Grant Macfarlane

Grant’s specialisations include the project management of tailings storage facility designs and investigation studies; design, execution and evaluation, analysis and reporting of detailed geotechnical site investigations (land and marine based) for national infrastructure (ports and railways), mining and commercial projects; earthworks and pavement design; procurement and contract administration of geotechnical contracting services; civil earthworks construction quality assurance and control. Since joining SRK in early 2017, Grant has been involved in a number of tailings storage facility (TSF) projects including waste rock dumps on platinum and diamond mines in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Prior to 2017, Grant carried out detailed geotechnical site and foundation investigations for major national port and railway infrastructure projects including marine/off-shore investigations, bridges, residential, commercial and industrial townships, buildings and structures. He is a registered professional natural scientist and a member of SAICE (geotechnical division).