M. BLOCK & ASSOCIATES LTD. |
Geotechnical & Environmental Consulting Engineers |
Jeffrey Block, P. Eng. |
Position |
Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Owner – May 1992 - Present |
Design Experience |
Footing Designs
· Design of shallow footing foundation on a stiff varved silty clay for the Sandy Lake Elementary School in Sandy Lake, Ontario
· Shallow footing foundation design on dense silty sand for the Virden Collegiate.
· Design of footings bearing on a dense sand deposit for the proposed Mitchell, Manitoba Middle Years School.
· Footing bearing on a dense sand deposit for the J.R. Reid School addition in Brandon, Manitoba.
· Dryden Elementary School footing design on stiff varved silty clay.
· Design of four Ontario Provincial Park Water Treatment Plants bearing on various deposits of sand and bedrock. |
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Cast-In Place Concrete Friction Pile Designs
Various Manitoba Projects · Several MTS, Telus Mobility and Rogers Can-Tel AT&T Cell towers. · Various IGA stores (Winnipeg and Birds Hill). · Princess Auto. · Lavalle Elementary School. · St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church (Underpinning). · Winkler Canadian Tire |
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Pre-Cast Pile Designs
· The New Sheraton Hotel at the Winnipeg International Airport. · Mafeking Arena in Mafeking, Manitoba. · Cambrian Credit Union on Broadway Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba. · Penner International Trucking Loading Facility in Steinbach, Manitoba. · Standard Aero Building No. 6 and Jet Testing Facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
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End-Bearing Cast-in-Place Pile Designs
· Several MTS towers throughout Manitoba. · Seagram’s Distillery Plant Expansion in Gimli, Manitoba. · The proposed IGA Store in Dryden, Ontario. · Nexen Chemicals Plant expansion in Brandon, Manitoba
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Inspection Experience |
Nexen Chemical - Brandon, Manitoba Materials project Manager. P. Eng. sealed all rebar inspections for this multi-million dollar structure. P. Eng. sealed all foundation inspection reports and final foundation report. Winnipeg Free Press Building Materials project Manager Geotechnical inspector Full-time re-bar inspector Concrete testing Granular compaction testing
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Education |
May 1992 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba B.Sc. Eng. (Civil) |
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