Timothy Thompson
Senior Principal
Tim is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland with over 21 years of geotechnical investigation and design experience including deep and shallow bridge foundations, retaining walls, detention basins, rockfall protection, and slope risk assessment and stabilisation. Tim completed Bachelors and Masters degrees at Purdue University and has experience in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. Tim spent more than 18 years at Arup before joining EDG in early 2024.
Tim is currently the National Chair of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and served as the Queensland Chair in 2016 and 2017. Tim led the development and implementation of the Queensland Geotechnical with an AGS colleague, and is currently undertaking part-time research at the University of Queensland.
Tim’s areas of expertise include:
- Deep Slope engineering and risk assessment.
- Earthworks and ground improvement.
- Construction phase support for infrastructure.
- Geotechnical applications of GIS.