The Queensland Geotechnical Database

Tim is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland with over 22 years of geotechnical investigation and design experience including deep and shallow bridge foundations, retaining walls, detention basins, rockfall protection, and slope risk assessment and stabilisation. Tim completed Bachelors and Masters degrees at Purdue University and has experience in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia.

Tim is currently the National Chair of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and served as the Queensland Chair in 2016 and 2017. Tim led the development and implementation of the Queensland Geotechnical with Jared Priddle (the current AGS Queensland Chair) and is currently undertaking part-time research at the University of Queensland.

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