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Independent consultant, specialising in earthquake engineering.
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Responsible for the earthquake engineering design, analysis, assessment and retrofit of a wide range of buildings, industrial and offshore structures, nuclear power related structures and bridges.
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UK Technical Contact/National Co-
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Extensive first hand first hand field experience of seismic damage, through involvement in six earthquake field missions
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Author of the second edition of the structural design guide 'Earthquake design practice for buildings', published by Thomas Telford in April 2006.
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Visiting lecturer on MSc courses in earthquake engineering at Imperial College, Sheffield University and Nottingham Trent University, and responsible for a dozen courses on earthquake engineering for the Institution of Structural Engineers and others.
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Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in the Principles of Civil Engineering Design, University of Oxford, 1998-
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Presenter of the Unwin Prestige Lecture, October 2008 (click on Recorded Event Tab, page 2, to view).
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From 1982 to 1995, Ove Arup & Partners’ designated specialist in London on the structural aspects of earthquake engineering.
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Seismic design consultant for major building developments in Islamabad (for Atkins), Almaty (for Whitby Bird) and Riga (for King Shaw Associates)
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Assessment of seismic risk in British Council’s overseas properties (with CAR Ltd)
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Development of seismic design criteria for a marine export terminal in Indonesia, for Penta Ocean Construction Co Ltd, Tokyo
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Advice on seismic upgrading of Antalya International Airport using base isolation (for Parsons Brinckerhoff).
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Development of seismic vulnerability functions for re-
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Seismic consultant on access jetty for supertanker loading bay, Baku-
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Inspection and report on seismic damage to the Port Manzanillo, Mexico (for Posford Haskoning)
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Structural consultant to TEFER project, for improvement of natural hazard insurance and disaster funding strategy in Turkey, for CAR/Willis.
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Inspection and outline recommendations for retrofit of 10 heritage buildings in Gujarat damaged by the January 2001 earthquake, for INTACH (the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage) -
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Assessment and retrofit recommendations for embassy buildings in Kathmandu, Istanbul, Ashgabat, Tashkent, Dushanbe, Sofia, Jakarta, Lima, Islamabad, Almaty and Algiers (for Foreign & Commonwealth Office), multi-
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Principal seismic adviser to Laing/Owen Williams JV on the seismic assessment and upgrade of 57 hospitals in Istanbul and Izmir.
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Walkdown survey and advice on seismic vulnerability of non-
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Preparation (with Ove Arup & Partners) of report on Eurocode 8 for British Energy. Project leader and principal engineer for comparison study of nuclear codes of practice, with sub-
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Review of seismic design procedures, and review of Wylfa nuclear power station seismic reassessment, for Magnox Electric.
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Seismic design advice on the Malampaya onshore gas terminal (Philippines) and for other petrochemical plants & bridges in India, Iran, Indonesia and Oman, for Foster Wheeler and on a major road bridge in Turkey and a 320m high chimney in Taiwan for Kvaerner Technology.
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Seismic review of major docking facilities at Devonport (for DML Ltd and Electrowatt Ekono) and Barrow UK (for Owen Williams) and review of site specific seismic hazard assessment of Dounreay, North Scotland (for AEA Technology).
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Seismic design advice on bridges for Taiwan High Speed Rail Project, for Maunsell Ltd.
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Peer review of study on seismic response of masonry panels, (with Gifford & Partners) and structural reliability studies (with Professor Michael Baker, University of Aberdeen) for British Energy and for Allott & Lomax.
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Organisation and presentation of courses on seismic engineering for Institution of Structural Engineers (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,2005,2008), SECED/Imperial College (1996, 1999,2004, 2006,2008), Ove Arup & Partners (1995) and INTACH, India (2001). Presenter (in French) at Ponts et Chaussees courses, Paris (1998, 1999) .
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Other clients have included Bechtel Water Technology, Marsh McLennan, the European Commission , Building
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