BGS Multihazards and Resilience
Lead Research Organisation:
British Geological Survey
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Organisations
- British Geological Survey (Lead Research Organisation)
- Kier Group (Collaboration)
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Collaboration)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Collaboration)
- ARUP Group (Collaboration)
- NETWORK RAIL LTD (Collaboration)
- Canal & River Trust (Collaboration)
- WS Atkins (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Jonathan Chambers (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Affandi E
(2023)
Revalidation Technique on Landslide Susceptibility Modelling: An Approach to Local Level Disaster Risk Management in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
in Applied Sciences
Alken P
(2021)
Evaluation of candidate models for the 13th generation International Geomagnetic Reference Field
in Earth, Planets and Space
Alken P
(2021)
International Geomagnetic Reference Field: the thirteenth generation
in Earth, Planets and Space
Allgood C
(2024)
Banding in the Margins of Basaltic Dykes Indicates Pulsatory Propagation During Emplacement
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Amey R
(2021)
Significant Seismic Risk Potential From Buried Faults Beneath Almaty City, Kazakhstan, Revealed From High-Resolution Satellite DEMs
in Earth and Space Science
Aubry T
(2023)
New Insights Into the Relationship Between Mass Eruption Rate and Volcanic Column Height Based On the IVESPA Data Set
in Geophysical Research Letters
Aubry T
(2021)
The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA, version 1.0): A new observational database to support explosive eruptive column model validation and development
in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
| Description | Numerous contributions in terms of advice to government, public and private sector stakeholders. Technical and scientific solutions for a range of industries in the environmental, construction, infrastructure, overseas development sectors (and many more). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Transport |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Multiple |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| Description | PRIME (Proactive Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation system) referred to in the context of planned Technology Trial in the Welsh Government 2022 White Paper titled "Coal Tip Safety (Wales) White Paper" |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/consultations/2022-05/white-paper-on-coal-tip-safety-consu... |
| Description | PROMT: Philippines Remediation of Mine Tailings |
| Amount | £359,768 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/W006839/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 10/2024 |
| Title | Tools and methodologies |
| Description | Multiple - with Government, Business, Charities. For details see the Geomagnetism, Seismology, Volcanology, Shallow Geohazard, Shallow Geophysics, Geotechnics and Geodesy and Earth Observation Capabilities in the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge area (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Multiple - with Government, Business, Charities. For details see the Geomagnetism, Seismology, Volcanology, Shallow Geohazard, Shallow Geophysics, Geotechnics and Geodesy and Earth Observation Capabilities in the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge area (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| URL | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| Title | Multiple |
| Description | Research datasets, databases and models now produced by the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| Description | ARUP |
| Organisation | Arup Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Project leader. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project steering group member. |
| Impact | Ongoing - project just started. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | ATKINS |
| Organisation | WS Atkins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Project leader. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project steering group member. |
| Impact | Ongoing - project only just started. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Canal & River Trust |
| Organisation | Canal & River Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Advice and expertise on the stability of geotechnical assets. Information on new and emerging technology that will be potentially beneficial to the partner. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Steerage of technology development project. Provision of test site for technology demonstration. Provision of data and information. Health and safety advice and support for technology installation at demonstration site. |
| Impact | New geophysical monitoring instrument (PRIME). New demonstration site on operational railway. New monitoring data arising from the test site. Conference papers. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | DSTL |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Identification of novel applications of subsurface sensing technologies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Identification of novel applications of subsurface sensing technologies. |
| Impact | Joint proposals for funding. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Environment Agency |
| Organisation | Environment Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Project leader. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Steering group member, provision of test site, site support and logistics. |
| Impact | On-going - project only just started. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Kier |
| Organisation | Kier Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Project leader. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project steering group member. Pilot site support and logistics. |
| Impact | On-going - project only just started. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Network Rail |
| Organisation | Network Rail Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Advice and expertise on the stability of geotechnical assets. Information on new and emerging technology that will be potentially beneficial to the partner. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Steerage of technology development project. Provision of test site for technology demonstration. Provision of data and information. Health and safety advice and support for technology installation at demonstration site. |
| Impact | New geophysical monitoring instrument (PRIME). New demonstration site on operational railway. New monitoring data arising from the test site. Conference papers. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | University of Leicester, PROMT - project lead institution |
| Organisation | University of Leicester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint UKRI-NERC project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | PROMT project lead (Prof Gawen Jenkins). |
| Impact | Too early. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Title | Multiple |
| Description | See the topic and capability areas within the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Trade Mark |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | Multiple - with Government, Business, Charities. For details see the Geomagnetism, Seismology, Volcanology, Shallow Geohazard, Shallow Geophysics, Geotechnics and Geodesy and Earth Observation Capabililities in the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge area (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| Title | Lightning protector module for the BGS PRIME system. |
| Description | The BGS PRIME system enables continuous monitoring of the near-surface - through the permanent deployment of sensors and measurement instrumentation, which is controlled remotely using telemetry. When deployed in areas that are subject to severe electrical storms, damage to the sensitive electronics within the system can result. BGS has therefore developed a new lightning protector module for the system, which can be retro-fitted to existing systems. The lightning protector module is an array of gas discharge tubes that divert current away from the Prime system when a certain voltage is exceeded at the ERT electrodes. This limits the voltage that can reach the circuitry of the Prime to within a non-harmful level. Due to the number of ERT electrodes and the need to keep the ERT electrodes electrically separate, a commercial electrical surge protector was not suitable. |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | The new lightning protector module will allow the BGS PRIME system to be operated effectively in areas subject to intense electrical storms, and will reduce costs associated with system repair due to lightning strikes. |
| Title | Multiple |
| Description | Software and technical products now generated by the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Multiple - with Government, Business, Charities. For details see the Geomagnetism, Seismology, Volcanology, Shallow Geohazard, Shallow Geophysics, Geotechnics and Geodesy and Earth Observation Capabililities in the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge area (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| Title | Res-Imager |
| Description | Res-Imager is a low cost resistivity imaging system - enabling the collection of resistivity imaging data in the field and laboratory. The development is particularly targeted at ODA partners. Lead research engineer - Phil Meldrum. Project lead - Jon Chambers. |
| Type Of Technology | Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The new technology is due to be deployed with partners in India and Africa. The low cost nature of the system means that it can be deployed in contexts where the costs of conventional resistivity imaging instrumentation would be prohibitive. Ongoing development to improve ruggedness and useability. |
| Description | Digital Environment: Dynamic Ground Motion Map of the UK (12 November 2019, Bristol) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The aim of the workshop was to explore how existing satellite networks (i.e. InSAR) could be used to address environmental challenges posed by ground motion in the UK due to range of sources. This is part of a feasibility study funded by the UKRI Digital Environment Programme, and we were looking for input into the research that we should prioritise for the upcoming demonstrator phase. During the first part of the workshop, we sought to establish the environmental challenges and the current solutions/ capabilities. This was assisted by 5 minute 'lightning talks' by participants. In the second part, we discussed what a UK deformation service might look like and establish research priorities for the demonstrator phase. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited keynote - "Electrical imaging methods in geotechnical applications: From site investigation to near-real-time monitoring and decision support" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference keynote talk. ISSMGE, 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Glasgow, 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited keynote - 5th Asia Pacific Meeting on Near Surface Geoscience & Engineering , Taiwan, 2023 - talk title: "Automated geoelectrical monitoring of geotechnical assets: revealing moisture driven processes in earth embankments and dams" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited keynote "Automated geoelectrical monitoring of geotechnical assets: revealing moisture driven processes in earth embankments and dams". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://eage.eventsair.com/5th-asia-pacific-meeting-on-near-surface-geoscience-engineering/keynote-s... |
| Description | Invited keynote - European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, 2nd Conference on Geophysics for Infrastructure Planning, Monitoring and BIM, France, 2021 - titled: "Geophysical Remote Condition Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure Slopes" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation titled - Geophysical Remote Condition Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure Slopes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202120077 |
| Description | Invited lecture at the Institute of Civil Engineers, London, 26th November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at an event designed to promote PRIME technology to the civil engineering and geotechnical communities. The event was entitled 'Priming the industry: an innovation in earthworks monitoring' and consisted of the lecture followed by a discussion between an invited panel of geotechnical specialists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/priming-the-industry-an-innovation-in-earthworks-m |
| Description | Invited talk - "Remote-condition-monitoring of critical geotechnical infrastructure - towards a practical geophysical solution" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk, 2019. Remote-condition-monitoring of critical geotechnical infrastructure - towards a practical geophysical solution. Geophysics in the Critical Zone, Geological Society, London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk - 'Geophysical characterisation and monitoring of unstable slopes' at 4th International Symposium (on-line) on New Techniques for Geohazards Research and Management, Institute of Hazards Prevention and Ecological Restoration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research workshop exploring new tool, methods and approaches for geohazard mitigation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited talk - 1st Workshop on NDT, CM, and SHM requirements for civil structures, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 2022 - title: "Development of geoelectrical imaging for the remote condition monitoring of engineered structures" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk - Development of geoelectrical imaging for the remote condition monitoring of engineered structures |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ciria.org/CIRIA/Events/Supported_events.aspx?hkey=15e0e251-f4b3-4bd2-a2b8-fc3fe55020e2 |
| Description | Invited talk - EAGE, Engineering and Mining Geophysics 2021 - title: "Geophysical Monitoring of Natural and Engineered Slopes: Towards Improved Early Warning of Landslides" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk - Geophysical Monitoring of Natural and Engineered Slopes: Towards Improved Early Warning of Landslides |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.202152175?crawler=true |
| Description | Invited talk - Novel geophysical approaches for monitoring and visualising the subsurface: from autonomous data acquisition to web-based decision support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk to the "Geological Society Contaminated Land Group: Land condition early careers network - handling big data" meeting, 12th February 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited talk - Priming the industry: innovation in earthworks monitoring |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chambers, JE, Priming the industry: innovation in earthworks monitoring. Institution of Civil Engineers, Edinburgh, 8th October 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk - Remote-condition-monitoring of safety-critical natural and engineered slopes - towards a practical geophysical solution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chambers, JE, Meldrum, PI, Wilkinson, P, Gunn, D, Hobbs, P, Reeves, H. Remote-condition-monitoring of safety-critical natural and engineered slopes - towards a practical geophysical solution.US Corp of Engineers, 18th December 2019. (Webinar) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Multiple - with Government, Business, Charities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For details see the Geomagnetism, Seismology, Volcanology, Shallow Geohazard, Shallow Geophysics, Geotechnics and Geodesy and Earth Observation Capabililities in the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge area (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| Description | Multiple - with Government, Business, Charities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Multiple; engagement activities now undertaken by the Multihazards and Resilience Challenge https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-research/multihazards/) |
| Description | PRIME: innovative subsurface monitoring for asset management (CIRIA event) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Background The processes leading to internal deterioration and subsequent failure of assets evolve at scales greater than single point subsurface measurements, and at depths unreachable using surface-only observations. PRIME (PRoactive Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation) is a novel geophysical monitoring system that images the internal structure of embankments, cuttings and other key geotechnical infrastructure at the whole-asset scale. Using time-lapse electrical resistivity measurements to map structure and monitor water migration, PRIME offers a low-cost, non-intrusive means of providing 4D asset-scale data. These measurements assist in the assessment of critical failure criteria, management of ageing infrastructure, and decision-making for asset maintenance and remediation, prior to costly and dangerous failures. This event will showcase the developments in PRIME technology and its expanding portfolio of case studies in assessing, monitoring and protecting the built and natural environment. Including a demonstration of the PRIME-Calyx (Socotec) web-based data visualisation platform, case studies presented by the development team and an open forum on the future directions and needs of adaptable, affordable and innovative asset monitoring technology, this event aims to summarise the state-of-the-art and direction of travel in resistivity imaging for asset management. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ciria.org/CIRIA/Navigation/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=E22706&WebsiteKey=3f18c87a... |