The River Roding Project: Differences in geotechnical engineering in Australia and the UK

This paper presents a review of the geotechnical site investigation for a tide retention barrage across the River Rodding, a tributary of the River Thames, London. An overview of the project is given together with a description of the parties invovled and their respective objectives and roles. In particular the inter-relationship between the geotechnical engineer employed by the project Engineer and geotechnical engineer employed by the site investigation Contractor is discussed. Finally the paper discusses the potential pitfalls of the system where the geotechnical engineer carrying out the field works is removed from having a comprehensive knowledge of the project and its objectives.