Principals and Associates

Murray Sarafinchin, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
President and Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer

Murray is a licensed professional engineer, a designated consulting engineer and an honorary specialist in geotechnics with over 35 years of diverse geoengineering experience on over 2000 projects in 15 countries.  He is responsible for project management on public and private sector projects involving geological mapping, geophysical surveys, geotechnical site investigations, environmental site assessments, site remediation, excavations, slopes, foundations, dams, tunnels, pavements, mines, hydrogeological studies, construction inspection and materials testing, instrumentation and monitoring, computer modelling, mining, forensic engineering, comprehensive reporting and expert testimony.

 

Scott Jeffrey, P.Eng.
Senior Engineer
GeoEngineering Division

Scott is a licensed professional engineer with over 15 years of diverse geoengineering experience.  He is responsible for project engineering and project management on a wide range of public and private sector projects involving geotechnical site investigations, environmental site assessments, site remediation, foundation investigations, ground improvement, foundation stabilization, slope stability analyses, hydrogeological studies, pavement investigations, construction inspection and materials testing, instrumentation and monitoring.

 

Christopher Burke, P.Eng
GeoEngineering Division

Chris is active in the geoengineering division since joining Sarafinchin in 2006.  He has worked in project engineering for a wide range of public and private sector projects involving geotechnical site investigations, foundation investigations, ground improvement and foundation stabilization, environmental site assessments, site cleanups, slope stability analyses, hydrogeological studies, pavement investigations, construction inspection and materials testing, instrumentation and monitoring.

 

Elena Pazinich, B.Sc.
Hydrogeologist

Since 1990, Elena has worked in the areas of hydrogeology and geophysics on a wide range of projects in Canada, Europe and the Middle East.  Elena has carried out a wide variety of tasks including geoenvironmental site assessments, hydrogeological studies, hydrogeological modelling and groundwater monitoring.

 

James Chen, B.Sc.
Laboratory Manager

James has more than 15 years of diverse Canadian and international laboratory and construction inspection and materials testing experience.  He leads Sarafinchin’s certified materials testing laboratory which is supported by advanced equipment for testing of soil, rock, groundwater, aggregates, concrete and asphalt.  James is involved in geoengineering site inspection and materials testing on a wide range of projects including foundation investigations and earthworks, pavement investigations and construction, ground improvement and foundation stabilization, site remediation and instrumentation and monitoring, computerized data analysis and reporting.