Ground Engineering News and features on all aspects of geotechnics, engineering geology and geo-environmental engineering Fred Fountain, Testing and Analysis Tony Suckling, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering. This paper was first published in GE’s November 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: Reliability in the testing and assessing of piling work platforms
Technical papers
Technical Paper: Comparative life cycle assessment of geosynthetics versus conventional construction materials
Rolf Frischknecht, Matthias Stucki, Sybille Büsser and René Itten from ESU-services and Holger Wallbaum from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH. This paper was first published in GE’s October 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: The stabilisation of slips in cuttings and embankments by means of cationic base exchange
The stabilisation of slips in cuttings and embankments by means of cationic base exchange. This paper was first published in GE’s September 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: Treatment of a deep uncompacted fill: grouting and surcharge pre-loading – new insights
by P A Cowsill, Peter Cowsill, K S Watts, Building Research Establishment. This paper was first published in GE’s July 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: Stiffness parameters for the foundation design of The Landmark tower
by Jonathan Dewsbury, Buro Happold/University of Southampton. This paper was first published in GE’s May 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: Geotechnical soil sampling and testing in Scotland – Eurocodes: help or hindrance?
by M J Baldwin, technical director, Soil Engineering, Vinci Construction. This paper was first published in GE’s March 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: An update on new and future earthworks standards in the UK and Europe
Peter Gilbert, Atkins and Alex Kidd, Highways Agency. This paper was first published in GE’s February 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: Pile test at the Shard London Bridge
David Beadman, Byrne Looby Partners, Mark Pennington, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, Matthew Sharratt, WSP Group. This paper was first published in GE’s January 2012 issue.
Technical Paper: The effect of morphology on the overall physical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments
Gabrielle Wojtowitz, University of Southampton. This paper was first published in GE’s December 2011 issue.
Technical Paper: Ultimate Limit State design to Eurocode 7 using numerical methods Part II: proposed design procedure and application
Colin Smith & Matthew Gilbert, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield. This paper was first published in GE’s November 2011 issue. Part I can be found in GE’s October 2011 issue.