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CONSULTING PROJECTS

Served as specialist consultant in many major difficult projects both in Canada and abroad.  Examples of major projects include:

• Design and performance evaluation of the intake and discharge tunnels for Darlington Nuclear Power Plant.
  
  
• Design of rock excavation and support for the foundation of Scotia Plaza (70 stories) in Toronto.
  
• Design of tunnels for water supply work under the Toronto Skydome Stadium and geotechnical design for foundations of the retractable roof (now Rogers Centre).
  
  
• Investigation and design of 13 m diameter twin tunnels of 10 km length in
  highly swelling rock for Sir Adam Beck Generating Station No. 3 development.
   
• Design evaluation of a 24 km tunnel through the Andes Mountains in Venezuela in rocks having high elasto-plastic time dependent deformation.
   
• Evaluation of interface strength of concrete dam and rock foundation for 40 dams including those of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa River systems.
   
• Evaluation of engineered barriers for high level radioactive nuclear waste for deep geological proposal.
   
• Soft clay engineering for embankments, excavations and tunnels including a subway system in Ankara, Turkey.
   
• Stability of high slopes in residual soils in Hong Kong and remedial measures to increase stability.
   
• Liner evaluation of Toronto Transit Commission and long term remedial measures.
   

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