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1 PETER SCHUBERT ic Consulenten Ziviltechniker GmbH Bergheim, Austria CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: Schubert 2. First names: Peter Alexander 3. Date of birth: July 1 st, Nationality: Austrian 5. Civil status: Married, one child 6. Education: Dipl.-Ing.Dr.mont. Institution Date: from (month/year): to (month/year): Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Institution Date: from (month/year): to (month/year): Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Technical University Graz Diplomingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) Mining University Leoben PhD in Tunnelling (Dr.mont.) 7. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence) 5 = best 1 = worst Language Reading Speaking Writing German English French Membership of professional bodies: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Geomechanik International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM) International Tunnelling Association (ITA) member of shotcrete working group

2 9. Other skills: Registered Mediator 10. Present position: Partner, Geotechnical and Tunnelling Expert 11. Years within the firm: since March Key qualifications: Tunnelling, Rock Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, Project Management (design projects), Quality Assurance (design projects), Monitoring, Sprayed Concrete 13. Specific Eastern Countries experience: Country Slovenia Croatia Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 1987 / 88 Design and Consultancy for Karawankentunnel 1998 / 99 Mix Design for Shotcrete of Tunnel Sveti Marko 14. Professional Experience Record: Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) since 01/2000 Salzburg, Austria ic consulenten ZT GesmbH Geotechnical and Tunnelling Expert Professional Engineer CE Consultant for underground projects and geotechnical engineering Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 11/ /1999 Salzburg, Austria MBT Austria GmbH Area Manager Manager for underground construction for Austria and Eastern European Countries Consultant for different underground projects, e.g. Malmö PTT Caverns Sweden, Bolu Tunnel Turkey Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) /1997 Salzburg Geoconsult ZT GmbH Head of Geotechnics and Tunnelling Department Project management, technical and commercial leadership Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) Saudi Arabia SSSP Project Project manager for Geoconsult s team Rock engineering, test programs, design implementation during consutruction

3 Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) Salzburg Geoconsult Project engineer Project engineer for execution design for two road tunnels and consultancy during construction Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) Taiwan Geoconsult Taiwan Project engineer for underground cavern project Special tasks in shotcrete testing, geotechnical monitoring program, prestressed anchors Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) Leoben, Austria Mining University Leoben Assistant Professor Assistant Professor at the Institute for Underground Construction (Prof. Feder, Prof. Golser) 15. Others: Detailed knowledge on sprayed concrete, mix Design, specification, technology, testing 15a. Academic Teaching: in Leoben b. Publications, Lectures, Seminars: (see Appendix B) 15c. Selected References: (see Appendix A) 15d. Involvement in major cavern Design and Execution: (see Appendix C) Update February 2007

4 Appendix A SELECTED PROJECT REFERENCES Project: Sentvid Motorway Tunnel and Caverns Client: DDC Slovenian Road Authority Country: Slovenia Period: Services: Tunnel Consultant during Design and Contruction Project: Koralm line, extended exploration phase 3 exploration tunnels for the main 32 km Koralm tunnel Client: ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG Period: Services: Independent Tunnel Consultant Project: Arlberg connection tunnels Escape tunnels between road and railway tunnels Client: Asfinag, Alpen Strassen AG Period: Services: Consultancy for the Contractor, design ofn alternative solutions Project: Rehabilitation Ofenauer - Hieflertunnel Reconstruction of inner lining and niches Client: Asfinag, County Salzburg Period: Services: Project Manager for final design Project: Client: Country: Services: Wiental Reservoir Rehabilitation works at retaining walls and dam Magistrat der Stadt Wien, Wiener Wasserwerke Austria project manager for the design and tender of rehabilitation works including grouting of dam Project: Rigips Austria Stabilization and backfill of an old mine Client: Rigips Austria GesmbH Period: Services: Final Design, Tender Documents, Project Management, Site Supervision Project: Nollinger Berg Road Tunnel 2 nd tube 1.5 km road tunnel adjacent to an existing tube Client: Hinteregger / Östu-Stettin JV Country: Germany Period: Services: Final Design Project: Light Rail Linz, Main Railway Station Interchange Underground light rail system, underpassing the main railway station of Linz and several sensitive buildings. Turnout structures and underground turning loops. Client: Hinteregger / Östu-Stettin /Wayss Freitag JV Period: Services: Independent Checking Engineer for Contractor

5 Project: Naintsch Mineralwerke, talkum mine, Austria Period: 2001 Tasks: Expert opinion on mine stability, support design Project: Trojane Tunnel, Slovenia twin tube road tunnel in very weak ground conditions Client: DDC, Slovenian Road Authority Country: Slovenia Period: Tasks: Consultant for stability monitoring of tunnel and construction methods Project: Lainzer Tunnel construction lot LT 22 Tunnel construction underneath main Austrian railway line Client: Eisenbahn- Hochleistungsstrecken AG Period: Tasks: Consultant for stability assessment of all underground openings under very critical (third party) boundary conditions Project: Lärchstein- und Wettersteintunnel water tunnel of the Vienna Main Water line Client: Magistrat Wien MA 31, Wiener Wasserwerke Period: 2000 Tasks: Assessment of damage from squeezing rocks and aggressive mountain water, development of a repair strategy. Project: Felbertauerntunnel Client: Felbertauern AG Period: 2000 Tasks: Expert opinion for the construction of escape ways into the fresh air ventilation duct; tender design; vibration study Project: Lainzer Tunnel construction lot LT 21 Cut and cover Wiental crossing Client: Eisenbahn- Hochleistungsstrecken AG Period: 2000 Tasks: Development of a risk management plan for a deep open cut in close vicinity to the main railway line Vienna - Salzburg Project: Malmö PTT Cavern two underground caverns for housing PTT infrastructure in Limestone Client: Swedish Post and Telecom Country: Sweden Period: Services: Excavation and Support Design, Tender Documents Project: Bolu Mountains Tunnel, Motorway tunnels 3-lane motorway tunnels in extremely poor rock conditions Client: Astaldi S.p.A. Country: Turkey Period: Services: Redesign during Construction, Consultancy Project: CERN, Lot 5 Underground caverns for new Hadron colliders in molasse rocks Client: CERN Country: Switzerland Period: Services: Review of geotechnical investigations, cavern tender Design, numerical analyses

6 Project: Ertan Hydropower Plant Underground Powerhouse complex in basaltic rocks with major rock stress problems Client: Philipp Holzmann AG Country: China Period: Services: Consultancy for Contractor Project: Semmering Basistunnel, Pilottunnel Investigation tunnel for 22 km basis tunnel Client: Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken AG (HLAG) Period: Services: Detailed Design during construction, Management of geotechnical programme, Special Solutions Project: Seremban Tunnel, Widening of old railway tunnel Client: IRCON, India Country: Malaysia Period: 1994 Services: Design for tunnel reconstruction Project: Metro Athens Underground stations in poor rock conditions Client: Contractor's Consortium Country: Greece Period: Services: Geotechnical assessment, monitoring programme, site consultancy Project: Semmering Basistunnel (22km) Client: HLAG Period: 1992 Services: Geotechnical Assessment Study Project: Saudi Strategic Storage Program (SSSP) Multi-cavern project at 4 different sites, sedimentary and granitic rocks Client: ABV Rock Group Country: Saudi Arabia Period: Services: Design and execution of large scale rock mechanics test program, Design of cavern excavation and support, site consultancy Project: Alte Wacht Tunnel Provincial road tunnel Client: Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung Period: 1988 Services: Detailed Design Project: Trattenbach Tunnel Road tunnel, difficult portal solutions, slope retaining measures Client: Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung Period: 1988 Services: Detailed Design Project: Karawankentunnel Client: Slovenian Road Administration Country: Slovenia Period: Services: Interpretation of monitoring data, Design of support, Consultancy during construction

7 Project: Izmit Bypass Tunnel Motorway tunnels in limestone Client: Impregilo S.p.A. Country: Turkey Period: 1987 Services: Detailed Design Project: Multipurpose Underground Storage Project complex of large tunnels and caverns in very poor rock conditions Client: RSEA Country: Taiwan Period: Services: detailed Design, interpretation of monitoring data, shotcrete quality improvement, specifications and tender evaluation for prestressed anchors

8 Appendix B PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, SEMINARS Das Tragevermögen des Mörtelversetzten Ankers unter aufgezwungener Kluftverschiebung (Behaviour of grouted rock bolts in shearing joints) Ph.D.-thesis: Technical University Leoben, Austria, March 1984 G. Feder, H. Zitter,, K. Kohlbach Verhalten von vollvermörtelten Felsankern in Bereichen vollständiger Mörtelumhüllung (Behaviour of steel tendons in case of perfect and non perfect cement grouting) Berg- u. Hüttenmännische Monatshefte, Sonderdruck aus Jg. 129, Heft 5, 1984 Das Langzeitverhalten von SN-Ankern im Untertageeinsatz (The longterm behaviour of SN rock bolts in underground construction) Felsbau 2 (1984), Nr.4 Lecture at the 33rd Geomechanic Colloquy, October 1984, Salzburg, Austria, K. Mussger, G.W. Rhodes Early property measurements in shotcrete Lecture at the 67th Annual Meeting National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, January 1988, Washington D.C., USA Beitrag zum rheologischen Verhalten von Spritzbeton (Rheological behaviour of shotcrete) Felsbau 6 (1988), Nr.3 Support element requirements to cope with large deformations Lecture at the Austrian tunneling seminar, Nottingham University September 1988 Nottingham, U.K., T. Marinko Vortrieb Karawankentunnel im stark beanspruchten Südabschnitt (Excavation of Karawankentunnel in formations heavily stressed by tectonics) Sonderdruck "Felsbau 7" (1989), No.2, Lecture at the 37th Geomechanic Colloquy October 1988 Salzburg, Austria W. Mayrhauser,, W. Karpellus Karawankentunnel Süd Vortrieb in druckhaftem Gebirge mit der NATM unter Anwendung neuer Deformations- Anker-Köpfe (Karawanken tunnel south application of the NATM in pressure exerting rock and development of new yielding anchor heads) Sonderdruck MAYREDER-Zeitschrift, 34. Jg., June 1989 J. Golser,, K. Rabensteiner A new concept for evaluation of loading in shotcrete linings International Congress on Progress and Innovation in Tunnelling, 9/1989, Toronto, Canada, T. Marinko Karawankentunnel Süd Bauerfahrungen (construction experiences) Lecture at the Geomechanics Collquium 1991 Salzburg, to be published Felsbau 1992 Die Ungewissheit bei der Standsicherheitsanalyse von Felsbauwerken (the uncertainty at the stability analysis of structures in rock) Lecture at the Geomechanics Colloquium 1991 Salzburg, Felsbau 10 (1992) Nr.4

9 G. Riedmüller, J. Golser,, H. Zojer Geologische, Geotechnische und Hydrogeologischer Erkundungen für den Semmering Basistunnel (geological, geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations for the Semmering Basistunnel) Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte BHM, 137. Jg (1992) Heft 12 W. Schubert, Tunnels in squeezing rocks: failure Phenomena and counteractions ISRM Symposium on Assessment and Prevention of Failure Phenomena in Rock Engineering, April 1993 Istanbul, G. M. Vavrovsky Geomechanics interpretation of modern tunnel monitoring results 2nd International Symposium on Tunnelling and Underground Structures, Ljubljana, Slovenia, G. M. Vavrovsky Advanced interpretation of tunnel monitoring results World Tunnelling Nov. 1994, O. Sigl Dealing with large geological structures in cavern design and construction South East Asian Symposium on Tunnelling and Underground Space Development, Japan Tunnelling Association, Bangkok Jan Funktion und Grenzen der Geotechnischen Messungen im Tunnelbau Salzburger Geomechanik Kolloquium 1995, Felsbau 6/95, L. Zeisel Experience with large underground caverns under high primary stress at the Ertan Hydropower Plant World Tunnel Congress Vienna 97 "Tunnels for People" Balkema 1997, U. Lindblom Tunneling in hard rock and soft ground Swedish Bridge Builder's day, 19.Jan.1996, Gothenburg, Sweden Bergschlagprobleme bei großen Kavernen in China Lecture at the "Österreichischen Bergbautag 1996" 7./ Leoben, M. Moggioli, J. Brandl, J. Golser Extraordinary difficulties driving the motorway tunnels through Bolu mountains, Turkey Felsbau 6/97 Comparison of different shotcrete technologies, logistics, health and safety environmental impact and cost Proceedings of the first intenational fair and symposium on underground constructions, in Zilina, Slovakia M. Sachs, W. Aldrian, Construction Austria s Siebergtunnel Tunnels and Tunnelling September 1998 Innovative products and solutions for underground construction Lecture at the International Symposium on Underground Construction, Ljubljana,23./ , W. Aldrian Wet against dry systems a dynamic development in German speaking countries Proceeding of the third international sysmposium on sprayed concrete, Gol, Norway Sep. 1999

10 , Z. Potocnjak Performance requirements of sprayed concrete in tunnelling Proceedings of the Scientific Symposium on Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling, Zagreb Croatia, Sept.30 - Oct.2, 1999 Vavrovsky G.M., Ayaydin N., Schubert P. Geotechnisches Sicherheitsmanagement im obenflächennahen Tunnelbau Felsbau 19 (2001) Nr.5 Moritz B., Vergeiner R., Schubert P. Experience gained at Monitoring of a Shallow Tunnel under a Main Railway Line Felsbau 20 (2002) No.2 Schubert P. Key Elements of Geotechnical Risk Management at Shallow Tunnels United Engineering Foundation, Probabilistics in GeoTechnics: Technical and Economic Risk Estimation, Sep Graz Schubert P., Vergeiner R., Moritz B. Experience with Shallow Tunnelling in Weak Rocks under a Strategic Railway Line YTMK / ITA International Conference & Exhibition on Tunnelling & Underground Space Use, 15-^8 October 2002 Istanbul Türkei Schubert P., Bergmair, M. Geotechnische Risikobewertung und Risikomanagement Methodologie und Fallbeispiele 51.Geomechanik Kolloquium 2002 Salzburg, Felsbau 20 (2002) No.5 Schubert P., Schweiger H.F, Zur Standsicherheit der Ortsbrust in Lockerböden, Eurock 2004 & 53rd Geomechanics Colloquium Schubert (ed.) 2004 VGE Schubert P., Klopcic J., Stimulak A., Ajdic I., Logar J. Analysis of Characteristic Deformation Patterns at the Trojane Tunnel in Slovenia, Felsbau 23 (2005) Nr.5 Moritz B., Goldberger H., Schubert P. Application of the Observational Method on Heterogeneous Rock Mass with Low Overburden, Felsbau 24 (2006) Nr.1 Schubert P., Zigon A., Vergeiner R., Entscheidungskriterien für die Planung von zwei 360m² Kavernen in Slowenien, Felsbau 24 (2006) Nr.5

11 Appendix C INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR CAVERN DESIGN AND EXECUTION Multipurpose Underground Storage Complex, Taiwan Complex of tunnels and caverns in weak, tectonised rock conditions, data confidential, Responsible for geotechnical monitoring programme, shotcrete testing and improvement, specificaiton and tender evaluation for prestressed anchors SSSP Project Saudi Arabia 1989 / Design and execution (as subcontractor) of a large scale rock mechanics test program for site 1. This site is characterised by medium hard limestones with clay layers in bedding planes and distinct subvertical faults. The test program comprised large scale compression tests, shear tests and plate load tests plus a laboratory test program. In a later stage co-ordinator for a test program on dynamic properties of the rock mass (as a basis for weapon-load Design) 2. Lead Engineer for rock excavation and support Design for site 1 including static and dynamic loads. Guidance of 2D and 3D static and dynamic numerical analyses. 3. Design reviewer and responsible engineer for Design implementation and verification for all sites (including sandstones and granites) Pergau HEP Malaysia Assistance to the lead Design company at the orientation of the cavern complex, assessment of cavern stability and Design of the support for a large wedge created by a fault intersection the Powerhouse cavern. Ertan HEP China Review of cavern complex stability for the Contractor during execution (because of major problems with rock burst and stability). Performance of 3-D stress analysis of the whole complex to predict further critical zones during progressive execution. Expert opinions of stability and remedial measures. CERN package 2, Switzerland / France Design leader for 2 large caverns separated by a concrete pillar. Total span about 50m. Rock mass is molasse (sequence of marls, partly weak and tectonised and sandstones). Rock mass cover above caverns 20m plus 50m moraine, water table near surface. Guidance of various 2D and 3D numerical analyses, partly complex simulations of rock structures, water conditions (effective stress), swelling and creep of marl layers, etc. Malmö PTT Caverns / Sweden Two 15m wide caverns in soft limestone, excavated by roadheader Review of geotechnical investigations, detailed Design of excavation and support, Design of monitoring programme, tender documents, consultancy during construction. Sentvid Motoway Caverns / Slovenia Two 26m wide caverns in tectonized siltstones and sandstones Design Reviewer, Member of Expert council

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