Principal Engineering Geologist, Owner
Martha Whitney offers over twenty years of consulting experience in the energy, mining, and civil engineering sectors in Europe, East Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the United States.
She has a strong background in geotechnical and geologic investigations, engineering geomorphology, and geohazard studies.
Martha’s profile illustrates a broad spectrum of services including:
Ms. Whitney brings a diverse skillset that is applicable to the various phases of geotechnical projects from pre-FEED through design and construction. She understands and respects client goals and collects, interprets, and communicates geoscience information so that those goals may be realized in a safe, efficient, and technically sound manner.
Ms. Whitney’s engagements around the globe have contributed to her ability to adapt to changing and oftentimes adverse conditions, effectively engage within a range of disciplines and diverse environments, and foster and maintain a high level of motivation, technical integrity, and productivity.
Principal Research Geologist
Beau Whitney is a Quaternary geologist and engineering geomorphologist specializing in geohazard recognition and characterization for critical infrastructure projects . His work involves detailed terrain analysis for onshore and offshore projects, and field based geological mapping and geohazard characterization. He is specialized in paleoseismology and active fault trenching studies. His work provides design based inputs for pipelines and linear infrastructure fault-crossings.
He is actively involved in seismotectonic research, specialized in regions with low slip rates (or Stable Continental Regions (SCR)) which are uniquely complex for seismotectonic characterization due to limited seismological data and a lack of known active fault sources. He has innovated strategies for developing seismotectonic models and characterizing earthquake occurrence behaviour in intraplate regions to improve upon the typical state of practice currently employed for intraplate regions. He develops seismic source characterization models for use in seismic hazard assessments (PSHA and DSHA) for site-specific and regional studies all over the world.
