Er. Emily Mark

Topic of the Presentation:

Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability – A Framework for Geohazard Risk Management in Challenging Terrain

About Speaker:

Emily Mark is a geological engineer and project manager within proven experience in geohazard assessment and geohazard mitigation design for communities, mining and transportation sector clients. She is focused on finding cost-effective and practical solutions for geohazard management challenges. Emily’s M.Sc. thesis presented an international review of debris-flow and debris-flood mitigation techniques and provided guidance for the design of debris-flow and debris-flood mitigation in Canada. Her analysis and design experience includes geohazard assessment, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment for geohazard and dam projects, numerical landslide runout modelling, and design of geohazard mitigation systems, including functional, hydrotechnical and geotechnical design aspects. With BGC Engineering, Emily has worked on projects in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, as well as in Chile, Argentina, Nepal and the Dominican Republic; she has also completed field work in Europe, Japan and Hong Kong to develop her understanding of international best practices for steep creek hazard mitigation.