MEGAN PACKER

Megan Packer is a chartered Principal Engineering Geologist at PSM with over 20 years experience in her field. With extensive international experience leading the geotechnical design of small and large-scale infrastructure projects, Megan’s areas of practice include site investigations, laboratory and in-situ testing, interpretative ground modelling, risk and hazard identification, geotechnical design of deep foundations and large excavations, and forensic investigations.

Megan has worked on a wide range of infrastructure projects (from small to major significant projects) within Australia, U.K., Ireland, the Middle East and Hong Kong; in both design and construction support for complex urban underground and surface railways, dams, pumped hydro and other major civil engineering projects.

Megan enjoys working on varied projects from small, but complex, temporary works designs to large-scale high-profile projects. She embraces the challenge of engineering design in varied geological settings, particularly within the complex urban or geomorphological environments.  With experience throughout all design and construction phases, she has a good appreciation of the politically sensitive nature and practicalities of civil infrastructure works.

Megan undertook her undergraduate degrees and postgraduate honours at University of Queensland where she was the recipient of the Geological Society Australia University Medal. Megan completed her MSc (with distinction) at Imperial College London in 2008, receiving the Lapworth Medal.

Megan is an active participant in professional organisations, presenting at technical conferences, organising a national technical conference and supporting young female professionals within the engineering geoscience industry. She holds RPEQ (Civil) and NER registrations and continues to further her technical development through submission of journals and conference articles.

Megan specialises in development of engineering geological models, investigation and geotechnical studies and design for large construction projects. Her fields of special competences include:

• Engineering geology and geotechnical design
• Site investigation, laboratory testing and ground model characterisation
• Geomorphology
• Geotechnical model development
• Design team project management and risk identification
• Ground improvement and grouting
• Deep foundations and large excavations