Ground Engineering News and features on all aspects of geotechnics, engineering geology and geo-environmental engineering Darren Page, High-Point Rendel, London and Jackie Skipper, Natural History Museum, London. This paper was first published in GE’s February 2000 edition.
Technical papers
Technical paper: Investigations and strategy for the reconstruction of Horsfall Railway Tunnel, Todmorden
CA Milne and SA Solera, Hyder Consulting. This paper was first published in GE’s December 1999 edition.
Technical paper: Trial soil nail wall using PermaNail corrosion-free soil nails
MJ Turner, director, Applied Geotechnical Engineering. This paper was first published in GE’s November 1999 edition.
Cooling Prize Paper: Embankment stabilisation works between Rayners Lane and South Harrow Underground stations
Antoine Andrei, graduate engineer, Kvaerner Cementation Foundations. This paper was first pubished in GE’s October 1999 edition.
Technical paper: The Panda lightweight penetrometer for soil investigation and monitoring material compaction
DD Langton, Soil Solution. This paper was first published in GE’s September 1999 edition.
Technical paper: Problems associated with building on a variable depth of fill
H D Skinner and JA Charles, Building Research Establishment
Technical paper: Using non-linear elasticity to obtain the engineering properties of clay – a new solution for the self boring pressuremeter test
RW Whittle, Cambridge Insitu. This paper was first published in GE’s May 1999 edition.
Technical paper: The prediction of volume loss due to tunnelling in overconsolidated clay based on heading geometry and stability number
SR Macklin, Brown & Root Services Consulting, Leatherhead. This paper was first published in GE’s April 1999 edition.
Technical paper: Safety of retaining walls with high water loadings when designed to Eurocode 7 using partial factors
Dr Eric R Farrell and Dr Trevor L LOrr, University of Dublin, Trinity College. This paper was first published in GE’s October 1998 edition.
Technical paper: Mohr Coulomb error correction
Andrew N Schofield, Cambridge University. This paper was first published in GE’s August 1998 edition.