The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The Fleming Award is awarded annually by the BGA to project teams to recognise excellence in the practical application of geotechnics in a project or a part of a project.
The Fleming Award is awarded annually by the BGA to commemorate the life and work of Dr Ken Fleming, who was chief engineer at Cementation Skanska Foundation.
Dr Ken Fleming
The Fleming Award Competition is held annually to commemorate the life and work of Dr Ken Fleming and to recognise excellence in the practical application of geotechnics in a project or a part of a project
The competition is held at an evening meeting of the BGA each December, with entries being invited during the autumn of each year. The award recognises excellence in the practical application of geotechnics in a project or a part of a project, and is awarded to project teams who have worked on geotechnical projects that have been substantially completed within the two years prior to the award date of December. Each Team is expected to comprise between 3 and 6 people, at least one of whom must be a member of the BGA.
Entries for the 2024 Fleming Award can be made until midnight on Friday 18th October 2024. Applications should be made by email to bga@ice.org.uk.
Entries are invited from Project Teams who have worked on geotechnical projects that have been substantially completed within the two years prior to the award date of December 2024.
Each Team is expected to comprise between three and six people, at least one of whom must be a member of the BGA.
Submitting teams typically include representatives from Clients, Main Contractors, Consulting Engineers, Specialist Contractors and so on. The award is presented to the Project Team which most demonstrates excellence in geotechnical design & construction. There is an emphasis on teamwork across the different disciplines involved in the project, innovation is also a strong consideration.
There is a prize of £1,000, donated by Cementation Skanska.
The final of the competition will be held on 3 December 2024 at the ICE, London. Each team will give a short presentation (20 minutes with 5 minutes questions afterwards). After the presentations have been completed, the judges will retire to consider their verdict. There will be a short keynote lecture while the judges reach their decision. The judges will be selected from members of the BGA Executive Committee, previous winner(s) and industry leaders.
Submissions should include:
The organisations and BGA individual or corporate members in the team should be identified, with contact details for one person to deal with correspondence from the BGA and listed on the accompanying completed Project Team Application Form.
The submitting teams should have obtained permission from project clients and other parties for the project to be considered for the Fleming Award prior to submission.
Entries for the 2024 Fleming Award can be made until midnight on Friday 18th October 2023. Applications should be made by email to bga@ice.org.uk. Applications are now CLOSED.
| Year | Winners | Finalists | Keynote Speakers | |
| 2023 | Ground Suction Caisson Supported Offshore Wind Farm, North Sea
| 76 Southbank - Foundation Re-use Scheme
| Hinkley Point C Tunnel Shaft Connections, GI Probing and Grout Team
| David Richards, University of Southampton "Conservatism in Geotechnical Design" |
| 2022 | Ground Improvement for a Seismically Qualified Structure
| HS2 Phase 1, Contract C1
| A Heat-Exchange Piled Foundation Solution at the Euston Station Welfare Facility for HS2
| Sergio Solera, Mott MacDonald "Design and construction of the Boston Barrier" |
| 2021 | Hinkley Point C Geotechnical Works
| 1 Triton Square, London
| A63 Castle Street Improvements, Hull - Geotechnical Site Trials
| David Wright, Jacobs "Fibre optic sensing – A distributed monitoring technology
for earthworks?" |
| 2020 | 21 Moorfields - Piling through Moorgate Station, London
| Analysis, Design and Construction of the Boston Barrier
| Robroyston Link Road, Glasgow
| Christopher Power, Mott MacDonald "Meeting the climate change challenge to transportation infrastructure geotechnical assets" |
| 2019 | Tunnelling through under ream piles for Bank Underground Station upgrade
| Woodsmith Mine shaft, North Yorkshire
| Tideway East – Deptford Church Street chalk fissure investigation
| Rachel Monteith, BuroHappold "Viable sustainability" |
| 2018 | Claridges Hotel Basement, London
| Gardenstown Landslide Stabilisation - Gardenstown, near Banff, Aberdeenshire
| A77 Cairnryan Slip Remediation -
south-west Scotland
| Yvonne Ainsworth, JRL Civil Engineering "Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys" |
| 2017 | The
PISA Project
| Garrion Gill Slope Remediation
| Pines Hotel Cliff Stabilisation Scheme
| Toby Roberts, WJ Groundwater "Groundwater control for excavations in Cork, Ireland" |
| 2016 | Crag End Landslip Remediation
|
Crossrail C300 & C410 Compensation Grouting
|
Farnley Haugh Emergency Works Renewals Collaborative Delivery Partnership (RCDP) – Network Rail, CML,
AECOM |
Tony O'Brien, Mott MacDonald "Geotechnical Characterisation: Recent Developments and Applications" |
| 2015 |
Chantry Lane Chalk Mines Remediation, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
|
Deep Basement for Exhibition Road Building, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
|
Deep Basement for British Museum World Conservation & Exhibition Centre, London
|
Duncan Nicholson, Arup “Developments in the Observational Method for Retaining Walls” |
| 2014 |
Victoria Station Upgrade - Northern Tunnels
|
Queensferry Crossing –A Collaborative Approach To Marine Foundation Construction
|
Barcelona High Speed Railway Tunnel: Protecting World Heritage Buildings
|
Tim Chapman, Arup “Explaining geotechnical risks to clients” |
| 2013 |
Lee Tunnel, Abbey Mills, Stratford –Shaft F
|
Danube Bridge 2, “Vidin- Calafat” between Bulgaria and Romania
|
Collaborative Value Engineering: Propping the Crossrail Tottenham Court Road Western Ticket Hall
|
Eur Ing David Norbury BSc MSc CEng MICE “EC7 – progress and myths” |
| 2012 |
Construction on West Quay Collapse, Bridgewater
|
Kirklees
|
Field Road Coley District
|
Dr Chris Menkiti, GCG “The Impact of Ground Movements due to Tunnelling – Two Uncommon Examples of Important Effects in a Hard Soil and a Soft Rock” |
| 2011 |
Design And Construction Of The Toombul Jacked Box
|
M74 Completion
|
Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade – The D-Shaped Pile
|
Neil Smith, Applied Geotechnical |
| 2010 |
Use of Tyre Bales in A421 Foundations
|
St German’s Pumping Station Cofferdam
|
Cannon Street Station Redevelopment –Micropiles & Associated Geotechnical Works
|
Martin Pedley, Cementation Skanska “10 Decades of Geotechnical Engineering and Innovation: A History of Cementation” |
| 2009 |
One New Change
|
Isle of Grain Pump House Cofferdam
|
First Street, Manchester
|
Tony O’Brien, Mott MacDonald “Pile group design for major structures – pitfalls and opportunities” |
| 2008 |
Limerick Submerged Tube Tunnel Temporary Works
|
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
|
Brigg Line Freight Enhancement
|
Dinesh Patel, Arup “Deep basement scheme at Ropemaker Place, Moorgate” |
| 2007 |
Amsterdam Central Station
|
Bow Bells House
|
Kings Cross Ticket Hall
|
Jim Williams, English Heritage “From research guidelines – piling and archaeology” |
| 2006 |
Govan Dewatering Scheme
|
Lyme Regis Coastal Defences
|
Prof. Malcolm Bolton, Cambridge University “Foundation piles: advances in understanding and technology” |
|
| 2005 |
Castlehaven Coast Protection and Slope Stabilisation Scheme, An Innovative Geotechnical Solution, Niton, Isle of Wight
|
Ground Improvement Solutions for the M60 Orbital Motorway Widening Scheme around South Manchester
|
The UK’s largest soil mixed reactive barrier
|
Tim Chapman, Arup Geotechnics |
| 2004 |
Moorhouse Draught Relief Shaft for Crossrail, London
Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin
|
The River Witham Phase 2/3 Contract, Lincoln
|
|
Prof. John Burland, Imperial College |
| 2003 |
Dublin Port Tunnel
World Trade Centre Recovery Effort
|
CTRL 250 Ripple Road Bridge Settlement Mitigation
|
CTRL C320 Thames Tunnel
|
Prof. Michael C R Davies, University of Dundee |
| 2002 |
Heathrow Airside Road Tunnel
|
A542 Pentredwr Landslide
|
Aznalcóllar Slurry Trench Wall
|
Dr Hugh St. John, GCG “Ken’s Life and Work” |
| 2001 |
Rail track Northwest Structure Alliance
|
Large Diameter Piles at New Medway Crossing
|
The South Steps Project
|
Mike Putnam, Skanska UK “The Future of Geotechnics is Teamworking” |
| 2000 |
The Copenhagen Metro –The observational method at Norreport station
|
Home Extension Project, Central London
|
Rainham Landfill –The KGRID Foundation Support System
|
Ken Fleming, Cementation Foundations |