Dave Sackett, CPG, Engineering Geologist and Brierley’s Chief Operations Officer, was interviewed by Trenchless North America for a Q&A article about his career in the geosciences and his involvement with trenchless projects across North and Central America. As Chair of the Southeastern chapter of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology, Dave discusses the current state of the trenchless industry, and his ideas for engaging students and young professionals in trenchless design and construction.
He has particular expertise and experience in the application of geoscientific data to engineering projects constructed within soft soils to hard, crystalline rock. He has mapped extensively in sedimentary and metasedimentary rock and has designed / managed geoscience projects on five continents. Dave feels strongly that “for underground construction, the ability to characterize correctly how the ground behaves is perhaps the single most important part of getting the project built successfully.”
Click here to read Dave’s Q&A.