John Eckersley

John Eckersley retired from engineering practice in 2019 after 2 years as Technical Director (Geotechnical) at AECOM, 19 years at Coffey in Townsville (Senior, Associate and Principal Geotechnical Engineer), 17 years teaching at JCU, and 3½ years as the first geotechnical engineer at Goonyella open strip coal mine. He has BE, MEngSc and PhD degrees from JCU, and was an RMS NSW Accredited Slope Risk Assessor. His JCU research mostly focussed on flowslides and moisture movements in coking coal stockpiles. His consulting work varied widely including soft soil to hard rock, landslide remediation and slope risk assessment, retaining walls and residential development on sloping sites, bridge pile and levee bank design. He provided the key geotechnical input to high profile projects in Townsville including The Strand Redevelopment Project, response to the Castle Hill Landslides in 2000, Townsville Railway Station, the Townsville V8 Supercar Project and the Townsville Port Access Road.