AG3 S.r.l. - Earth Sciences Department of Turin University

DOTT. GEOLOGO MAURO BUGNANO

Professional Position:    Senior Geologist

Date of Birth:                  10 February 1961

Nationality:                     Italian

Membership of Professional Associations:

Registered in the Association of Professional Geologists, National and Piedmont Region, since 1996

Languages

• Italian: Mother tongue
• English: Very good (written and spoken)
• French: Fairly good (written and spoken)

 Employment Record

• 2011-2019: AG3 S.r.l. – Spin off of the Turin University, Founding member, President by 2015.
• 2012-2014: Tekne S.A., Turin, Italy, Member, Adviser, Chief of the Engineering Geology dept.
• 2008-2013: Polithema Società di Ingegneria s.r.l., Turin, Italy, Member, Adviser, Chief of the Engineering Geology dept.
• 2000-2008: Polithema S.A., Turin, Italy, Associate, Chief Geologist
• 1996-2000: Free lance professional, Turin, Italy, Senior Engineering Geologist
• 1991–1996: Junior geologist

 Education

• Degree in Engineering Geology at the Turin Science and Mathematics University, Earth Sciences Department in 1991 (110/110).

Work Experience

Chief geologist in projects and consultings for public and private clients, operating in the field of engineering geology, natural risk assessment, water resources management and land management.

Great experience in geological, environmental, hydrological and hydrogeological fieldwork and analysis, territorial and urban planning geomorphology, quantitative analyses for assessing hazard levels related to alluvial-fan and landslide, with particular aptitude in natural risks for land management purposes. Also specialized in aerial photo interpretation. Planning and site support for drilling campaigns, geoelectric and seismic surveys; geological support during construction of surface (dams, roads, railways) and underground (power plants, water pipe tunnels, road and railway tunnels) civil works. Moreover:

• Soil and rock mass characterization and definition of geotechnical and geo-mechanical constitutive models;
• Slope stability studies, prevention and settlement of erosive phenomena
• Failure tests on natural and artificial slopes, both in rock and incoherent soils
• Buried and open pit mines
• Hydrogeological and geothermal investigations and modeling
• Evaluation of geothermal potential of deep hydrogeological circuits
• Wells and mineral water research plans
• Environmental impact assessment
• Environmental and pollution monitoring
• 3D stereographic and spatial analysis of DTM

He worked on the deep Cassas and Serre la Voute landslides impinging on the international highway to France, within a multidisciplinary international group of experts. For the XX Winter Olympic Games he worked on many of the most important works.