| Name: | Jack Burke |  |
| Nationality: | American | |
| Professions: | Engineering consultant to underground contractors on equipment and methods for tunneling and mining operations. Bid reviews and design parameters. Technical contributing editor World Tunnelling.
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| Education: | Wentworth Institute Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University Graduate Courses, Pratt Institute Design. |
Career History
| 1988 - Date | Present: President Jack Burke & Associates, and Tunnelling & Trenchless Construction. |
| 1983 - 1988 | General Manager Cooper Mining & Construction North America. |
| 1980 - 1983 | President Sullair Mining Equipment Corporation Dallas Texas design and manufacture underground drilling equipment. |
| 1951 - 1980 | Construction Manager Gardner Denver Company, Denver Colorado |
| 1946 - 1950 | Walsh Construction Company, Miner NY Aqueduct, Structural Steel work American Bridge Company, NY. |
| 1942 - 1946 | US Navy. |
| Key Experience : | Experience in all phases of underground construction including Sub Aqueous tunnels design and applications, Drill blast excavations, TBM design and applications Design of support system for tunnel and cavern excavations. Partial list of clients include, Gates & Fox, Morrison Knudsen, Kiewit Construction, J.F. Shea Co. ,S.A. Healy, Frontier Kemper, Greeley and Hansen Engineers, Morrison Sullivan Engineers, Balfour Beatty. |
Resume
Over 50 years experience in all phases of underground construction from design, estimating, supervision, and analysis. Equipment selection and recommendations for correction of problems Design of specialized drilling applications for rock bolting and grouting in tunnels for both drill blast and TBM excavation
Contact
e-mail: JBurkeCon@aol.com
