Dr. Oswell has wide experience in many aspects of cold regions geotechnical\/permafrost engineering.\u00a0 He has provided onsite inspections and supervision during the construction of an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea, and conducted investigations and prepared geotechnical reports for projects in the Canadian and Russian arctic.\u00a0 He was the principal geotechnical\/ per\u00admafrost engineer for a 76 km offshore pipeline crossing in the Russian arctic.\u00a0 He was involved in assessing the geotechnical performance of the Norman Wells pipeline for over 15 years.\u00a0 In addi\u00adtion he has provided senior and expert-level permafrost engineering on the Mackenzie Gas pro\u00adject, the Alaska Pipeline Project, the Alaska North Slope Gas Project and the Denali Gas Pipeline Project.\u00a0 He was also technical manager for the rehabilitation and re-commissioning of a full scale, large diameter pipeline test facility in Fairbanks, Alaska.\u00a0 He was responsible for routing and cost estimates for an export gas pipeline near Tambey, Yamal Peninsula, Russia and sev\u00aderal other northern oil and gas development projects. He also provided a peer review of a foundation design on ice-rich permafrost and on-site technical review and knowledge transfer during a geotechnical investigation for a new research facility in Antarctica. Other project work includes developing detailed scope and specifications for geotechnical investigations to support design work for an iron ore mine in Greenland, geothermal anal\u00adyses for numerous lagoons in Nunavut, peer review of a foundation design for wind tur\u00adbines in Antarctica and the refurbishment and recommissioning of a deep water naval port in Nunavut, foundation design for mine processing facilities in ice-rich permafrost and field supervision of geotechnical investigations for an all-season road in the Northwest Territo\u00adries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specific project experience is provided below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scott Base\nRedevelopment, Ross Island, Antarctica: <\/strong>Subject matter expert\nproviding on-site quality assurance and technical knowledge transfer for the geotechnical\ninvestigation for a new research station, input to foundation design and\nfoundation design option review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sewage Lagoon\nAssessment, Kugluktuk, Nunavut: <\/strong>Senior permafrost engineer assessing municipal\nengineering team in the evaluation and assessment of leakage from a\nsynthetically lined waste water lagoon. Observed distress in the lagoon\nincluded seepage from the perimeter berm, subsidence of portions of the berm\nand longitudinal cracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yukon\nEnvironmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board, Yukon:<\/strong> Provided expert\npermafrost engineering review of several development applications for mining\nprojects in Yukon. Tasks included review of proponent documentation,\ndevelopment of information requests, assessment of responses and other\ntechnical support as requested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iqaluit Aquatic\nCentre, Iqaluit, Nunavut: <\/strong>Permafrost engineer providing geothermal modelling and\nrelated input for the design of the proposed aquatic centre in Iqaluit. Developed geothermal input parameters and\nboundary conditions for the geothermal modelling that examined the feasibility\nof thermosyphons to maintain the subgrade soils in a frozen state over the life\nof the structure, including the impact of climate warming. The geothermal modelling was complicated by\nthe proximity of an existing structure that would adjoin the proposed aquatic\ncentre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Raglan Mine,\nNunavik, Quebec: <\/strong>Senior permafrost engineer providing on-site and office based\nsupport to the expansion of the Xstrata Nickel Mine, including foundation\ndesign for a 40 kTPA expansion of ore processing. The mine site is located in the zone of\ncontinuous permafrost and is characterized by ice-rich surface sediments and\nice-rich igneous bedrock to depths of 8 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nanisvik Naval\nFacility, Baffin Island:<\/strong> Review engineer assisting geotechnical consultant on\nissues related to permafrost for the proposed redevelopment and enlargement of\nan decommissioned deep water port in northern Baffin Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alaska Gas\nProject, Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia: <\/strong>Permafrost\nand geotechnical engineer within the strain based design team responsible for\ncharacterization of route soils and determination of strain demand on the\npipeline arising from frost heave and thaw settlement. Geotechnical coordinator for Project\nManagement Team responsible for interaction and technical support to project\nengineering consultant. Responsibilities\nincluded coordination with environmental and regulator teams in Alaska and\nCanada, evaluation of geotechnical contractors to conduct intrusive field\ninvestigations, selection of field testing sites, documentation of permafrost\ndisturbance and consultations with regulatory agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iron Ore\nMine, Greenland: <\/strong>Senior permafrost engineer\nproviding input and support to the feasibility stage work related to\ndevelopment of an iron ore mine in central Greenland. Developed detailed scope\nand specifications for geotechnical investigations to support design of the\nmine facilities, open pit mine, excavation through an existing glacier and over\n50 km or support roads and railway to a deep water port facility on the\nGreenland coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Denali\nPipeline Project, Yukon, British Columbia: <\/strong>Lead\npermafrost and geotechnical engineer responsible for developing and executing\ngeotechnical scopes of work to advance the initial design phases for a 48\u201d\nnatural gas pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48 states, passing through Yukon,\nBritish Columbia and Alberta. Work\nincluded planning field programs, undertaking liquefaction evaluations, routing\ninput and other tasks to support the preparation of a project cost estimate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Oswell has wide experience in many aspects of cold regions geotechnical\/permafrost engineering.\u00a0 He has provided onsite inspections and supervision during the construction of an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea, and conducted investigations and prepared geotechnical reports for projects in the Canadian and Russian arctic.\u00a0 He was the principal geotechnical\/ per\u00admafrost engineer for a … Continue reading “Permafrost Engineering”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naviq.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}