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SYNOPSIS
Mr. McKay is a Civil Engineer with over 20 years of engineering experience in building on and with soil, rock, and geosynthetics, including landfill design, permitting and operations, construction management, slope stability, earth dams, footing and pile foundations, excavation shoring, tieback anchors, earthworks, subdivision regrading, deep fill assessments, vibration monitoring, dewatering, retaining walls, geotechnical evaluations, materials testing, triaxial testing and soil and rock logging.
EDUCATION
* M.Sc., Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, University of Alberta, 1989. AOSTRA Scholarship.
* B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, 1984. Doupe Gold Medal, NSERC Scholarship.
* B.Sc., Biology, University of Winnipeg, 1979.
REGISTRATION
Registered Professional Engineer in Alberta.
EXPERIENCE
Foundations
* Investigation, shoring, foundation design and on-site for the 2 ½ story below-ground parkade and pile foundations of the $70,000,000 Millennium Tower, Calgary, AB.
* Investigation, shoring and foundation design for MEG/Sunice building, Calgary, AB.
* Investigation, shoring and foundation design for Palais building, Calgary, AB.
* Investigation and shoring recommendations for Patterson Heights Multifamily building, Calgary, AB.
* Pile and shoring recommendations for Homeperfect condominiums, Calgary, AB.
* Geotechnical recommendations for Airport Tank Farm, Calgary, AB.
* Suncor Athabasca bridge foundation investigation and recommendations, Fort McMurray, AB.
* Geotechnical evaluations- Wpg- Johnson residence, Mulvey firehall. The Pas- OCN proposed subdivisions; Canmore- Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rundle Drive multi-unit housing, SilverTip, Benchlands Subdivision, Horizon Village Condominiums damage assessment; Banff- Cave Avenue Condominiums, Middle Springs seepage; Boitanio liquor store; Calgary- Dover, Great Plains, Eau Claire Market, Chinook Aikenhead's, Calgary Service Centre; Village Square Leisure Center Library Addition, Hamptons, Citadel, Arbour Lake, Westhills, CP Rail Ogden; Valley Ridge regrading and drainage; John Laurie and 14 St. Interchange drainage; Signal Ridge seepage control; Strathmore Subdivision; AB Wheat Pool Radway, Bonnyville, Lougheed, Lamont; Gas Plants- Bezanson, Thompson Lake, Cynthia, Wolf Creek, Fox Creek, Pine Creek.
* Pile Installation- Sanikiluaq School Addition rock-socketed grouted permafrost pipe piles, Willow Lake River, NWT bridge driven steel, Banff Rimrock Inn Hotel bored cast-in-place piles, rock anchors, and material testing; Drumheller Irishman's Coulee Erosion Control Structures sheet piles; Big Bay Newfoundland Short Range Radar Site rock socket piles.
* Other Projects- Sheep River bridge pile design, Okotoks, AB; Eau Claire condominium building geology, Calgary, Aspen Point Condominiums, Calgary.
Slope Stability
* Site assessment for $200 million NCPL Liquids Fractionation facility to be located near hazardous high, steep failed slopes along the Athabasca River near Fort McMurray, AB.
* Slope stability assessments within Calgary and area including Hyatt Regency Hotel, CFCN Lands, Christie Point, Bridgeland, Westchester, Douglasdale Subdivisions, Hamptons, Sandstone Ridge, and Scenic Acres Phase IIIA subdivisions.
* Roseau River Dike Forensic Evaluation, MB.
* Slope stability and foundation recommendations for proposed firehall 409 Mulvey, Winnipeg, MB.
* Slope stability assessment and remedial recommendations for Dumoulin Outfall, Winnipeg, MB.
* Ignace Sub, CPR embankment performance evaluation, Fiest Lake, ON.
* Mile 124.6 Keewatin Sub, CPR Bridge slope stability impact assessment for Waterways Permit, Ice Permit and east abutment instrumentation, Winnipeg, MB.
* Slope stability evaluation and remediation recommendations for proposed Sunnyside Condominiums, Calgary, AB.
* Sewer upgrades foundation and excavation recommendations and slope stability evaluations, Montcalm, Ash, Lemay, Comanche, Mager, Shenfield, Bishop Grandin Bridge, Kilkenny and Rice, La Verendrye; Red, Assiniboine and Seine Rivers, Winnipeg, MB.
* On-site Suncor and Syncrude oil sand mines slope stability of pit and tailings cells, Fort McMurray, AB.
* Snare River, N.W.T.- reservoir rim; Yellowknife, N.W.T.- Prosperous Lake earth slump; Athabasca- Island Lake gas pipeline crossing; Canmore- SilverTip Blocks 7, 8, and 14, SilverTip Reservoir, Hyatt Regency Hotel; Cochrane St. Mary's Rectory, Shell Jumping Pound Gas Plant; Lethbridge- Ventura Crescent, 5-9-22-W4, LNID, CP Rail overpass; Calgary- CFCN Lands, Christie Point, Bridgeland, Westchester, Douglasdale Subdivisions, Hamptons, Sandstone Ridge, Scenic Acres Phase IIIA, Inland; B.C.- Windemere Elkhorn Ranch, Kelowna and area.
Dams
* Site Engineer, Mount Nansen Tailings Facility, Carmacks, Yukon.
* Site Engineer, Tapian Tunnel Plug and Makulapnit Downstream Dam, Philippines.
* Investigation and design assistance, Little Bow River Dam, Claresholm, AB.
* Investigation and design assistance, Hamptons and Strathcona Subdivisions earthdams, Calgary, AB
* Investigation and design, SilverTip Subdivision, Canmore, AB.
* Construction Inspector, Seven Sisters dam overhaul MB Hydro.
Landfills
* Design, construction, operations and management, Spyhill Landfill, Calgary, AB.
* Supervise design and permitting of landfill cell and expansion. Includes rare expansion below 'water table', 3,000,000 yd3 airspace increase, over 900,000 yd3 of new workable bentonitic sand cover soil (excavated saprolite) to provide soil balance where previously extremely hard basalt was broken up for soil cover, Gray Wolf Landfill, Dewey, AZ.
* Investigate and plan remediation of over 500,000 yd³ of slag, a 2,400,000 gallon cooling pond, concrete sumps and foundations, contaminated soil, and a dry pit, Pacific States Steel Site, Union City, CA.
* Design landfill cell for Iron Mountain Mine, Redding, CA.
* Repair three 160-200 foot leachate sump risers at the Bradley Landfill, Burbank, CA. Risers were no longer functional and three landfill cells were facing shutdown and regulatory violations.
* Engineering support, organization of records and equipment, sediment basin modification and repair, power supply design and construction, truck wash modifications, alternative cover assessment program at the Altamont Landfill, Livermore, CA.
* Assist in the design of Regional Integrated Waste Disposal Facility, Neepawa, MB.
* Permanent landfill desert erosion control, Butterfield Landfill, Mobile, AZ.
* Bedrock assessment, coring, permeability testing, Spyhill Landfill, City of Calgary, AB.
* Geotechnical investigation, Greenland Landfill, Barbados.
* Liner design and specifications John St. Landfill east expansion, Thunder Bay, ON.
Environmental
* Remediation of lead-contaminated soil at former naval base, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA.
* Asbestos risk management plan, Western Union Building, Calgary, AB.
* Phase II Environmental Site Assessment GTI Petroleum, Trochu, AB.
* Phase II Environmental Site Assessment Forest Lawn Parts Depot, Calgary, AB
* Phase I Environmental Site Assessments McKenzie Properties, Zama Lake, AB; Hampshire Court, Calgary, AB; Knob Hill Apartments Calgary; multi-unit housing, Canmore, AB; Carex Seniors Residence, Kelowna, B.C.
Geotechnical Testing
* Complete over 100 triaxial tests on sand, clay and oil sand at normal and high pressures.
* Review triaxial test data for Red River Floodway Expansion, Winnipeg, MB.
Miscellaneous
* Field Investigation, information review and organization, spoil placement review, Till Excavation Report, Clay Excavation Report, Till Testpit Report, Review of Subconsultant reports including field work, triaxial data and bridge foundation recommendations, Red River Floodway expansion, Winnipeg, MB.
* Over six months of continuous rock logging for Panama Canal expansion geotechnical investigation, Gold Hill, Panama.
* Rock logging for geotechnical investigation, Antamina Mine, Peru.
* Field investigation for Suncor Steepbank Mine aquifer assessment, Fort McMurray, AB.
* Field investigation for Prairie Coal Spoil Pile Stability Study, SK, MB.
* Site investigations in the Kelowna and Trail, B.C. areas.
* Beaufort Sea geotechnical properties summary for Gulf's proposed Amauligak pipeline.
* Roseau River Emergency Dyke Preparation Borrow Investigation, MB.
* Operate gas plant and inspect construction of oil battery and gas plant, Rainbow Lk, AB.
* Ice force data reduction for Beaufort Sea Kadluk caisson retained island.
* Research Assistant, Seismic Concrete Piers, University of MB.
* Bridge Inspector, CNR, Prairie Region, SK, MB, ON.
* Signal Helper, CNR, Northwestern Ontario.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
January 2007 to December 2007, Self Employed, Calgary, AB.
* Asbestos risk management plan, Western Union Building, Calgary, AB.
* Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, GTI Petroleum, Trochu, AB.
* OCR Injection remediation, Stavely, AB.
* Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Concord Well Servicing, Zama Lake, AB.
* Creosote contaminated water removal and treatment Burnswest, Cochrane, AB.
June 2004 to Dec 2006, City of Calgary Disposal and Treatment Services, Calgary, AB.
* Design, construction, operations and management, Spyhill Landfill, Calgary, AB.
March 2003 to May 2004, KGS Group, Winnipeg, MB.
* Field Investigation, information review and organization, spoil placement review, Till Excavation Report, Clay Excavation Report, Till Testpit Report, Review of Subconsultant reports including field work, triaxial data and bridge foundation recommendations, Red River Floodway expansion, Winnipeg, MB.
* Roseau River Dike Forensic Evaluation, MB.
* Roseau River Emergency Dyke Preparation Borrow Investigation, MB.
* Slope stability and foundation recommendations for proposed firehall 409 Mulvey, Winnipeg, MB.
* Slope stability assessment and remedial recommendations for Dumoulin Outfall, Winnipeg, MB.
* Ignace Sub, CPR embankment performance evaluation, Fiest Lake, ON.
* Mile 124.6 Keewatin Sub, CPR Bridge slope stability impact assessment for Waterways Permit, Ice Permit and east abutment instrumentation, Winnipeg, MB.
* Sewer upgrades foundation and excavation recommendations and slope stability evaluations, Montcalm, Ash, Lemay, Comanche, Mager, Shenfield, Bishop Grandin Bridge, Kilkenny and Rice, La Verendrye; Red, Assiniboine and Seine Rivers, Winnipeg, MB.
* Geotechnical evaluations- Wpg- Johnson residence, Mulvey firehall. The Pas- OCN proposed subdivisions.
* Assist in the design of Regional Integrated Waste Disposal Facility, Neepawa, MB.
* Liner design and specifications John St. Landfill east expansion, Thunder Bay, ON.
April 2001 to April 2002, IT Corp, Concord, CA.
* Investigate and plan remediation of Pacific States Steel Site in Union City, CA. Including over 500,000 yd³ of slag, a 2,400,000 gallon cooling pond, concrete sumps and foundations, contaminated soil, and a dry pit.
* Design landfill cell for Iron Mountain Mine, Redding, CA.
* Remediation of lead-contaminated soil at former Naval Base Treasure Island, San Francisco.
February 2000 to April 2001, Altamont Landfill Waste Management Inc., Livermore, CA.
* Engineering support, storm pond modification and repair, power supply design and construction, truck wash modifications, alternative cover assessment program at the Altamont Landfill, Livermore, CA.
March 1999 to February 2000, Waste Management Inc., Novato, CA.
* Repair three 160-200 foot leachate pump risers at the Bradley Landfill, Burbank, CA.
* Supervise design and permitting of landfill cell and expansion near Dewey, Arizona. Includes rare expansion below 'water table', three million yd3 airspace increase, over 900,000 yd3 of new workable bentonitic sand cover soil (excavated saprolite).
* Permanent landfill desert erosion control, Butterfield Landfill, Mobile, Arizona.
* Waste fill on bay mud assessment, Redwood Landfill, Novato, CA.
* Waste Water Treatment Plant subgrade distress assessment, Altamont Landfill, Livermore, CA.
1998 to 1999, Engineer, Self Employed, Calgary, Alberta.
* NCPL Liquids Fractionation Site Assessment, Fort McMurray- investigation and report.
* Millennium Tower, Calgary- investigation, shoring and foundation design and on-site.
* MEG/Sunice Building, Calgary- investigation, shoring and foundation design.
* Palais Building, Calgary- investigation, shoring and foundation design.
* Sunnyside Condominiums, Calgary- slope stability evaluation and remediation for new building.
* Patterson Heights Multifamily Building, Calgary- investigation/shoring recommendations.
* Homeperfect Condominium Building, Calgary- pile and shoring recommendations.
* Airport Tank Farm, Calgary- geotechnical recommendations for tank farm.
* Suncor New Mine Aquifer Assessment- field investigation for aquifer at Steepbank mine.
* Forest Lawn Parts Depot, Calgary- Phase II environmental site assessment.
* Spyhill Landfill City of Calgary- bedrock assessment, coring, permeability testing.
* Other Projects- Sheep River bridge piles, Okotoks; Inland slope stability, Calgary, Eau Claire condominium building geology, Calgary, Aspen Point Condominiums, Calgary.
1995 to 1997, Geotechnical Engineer, Klohn-Crippen Consultants, Calgary, Alberta.
* Mount Nansen Tailings Facility, Site Engineer, Yukon.
* Tapian Tunnel Plug and Makulapnit Downstream Dam, Site Engineer, Philippines.
* Panama Canal geotechnical investigation, Panama.
* Antamina Mine geotechnical investigation, Peru.
* Greenland landfill geotechnical investigation, Barbados.
* Suncor Athabasca bridge foundation investigation and recommendations, Alberta.
* Dover and Great Plains Subdivisions geotechnical evaluations, Calgary, Alberta.
1990 to 1995, Geotechnical Engineer, EBA Engineering Consultants, Calgary, Alberta.
* Slope Stability- Snare River, N.W.T.- reservoir rim; Yellowknife, N.W.T.- Prosperous Lake earth slump; Athabasca- Island Lake gas pipeline crossing; Canmore- SilverTip Blocks 7, 8, and 14, SilverTip Reservoir, Hyatt Regency Hotel; Cochrane St. Mary's Rectory, Shell Jumping Pound Gas Plant; Lethbridge- Ventura Crescent, 5-9-22-W4, LNID, CP Rail overpass; Calgary- CFCN Lands, Christie Point, Bridgeland, Westchester, Douglasdale Subdivisions, Hamptons, Sandstone Ridge, Scenic Acres Phase IIIA; B.C.- Windemere Elkhorn Ranch, Kelowna and area.
* Earth Dams- Little Bow River, Calgary- Hamptons, Strathcona; Canmore SilverTip.
* Geotechnical Evaluations- Canmore- Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rundle Drive multi-unit housing, SilverTip, Benchlands Subdivision, Horizon Village Condominiums damage assessment; Banff- Cave Avenue Condominiums, Middle Springs seepage; Boitanio liquor store; Calgary- Eau Claire Market, Chinook Aikenhead's, Calgary Service Centre; Village Square Leisure Center Library Addition, Hamptons, Citadel, Arbour Lake, Westhills, CP Rail Ogden; Valley Ridge regrading and drainage; John Laurie and 14 St. Interchange drainage; Signal Ridge seepage control; Strathmore Subdivision; Alberta Wheat Pool Radway, Bonnyville, Lougheed, Lamont; Gas Plants- Bezanson, Thompson Lake, Cynthia, Wolf Creek, Fox Creek, Pine Creek.
* Pile Installation- Sanikiluaq School Addition rock-socketed grouted permafrost pipe piles, Willow Lake River bridge driven steel, Rimrock Inn Hotel bored cast-in-place piles, rock anchors, and material testing; Irishman's Coulee Erosion Control Structures sheet piles; Big Bay Short Range Radar Site rock socket piles.
* Environmental Site Assessments- Calgary- Hampshire Court, Knob Hill Apartments; Canmore multi-unit housing, Kelowna Carex Seniors Residence.
1989 to 1990, Geotechnical Engineer, Golder Associates, Calgary, Alberta.
* Triaxial testing of sand, clay and oil sand.
* Beaufort Sea geotechnical properties summary for Gulf's proposed Amauligak pipeline.
* Field investigation for the Prairie Coal Spoil Pile Stability Study.
* Site investigations in the Kelowna and Trail B.C. areas.
1988 to 1989, Geotechnical Engineer, Hardy BBT, Edmonton, Alberta.
* On-site Suncor and Syncrude oil sand mines slope stability of pit and tailings cells, Fort McMurray, Alberta.
1984 to 1985, Civil Engineer, Esso Resources Canada, Alberta.
* Operate gas plant and inspect construction of oil battery and gas plant, Rainbow Lk, AB.
* Beaufort Sea Kadluk caisson retained island ice force data reduction.
1981 to 1983 (Summers).
* Research Assistant, Siesmic Concrete Piers, University of Manitoba.
* Construction Inspector, Seven Sisters Dam Overhaul Manitoba Hydro.
* Bridge Inspector, CNR, Prairie Region.
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