Franco_Oboni

Dr. Franco Oboni

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President - Oboni Riskope Associates Inc.

  • Civil Engineer Geotechnical Engineer Other

Consulting

  • Tailings Dams Deep Excavations Forensics Shaft Foundations Pile Foundations Landfill Engineering Grouting
    Stabilization Deep Soil Mixing Groundwater Pumping Landslides Levees Retaining Walls Risk & Reliability Slope Stability Analysis Slope Stabilization Jacked Tunnels

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • Dr. Civ. Eng. (Geot.) - EPFL - EPF Lausanne : 03/04/1985 - 03/06/1988
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Civ. Eng. - EPFL - EPF Lausanne : 12/09/1972 - 02/02/1978

  • Oboni Riskope Associates Inc. : ( 19/02/2018 - Present )
    • President

    • I am a consultant, mentor, author of over fifty papers, co-author of the 2007 book entitled: “Improving Sustainability through Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management” and of the 2016 The long shadow of Human Generated Geohazards: Risks and Crises, a chapter in the book entitled Geohazards Caused by Human Activity.

      Clients include Global 1000 companies, large insurances, natural resources, railroads, wharves, regional and provincial governments, suppliers, medical and fashion.

      I support decision makers, manage risk and crisis mitigation projects, risk and security audits and geo-environmental hazard mitigation studies in four continents. Projects include definition of needs, training for corporate clients, negotiations.
      I deliver customized seminars (in English, French, Italian and Spanish) to industrial audiences world-wide. I was co-recipient of the Italian Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Canada West) 2010 Innovation Award. I teach Risk Management modules at MBA courses at the Turin University.

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French High High High
Italian High High High
Spanish High Medium High

  • The Long Shadow of Human‐Generated Geohazards: Risks and Crises
    Book Chapter published 2016 Nov 30 in Geohazards Caused by Human Activity
    Authors: Franco Oboni, Cesar Oboni
    http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66066
  • Pyramids, Toxic Wastes and Nuclear Reactors Containments: A Lesson Drawn from History with a Risk Manager Perspective
    Book Chapter published 2014 in Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 7 on pages 191 to 194
    Authors: Franco Oboni, Cesar Oboni
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09303-1_37
  • The Cassas Landslide and Its Impacts on an International and Olympic Transportation Corridor: Studies, Monitoring, Solution and Crisis Plans
    Book Chapter published 2013 in Landslide Science and Practice on pages 269 to 274
    Authors: Franco Oboni, Claudio Angelino, Bartolomeo Visconti
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31319-6_37
  • Using artificial intelligence in an integrated risk management programme for a large alpine landslide
    Book Chapter published 2007 May 10 in Landslides and Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions
    Authors: J Moreno, F Oboni, C Angelino
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/noe0415443180.ch18
  • 18. Building a residential complex on a slow deep-seated slope instability
    Book Chapter published 1991 Jan in Slope stability engineering developments and applications on pages 113 to 117
    Authors: F. Oboni, Z. Hlobil
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/ssedaa.16606.0019


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The Long Shadow of Human‐Generated Geohazards: Risks and Crises
Book Chapter published 2016 Nov 30 in Geohazards Caused by Human Activity
Authors: Franco Oboni, Cesar Oboni
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66066
Pyramids, Toxic Wastes and Nuclear Reactors Containments: A Lesson Drawn from History with a Risk Manager Perspective
Book Chapter published 2014 in Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 7 on pages 191 to 194
Authors: Franco Oboni, Cesar Oboni
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09303-1_37
The Cassas Landslide and Its Impacts on an International and Olympic Transportation Corridor: Studies, Monitoring, Solution and Crisis Plans
Book Chapter published 2013 in Landslide Science and Practice on pages 269 to 274
Authors: Franco Oboni, Claudio Angelino, Bartolomeo Visconti
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31319-6_37
Using artificial intelligence in an integrated risk management programme for a large alpine landslide
Book Chapter published 2007 May 10 in Landslides and Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions
Authors: J Moreno, F Oboni, C Angelino
http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/noe0415443180.ch18
18. Building a residential complex on a slow deep-seated slope instability
Book Chapter published 1991 Jan in Slope stability engineering developments and applications on pages 113 to 117
Authors: F. Oboni, Z. Hlobil
http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/ssedaa.16606.0019
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