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Résumé CHRIS HABERFIELD

Education

PhD, Monash University, 1988

BE Civil (First Class Honours), University of Sydney, 1981

BSc, University of Sydney,

1979

Affiliations

Adjunct Research Associate,, Monash University

Fellow, Chartered Professional Engineer, Engineers, Australia

Past National and Vic Chapter Chairman and Member, Australian Geomechanics Society

Past Australasian and First Vice-President, and Member, International Society for Rock Mechanics

Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Member, TC207 Foundation Structure Interaction

Relevant Experience

Review and Value Engineering

Infrastructure and Bridges

Large Buildings

Slope Stability

Dispute and Arbitration

Golder Associates Pty Ltd – Melbourne

Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Dr Chris Haberfield is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer with Golder Associates

Pty Ltd. He is internationally recognised for his work on foundation structure

interaction and soft, weak and weathered rock and in particular the analysis,

design, laboratory and field testing, construction techniques and response of

engineering works (e.g. foundations) in these materials. Chris has extensive

experience in piled foundation design and analysis, numerical (including

advanced finite element) and analytical modelling, laboratory and field testing of

geomaterials, stress analysis, ground structure interaction problems and slope

stability analyses.

Chris brings high level engineering skills and technical knowledge and a practical

approach which have been developed through 20 years of research and teaching

and high level consulting to industry as an academic followed by 15 years as a

consultant solving high level technical issues for a wide variety of projects. Of

direct relevance to this project, he has been responsible for review, value

engineering, engineering design, analysis, construction and testing advice for

numerous low to high rise commercial and residential towers, deep basements,

road/rail separations, bridges, embankments, tunnels, mines and other

developments and infrastructure projects in a wide range of ground conditions

from soft soil to hard rock. Some examples include review and value engineering

for new Gateway Bridge tender design and North-South Bypass tunnel in

Brisbane, review of remedial anchor works for Burnley tunnel and review of

aspects of design of the East Link tunnels and proposed East West tunnel portals

in Melbourne; expert review for arbitration and legal cases involving deep

excavations, tunnels and shafts and engineering failures; design, value

engineering and review for many high rise and/or deep basement developments

in Melbourne, SE Queensland and the Middle East (including the 1.2 km high

Nakheel tower in Dubai and numerous 20 m to 30 m deep basements in

Melbourne and Brisbane); value adding and review for Middleborough road – rail

grade separation and Regional rail Project and the tender and final design for the

New Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Chris has published over 140 refereed papers many of them dealing with ground structure interaction problems, pile performance and analysis. Chris was awarded the 2007 EH Davis Memorial Lecture for his work in foundations in weak rock.

Relevant project experience includes:

Infrastructure and Bridges. Value engineering, review, ground investigation, design, analysis, construction and testing advice for a range of infrastructure projects including Regional Rail Project, East-West Link, Southern Cross Station, Peninsular Link, Middleborough rail separation and remediation of Burnley tunnel in Melbourne, East Link tunnels in Melbourne, portals for East-West tunnels in Melbourne, new Gateway Bridge, North-South Bypass tunnel in Brisbane, wharf facilities in Newcastle, Gove, Geraldton, East Arm, Wiggins Island and Jembayan (Indonesia), Diyar and Nurana reclamations (Bahrain), various wind farms (e.g. Musselroe, The Bluff, Mt Gellibrand, Browns Hill) and bridges (e.g. Kicking Horse canyon (Canada), Saigon II and Phu Mt (Vietnam) and Lal Lal (Victoria)., Saigon II and Phu Mt (Vietnam) and Lal Lal (Victoria).

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Résumé CHRIS HABERFIELD

Large Buildings and basements. Value engineering, review, ground investigation, foundation engineering design, analysis, construction and testing advice for a large number of high rise towers and other large buildings and deep basements in Dubai (e.g 1000 m high plus Nakheel Tower), Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Oman and throughout Australia (e.g. Eureka and Freshwater Towers, Yarra’s Edge developments, MCG Northern stand (Melbourne), New Royal Adelaide Hospital, Vison and 300 George Street developments (Brisbane), Soul Tower (Gold Coast), Evolution (Darwin) and Kens project (Sydney)).

Slope Stability. Value engineering, review, ground investigation, design, analysis, construction and testing advice for a range of projects involving mine batter stability (Marandoo (Pilbara), Sebuku and Jembayan (Indonesia) and various quarries) and landslips (e.g. Thredbo, landslip risk reviews in various local Shires and for roads (e.g. Dandenong ranges, Dartmouth and Mornington Peninsular).

Dispute and Arbitration. Provided expert witness services in arbitration, mediation and court hearings in the Supreme Courts in NSW, VIC, NT and WA, VCAT, Coroners Court (Vic) and Building Commission (Vic) and for projects in Bahrain and SE Asia. Provision of services for projects involving a range of issues including landslip, damage to buildings, ground improvement, retaining walls and basements, latent conditions, piling, wharfs, tunnels, shafts, dredging, reclamation, bridges, tunnels and mines.

Chris can be contacted on +61 3 8862 3586 or chaberfield@golder.com.au.