managing, scoping, and undertaking geological and geotechnical site investigations, including lab testing and management of third party contractors.- Excellent soil and rock logging to NZGS and geological modelling.- Competent production of hand auger and borehole log records using gINT software.- Competent assessment of shallow foundation bearing capacity using Load Cap software.- Assessment of pile bearing capacity using All Pile software.- Liquefaction and lateral spread modelling software including CLiq, Liquefy Pro and CPet-IT.- Geotechnical desk study assessments.- Slope stability assessment.- Geotechnical design of seismic resilient shallow and deep foundation systems, to current NZ seismic standards and practices.- Excellent understanding of best practices in New Zealand, and of the MBIE Guidance. - Good understanding and awareness of Health and Safety procedures.- Project managing small to large multi-disciplinary projects (up to $0.5m).- Design of technical and project management assessment excel-based tools.- Technical Peer reviewing of deliverables. Show less