The 2024 Geotechnical Engineering Proceedings Lecture: Monitoring of a Large Diameter Caisson in Sand

Speakers

• Dr Ronan Royston

  Engineer, Ward & Burke Construction

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  Dr Ronan Royston

  Engineer, Ward & Burke Construction

  Dr. Ronan Royston oversees the design and delivery of major infrastructure projects for Ward and Burke Construction across the UK and Ireland, with particular focus in the Water Industry. He employs an interdisciplinary approach encompassing geotechnical, structural, electrical, and mechanical design, through the procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational stages. Ronan completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford, focusing on soil-structure interaction for large diameter caissons. His research concentrated on the design and construction of underground pumping stations and tunnels. In recognition of his contributions to engineering, Ronan was awarded the James Rennie Medal for best Chartered Engineer by the ICE in 2022. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Limerick.

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• Dr Brian Sheil

  Laing O'Rourke Associate Professor in Construction Engineering, University of Cambridge

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  Dr Brian Sheil

  Laing O'Rourke Associate Professor in Construction Engineering, University of Cambridge

  Dr Brian Sheil studied Civil Engineering for his undergraduate degree at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). He studied the behaviour of deep foundation systems for his PhD (also at NUIG), which involved a period as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014, Brian joined the University of Oxford as a postdoctoral researcher in experimental geotechnics focused on industry-funded research projects and was subsequently promoted to Departmental Lecturer in geotechnical engineering in 2017. In 2018, he was awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Oxford. He took up his current position as the Laing O’Rourke Associate Professor in Construction Engineering at University of Cambridge in 2022. In January 2024 he became Director of the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction, also at Cambridge.

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• Professor Byron Byrne

  Professor of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

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  Professor Byron Byrne

  Professor of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

  Professor Byron Byrne holds the Ørsted / Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Advanced Geotechnical Design at the University of Oxford, where he pursues a wide-ranging research program in geotechnical engineering. He works collaboratively with industry to solve practical problems applying experimental work, at both laboratory scale and larger scale in the field, theoretical analysis and computational techniques, to develop simplified design methods for the engineer. He has a specific interest in offshore geotechnics, principally the design of foundations for offshore wind turbines, but also offshore pipeline design, as well as for onshore infrastructure activities, including pipelines, caissons, and other related soil-structure interaction problems. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

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