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Dr.C.R. Golightly, BSc, MSc, PhD, MICE, FGS.Geotechnical and Engineering Geology ConsultantRue Marc Brison 10G, 1300 Limal, BelgiumTel. +32 10 41 95 25 Mobile: +32 478 086394Email: [email protected]; skype:chrisgolightlyhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgolightlyhttps://independent.academia.edu/ChristopherGolightly

“You Pay for a Site Investigation - Whether You do One or Not”– Cole et al, 1991.

Curriculum Vitae - Dr. C.R. Golightly BSc. MSc. PhD CEng MICEGeotechnical and Engineering Geology Consultant

Family Name GOLIGHTLY

First Name(s) Christopher Robert

Nationality British

Marital Status Married, three children (Ages 26, 21 and 19)

Date of Birth 15th January 1959

Education University of Manchester U.K. B.Sc. 1980 Civil Engineering

University of Durham U.K. M.Sc. 1982 Engineering Geology

University of Bradford. U.K. PhD 1989 Soil Mechanics

Professional Chartered Civil Engineer

Memberships: Member: UK Institution of Civil Engineers (awarded March 1997).

Fellow: British Geological SocietyCountry Rep.: UK Institution of Civil Engineers (from April 2008)Member: Belgian Geotechnical Association; British Geotechnical Society,

ISSMFE; European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers; Society for Underwater Technology

Member EC Wind Technology Platform WG4 [Offshore]Reviewer: Geotechnique (ICE); J. Geotech. Eng. (ICE); SUT Offshore Site

Investigation Group [OSIG]; Marine Structures Jour.

Languages English (Native), French (Good), Dutch (Moderate), Spanish (Basic).

Address Rue Marc Brison 10G, 1300 Limal, Belgium.

Home Tel: +32 (0)10 419525

Mobile Tel. 1: +32 (0) 478 086394

e-mail 1: [email protected]

skype address: chrisgolightly

e-mail -2: [email protected]

Linked in Public Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgolightly

Twitter: @CRGolightly

Academia.edu: https://independent.academia.edu/ChristopherGolightly

SUMMARY:After graduating in 1980 with a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Manchester University and an MSc in 1982 in Engineering Geology from Durham University, Dr. Golightly worked for some years in the UK for civil

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engineering consultants Ove Arup and Partners in civil and structural engineering related geotechnical investigation and design. This was followed by three years as a Research Assistant at Bradford University investigating the fundamental properties of calcareous sands, in the context of offshore pile design, for which he was awarded a PhD in 1989. Following this he completed a British Royal Society Post-Doctoral EC Science Fellowship, in 1989 and 1990, at the French Petroleum Institute in Paris and other research institutions in France, where he continued his work on calcareous sands. After a further two year period in civil engineering consultancy in the UK, he joined Fugro Engineers BV in The Netherlands in early 1992 as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer and Team Leader. In this capacity he worked worldwide on a variety of projects offshore, nearshore and on land, predominantly on projects outside Europe.

In July 1997 he joined BP in the UK as a geotechnical engineer and was part of the Shared Petrotechnical Resource “New Developments” team based in West London. Most of this period was spent project-managing a major study into the risk to offshore facilities from major “geohazards” (mud volcanoes, faulting, slope instability) in the South Caspian, and organising/supervising offshore geotechnical investigations for pipeline and platform locations on behalf of the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, (a consortium of eleven oil companies) of which BP is a major part. He joined SAGE SA/NV in Brussels in September 1999 as Senior Geotechnical Engineer. SAGE merged with RACAL Survey in December 2000 to become Thales Geosolutions. In February 2003 he joined Shell Global Solutions in The Hague as Senior Geotechnical and Seismic Engineer, responsible for downstream geotechnical and seismic design on a variety of LNG, GTL and other projects. In October 2005 he started working as an independent consultant based near Brussels, for a variety of clients in the oil and gas and renewables sectors, on both offshore and onshore projects.

Since the Summer of 2010 Dr. Golightly has focused almost entirely upon offshore renewable work and has completed Technical Due Diligence exercises including foundation design installation and construction reviews, scour assessment and cable route studies for a wide range of German, UK and French projects, including Borkum West 2, GlobalTech 1, Meerwind, MEG-1, Butendiek in Germany, Neart Na Gaoithe, Race Bank, Sheringham Shoal, Atlantic Array, Rampion and Burbo Bank in the UK, several French sites and a number of US Dept. of Energy Demo. Sites as well as the first US offshore wind fixed structure project. In 2011 he worked for EDPR as an external consultant, managing desk studies and defining preliminary feasibility foundation design engineering work with external consultants for French offshore wind sites. During 2013 he carried out preliminary studies for US Dept. of Energy demo. sites as well as assessments on the suitability of a variety of offshore wind Gravity Base Structure [GBS] concepts, visiting and reporting on European consortia for concepts considered technically and economically viable. In 2014 he carried out a major Market research study on offshore wind, tidal and wave energy seabed anchoring for a UK specialist contractor. In 2015 he commenced consultancy work with a US based specialist geotechnical contractor.

Consultancy work continues to focus predominantly although not exclusively on offshore wind and tidal energy Technical Due Diligence work. Clients include developers, consultants, certification agencies, insurance underwriters and government funded/private research organisations. Development work is ongoing on a hybrid offshore foundation concept (Seabed Anchored Foundation template [SAFT] targeted at offshore wind and floating tidal projects and an innovative wind-wave Vertical Axis floating convertor (see References). The SAFT concept includes an underwater tension anchor installation and mooring system.

Dr. Golightly has acted as an Expert Witness on a number of offshore claim/dispute arbitrations and has been involved in H2020 proposal reviews for the European Commission, for which he is registered as a fully independent reviewer and reporter.


“Ignore The Geology at Your Peril” – Prof. John Burland, Imperial College.






OFFSHORE EXPERIENCE:Offshore geotechnical specifications/SoW definition, integrated geophysical/geotechnical site investigation interpretation, seismic design of offshore structures, geological hazards, wind and tidal turbine fixed structure foundation design, suction caisson design and installation, jack-up rig installation, drag and suction anchor design and installation for floating structures, gravity base structure foundations, pipeline/cable installation, pipeline route selection and surveys; pile design in sands; new design methods for piles in clay; the fundamental micro/macro structures of deepwater clays; properties of calcareous soils and rocks; “unusual” offshore/deepwater soils.

ONSHORE/NEARSHORE EXPERIENCE:Site selection and foundation design for LNG/Gas To Liquids/terminal facilities; GIS based pipeline route terrain assessment, container port wharf foundations, jetty mooring and berthing dolphin pile design; seismic and geohazard risk evaluation; seismic design of onshore oil and gas structures; residual tropical soils; slope stability and soil nailing; ground improvement; in-situ CPT and pressuremeter testing; advanced geotechnical laboratory testing; geotechnical earthquake analysis; dredging; seismic liquefaction.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEOct. 05 – Present : Independent Geotechnical and Engineering Geology Consultant

: Brussels, Belgium.

Consultancy services have been provided to a variety of Clients as follows:

Offshore Geotechnical

Description Client

Advice on piling in calcareous sands and weak rocks for offshore platforms in Arabian Gulf. Maersk

Liquefaction assessment, pile and foundation design for LNG Project in Persian Gulf. South Pars LNG

Site Investigation SoW and prequalification assessment for land/nearshore SI for LNG expansion project in Nigeria. Shell

Review of SI proposal for nearshore LNG development in Nigeria. OKLNG

Advice on SI and engineering for several North Sea offshore platforms. Various

Consultancy to Venezuelan Geotechnical Consultant for 4 gas field developments and associated pipeline route surveys offshore Venezuela. Geohidra/PDVSA

Geotechnical SoW definition, specification and review of pile design and drivability for 4 shallow water platforms and FPSO in stiff clays/weak mudstones offshore Gabon. RPS/ODE

Advice on several JU Rig sitings and punch through potential in southern North Sea and semi-submersible anchoring solutions

Endeavour Energy/ Fairfield

Review of FPSO anchor and GBS design, offshore Philippines. RPS Energy

Review of FEED level geotechnical design, drafting of site investigation SoW and specification for offshore MOPU JU Rig and associated subsea facilities and pipelines, Canada. ENCANA

Technical advice on pipeline trenching and backfilling, Norwegian Sector, North Sea. Petrofac Resources

Geotechnical Consultant for development of acoustic survey equipment and recommendations PanGeo Subsea Inc.






on market sectors and technical reporting..

Geotechnical consultancy on drag embedment anchoring, Olowi Field Gabon RPS Energy

Geotechnical consultancy, SoW definition and tender assessment for site surveys, East Orinvare FPSO and platform offshore development, Gabon (ODE). ODE/Bowleven

Independent review of suction anchor and foundation design and installation methodology for Skarv/Idrun Development Offshore Norway. JP Kenny/BP

Select and Define phase foundation design for multiple subsea manifolds skirted gravity bases, suction caisson foundations, wells and pipelines for Caspian Shah Deniz 2 development. Supervision and review of external consultants seismic design.

JP Kenny/BP

Technical Due Diligence for self installing suction caisson platform design in sands, Dutch sector North Sea. Lloyds Register

Geohazard studies and geophysical and geotechnical site survey design advice for exploration and appraisal well sites, Cameroon. Bowleven

Geotechnical consultancy on drag embedment anchoring, South China Sea. Confidential

Assistance in developing and specifying regional geohazard studies and geotechnical surveys for South Caspian Absheron Project. TOTAL

Design review of removal loads for decommissioning of 2 UK North Sea offshore skirted concrete gravity bases in stiff to hard glacial clays. ODE

Onshore Geotechnical

Description Client

Advice on LNG Plant Siting in South America. PDVSA

Review of Site Investigation Contracts and SoW for 2 LNG Plants in West Africa. Shell

Geotechnical and Seismic Design of major onshore oilfield development in Iran (Azadegan Development). SAIPEM SA

Technical advice on LNG terminal sites and pipeline routing, USA, Algeria and Italy. JP Kenny

Pipeline route audit field inspection and independent advice to World Bank/ Georgian Govt. on construction, reinstatement and landslide issues relating to BTC pipeline, Georgia.

JP Kenny/Georgian Govt

Terrain evaluation, route selection and geotechnical investigation SoW definition and design for LPG terminal and 230 km onshore pipeline in Tunisia. ODE/BG

Pre-FEED routing studies and SoW definition for GALSI Project, Algeria/Sardinia/Italy. JP Kenny

GIS based route selection, geotechnical advice and seismic/geohazard FEED level study for 620 km long pipeline in NW India. JP Kenny/CAIRN

Development and drafting of internal Design and Engineering Practice [DEP] document for onshore pipeline geohazard and seismic design. Shell

Advice on crude oil pipeline routing over mountainous and swampy terrain, Peru. BGC Engineering

Advice on gas pipeline routes for Shtokman LNG Project, Northern Russia. JP Kenny

Geohazards Study for 850 km of road developments in South Kyrgyzstan. World Bank






Geotechnical/Geological Study of Pipeline Landfall sites in Greece JP Kenny

Geotechnical/engineering geological advice on In Salah 3 Pipeline Routing Algeria. Sofregaz

Post FEED Geohazards advice for Papua New Guinea LNG Pipeline route and associated facilities. JP Kenny/ExxonMobil

Geological Desk Study and Field Reconnaissance, early oil pipeline route and terminal site, Lake Albert, Uganda. Tullow Oil/Heritage Oil

Pipeline geohazard route assessment/escarpment crossing for In Salah gas pipeline, Algeria Arup

Geotechnical and seismic design review of driven steel replacement rock socketed piles and full scale pile load testing for new container terminal wharf, Port of Aliaga, Izmir, Turkey.

CGR & ATM Terminals [Maersk]

Expert Witness for drag anchor design and installation dispute/claim offshore Vietnam Confidential

Geotechnical and seismic design review of precast concrete rock socket piled wharf in extreme seismic zone, Puerto Cortes, Honduras. Ground improvement of hydraulic sand fill for earthquake mitigation, pile design parameters, liquefaction assessment.

CGR & ATM Terminals [Maersk]

Offshore Renewables

Description Client

Third party review of driven monopile noise and mitigation methods as part of EIA for 3 UK Thames Estuary windfarm projects. RPS/CORE

Advice on Geotechnical Investigation for windfarm founded on chalk offshore Dieppe. Cathie Assocs.

Desk study and geotechnical review of foundation design and site investigations for German windfarm site. Cathie Assocs.

Due diligence technical review of offshore windfarm developments in Irish Sea. METOC plc

Geological and Geotechnical Desk Study for Hastings Round 3 Zone 6 Site PMSS

Lenders technical due diligence review of Three Round 3 Sites Offshore UK. Various

Scour and met mast pile design assessment – Triton Knoll/Atlantic Array Wind Farms UK METOC plc

Technical due diligence review for FD – Teeside Offshore Wind Park UK ODE

Lenders due diligence review of Borkum West II, MEG-1, Meerwind, Butendiek and GlobalTech 1 Windfarm Developments Offshore Germany. Sgurr Energy

Desk Study and Advice for HDD Shore Crossing – North Devon, Atlantic Array. RWE UK

Scour design and mitigation advice – Atlantic Array UK RWE UK

Scour design and mitigation advice – Meerwind Germany Sgurr Energy

Independent advisor on site selection/foundation design for French Offshore wind bids EDP Renovaveis.

Geotechnical consultant to consortium for tension mooring and soil/rock anchor design for offshore tidal and wind floating devices. Confidential

Review of geotechnical survey data for 12 offshore windfarm cable routes, German Bight. EMU/Osiris Projects.






Technical Due Diligence for two UK Round 2 windfarms. Monopile design, scour and sand wave migration. Grouted connections. Natural Power.

Advice on economic and technical feasibility of various offshore wind demonstrator sites around the UK. NAREC Capital

Geotechnical advice on desk studies, survey specifications and scope of work and foundation concept design for US DoE demonstrator project in Gulf of Mexico.

ODE/Texas A & M Univ.

Market research study on economic and technical feasibility of offshore subsea ROV drilling techniques for anchor pile installation. SMD

Technical/Financial Due Diligence for major UK windfarm for banks/potential investors. Monopile design, J-tubes, scour and sand wave migration. Grouted connections. Natural Power

Input to study on experience of Orkney in supporting wave and tidal stream activity, and the applicability of that experience elsewhere in the North Sea Region.

Highlands & Islands Enterprise

Technical/Financial Due Diligence for major Scottish windfarm for potential investor. Preliminary piled steel tripod , GBS design review, two stage drilled & grouted insert pile design, cable route assessment and CAPEX determination.

Natural Power

Horizon 2020 Offshore Wind research proposal assessment as Rapporteur. European Commission

Technical/Financial Due Diligence for three French windfarms for potential investor. Preliminary piled steel jackets, monopiles and GBS design reviews, cable route assessments including field trials and CAPEX determination.

Confidential

Interconnector cable route technical review for HVDC lake crossing in North America. Intertek

Market research study on economic and technical feasibility of offshore subsea ROV drilling techniques for geotechnical site investigations for offshore wind projects. Benthic

Technical Due Diligence for US offshore windfarm for potential investor. Review of piled steel jacket substructure and piled foundation designs. Natural Power

Expert Witness for suction caisson design and installation dispute/claim: S. North Sea. Confidential

Specification and Scope of Work definition and geotechnical advice for Gravity Base Structure on English Channel sandbanks. Confidential

Feb. 03 – Oct. 05 : Shell Global Solutions International (SGSI) BV, The Hague, The Netherlands.

: Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Civil Storage and Marine GroupSenior Geotechnical Engineer in the Civil, Storage and Marine Group (35 in The Hague, Houston and Kuala Lumpur) within the Analytical Services Division of SGSI, serving predominantly Shell business units and groups worldwide on downstream and nearshore projects. Responsible for:

Geotechnical and seismic input to Shell Basic Design and Basis of Design documents. Management and review of external consultants reports. Review of FEED and Construction Phase contractors geotechnical and seismic design work and

specifications. Advice to different Shell companies worldwide on geotechnical and seismic issues.

Major Work included:






Joint desk study reports with PDVSA (Venezuela) for 4 major gas fields offshore, onshore LNG plant location and onshore and offshore pipelines in major seismic area.

Seismic and geotechnical studies for LNG and GTL sites in Iran. Seismic and geotechnical studies for proposed LNG site on Aleutian peninsula in Alaska. Advice on piling and LNG tank foundations for LNG plant and nearshore piles and tension rock anchors in

Eastern Mexico. Advice on seismic design and offshore breakwater design for LNG plant in Western Mexico. Review of Contractor’s pile design for LNG site in Nigeria. Geotechnical investigation and management of preliminary design for offshore LNG GBS in Gulf of

Mexico. Foundation and piling design advice for projects in Brunei. Management of specialist consultants and drafting of internal seismic design guideline document.

Sept. 99 – Feb. 03 : Thales Geosolutions SA/NV, Brussels, Belgium.: Senior Geotechnical Engineer

Reporting to Managing Director. Managing TG Brussels office (15 staff) in conjunction with MD.

Offshore Projects:

Various consultancy projects on offshore geotechnics Tendering support to TG group offices worldwide; Group leader of team involved in design of subsea structures,

Pipeline and subsea structure installation advice.Major Land Based Projects:

Escravos Gas to Liquids Project, Chevron Nigeria. Site investigation supervision, geotechnical engineering design and reporting for major 2000 $US Mill. Plant in mangrove soft clays involving significant and unique ground improvement (PVD’s dewatering, sand filling) and piled raft foundations.

Suurikuusikko, Lapland, Finland. Project management of cyanide tailings dam basic engineering design, geotechnical and topographic surveys and project costing for private Swedish/Canadian mining company

SAMIR Refinery Upgrade Project. Project Manager for geotechnical, environmental investigations and topographical and aerial surveys for refinery expansion project near Casablanca, Morocco.

Consultant to JP Kenny UK on a number of geotechnical/engineering geological related pipeline routing matters/disputes/reviews.

June 97 - July 99 : BP International Ltd., Research and Engineering Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames, UK.

: Geotechnical Engineer, Shared Petrotechnical Resource, New Developments Team.

Geotechnical Engineer, seconded to the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) London office as Project Manager for the AIOC Caspian Sea PSA Area “Facilities Geohazard Study”. This involved the management of a team of 5 external consultants (Fugro Engineers BV, Fugro-Geoteam, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Geomatrix Inc. and Prof. B. Voight Penn.State Univ.) over a 15 month period. In addition advice was






provided to AIOC/Brown & Root “Next Phase” facilities design teams on foundation, pipeline, geotechnical and geohazard matters. Design, supervision and AIOC field representative for $ US 3.5 M geotechnical investigations for “Next Phase” facilities and pipelines during the summer of 1998. Assistance to AIOC on all other geotechnical matters.

Feb. 92 – May 97 : Fugro-(McClelland) Engineers B.V., Leidschendam, The Netherlands.: Senior Engineer, Central Engineering Department.

Senior Engineer reporting to the Technical Director. Team leader, managing a group of 6 to 8 geotechnical engineers/engineering geologists. Experience in offshore and onshore geotechnical investigations, engineering foundation analyses, interpretative and engineering reporting and project management.

Geotechnical Engineering Reporting and Analyses for:

Offshore piled platforms capacity, North Sea, Adriatic, Arabian Sea, Mediterranean, West Africa. Jack-up rig foundation stability, North Sea, Arabian Sea, Mediterranean, West Africa. Offshore Pipeline routes, North Sea, Arabian Sea, Australia. Offshore SBM Locations, Thailand, India. Immersed Tunnel route, Messina Straits, Sicily. Major Tunnel Landfall and Pipeline Route for STATOIL, Northern Germany. Drivability studies for piled platforms in North Sea and others. Drilled/grouted pile installation and capacity in weak gypsum, offshore Middle East. Seismic Risk Assessments, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, North Africa, Greece, Croatia, Indonesia. Major Liquefaction Studies, Greece, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Georgia. Large Refinery/Process Plant projects in Thailand, Singapore, Egypt, Nigeria, Azerbaijan and Georgia. LNG Plants in Libya and Oman. Major 4.8 km Bridge Project in Bangladesh.

Project Engineer with Technical and Budget Management for Reporting of Geotechnical Investigations and Engineering Analyses and Reporting, Including:

Offshore/Nearshore:

CPT testing , laboratory testing, drilling land and shallow water borings, seismic reflection survey, magnetometer survey, pressuremeter testing, in-situ vanes, contamination testing and engineering advice for 4m diameter soft ground tunnel and dredged pipeline landfall in Northern Germany.

Platform locations in Adriatic Sea, Far East and West Africa (various). Platform locations in Dutch and Danish sectors of the North Sea (various). Nearshore pipeline projects in Danish and German sectors of the North Sea (various).

Onshore:

Geotechnical investigation and full interpretative and engineering reporting for tank foundations, piling and ground improvement for a Gas Processing Plant in Egypt on soft Nile delta deposits.

Foundation engineering analyses, CPT testing, laboratory testing and borehole investigation for a large coastal refinery on reclaimed land in Thailand.






CPT testing and reporting for an alumina processing plant on residual soils in West Africa. Site Manager and Assistant Project Engineer for the geotechnical investigation of a 4.8 km bridge site on

deep Holocene micaceous sands in Bangladesh. This involved deep boreholes, CPTs, seismic CPTs, cone pressuremeter testing, pile load tests and full engineering reporting on pile capacities and drivability, liquefaction and seismicity.

Site Manager and Project Engineer for a geotechnical and environmental investigation of an oil terminal and pipeline route on Caspian Sea coast in Azerbaijan. This involved boreholes, pump tests, CPTs, seismic CPTs, contamination sampling, an aggregate source study and full engineering reporting on tank and shallow foundation design and earthworks.

Site Manager and Project Engineer for geotechnical and environmental investigation of an oil terminal on the Black Sea coast in Georgia involving boreholes, pump tests. CPTs, seismic CPTs, contamination sampling and full engineering reporting on tank and shallow foundation design liquefaction and earthworks.

1991 - 1992 : Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, Consulting Engineers, Durham, U.K. : Senior Geotechnical Engineer. Northern England Office.

Project and Site engineer for various small onshore geotechnical investigations in the North and East of England. Additional activities involved the drafting of technical proposals, fee submissions and regional marketing.

1990 - 1991 : Allott and Lomax, Consulting Engineers, Manchester & Birmingham U.K.: Senior Geotechnical Engineer. Midlands Office.

Project and Site Engineer for several small to medium sized geo-environmental and geotechnical investigations, grouting works and construction works in the Midlands. Responsibilities included construction and site supervision, preparation of contract documents and reporting. Geotechnical support and advice was provided to the water and structural engineering groups. Further activities included interpretative reporting, foundation design, desk studies and slope stability analyses.

1990 : Ove Arup and Partners, Consulting Engineers, London. U.K.: Geotechnical Project Engineer.

Site engineer for the Peterborough Southern Township Project. Four month supervision and reporting of site investigation of silt/sand filled clay pit PFA lagoons, Investigation techniques included variable rate piezocones, dilatometer tests, boreholes, vane testing, piston and Delft continuous sampling, detailed piston sample logging, cyclic triaxial tests and model foundation loading. Soft soil bearing capacity and liquefaction potential analyses were performed. An additional investigation was carried out for landfill sites including gas monitoring and chemical contamination testing.

1989 - 1990 : Institut Francais du Petrole, Paris, France: Research Fellow, Exploitation en Mar Department.

A 15 month Post-Doctoral Fellowship, funded by the British Royal Society European Science Exchange Programme.

Theoretical studies of cavity expansion in calcareous sands. Calibration chamber testing of model piles and pressuremeter in calcareous sands. Centrifuge modelling of shallow foundations on calcareous sands.






Technical Advisor to IFP on English versions of “Anchoring of Floating Structures” and “Foundations for Offshore Structures”.

Research work at LCPC Centrifuge, Nantes and IMG Grenoble Attendance at French offshore research meetings.

1985 - 1989 : University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K.: Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering.

Research assistant on a three year project “Engineering Properties of Carbonate Sands” sponsored by SERC, BP and Fugro-McClelland B.V. Involved theoretical analyses and an extensive laboratory testing programme of several carbonate sands and an artificial weak calcarenite. Research into the fundamental engineering properties of materials based upon laboratory testing. Research was performed in liaison with offshore geotechnical companies. PhD awarded April 1989. A brief summary of the work carried out is as follows:

Extensive research literature survey on calcareous materials and liaison with sponsors and other researchers. Extensive laboratory testing of 4 different calcareous sands and a “standard” silica sand. Design and execution of an extensive laboratory testing programme including CIU, CID, stress path Ko and

constant volume shear testing using GDS computer triaxial system. Numerical analyses of pile skin friction and end-bearing, including cavity expansion predictions.

1982 - 1985 : Ove Arup and Partners, Consulting Engineers, Cardiff, U.K.: Geotechnical Engineer.

Graduate trainee geotechnical engineer. Working under supervision with senior engineers on the design and reporting of ground investigations for roads, structures and civil engineering projects. Duties included contract preparation, technical reporting, foundation design and site and construction supervision and inspections.

Major project involvement:

Assistant Resident Engineer for 6 months on a major road project site investigation in the South Wales Coalfield in an area of abandoned mineworkings. Design work included bridge foundations, rock cuttings and embankments stability and settlement.

Research Engineer for 15 month long Department of Environment research project on abandoned mine collapse in South Wales. Research included map and archive searches, aerial photograph studies, field mapping, data base construction and thematic risk mapping.

Geotechnical Engineer for site Investigation and reporting for shopping centre developments and other minor building projects.

1981 - 1982 : University of Durham, U.K. Department of Geological Sciences.: Research Student.

M.Sc. Engineering Geology. The course consisted of 6 months of lectures, practicals and field work followed by a 2 week engineering geological mapping field trip and 6 months thesis research.

M.Sc. Thesis title: “The Influence of Soft Ground Tunnelling upon Buried Pipelines”

Research involved a comparative study using elastic and 2D Finite Element models to predict the strains and bending moments induced in buried pipelines by soft ground shield tunnelling.






1980 : British Gas Corporation U.K.: Graduate Civil Engineer Trainee.

Civil Engineering Section. Design, site supervision and setting out for small structures and gas pipeline projects in UK.

1979 : Global Protect Ltd, London U.K.: Student Engineer

Offshore X-ray and visual inspection, maintenance and repair of sections of North Sea Gas Platforms.

PUBLICATIONS● Golightly, C.R.,. Stratham, I.S. and Treharne, G. (1986). “Thematic Mapping in the South Wales Coalfield”. Conference

of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society, Plymouth 1986, Engineering Geology Special Publication No. 4.

● Golightly, C.R. and Hyde, A.F.L. (1988) “Some Fundamental Properties of Carbonate Sands”, 1st International Conference on Calcareous Sediments, Perth, Australia, March 1988.

● Murata, H, Hyde, A.F.L. Hyodo, M., Yasufuku, N. and Golightly, C.R. (1990) “Evaluation of Stress-Strain Behaviour of Carbonate Sand using a Simplified Isotropic Hardening Model”, NUMETA 90-Numerical Methods in Engineering: Theory and Applications, Swansea, January 1990.

● Golightly, C.R. (1990), “Calibration Chamber Testing of Calcareous Sands”, 2nd Conference on Calibration Chamber Testing, Institut de Mecanique, Grenoble, March 1990.

● Golightly, C.R. and Nauroy, J.F. (1990), “The End-bearing Capacity of Deep Piles in Calcareous Sands”, 22nd Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 1990.

● Golightly, C.R and Nauroy, J.F. (1991) “Bearing Capacity of a Shallow Foundation on Calcareous Sand”, Centrifuge 91, Boulder, Colorado, June 1991.

● Yasufuku, N., Murata, H., Hyde, A.F.L., and Golightly, C.R. (1991) “Stress-strain Behaviour of Carbonate Sand”, Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand, December 199l.

● Hyde, A.F.L., Yasufuku, N., Golightly, C.R, and Nishikawa, N. (1992), “Bearing Capacity of Carbonate Sediments”, International Conference on Tropical Soils, Johorara, Malaysia, March 1992.

● Parker, E., Golightly, C.R. and Lovenitti, L., (1994), “Offshore Soil Investigation, Straits of Messina - Solution to Unique Problems”, Proc. 3rd Symposium on Strait Crossings, Alesund, Norway, June 1994.

● Golightly, C.R., Peuchen, L.J,. Hartevelt, J.J.A. and Haland,. G. (1995) “Tunnel Route Investigation for Europipe Landfall”, 11th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Copenhagen Denmark, May 1995.

● Golightly, C.R., Thoenes, P and Hartevelt, J.J.A. (1995) “Site Assessment for an LNG Plant in a Faulted and Seismically Active Karstic Limestone Area”, 5th SECED Conference, Chester, U.K. October 1995.

● Golightly, C.R., de Ruijter, M.R. and Lejeune, J.W.C. (1996), “Measurement of Mica Content of Sands by Flotation”, Technical Note Submitted to Geotechnique, September 1996.

● Sweeney, M., Golightly, C.R. and Newberry, R. (2001) “Georgia Terminal Geotechnical Design”, Land Pipelines 2001, London UK.

● Blandin, J., Person, R., Strout, J.M., Briole, P., Etiope, G., Masson, M., Golightly, C.R., Lykousis, V., Ferentinos, G., (2002), ”ASSEM : Array of Sensors for Long Term Seabed Monitoring of Geohazards”, Proc. Underwater Technology Conference, Tokyo, 16th 19th April 2002, p. 111.






● Blandin, J., Person, R., Strout, J.M., Briole, P., Etiope, G., Masson, M. , Golightly, C.R., Lykousis, V. and Ferentinos, G. (2002), “ASSEM: Array of Sensors forLongTerm Seabed Monitoring of Geohazards”, Proceedings of Operational Oceanography, European Commission (Eurogoos), Athens.

● Blandin, J., Person, R., Strout, J.M., Briole, P., Ballue, V. Etiope, G., Masson, M. , Golightly, C.R., Lykousis, V. and Ferentinos, G. (2002), “ASSEM:A New Concept of Observatories for Long Term Seabed Monitoring”, Proc. ISOPE, Vol. 2, Session 78, May 2004, Toulon, France.

www.researchgate.net/publication/223763385_ASSEM_Array_of_Sensors_for_long_term_SEabed_Monitoring_of_geohazards

● Blandin J, R. Person, J.M. Strout, P. Briole, G. Etiope, M. Masson, C.R. Golightly, V; Lykousis, G. Ferentinos (2003), “ASSEM: a New Concept of Observatory Applied to Long Term Seabed Monitoring of Geohazards”, in Proceedings of OCEAN 2003, San Diego, 115.

● Shepherd B, Weir C, Golightly C, Holt T and Gricks N., (2006), “Underwater Noise Impact Assessment on Marine Mammals and Fish During Pile Driving of Proposed Round 2 Offshore Wind Farms in the Thames Estuary”, RPS Report No. EOR0524 Prepared for CORE Ltd.

● Golightly, C.R. (2013), “Efficient Anchored Template Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines [OWT]”. Proc. EWEA 2013, Ref. Paper No. 377, p.1.

http://proceedings.ewea.org/offshore2013/preliminary_programme/printword.php?id=377

● Golightly, C.R. (2014), “Foundation Capabilities and Limitations”, Offshore Wind Turbine Optimisation Seminar, 3rd - 4th February 2014 Dexter House, London.

https://www.academia.edu/6431764/Offshore_Wind_Foundations_-_Capabilities_and_Limitations

● Golightly, C.R. (2014), “Tilting of Monopiles; Long, Heavy and Stiff; Pushed Beyond Their Limits”, Ground Engineering; 2014, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp 20 - 23.

http://www.nce.co.uk/Journals/2014/06/03/z/h/d/GE-January-2014-Tilting-of-monopiles-Golightly.pdf

● Hill, A.W., Hampson, K.M., Hill, A., Golightly, C.R., Wood, G.A., Sweeney, M. and Smith, M.M. (2015), “ACG Field Geohazards Management: Unwinding the Past, Securing the Future”, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas. Paper No. OTC-25870-MS, p.18.

https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-25870-MS

Golightly, C.R. (2015), “Smarter Foundation and Floating Concepts on North American Coastal Hard Seabeds: European Lessons”, American Wind Energy Association, AWEA Offshore 2015, Baltimore, September 29-30 2015.

https://www.academia.edu/15458425/Smarter_Foundation_and_Floating_Concepts_on_North_American_Coastal_Hard_Seabeds_European_Lessons

Golightly, C.R. (2016), “BLACKBIRD: Storage Base Single Anchored Uniaxial Hybrid Vertical Axis Wind Turbine [VAWT] and Wave Energy Convertor [WEC] on Tension Leg Buoy”, American Wind Energy Association, AWEA Offshore 2016, Rhode Island, October 25-26 2016.

https://www.academia.edu/28996606/BLACKBIRD_Storage_Base_Single_Anchored_Uniaxial_Hybrid_Vertical_Axis_Wind_Turbine_VAWT_and_Wave_Energy_Convertor_WEC_on_Tension_Leg_Buoy_AWEA_Offshore_Rhode_Island_2016









https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/OTC-25870-MS

http://proceedings.ewea.org/offshore2013/preliminary_programme/printword.php?id=377

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/223763385_ASSEM_Array_of_Sensors_for_long_term_SEabed_Monitoring_of_geohazards

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