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We are delighted to welcome Dr David Giles to Geotechnical Consulting Group, who joins us as Senior Consultant. Dr David Giles is…
Apr 4, 2025
GCG Senior Partner’s Paper Published in Engineering Geology Special Publications, Volume 30
GCG Senior Partner, John Davis, has had his paper accepted for publication in the Geological Society of London’s Engineering Geology Special Publications…
Mar 6, 2025
Congratulations to our Dr Gary Choy for becoming an ICE Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Gary Choy, Senior Partner, on achieving Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) – the highest membership grade…
Mar 4, 2025
GCG Associate Director, Dr Phil Smith, to Present at AGS Effective Procurement of Ground Investigations Webinar
We are pleased to announce that our Associate Director, Dr Phil Smith, will be presenting on Identifying and Managing Risk, as part…
Mar 3, 2025
Upcoming Seminar: Numerical Analysis in Monopile Design for Offshore Wind Farms
Geotechnical Consulting Group Senior Partner, Dr. Angeliki Grammatikopoulou, will be delivering a seminar on the application of numerical analysis in the design…
Feb 21, 2025
Join Us in Welcoming Dr Shyamini Kularathna – Our Newest Geotechnical Engineer
We are delighted to welcome Dr Shyamini Kularathna to Geotechnical Consulting Group, who joins us as a Geotechnical Engineer. Shyamini specialises in…
Feb 20, 2025
Dr Michael Wan to present at the BGA ECG Preparing for the Chartered Professional Review 2025
GCG Associate Director, Dr Michael Wan, will offer valuable guidance and advice on the preparation of and during Chartered Professional Review. He…
Feb 13, 2025
Professor Lord Robert Mair Appointed Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology
We are delighted to announce that Professor Lord Robert Mair has been appointed Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on…
Jan 14, 2025
A Warm Welcome to Paola Alvarado – Our New Geotechnical Engineer
We are delighted to welcome Paola Alvarado Camborda to Geotechnical Consulting Group, who joins us as a Geotechnical Engineer. Originally from Peru,…
Dec 19, 2024
Season’s Greetings
We wish you a joyful festive season and a prosperous New Year. We are grateful for your friendship and support and look…
Oct 30, 2024
GCG Senior Geotechnical Engineer Serena Che to deliver a British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM) Lecture
We are pleased to announce that GCG’s Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Serena Che, will be delivering an in-person lecture, organised by the British…
Oct 23, 2024
GCG Celebrates the British Geotechnical Association’s 75th Anniversary
On 15th October 2024, the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) commemorated its 75th anniversary with a landmark event that brought together the broad…
Oct 11, 2024
GCG Founding Partner Professor Lord Robert Mair to Deliver Lecture at BGA 75th Anniversary Conference
Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG) is honoured to announce that one of our founding partners, Professor Lord Robert Mair will be delivering the…
Aug 23, 2024
Ms Serena Che to present at the XVIII ECSMGE 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
GCG will be attending the 18th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE 2024) at Lisbon next week from 25-30…
Aug 23, 2024
Dr Chris Menkiti to contribute at Pre-Conference Workshop of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024 Lisbon, Portugal
GCG will be present at ECSMGE 2024 at Lisbon, from 25-30 August 2024. The conference includes interactive workshops on specialist subjects…
Aug 22, 2024
GCG Founding Partner Dr. David Hight to Deliver the 9th Victor de Mello Lecture
GCG is pleased to share that Founding Partner, Dr. David Hight, will deliver the 9th Victor de Mello Lecture, on Friday 23rd…
Aug 13, 2024
GCG Celebrates the Promotions of Ms. Serena Che and Dr. Benjamin Guo to Senior Geotechnical Engineers
Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG) is pleased to announce the promotions of Ms. Serena Che and Dr. Benjamin Guo from Geotechnical Engineers to…
Jun 12, 2024
GCG’s Senior Consultant Dr Jackie Skipper receives the prestigious William Smith Medal
GCG’s Senior Consultant Dr Jackie Skipper today gratefully accepted the prestigious William Smith Medal at the Geological Society of London’s highlight of…
Jun 7, 2024
GCG Announces Sponsorship of the BGA 21st Annual Conference 2024
GCG is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) 21st Annual Conference, set to take place on 12th…
Jun 4, 2024
GCG Associate Director to present at the BGA ECG MOGE Discussion Series Session 4
We are delighted to announce that GCG’s Associate Director, Dr Phil Smith, will present in Session 4 of the British Geotechnical Association…
May 30, 2024
Senior Consultant, Dr Jackie Skipper, gives GE interview following prestigious William Smith Medal Award
GCG previously shared that its Senior Consultant, Dr. Jackie Skipper, was awarded the William Smith Medal by the Geological Society of London….
May 23, 2024
GCG’s Prof Richard Jardine Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
We are pleased to announce that our Associate, Professor Richard Jardine, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS),…
May 14, 2024
CG Associate, Prof Stavroula Kontoe, delivered a keynote lecture at the 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Last week, one of our Associates, Prof Stavroula Kontoe, delivered a keynote lecture, titled: “Seismic response of offshore foundations with emphasis in…
Apr 23, 2024
Dr Liana Gasparre to participate in industry panel discussion on sustainability at the GE Piling & Foundation Conference
We are thrilled to share that GCG Senior Partner, Dr Liana Gasparre, will be participating in an industry panel discussion at today’s…
Apr 18, 2024
Network Rail is to invest £2.8bn in drainage and infrastructure resilience, following GCG-led Taskforce recommendations
Network Rail has announced an ambitious £2.8 billion investment to bolster the resilience of railway earthworks and infrastructure against the adverse impacts…
Apr 16, 2024
GCG Senior Geotechnical Engineer to Chair BGA ECG MOGE Discussion Series Session 2
We are delighted to announce that GCG’s Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Dr Riccardo Scarfone, will host Session 2 of the British Geotechnical Association Early Career…
Apr 10, 2024
GCG Senior Partners and GCG Associate presenting at the EGGS Annual Conference in Cambridge
This weekend (11-13th April 2024) the Engineering Group of the Geological Society of London (EGGS) hosts its annual conference in Cambridge. This…
Mar 28, 2024
GCG Senior Engineer, Dr Tiago Dias, joins the British Tunnelling Society Young Members (BTSYM) Committee
We are pleased to share that our Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Dr Tiago Dias, has joined the BTSYM Committee as its British Geotechnical…
Mar 15, 2024
GCG Associate, Professor Kenichi Soga, announced as the 63rd Rankine Lecturer
We are delighted that GCG Associate, Professor Kenichi Soga, will be delivering the 63rd Rankine Lecture in March 2025. This was announced…
Mar 12, 2024
Pioneering a Sustainable Future: Professor Lidija Zdravković’s Vision in Ground Engineering Interview
In an illuminating conversation with Ground Engineering (GE) magazine, this year’s Rankine Lecturer Professor Lidija Zdravković, an Associate of GCG, casts a…
Mar 10, 2024
GCG’s Lidija Zdravković to Deliver the 62nd Rankine Lecture
GCG is pleased to share that our Associate, Professor Lidija Zdravković, is presenting the 62nd Rankine Lecture at Imperial College London, on…
Feb 29, 2024
GCG Associate Director to deliver technical seminars in Hong Kong
On March 6th & 7th, GCG’s Associate Director, Dr Michael Wan, will take the stage in Hong Kong, to deliver two technical…
Feb 28, 2024
Honouring Dr Jacqueline Skipper: A luminary in geotechnical consulting, recognised with the William Smith Medal by the Geological Society of London
GCG is proud to announce that Dr Jackie Skipper, a leading figure in engineering geology has been awarded the William Smith Medal,…
Feb 19, 2024
GCG Senior Consultant to Present at BGA ECG MOGE Discussion Series Inaugural Session
We are pleased to announce that our Senior Consultant Dr Jackie Skipper will present at the inaugural session of the British Geotechnical…
Feb 2, 2024
GCG Senior Partner Presented at the BGA Mini-Symposium on ‘The Observational Method’ – 6th February 2024
Chris Menkiti, Senior Partner at Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG), delivered a presentation at the BGA half-day mini-symposium on ‘The Observational Method (OM)’,…
Feb 1, 2024
GCG Announced as Gold Sponsor for BGA ECG MOGE Discussion Series 2024
GCG is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Early Career Group (ECG) MOGE Discussion Series. The 1st…
Feb 1, 2024
GCG Founding Partner, Lord Robert Mair, Appointed to House of Lords Select Committee on the Built Environment
We are proud to announce that GCG’s founding partner, Professor Lord Robert Mair, has been appointed to the House of Lords Select…
Jan 31, 2024
GCG at Imperial College London’s Geotechnical Engineering Careers Fair
Last week GCG attended the Geotechnical Engineering Careers Fair at Imperial College London. We met a broad range of students at MEng,…
Jan 30, 2024
GCG Helps Redefine Ground Investigation Procurement at GE Roundtable Discussion
The recent round table discussion, hosted by Nia Kajastie, Editor of Ground Engineering (GE) magazine, marked a crucial juncture for the UK’s…
Dec 14, 2023
Season’s Greetings
GCG wishes you a joyful and prosperous festive season. Thank you for your support and friendship in 2023. We appreciate your continued…
Nov 16, 2023
Dr David Hight and Dr Tiago Dias presented and participated in technical discussions at the 1st International Conference on Geotechnics of Tailings and Mine Waste
GCG’s Founding Partner Dr David Hight and Senior Geotechnical Engineer Dr Tiago Dias presented and participated in technical discussions at the 1st…
Nov 10, 2023
GCG Supports German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) in Wake of Recent North Sea Ship Collision Rescue
In response to the tragic incident of a ship collision off the coast of Germany in the North Sea, GCG has extended…
Oct 19, 2023
GCG staff invited as panellists for Géotechnique’s 75th Anniversary Event
GCG staff have been invited as panellists to Géotechnique’s 75th Anniversary event on the 27th October at the Institution of Civil Engineers….
Oct 19, 2023
GCG’s Associate Director to moderate Panel Discussion at the HKIE International Conference
GCG’s Associate Director and current Chair of the UK Chapter for The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), Dr. Michael Wan will…
Oct 10, 2023
GCG congratulates the winners of BGA Case History Award 2022
GCG congratulates the authors for winning the prestigious BGA Case History Award for 2022, for their Paper titled: ‘Case studies of circular…
Oct 6, 2023
GCG’s Associate Prof Richard Jardine’s McClelland Lecture recording and full paper now available
GCG would like to congratulate its Associate, Prof Richard Jardine, on his 6th McClelland Lecture, entitled “Time-dependent vertical bearing behaviour of shallow…
Oct 3, 2023
GCG at the 2nd GE Smart Geotechnics Conference
GCG’s Senior Partner Dr. Apollonia Gasparre will be chairing the Ground Engineering Smart Geotechnics conference on 5th October at the Victoria Park…
Sep 5, 2023
GCG at the 9th SUT International OSIG Conference 2023
GCG will be attending Society for Underwater Technology’s International OSIG 2023 Conference at Imperial College London next week from 12-14 September 2023…
Jul 5, 2023
GCG Associate Director to Participate in Geotechnica 2023 Panel Discussion
GCG Associate, Dr Phil Smith will be participating in a panel discussion, on ‘Effective Procurement of Ground Investigation” at Geotechnica 2023, on…
Jun 29, 2023
GCG Associates and Colleagues from ALPACA Project Awarded the Prestigious 2022 BGA Medal
GCG congratulates its Associates, Prof Richard Jardine, Dr James Lawrence and Prof Stavroula Kontoe, and colleagues from ALPACA project, for being awarded…
Jun 27, 2023
GCG Announces Platinum Sponsorship of NUMGE 2023
GCG is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE 2023), which will…
Jun 26, 2023
GCG Senior Partner Delivers Talk at BGA Annual Conference 2023
GCG was delighted to attend the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Annual Conference, which took place on 21 June 2023, at the Institution…
Jun 14, 2023
GCG Senior Geotechnical Engineer Elected to British Geotechnical Association Early Career Group (BGA ECG)
We are delighted to announce that Riccardo Scarfone, Senior Geotechnical Engineer at GCG, has been appointed as Training Officer, for the British…
May 16, 2023
GCG Welcomes new Principal Engineer
GCG is delighted to welcome Frankie Lo, who joins as Principal Engineer. A Chartered Engineer, with over 17 years practical experience, primarily…
May 12, 2023
GCG Announces Platinum Sponsorship of NUMGE 2023
Geotechnical Consulting Group (GCG) is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering…
May 5, 2023
GCG Geotechnical Engineer Awarded Imperial Postgraduates Prize for Best MSc Dissertation
Congratulations to Serena Che, Geotechnical Engineer at GCG, who has been awarded the Imperial Postgraduate Prize for the best Soil Mechanics MSc…
Mar 22, 2023
GCG Senior Partners and Associates attend the 61st Rankine Dinner
Our team very much enjoyed the 61st Rankine Dinner, which followed an eventful Rankine Lecture and pre-Rankine Seminar, held 15 March, at…
Mar 20, 2023
GCG’s Senior Partner Dr Angeliki Grammatikopoulou proudly becomes an ICE Fellow
Congratulations to GCG’s Senior Partner, Dr Angeliki Grammatikopoulou, for obtaining her ICE Fellowship (FICE) – the highest membership grade of the Institute…
Mar 9, 2023
GCG Associates to Deliver Three Lectures at Pre-Rankine Seminar
GCG is delighted to be participating in a half-day seminar, entitled ‘Recent large-scale field research into offshore foundation behaviour’, which is being…
Mar 6, 2023
GCG’s Associate Prof. Jamie Standing delivered his inaugural lecture at Imperial College London
Congratulations to GCG’s Associate, Prof. Jamie Standing, who delivered his inaugural lecture at Imperial College London, on 22 February 2023, titled ‘Ground…
Jan 3, 2023
GCG is celebrating its 40th anniversary (1983-2023)
We wish you a joyful and prosperous New Year. In fact, this is a landmark year for GCG as we are celebrating…
Dec 19, 2022
Season’s Greetings
We wish you a very happy festive season. Our hope is for a New Year full of joy, prosperity and above all,…
Dec 19, 2022
Dr Amandine Brosse gains MicroMasters in ‘Statistics and Data Science’ from MIT
Congratulations to our Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Dr Amandine Brosse, for successfully completing MicroMasters in ‘Statistics and Data Science’ from MIT. The MicroMasters…
Nov 7, 2022
GCG’s Senior Partner John Davis’ interview with Ground Engineering Magazine
GCG’s Senior Partner John Davis recently spoke with GE Magazine to highlight his role, aspirations, and priorities as chair of the Engineering…
Oct 7, 2022
GCG’s Senior Partner John Davis presents at the British Tunnelling Society Conference
GCG Senior Partner John Davis, together with Antony Drake from Mott MacDonald, will be giving a preview of the forthcoming CIRIA guidance…
Sep 26, 2022
GCG’s Associate Director Dr Michael Wan appointed as Chair of the UK Chapter of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
We congratulate our Associate Director, Dr Michael Wan, for being appointed by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) as the Chair…
Sep 15, 2022
GCG’s Associates Dr James Lawrence and Dr David Taborda have been promoted to Readers at Imperial College London
GCG is delighted that our Associates, Dr James Lawrence and Dr David Taborda, have been promoted to Readers at Imperial College London….
Sep 12, 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 – 2022
We join the nation, the Commonwealth and, the World in mourning the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our sincere condolences are…
Sep 12, 2022
GCG contribute at 11th ISFMG2022, London
It was a privilege for GCG to have contributed to the success of the 11th International Symposium of Field Monitoring in Geomechanics…
Jul 26, 2022
Drs Jenny Huggett and Jackie Skipper publish an article on Clay Stratigraphy of the Lambeth Group
GCG is pleased to announce that the long-awaited article “Clay Stratigraphy of the Lambeth Group of Borehole IOD8R”, has been published online…
Jul 19, 2022
Announcement of promotions in GCG
GCG is pleased to announce that Dr Riccardo Scarfone and Dr Tiago Dias have been promoted to the position of Senior Geotechnical…
Jul 14, 2022
GCG’s Senior Partner John Davis appointed as Chair of the Geological Society ‘Engineering Group’
We are proud to announce that our Senior Partner, John Davis, was appointed Chair of The Geological Society ‘Engineering Group’ at the…
May 17, 2022
Congratulations to our Dr Michael Wan for becoming an ICE Fellow
We are extremely proud to announce that our Associate Director Dr Michael Wan has become a Fellow of the Institution of Civil…
Apr 26, 2022
GCG’s Tom Morgan to present on faulting under London to the Open University’s Geological Society
GCG’s Tom Morgan will be giving a talk entitled “Faulting under London” to the London branch of the Open University’s Geological Society…
Mar 1, 2022
GCG’s Associate Prof Richard Jardine has been invited to deliver the 6th McClelland Lecture
GCG is delighted to announce that its Associate, Prof Richard Jardine, has been invited to deliver the 6th McClelland Lecture. This is…
Feb 24, 2022
GCG’s Dr Gary Choy & Dr Barry New published a paper on construction impact assessment of utility assets
GCG’s Senior Partner Dr Gary Choy and Associate Dr Barry New have published a technical paper entitled “Tunnelling and general construction impacts…
Feb 22, 2022
GCG’s Dr Riccardo Scarfone published an article in Ground Engineering Magazine
As the runner-up of the 2021 BGA Cooling Prize, GCG’s Dr Riccardo Scarfone was invited by Ground Engineering to submit a paper…
Feb 4, 2022
Benjamin Guo successfully completed his PhD
We congratulate our Geotechnical Engineer Benjamin Guo for successfully completing his PhD on ‘Reuse and Sustainability of Flood Defences’ at Imperial College…
Feb 2, 2022
GCG’s Riccardo Scarfone published an article in Acta Geotechnica
GCG’s Geotechnical Engineer, Dr Riccardo Scarfone, together with his PhD Supervisor, Prof. Simon Wheeler from University of Glasgow, have published a paper on ‘Analytical…
Dec 22, 2021
Season’s Greetings
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients, collaborators and connections for their support and friendship throughout 2021….
Dec 20, 2021
Moisture-induced instability of bulk cargoes – a loss prevention note
GCG’s Senior Partner, Dr Chris Menkiti, and Birketts LLP’s Nicholas Woo have written an article on moisture-induced instability of bulk cargoes during…
Dec 17, 2021
Dr Way Way is giving a webinar on “An introduction to Soil Mechanics” to Construction Lawyers
GCG’s Principal Engineer, Dr Way Way Moinet, will be giving a webinar entitled “An introduction to Soil Mechanics” at an event hosted…
Dec 6, 2021
Climate change increases risk of liquefaction of bulk cargoes
GCG’s Senior Partner Dr Chris Menkiti and shipping solicitor Nicholas Woo of Birketts’ recently spoke to Nidaa Bakhsh of Lloyd’s List Intelligence…
Nov 24, 2021
GCG warmly welcomes Benjamin Guo
GCG is delighted to welcome Benjamin into its team. He joins as a Geotechnical Engineer. Benjamin recently submitted his PhD thesis at…
Nov 19, 2021
GCG’s John Davis is appointed to the European Federation of Geologists
GCG Senior Partner John Davis has been appointed to the European Federation of Geologists ‘Panel of Experts’ on Geotechnics. The European Federation…
Oct 25, 2021
ICE David Hislop Award Winners 2021
The prestigious Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)’s David Hislop award (also known as the Offshore award) has been won by our Senior…
Oct 21, 2021
Announcing new Associates
GCG is delighted to welcome three new Associates. Dr James Lawrence, Senior Lecturer in Engineering Geology/ Geotechnics, Imperial College London (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.lawrence) Dr…
Oct 20, 2021
Annual Team Review
We were delighted to be able to perform this years’ annual review meeting in person. All our team members that were available…
Oct 6, 2021
GCG warmly welcomes Serena Che
GCG is delighted to welcome Serena into our team. She joins as a Geotechnical Engineer. Serena recently completed her MSc at Imperial…
Sep 30, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Byrne, our Associate, for being elected as FREng!
We are pleased to share the news that one of our Associates, Professor Byron Byrne of University of Oxford, has been elected as…
Sep 23, 2021
The Geologists’ Association new field guide for the Chalk in SE England by Prof. Rory Mortimore – available for purchase
GCG were pleased to support the publication of The Geologist’s Association’s new two volume guide on “The Chalk of the South Downs…
Sep 10, 2021
Updating CIRIA Piling Guides (P3198) – Good Practice Guidance
A CIRIA project is now underway to update CIRIA’s iconic piling guides. GCG are proud to be supporting this project as one of the sponsors. GCG’s Senior Partner Professor Kelvin Higgins is chairing the Project Steering Group, and Dr Apollonia Liana Gasparre, another of GCG’s Senior Partners, is also a member of the Steering Group.
Aug 20, 2021
GCG is delighted to be a finalist in the GE Awards 2021 in two categories
GCG is proud to have worked on the n2 Development, Victoria, London, which has been shortlisted as a finalist in the GE…
Aug 5, 2021
Webinar on New Good Practice Guidance “The management of advanced numerical modelling in geotechnical engineering (C791)”
On the 18th August 2021, CIRIA are broadcasting the launch event for the new good practice guidance “The management of advanced numerical…
Jul 23, 2021
Justyna Edgar successfully completes her PhD
GCG is delighted to hear that Justyna Edgar, who has been part- funded by the Geotechnical Consulting Group and Concept Engineering Consultants…
Jul 2, 2021
Tom Morgan successfully completes his PhD
We congratulate our new starter Tom Morgan for successfully completing his PhD in Engineering Geology at Imperial College London. His PhD thesis…
Jun 23, 2021
GCG warmly welcomes Tom Morgan
We are delighted to announce that Tom Morgan has joined us as a Geotechnical Engineer. Tom recently finished his PhD at Imperial…
Jun 22, 2021
GCG Associate is giving the prestigious 60th Rankine Lecture
GCG is delighted that its Associate, Professor Stephan Jefferis, is hoping to give the prestigious 60th Rankine Lecture on Wednesday 20th October…
Jun 17, 2021
UK Specification for Ground Investigation – Draft for public comment
The second edition of the UK Specification for Ground Investigation has been in use since 2012. A Working Group of the Association…
May 11, 2021
Nova East substructure and core completed
GCG is proud to be providing geotechnical support (since 2012) for this technically challenging Nova Victoria project involving complex interfaces with sensitive…