Alberto_Ortigao, PhD, FICE, CEng, PE

Dr. Alberto Ortigao, PhD, FICE, CEng, PE

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Lead Consultant Geotechnical Engineer - Terratek International

  • Geotechnical Engineer

Consulting

  • Liquefaction Engineering Soil Structure Interaction Retaining Walls Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls Deep Excavations Landslides Engineering Geology
    Underground Structures Laboratory Testing Residual Soils Railway Geotechnics Ports Instrumentation Tailings Dams Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Arch Dams Buttress Dams Shallow Foundations Deep Foundations Shaft Foundations Pile Foundations Caisson Foundations Geosynthetics for Containment Geosynthetics for Flow Geosynthetics for Reinforcement Geofoam Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Slope Stability Site Response Analysis Deep Dynamic Compaction Grouting Stabilization Deep Soil Mixing Ground Freezing Lime Stabilization Prefabricated Vertical Drains Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Pressuremeter Dilatometer Borehole Logging Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Finite Element / Finite Difference Discrete Element Rock Mass Characterization Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Soil Behavior Modeling Tunneling in Rock Tunneling in Soils Jacked Tunnels Pavement Road Embankments Landfill Engineering Rammed Aggregate Piers Marketing Soil Dynamics In-Situ Levees Forensics Seepage Risk & Reliability Energy Geotechnics Offshore Geotechnics Data Management Oil & Gas Structural Geology Mining Erosion

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • PhD - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro : 01/08/1975 - 18/06/1980
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • MSc - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro : 01/02/1973 - 10/07/1975
  • BSc or Equivalent
    • Civil Engineer - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro : 01/03/1967 - 05/12/1971

  • Terratek International : ( 15/01/2000 - Present )
    • Lead Consultant Geotechnical Engineer

    • Working on all types of geotechnical structures on foundations, excavations, dams, soft soils, tailings dams, tunnels, ground improvement, slopes, walls, etc
  • UFRJ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro : ( 02/07/1978 - 10/12/2003 )
    • Associate Professor

    • teaching and research on geotechnical engineering
  • UBC University of British Columbia : ( 05/01/1990 - 10/02/1991 )
    • Visiting Professor

    • Research on in situ testing
  • BRE Building Research Establishment : ( 01/05/1982 - 01/07/1984 )
    • Research Engineer

    • working on offshore pile foundations
  • Road Research Institute : ( 01/07/1974 - 01/07/1978 )
    • Research Engineer

    • Working on trial embankments on soft soils

Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
English High High High
German Medium Medium Medium
French High Low Medium
Spanish High High High
Portuguese High High High

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Darien, CT, US View on map

+5521982188315

+5521 982 188 315

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