Dr Burt Look graduated with a master’s degree from Imperial College (London) in Soils Mechanics and Engineering Seismology. He obtained his PhD (Part time) from The University of Queensland while working at Queensland Main Roads. Burt has over 44years professional Engineering experience with his early years in structural and civil works. He has over 40 years specialization in geotechnics, and Queensland based for the past 37 years. He was previously the Global Practice Leader in SKM (now Jacobs), and the Global Knowledge and Service Line Geotechnical Group leader at Aurecon. He was a previous Director of FSG – Geotechnics & Foundations (formerly Foundations Specialist Group). Burt is the 2014 Queensland Professional Engineer of the year and the AGS Practitioner 2018. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2020.
