Publications & Articles

Some 90 of my articles, papers and book chapters have been published over the years in the UK and in other parts of the world.  Here is a selection correct to October 2008 –

Managing safety in construction (1992)  Proceedings, Institution of Civil Engineers, ‘Civil Engineering’, Vol.92, Issue 3 (Aug), pages 127-132.

An engineer’s perspective on legislative changes (1992)  Invited keynote address and paper.  ‘Engineering and health in compressed air work’ Conference at Oxford University, Sept.  Proceedings published by E&F Spon, London, pages 7-15. ISBN 0 419 18460 0.

The level playing field in European construction safety matters (1994).  Proceedings of ‘Risks and Liabilities in Construction Contracts’ published by Institution of Engineers of Ireland, Dublin June 1994.

Construction safety – the strife is o’er, the battle won ! (1996) 
article in ‘Construction Manager’ Journal of the Chartered Institute of Building. Edition of Nov.1996, pages 16-18.

Reducing risk and improving safety with particular reference to NATM (1996) 
Paper at International Tunnelling Association’s (ITA) Annual Conference in Washington DC, (April).  Proceedings published by AA Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 35-42.

HSE reports on NATM safety (1997)  article in ‘Tunnels and Tunnelling International’ Vol.29, No.3 (March), pages 49-51.

The problems with construction (1997) 
article in ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ Vol.15, No.5 (May), pages 29-30.

The fascination of tunnelling (1997) 
article in ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’  Vol.15, No.8 (Aug), pages 26-28.

World-wide research points to the need for new approaches to control tunnelling risks (1997) 
Invited keynote address and paper.  ‘Tunnelling under difficult conditions’ Conference, Basel, Switzerland.  Proceedings pages 87-95.  International Technical Conferences Ltd, Bedford, UK.

Can construction learn from the ‘safety culture’ of others ?(1997) 
article in ‘Construction Manager’, Vol.3,Issue 2 (Nov), pages 15-16.

An ‘ERASE’ approach to eliminate and control risks in tunnelling before work starts (1998) 
Paper at the ITA 1998 meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Proceedings published by AA Balkema, Rotterdam. Pages 135-139.

Changes needed now to the CDM Regs (1998) 
article in ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ Vol.16, No.5 (May), pages 26-29.

Evaluating risks from tunnelling (1998)
article in ‘World Tunnelling’ Vol 11, No.6 (Aug), The Mining Journal, London. Pages 315-316.

Growing a safety culture (1998) 
Chapter in ‘ Health and safety for Engineers’  (Ed. Martin Barnard) Thomas Telford Ltd, London.   ISBN 0 7277 2601 3.

Addressing barriers to improved safety performance (1998) 
article in ‘Construction Manager’ Vol.4, Issue 9 (Nov) pages 14-15.

Minimising underground construction risks needs maximum engineering effort (1998)
 Invited paper.  ‘Underground City - Geotechnology and  Architecture’ at St Petersburg, Russia organised and published by the Russian Tunnelling Association (Moscow). Proceedings pages 63-68.  Reprinted in ‘Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology’ Vol.13, No.4 (1998), pages 365-368.

Can we have a ‘safety culture’ in the tunnelling business ? (1998)
 article in ‘Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology’ Vol.13, Issue 3, pages 213-215.

Health and safety – the missing ingredient (1999) 
Proceedings, Institution of Civil Engineers, ‘Civil Engineering’, Vol.132, Issue 1 (Feb), pages 41-42.  Reprinted in ‘Civil Engineering International’ No.52 (July), pages 38-39.

Construction safety – seven factors which hold us back (1999) 
article in ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ Vol.17, No.8 (Aug), pages 16-18.

Reducing risk and achieving success – focusing on the one issue that really matters (1999)  
Paper at ‘Tunnelling and Piling 99’ (Sept. London) Proceedings published by Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London. Pages 253-259.

Finding the right legislative framework for guiding designers on their health and safety responsibilities (2000) 
paper at ‘Designing for health and safety’ (European Construction Institute) June, London.  Proceedings published by the ECI Loughborough ISBN 1 873844 48 4, pages 143-150.

Underground movement – the Heathrow Report (2000)  article in ‘Tunnels and Tunnelling International’ Vol.33, No.8 (Aug), pages 20-22.Quality collapse at Heathrow (2000)  article in ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ Vol.18.No.10, pages 28-30.

The identification and control of risk in underground construction (2000) 
PhD Thesis University of London – Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.  Copies available through the British Thesis Service, The British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Weatherby, LS23  7BQ.

Construction safety – time for a legislative tidy-up (2001)  Proceedings, Institution of Civil Engineers, ‘Civil Engineering’, Vol.144, Issue 1 (Feb), page 4.

Heathrow – important lessons for international tunnellers (2001) 
Invited keynote lecture and paper. ‘Bergmekanikdag 2001’ Conference organised and published by the Swedish Rock Mechanics Research, Stockholm, Sweden. Pages 1-10.  Report also published in ‘Bergs & Brucks 3/2001  “Fem temen pa Bermekanikdagen” pages 30-31.  ISSN  0039-6435.

Safety laws need to be simplified (2001) 
 article in ‘Construction News’ edition No. 6727 (Aug 2), page 11.

Ensuring safety needs a structured approach to the management of diversity and uncertainty Invited paper and Presentation at the 50th Austrian Geomechanics Colloquy, Salzburg,  Published in “Felsbau 5/2001” pages 122-125  (Journal for Engineering Geology, Geomechanics and Tunnelling).  ISSN 0174 6979.

Back to school (2002)  article in ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ Feb pages 23-24.

Health and Safety needs new ideas (2002) article in ‘Construction News’ 19 Sept. edition, page 13.

Health and safety – time for a new approach (2002) Proc. Institution of Civil Engineers – ‘Municipal Engineer’, Vol 150, issue 4, (Nov).  Pages 150-151.  Thomas Telford Ltd, London.

Writing contracts to ensure safety in international tunnelling (2003)  Proceedings Reclaiming Underground Space (ITA Amsterdam), published by AA Balkema, Rotterdam, pages 1139-1144, ISBN 90 5809 544 4.

Construction safety in 2003 – time for radical action (2003)  Proc. Institution of Civil Engineers, ‘Municipal Engineer’ Vol. 156, Issue ME3 (September), pages 175-178.

NAO examines HSE construction sector’s performance  ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ edition of June 2004, page 4.

Regulation issues  ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ edition of July 2004, pages 27-28.

The devil’s in the detail  ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’ edition of May 2005, pages 15-16.

Designing for safety in construction – the missed opportunity of the 1994 UK CDM
Regs  Proc. “Rethinking and Revitalising Construction Health, Safety , Environment and Quality”, CIB W99 Triennial Conference, May 2005, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.  Pages 656-664.

International construction safety – key factors for a national enforcement agency  Proceedings, 3rd South African Construction Safety Conference, Cape Town.  7-9 May 2006, pages 90-96.

Safety in international tunnelling calls for special integrated team approaches  Invited Keynote presentation.  Proceedings, 3rd South African Construction Safety conference, Cape Town 7-9 May 2006, pages 2-8.

Tunnel vision – John Anderson says it’s all in the detail  Invited ‘Viewpoint’ article published in the New Civil Engineer  25 Jan 2007, page 15.

Coordinate, Disseminate, Monitor  ‘Safety and Health Practitioner’  edition of Feb 2007, pages 51-53.

Health and safety – matching legislation and enforcement  Proc. Institution of Civil Engineers ‘Management, Procurement and Law’ Vol.160, Issue 1, pages 11-15. (Feb 2007).

The best of new UK guidance for clients, designers and contractors undertaking construction   Proceedings - 4th South African Conference on construction health and safety (Paper 005), Cape Town, 14th-17th October 2007, pages 35-45.

Joint authorship :

An international review of legislation concerned with tunnelling in compressed air (1991)  Paper at ‘Tunnelling 91’ (ITA 1991 Conference) organised by British Tunnelling Society and Institution of Mining and Metallurgy.  Proceedings pages 17-28  Elsevier Applied Science, London.  ISBN 1 85166 624 9  with D R Lamont.

Wider perspectives and strategies for health and safety (1996)  Paper at ‘Health and Safety in Mining and Metallurgy’ Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London. Proceedings pages 255-262.  ISBN 1 870706 30 7  with N G Terezopoulos.

The necessity of a risk-based approach to the planning, design and construction of NATM tunnels in urban situations (1997)  Paper at ‘Tunnelling 97’ (Sept. London).  Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London. Pages 331-340.  ISBN 1 870706 34 X with G A Lance.

Improving safety in sprayed concrete lining by good construction and thorough testing (1997)  Paper at ‘Tunnelling 97’ (Sept., London).  Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London Pages 353-361.  ISBN 1 870706 34 X with C P E Snee and R F Manning.

The importance of education in the control of risks in tunnelling (1997)  Paper at ‘Tunnelling under Difficult Conditions’ Conference, Basel, Switzerland (Oct). Proceedings pages 297-303.  Independent Technical Conferences Ltd, Bedford, UK, with N G Terezopoulos.

Pre-construction assessment strategy of significant engineering risks in tunnelling (1998)  Paper at ‘International Congress on Underground Construction in Modern Infrastructure’ Stockholm, Sweden (June).  Proceedings pages 191-198 AA Balkema, Rotterdam, with  C G Rawlings and G A Lance.

Tunnel project procurement and processes – fundamental issues of concern (1998)  Paper at ‘Reducing Risk in Tunnel Design and Construction’ Basel, Switzerland (Dec). proceedings  pages 1-13. Independent Technical Conferences Ltd, Bedford UK. Reprinted in ‘Tunnel Management International’ Vol.2, Issue 7 pages 19-26.with J J Reilly and T Isaksson.

Tunnel Project Procurement – management issues and risk mitigation (1999)  Paper at 10th Australian Tunnelling Conference, Melbourne (March). Proceedings, Australian Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Publication Series No.2/99., pages 381-390, with J J Reilly and T Isaksson.

Risk mitigation for tunnel projects – a structured approach (1999)  Paper at ITA Conference in Oslo, Norway (June). Proceedings pages 703-711.  AA Balkema, Rotterdam, with J J Reilly and T Isaksson.

Mitinnovativer Projektsteuerung und Risikoanalyse kostenbewusst bauen (1999)  Paper presented at 1999 STUVA Conference, Frankfurt, Germany (Nov/Dec). Published (in German) by Studuengesellschaft fur Unterirdische Verkehrsanlagen e.V., Koln, Germany, with J J Reilly and T Isaksson.

38km of Madrid Metro Extension in tunnel- designed and constructed in 40 months (2000)  paper at 2000 ITA meeting in Durban, South Africa (May).  Proceedings pages 295-302. Published by South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Johannesburg, South Africa. ISBN 1 919783 11 3.  with M M Melis, J M R Ortiz and C Oteo.

Safety in tunnelling is far too important to be left only to safety officers (2000)  Paper at International Tunnelling Conference, Singapore (Nov).  Proceedings pages 567-572 published by AA Balkema, Rotterdam, with N G Terezopoulos.

Architects’ handbook of Construction Project Management (2004)   Chapter 14 -Health and Safety, pages  245-265 ISBN  1 85946 123 9  published by RIBA Enterprises, London with Prof J J Smallwood (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)  ISBN 1 85946 123 9.

Rethinking undergraduate education in construction risk management in the UK  Proc.  “Rethinking and Revitalising Construction Safety, Health, Environment and Quality” CIB W99 Triennial Conference, May 2005, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (with Peter Williams).  Pages 100-107.  ISBN 0 620 33919 5.

The risks to third parties from bored tunnelling in soft ground  an HSE Research Report downloadable free from www.hse.gov.uk/research  Report No. “RR453” (2006) written jointly with Guy Lance (formerly of W S Atkins, Epsom), also available via the website www.tunnellingforum.com

Third party safety issues in international urban tunnelling  Proc.
‘Underground Space – the 4th dimension of Metropolises’   International Tunnelling Association’s 2007 World Congress, Prague (May) pages 1549-1553  ISBN 978 0 415 40803 5 (with G A Lance and D R Lamont)  Taylor & Francis, London.

Expansion of Chinese economy and construction safety ICE Proceedings ‘Municipal Engineer’ 161, issue ME1, pages 51-57 (March 2008) - a special “Municipal Engineering in China” edition, with Fang D.P. and Huang J X (Beijing).  ISSN 0965-0903.

“Committee” Publications :
Safety working in tunnelling – an illustrated guidance document for first-line supervisors (1989)  A joint publication in 9 languages by STUVA (Koln) and Tiefbau-Berufsgenossenschaft (Munich).  This document now revised in 2004/5, and is now a joint publication by TBG and ITA.

British Standard BS 6164 – ‘Safety in Tunnelling in the Construction Industry’(1982, 1990, and 2001)
British Standards Institution, London, with other Members of the British Standards Committee.  The 2001 edition was published in Dec 2001. ISBN 0 580 38457 8 – this is now under revision in 2008.

Safety of New Austrian Tunnelling Method Tunnels – with particular reference to London Clay (1996)  HSE Books, Sudbury, Suffolk.  With other Members of the HSE Heathrow Investigation Team).  ISBN 0 7176 1068 3.

Tunnel Lining Design Guide  (2004)  A book by Thomas Telford Ltd., London ISBN 0 7277 2966 1  With other members of the  British Tunnelling Society drafting Committee.

Awaiting publication:
“Investigating construction accidents – time to do better”  an article for the “Safety and Health Practitioner” to appear in a special “construction edition” – possibly Nov. 2008.  (Article submitted 25 July 2008).

Book review of “Tolley’s Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide: a guide to compliance  by Andrea Oates (LexisNexis), Reigate Surrey at the invitation of the editor of the Safety and Health Practitioner (review supplied 15 Aug 2008).

A Paper for the 4th International Conference on Forensic Engineering – “From Failure to Understanding” to be held at ICE in London in 2-4 Dec. 2008 Title – Application of a database of unplanned tunnel construction incidents to promote safer construction and improve the perception of risk  Joint authorship with G A Lance. (Final paper submitted and accepted August 2008).

A complete list can be forwarded on request – just e-mail me

 
 
 
 

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