Adam Lander
Senior Principal and Director
Adam is a Senior Principal in our Melbourne office. Adam provides both technical and operational leadership for the office. Adam is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 27 years’ experience in the geotechnical industry, working as a consultant in Australia and throughout southeast Asia. Adam graduated in 1996 with Bachelors degrees in Civil Engineering and Commerce from the University of Melbourne and completed a Masters degree in Engineering Geology at Imperial College, London in 2004.
Adam has led teams developing innovative design solutions for many types of projects including deep excavations and tunnels, road and rail infrastructure, soft soils and ground improvement, slope remediation, earthworks and buildings. His roles on projects range from specialist geotechnical advice through to technical and management leadership for major project delivery. Adam’s particular areas of expertise include:
Adam’s particular areas of expertise include:
- Deep Excavations and Retaining Walls.
- Tunnels.
- Ground Movement Assessment
- Slope Stability and Remediation.
- Temporary Works Design.
- Ground Improvement
Adam has held the following significant project and organisational roles:
- North West Program Alliance, Southern Program Alliance, Western Program Alliance, South East Program Alliance delivering temporary works design solutions for many of Melbourne’s level crossing removal sites.
- Cross River Rail where Adam provided technical review of geotechnical advice relating to the excavation and support of the eight deep shafts and two dive structures for the project.
- West Gate Tunnel Project in Melbourne where Adam led the geotechnical discipline for the project, comprising deep excavations, retaining walls, bridge foundations, and grouting for groundwater control. He has since been involved in delivering temporary works solutions to facilitate construction over soft soils.
- NorthConnex tunnels in Sydney where Adam delivered the design of deep tunnels and large span Y junctions.
- High Speed Rail study where Adam was the geotechnical lead.
- Infrastructure alliance and D&C projects projects in Melbourne, including M80 Upgrade, South Morang Rail Extension, Regional Rail Link where Adam was the geotechnical lead or lead reviewer.
- Geotechnical Manager for Gammon Construction in Singapore.
- Ground Engineering and Sciences NSW team leader for major multi-disciplinary firm.
