Events & Courses

Course overview

Peat found through out the UK but most of these deposits are in Northern England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland with other notable deposits in East Anglia and the Southwest. It is present across 32.3% of the UK land mass but many geologists and engineers still find dealing with this unique material a challenging activity. Peat is a highly compressible material with time dependant consolidation and rheological behaviour which is determined by its structure, degree of humification and hydraulic properties. Peat has a 'remarkable' water content from over 100% to 1,800%, and there is no simple relationship between magnitude and rate of compression of peat with loading. It also often highly inhomogeneous both laterally and vertically at a site. This lecture will review the engineering background to peat behaviour and considers ways these hazards may be mitigated.

Programme

This course will be taking place on 3 June 2025 at 16:00 BST, and will last for approximately 1.5 hours, depending on audience participation.

Speaker

Chris S Eccles Eur Geol, FGS, CGeol, CSci, SiLC, UK RoGEP Adviser

Chris Eccles has over 30 years' experience in both contracting and consultancy, mainly in the UK. He provides integrated advice on environmental, geotechnical and waste management issues to derive pragmatic sustainable solutions. He has designed their mediation of contamination, embankments, foundations, roads, slope stability and earth retaining structures. He has worked on a number of projects where peat has formed the primary project risk due to its unique properties.

Location

This course will be delivered virtually via Zoom. Joining details will be sent out the day prior, alongside any course materials that may be needed.

Fees (including early-bird rate)

* Early-bird discount applicable for all registrations until 3 April 2025. Simply select your delegate type on the registration form and the discount will be applied and reflected in the payment section at the bottom of the registration form.*

Group Discounts

We offer competitive group discounts on all Training Courses:
5 – 9 delegates: 20% off
10 – 14 delegates: 25% off
15 delegates or more: 30% off

For more information on how to access the Group Discount, please email [email protected]

Concessions

We offer students a generous discount. Please verify your student status by either registering with your student email address, or uploading a photograph of your student identification/acceptance letter.

The Society offers a limited number of concessionary rates for those in financial hardship. Contact [email protected] (Please note you may be required to provide details/evidence to support your application for this.)

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Registration will close 24 hours before the event takes place.

GSL reserves the right to postpone or cancel a Training Course in the event of low interest. In this instance, a full refund will be offered for registration fees.