CIVIL TEAM

Tinus Kruger has been working in Western Australia since 2005 as a consulting engineer on various projects from their initial conceptual phases requiring extensive client liaison, geometric road design, pavement design, drainage design and analysis, landfill design, tendering process management, construction supervision and contract management. As the Principal Engineer and Manager of the Civil group, Tinus undertakes many responsibilities including the technical review of all work produced by the Civil Group, in addition to the engineering design of civil works, and training and developing younger engineers. Tinus’s time at WML in addition to his previous experience in South Africa has given him a very broad spectrum of skills and he has had exposure to most elements of Civil design and analysis.

• Geometric Road and Intersection Design
• Drainage Design
• Earthworks Design
• Waste Storage Design
• Pavement Rehabilitation

• Road & Drainage Design, Construction & Maintenance
• Tendering And Contract Management
• Local Government Engineering
• Traffic And Parking Investigation and Design
• Aerodrome Design, Construction & Maintenance
• Sourcing and Acquittal of Grant Funding

Since joining WML in May 2015, Greg has had exposure to a variety of projects requiring geotechnical and civil engineering input into the design of earthworks, roads and light industrial structures, working within the South West of Western Australia. He has carried out numerous ground investigations in the Quaternary soils forming the Swan Coastal Plain, including investigations with subsequent design for pavements and foundations as well as inspections and testing of earthworks and retaining walls during construction. In addition, Greg also has experience in design and supervision of sealing works in light and heavy vehicle applications. 

• Civil Design 
• Geotechnical Investigation 
• Site Supervision

Jean is a Chartered Professional Engineer with extensive experience in the civil construction industry as a project manager and project engineer on various projects. These range from subdivisions, road widenings and realignments for Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) to the construction of various Water Corporation Tier One projects that included water, gravity sewer, vacuum sewer and sewer pressure mains. He joined WML in November 2017 where he progressed his career as a Civil Design Engineer, and has been involved in other consulting works including freeway planning and road decongestion strategy concepts.

“Every day has a new challenge and it is fulfilling to find solutions to those challenges. It is satisfying to see new infrastructure and to know you were a part of the design.”

With over 15 years as a Civil Engineer, Naoki has extensive experience in civil, road and drainage design, including civil, road and drainage modelling, drafting and construction. His strongest skills involve computer software packages, he has learnt a variety including AutoCAD, Microstation, 12D, CivilCAD, DRAINS, AutoTrack, AutoTurn and more. Naoki’s fast learning ability makes him a valuable member of the Civil team, especially when a new software needs to be utilised in order to complete a project. 

• Road and Civil Design and Modelling
• Drainage Analysis
• Field Surveying
• Multiple Computer Software Packages

Charmaine has gained extensive experience as a drafter since she began her career in 1984. She commenced with Consulting Engineers in South Africa assisting in a diverse range of projects, including Roadways, Drainage, Pavement Markings, Signage, and many forms of Building services. Charmaine then established her own Drafting Office which allowed her to broaden her experience both in drafting and project leading. Since arriving in Australia in 2011, Charmaine has applied her efficiency and experience as a Senior Lead Drafter/Cad Manager in numerous Road and Rail Infrastructure Projects.

• Road and Rail Drafting
• Document Management
• Virtual Teaming
• AutoCAD
• Microstation
• Projectwise

Adam has over 25 years experience as a design draftsperson. Since starting his employment with WML in 1997, he has been involved in the design and drafting of a wide range of projects including structures, roads, earthworks and dams. Adam was the first draftsperson to be employed by WML consultants, and remains one of the longest standing and most competent employees within the company.

• Roads – Planning and Design
• MX Road Designer
• Auto CAD Draftsperson
• Bulk Earthworks
• Rural and Urban Intersection Design

Eugene has been working as a structural and civil designer since 1998. His experience includes working for engineering consultants and Local Authorities in South Africa and Australia. He has experience in the design and drafting of land development projects, civil infrastructure design, geometric road design, intersection design, bulk earthworks design and construction supervision. Since joining WML in 2014, Eugene has been involved in the preparation of concept, preliminary design, and detailed design drawings for a wide variety of civil projects.

• Structural Drafting 
• Civil Design 
• Land Development Design 
• Roads – Planning and Design 
• Bulk Earthwork Design 
• Construction Supervision 
• Auto Cad Draftsperson 
• 12D Model Road Designer

Craig has been working as a Civil Drafter since 1989, and has worked on a wide range of projects involving roads, water, sewer and drainage pipelines. Craig’s skills involve proficiency in the use of AutoCAD (Drafting Package), Micro Station (Drafting Package), knowledge of 12D Model (3D Surface Modelling Package), Water Corporation Data Management System AquaDraw and is familiar with Austroad, MRWA and Water Corporation Standards.

Since joining WML in 2020, Craig has been involved in a number of high profile projects, including the Bunbury Outer Ring Road.

• Major Roads and Highways Drafting
• AutoCAD Drafting

Tim has over 16 years of direct experience working on Civil Construction projects, Oil & Gas, and Mining operations across Australia. This wide-ranging experience was gained through various positions in the field of surveying, drill and blast, engineering, tech services, drafting, through to the operation of mining and construction plant equipment. 

Tim was employed as a Draftsman in early 2015 at WML Consultants. Since then he has been involved with a number of projects, the majority of which concern preparation of Civil road and intersection construction drawings. Tim plays an integral part in the development of the WML drafting system utilising his vast AutoCAD programming knowledge and experience, to create customisation routines that improve efficiency across typically encountered drafting processes. 

• Survey Experience 
• Civil Construction, Mining, Oil and Gas Experience 
• Dewatering Pump Station Construction Experience 
• 12D Design 
• AutoCAD Drafting 

GEOTECHNICAL TEAM

Simon is the Geotechnical Group Manager and Technical Lead at WML, and has been working as a Geotechnical Design Engineer since 2005. He has practised as a Design Engineer in the UK, California, Africa and throughout WA, before joining WML in 2015. His expertise lies in geotechnical investigation and design for large mining and civil infrastructure projects, highways, ports, land development, residential and commercial projects. Simon’s experience encompasses geotechnical investigation, geotechnical design and design and verification for both regional and metropolitan areas ensuring that all deliverables meet client and regulatory requirements. He manages the geotechnical team at WML and undertakes technical sign off of all geotechnical projects at WML, directing several geotechnical and civil engineers. Simon has vast experience in geotechnical design projects that incorporate soil mechanics and rock mechanics and is a highly competent Design Engineer in both environments. 

• Slope Stability Specialist
• Geotechnical Field Investigation and Design
• Rock Slope Design

Aleksandra Gorczynska is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer with over 15 years of consultancy and detailed design experience on projects across Australia and Poland. Aleks has successfully led the delivery of geotechnical engineering, ground improvement and foundation design input on several world-class road infrastructure projects in Poland and provided professional advice, expertise and comprehensive geotechnical reports for a wide range of mining, commercial and residential developments across Australia since 2012. She is a confident engineer interested in innovative solutions.

“I appreciate that geotechnical engineering can be challenging, and therefore, I never get bored. No project is the same, and I can be one day in the office and another day in the beautiful surroundings of Australian nature.”

• Geotechnical design, including soil improvement design
• Geotechnical Field Investigation
• Slope stability assessment
• Consolidation analysis
• Construction support

Raphael Hyde has been working as a Geotechnical Engineer since 2008, with consultancy and detailed design experience on projects in Australia and Canada, focusing on infrastructure development. Raphael’s key areas of experience are in performing and managing field investigations, shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls and slope stability analysis. Raphael has been involved in many large metropolitan infrastructure projects including detailed design of the Stephenson Ave Bridges requiring deep piles in complex ground conditions. He has also undertaken the temporary works design for this project. Raphael has also undertaken geotechnical investigations and detailed design for numerous bridge replacements across rural WA.

• Ground Investigation
• Slope Stability
• Geotechnical Construction Support
• Shallow and Deep Foundations
• Retaining Wall Design

Lia has over 25 years of professional engineering experience as a Civil Engineer across a wide variety of civil and waste projects. She has delivered the design for a number of landfill basal liners, capping systems and containment systems; and been responsible for the contract administration, superintendent works and CQA during the construction of capping and waste containment projects. Her key strength is that she brings together a working understanding of CQA requirements, contract administration, engineering design of lining systems, regulatory requirements, and contaminated sites principles.

• CQA Consultant
• Superintendent
• Waste Management
• Civil Design of Landfills
• Environmental Regulatory Requirements
• Contaminated Sites
• Contract Administration

Angus first joined WML as a student in 2014 whilst studying his Bachelor of Civil Engineering. Before returning to the company in 2019, he gained a wealth of geotechnical experience overseas including working as a Quality Assurance Engineer for a lining company in Mozambique and as an Engineering Geologist in the UK supervising and conducting project management of drilling crews. He specialises in ground investigations and construction quality assurance, in addition to geotechnical engineering for ore processing mining infrastructure. His in-depth knowledge of geosynthetic materials and aptitude for lateral thinking makes him a valuable member of WML’s Geotechnical Department.

• Geotechnical and Geo-environmental ground investigations
• Earthwork supervision and construction support
• Civil mine infrastructure expansions
• Development of geotechnical ground models
• Geomembrane liner design and installation
• Site-and-Soil Evaluations (SSE)

Pierce is a senior quality assurance and a Geotechnical Engineer. He joined WML after completing his MPE (Civil) in 2020, and has undertaken geotechnical design, analysis, and fieldwork along with short to long-term QA supervision exclusively since the beginning of his career. As a Geotechnical Engineer, he has developed skills for managing and supervising CQA projects and inspections of natural ground materials and liner systems (GCL, HDPE etc.). He enjoys working for WML because it provides the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of different projects whilst being involved in all areas of a project; from proposal phase and conducting fieldwork to analysis and submission.

• Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Consultancy Services 
• Geotechnical Investigations 
• Tailings Projects 
• Geotechnical Design and Analysis – Slope Stability focus

Since joining WML in 2019, Zac has worked on various geotechnical and construction quality assurance projects throughout rail, mining and landfill, residential and commercial developments.  Zac has conducted numerous geotechnical investigations and managed projects throughout the South West and other regional areas. He has experience working with excavators, CPT rigs and drill rigs to complete a variety of fieldwork. He has experience preparing factual and interpretive reports involving bearing capacity and settlement analysis, shallow and deep foundation design, and earthworks and retaining wall certifications. Zac also has experience providing construction quality assurance for earth dams, tailings storage and landfill facilities. 

• Geotechnical Investigations 
• Construction Quality Assurance 
• Geosynthetic Liner Installation

SUBDIVISIONS TEAM

Luke has over 25 years’ experience in Engineering and Project Management in the South West of Western Australia. He has been the lead on several significant projects such as Treendale Estate, Dunsborough Lakes Estate, Riverlea Estate and many more. From project feasibility, design, construction management and project closeout, Luke provides a full range of project management and engineering services, specialising in infrastructure and land development design.

• Expansive Project Management / Engineering Expertise
• Land Development and Infrastructure Design
• Tender and Construction Management

Since joining WML in May 2015, Greg has had exposure to a variety of projects requiring geotechnical and civil engineering input into the design of earthworks, roads and light industrial structures, working within the South West of Western Australia. He has carried out numerous ground investigations in the Quaternary soils forming the Swan Coastal Plain, including investigations with subsequent design for pavements and foundations as well as inspections and testing of earthworks and retaining walls during construction. In addition, Greg also has experience in design and supervision of sealing works in light and heavy vehicle applications. 

• Civil Design 
• Geotechnical Investigation 
• Site Supervision

Jean is a Chartered Professional Engineer with extensive experience in the civil construction industry as a project manager and project engineer on various projects. These range from subdivisions, road widenings and realignments for Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) to the construction of various Water Corporation Tier One projects that included water, gravity sewer, vacuum sewer and sewer pressure mains. He joined WML in November 2017 where he progressed his career as a Civil Design Engineer, and has been involved in other consulting works including freeway planning and road decongestion strategy concepts.

“Every day has a new challenge and it is fulfilling to find solutions to those challenges. It is satisfying to see new infrastructure and to know you were a part of the design.”

With over 15 years as a Civil Engineer, Naoki has extensive experience in civil, road and drainage design, including civil, road and drainage modelling, drafting and construction. His strongest skills involve computer software packages, he has learnt a variety including AutoCAD, Microstation, 12D, CivilCAD, DRAINS, AutoTrack, AutoTurn and more. Naoki’s fast learning ability makes him a valuable member of the Civil team, especially when a new software needs to be utilised in order to complete a project. 

• Road and Civil Design and Modelling
• Drainage Analysis
• Field Surveying
• Multiple Computer Software Packages

Wayne has been working as a drafter since 1985 across a multitude of engineering disciplines, primarily focused on civil based projects. Wayne is highly proficient with 12D Model, AutoCAD, Auto turn and is fully conversant with relevant Main Roads WA, Water Corporation and local authority standards and specifications. Having worked with numerous clients and projects in the private, public and government sector, Wayne has gained significant experience in dealing with a variety of civil infrastructure projects while being able to work both individually and part of a team. He takes a proactive approach to all projects and puts a focus on collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders.

• Subdivision and Land Development
• Proficient in 12D and AutoCAD

Tim has over 16 years of direct experience working on Civil Construction projects, Oil & Gas, and Mining operations across Australia. This wide-ranging experience was gained through various positions in the field of surveying, drill and blast, engineering, tech services, drafting, through to the operation of mining and construction plant equipment. 

Tim was employed as a Draftsman in early 2015 at WML Consultants. Since then he has been involved with a number of projects, the majority of which concern preparation of Civil road and intersection construction drawings. Tim plays an integral part in the development of the WML drafting system utilising his vast AutoCAD programming knowledge and experience, to create customisation routines that improve efficiency across typically encountered drafting processes. 

• Survey Experience 
• Civil Construction, Mining, Oil and Gas Experience 
• Dewatering Pump Station Construction Experience 
• 12D Design 
• AutoCAD Drafting