Ignacio's consulting experience has been focused on the design and compliance of tailings storage facilities and related infrastructure. He gets involved in dam safety compliance and tailings facilities design management, encompassing analyses such as risk assessments, trade-off studies, cost estimation, slope stability, water management, foundation design, seepage analyses, water balances, closure design, site investigation, and scheduling.
Ignacio is a Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Before moving to Canada, he worked 8 years in Australia. His work has been focused in these two countries in operations of varied complexities. He is passionate about transferring knowledge across the industry and providing best practice expertise to operations in Latin America, including work experience in Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Brazil, which is facilitated by his knowledge of the culture and languages.
