Specialist services in earthquake engineering
PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY
Edmund Booth Consulting Engineer exists to provide high level advice on the seismic design, analysis and assessment of building, industrial, nuclear and other types of structure. It is based on the 35 years experience of Edmund Booth in civil and structural engineering, and his involvement for over 20 years in seismic engineering. Edmund Booth is author of the second edition of the textbook ‘Earthquake design practice for buildings’ recently published by Thomas Telford.
The consultancy is a member of the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE).
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The main resource of the consultancy is the 37 years experience of its principal, Edmund Booth, 25 years of which has been spent in the field of earthquake engineering. He has extensive experience in the design, analysis, assessment and upgrading of a wide range of structures, and in seismic code development, seismic hazard assessment and seismic reliability determination. From 1998 to 2003, he was Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Oxford .
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The program SAP2000 , originally developed at University of California, Berkeley to solve seismic problems, and recently updated, is maintained in-house, and can solve a wide range of 2 and 3-D static and dynamic problems. For non-linear dynamic problems, the well known program DRAIN-2DX /NONLIN Pro is available, accessed via a pre-processor developed in-house. An extensive portfolio of other software is also maintained.
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The Berkeley program SIMQKE1, which generates artificial time histories compatible with a target spectrum, has been developed inhouse to improve the nature of the record, provide the ease of use, and correct some minor errors in the original code; typical results are shown here.
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An extensive library of seismic codes of practice and other earthquake references is held in-house, and there is on-line access to a number of general and specialist databases. There is particular expertise in the new European seismic code, EC8.
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The consultancy maintains active links with leading international researchers, both in the field of seismic design, testing and analysis, and also in the field of structural safety and reliability.
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The consultancy was founded in 1995. Since that time, its work has included the following.
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Site survey, assessment and retrofit recommendations for buildings in Algeria, Istanbul, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Peru, Pakistan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Georgia and India (principally for Foreign & Commonwealth Office).
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Review of seismic strengthening of Antalya Airport terminal building, Turkey using seismic isolation bearings (for Parsons Brinckerhoff/AYT
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Principal seismic adviser to Owen Williams/Laing JV on major programme of survey, assessment and seismic retrofit for 57 rc, steel and masonry hospitals in Turkey.
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Advice on seismic resistant design of water storage tanks in Romania (for Braithwaite)
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Walkdown survey of plant and other non-structural items, Istanbul factory (for Orient Research/Proctor & Gamble).
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Survey of earthquake damage to the port of Manzanillo, Mexico, for insurance purposes (for Posford Haskoning/TT Club Miami).
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Survey of performance of historic buildings in Gujarat India, following the January 2001 earthquake (for INTACH).
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Structural consultant to TEFER project, for improvement of natural hazard insurance and disaster funding strategy in Turkey, for CAR/Willis. Development of structural loss models for reinsurance purposes, for CAR/PartnerRe.
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Seismic design advice on approach jetty for major oil berthing facility on BTC pipeline, Ceyhan Turkey, for ILF Beratende Ingenieure, Austria.
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Seismic design advice for LNG tanks, petrochemical plants & bridges in Iran, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Oman, for Foster Wheeler
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Project leader and principal engineer for comparison study of nuclear codes of practice, involving sub-contractors in UK, France, Germany, USA and Japan, for Nuclear Electric plc (with Ove Arup & Partners).
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Organisation and presentation of courses on seismic engineering for Ove Arup & Partners (1995), SECED/Imperial College (1996, 1999,2004, 2006) and Institution of Structural Engineers (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005). Presenter (in French) at Ponts et Chaussées courses, Paris (1998, 1999). Lecturer for a module on the Imperial College earthquake engineering MSc course (2004, 2005), Nottingham Trent University (2002-2004) and Sheffield University (2005).
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Other clients have included Process Combustion, Bechtel Water Technology, Marsh McLennan, the European Commission, Polarwall Ltd.
Before starting the practice, its principal, Edmund Booth, was Designated Seismic Specialist in London for the Ove Arup Partnership, where he was involved in a very wide range of building, industrial, offshore and other civil engineering structures.
THE BHUJ, INDIA EARTHQUAKE OF JANUARY 2001
Following an invitation from INTACH (the Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage), Edmund Booth toured the earthquake affected region of Gujarat for two weeks during April 2001, with Rabindra Vasavada. Professor Vasavada is an architect based in Ahmadabad specialising in conservation and a noted expert on the cultural heritage of the region. Their brief from INTACH was to report on the condition of some of the princely palaces in the area which had been affected by the earthquake, and to conduct a seminar on seismic conservation of heritage buildings. An illustrated report by Booth and Vasavada has now been published on the web.
Carving from the City Palace, JamNagar
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Edmund Booth, Consulting Engineer
67 Orford Road
Walthamstow
London E17 9NJ
UK - see map for directions
Site last updated 12 September 2006
