IGMI - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
IGMI INNOVATIVE GEOMECHANICS INC. Geological Engineering Experts
About Innovative GeoMechanics Inc.
At Innovative GeoMechanics Incorporated, we leverage 70+ years of combined experience to provide innovative geological engineering and geomechanics solutions to surface and underground challenges in rock and stiff soils, while managing risks due to geology, design, construction, and operation. Established in 1999 and Incorporated in 2019, IGMI provides expert advisory and review services related to underground and open pit mining, tunnelling and cavern design, underground support systems, slope stability and rockfall hazard management, subsurface geotechnical investigation and monitoring, geotechnical design and hazard assessment for hydropower projects, and surface geohazard and geo-risk mitigation.
Innovative Rock Engineering Solutions for Your Project
Subsurface Investigation for Rock Engineering and Ground Support
Subsurface Investigation for Rock Engineering and Ground Support
Subsurface Investigation for Rock Engineering and Ground Support
We provide guidance and review related to subsurface geotechnical investigation and monitoring for surface and underground design and hazard assessment, rock mechanics site conditions, as well as present and future impacts of local and project-wide engineering geology.
Applied Rock Mechanics for Underground Mining and Tunnelling
Subsurface Investigation for Rock Engineering and Ground Support
Subsurface Investigation for Rock Engineering and Ground Support
We leverage and share our experience related to hazard assessment, rockmass characterization, engineering geology and geomechanics analysis for projects in mining, tunnelling and cavern construction, and design of excavations and rock support near surface and at great depth.
Rock Engineering Expert Services for Arbitration and Litigation
Subsurface Investigation for Rock Engineering and Ground Support
Rock Engineering Expert Services for Arbitration and Litigation
Engineers and builders work hard to get it right, but sometimes it does not work out as planned. We guide owners, designers, and contractors through geotechnical aspects of claims, arbitrations and litigations, and act as expert witness in rock engineering disputes.
Open Pit Mine Geomechanics
Rockfalls and Landslide Mitigation
Rock Engineering Expert Services for Arbitration and Litigation
We provide guidance and review for site investigation, rockmass and geostructure assessment, geotechnical hazard assessment, spatial and temporal monitoring, multiscale slope stability and mine safety
Rockfalls and Landslide Mitigation
Rockfalls and Landslide Mitigation
Rockfalls and Landslide Mitigation
We have the expertise and experience to guide the design, optimization and implementation of hazard assessment, monitoring protocols and risk mitigation strategies for rockfalls and landslides impacting mining and civil infrastructure.
Geohazards and Risk Management
Rockfalls and Landslide Mitigation
Rockfalls and Landslide Mitigation
Geohazards impact both the natural and built environment. Ensuring safety and reliability of new and existing infrastructure in challenging terrain requires a 4-D geological engineering approach as conditions vary and change.
Past Experience and Current Projects
Who are We?
Dr. Mark S. Diederichs
Dr. Mark S. Diederichs
Dr. Mark S. Diederichs
PhD, P.Eng.(Ont, BC), FEIC, ARMA Fellow, FCAE, FRSC
President and Principal, IGMI
...is a geomechanics and geological engineering expert with 35 years of global industry experience acting as consultant, advisor, reviewer and expert witness for designers, owners and contractors on projects including shallow and deep D&B and TBM tunnelling in hard and soft rock, ground support design, underground risk management, rock cavern engineering for transportation, storage and power generation, surface and underground mining, and rock excavations.
Dr. Diederichs has been honoured for his engineering R&D, industry contributions, and educational impact by the ISRM Rocha Medal, the CGS Colloquium, the John Franklin Award, the Thomas Roy Award, the CGS Cross Canada Lecture, the Queen's Engineering Awards for R&D Impact and for Teaching, the Queen's University Awards for both Research Impact and for Graduate Student Supervision, and the CGS RM Hardy Lecture. He is an inducted Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the American Rock Mechanics Assoc., the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Canada.
He has published over 450 refereed technical publications, supervised 100 R&D Masters and PhD students, and taught more than 12000 undergraduate engineers. He is now an Emeritus Geological Engineering Professor at Queen's.
Dr. D. Jean Hutchinson
Dr. Mark S. Diederichs
Dr. Mark S. Diederichs
PhD, P.Eng.(Ont,BC), FEIC, FCAE
Vice President and Principal, IGMI
...is an expert with 35 years of international experience in consulting, advising and review, integrating engineering geology and geomechanics for underground and surface mining, mine closure, transportation corridor risk management, as well as landslide/rockfall monitoring and risk management using instruments and remote sensing.
Dr. Hutchinson has received numerous awards and medals, including the Glossop Medal, the John B. Stirling Medal, the Women in Mining Canada Trailblazer Award, the CP Rail Medal, the Robert L. Schuster Medal, the John Franklin Award for Rock Mechanics, the Thomas Roy Award for Engineering Geology, the Queen's Engineering Education Excellence Award, and others. Jean is an inducted Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
She is a Member of the International Advisory Board to the President of the IAEG, outgoing President of the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique, incoming VP Technical for the Canadian Geotechnical Society and member of both the Women in Mine Stability and Women in Engineering Geology groups. Jean is a Professor Emeritus in Geological Engineering at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.
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