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SUMMARY:Basement Design and Construction Problems at Oxford Westgate - Dr 
 Wilson Kesse and Mr Corin Walford (Laing O'Rourke)
DTSTART:20161025T180000Z
DTEND:20161025T190000Z
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CONTACT:Stefan Ritter
DESCRIPTION:Seminar Overview: The new Oxford Westgate shopping centre invo
 lved the construction of a 20\,000 sq. m double height basement\, within a
 n archaeologically sensitive development site.  This talk will discuss the
  geotechnical challenges and constraints encountered and the design soluti
 ons put forward by main contractor Laing O'Rourke to tackle this large ele
 ment of work whilst effectively dealing with issues including heave\, flot
 ation\, water ingress and materials sorting.\n\nBiographies: \n\nDr Wilson
  Kesse\n\nDr Wilson Kesse is a Temporary Works Project Lead Engineer at La
 ing O'Rourke.  He specialises in design for construction of structures tha
 t involve complex soil-structure interactions\, encompassing top-down cons
 truction\, deep basement propping and ground movement assessment. \n\nHavi
 ng obtained his undergraduate degree in University of Science and Technolo
 gy\, Kumasi\, Ghana\, he went on to complete a PhD with the  Structures  G
 roup at the University of Cambridge. His PhD research was on the use of Pr
 estresed CFRP straps for enhancing shear capacity of RC Beams.\n\nPrior to
  joining Laing O'Rourke in 2008\, he worked with the Advanced Composites G
 roup at Tony Gee & Partners on the strengthening of existing structures wi
 th Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics.\n\nMr Corin Walford\n\nCorin Walford 
 studied engineering at the University of Cambridge\, before joining bridge
  consultancy Robert Benaim & Associates in 2002 as a graduate structural e
 ngineer.  He worked on several large highway structures including the A876
  Clackmannanshire Bridge across the Forth Estuary in Scotland\, and the N8
  Blackwater Viaduct in Co. Cork\, Republic of Ireland\, both built using t
 he incremental launching technique.\n\nHe joined Laing O'Rourke in 2007 an
 d is General Manager of the Temporary Works department\, leading a team of
  30 engineers providing in-house engineering and constructability advice f
 or all their UK projects
LOCATION:Erasmus Room\, Queens College
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