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Dr David Hight

David Hight

Dr David Hight is a geotechnical engineer with more than 50 years of experience in research and practice in the UK and around the world. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. David specialises in forensic geotechnical engineering, drawing on his background in and knowledge of site characterisation and the behaviour of soils and rocks.

He has been called on to investigate the stability and performance of reclamations, tailings dams, excavated and natural slopes, tunnels, road pavements, ore cargoes, retaining structures, and foundations to onshore and offshore structures.

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  1. Hight, D. W. (1974) Discussion in BGS Symp. on ‘Field Instrumentation in Geotechnical Engineering’, London, 646.
  2. Green, P. A. and Hight, D. W. (1974) ‘The failure of two oil-storage tanks caused by differential settlement’, BGS Conf. on ‘Settlement of Structures’, Cambridge, 353-360.
  3. Hight, D. W. (1974) Discussion in BGS Conf. on ‘Settlement of Structures’, Cambridge, 773.
  4. Cocksedge, J. E. and Hight, D. W. (1975) ‘Some geotechnical aspects of road design and construction in tills.’ Proc. Symp. on ‘The Engineering Behaviour of Glacial Materials’, University of Birmingham, The Midland Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Society, 220-229.
  5. Hight, D. W. and Green, P. A. (1976) ‘The performance of a piled-raft foundation for a tall building in London.’ Proc. 6th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Vienna, Vol. 1.2, 467-472.
  6. Green, P. A. and Hight, D. W. (1976) ‘The instrumentation of Dashwood House, London.’ CIRIA Technical Note 78, November, 1-104.
  7. Vaughan, P. R., Davachi, M. M., El-Ghamrawy, M. K., Hamza, M. M. and Hight, D. W. (1976) ‘Stability analysis of large gravity structures.’ Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on ‘Behaviour of Offshore Structures’. Trondheim, Vol. 1,467-487
  8. Hight, D. W. (1977) Discussion in ASCE J. of Geotechnical Engineering Division, Vol. 103, GT4, 353-354, on ‘Earth pressure on precast panel retaining wall’ by H. M. Coyle and R. E. Bartoskewitz, 1976, Vol. 102, GT5, 441-456.
  9. Bishop, A. W. and Hight, D. W. (1977) ‘The value of Poisson’s Ratio in saturated soils and rocks stressed underundrained conditions.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 27, No 3, 369-384.
  10. Hight, D. W. and Green, P. A. (1978) ‘Earthworks.’ Ch. 1 in Developments in Highway Pavement Engineering – 2, published by Applied Science Publishers Ltd., Barking, Essex.
  11. Vaughan, P. R., Hight, D. W., Sodha, V. G. and Walbancke, H. J. (1979) ‘Factors controlling the stability of clay fills in Britain.’ Proc. Conf. on ‘Clay Fills’, Instn. Civ. Engnrs, London, 205-218. (Presented in 1978).
  12. Hight, D. W. and Farrar, D. M. (1979) Discussion Session: ‘Engineering properties and performance of clayfills.’ Proc. Conf. on ‘Clay Fills’. Instn. Civ. Engnrs, London 219-241.
  13. Hight, D. W., El-Ghamrawy, M. K. and Gens, A. (1979) ‘Some results from a laboratory study of a sandy clay and implications regarding its in situ behaviour.’ Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on ‘Behaviour of Offshore Structures’, London, Vol. 1, 133-150.
  14. Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1979) ‘The laboratory measurement of design parameters for a glacial till.’ Proc. 7th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Brighton, Vol. 2, 57-65.
  15. Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1979) Reply to contribution by A. McGown. Proc. 7th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Brighton, Vol. 4, 133-139.
  16. Hight, D. W. and Gens, A. (1979) Contribution to discussion. Proc. 7th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Brighton, Vol. 4, 128-129.
  17. Takahashi, M., Hight, D. W. and Vaughan, P. R. (1980) ‘Effective stress changes observed during undrained cyclic triaxial tests on clay.’ Proc. Int. Symp. on ‘Soils under Cyclic and Transient Loading’, Swansea, Vol. 1, 201-209. (Presented in 1979)
  18. Lupini, J. F., Hight, D. W. and Cavounidis, S. (1980) ‘Some observations on microfabric and their role in understanding soil behaviour.’ Rivista Italiana de Geotechnica, Vol. 14, No 2, 112-123.
  19. Gens, A., Symes, M. J. and Hight, D. W. (1981) Discussion in ASCE J. of Geotechnical Engineering Division, Vol. 107, GT5, 702-704, on ‘Principal stress rotation: a missing parameter’ by J. R. Arthur et al, 1980, Vol. 106, GT4, 419-433.
  20. Hight, D. W., Gens, A., De Campos, T. M. P. and Takahashi, M. (1982) ‘Factors influencing the interpretation of in situ strength tests in insensitive low plasticity clays.’ Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on ‘Behaviour of Offshore Structures’, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., Vol. 2, 438-450.
  21. Symes, M. J., Hight, D. W. and Gens, A. (1982) ‘Investigating anisotropy and the effects of principal stress rotation and of the intermediate principal stress using a hollow cylinder apparatus.’ IUATM Symp. on ‘Deformation and Failure of Granular Materials, Delft’, 441-449.
  22. Grace, H. and Hight, D. W. (1982) ‘Investigating the use of plastic lateritic and other locally occurring materials as bases for bituminous surfaced low volume roads.’ 7th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Hong Kong, Vol. 1, 777-786.
  23. Hight, D. W. and Stevens, M. G. H. (1982) ‘An analysis of the CBR test in saturated clays.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 32, No 4, 315-322.
  24. Hight, D. W. (1982) ‘A simple piezometer probe for the routine measurement of pore pressure in triaxial tests on saturated soils.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 32, No 4, Technical Note, 396-401.
  25. Hight, D. W. (1983) ‘Laboratory investigations of sea bed clays.’ Ph.D. Thesis, University of London.
  26. Hight, D. W., Gens, A. and Symes, M. J. (1983) ‘The development of a new hollow cylinder apparatus for investigating the effects of principal stress rotation in soils.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 33, No 4, 355-383.
  27. Symes, M. J., Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1984) ‘Undrained anisotropy and principal stress rotation in saturated sand.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 34, No 1, 11-27.
  28. Shibuya, S., Hight, D. W. and Symes, M. J. (1984) Discussion in Soils and Foundations, Vol. 24, No 3, on ‘Sand response to cyclic rotation of principal stress directions as induced by wave loads’, by K. Ishihara and I.Towhata, Vol. 23, No 4, 11-26.
  29. Hight, D. W., Gens, A. and Jardine, R. J. (1985) Discussion in Géotechnique, Vol. 35, No. 1, 86-88. ‘The reaction of clays to sampling stress relief’, by W. M. Kirkpatrick and A. J. Khan, 1984, Vol. 34, No 1, 29-42.
  30. Hight, D. W., Gens, A. and Symes, M. J. (1985) Reply to discussion on ‘The development of a new hollow cylinder apparatus for investigating the effects of principal stress rotation in soils.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 35, No1, 82-85.
  31. Grace, H., Hight, D. W. and Toll, D. G. (1985) ‘Some recent work on the use of locally occurring materials as bases for bituminous surfaced low volume roads.’ Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Geomechanics Tropical Soils, Brasilia ’85, Vol. 2, 295-307.
  32. Symes, M. J., Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1985) Reply to discussion on ‘Undrained anisotropy and principal stress rotation in saturated sand.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 35, No 1, 82-85.
  33. Hight, D. W. (1985) ‘Some developments in geotechnical aspects of highway engineering.’ Institution of Highways and Transportation Symp. – Highway Technology ’85, Cambridge.
  34. Hight, D. W., Gens, A. and Jardine, R. J. (1985) ‘Evaluation of geotechnical parameters from triaxial tests on offshore clay.’ Proc. Int. Conf. on ‘Offshore Site Investigation’. Society for Underwater Technology, London, 253-268.
  35. Jardine, R. J., Potts, D. M., Hight, D. W. and Burland, J. B. (1985) ‘Assessing the safety of offshore piles by displacement monitoring.’ Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on ‘Behaviour of Offshore Structures’, Delft, 611-622.
  36. Symes, M. J., Shibuya, S., Hight, D. W. and Gens, A. (1985) ‘Liquefaction with cyclic principal stress rotation.’ Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, San Francisco, Vol. 4, 1919-1922.
  37. Hight, D. W. (1986) ‘Laboratory testing: assessing BS5930.’ Proc. 20th Regional Meeting of Engineering Group of Geological Society. University of Surrey. (Presented in 1984). Engineering Geology Special Publication No 2, 43-52.
  38. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1986) Discussion in Soils and Foundations, Vol. 26, No 4, 160-162. ‘Deformation behaviour of anisotropic dense sand and principal stress axes rotation’, by K. Miura, S. Miura and S. Toki, Vol. 26, No 1, 36-52.
  39. Toll, D. G., Hight, D. W. and Shaw, H. F. (1987) ‘The role of soil fabric in determining the engineering behaviour of compacted lateritic and quartzitic gravels.’ Presented at 1st International Conf. on Geomorphology, Manchester, 1985. Published in Z. Geomorph. N.F. suppl. – Bd 64, Berlin, 133-144.
  40. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘Patterns of cyclic principal stress rotation and liquefaction.’ Proc. 8thAsian Regional Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Kyoto, Japan, Vol. 1, 265-268.
  41. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘A bounding surface for granular materials.’ Soils and Foundations, Vol. 27, No 4, 123-136.
  42. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘Pore pressure accumulation under irregular cyclic principal stress rotation.’ Discussion. Proc. 8th Asian Regional Conf. on Soil Mech. and Fdn Eng., Kyoto, Japan, Vol. 2, 255.
  43. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘On the stress path in simple shear.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 37, No 4, 511- 515.
  44. Alonso, E. E., Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘Special problem soils.’ General report. Proc. 9th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Dublin, Vol. 3, 1087-1146.
  45. Hutchinson, J. N. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘Strongly folded structures associated with permafrost degradation and periglacial solifluction at Lyme Regis, Dorset.’ Periglacial processes and landforms in Britain and Ireland. 245-256. Ed. J. Boardman. Cambridge University Press.
  46. Hight, D. W., Jardine, R. J. and Gens, A. (1987) ‘The behaviour of soft clays.’ Embankments on soft clays. Public Works Research Centre, Athens, Ch. 2, 33-158.
  47. Jardine, R. J. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘The behaviour and analysis of embankments on soft clay.’ Embankments on soft clays. Public Works Research Centre, Athens, Ch. 3, 159-244.
  48. Jardine, R. J. and Hight, D. W. (1987) ‘Laboratory and field techniques for obtaining design parameters.’ Embankments on soft clays. Public Works Research Centre, Athens, Ch. 4, 245-296.
  49. Baldi, G., Hight, D. W. and Thomas, G. E. (1988) ‘A re-evaluation of conventional triaxial test methods.’State_of-the-Art Paper for ASTM Symposium on Advanced Triaxial Testing of Soil and Rock, Louisville, Kentucky, ASTM STP 977, 219-263. (Presented in 1986).
  50. Hight, D. W. and Burland, J. B. (1988) ‘Review of Soil Sampling and Laboratory Testing.’ Science and Engineering Research Council Report.
  51. Hight, D. W., Toll, D. G.and Grace, H. (1988) ‘Naturally occurring gravels for road construction.’ Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Geomechanics in Tropical Soils, Singapore, Vol. 1, 405-412.
  52. Hight, D. W., Shibuya, S. and Symes, M. J. (1988) Discussion to 6th Géotechnique Symposium in Print. ‘The engineering application of direct and simple shear testing.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 38, No 1, 139-140.
  53. Symes, M. J., Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1988) ‘Drained principal stress rotation in saturated sand.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 38, No 1, 59-81.
  54. Hight, D. W., Potts, D. M. and Tjelta, T. I. (1988) ‘Finite element analyses of a deep skirted gravity base.’ Proc. Int. Conf. on ‘Behaviour of Offshore Structures’, Trondheim, Vol. 1, 209-226.
  55. Jardine, R. J., Hight, D. W. and McIntosh, W. (1988) ‘Hutton tension leg platform foundations: measurement of pile group axial load-displacement relations.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 38, No 2, 219-230
  56. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1989) ‘Predictions of pore pressure under undrained cyclic principal stress rotation.’ Proc. 12th Int. Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 1, 123- 126.
  57. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1989)’Effects of initial anisotropy and intermediate principal stress on undrained behaviour of loose sand – isotropic consolidation.’ Proc. 23rd Annual Meeting of Japanese Soc. Soil Mech. and Fdn Eng. (in Japanese).
  58. Symes, M. J., Gens, A. and Hight, D. W. (1989) Reply to discussion on ‘Drained principal stress rotation in saturated sand.’Géotechnique, Vol. 39, No 3, 549-552.
  59. Finlayson, D. M. and Hight, D. W. (1990) ‘The Ballymoney Lignite Development: hydrogeological and geotechnical studies.’ Proc. 6th Conf. on Extractive Industry Geology, Birmingham, editors J. W. Gaskarth and A. C. Lumsden, 1-20. (Presented in 1989).
  60. Georgiannou, V. N., Burland, J. B. and Hight, D. W. (1990) ‘The undrained behaviour of clayey sands in triaxial compression and extension.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 40, No 3, 431-449.
  61. Shibuya, S., Symes, M. J. and Hight, D. W. (1991) ‘End restraint on the strength of a sand in triaxial tests.’ Symposium on Triaxial Testing of Soils, Japanese Soc. SMFE, at IIS, University of Tokyo.
  62. Hight, D. W. and Shibuya, S. (1991) ‘Undrained stability of offshore gravity structures.’ Proc. Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Engineering for Coastal Development. Geo-coast ’91, Yokohama, Japan, Vol. 1, 561-566.
  63. Jardine, R. J., Hight, D. W., St John, H. D. and Potts, D. M. (1991)’Some practical applications of a non-linear ground model.’ Proc. 10th European Conf. on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Florence, Vol. 1, 223-228.
  64. Georgiannou, V. N., Hight, D. W. and Burland, J. B. (1991) ‘Undrained behaviour of natural and model clayey sands.’ Soils and Foundations, Vol. 31, No 3, 17-29.
  65. Georgiannou, V. N., Hight, D. W. and Burland, J. B. (1991) ‘Behaviour of clayey sands under undrained cyclic triaxial loading.’ Géotechnique., Vol. 41, No 3, 383-393.
  66. Shibuya, S. and Hight, D. W. (1991) ‘Liquefaction Line – a new concept for initiation of liquefaction of soil.’ Proc. Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Engineering for Coastal Development. Geo-Coast ’91, Yokohama. Discussion to Session 5, Vol. 2, 1115.
  67. Gostelow, T. P., Hamblin, R. J. O., Harris, D. I. and Hight, D. W. (1991) ‘The influence of Late and Post Glacial slope development on the engineering geology of Wenlock Shale, near Ironbridge, Salop.’ Proc. 25th Annual Conf. of Engineering Group of Geological Society, Edinburgh. (Presented in 1989). Engineering Geology Special Publication No. 7, 349-360.
  68. Bracegirdle, A., Vaughan, P. R. and Hight, D. W. (1992) ‘Displacement prediction using rate effects on residual shear strength.’ Proc. 6th Int. Symp. on Landslides, Christchurch, New Zealand, Vol. 1, 343-347.
  69. Hight, D. W., BÖESE, R., Butcher, A. P., Clayton, C. R. I. and Smith, P. R. (1992). ‘Disturbance of the Bothkennar clay prior to laboratory testing.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 42, No 2, 199-217.
  70. Clayton, C. R. I., Hight, D. W. and Hopper, R. J. (1992) ‘Progressive destructuring of Bothkennar clay: implications for sampling and reconsolidation procedures.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 42, No 2, 219-239.
  71. Smith, P. R., Jardine, R. J. and Hight, D. W. (1992) ‘On the yielding of Bothkennar clay.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 42, No 2, 257–274.
  72. Leroueil, S., Lerat, P., Hight, D. W. and Powell, J. J. M. (1992) ‘Hydraulic conductivity of a recent estuarine silty clay at Bothkennar.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 42, No 2, 275-288.
  73. Hight, D. W., Bond, A. J. and Legge, J. D. (1992) ‘Characterization of the Bothkennar clay: an overview.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 42, No 2, 303-347. Awarded the British Geotechnical Society Prize.
  74. Hight, D. W. (1992) ‘Characterization of the Bothkennar clay: implications for site investigation practice.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 42, No 2, 377-378.
  75. Dounias, G. T., Potts, D. M. and Hight, D. W. (1992) ‘Influence of loading conditions and sample size in the direct shear test.’ Proc. 2nd Pan Hellenic Geotech. Conf. (In Greek).
  76. Georgiannou, V. N. and Hight, D. W. (1992) ‘Comparison between sand data from the direct shear box and the hollow cylinder apparatus.’ Proc. 2nd Pan Hellenic Geotech. Conf. (In Greek).
  77. Mair, R. J., Hight, D. W. and Potts, D. M. (1992) ‘Finite element analyses of settlements above a tunnel in soft ground.’ Transport and Road Research Laboratory. Contractor Report 265, 63pp.
  78. Hight, D. W., Pickles, A. R., De Moor, E. K., Higgins, K. G., Jardine, R. J., Potts, D. M. and Nyirendra, Z. M. (1993) ‘Predicted and measured tunnel distortions associated with construction of Waterloo International Terminal.’ Proc. Wroth Memorial Symp., Oxford, 317-338. (Presented in 1992).
  79. Jardine, R. J., Grace, H., Oyewumni, O., Armah, E. and Hight, D. W. (1993) ‘The behaviour of a laterite fill subjected to drying and wetting, including the effects of crack filling.’ Conf. on ‘Engineered Fills 93’, Newcastle upon Tyne.
  80. Hight, D. W. (1993) ‘A review of sampling effects in clays and sands.’ Proc. Int. Conf. on Offshore Site Investigation and Foundation Behaviour, Society for Underwater Technology, 115-146. (Presented in 1992).
  81. Harris, D. I., Potts, D. M., Brady, K., Hight, D. W. and Higgins, K. G. (1993) ‘Finite element analysis of anchored earth retaining walls.’ Proc. International Conference on Retaining Structures, Cambridge, 599-608. (Presented in 1992).
  82. Hight, D. W. and Jardine, R. J. (1993) ‘Small-strain stiffness and strength characteristics of hard London Tertiary clays.’ Proc. Int. Symp. on Hard Soils-Soft Rocks, Athens, Vol. 1, 533-552.
  83. Georgiannou, V. N., Hight, D. W. and Burland, J. B. (1993) ‘The behaviour of two hard clays in direct shear.’ Proc. Int. Symp. on Hard Soils-Soft Rocks, Athens, Vol. 1, 501-507.
  84. Georgiannou, V. N. and Hight, D. W. (1994) ‘The effects of centre-line tube sampling strains on the undrained behaviour of two stiff overconsolidated clays.’ ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 17, 4, 475- 487.
  85. Hight, D. W. (1994) ‘Deformation of deep excavations in stiff soil and weak rock.’ Proc. 13th Int. Conf. Soil Mech. Fdn Engng, New Delhi, India, Vol. 5, 115-116. Panel Report.
  86. Hight, D. W., Georgiannou, V. N. and Ford, C. J. (1994) ‘Characterisation of clayey sands.’ Proc. 7th Int. Conf. on Behaviour of Offshore Structures, Boston, Vol. 1, 321-340.
  87. Hight, D. W. and Higgins, K. G. (1994) ‘An approach to the prediction of ground movements in engineering practice: background and application.’ Keynote Lecture. Int. Symp. on Pre-Failure Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, IS-Hokkaido, Vol. 2, 909-945.
  88. Mair, R. J. and Hight, D. W. (1994) ‘Compensation Grouting.’ World Tunnelling, November, 361-367.
  89. Hight, D. W. and Georgiannou, V. N. (1995) ‘Effects of sampling on the undrained behaviour of clayey sands.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 45, No 2, 237-247.
  90. Davis, P. D., Eldred, P. J. L., Bennell, J. D., Hight, D. W. and King, M. S. (1996) ‘Site investigation for seismically designed structures.’ Int. Conf. on Advances in Site Investigation Practice, London, 715-726.
  91. Higgins, K. G., Hight, D. W., Potts, D. M. and Mair, R. J. (1996) Discussion: ‘Comments on the use of nonlinear elastic stiffness.’ Proc. Int. Symp. on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, London, 633-634.
  92. Hight, D. W. (1996) Moderator’s Report to Session III: ‘Drilling, boring, sampling and description.’ Proc. Int. Conf. on Advances in Site Investigation Practice, London, 337-360. (Presented in 1995).
  93. Hight, D. W., Lawrence, D. M., Farquhar, G. B., Milligan, G. W. E., Gue, S. S. and Potts, D. M. (1996) ‘Evidence for scale effects in the end bearing capacity of open-ended piles in sand.’ Offshore Technology Conference, Houston. OTC 7975, 181-192.
  94. Hight, D. W. (1997) ‘The volume change characteristics of compacted clays on wetting up and their influence on the performance of a motorway pavement.’ Proc. Symp. on Civil Engineering and the Environment, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 401-413.
  95. Hight, D. W., Bennell, J. D., Chana, B., Davis, P. D., Jardine, R. J. and Porovic, E. (1997) ‘Wave velocity and stiffness measurements of the Crag and Lower London Tertiaries at Sizewell.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 47, No 3, 451-474.
  96. Day, R. A., Hight, D. W. and Potts, D. M. (1998) ‘Finite element analysis of construction stability of Thika Dam.’ Computers and Geotechnics, 23, 205-219.
  97. Hight, D. W. (1998) ‘Anisotropy in soils – its measurement and practical implications.’ 2nd GRC Lecture, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 27pp.
  98. Hight, D. W., Georgiannou, V. N., Martin, P. L. and Mundegar, A. K. (1999) ‘Flow slides in micaceous sands.’ Proc. Int. Symp. on Problematic Soils, IS-Tohoku ’98, Sendai, Japan, Vol. 2, 945-957.
  99. Hight, D. W. (2000) ‘Sampling effects in soft clay: an update.’ Proc. of The Fourth Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Cairo, Egypt. Invited Lecture, 41pp.
  100. Hight, D. W. (2000) ‘Soil characterisation: the importance of structure and anisotropy.’ 38th Rankine Lecture. To be published in Géotechnique.
  101. Hight, D. W. (2000) ‘Sampling methods: evaluation of disturbance and new practical techniques for high quality sampling in soils.’ Keynote Lecture. Proc. 7th National Congress of the Portuguese Geotechnical Society, Porto, Vol.3, 1275-1309.
  102. Day, R. A., Hight, D. W. and Potts, D. M. (2001) ‘Coupled pore pressure and stability analysis of embankment dam construction.’ APCOM ’01.
  103. Leong, W. K., Chu, J. and Hight, D. W. (2001) ‘Slip failures in granular slopes: some observations from model tests.’ 14th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Hong Kong.
  104. Hight, D. W. (2001) ‘Testing and property characterisation of geomaterials.’ Theme Lecture, 15th Int. Conf. Soil Mech. Fdn Engng, Istanbul. (Unpublished).
  105. Hight, D. W. (2001) ‘Sampling effects in soft clays: an update on Ladd and Lambe (1963).’ ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No 119 ‘Soil Behaviour and Soft Ground Construction’, 86-121.
  106. Higgins, K. G. and Hight, D. W. (2001) ‘The behaviour of engineering structures: prediction andperformance.’ Pre-failure Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, 1387-1395.
  107. Zdravkovic, L., Potts, D. M. and Hight, D. W. (2002) ‘The effect of strength anisotropy on the behaviour of embankments on soft ground.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 52, No 6, 447-457. Awarded Telford Gold Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers.
  108. Leroueil, S. and Hight, D. W. (2002) ‘Behaviour and properties of natural soils and soft rocks.’ Int. Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Tan et al (eds), Vol.1, 29-254.
  109. Hight, D. W. and Leroueil, S. (2002) ‘Characterisation of soils for engineering purposes.’ Int. Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Tan et al (eds), Vol.1, 255-360.
  110. Hight, D. W., Paul, M. A., Barras, B. F., Powell, J. J. M., Nash, D. F. T., Smith, P. R., Jardine, R. J. and Edwards, D. H. (2002) ‘The characterisation of the Bothkennar Clay.’ Int. Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Tan et al (eds), Vol.1, 543-597.
  111. Hight, D. W., McMillan, F., Powell, J. J. M., Jardine, R. J. and Allenou, C. P. (2002) ‘Some characteristics of London Clay.’ Int. Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Tan et al (eds), Vol.2, 851-908.
  112. Hight, D. W., Hamza, M. M., and El Sayed, A. S. (2002) ‘Engineering characterisation of the Nile Delta Clays.’ Proc. Conf. IS Yokohama, Vol. 2, 149-162. (Presented in 2000).
  113. Shibuya, S., Hight, D. W. and Jardine, R. J. (2003) ‘Four dimensional local boundary surfaces of an isotopically consolidated loose sand.’ Soils and Foundations, Vol. 43, No 2, 89-103.
  114. Shibuya, S., Hight, D. W. and Jardine, R. J. (2003) ‘Local boundary surfaces of a loose sand dependent on consolidation path.’ Soils and Foundations, Vol. 43, No 3, 85-93
  115. Kovacevic, N., Hight, D. W. and Potts, D. M. (2003) ‘A comparison between observed and predicted behaviour of a deep excavation in soft Bangkok clay.’ Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Lyon, France, Vol. 1, 983-989.
  116. Kovacevic, N., Hight, D. W. and Potts, D. M. (2004) ‘Temporary slope stability in London Clay-back analyses of two case histories.’ Advances in Geotechnical Engineering. The Skempton Conference. Thomas Telford, London, Vol. 2, 842-855
  117. Jardine, R. J., Gens, A., Hight, D. W. and M.R.COOP (2004) ‘Developments in understanding soil behaviour.’ Advances in Geotechnical Engineering. The Skempton Conference. Thomas Telford, London, Vol. 1 103-206
  118. Ni, Q., Tan, T. S., Dasari, G. R. and Hight, D. W. (2004) ‘Contribution of fines to the compressive strength of mixed soils.’Géotechnique, 54, 9, 561-569.
  119. Hight, D. W., Ellison, R. A. and Page, D. P. (2004) ‘Engineering in the Lambeth Group.’ CIRIA Report C583, 1-210.
  120. Clayton, C. R. I. and Hight, D. W. (2006) ‘Laboratory testing of natural soils: some factors affecting performance.’ Int. Workshop on Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils, Tan et al (eds), Vol.3, 1535-1599.
  121. Hight, D. W., Gasparre, A., Nishimura, S., Minh, N. A., Jardine, R. J. and Coop, M. R. (2007) ‘Characteristics of the London Clay from the Terminal 5 site at Heathrow Airport.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 57, No 1, 3-18. Awarded Geotechnical Research Medal, 2008, Institution of Civil Engineers.
  122. Kovacevic, N., Hight, D. W. and Potts, D. M. (2007) ‘Predicting the stand-up time of temporary London Clay slopes at Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 57, No 1, 63-74.
  123. Hight, D. W. (2010) ‘Comments on the foreseeability of some geotechnical failures.’ Proc. XV Brazilian Cong. for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Gramado, Brazil. Workshop on Safety and Risk, 1-22.
  124. Potts, D. M., Kovacevic, N. and Hight, D. W. (2011) ‘Predicting the stability of large excavations at Heathrow Terminal 5.’ Symposium ‘Computational Methods in Geomechanics’, Salzburg, Austria, 46-52.
  125. Leroueil, S. and Hight, D. W. (2013) ‘Compacted soils: from physics to hydraulic and mechanical behaviour.’ Proc. First Pan-American Conf. on Unsaturated Soils, Cartagena-de-Indias, Colombia, 41-59.
  126. Storry, R. B., Pina, R. M., Hochart, A. and Hight, D. W. (2013) ‘Ground Investigation Challenges at the Port of Miami Tunnel Project, Miami, Florida, USA.’ Rapid Excavation and Tunnelling Conference, Washington D.C.
  127. Kovacevic, N., Hight, D. W., Potts, D. M. and Carter, I. C. (2013) ‘Finite-element analysis of the failure and reconstruction of the main dam embankment at Abberton Reservoir, Essex, UK.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 63, No 9, 753-767.
  128. Hight, D. W. (2013) ‘Assessing sample quality prior to laboratory testing.’ Proc. 15th Euro.Conf. SM. and Geo.Eng. Geotechnics of Hard Soils-Weak Rocks (Part 4), 285-287.
  129. Gasparre, A., Hight, D. W., Jardine, R. J. and Coop, M. R. (2014) ‘The laboratory measurement and interpretation of the small strain stiffness of stiff clays.’ Géotechnique, Vol. 64, No 12, 942-953. Awarded the British Geotechnical Association Prize.
  130. Leroueil, S., Hight, D. W. and Cabral, A. R. (2015) ‘Practical implications of gas-water interactions in soils.’ Proc. 15th Pan American Conf. SM and Geo Eng. Keynote
  131. Menkiti, C. O., Davis, J. A., Semertzidou, K., Abbireddy, C. O. R., Hight, D. W., Williams, J. D. and Black, M. (2015) ‘The geology and geotechnical properties of the Thanet Sand Formation – an update from the Crossrail Project.’ Proc.16th Euro.Conf. SM. and Geo.Eng.

Areas of expertise

  • Forensic geotechnical engineering
  • Site characterisation (soils & rocks)
  • Land reclamation
  • Tailings dams
  • Excavated and natural slopes
  • Tunnels
  • Road pavements
  • Ore cargoes
  • Retaining structures
  • Offshore & onshore foundations
  • Expert witness
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