Burt completed his master’s degree in Soil Mechanics and Engineering Seismology at Imperial College, London, and his PhD part time at The University of Queensland while also working at Queensland Main Roads. Burt has over 44 years professional Engineering experience. He was previously the Global Practice Leader both in SKM (now Jacobs), and at Aurecon. He was a previous director at FSG – Geotechnics + Foundations. He is an independent consultant at AGTRE (Applied Geotechnical Research and Education).
Burt is the 2014 Queensland Professional Engineer of the year and the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Practitioner 2018 – a biennial award. Burt was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2020 for his contributions in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. Burt has published 4 geotechnical engineering books and over 105 technical publications.
