16.05.2024 | 1800-1930

Chalk characterisation for and driven pile behaviour at Chalk sites

Speakers: Professor Richard Jardine, Dr Ken Vinck and Dr Róisín Buckley.

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Introduction

This is an Evening Meeting of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) and is based on work in the 2022 BGA Medal winning paper – details of the paper can be found HERE.

This event is planned as an in-person event, and will also be webcast live.

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  • Date & Time
    Date & Time

    16.05.2024

    1800 - 1930

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  • Location
    Location

    Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA

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  • Event Type
    Event Type

    BGA Meetings

  • Refreshments
    Refreshments

    Tea and Coffee will be available from 17:30.

    Kendalls Cafe Bar (on the lower ground floor of the ICE) will be open after the lecture, serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

Synopsis

Three
presentations will be given drawing from the £2.5m value ALPACA and ALPACA Plus
research programmes conducted as two International Joint Industry projects
(JIPs) over 2017-22 that advanced the understanding of Chalk and developed new,
greatly improved, driven pile design methods for chalk sites. The JIPs and
their outcomes are revolutionising the approach the offshore industry is taking
to site investigations and driven pile design for several current multi-£bn
Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) developments. The research, which is equally
applicable to optimising the design of port, bridge and other onshore
infrastructure developments, has implications for most other geomaterials. It
has been published widely and one of the 1st papers (by Vinck et
al., 2023 in Geotechnique) from the research won the 2022 BGA Medal

Speakers

  • Professor Richard Jardine

    Imperial College London

  • Dr Ken Vinck

    Imperial College London

  • Dr Róisín Buckley

    University of Glasgow

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