David G. Abbott had a B.Eng degree from Liverpool University in England in civil engineering. He was a registered professional engineer throughout Europe, and was an Independent Consultant.
He had nearly 40 years of experience in underground construction and was actively involved in the design and construction of tunneling, pipe jacking, microtunneling, and other forms of trenchless technology for many years. His expertise covered all aspects of project development from project evaluation and feasibility study through conceptual and detailed engineering to equipment selection, project construction, construction management through to forensic and expert witness work.
Since1983, he had been involved with more than 400 tunneling, pipejacking, and microtunneling projects. Before joining Jason, he was based in the USA as a senior executive with two of the leading international tunnel equipment manufacturing and supply companies. His international experience was extensive having worked in Europe, SE Asia, Australia, North, South and Latin America.
David was a well-known speaker at North American and international tunneling and trenchless technology conferences and seminars and presented more than 30 papers at various forums and conferences in many countries. He also wrote numerous articles for technical journals and was a technical advisor on the recent ASCE Utility Tunneling Video.
