Yoba Kirua Profile

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Principal Geotechnical Engineer - Department of Works and Highways

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Engineering Geology Tailings Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Data Management Deep Excavations Retaining Walls Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls

Energy Geotechnics Engineering Seismology Erosion Shallow Foundations Shaft Foundations Pile Foundations Deep Foundations Geothermal Energy from Landfills Oil & Gas Landfill Engineering Material Reuse Aerial Satellite-Based Unmanned Aerial Systems Seismic Resistivity Gravity GPR Geosynthetics for Reinforcement Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Slope Stability Liquefaction Engineering Green Infrastructure Stabilization Deep Soil Mixing Groundwater Pumping Seepage Borehole Logging Laboratory Testing Landslides Reconnaissance of Natural Disasters Residual Soils Risk & Reliability Rock Mass Characterization Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Soil Dynamics In-Situ Soil Dynamics Testing in the Laboratory Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Soil Behavior Modeling Pavement Road Embankments

BSc or Equivalent
- Science-Geology - University of Papua New Guinea : 03/02/2013 - 10/10/2017

Department of Works and Highways : ( 27/02/2018 - Present )
- Principal Geotechnical Engineer
- 1. Provide overall geotechnical engineering services to construction and civil works.
  2. Manage all operations of construction materials (Rocks, soils, Aggregates, Concrete) testing laboratories.
  3. co-ordinate and ensure quality control measures are maintained in the laboratories and in the construction of roads, bridges and building through Papua New Guinea.

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