Mark is a Chartered Engineer with 30 years’ experience of offshore geotechnical engineering and foundation design for the sectors of offshore Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy and Subsea Power Cables. Mark has worked for a broad range of offshore companies, from site investigation and EPCI contractors to operators and developers.
He regularly acts as an Expert Witness in high-value disputes and advises clients on project issues relating to soils, foundation design and installation. He has produced numerous Expert Reports and given oral evidence under cross examination in several arbitrations.
Experience summary:
- Core competence is the acquisition, description, and interpretation of offshore and nearshore soils for marine construction projects and subsequent foundation engineering analyses.
- Significant foundation design and installation experience (e.g. driven piles, drive/drill/drive piles, drilled & grouted piles, suction caissons, gravity-based structures, monopiles, marine anchors).
- Jack-up emplacement analyses (e.g. punch-through, lateral stability, scour). Remedial foundation solutions (e.g. rock pads), interaction with existing structures and removal.
- Trenching engineering design, upheaval buckling assessments, dredging, rock dump and on-bottom stability issues for cables and pipelines worldwide.
- Shore approach design, including HDD analyses and installation supervision.
- Considerable period spent offshore managing and supervising site surveys and trenching, piling and rock placement operations.
- Certified Expert Witness (CUBS) experienced in writing technical reports and giving oral evidence in arbitration hearings.
