The early days of engineering geology in the UK – a personal view by Peter Fookes F.R. Eng.

In my opinion, the development of engineering geology was a team effort, a general evolution with contributions from all those involved in ‘geology for engineers’ during the decades after World War II, notably the 1950s to the 1970s, with increasing use of geologists by the civil engineering profession. This article illustrates my memories of this evolution through this formative period using for each decade the same six ‘indicators’: notable engineering; training and courses; contractors and contractors’ laboratories; consultants; societies, associations and meetings; journals and publications.

[1]  P. G. Fookes.  Geotechnical Mapping of Soils and Sedimentary Rock for Engineering Purposes With Examples of Practice from the Mangla Dam Project , 1969 .

[2]  Armin von Moos.  Engineering Geology in Switzerland A Review of the Literature , 1948 .

[3]  H Lapworth.  THE PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY. (TWO LECTURES TO THE STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTION IN SESSION 1907-8). , 1908 .

[4]  K. Terzaghi.  Influence of geological factors on the engineering properties of sediments , 1955 .

[5]  P.G. Fookes,et al.  Discussion of ‘The first engineering geological publication in the UK?’ by M. G. Culshaw Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 37, 227–231 , 2005, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.

[6]  M J Dumbleton,et al.  PRELIMINARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR SITE INVESTIGATIONS IN BRITAIN , 1976 .

[7]  P. G. Fookes,et al.  4. Site investigation and geotechnical considerations , 1977 .

[8]  E. Hoek,et al.  Rock slope engineering , 1974 .

[9]  Alec Westley Skempton,et al.  SOIL MECHANICS IN RELATION TO GEOLOGY , 1953 .

[10]  M.H. de Freitas,et al.  Engineering geology at Imperial College London; 1907–2007 , 2008, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.

[11]  Ralph B. Peck,et al.  Advantages and Limitations of the Observational Method in Applied Soil Mechanics , 1969 .

[12]  David Charles Cawsey,et al.  Geological Education for Undergraduate Civil Engineers , 1972 .

[13]  R. F. Sorsbie,et al.  Geology for Engineers , 1911, Nature.

[14]  Peter G. Fookes.  Planning and stages of site investigation , 1967 .

[15]  W. R. Dearman,et al.  Engineering geological mapping for civil engineering practice in the United Kingdom , 1974, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[16]  Alec Westley Skempton,et al.  THE STRENGTH ALONG STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITIES IN STIFF CLAYS , 1968 .

[17]  M. Dumbleton.  Origin and mineralogy of African red clays and Keuper Marl , 1967, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[18]  J. Hodges.  A GUIDE TO THE STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF BITUMEN- SURFACED ROADS IN TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL COUNTRIES , 2001 .

[19]  W H Glanville,et al.  Soil mechanics for road engineers , 1952 .

[20]  Ute Beyer,et al.  Principles Of Engineering Geology , 2016 .

[21]  J. L. Knill,et al.  The Recording and Interpretation of Geological Conditions in the Foundations of the Roseires, Kariba, and Latiyan Dams , 1965 .

[22]  Martin G. Culshaw,et al.  A Short History of Engineering Geology and Geophysics at the British Geological Survey , 2014 .

[23]  L Collis,et al.  Aggregates: Sand, gravel and crushed rock aggregates for construction purposes , 1985 .

[24]  A. Skempton.  Long-Term Stability of Clay Slopes , 1964 .

[25]  P. G. Fookes,et al.  A note on the origins of engineering geomorphology in the UK , 2015 .

[26]  J. N. Hutchinson,et al.  Undrained Loading, A Fundamental Mechanism of Mudflows and other Mass Movements , 1971 .

[27]  John Lawrence Knill,et al.  The geotechnical properties and behaviour of Carboniferous shale at the Balderhead Dam , 1967, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[28]  Sidney Paige,et al.  Application of geology to engineering practice , 1950 .

[29]  K. Terzaghi,et al.  Soil mechanics in engineering practice , 1948 .

[30]  D. G. Price,et al.  Geological Society Engineering Group Working Party report on the logging of rock cores for engineering purposes , 1970, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[31]  M. J. Tomlinson,et al.  Foundation design and construction , 1963 .

[32]  Martin G. Culshaw,et al.  The first engineering geological publication in the UK? , 2004, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology.

[33]  E. T. Brown,et al.  Underground excavations in rock , 1980 .

[34]  A. Davis.  The mineralogy and phase equilibrium of Keuper Marl , 1967, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[35]  B. C. Worssam,et al.  The Quaternary History of the Lower Greensand Escarpment and Weald Clay Vale near Sevenoaks, Kent: Discussion , 1976 .

[36]  I. Jeg,et al.  The preparation of maps and plans in terms of engineering geology , 1972, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[37]  J. N. Hutchinson.  A Reconsideration of the Coastal Landslides at Folkestone Warren, Kent , 1969 .

[38]  Kenneth Reginald Early,et al.  Design and construction of a large cavity deep in the coal measures , 1967, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.

[39]  J. C. Doornkamp,et al.  Large scale geomorphological mapping and Highway engineering design , 1975, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology.