EDMUND BOOTH
Independent consultant specialising in
structural and civil engineering aspects of earthquake resistant design
Independent consultant specialising in
structural and civil engineering aspects of earthquake resistant design
CURRICULUM VITAE: INDEX
SUMMARY CV
DETAILED PROFESSIONAL RECORD
SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITAE
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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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Born May 1948
British citizen
Working knowledge of French, and ability in German
British citizen
Working knowledge of French, and ability in German
Kings College Cambridge: Sept. 1966 to June 1969
Honours degree (Class 2i):Mechanical Sciences Part 1 and Economics Part 2
Honours degree (Class 2i):Mechanical Sciences Part 1 and Economics Part 2
UK Chartered Engineer
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers (IstructE)
Fellow, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
UK Technical Co-ordinator for Eurocode 8 (Design of structures for earthquake resistance)
Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Oxford (1998 - 2003)
Chairman, 1990-92 Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED)
Vice-chairman, Institution of Structural Engineers' Research panel, (2000-2004)
Member, Institution of Structural Engineer's Strategy Committee for Eurocodes (2004)
Founder Member UK Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, 'French Civils' (CNISF)
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Member, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering NZNSEE
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Fellow, Institution of Structural Engineers (IstructE)
Fellow, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
UK Technical Co-
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Founder Member UK Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, 'French Civils' (CNISF)
Member, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Member, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering NZNSEE
Institution of Structural Engineers' Murray Buxton Diploma, 1999
Institution of Civil Engineers' Coopers Hill Memorial Prize, 1999
Institution of Civil Engineers' Coopers Hill Memorial Prize, 1999
1995 - present: Independent consultant engineer, specialising in 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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Edmund Booth, Consulting Engineer
67 Orford Road
Walthamstow
London E17 9NJ
UK
(see location map)
tel: 020 8925 0011 (+44 20 8925 0011 outside UK)
fax: 020 8925 0012
e-mail: edmund@booth-seismic.co.uk
67 Orford Road
Walthamstow
London E17 9NJ
UK
(see location map)
tel: 020 8925 0011 (+44 20 8925 0011 outside UK)
fax: 020 8925 0012
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Designing for earthquake effects in Great Britain. The role that research has played in supporting UK earthquake engineers. The Institution of Civil Engineer’s Unwin Prestige Lecture, 2008.
Earthquake design practice for buildings. Textbook commissioned by Thomas Telford, April 2006.
Manual for the seismic design of steel and concrete buildings to Eurocode 8 (with Philippe Bisch). 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, 2008.
Seismic risk management of an international portfolio of buildings (with Spence, Curtin and So). 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, 2008.
UK Studies for the preparation of the UK National Annex to Eurocode 8. Conference on seismic risk in northern Europe, Liege 2008.
The Global Earthquake Vulnerability Estimation System (GEVES): an approach for earthquake risk assessment (with Spence, So, Jenny, Castella and Ewald). Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2008, No 6.
Establishing the need for seismic design in the UK (with Bryan Skipp). Report for Institution of Civil Engineers.
The estimation of peak ground motion parameters from spectral ordinates. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol 11 No 1, 2007.
Retrofit of Antalya airport international terminal building, Turkey using seismic isolation (with Cetin Yilmaz and Christopher Sketchley). First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, September 2006.
Quality management of structural design. In: Kanda J (ed.) Monograph on structural safety and QA for tall buildings. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat/ASCE, 2005.
Eurocode 8 – an international seismic code for the 21st Century? IABSE Henderson colloquium on dynamics, Cambridge University, July 2005.
Development of an earthquake loss model for Turkish catastrophe insurance (with Bommer J, Spence R, Erdik M, Tabuchi S, Aydinoglu N, , del Re D, Peterken O). Journal of Engineering Seismology, 2002, 6:2
Earthquake risk mitigation: Lessons from recent experience in Turkey (with Robin Spence, Oliver Peterken, Polat Gulkan and Nuray Ayndinoglu). 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London 2002.
Earthquake resistant design in the 21st Century. Ingenia (magazine of the Royal Academy of Engineering) May 2000.
Simplified methods for seismic reliability analysis (with Professor Michael Baker, University of Aberdeen). Twelfth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland February 2000.
A critical review of international practice on seismic design of reinforced concrete buildings (with A Kappos and R Park). Structural Engineer, June 1998. Awarded Murray Buxton diploma, 1999.
Earthquake engineering in the 1990’s - achievements, concerns and future directions. Paper No 11449, Structures & Buildings, May 1998. Awarded Coopers Hill memorial prize, 1999.
Seismic response of piles: some recent design studies (with J Pappin, J Ramsey and Z Lubkowski). Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, January 1998.
UK Continental Shelf seismic hazard (with Musson, Long, Pappin and Lubkowski). Health and Safety Executive - Offshore Technology Information. OTH 96 416. 1996.
Seismic analysis and design of the Istanbul Cultural and Congress Centre (with H Giles & Z Lubkowski). Fifth SECED conference on earthquake engineering, published Balkema 1995.
Regional influences on the seismic design of tall buildings: some international comparisons (with KL Chang). Invited paper, Habitat and the High Rise conference, Amsterdam 1995.
Concrete structures in earthquake regions. Editor and principal author of textbook, published by Longmans, 1994.
Current practice in the design and analysis of earthquake resistant structures. Keynote address, ERCAD conference, Berlin, 1994.
Engineering characteristics of earthquake loading. Invited paper, Hazards Forum Seminar, 1992.
Comparison between analytical and shaking table results for extreme response of a model steel building (with A Blakeborough and P Murphy). 1991 SECED Conference.
Code provisions for engineered building structures in areas of low seismicity (with M Baker, Imperial College). Ninth European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Moscow 1990.
Response of an Offshore Gravity Platform in the North Sea to Extreme Earthquakes. In: "Earthquake Engineering in Britain", Thomas Telford, 1985.
Seismic Hazard Assessment. The Arup Journal, 1984.
Impact Scalability of Plated Steel Structures. In "Structural Crashworthiness". Butterworths, 1983.
Cast-in Floor Ducts in Concrete Slabs. Ove Arup and Partners, 1980.
The Strength of Tubular Joints in Tubular Lattice Towers. The Arup Journal, 1979.
The CARE manual of feeder road construction (editor and principal author). CARE, Freetown, 1977.
The design of deep beams in reinforced concrete (contributor). CIRIA Guide 2, 1977.
Earthquake Field Reports
Effect of the Bhuj, India earthquake of 26 January 200l on heritage buildings. (with Rabindra Vasavada). Web publication 2001.
The Erzincan Turkey Earthquake of 13 March 1992: A field report by EEFIT (contributor). EEFIT, Institution of Structural Engineers, London 1993.
The Luzon Philippines earthquake of 19 July 1990: A field report by EEFIT (editor and co-author). EEFIT, Institution of Structural Engineers, London, 1991.
The Mexican earthquake of 19 September 1985: A field report by EEFIT (editor and co-author). SECED, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 1986.
The Chilean earthquake of 3 March 1985: A field report by EEFIT (editor and co-author). SECED, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 1988.
The Liège, Belgium earthquake of 1983: A field report by EEFIT. Ove Arup & Partners, 1983.
Earthquake design practice for buildings. Textbook commissioned by Thomas Telford, April 2006.
Manual for the seismic design of steel and concrete buildings to Eurocode 8 (with Philippe Bisch). 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, 2008.
Seismic risk management of an international portfolio of buildings (with Spence, Curtin and So). 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, 2008.
UK Studies for the preparation of the UK National Annex to Eurocode 8. Conference on seismic risk in northern Europe, Liege 2008.
The Global Earthquake Vulnerability Estimation System (GEVES): an approach for earthquake risk assessment (with Spence, So, Jenny, Castella and Ewald). Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2008, No 6.
Establishing the need for seismic design in the UK (with Bryan Skipp). Report for Institution of Civil Engineers.
The estimation of peak ground motion parameters from spectral ordinates. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol 11 No 1, 2007.
Retrofit of Antalya airport international terminal building, Turkey using seismic isolation (with Cetin Yilmaz and Christopher Sketchley). First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, September 2006.
Quality management of structural design. In: Kanda J (ed.) Monograph on structural safety and QA for tall buildings. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat/ASCE, 2005.
Eurocode 8 – an international seismic code for the 21st Century? IABSE Henderson colloquium on dynamics, Cambridge University, July 2005.
Development of an earthquake loss model for Turkish catastrophe insurance (with Bommer J, Spence R, Erdik M, Tabuchi S, Aydinoglu N, , del Re D, Peterken O). Journal of Engineering Seismology, 2002, 6:2
Earthquake risk mitigation: Lessons from recent experience in Turkey (with Robin Spence, Oliver Peterken, Polat Gulkan and Nuray Ayndinoglu). 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London 2002.
Earthquake resistant design in the 21st Century. Ingenia (magazine of the Royal Academy of Engineering) May 2000.
Simplified methods for seismic reliability analysis (with Professor Michael Baker, University of Aberdeen). Twelfth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland February 2000.
A critical review of international practice on seismic design of reinforced concrete buildings (with A Kappos and R Park). Structural Engineer, June 1998. Awarded Murray Buxton diploma, 1999.
Earthquake engineering in the 1990’s -
Seismic response of piles: some recent design studies (with J Pappin, J Ramsey and Z Lubkowski). Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, January 1998.
UK Continental Shelf seismic hazard (with Musson, Long, Pappin and Lubkowski). Health and Safety Executive -
Seismic analysis and design of the Istanbul Cultural and Congress Centre (with H Giles & Z Lubkowski). Fifth SECED conference on earthquake engineering, published Balkema 1995.
Regional influences on the seismic design of tall buildings: some international comparisons (with KL Chang). Invited paper, Habitat and the High Rise conference, Amsterdam 1995.
Concrete structures in earthquake regions. Editor and principal author of textbook, published by Longmans, 1994.
Current practice in the design and analysis of earthquake resistant structures. Keynote address, ERCAD conference, Berlin, 1994.
Engineering characteristics of earthquake loading. Invited paper, Hazards Forum Seminar, 1992.
Comparison between analytical and shaking table results for extreme response of a model steel building (with A Blakeborough and P Murphy). 1991 SECED Conference.
Code provisions for engineered building structures in areas of low seismicity (with M Baker, Imperial College). Ninth European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Moscow 1990.
Response of an Offshore Gravity Platform in the North Sea to Extreme Earthquakes. In: "Earthquake Engineering in Britain", Thomas Telford, 1985.
Seismic Hazard Assessment. The Arup Journal, 1984.
Impact Scalability of Plated Steel Structures. In "Structural Crashworthiness". Butterworths, 1983.
Cast-
The Strength of Tubular Joints in Tubular Lattice Towers. The Arup Journal, 1979.
The CARE manual of feeder road construction (editor and principal author). CARE, Freetown, 1977.
The design of deep beams in reinforced concrete (contributor). CIRIA Guide 2, 1977.
Earthquake Field Reports
Effect of the Bhuj, India earthquake of 26 January 200l on heritage buildings. (with Rabindra Vasavada). Web publication 2001.
The Erzincan Turkey Earthquake of 13 March 1992: A field report by EEFIT (contributor). EEFIT, Institution of Structural Engineers, London 1993.
The Luzon Philippines earthquake of 19 July 1990: A field report by EEFIT (editor and co-
The Mexican earthquake of 19 September 1985: A field report by EEFIT (editor and co-
The Chilean earthquake of 3 March 1985: A field report by EEFIT (editor and co-
The Liège, Belgium earthquake of 1983: A field report by EEFIT. Ove Arup & Partners, 1983.
1982 - 1995: Ove Arup & Partners London.
1979 - 1982: Ove Arup & Partners, London
Project engineer on a variety of building, industrial and offshore projects. During this time, Mr Booth was responsible for an experimental programme, carried out for the CEGB, investigating the scalability of impact tests.
1979: Ove Arup & Partners, Nigeria
Site survey and design of upgrade of existing telecommunications buildings throughout Nigeria. Site survey and analysis for vibration problems in swamp piled flow station.
1977 - 1979: Ove Arup & Partners, London
Assistant Engineer on a variety of offshore, industrial and building projects.
1975 -1977: CARE, (NGO), Sierra Leone, West Africa
Senior Site Civil Engineer, working on the site construction and design of roadworks, culverts and small bridgeworks for a rural feeder road self help construction programme.
1973 - 1975: Kier Ltd., Civil Engineering Contractors, Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK
Site Engineer (later section engineer) working on the construction of bridges for a major roadway in Suffolk.
1969 - 1973: Ove Arup & Partners, London
Graduate Structural/Civil Engineer working on the design of a variety of building projects.
