Rachael O'Rourke BEng CGeol FGS

Experience

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  Exploration Associates

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  Engineering Geologist

  Supervising ground investigations and logging boreholes and trial pits as a Contractor

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  Geotechnical Engineering Office Hong Kong

  Oct 1995 - Oct 1996

  Geotechnical Engineer

  Responsible for scoping and supervising the ground investigation contractor as part of the slope maintenance scheme.

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  Atkins

  Nov 1996 - Apr 1998

  Geotechnical Engineer

  Design of the GI, preparation of Tender and Contract Documents, Procedural Statement, Tender Appraisal and Contract Award for the Ground Investigation for KCRC West Rail Project, TS-100 Northern Section. Engineer's Representative responsible for a budget of HK$11mill/approx £1million, checking Measures, issuing Payment and Completion Certificates to Contractor. Scheduled insitu and laboratory testing (HK$4mill) and prepared the Geotechnical Factual Report.

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  Greg Wong and Associates

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  Senior Engineering Geologist

  Project Manager leading a team of 8 engineers inspecting and categorising 1600 slopes along 89Km of catch waters.Undertaking Natural Terrain Hazard Assessments and recommending mitigation schemes on several sites around Hong Kong Designing and supervising a demolition scheme for a multistorey building in Hong KongCategory 1 Supervisor and Site Safety Supervisor making weekly site visits to oversee construction work

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  URS/Scott Wilson

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2014

  Principal Engineer

  Project Manager developing client relationships on projects including:Carrying out tactile roped access inspections of rock faces adjacent to highways and railways identifying urgent remedial measures; designing and supervising upgrading works combining scaling, netting and rock trap fencing.Undertaking desk studies, scoping and supervising GI (including geophysics, downhole cameras and inclined boreholes to identify voids within dolomitic limestone at Carsington Pastures and Ryder Point)Principal earthworks inspections for Area 7 Highways Agency to HA standard HD41 and investigation and design of geotechnical improvement and remedial works schemes to HD22. Show less

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  O'ROURKE GEOTECHNICS LTD

  Jan 2015 - Feb 2018

  Independent Consulting Engineering Geologist

  Natural Terrain Landslide Assessment in the Le Marche region of Italy (2015 to 2018) and providing technical evidence in the subsequent court case (2018)