Project Description

Lead geotechnical consultant for a rock engineering investigation performed over the interval of Kilometer 46.7 to 47.7 of Highway 1 north of Hope, British Columbia, also known as Alexandra Bluff. The purpose of this investigation was to provide rock slope stabilization recommendations above and advance to the tunnel portal to reduce the rockfall hazard to the traveling public. The bluff is 1026 meters long and consists of a constructed rock slope (up to 50 m high) as well as a rock natural rock slope above the constructed slope which extends several hundred meters above.