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President
MURRAY G. SARAFINCHIN, M.A.Sc. P.Eng.
Principal Engineer |
Since 1984 Murray Sarafinchin has been a Director and
Executive Officer.
Murray Sarafinchin is a designated Consulting Engineer
with 30 years of specialist engineering experience encompassing
a wide range of geological and geotechnical, geoenvironmental
and hydrogeology, mining, construction quality assurance
and laboratory testing projects for public and private sector
clients in Canada and worldwide.
Specialist conferences are attended or technical papers
are presented annually in the geoengineering, environmental,
mining, construction and petrochemical industries.
EDUCATION:
B.E.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Western Ontario,
1974
M.A.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrogeology, University
of Waterloo, 1977
AFFILIATIONS:
Member, Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
Member, Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec
Member, Barbados Professional Engineers
Member, Canadian Geotechnical Society
Member, National Ground Water Association
Member, Tunnelling Association of Canada
Member, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Member, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering
Member, Engineering Institute of Canada
Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Associate Member, Institution of Civil Engineers
Past Director, Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories
EXPERTISE:
Geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics, rock engineering,
foundation engineering, earth and rockfill dams, geological
mapping, terrain evaluation, subsurface investigation and
insitu testing. Geotechnical investigation, design, approval,
implementation, operation and supervision of earth structures
for civil, mining, petrochemical and marine projects plus
groundwater seepage and erosion studies, slope stability,
quarries and aggregates, groundwater control, supply and
migration studies, instrumentation and monitoring, and multiple
task geoengineering and turnkey project management.
Geoenvironmental engineering, groundwater investigations,
surfacewater and groundwater interaction, contaminant migration
studies, environmental site assessments, environmental impact
assessments, environmental risk assessments, monitoring
wells, hydrogeological studies, aquifer testing, geochemical
analyses, site decommissioning and development of innovative
remediation techniques for petrochemicals, hydrocarbons
(LNAPL), heavy metals and chlorinated solvents (DNAPL),
liquid and vapour extraction, bioremediation, landfill disposal,
instrumentation and monitoring, numerical analyses for single
and multiphase contaminant transport, and geoenvironmental
project management.
Expert testimony, OMB hearing and claims review for cases
such as slope instability conditions associated with building
movements; difficult rock excavation and support; removal
and transport of hydrocarbon contaminated soils onto agricultural
lands and unsecured landfills; an underground tunnel collapse
involving a tunnel boring machine in glacial till deposits;
major hydrocarbon releases and offsite migration to a multi-storey
residential building requiring explosive air controls and
soil and groundwater remediation; investigation of the design
and construction aspects of a rockfill dam failure subjected
to flooding; an earthfill cofferdam failure; foundation
settlement of engineered clay fills beneath a residential
housing block causing severe cracking and closure of building;
an emergency response and failure investigation and repair
program for the potential collapse of a multi-storey building
constructed on a confined aquifer causing major foundation
soil erosion problems and a building evacuation order; an
investigation of rock conditions along a major international
river system where two fatalities occurred; a failure investigation
of an underground mining rock wedge collapse and future
risk assessment; rigid pavement failure investigation, and
earthworks and subdrainage review for a major provincial
highway; settlement and cracking of buildings on sensitive
marine clays; and Arctic building sites.
TECHNICAL PAPERS:
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., Rannie, T. and Hojka, K., 2002, Deep
Groundwater Supply and Discharge Wells in a Complex Three
Layer Aquifer in Cavernous Coral Limestone, Caribbean
Water and Wastewater Association Conference, St. Lucia
SARAFINCHIN, M.G. and Birch, K., 1999, Soil Remediation
Techniques,
Envirotech Canada Conference, Toronto
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1996, Subdrainage Design Concepts,
University of Toronto,
EPIC Conference, Toronto
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1995, Soil Remediation Techniques,
Remtech Environmental Conference, Toronto
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1995, Phase I, II and III Environmental
Site Assessments,
The Association of Ontario Land Economists, OLE Seminar,
Toronto
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1986, Geotechnical Engineering
in Society,
Rotary International, Mississauga
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1986, Mining in Canada,
Chairman,
Third Conference on Construction and Mining
in Difficult Soils, Sudbury
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1978 - 2003, Geotechnical Considerations
in Sewer and Watermain Design, MOE-MEA Seminars,
Toronto
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1977, Tunnelling in Rock and
Soft Ground, M.A.Sc. Thesis,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo
SARAFINCHIN, M.G., 1974, Computer Design Aid for
Augered Foundations, B.E.Sc., Thesis,
University of Western Ontario, London
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