The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
Tuesday 10th March 2020 at 18:30 hours (Refreshments from 18:00)
University of Leeds, School of Civil Engineering, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT
The 51st Cooling Prize Competition will be held at the University of Leeds on 10 March 2020. Refreshments will be available from 18:00.
This event is free to attend. Advance booking is required via the link at the bottom of this page.
The Cooling Prize
The Cooling Prize competition is held annually by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) and is named after Dr Leonard Cooling, one of the founders of British Soil Mechanics, a former chair of the BGA, and the 2nd Rankine Lecturer. The Cooling Prize competition is intended for professionals in the geotechnical/ground engineering industry in the early stages of their careers.
At the event the three finalists will present their papers, and there will be a keynote lecture.
The Cooling Prize Finalists are:
Emily Riley (CVB JV Tideway East) - Engineering Mitigation of a Water Bearing Fissure in the Chalk
Laura Stedman (Mott MacDonald) - Deletion of 70No. Piles Using a Load Test
Scott Whyte (Fugro/Oxford University) - A Practical Cyclic Loading Model for FEA-Based Design
The Judging Panel will be chaired by Professor David Toll (Durham University and BGA Vice Chair), and includes Dr Fleur Loveridge (University of Leeds), Mr Will Frampton (Byland Engineering) and Mr Chris Hitch (COWI).
After the presentations, while the judges consider their verdict, a short keynote lecture will be given by Alan Willoner of Mott MacDonald on the Travis Brow to A6 Link Road.
The Travis Brow to A6 Link Road is an £8M D&B project which was completed in April 2019, to improve highway, cycling and pedestrian access around Stockport to the M60, Railway station and key sites in the town centre. The new road was excavated in cutting up to 11.7m deep requiring a mixture of geotechnical solutions including concrete gravity walls, soil nails, cantilever and anchored contiguous piled walls and pre stressed ground anchors together with an intricate construction method and monitoring to undercut the pad footings of the Stockport Viaduct, carrying the West Coast Main Line. The presentation will include Desk Study, Ground Investigation, Buildability considerations during Design, third party consents, analysis, monitoring and geotechnical feedback from construction.
Alan Willoner is a Technical Principal with Mott MacDonald, leader of the Sheffield Geotechnical team, Fellow of the ICE and outgoing chair of the Yorkshire Geotechnical Group. He has 20 years of Design and Construction experience following employment with consulting engineers (KBR, Mouchel, Mott MacDonald), Main Contractors (Alfred McAlpine, Carillion) and specialist geotechnical contractors (Bachy Soletanche and Mowlem Environmental Services Group). His experience covers all sectors which is serviced by the Ground Engineering industry and his particular interests are in identifying safe, buildable and economic designs for D&B projects.
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