Flexibility in Engineering Design

Jordan Neis-Beer

Following last month’s topic, this presentation centres on a project influenced by brownfield conditions, and how historical land use at the site of a proposed commercial warehouse on a former pughole required a flexible approach to foundation design and construction.

Tonkin’s expertise was requested by the construction contractor following the completion of detailed design and as a second opinion. It resulted in a complete foundation re-design and construction supervision to calibrate the site geotechnical conditions with the foundation design.

This presentation will discuss the site history that led to Tonkin’s involvement, the approach to assessing the geotechnical risk and ultimately the final design solution.

About the speaker

Jordan Neis-Beer Discipline Principal – Geotechnical, Tonkin Consulting

Jordan Neis-Beer is the Geotechnical Discipline Principal at Tonkin, with over ten years of experience scoping, leading and supervising complex geotechnical investigations, geotechnical design, independent geotechnical design certification/analysis and construction supervision. Jordan leads a team of five that delivers geotechnical services on water, transport, local government and commercial construction projects.

Jordan excels in the careful consideration and effective management of geotechnical risk in design and construction activities, delivering projects from concept development right through to detailed design with a strong focus on hazard identification, discipline co-ordination, authority liaison and constructability.

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