- Allan Garrard, Parsons Brinckerhoff; Tony Miner, A.S. Miner Geotechnical
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As the human pressure on our delicate coastal fringe increases, there is a requirement to maintain and revise the levels of management exercised in promoting safety, functionality and environmental sustainability on the coast. In addition, much of the Australian Coast is eroding and this is particularly noticeable where foreshore cliffs are close to property or infrastructure. Predicted climate change factors will increase erosion in many areas meaning that the issues associated with erosional impacts are likely to accelerate. This presentation discusses a number of strategies to manage coastal change using case studies to emphasise the range of issues and potential responses.
BIOS:
Allan Garrard BSc MIEAust CPEng, is an Executive Civil/Geotechnical Engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff. His engineering experience spans over 22 years including the assessment and analysis of many slopes, cliffs and coastal infrastructure.
Allan’s experience in Victoria includes the assessment of coastal stability and marine facilities in Portarlington, Portsea, Sorrento, Portland the Bellarine Peninsula and the surf coast. Specifically, Allan managed the specialist coastal facilities assessment in Port Phillip Bay in connection with the Melbourne Channel Deepening project. Also, Allan conducted extensive assessment work in the Portland coastal area and produced a report and drawings which are used by DSE and Glenelg Shire as an essential part of their long term risk management guidelines and to prioritise the utilisation of funding.
Much of Allan’s work on the Victorian Shoreline has been as part of an integrated approach where the different effects of human pressures on the natural and built environment have been assessed. The resulting guidelines have considered all of the factors involved and the result is a more informed and integrated planning scheme to protect and manage the natural coastline and the marine assets. Allan is currently assisting the DSE in reviewing their coastal risk strategy.
Tony Miner graduated as a civil engineer from Deakin University in 1978 and later gained a masters degree in engineering geology at the University of Ballarat. He has experience in a diverse range of projects in the geotechnical engineering and environmental areas with involvement in geotechnical site investigations, foundation, slope stabilisation, ground water studies, land capability assessment and environmental/natural resource management studies.
However his focus over the past 11 years has been on risk management techniques and landslide studies including various residential landslide risk assessments in the South Western Victoria and numerous coastal instability risk assessment studies over a broader region ranging from the Bellarine Peninsula to Portland. He has also been involved with landslide studies and monitoring programs in Wollongong (NSW) and Tasmania.
Tony is actively involved in landslide research through formal associations with both The University of Ballarat and The University of Wollongong and he has published a number of landslide and risk related conference papers. He has regularly attended various international landslide related conferences throughout the world and is a member of the 2007 Australian Geomechanics Society’s National Taskforce on Landslide Risk Management.