Ground Engineering News and features on all aspects of geotechnics, engineering geology and geo-environmental engineering By Chris Power, Mott MacDonald; and James Codd, National Highways
Technical note: Updated Geotechnical & Drainage Management Service supports increased asset resilience in the face of a changing climate
Technical papers
Technical paper: Capillary barrier systems for prevention of rainfall-induced slope instability
By Riccardo Scarfone, Geotechnical Consulting Group; Simon J Wheeler, University of Glasgow; and Colin C Smith, University of Sheffield
Cooling Prize Paper: Practical geo-dynamic assessment of high speed rail earthworks on the Align contract (High Speed 2)
By Alice Duley, Jacobs
Technical paper: Plate load testing for working platforms
By David Corke, DC Project Solutions; Jim De Waele, Keller Group; and Domenico Lombardi, University of Manchester
Technical paper: Ground movement prediction for a piled basement: A case study from Garlickhythe, City of London, UK
By Nicholas John Langdon, Richard Jonathan Ball and David Peter Giles, CGL (Card Geotechnics)
Technical paper: Field test verification of ground bearing pressure under rig tracks and implications for working platform design
By Michał Topolnicki, Keller Holding; Jürgen Wäger, Steffen Schweizer and Alfred Koller, Liebherr-Werk Nenzing; and Tadeusz Brzozowski and Grzegorz Sołtys, Keller Polska
Technical paper: Productivity analysis of diaphragm wall construction for Prince Edward Road Station on Circle Line 6
Mark Smith, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
Cooling Prize Paper: The engineering mitigation of a water-bearing fissure in the Chalk at the Tideway Deptford Church Street shaft
Emily Riley, CVB JV Tideway East
Technical paper: Road traffic loads for geotechnical analyses of embankments
Michał Topolnicki, Keller Holding
Technical paper: A smart approach to leak detection in dams
Christian Bird and Jo Hamlyn, Terradat (UK) and Nick Farnham, University of South Wales