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A rock from The Rock John Young grew up in Newfoundland, an island nicknamed
The Rock for its geological makeup and rugged coastline. He's a geologist and geological engineer. And, after 25 years with Hatch Acres, he's definitely been a rock |
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John graduated with a B.Sc. in geology from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1972 and earned his M.Sc. in geotechnical engineering at Leeds University in England four years later. His career began in the mining industry where he moved from rock mechanics specialist to head of the mine engineering department at a 16 million-t/yr open-pit asbestos mine until 1980 when he joined Acres (now Hatch Acres). |
Since then, he's been involved primarily in geotechnical aspects of hydroelectric projects, working on all project phases including "green field" surveys, construction work and remediation repairs to aging dams. He has an exceptional reputation for deciphering difficult geology problems and focusing on the engineering aspects, particularly as they relate to large hydroelectric projects and tunnel alignments.
John isn't what you'd call 'half-hearted'. He's well known for getting actively involved on site – no matter where that site may be. In fact, he's spent nearly half of his time with Hatch Acres on location at numerous projects around the world. John has carried out field investigation programs in the South American Andes, Iranian Zagros Mountains and West African highlands. He's studied geothermal resources in Pakistan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan; and conducted seismicity and tectonic studies in Canada, Iran, Chile, East Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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John has also been busy on a number of other large projects around the world. At home in Canada, he's worked on the Bennett Dam sinkhole investigation in British Columbia during 1996-97, the Long Pond reconstruction in Newfoundland in 1987, and the Conawapa dam on the Nelson River in 1989.
When he's not up to his eyeballs in all things igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, you'll find him building model airplanes, waxing nostalgic on WW II military aviation, collecting rare pre-confederation Newfoundland stamps, brewing a crisp amber ale in his basement or filling his iPod with - you guessed it - rock.
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