| Name: | Jasper R Cook |  |
| Nationality: | British | |
| Year of Birth: | 1947 | |
| Profession: | Engineering Geologist | |
| Qualifications: | BSc Honours (Applied Geology), University of Strathclyde |
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| Awards and Registrations: | Chartered Geologist Fellow of The Geological Society of London |
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| Professional Associations: | Member |
Career History
| 2000 - Date | tunnelconsultants.com specialist consultant |
| 1999 - Date | Director, London Mining & Mineral Consultants (concurrent with above) |
| 1991 - date | Part time lecturer & Research Fellow, Civil Engineering Dept., Strathclyde University |
| 1990 - date | Consultant, Transport and Roads Research Laboratory |
| 1989 - 1990 | Associate Director, Frank Graham International Ltd |
| 1988 - 1989 | Road Materials Specialist, T P O'Sullivan & Partners |
| 1986 - 1988 | Head of Geology, Wimpey Laboratories Ltd |
| 1982 - 1986 | Senior Geologist, Wimpey Laboratories Ltd |
| 1980 - 1982 | Senior Geologist, Howard Humphreys and Partners |
| 1979 - 1980 | Geologist, Howard Humphreys and Partners |
| 1976 - 1979 | Project Engineer, Osiris Surveys Ltd |
| 1975 - 1976 | Post-graduate MSc course, Imperial College, London |
| 1973 - 1975 | Engineering Geologist, South African Geological Survey |
| 1972 - 1973 | Assistant Scientific Officer, British Geological Survey |
| Key Experience: | Applied geology in civil engineering and tunnelling projects. |
| Assignments in: | Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Nigeria, Sarawak, Senegal, South Africa Swaziland, Tanzania, UK. |
Brief Resume
Dr Cook is an independent engineering geological consultant with twenty five years of proven experience in the field of applied geology, with particular reference to civil engineering road, dam-site, tunnelling and resource projects. He has extensive experience in the design, supervision, management and interpretation of engineering geological projects in the UK, Middle East, Africa, SE Asia and Australia. He has wide practical knowledge of the application of geological and engineering geological techniques, from basic field mapping to sophisticated geotechnical testing. He has considerable experience of in: the geotechnics of tropically weathered soil-rock masses, earthwork and slope design, alignment studies, and the proving and utilisation of construction material sources. He was responsible for the offshore ground investigations for the Channel Tunnel and supplied expert evidence to British Parliamentary Select Committee on the project.
Contact
e-mail: jaspcook@btinternet.com
