Mei Ling Teoh

Mei Ling is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer at PSM with nearly 16 years of experience working in civil infrastructure and tunnelling projects in Australia and New Zealand. Her experiences include earthworks, geotechnical design, geotechnical construction-phase services, temporary works design, tunnel design and ground movement impact assessment. Mei Ling’s major project involvement includes M2 Tunnel Expansion, Wynyard Walk, WestConnex – M4E, Transmission Gully, Sydney Metro City and Southwest, Cross River Rail, Western Harbour Tunnel South and Suburban Rail Loop. She was the design package lead for Cross River Rail, Western Harbour Tunnel South and Suburban Rail Loop projects, and was involved during the construction-phase services for these projects as well.

Mei Ling was awarded the Golden Jubilee Scholarship in 2008 for her undergraduate studies at the University of New South Wales and graduated in 2010 obtaining First Class Honours. She completed her Master of Engineering Science (Geotechnical Engineering & Engineering Geology) in 2013.

Mei Ling has a keen interest in temporary works design where she had designed crane and piling rig working platforms, temporary access ramp, temporary sump excavation, soil nail walls and temporary shafts for various projects.

She is also keen in ground movement impact assessment where she has been involved in undertaking predicted effects assessment for existing infrastructure including buried services, railway tunnels and surface railways due to the excavation works in the vicinity of the infrastructure. 

Mei Ling is an RPEQ, RPEV and NER. Mei Ling has published several technical papers and presented at conferences.

Mei Ling’s fields of special competence include:

• Geotechnical site investigation
• Interpretation of geotechnical laboratory testing results
• Geotechnical design and analysis
• Geotechnical inspections, mapping and construction supervision
• Tunnel primary support design
• Temporary works design
• Ground movement analysis and impact assessment