Chief Geotechnical Engineer, Crossrail Farringdon Station
Crossrail Farringdon Station SCL Tunnels: delivering value through innovation and best practice
Crossrail Farringdon station stands amongst the most geotechnically challenging tunnelling projects in the UK with approximately 1km long sprayed c...
Back Analysis of Observed Measurements for Optimised SCL Tunnel Design
The Crossrail Farringdon Station is a deep level station with two platform tunnels, 300 metres long at a depth of approxi...
03/11/2014
Geotechnical Risk Management for Sprayed Concrete Lining Tunnels in Farringdon Crossrail Station
The proposed Crossrail station will comprise two ticket halls, two escalator/concourse tunnels, two platform tunnels, numerous cross passages and v...
03/11/2014
Temporary Sprayed Concrete Lining Tunnels in Farringdon Crossrail Station
Two additional temporary sprayed concrete lining (SCL) structures were designed in addition to the base design, and constructed for Crossrail at Fa...
07/09/2015
Advances in Numerical Modelling for Complex Tunnelling Projects
As computer technology has evolved in the recent years, numerical modelling appears to be an increasingly preferable solution in all engineering fi...
07/09/2015
3D geological model of the completed Farringdon underground railway station
The complexity and the unknowns of the geology at Farringdon, primarily associated with the Lambeth Group, required a state-of-the-art geotechnical...
31/08/2016
The role of inverse analysis in tunnel design
In modern design of complex tunnelling projects it is best practice to utilise 3D finite element analysis (3D FEA), its main advantage being the ab...
31/08/2016
Tunnel deformations caused by compensation grouting at Crossrail Farringdon Station
A systematic compensation grouting scheme was successfully implemented to mitigate the surface settlements caused by the tunnelling works in Crossr...
31/08/2016
Taking the strain, coping with pressure or shooting targets? An objective comparison between monitoring solutions within sprayed concrete lined tunnels at Crossrail Farringdon Station, London
Methods of monitoring the structural behaviour of tunnels during construction traditionally rely on in-tunnel displacement monitoring, with designe...
31/08/2016
Tunnelling in sand in Farringdon Crossrail Station
The sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels in Crossrail Farringdon Station have been mainly excavated in the Lambeth group, a highly variable formati...
31/08/2016