David is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer in the Melbourne office with over 20 years’ experience in geotechnical engineering consulting. He joined Douglas Partners as a graduate in 2005 after completing a double degree in Civil Engineering (Honours) and Maths & Computer Science at the University of Adelaide. He went onto complete a Masters of Engineering Science in Geotechnical Engineering from UNSW in 2009. David is a Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria (RPEV), Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) and a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng).
David has extensive experience in geotechnical investigations for a multitude of industrial, commercial, residential and infrastructure developments in Victoria and South Australia. These include residential subdivisions, industrial warehouses, multi-storey towers, embankments, roads, rail and road bridges. David has been involved in the design and construction phase works of many major infrastructure projects such as Southern Expressway Duplication in Adelaide, EastLink motorway, Level Crossing Removal for the North West Program Alliance, Echuca Moama Bridge Project Stage 3 and Suburban Rail Loop Project. He is experienced in foundation design, retaining wall design, soil slope and rock slope stability, embankment settlement and geotechnical.
David has been a LEGO fan since he was a kid and now enjoys passing on his brick-building passion to his two young daughters. His home reached maximum LEGO capacity some time ago, but he firmly believes that running out of display space is merely a challenge, not a limitation. After all, there’s always room for the next must-have set—somewhere.
