Shashank Pai

• Develop proposals and determine costs for geotechnical project delivery.
• Project planning, investigation planning, scheduling, project coordination with all disciplines involved, and client communication.
• Conducting geotechnical testing (HA/SP), supervising CPT/Geophysics/Machine Boreholes. Soil and rock classification using NZGD guidelines.
• Review of laboratory test results like PSD, Atterbery limits, linear shrinkage test, Shrink-Swell test, Oedometer, etc. Deriving soil strength parameters based on lab test results.
• Accurate ground modelling by understanding the geomorphology, and first principles in Leapfrog.
• Geotechnical analyses involving slope stability using Slide2, retaining wall design using Wallap, and settlement analyses using Settle3 for small to large development projects and infrastructure projects.
• Slope remediation for EQC reports using soil nails, ground anchors, MSE walls, etc.
• Pile capacity estimation and pile depth embedment recommendations.
• Shallow foundation recommendations for sites with underlying expansive soils, acid sulphate risk soils, and Northland Allochthonous rocks.
• Liquefaction assessment, liquefaction induced vertical settlement, and lateral displacement calculations and analyses in Cliq.
• Ground improvement design and recommendations for stone columns, wick drains, etc.
• Geotechnical construction monitoring and PS4 memo preparation.
• RFI response for WDC, FNC, and KDC queries.
• Support senior engineers in preparing technical documentation for client presentations.
• Support graduate geotechnical engineers and geologists by providing technical guidance and training.

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• Freelance contract work and invoicing with Fugro UAE.
• Offshore geotechnical report review and roster planning.
• Managing an onboard team of 3 personnel, technical guidance to the clients, and HSE approvals for onboard works.
• Pile foundation inspection and instrumentation.
• Pile driving monitoring using PDA, hammer driving recommendations, restrike recommendations, pile refusal recommendations, and termination recommendations.
• End of driving pile capacity estimation using wave analysis (CAPWAP), long term pile capacity estimation, and FOS estimation based on oil jacket load demand.
• Onboard field report delivery with 4 hours of driving completion.
• Final report delivery.

• Project planning and client communication.
• Offshore pile design using API2007, Drivability analysis, and capacity estimation.
• Onshore geotechnical investigation, laboratory testing, summary of testing, foundation recommendation, and reporting.
• Offshore geotechnical investigation, and pile drivability report review.
• Pile inspection and instrumentation.
• Pile driving monitoring using PDA, hammer driving recommendations, restrike recommendations, pile refusal recommendations,and termination recommendations.
• End of driving pile capacity estimation, and FOS estimation based on oil jacket load demands.
• Managing an onboard team of 4 to5 personnel, technical guidance to clients, and HSE approvals for onboard works.
• Onboard field report delivery within 4 hours of driving completion.
• Final report delivery.
• Mentored junior engineers in geotechnical analysis, fostering professional development within the team.
• Business development in the form of presentations.

• Onshore Geotechnical site investigation and Machine Borehole logging.
• Site operations management and HSE documentation.
• Conducting laboratory tests (from index properties to direct shear and consolidation tests) , summarizing the test results in gINT, Geotechnical report preparation.
• Supervising piling driving and installation operations, managing contractors and clients.
• Reviewing Offshore Geotechnical investigation and drivability reports,
• Pile capacity estimation and pile design using API2007.
• Pile inspection and instrumentation, calibration tests, data acquisition, conducting pile integrity testing and analysis, cross-hole sonic logging testing, static pile load testing, dynamic pile load testing, and lateral pile capacity estimation and testing.
• Assisting Sr. Geotechnical Engineer with report delivery.