Dr John Perry to give a Keynote Lecture at Earthworks 2025 Conference
The BGA is pleased to announce that Dr John Perry will give a Keynote Lecture at our Earthworks 2025 Conference in September. The title of his lecture is Science, engineering and the development of modern earthworks design and construction.
John is a national and international expert in earthworks with over 40 years experience.
In the first half of his career he was a researcher at TRL assisting with the development of the earthworks and drainage specifications (500 and 600 Series). In addition, he developed the basis of geotechnical asset management, highlighted the financial benefits of GI and established empirical slope stability design.
He then spent three years as a Client at the Highways Agency as its Geotechnical Leader and was author of their standards for earthworks, including HA44 Earthworks design and contract documents, HA 70 earthworks construction and HA74 on Lime/cement stabilisation.
In the latter half of his career, he moved to Mott MacDonald where he worked for 20 years. In consultancy and practice he designed many major earthworks schemes in transport, water, maritime and energy in the UK and overseas. He became MD of the geotechnical business from 2005 to 2011 before moving into business development and the global role of transport sector leader. Since semi-retiring in 2017, John has been an Independent Ground Engineer working on earthwork expert panels including HS2 and a reviewer of major projects.
Registration for the conference will open later this month and sponsorship / exhibition opportunities are still available. Visit the conference website here to find out more.
