David Cunliffe
Senior Principal
David is a Chartered Professional Engineer and a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland with over 18 years’ experience in the geotechnical industry, working as a consultant in Australia and the UK. David graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester, and has also completed a Master’s degree in Soil Mechanics at Imperial College in 2010.
Since joining EDG in 2016, David has focused on infrastructure projects and established himself as a trusted advisor to clients, delivering practical temporary and permanent works design solutions and construction phase advice.
David’s areas of expertise include:
- Deep excavations and retention systems.
- Structure foundations.
- Numerical modelling.
- Design of temporary works.
- Construction phase advice and assessment.
- Geotechnical investigation.
Roles on significant projects that David has held include:
- Cross River Rail Project in Brisbane where David developed geotechnical ground models for station and access shaft designs, delivered several temporary works packages, including tower crane foundations, retention systems and temporary platforms, and has also led the design of permanent structure foundations using groups of micropiles.
- Western Roads Upgrade in Melbourne where David provided geotechnical review and direction for bridge foundation designs.
- Gateway Upgrade North and Kingsford Smith Drive projects where he led the team in providing temporary works design and review.
- Eton Range Realignment Project, near Mackay, where he provided site based geological mapping, temporary works and engineering advice.
- Toowoomba Range Second Crossing Pre Tender Site Investigation where David was the field manager.
