I have worked as a professional civil engineer for 44 years. The last 33 years have been spent on the design and inspection of concrete, earthfill and rockfill dams. I have been involved with the design of a number of RCC dams up to 154 m high and have taken a particular interest in the seismic design of dams having been on the ICOLD committee for seismic aspects of dam design for a number of years. I have published over 50 technical papers on dam related subjects. Since joining HR… Show more I have worked as a professional civil engineer for 44 years. The last 33 years have been spent on the design and inspection of concrete, earthfill and rockfill dams. I have been involved with the design of a number of RCC dams up to 154 m high and have taken a particular interest in the seismic design of dams having been on the ICOLD committee for seismic aspects of dam design for a number of years. I have published over 50 technical papers on dam related subjects. Since joining HR Wallingford in 2012 I have inspected dams in UK and have also been appointed to Panels of Experts for dams in Albania, Rwanda, Malawi, Vietnam and Tanzania. Show less

Full time work on dams since 1980. Project Engineer for Mrica Hydropower Project ( 180 MW ) in Indonesia incorporating 100 m high rockfill dam, Project Engineer for 100 m high Platanovryssi RCC Dam in Greece, 84 m high RCC Ghatghar Dam in India, Design of 7 dams in Yemen, Engineering Manager for $ 200 m enlargement of C.W.Bill Young Reservoir in USA, Seismic specialist for 153 m high Rudbar-Lorestan Dam in Iran and many other dams.

Particular interest in Hydrology, Seismic engineering, Risk Analyses, Hydropower, Dam Engineering and related subjects.