Building on soft ground: geosynthetic reinforcement for challenging soil conditions

Mara St. Clair

Mara St. Clair is a Geosynthetics Engineer in the R&D team at Geoquest, France. She brings nearly a decade of international experience in geosynthetics and geotechnical engineering, spanning design, technical leadership, and business development across projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Her expertise covers reinforced earth structures, basal reinforcement, slope stabilisation, and erosion control. At Geoquest, her work spans the application of ArmaLynk high-strength geogrids across a range of civil engineering challenges, alongside R&D on innovative new geosynthetic products currently under development. Mara holds an MSc in Civil and Construction Engineering and is committed to advancing best practice in geosynthetics engineering through continued technical collaboration and professional engagement.