| Name: | Maurice A W Gooderham |  |
| Nationality: | British | |
| Year of Birth: | 1933 | |
| Profession: | Tunnelling Engineer | |
| Qualifications: | Oxford University Certificate in Management Studies Higher National Certificate (Civil Engineering) Higher National Certificate (Building) |
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| Awards and Registrations: | Chartered Engineer Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers |
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| Professional Associations: | Member of the British Tunnelling Society Member of the International Tunnelling Association |
Career History
| 2000 - Date | tunnelconsultants.com specialist consultant |
| 1992 - Date | Principal, M A Gooderham & Associates Ltd (concurrent with above) |
| 1988 - 1992 | Howard Humphreys and Partners/Brown & Root Civil: Head of Tunnelling |
| 1973 - 1988 | Thyssen (Great Britain) Limited: Director - Construction Division General Manager - Tunnelling Department Contracts Manager - Tunnelling Department |
| 1962 - 1973 | Mitchell Construction Kinnear Moodie Group: Sub-Agent and Agent |
| 1962 - 1963 | T P O'Sullivan and Partners, Consulting Engineers: Design Engineer |
| 1957 - 1963 | British Railways Southern Region: Assistant Engineer |
| 1955 - 1957 | National Service, Royal Engineers |
| 1950 - 1955 | Local Authority, Junior and Assistant Engineer |
| Key Experience: | Project Management |
| Assignments in: | Denmark, Kenya, Libya, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Swaziland, Thailand, Turkey, UK. |
Brief Resume
Maurice has over 40 years experience in civil engineering contracting and consultancy and prior to forming his own consultancy in 1992 specialising in all forms of tunnelling, shaft sinking and underground works, he occupied senior positions to director level in two major international contracting firms: Kinnear Moodie and Thyssen and as head of tunnelling for Howard Humphreys consulting engineers. He has had responsibility for the construction of numerous major tunnelling schemes for road and rail projects and more recently the design an supervision of works that have included the A55 North Wales Coast road tunnels, the Heathrow Express rail link including NATM trials in London Clay; independent checking of Southwick Hill Road Tunnels, and as a sub consultant Howard Humphreys for the Ramsgate Harbour Tunnel. He has held appointments as an independent Certifying Engineer (to mediate on the value of "single tender" contracts, extension of time claims and contractual issues) and as the named Adjudicator on tunnelling works where the New Engineering Contracts were used. He is currently serving as a member of the Dispute Review Board for a major metro scheme serving on a panel of experts to provide advice on tunnelling aspects for pending Public Enquiry on a major civil engineering project (value approximately £500 million) and also as Conciliator for a dispute between the Contractor and the Employer on further metro project
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