More than 7 years of experience in geotechnical and structural engineering with projects completed in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Design experience includes: cut-and-cover and bored tunnels in rock, soft ground and mixed face conditions, with or without the use of Tunnel Boring Machines; foundations and special foundations; rock and soil slope stabilizations; precast concrete and steel-concrete composite bridges; hydraulic infrastructures for dams, purification plants and rivers; renovations of ancient masonry buildings. Researches in the fields of geomechanics with emphasis on rock mechanics and rock engineering, numerical modeling in geomechanics, underground excavations and tunneling, uncertainty models, design process and optimization as applied to Civil Engineering, artificial intelligence as applied to Civil Engineering. Has published 2 books on tunneling, 16 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 14 papers in conference proceedings.
Registered Professional Engineer in accordance with current Italian Regulations and Laws (Albo degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Treviso, No. 1793) since 1996.
Note: the symbol ¨ indicates a project carried out as a consultant on behalf of SIGES (Treviso, Italy); the symbol § indicates a project carried out as a Senior Tunnel Engineer with Parsons Transportation Group (Washington, DC, USA).
1. Geotechnical and structural analysis and design of five new twin tunnels (each 110 m2 in cross-section) in fractured limestone and mudstone for the highway Salerno-Reggio Calabria, Italy, contract DG-32. Tunnels: Ospedaletto (length 600 m), Cillarese (length 1000 m), Cerreta (length 750 m), Colloreto (length 150 m), Campotenese 2 (400 m). Special features: intersections and interference between the old and the new tunnels, presence of a high water head in mudstone (Cerreta tunnel), and presence of a valuable monastery over Colloreto tunnel. ¨
2. Geotechnical and structural analysis and design of two new twin tunnels (each 110 m2 in cross-section) in fractured flysh and limestone for the highway Salerno-Reggio Calabria, Italy, contract DG-8. Tunnels: Sardina II (length 300 m), Costa del Monte (length 600 m). Special features: intersections and interference between the old and the new tunnels, soft shale and shallow cover under inhabited area for Sardina tunnel. Preparation of the geotechnical interpretation and baseline reports for the two tunnels. ¨
3. State Road 77 from Muccia to Colfiorito, Ancona, Italy. Preliminary design and value engineering of 40 km of tunnels for the four alignment alternatives. Geotechnical and structural analysis and final design of the thirteen tunnels for the selected alignment: Brogliano (868 m), Casali (460 m), Faeto (790 m), Castelletto, (970 m), Unnamed (175 m), Serravalle (395 m), Bavareto (750 m), Gelagna (975 m), Massa (550 m), Costafiore (1960 m), Muccia II (590 m), Muccia I (340 m), La Rocchetta (980 m), total 9,803 m. Rock masses: limestone, shale, mudstone, marl. ¨
4. Geotechnical and structural analysis and design of the diversion tunnels for two earth dams on Wadi Qatarah (Libya). Internal diameter: 5.5 m; length: 300 m; rock mass: chalk-limestone. ¨
5. Post-Tender design of the Seattle Light Rail Link subway project, WA, USA. Geotechnical and structural analysis and design of the EPB-excavated running tunnel (10 m in internal diameter, 7.5 km in length), 3 mined stations (17 m wide, 14 m high, 120 m long) and shafts (internal diameter from 16 to 36 m) in soft ground under the water table. Special features: deepest subway in the USA (80 m), passage of Portage Bay. §
6. La Guardia Airport “N” line extension tunnel feasibility study (New York, NY, USA); 3 km of tunnels and 3 stations in soft ground (glacial sand, varved silt and clay, glacial till, organic silts and clays) under the water table. Development of new, deep profile to avoid organic soil or running sands, and development of construction methods for three deep mined stations, recommendations for the most appropriate tunnel boring machine. Development and spreadsheet implementation of methodologies for ranking different design alternatives. §
7. Water intrusion study for the Medical Center crossover cavern (15 m wide, 12 m high, 24 m overburden) on the Subway Red Line, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Bethesda, VA, USA). Assessment of the existing condition and development of a monitoring program for the rock reinforcement and cavern lining. Recommendations for the mitigation of the water intrusion problem. §
8. Second Avenue Subway Project, New York, NY, USA. Member of the proposal team. Geotechnical and structural study of several design alternatives; study of different tunneling methods and construction methods for the stations. Soft ground, hard rock, and mixed-face conditions. Preparation of man-hour estimates and construction cost estimates. §
9. RTD light-rail extension, Denver, CO, USA. Independent check and final design of: outfall tunnel lining and EPBM construction method (diameter 4.5 m, length 400 m through sandstone, sand/gravel, and clay under the water table), transition structure, junction structure, drop shaft, and bridge underpinnings. §
1. Analysis and design of 12-m deep tied-back slurry walls and micropile tremie concrete walls for a new building adjacent to 200-year-old stone-masonry buildings in Cortina D'Ampezzo (Belluno, Italy). ¨
2. Geotechnical and structural design of the foundations for a cable-stayed bridge on the Adda river, Italy (span 400 m). ¨
3. Geotechnical and structural, reliability-based design of micropile foundations for a factory in Costa Rica in very loose chaotic soil in seismic zone. ¨
4. Analysis and design of an embankment for a rock trap ditch subjected to impacting rock blocks, in Trento, Italy.
5. Analysis of shallow foundations for a series of high electric towers in Italy. ¨
6. Geomechanical analysis and design of a landfill for municipal waste in seismic zone (Val Organa); construction phases, short term and long term behavior. Cavaso del Tomba, Treviso, Italy.¨
7. Design and analysis of abutment pile foundations for the new Woodrow-Wilson Bridge between Maryland and Virginia, USA. §
1.
Safety
assessment of the current condition, and analysis and design of the
stabilization system for a sub-vertical 50-m high rock slope in Condino,
Trento, Italy. ¨
2.
Slope
stability analysis of river embankments for the Po river. Rovigo, Italy. ¨
3.
Slope
stability analysis for the slope under Bridge 4284 on the Appalachian Corridor
H, Section 16. Soft clay overlaying shale deposit. Recommendations for the
mitigation of the slope instability threatening the pier foundations. §
1. Structural design and analysis of special reinforced concrete structures (tanks, process basins, etc.) for the purification plant in Asti, Italy. ¨
2. Analysis of the current state, failure causes and technical design documentation relative to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of two earth dams on Wadi Qatarah (Libya); crest length 500 m, crest height 30 m. Analysis and design of diversion tunnels, grouting and toe galleries, intake towers, and outlet works in seismic zone. ¨
3. Analysis of a dock for the Port of Ancona, Italy, composed of tied-back sheet-pile walls. ¨
4. In situ stress measurement program at the Seminoe dam (Wyoming, USA), owned by the US Bureau of Reclamation. The dam was suffering from alcali-aggregate reactions. Recommendations for the stress analyses to be conducted. Study carried out together with Prof. B. Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
1. Final structural design and shop drawings of a precast, prestressed concrete simply-supported bridge 27-m in span over the Roncajette river, Padova, Italy. Girders, deck, abutments and foundations. ¨
2. Final structural design and CAD shop drawings of a steel-concrete composite viaduct 20-m in width, for the highway Milan-Serravalle (Milan, Italy); three span (43-74-43 m) continuous bridge: superstructure, abutments, piers and foundations. ¨
3. Analysis of piers and micropile foundations of a prestressed reinforced concrete bridge in seismic zone, close to Pescopagano, Italy. ¨
Structural design of Ex-Giacetti building, 3 storeys + underground basement. Vicenza, Italy. ¨
1. Structural restoration analysis and design of a XV century masonry building called “Mulini Vecchi” in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza, Italy). ¨
2. Assessment of the current conditions and redesign of the restoration measures for an XVIII century 50-m high masonry bell tower in Bessica di Loria (Vicenza, Italy). ¨
Expert witness for ANAS (Italian National Road and Transportation Agency) relative to a spring intersected by Agnese tunnel in Trento, Italy. Hydrogical and geological study.¨