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SUMMARY:Explaining Geotechnical Risks - Tim Chapman (Arup)
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CONTACT:Stefan Ritter
DESCRIPTION:Summary: Tim will talk about explaining geotechnical risks to 
 clients and other people who don't always appreciate us. We frequently as 
 a profession complain that our clients don't understand the value of what 
 we do - or invest in the vital risk mitigation measures that we propose\, 
 such as properly funding ground investigations (or geotechnical research!)
 . So it is important we put our risks into a context in which they can und
 erstand. In a typical building project\, geotechnical engineers are just o
 ne of almost 20 technical disciplines vying for the client's attention (an
 d time and money). Tim will show that the nature of geotechnical risks are
  different to most others\; many non-geotechnical risks are amenable to ma
 nagement by leaving a contingency\, they can be ignored and dealt with as 
 they happen. But geotechnical risks can be catastrophic for programme\, an
 d so can critically undermine the financial models on which the project de
 pends. They need to be mitigated at source\, or risk spiralling out of con
 trol. Tim's talk will encompass Hammurabi\, the Titanic\, Black Swans and 
 Heathrow Terminal 5 in the journey towards geotechnical risk explanation. 
 The talk will parallel the content in MOGE Chapter 7 " Geotechnical risks 
 and their context for the whole project".\n\nShort biography: Tim is an Ar
 up Director leading its London Infrastructure Design group. He has extensi
 ve experience in the design of big infrastructure and large buildings incl
 uding almost 30 years of design of underground London. He has worked on ma
 ny major London projects including Crossrail\, Canary Wharf and the London
  Olympics. Tim was chair of the CIRIA Ground Engineering Advisory Panel an
 d the ICE Committees on Critical Infrastructure and Carbon reduction in de
 sign. He was a main editor and author of the ICE Manual of Geotechnical En
 gineering (MOGE). He provided the technical justification for planning gui
 dance for basements in London. He has published extensively and was electe
 d a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014.
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