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phil@foundationds.com.au

CONTACT

Head Office
Enquiries

Sydney, NSW

Australia

ABOUT

Phil Mackenzie brings his 25 years’ of experience to the geotechnical consulting industry via his new venture, FDS.

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Phil was a co-founder and technical director of the piling company Advanced Foundation Solutions, established in 2002, and remained as the technical manager after AFS was acquired by Bachy Soletanche until March 2017.  Prior to this time, he has worked for Connell Wagner, Douglas Partners and Wagstaff Piling.

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During his career, he has

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  • Conducted geotechnical site investigations.

  • Designed piled foundations and retaining wall solutions.

  • Been involved in all aspects of foundation construction from machine operation to concrete placement.

  • Managed all aspects of foundation quality control.  Some examples include; CFA piling machine monitoring and developing electronic, tablet based ITP checklists for concrete placement in segmentally cased bored piles.

  • Became an accredited writer / assessor for competency verification for piling machine operators.

  • Performed all aspects of foundation testing and analysis for both pile capacity and integrity.

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Some notable projects where Phil has had significant technical input include:

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  • Barangaroo South Building Foundations utilising drill fluid and ground stabilisation techniques.

  • Very high strength (120MPa+) rock drilling for the RMS, Berry By-Pass project.

  • Barangaroo South Salt Water Intake Structure, secant pile retaining wall without anchors.  This project has been the topic of a presentation at a recent IPQC conference.

  • LNG delivery works in central Queensland, including developing bespoke construction techniques for dynamically-isolated foundation piles.

  • Clermont Mine Dump Hopper, project management and ground stabilisation methods design facilitating 24/7 shift construction.

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FDS can draw on this wealth of experience to provide its clients construction risk advice.  Our aim is to provide designs that can be efficiently constructed utilising the wide range of construction techniques currently available to the market.

 
 
 

FOUNDATION DESIGN SERVICES

GEOTECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

FDS provides you with piled foundation and retaining wall designs that will suit your site conditions.  We are also able to provide working platform design to ensure cost effective and efficient foundation construction.

We have 20 years' experience in all forms of pile testing including:

  • PDA - Dynamic Pile Testing

  • PIT - Pile Integrity Testing

  • CSL - Sonic Logging

  • Static Testing

Geotechnical Design & Pile Testing

We offer construction management services that keep costs low; improve the quality of your project and maintain on-site efficiency.  FDS is currently developing electronic quality control tools for kelly drilled foundations which we plan to launch soon.

Construction Advice

Pre-construction planning is crucial for the success of any project. FDS will work with you to assess and control in-ground risk, before problems arise.

Geotechnical
Risk Assessment