Ivan Livinskiy

Ivan has over 10 years of experience in the field of mining geotechnics in accordance with international standards and expertise in numerical modeling.

His major focus is in characterization of rock mass according to international classifications (Rock Mass Rating (RMR), Modified Rock Mass Rating (MRMR, iMRMR), Barton Q System). His expertise covers QA\QC of data collecting, processing of data collected, supervision of and organization of geotechnical drilling and laboratory tests for physical and mechanical rock properties. He is professional user of different geotechnical software packages and well experienced in geotechnical modelling. He has also experience in training and programming of geotech data collection according the international standards, in control over geotechnical drilling, and dealing with drilling subcontractors. His experience includes structural data collection at the operating mine sites using photogrammetric methods. He is currently engaged in co-authoring of the Federal Safety Rules and Standards: Open pit, open cast and dump stability regulation.