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Mr Mike Crilly

Mike Crilly

Mike Crilly is a geotechnical engineer with more than 35 years of experience in research and practice. He has extensive experience of raft and pile foundations, the interaction of foundations and basements with existing infrastructure, subsidence and heave resulting from the interaction of vegetation and clay soils, and the impact of tunnelling on buildings.

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  1. Crilly, M. S. (2001). Analysis of a database of subsidence damage. Structural Survey, 19(1), 7-14.
  2. Driscoll, R. M. C. & Crilly, M. S. (2000). Subsidence damage to domestic buildings: lessons learned and questions remaining. Foundation for the Built Environment Report 1. London: CRC Ltd.
  3. Crilly, M. S. & Driscoll, R. M. C. (2000). The behaviour of lightly loaded piles in swelling ground and implications for their design. Proc Instn Civ Engrs, Geotech Engng, 143, 3-16.
  4. Chown, R. C. & Crilly, M. S. (2000). Performance of a semi-rigid raft foundation on soft ground under vertical load. Ground Engineering, 33(3), March, 36-40.
  5. Skinner, H. D., Crilly, M. S. & Charles, J. A. (1998). Numerical models for the design of shallow foundations for low-rise buildings. Proc 4th Eur Conf Num Meth Geotech Engng, Udine, 655-664.
  6. Driscoll, R. M. C., Crilly, M. S. & Butcher, A. P. (1996). Foundations for low-rise buildings. The Structural Engineer, 74, 179-185.
  7. Marinho, F. A. M., Chandler, R. J. & Crilly, M. S. (1995). Stiffness measurements on an unsaturated high plasticity clay using bender elements. Proc 1st Intl Conf Unsaturated Soils, Paris, 2, 535-540.
  8. Crilly, M. S. & Chandler, R. J. (1993). A method of determining the state of desiccation in clay soils. BRE Information Paper No IP 4/93. Garston: BRE.
  9. Crilly, M. S., Driscoll, R. M. C. & Chandler, R. J. (1992). Seasonal ground and water movement observations from an expansive clay site in the UK. Proc 7th Intl Conf Expansive Soils, Dallas, 1, 313-318.
  10. Chandler, R. J., Crilly, M. S. & Montgomery-Smith, G. (1992). A low-cost method of assessing clay desiccation for low-rise buildings. Proc Instn Civ Engrs, Civ Engng, 92, 82-89.
  11. Crilly, M. S., Schreiner, H. D. & Gourley, C. S. (1991). A simple field suction measurement probe. Proc 10th Afr Reg Conf Soil Mech & Found Engng, Maseru, 1, 291-298.

Areas of expertise

  • Deep excavations and retaining walls
  • Deep and shallow foundations
  • Ground movements
  • Forensic investigations
  • Instrumentation & monitoring
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