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Expertise

  • Petrochemical Structures
  • Marine Structures
  • Highway Structures
  • General Infrastructure
  • Forensic Engineering

Experience

Mr. Bennett has 40 years experience in Civil Engineering and has specialised in Marine Works, Highway Structures and other infrastructure. He has extensive experience on major projects both in UK and overseas in assessment, design, construction and rehabilitation works.

Mr Bennett also has experience in the provision of Forensic Engineering and Expert Witness services in the field of civil/structural engineering.

Experience has been gained in the following projects:

Marine Works Highway/Railway Structures

BP Jetties at Grangemouth

BP Jetties at Finnart

Greenock Ocean Terminal

Shuaiba Oil Pier, Kuwait

Hunterston Ore Terminal

Dock Gates, Arbroath

Drydocks, Glasgow

Breakwater, Western Isles

Ferry Slipways

Stabilisation/repair of quay walls

Construction of quays

Song Soo Bridge, Korea

Lindsay Road piled retaining wall, Edinburgh

Kelvin Viaduct, Glasgow

Clyde Tunnel Approach Bridge, Glasgow

Hansel Footbridge, Glasgow

Kingsway Footbridge, Glasgow

East Sanquhar Underpass – South Ayrshire

Category III checks – footbridges

Inspections and Assessments

Marine structures

Concrete structures

Historic structures

Load assessments

Life extension studies of marine works

Professional Qualifications and Registrations

  • BSc (Honours), University of Glasgow
  • Chartered Engineer
  • Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Forensic Engineerign/ Expert Witness Services

Estonia – foundation for turbo-generator

Aberdeen – partial progressive collapse

Glasgow – water penetration to basement

Fort William – failure of fittings for trunk water mains

Central Scotland – flooding due to under-performance of culverts

Various locations – construction/building defects

Irlam Bridge – Bridge strengthening

Construction sites – Personal accident (various)

Public roads – Personal accident (several)

Private dwelling – Building damage caused by vibration

Glasgow City Centre – Construction accident (underground power cable)

Fork lift accident – Structural failure

Falkirk – Support of major retaining wall

Portsmouth pipelines – oil spill

Burnthill Demolition – oil spill into public sewers

Severn Bridge – crane accident

Glasgow area – spillage from underground sewer

Glasgow area – sewage pumping station defectsSlips and Trips – numerous

Other Infrastructure Works

Blinkbonny – slope stabilisation, Edinburgh

Sewer renovation and/or replacement works, Fife

Angel Drove – roadworks and drainage, Cambridge

Barbican Hotel – underground drainage, London

Demolition Works – numerous

Rehabilitation of general infrastructure for gold mine, Indonesia

Mini hydro-scheme on canal, Fort William

Grid substations – several, Scotland

 

 

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Picture Jack Bennett

Jack Bennett

BSc CEng MICE

j.bennett@cadogans.com

Year of Birth

1942

Nationality

British

Languages

English

Position

Consultant