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RONALD TAN

Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Bio

Principal Geotechnical Engineer at PSM with over 13 years of experience working across numerous civil, mining, tunnelling and underground projects in Australia. He has worked from design phase right through to construction supervision on several tunnelling projects in Sydney, validating design assumptions with geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring. Ronald’s main areas of practice include tunnel design and construction, site investigations, foundation and retaining structures engineering. His major tunnelling project involvement includes Lane Cove Tunnel, Airport Link, M2 Tunnel Expansion, Wynyard Walk Tunnel, Westconnex – M4East.

Recently Ronald was PSM’s geotechnical Construction Phase Services (CPS) Lead for the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project which involves a new 15.5 km twin-tunnel rail crossing under Sydney Harbour from Chatswood through the city to Sydenham. He is currently one of PSM’s Tunnel Design Leads working on Brisbane’s Cross River Rail Project.

OTHER SPECIAL INTERESTS

Ronald is a member of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and the Institution of Engineers Australia (IEAust).

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Ronald has published several technical papers on tunnelling and presented at the Australasian Tunnelling Conference. He is on the National Engineering Register (NER) and is also a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) in the fields of civil and structural engineering.

SKILLSET

His fields of special competence include:

  • Rock Tunnelling Design and Supervision
  • Ground – Structure Interaction
  • Geotechnical Instrumentations and Interpretation of Data
  • Slope Stability Assessment and Analysis
  • Finite Element / Finite Difference / Distinct Element Numerical Analysis

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    Sydney

    G3, 56 Delhi Road
    North Ryde NSW 2113

    BRISBANE

    Level 6, 500 Queen St
    Brisbane QLD 4000

    PERTH

    Level 3, 22 Delhi St
    West Perth WA 6005

    Geelong

    O16, L4, 60 Moorabool St
    Geelong VIC 3220
    Contact us
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