Gordon M. Elliott,
Ph.D., P.E.
Technical Director, Geotechnical Design and Construction Services
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Education B.Sc. (Eng.) Civil Engineering, University of London
D.I.C. Imperial College of Science and Technology
Ph.D. Engineering Rock Mechanics, University of London
Specialties Geotechnical Engineering and Design
Associations Affiliate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, American Railway Engineering and Maintenance Association
Member, American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Bio
Dr. Elliott, located in LACHEL FELICE’s Pittsburgh office, started his career undertaking research of the mechanical, thermal, and hydraulic properties of rocks using state-of-the-art laboratory testing equipment and involving equipment design, test design, model development, and data interpretation. Since 1985, Dr. Elliott has provided technical and management support on projects as diverse as the geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste, analysis of the stability of mine waste piles, software development, rock slope stability analysis, tieback wall and soil-nail wall design, rockfall hazard and risk evaluation, foundation analysis, hard rock tunnel design and rehabilitation, hydrogeologic investigations, landfill design and permitting, health risk evaluation, and other risk assessment studies. Dr. Elliott has carried out extensive deterministic and probabilistic analyses using proprietary software packages and personally developed spreadsheet models.
Dr. Elliott has also carried out a variety of field assignments involving soil and rock drilling, piezometer and monitoring well installation and decommissioning, geotechnical field testing and instrumentation, construction inspection, and construction management support.
Dr. Elliott has developed a practice in focusing on tunneling and geotechnical engineering, and on the application of risk and decision analysis techniques. He has undertaken projects involving tunnel rehabilitation and ice prevention, tunnel design and construction, design of temporary shoring and large permanent retaining walls (including anchored walls and soil nail walls), slope stability investigations and remediation designs, and risk and decision analysis relating to siting studies, alternatives evaluations, and probabilistic cost estimating studies. |