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Mr Tony Bracegirdle

Mr Tony Bracegirdle

Mr Anthony Bracegirdle is a geotechnical engineer with more than 45 years of experience in practice around the world.

His areas of expertise include slope stabilisation, retaining wall design, earthworks, hydrogeology and groundwater flow, soft clay engineering, pile foundations, grout injection and ground stabilisation techniques, tunnel construction, shallow and deep-water ground investigation, and seismic design of earth structures. He has been involved in numerous forensic investigations and in recent years has given evidence to evidentiary hearings in many different international jurisdictions.

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  1. Bracegirdle, A. (1980). Seismic stability of reinforced earth retaining walls. Bull. N.Z. National Soc. for Earthquake Eng., 13, 4, pp 347-355.
  2. Jennings, D. N., Bracegirdle, A., and Ramsay, G. (1983). Highwall design for a New Zealand opencast coal mine. Proc. ANZ Geomechanics Conference.
  3. Bracegirdle, A., Mair, R. J. and Daynes, R. J. (1989). Construction problems associated with an excavation in chalk at Costessey, Norfolk. Proc. Int. Chalk Symp., Brighton, pp 385-392.
  4. Bracegirdle, A., Vaughan, P. R. and Hight, D. W. (1992). Displacement predication using rate effects on residual shear strength. Proc. 6th Int. Symp. on Landslides, Christchurch, 1, pp 343-347.
  5. Mair, R. J, Taylor, R. N. and Bracegirdle, A. (1993). Subsurface settlement profiles above tunnels in clays. Geotechnique, 43,2, pp 315-320.
  6. Bracegirdle, A., Jefferis, S. A., Tedd, P., Crammond, N. J., Chudleigh, I. and Burgess. N. (1996). The investigation of acid generation within the Woolwich and Reading Beds at Old Street and its effect on tunnel linings. Proc. Int. Symp. on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Mair & Taylor (eds), Balkema, London, April 1996, pp 653-658.
  7. Bracegirdle, A., Mair, R. J., Nyren, R. J., and Taylor, R. N. (1996). A methodology for evaluating potential damage to cast iron pipes induced by tunnelling. Proc. Int. Symp. on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Mair & Taylor (eds), Balkema, London, April 1996, pp 659-664.
  8. Murugamoothy, C., Murray, G., Ball, P., Bracegirdle, A. and Leiper, Q. (1996). Ground movements and vertical compensation grouting during shaft construction- Jubilee Line Extension, Green Park Station, Contract 101. Proc. Int. Symp. on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Mair & Taylor (eds), Balkema, London, April 1996, pp 417-422.
  9. Chow, F. C., Bracegirdle, A., Mack, D., Kettle, C. and Grant R. J. (1998). The application of permeation grouting to protect the Thames Tunnel. Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Ground Improvement Techniques, Singapore 8-9 October 1998.
  10. Bracegirdle, A. and Jefferis, S. A., (2001). Heat and ammonia associated with jet-grouting in marine clay. Proc. 3rd Geoenvironmental Conference, Edinburgh.
  11. Bracegirdle, A., Sloan, H. and Dight, K.M., (2001) Design and performance of a large sheet piled cofferdam in soft clay. Ground Engineering, Vol. 34, No. 12, 34- 37.
  12. Bracegirdle, A., Brookfield, A. and Over, C., (2002) Small diameter driven tubular piles in Sherwood Sandstone at Toxteth. Ground Engineering, Vol. 35, No. 3, 37-39.
  13. Bird, J., O’Rourke, T., Bracegirdle, A., Bommer, J., and Tromans, I. (2004) A framework for assessing earthquake hazards for major pipelines. International Conference on Terrain and Geohazard Challenges Facing Onshore Oil and Gas Pipelines. London. 2-4 June.
  14. Clarke, B. G. and Bracegirdle, A. (2004) Construction Research- The Drivers and Funding Mechanisms. Proceedings of Civil Engineering 157, November 200 4, 179-186
  15. Bracegirdle, A., Menkiti, C.O., and Clark, A.R. (2007) Climate change impacts on landslide mechanisms and hazard in southern UK, Proc. Int. Conf. Landslides and Climate Change – Challenges and Solutions, publ.Taylor & Francis, 259-268

Areas of expertise

  • Slope stabilisation
  • Retaining wall design
  • Earthworks
  • Hydrogeology
  • Soft clay engineering
  • Pile foundations
  • Grout injection and ground stabilisation
  • Tunnel construction
  • Shallow and deep-water ground investigation
  • Seismic design of earth structures
  • Forensic investigation and expert witness
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