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Matthew Adamson

Matthew Adamson

Undergraduate Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate Geotechnical Engineer at SLR Consulting

  • Education

    • University of Wollongong

      2007 - 2011
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Civil Engineering Class 1 Division 1 Honours

      Activities and Societies: Work Integrated Learning Scholarship with the RTA for duration of my degree; Civil Engineering Society; Studied abroad at the University of Colorado as part of the UoW Exchange Program; First-year Student Mentor; Represented UoW in the Engineers Australia Bridge Building Competition 2008-2010; Participated at the 2009 University Games Bachelor of Engineering (Scholars Program) – Class 1 Division 1 Honours:Major: Civil Engineering; Minor: International Studies

    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

      2015 - 2017
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering High Distinction average

      Activities and Societies: Field and Laboratory Investigations student assisstant, Slopes and Foundations student assistant, NTNUI Swimming, NTNUI Squash, Slope stability, soil mechanics, tunnelling, pile design, field and laboratory investigations, geomatics, geology

    • University of Colorado Boulder

      2010 - 2010
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Civil Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Studied abroad for the Fall semester, 2010

  • Experience

    • RTA

      Nov 2007 - Mar 2010
      Undergraduate Engineer

      Completed 10 weeks work experience with various RTA sections each year during the University summer holidays:Wollongong Office (’07-’08); Bellambi Works Depot: Traffic & Asphalt (’08-’09);Bellambi Works Depot: Bridges (’09-’10).

    • Jacobs

      Jan 2012 - Aug 2015
      Structural Bridge Engineer

      Matthew is a structural engineer who has been working as part of the bridge team for 4 years. His technical experience includes the structural design of; super-T bridges, plank bridges, steel arch bridges, dive structures, piles, retaining walls, noise walls, culverts, slabs and sign structures. He has also undertaken; design checks, analysis, reviews and condition assessments of; underground structures, retaining walls, culverts, noise walls, concrete slabs, steel work and water quality basins.

    • Statens vegvesen - Norwegian Public Roads Administration

      Jun 2016 - Jun 2017
      Geotechnical Engineer

      Geotechnical engineer (summer student) performing field and laboratory ground investigations. Field experience included: operation of the drill rig, piston sampling, block sampling, CPTu and Total sounding, pore pressure measurements etc. Laboratory testing included: triaxial, odeometer, unixaial, grain size distribution, hydrometer analysis, salinity, fall-cone, Atterberg limits, etc. Reporting and interpretation of results

    • COWI

      Jun 2017 - May 2019
      Geotechnical Engineer

      Geotechnical engineer: bridge foundation and pile design, tunnel portal design, slope stability, retaining wall and sheet pile wall design, bearing capacity calculations, settlements, CPTU and total sounding interpretations, bore profile interpretations, field investigations, design documentation, extensive use of: Plaxis, GeoSuite, Novapoint, AutoCAD.

    • Kvaerner

      May 2019 - Apr 2022
      Geotechnical Engineer

      Geotechnical and foundation engineer designing piles for deep-sea oil platforms. Tasks involve: interpretation of in-situ and lab soil test results, soil parameter determination, axial pile capacity, dimensioning, on-bottom stability and bearing capacity analysis, pile driving and fatigue analysis, finite element soil modeling with Plaxis, earthquake analysis, client and inter-disciplinary contact, reporting

    • Aker Solutions

      Oct 2020 - Apr 2022
      Geotechnical Engineer

      Geotechnical and foundation engineer designing piles for deep-sea oil platforms. Tasks involve: interpretation of in-situ and lab soil test results, soil parameter determination, axial pile capacity, dimensioning, on-bottom stability and bearing capacity analysis, pile driving and fatigue analysis, finite element soil modeling with Plaxis, earthquake analysis, client and inter-disciplinary contact, reporting

    • SLR Consulting

      Apr 2022 - now
      Associate Geotechnical Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Construction Induction (White Card)

    • Rail Industry Safety Induction (RISI Card)

    • Working At Heights Training