The role of the Engineering Geologist during construction

Rawlings, G.E.

doi:10.1144/gsl.qjeg.1971.004.03.04

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“…Earlier practitioners, as discussed above, have made some suggestions of what was needed and there are various papers available on the engineering geologist's role (Burwell & Roberts 1950;Edwards 1971;Rawlings 1971). The questionnaire responses identified five broad categories of skills that the proficient engineering geologist must acquire.…”

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Feet on the ground: engineering geology past, present and future

Griffiths

2014

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Engineering geology has a long and rich heritage and the UK has been in the vanguard of the development of the subject as a distinct discipline, with the first book on the subject being published in London in 1880. Since then, engineering geology has been applied to projects around the world and engineering geologists have become core members of planning, investigation, design and construction teams in the civil engineering and mining industries. However, in the past few decades we have seen numerical analyses increasingly being accepted as the answer to all geotechnical design questions, although as engineering geologists we are used to dealing with natural materials and processes and recognize that their inherent variability cannot always be reduced to a simple numerical value. Consequently, how do we ensure that any proposed construction works in civil engineering or mining take full account of this variability and the uncertainties that result? To enable engineering geologists to understand and describe these uncertainties are there fundamental skills that define an engineering geologist and, if so, how can these skills be taught or acquired? Also, in a world dominated by readily accessible data that can be downloaded and analysed for so many planned development sites, how important are the field techniques of observation and mapping that an older generation of engineering geologists, including the author, considered their defining skill? Concentrating on the role of engineering geology in relation to civil engineering, these are amongst the questions explored in this paper, leading to observations as to how the profession might develop in the future in order to meet the needs of society.

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Feet on the ground: engineering geology past, present and future

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2014

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“…Commonly the resistant volcanic rocks underlie relatively steep slopes above gentler lower slopes that are typically more unstable than the higher slopes because of the difference in underlying rock types (K. F. Fox, Jr., written commun., .14 May 1974); thus in some parts of the map area, because of the geologic situation and the method used to prepare the map, the relative stability of lower and higher slopes may be reversed. The role the geologist plays in urban development, major construction, regional planning, site investigations, and other activities, will increase in the future, particularly as the geologist obtains better information and prepares more useful maps (Price, 1972;Taylor, 1972;Rawlings, 1972).…”

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Relative slope stability and land-use planning in the San Francisco Bay region, California

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Vlasic³

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“…In carrying out these functions, the engineering geologist should form part of a team concerned with the planning, investigation, design, construction and operation of engineering works. Rawlings (1972) also described the role of the engineering geologist during construction.…”

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The significance of engineering geology to construction

1996

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences &am

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Abstract. The paper discusses the important contribution that engineering geology makes to the construction processes of excavation and the forming of foundations. The contribution to the construction of highways is described. In particular, the influence of geology on cut slope stability, soft and hard ground excavation (including tunnelling), bearing capacity, settlement, subsidence and the choice of foundation type are all considered. Particular problems associated with the use of fills and waste materials are also mentioned. The importance of adequate site investigation is stressed.

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The role of the Engineering Geologist during construction

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Feet on the ground: engineering geology past, present and future

Feet on the ground: engineering geology past, present and future

Relative slope stability and land-use planning in the San Francisco Bay region, California

The significance of engineering geology to construction

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