Author Archives: Ground Engineering

A new design method for haul roads can help achieve sustainability goals, writes Andrew Lees.

The latest version of the National House Building Council (NHBC) Standards was released at the start of the year. GE talks to Carla Stephen, a specialist geotechnical engineer with NHBC’s Land Quality Service (LQS), which worked on a new chapter on the use of engineered fill to support residential developments.

Dimitrios Selemetas on rethinking foundations and moving to a more performance based design for sustainability.

Applications are now open for the 2024 Early Careers Challenge, presented by Ground Engineering magazine and Mott MacDonald.

Redeveloping the Old War Office building in central London as a luxury hotel with an extended basement required a comprehensive foundation system.

At the 2023 GE Smart Geotechnics conference, Jacobs head of geo-digital technology David Wright gave a presentation on fibre optics technology trials for monitoring earthworks on a High Speed 2 site.

University of East London civil engineering senior lecturer Meghdad Bagheri is an academic liaison of the British Geotechnical Association Early Career Group.

At the 2023 GE Basements & Underground Structures conference, A-squared Studio Engineers director Tony Suckling discussed the many geotechnical challenges of constructing a large basement for the Elephant and Castle Town Centre development.

At the 2023 GE Smart Geotechnics conference, Central Alliance's Dave Capstick gave a presentation on the muon tomography project, which employs advanced imaging techniques to uncover hidden shafts within railway tunnels.

Ground Engineering's May 2024 issue reports on the piling and foundations work involved in the redevelopment of the Old War Office in London, and geological investigations for the Ebbw Vale train frequency enhancements.