Kurt Schimpke

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Kurt provides tailings management services to mining clients, including alternatives studies, dam design, instrumentation monitoring, dam safety inspections, and third-party reviews. He has been involved in projects across the Midwestern U.S., Canada, and the Middle East. In addition, Kurt serves on the Tailings and Mine Waste conference Organizing Committee, ASDSO Tailings Regulatory Committee, and is a past-president of the Minnesota Geotechnical Society.

Title

Vice President
Senior Geotechnical Engineer

License

Professional Engineer (MI, MN)

Education

MS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

BS, Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Office

Barr Engineering Co.
4300 MarketPointe Drive
Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55435-4803
Phone: (952) 832-2897

Resources

Lessons Learned from Implementation of an Integrated Data Management System for Tailings Impoundment Dams (Association of State Dam Safety Officials)
By: Kurt Schimpke & Jason Harvey
Observational Approach to Construction over Soft Tailings (Tailings and Mine Waste Conference)
By: Iván Contreras, Mike Haggerty, & Kurt Schimpke