The Earth Science Partnership has developed a particular reputation for providing specialist services to both structural engineers and loss adjusters to and has completed over 100 assessments of property subsidence problems including the design of underpinning schemes where appropriate.
Cardiff Bay Barrage (1987-1989) Assisting a technical team in the preparation of an expert witness report which was presented to all Parliamentary Committee Hearings on the Cardiff Bay Barrage, for the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Symvoulous Dam,Cyprus (1992-1994) Assisting a technical team in undertaking an audit of the feasibility, design, construction and maintenance stages and assessing the cause and technical liability for the malfunction of a strategic dam and reservoir in Cyprus for the Ministry of Defence.
Christiani & Nielsen v RPT (1995-1996) Expert report for a claim relating to the grouting of limestone cavities and pile design during the construction of a section of the A470 highway.
Christiani & Nielsen v Gwent County Council (1996) Expert report for a claim relating to a highway embankment failure during construction of the A472 highway.
Miller Mining v Merthyr Tydfil Council (1999) Assisting in the preparation of an expert report relating to compensation for opencast coal mining.
Residents of Pinewalk Drive, Porth v Richards & Lewis Ltd (1998-2000) Assisting in the completion of an expert witness report on a landslip affecting the back gardens and properties of the residents.
Western Power Distribution v Walter Lawrence Civil &Mechanical Ltd (1999-2005) Expert witness report for legal arbitration, on behalf of Western Power regarding a canal embankment failure due to directional drilling.
Planning appeal on behalf of P.W. Watts (2004-2006) Expert proof of evidence and witness at public enquiry relating to refusal of planning permission refusal for housing.
Messrs Richards and Edwards v Neath Port Talbot Council and Dwyr Cymru (2004-2007) Expert witness report for legal mediation relating to land slipping of back gardens.
Danieli Davy Distington Ltd v Norwest Holst Ltd (2007-ongoing) Assisting Prof Tom Hanna prepare a technical audit on the adequacy of a 20m deep casting pit structure at Scunthorpe steelworks.
Morrisroe Construction Ltd , Grovenor street London (2008 -ongoing) Geotechnical report on insurance liability claim relating to adequacy of jet grouting underpin works carried out to party wall and adjacent building as new build was constructed.
Mr Emyr Davies v Celtic Energy (2007 –ongoing) Technical assessment of causes of movement to a property located adjacent to a coal opencast pit.
Other projects completed and ongoing include the following:
- Controlled grouting for a new power station at Das Island, Arabian Gulf. This is geologically a salt dome comprising a highly cavernous and actively dissolving mixed of rocks and salt in a marine environment. The power station generator turbines were highly sensitive to settlement.
- Investigation, design and supervision of remedial grouting beneath an active trunk road for Welsh Assembly Government.
- Assessment of alternative (reinforced earth load transfer platform) to grouting beneath and active trunk road for Welsh Assembly Government. Grouting would have been unacceptably intrusive and disruptive.
- Oversite of some 50 remedial grouting contracts in mining areas of South Wales.
- Investigation of critical subsurface geological conditions impacting on construction works and development of ground modelling software (used for design of the Second Severn Crossing).
- Investigation and remedial works to Dubai Dry Dock (the largest in the world) where percolating sea water was dissolving rock minerals and causing unacceptable settlement.
- Design / assessment of deep excavations at Kidsgrove, Staffordshire and Scunthorpe.
- Soil structure interaction studies for some 20 major structures associated with upgrading the A406 London North Circular.
- Soil structure interaction studies for Category 3 Highways checks in Hull.
- Design of deep excavations and embedded pile retaining walls in London.
- Advice on refurbishment of listed buildings with deep basement structures and buried alluvial deposits (eg Cardiff Coal Exchange).
- Consultant to Welsh Assembly Government, assessing design submissions for major highway schemes.
- Undertaking an Independent Inquiry for Welsh Assembly Government into a landfill which had been closed as a result of public protest. This involved a meticulous review of site investigation and design decisions taken.
- Technical support for the Cardiff Bay Barrage Parliamentary Inquiry, including a state of the art review of experience from London on impact of rising ground water.
- Advice to solicitors and their clients on a range of issues including civil cases, building damage from construction works and prosecutions for environmental crime.
- Main technical expert witness for the 2007 Public Inquiry into Project Riverside – a council promoted scheme to redevelop the Merthyr Vale colliery site associated with the Aberfan disaster.
- Advice to Local Authority on preparing an abatement notice with regard to impact of ground instability on property.
