This course is for practicing ground and materials engineers who want to learn more about current earthworks practice, explore the principles and application of design, and understand the demands and opportunities during construction. The course covers new build earthworks, in principal rail, road, and developments, but not existing earthworks and their asset management. The course will explain design and construction approaches in a variety of geologies and highlight the:
17.00 – 18.00 A14 Case history on Planning earthworks (eg mass-haul, acceptability and quantities. Constraints. Supply demands) support from
18.00 – 18.30 Soil improvement and stabilisation
18.30 – 18.45 Environmental controls and Climate Change
18.45 – 19.00 Key lessons and round up
Speakers
John Perry
Dr John Perry BSc MSc PhD CGeol CEng FGS FICE FIMMM
John is a ground engineer with 40 years experience in earthworks research, design and construction. He worked at the Transport Research Laboratory researching into earthworks before moving into research implementation in the Department for Transport where he was responsible for managing the Specification for Highways Works 600 Series Earthworks and where he wrote many of the Advice Notes supporting the specification. Over the latter half of his career John joined Mott MacDonald and worked on major geotechnical projects around the world, in many engineering sectors, giving him a geographically broad detailed appreciation of the use of earthworks in different countries. John is currently an independent consultant working on earthworks projects, providing peer review and expert advice. He is a Chartered Geologist and Chartered Engineer, and a Fellow of the Geological Society, ICE and IMMM.
Alison Graham
BEng (Hons), MSc, MICE CEng
Chief Geotechnical Engineer, Ground Engineering
Alison is a Geotechnical Engineer with over 25 years’ experience in geotechnical design for infrastructure and buildings, including retaining walls, earthworks and foundations. She is Chief Geotechnical Engineer at Atkins Ltd where she leads the Geotechnical team in Cardiff and Bristol. She is also responsible for geotechnical design for the A465 Heads of the Valley Dualling Section 5&6 Hirwaun to Dowlais Top in South Wales. She also acts the Designer Geotechnical Engineer for South Wales Trunk Road Agent. She is a Member of the ICE, a delegated engineer and has been an ICE Reviewer for the past 6 years.
Steve Phipps
Steve Phipps – Senior Materials Engineer with Balfour Beatty and BBV Materials Engineering Lead for HS2 Phase 1 N1-N2
Steve has over 30 years’ experience as a materials specialist in highways and high speed rail construction. Steve worked for Sandberg carrying out materials testing before joining Balfour Beatty in 1991. As part of his role, he is responsible for the assessment and control of bulk materials and setting re-use and supply strategies for major infrastructure projects. This includes maximising the use of all materials available on site and locally, minimising disposal off site, identifying value engineering opportunities and managing production techniques and quality control.
Steve’s main areas of expertise covers earthworks including stabilisation, minerals processing and recycling, and contaminated land remediation including regulatory compliance. Steve holds technical competence for EPR waste treatment activities. He also actively supports Britpave contributing to many of their technical and best practice publications.
Vicky Corcoran
Vicky Corcoran (MSci ARSM MSc DIC CGeol FGS, UK Registered Ground Engineering Professional)
Vicky is a Senior Engineering Geologist and Chartered Geologist specialising in ground characterisation in the offshore, coastal and onshore environments. She is an expert in digital ground engineering and geotechnical data management, co-managing Atkins’ global database for geotechnical data. She has experience of offshore projects from working on a range of current and proposed installations including windfarms and oil platforms. Onshore, she has had a senior role within ground engineering teams working on major road and rail projects. She has recently been assisting an expert witness in a multi-million-dollar international arbitration project.
Registration
Registration for this series will close at 12.00 GMT on 25 October.
We offer discounts on group bookings of 5 or more, please email [email protected] to enquire.
Student Registration
Our speakers Alison Graham and Vicky Corcoran have kindly donated a proportion of their speaker fee to fund places for students, this has enabled the society to offer a limited number of student places at a special rate. Proof of student status required when registering at this rate.
Venue
This series of events will be held virtually.
Contact
Please contact [email protected] with any enquiries.