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Exeter, England, United Kingdom

# Flood Risk assessments.# Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS); runoff management.# Surface water and foul drainage strategies.# Flood Risk and Drainage for new developments - planning applications.

Bath, United Kingdom

Geotechnical Infrastructure Resilience.Investigating weather-driven deterioration of clay slopes of long linear infrastructure assets such as railway lines and roads.https://www.achilles-grant.org.uk/

Pretoria, South Africa

# Foundation design solutions (deep foundations).# Embedded retaining wall design.# Geotechnical investigations and interpretive reports. # Finite element modelling (for example Plaxis 2D/3D, Repute2.0).# Small project proposals.# Manage and review design drawings.# Design report writing and feedback presentations.# Road pavement designs: new formation and rehabilitation assessments and design.# Tender fee proposals for SANRAL road development and maintenance projects.

Pretoria, South Africa

# Waterberg Railway Corridor Feasibility study: Black Cotton Clay Cost-Benefit analysis. Assessment of routine maintenance requirements and limitations for staged increase in throughput, comparing rehabilitation and/or increased maintenance intervention options for active (Black Cotton Clay) subgrade formation sections.

Southampton, United Kingdom

EPSRC Track21 project (http://track21.org.uk/), and Network Rail/Univ. of Southampton Framework agreement# Research focussed on factors affecting the cyclic stiffness of railway formation material (subballast/subgrade). Main factors considered include Principal Stress Rotation (PSR), Matric suction or water content (Unsaturated soil) and laboratory test and measurement approach. Laboratory investigations using a Cyclic Hollow Cylinder apparatus (HCA); a Cyclic Triaxial apparatus (CTX); and a Cyclic Simple Shear apparatus. Suction measurements conducted using an Adapted Tempe cell (pressure plate); and Chilled Mirror Dewpoint Potentiomenter.(Track21 project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsJK6rzYdiw)# Teaching assistant: Geology for Engineers (1st year - laboratory sessions: Atterberg limits, soil/rock classification, etc.); Geotechnical engineering (2nd year - laboratory sessions: oedometer and triaxial tests); Geotechnical engineering (3rd year - Coursework demonstrator: Slope stability and remediation using Oasys Slope software); Engineering principles (foundation year tutorial sessions); Mechanical science (foundation year tutorial sessions).# Other involvement: Campus tours, University open days, UCAS days.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Transport Unit: Railways team# Nacala Rail Corridor project. (Mozambique/Malawi) - FEL3 detail design phase.Rail alignment design changes, determination of minor culvert flow capacity requirements, and minor (pipe) culvert sizing and positioning, for approximately 30 km green fields railway line. FEL3 small catchment run-off calculations.# Simandou Rail Corridor project. (Guinea/Liberia) - FEL1 concept design phase.Horizontal and vertical alignment design of approximately 100 km railway line section (green fields) as part of the concept design phase.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

# Marking of assignments and class tests for structural mechanics courses.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Viaduct erection team.# Quality Assurance documentation, productivity monitoring, snagging.

Sabie, South Africa

# Reception: Welcoming guests on arrival and managing bookings. # Assistant White water tubing river guide: Assist head guide on white water tubing trips on the Sabie river.# Kloofing guide: Guide guests on kloofing trips (canyon hike).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Engineering (Railway Geomechanics)

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Civil Engineering, First Class