Katherine Franklin Email and Phone Number

• Designed erosion control works on a Lake Winnipeg shoreline and the Assiniboine River• Analyzed slope stability using Geo-studio (Slope-W) finite element software for a variety of projects such as the Winnipeg floodway expansion, a City of Winnipeg underpass, as well as a variety of riverbank and lake shore improvement projects • Assisted in design of bridge pier foundations• Conducted geotechnical investigations to provide soil descriptions, geotechnical data, and borehole logs for projects such as slope stability analysis, underground public utility relocation, road construction, bridge pier foundations, and building foundations• Supervised drill crews while sampling, installing instrumentation and in-situ testing• Installed geotechnical monitoring equipment such as standpipe piezometers, pneumatic piezometers, and slope inclinometers• Monitored and interpreted piezometer data • Performed slope inclinometer data reduction and interpretation• Determined soil sampling and laboratory testing requirements• Communicated with clients and government licensing officials to arrange work and provide project details• Prepared applications and engineering reports for government licensing of environmentally sensitive projects• Prepared engineering reports for clients

• Responsible for corporate compliance with all environmental, health and safety legislation at all James Richardson International (JRI) locations across Canada• Examined environmental clauses in various legal documents to determine applicability to our company• Reviewed Environmental Site Assessments and made recommendations on the type and extent of remediation on JRI sites• Managed environmental remediation projects in emergency situations, in liaison with local, provincial environmental officers

• Composed a manual on policies and procedures for reviewing installations and activities within the highway rights-of-way by collecting and comparing similar policies and procedures from other Canadian and American jurisdictions with field staff and engineers

• Researched, recommended, and designed channels, erosion control devices, and rehabilitation procedures for various highway projects• Supervised the construction of a channel including the implementation of various erosion control measures as a grade inspector• Arranged and supervised backhoe surveys of sites with the potential for aggregate• Investigated gravel pits and conducted site investigations of areas with potential aggregate availability, in order to compile a regional aggregate inventory

• Researched, recommended, and designed channels, erosion control devices, and rehabilitation procedures for various highway projects• Supervised the construction of a channel including the implementation of various erosion control measures as a grade inspector• Arranged and supervised backhoe surveys of sites with the potential for aggregate• Investigated gravel pits and conducted site investigations of areas with potential aggregate availability, in order to compile a regional aggregate inventory

• Performed surveys and photographed typical reaches within the south basin• Interviewed cottage owners to obtain a historical perspective of erosion damage