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Kevin Briggs is a Chartered Engineer and HS2 Ltd/RAEng Senior Research Fellow in Geotechnical Engineering (2020-2025).
His research is being used to assess the ageing and degradation of infrastructure earthworks (embankments & cuttings) supporting the railway and highway networks. This includes field and laboratory investigations into the properties and behaviour of natural soils and engineered fills.
Kevin was awarded a RAEng Industrial Fellowship in ‘Railway Infrastructure Resilience’ (2017/18) and the EPSRC Doctoral Prize in (2011). He is currently Bath PI for the £4.8M EPSRC ACHILLES Programme (2018-2022) led by Newcastle University. ACHILLES will examine how to better monitor and maintain UK infrastructure earthworks, to save money and reduce transport disruptions.
Kevin is an elected member of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Executive Committee (2022-2025).
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Climate and extreme weather impacts on geotechnical structures
The engineering properties of mudstones and stiff clays
Monitoring earthworks and retaining structures
Monitoring and assessment of historic structures
Geotechnical & groundwater case studies
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Visiting Researcher, University of Southampton
Jan 2020 → Jan 2022
Adviser: Reservoir Research Advisory Group, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22 Dec 2017 → Dec 2019
Visiting Researcher, University of Southampton
Oct 2012 → Oct 2013
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Characterisation of Mortars from St Briavels and Bridport
14/03/22 → 31/03/24
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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ACHILLES: Assessment, Costing and enhancement of long life, Long Linear assets
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/07/18 → 31/12/23
Project: Research council
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Moisture Movement Beneath Solid Ground Floors in Historic Buildings
1/11/16 → 1/10/24
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Research output
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Assessing the deterioration of ageing infrastructure earthworks: The ACHILLES heel in long, linear transport networks
Briggs, K., Glendinning, S. & Dijkstra, T., 1 Aug 2022, GEOSTRATA, August/September 2022, p. 26 33 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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In-situ measurements of wall moisture in a historic building in response to the installation of an impermeable floor
Briggs, K., Ball, R. & Mccaig, I., 8 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: UCL Open : Environment. 4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Slope failure prediction combining limit equilibrium, case histories, and Bayesian Markov Chain monte Carlo Method
Trinidad Gonzalez, Y., Briggs, K. & Schaefer, V., 9 Mar 2022, (Acceptance date) Geohazards 8, Quebec, Canada.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding
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The influence of weathering on index properties and undrained shear strength for the Charmouth Mudstone Formation of the Lias Group at a site near Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK
Briggs, K., Blackmore, L., Loveridge, F., Svalova, A., Glendinning, S., Powrie, W., Butler, S. & Sartain, N., 16 Mar 2022, In: Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 55, 3, qjegh2021-066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Spatial Variability of the cone tip resistance of Weathered Mudstone Profiles from CPT testing
Trinidad Gonzalez, Y., Briggs, K., Powrie, W., Sartain, N. & Butler, S., 31 Dec 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Datasets
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Dataset for daily weather data (2017-2020) measured in Caldicot, Wales
Briggs, K. (Creator), Ball, R. (Creator) & McCaig, I. (Creator), University of Bath, 21 Sep 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01101
Dataset
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Dataset for the undrained shear strength and index properties of Charmouth Mudstone Formation samples excavated near Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK
Briggs, K. (Creator) & Blackmore, L. (Creator), University of Bath, 24 Feb 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01012
Dataset