WORKING GROUP MEMBERS AND REPORT CONTRIBUTORS
Dr David Brown: David is a Graduate Engineering Geologist at W A Fairhurst & Partners. He recently completed his PhD degree which included an extensive study of debris flow phenomena and has applied his knowledge of this subject to the literature review under the guidance of Paul McMillan. In the context of this work David represents Amey, the Operating Company for the south-east and south-west regions of the Scottish trunk road network.
Alan Forster: Alan Forster is a Chartered Geologist and Principal Engineering Geologist at the British Geological Survey and manages the Geological Hazards sub-programme. Alan has over 30 years experience in a wide range of subject areas in engineering geology, including a particular emphasis on slope instability in the past 10 years. Alan is former Secretary to the Engineering Group of the Geological Society and former Scientific Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.
Andrew Heald: Andrew is a Chartered Geologist and Chartered Engineer and a Technical Director at Jacobs Babtie in Glasgow. He has over 20 years experience in a broad range of geotechnical issues and a particular interest in landslides. After graduating, he was thrown in at the deep end of Dinorwic's lower lake, to work on slope stability issues. He has studied landslides in Nepal, Bhutan and Peru and has recently learned to keep his telephone switched on when rainstorms hit the Highlands. In the context of this work Andrew represents BEAR, the Operating Company for the north-east and north-west regions of the Scottish trunk road network.
Dr Steve Hencher: Steve is a Chartered Geologist and a Chartered Engineer and is Director and Head of Geotechnics at Halcrow in Hong Kong. He has more than 20 years experience in the investigation of landslides to a forensic level and in recent years has led several risk assessment studies of landslide hazards to roads and structures both at research and practical levels. He is a member of the ISSMGE/ ISRM/ IAEG Joint Technical Committee on Landslides.
Forbes Macgregor: Forbes is a Chartered Civil Engineer and is construction standards manager within the Contracts and Policy Branch of the Scottish Executive Transport Group, Trunk Roads Design and Construction Division. He has over 30 years experience in all forms of road project design and construction, having worked extensively in both on-site supervision and office-based project management roles. Specifically in the geotechnics area, he contributes to a number of key UK technical working groups and manages the Independent Geotechnical Checking commission operated for the Scottish trunk road network.
Stewart Martin: Stewart is a Chartered Civil Engineer and is Head of Geotechnics at Halcrow in Scotland. He has over 30 years experience in geotechnical engineering and has worked on a wide range of projects both overseas and in the United Kingdom. He carried out numerous slope stability investigations with British Waterways for cuttings, embankments and earthfill dams. He has been responsible for carrying out the geotechnical certification of all trunk road schemes in Scotland since 1994 and has developed a considerable appreciation of the trunk road geotechnical and geological environment over that period.
Paul McMillan: Paul is a Chartered Geologist and is the Divisional Director responsible for W A Fairhurst & Partners Geotechnical and Environmental services in Scotland. Paul has wide experience in engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geoenvironmental engineering, with particular expertise in relation to rock engineering. In the context of this work Paul represents Amey, the Operating Company for the south-east and south-west regions of the Scottish trunk road network.
Dr Roger Moore: Roger is a Chartered Geologist and is Head of Engineering Geomorphology at Halcrow in Birmingham. In 17 years he has accumulated experience in the applied earth sciences for engineering, planning, development and environmental projects. Projects include slopes and landslides, rivers and coastal studies and offshore geohazard assessments. Specific applications include geohazard and quantitative risk analysis ( QRA); landslide and flood disaster response planning and mitigation; transport/pipeline route alignment studies; and option studies for slope stabilisation and protection schemes.
Ian Nettleton: Ian is both a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Geologist and is an Associate at EDGE Consultants. He has accumulated experience in engineering geology and geotechnical engineering over more than 14 years. His experience includes investigation, design and assessment of slopes; forensic investigations of slope failures; development and implementation of hazard/risk assessment systems; earthworks asset management for infrastructure in the UK; development of risk reduction and risk management strategies, including remedial works design.
Julie Parsons: Julie is a Chartered Geologist and a Principal Engineer with Jacobs Babtie in Glasgow with 11 years consultancy experience. She became very familiar with the characteristics of, and damage resulting from, debris flows and associated remedial measures during a two and a half year period in Hong Kong. Since 2000, she has provided advice and recommendations on landslides and washouts to BEAR. In the context of this work Julie represents BEAR, the Operating Company for the north-east and north-west regions of the Scottish trunk road network.
Lawrence Shackman: Lawrence is a Chartered Civil Engineer and is currently an Area Manager in the Network Management Division of the Scottish Executive. He has 19 years experience of design, construction and maintenance of trunk roads both with the Executive and as a consultant. He has practical experience of earthworks construction, specification and operations.
Andy Sloan: Andy Sloan is a Chartered Engineer and a Director of Donaldson Associates Ltd who has responsibility for geotechnical engineering work undertaken by the firm. He has extensive experience in the application of soil and rock mechanics to engineering design. His particular interests lie in tunnelling and slope engineering. He has practical experience in the development and application of risk management systems for infrastructure slopes.
Matt Willis: Matt is a Chartered Geologist and a Principal Engineering Geologist at Arup's London office. During the last 15 years he has acquired experience in a range of activities including site investigation in the UK and overseas. Recently Matt's work has focussed on infrastructure earthworks, especially slope stability and remote sensing, and he was Project Manager for the Highways Agency remote assessment project.
Dr Mike Winter: Mike is both a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Chartered Geologist. He is the Regional Manager responsible for TRL's infrastructure operations in Scotland. During the last 20 years he has acquired broad experience in research and specialist consultancy in a wide range of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, and engineering geology fields. He has conducted investigations of many landslides, including debris flows, in Scotland and maintains an abiding interest in landslides, their forensic investigation, management and mitigation.