Geotechnica 2011

Geotechnical Symposium

"Engineering Efficiencies for Sustainable Growth"

The theme of the Geotechnica 2011 presentations is all about how our industry can and is using innovation, best practice and new technology to move out of recession.

Many of the topics and equipment discussed during the days will be on display or demonstrated or can be further discussed at the corporate trade stands.

Wednesday 6th July

Session 1 - How do clients view innovative design ?

10.00 to 10.30    Professor Quentin Leiper - Chief Engineer, Carillion                                            Delivering a sustainable business in difficult times.

10.30 to 11.00   Alex Kidd - Highways Agency                                                                                Looking to the future of the UK motorway network

11.00 to 11.30   Ivan Hodgson - Scott Wilson                                                                                      The use of tyre bales to provide lightweight embankments using waste materials.

11.30 to 12.30   Dinesh Patel - Arup Consulting                                                                                  The foundations for The Pinnacle - a lesson in reuse.


Session 2 - New codes and Standards - Do they help or hinder growth?

1.30 to 2.00   Andrew Howley – Loopmaster Europe & GSHPA                                                          Ground source codes of practice

2.00 to 2.30   Andrew Bond – Consultant                                                                                 Eurocodes moving forward

2.30 to 3.00   Derek Smith – Coffey Geotechnics                                                                               Site Investigation Steering Group the redrafted documents

3.00 to 3.30   Paul Maliphant - EGGS & Halcrow                                                                          RoGEP - The Register of Engineering Professionals explained

3.30 to 4.00   Professor Barry Clark - Leeds university                                                                      Will the codes and specification help or hinder growth?
 

Thursday 7th July

Session 3 - Producing efficiencies using innovative management and smart data

10.00 to 10.30  Peter Turner -  Environment Agency                                                                             The client perspective on Health and Safety what he expects and what he gets?

10.30 to 11.00   Digby Harman - Vinci Soil Engineering                                                                  Drilling Parameter Recording - Cost effective provision of better data from boreholes

11.00 to 11.30   Professor John Reynolds – Reynolds International – the role of geophysics to improve analysis.

11.30 to 12.00   David Whitaker - Arup Consulting                                                                     Ground source - getting the design right

12.00 to 12.30  Paul Nathanial – LQM and Nottingham University                                  Environmental Interpretation - doing the right thing  

12.30 to 13.00  Clive Dalton - Cambridge Insitu                                                                               The self boring pressuremeter how to interpret the results for design

Session 3 - Where is the geotechnical innovation?

2.00 to 2.30    Professor Edward Bromhead - Kingston University                                                    Is there any innovation left to drive a recovery?

2.30 to 3.00   Dr Andrew Ridley - Geotechnical Observation                                                        Innovative

3.00 to 3.30  Neil Smith - Applied Geotechnical Engineering                                                      Innovation starts with training