Rosalind Turner

Project Manager and Technical Specialist leading investigations for the routing of the sub-estuary cable. The CHP plant will produce power on the north side of Milford Haven and must connect with the National Grid 400kV substation located on the south side of this busy shipping estuary. Project Manager, technically leading the preparation of desk studies for the route, walkover surveys of the landfalls and preparation of specifications and contract documents for overwater investigations into both a tunnel option and a subsea cable route option. Specifications include bathymetry, side scan sonar, current, magnetometer and geophysical surveys as well as designing intrusive investigations for both options. Also leading the delivery of the Marine Licences from Natural Resources Wales and Milford Haven Port Authority for the overwater investigations.

International Coastal Planning Specialist for the development of a Shoreline Management Plan for the 320km length of the coastline of Karnataka, SW India. Providing Specialist input to lead the development of a Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) for the whole length of the Karnataka coastline, developing procedures for the delivery of the plan and ensuring that the plan is appropriate for the needs of the Karnataka State. The first phase of the project has now delivered a 'pilot' Shoreline Management Plan for a small district within the state (ca. 40km in length) and worked with communities to set up 'Shoreline Management Organisations' who will become the local owners of the plan. This pilot document is now undergoing approval to set a precedent for the rest of the 320 length of the full State SMP. The SMP needs to provide a large-scale assessment of the risks associated with coastal processes and helps reduce these risks to people and the developed, historic and natural environments. This plan needs to be developed with a full understanding of coastal processes including tidal patterns, wave heights, wave direction and the movement of beach and seabed materials under both monsoon and non-monsoon conditions in order to understand likely behaviour of the coast.

Technical Specialist providing advice for the delivery of the PAR (project appraisal report) to the Environment Agency to assist the Council to obtain funding for a £30million coastal defence scheme.

Project Manager for the development of a 100 year coastal management plan for this 8km stretch of coastline. The area includes areas of sand dunes, ornithologically and geologically significant wave cut platform (designated as SSSI and RAMSAR), aging open coast sea walls, piers, marina and harbour areas. The review process includes collation of previously collected data/studies, derivation and outline design & costing of suitable management options for the whole frontage over the next 100 years. The review will also include benefit cost analyses of the options (in accordance the 2010 FCRM Appraisal Guidance and Flood and Coastal Resilience Partnership funding), numerical modelling of management options, preparation of a Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment whilst also fully engaging with the community and statutory stakeholders. The StAR is currently being reviewed by the Environment Agency’s Large Projects Review Group.

Project Manager leading the delivery of professional services throughout construction of the coastal protection scheme. Involved provision of technical advice throughout the construction stage to allow for adaptation of the design for use of differing materials, supervision of the Works to ensure that the scheme was constructed to the provided specification and standards, and management of the NEC ECC Option C Contract on behalf of Suffolk Coastal District Council. The scheme was delivered ahead of schedule and to budget.

Project Manager for a study to consider the maintenance, management or replacement requirements for a series of aging open coast sea walls along the Headland frontage of Hartlepool. The study aims to supplement the Strategy Appraisal Report findings (above).

Provided Specialist MetOcean input to a due diligence report for the construction of the largest offshore windfarm in the USA, with 486 MW capactiy across 130 turbines in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts.

As part of a wider preliminary study and outline design of a new heavy haul coal railway and port in Mozambique, provided specialist technical input into a desktop coastal process report (waves, tides, sediment movement etc.) and impact for a port terminal and marine facilities required adjacent to the Pta. Namuáxi peninsula. The wider project involves a proposed railway, approximately 1,200km long, for the transportation of coal from various mining operations in the Moatize coal basin (Tete Province) to Nacala (Nampula Province).

Provided specialist technical input regarding geomorphological & estuarine processes acting on the banks of the River Severn to aid a geotechnical study of the M48 Severn Crossing Aust abutment and development of a monitoring and remediation strategy.

Provided technical coastal process input for the assessment of four proposed options to improve access along the beach front and the amenity value of the foreshore in this popular coastal site. Included an assessment of the potential for improving the conservation interest by allowing coastal processes to return this Site of Specific Scientific Interest (SSSI) to a more favourable condition whilst considering implications for the protection of the shoreline against further erosion.

Project manager for the provision of detailed designs for the coastal protection scheme which follows the successful delivery of the project appraisal report for central Felixstowe throughout 2009. This new phase of the work includes the derivation of key metocean and geotechnical parameters and agreement of a design basis for the 18 rock groynes, beach recharge and a rock revetment including a maintenance access way. Secured all the relevant licences and planning permission required for the works, liaised with key stakeholders and the public, ensuring constructability of the scheme and that a suitably qualified contractor is procured. This will also involve delivering technical assistance throughout the construction phase.

Provided specialist technical input towards the Seller's Report for this Offshore Wind Farm situated off the North Coast of Wales. Analysed wind and wave data, alongside maintenance vessel capability to establish an Accessibility Model for the site.

Provided specialist technical advice & a peer review for Shell of a series of conceptual master plans and architectural designs for office, hotel and residential living facilities proposed for two sites in Lagos, Nigeria. Advised on coastal flooding, sediment transport, mangrove and lagoon matters given the proximity of the site to Lagos Lagoon.

Technical lead for the wave modelling of a proposed marina in an area of south eastern Hong Kong. Both broad-scale Spectral wave modelling and nearshore Boussinesq (harbour disturbance) modelling was used to optimise breakwater configuration and site layout and to obtain outline design wave conditions. Given the exposed nature of the site, this required numerical modelling of typhoon conditions. The modelling will feed into a period of outline design development for the outer breakwater which will also need to provide typhoon shelter.

Provided specialist technical advice and project management services to the Environment Agency's National Capital Programme Management Service (ncpms) to deliver five coastal flood risk reduction schemes under the National Framework Agreement for Engineering and Environmental Consultancy Services (NEECA). At West Wittering, worked with the Environment Agency, Natural England and local land owners to develop a regulated tidal exchange scheme, the scheme will allow saltwater to continue to periodically flood a valuable area of designated brackish habitat but in a controlled manner protecting the village of West Wittering from increasingly frequent flooding over the next 100 years. In Hayling Island proposed flood bunds to manage flooding in the short term (30 years). Managed the contracts using NEC PSC Option C and Option E, and led the Environment Agency's NEECA consultants, contractors, cost consultants and CDM co-ordinators through the project appraisal reporting process using the new flood and coastal risk management appraisal guidance (FCERM-AG, March 2010) to derive sustainable, robust and cost effective solutions.

Supervised the Ground Investigation for a replacement railway bridge to advise on likely settlement rates in the Gault Clay.

Technical lead and project manager for the delivery of an updated coastal management strategy for a small island in Morecambe Bay. Through defence condition surveys, ecological surveys and by undertaking initial cost benefit analysis derived a series of options to provide long-term sustainable coastal protection measures for the island including an area of saltmarsh habitat creation, rehabilitation of revetments etc. whilst respecting the constraints of working in a heavily designated site of international ecological importance (SPA, SSSI etc).

Took both a technical lead and project management role in the delivery of a project appraisal report (PAR) to the Environment Agency for proposed coastal defences to protect the frontage of Felixstowe for the next 100 years. Provided both technical specialist advice and project managed the contract using NEC3 PSC Option A contract from inception to delivery. Led a detailed review of past geomorphological change from archived data along the frontage for input to the optioneering stage deriving coastal protection options which were tested through numerical sediment modelling of the scheme. Also led an intensive period of stakeholder engagement to ensure that not only statutory stakeholders but also the local community felt involved in the project and were given an opportunity to share their interests and concerns with the project team. Prepared outline design of the options to obtain the likely cost of the schemes to undertaking a cost benefit analysis and obtained outline planning permission for the schemes prior to preparing a business case for the works for the National Review Group (NRG), the Environment Agency's funding body for flood and coastal erosion management works.

Led a team undertaking an annual cliff monitoring survey on the iconic cliffs of Hunstanton, assessing geomorphological change (cliff recession rates, beach level changes etc.) in the context of the 12 year dataset Mott MacDonald has collected, short-term advice was provided to the council on the need to realign infrastructure such as security fences, coastal footpaths and public shelters at the clifftop.

Oversaw the undertaking of a numerical modelling investigation to establish wave parameters required for the design of five proposed coastal protection sites in the Western Isles (also known as the Outer Hebrides). A SWAN (Simulating WAves Nearshore) modelling study was undertaken to determine wave parameters at the toe of the proposed structures and water levels.

Provided technical lead project managed the team to undertake a preliminary review of a proposed coastal development at Poolbeg in Dublin, assessing the suitability of proposals for coastal defences in a location currently prone to wave overtopping and resultant flooding to houses behind the present coastal defences. The review included a desk based assessment of previously undertaken flood studies, a review of potential wave, tide and current conditions and an appraisal of proposed coastal defence methods.

Led the preliminary design of sediment traps outside the lock systems to reduce the collection of sediment in the locks. The initial designs were based upon recent annual dredging requirements, but recognising the need for further data for the final design stage, recommended and specified further investigations on currents, sediment load, sediment type and method of entrained sediment movement. Also produced a detailed specification of the hydrodynamic and sediment modelling required in order to take the sediment trap to the detailed design stage.

Undertook a review of data from a previous ground investigation from the site including compressibility tests and other geotechnical parameters, to conduct settlement analysis under standard conditions, with wick drains at various intervals and with sediment surcharge in order to derive the best method to drain the area and determine the optimum construction period.

Involved design and specification of a geotechnical diving survey for the proposed Isle of Man airport runway extension which requires land reclamation. Procured diving survey contractor and supervised the diving survey. Designed geomembranes for the revetments, eg. geotextiles to separate dredged fill from filter layers, geocomposites, erosion control/vegetation establishment mats to protect areas at risk of overtopping. Carried out 3D assessment of settlement analysis across the site for the granular fill material to ensure that the ground conditions would be sufficiently stable for paving and airport use. Assisted in specifying trimming back the limestone cliffs to prevent the stepped nature of the cliffs exacerbating differential settlement.

The existing Karachaganak Processing Complex (KPC) in northwest Kazakhstan underwent a Phase III expansion over the following five years and a ground investigation into the collapsible soils is necessary to proceed with the Phase III expansion. Visited the site in Kazakhstan and oversaw part of the ground investigation, ensuring that undisturbed samples were obtained from boreholes to international standards and advised regarding health and safety issues. Identified and logged soil types within the samples to provide an independent check on the contractor's logs.

As part of a pilot scheme investigating the viability of a new wave power generation scheme at Siadar, investigated the impact of changes in the location of the breakwater upon the wave climate of the surrounding area using the Mike 21 wave modelling package.

Feasibility study and pipeline route assessment. Carried out a desk study to establish the geological setting of Lake Albert, Uganda and the Kaiso Flats; the proposed area for development. Prepared a conceptual geomorphological model & assessed the suitability of proposed pipeline routes which will draw water from Lake Albert to assist in oil extraction and processing.

Undertook a review of the geology of this area of Kazakhstan to determine likely ground conditions for the construction of a railway and railway marshalling yard and associated facilities for the export of stabilised crude and sulphur.

Carried out initial walkover and general assessment of the defects in the coastal revetments of the M27, M275 and A27 at Portsmouth and undertook a review of hydrodynamic conditions and assessed the condition of revetment facings with recommendations for reconstruction and repair as appropriate.

Contributed towards the geotechnical and hydrodynamic desk studies for a proposed replacement road bridge crossing of Belvelly Channel in Cork Harbour. The desk study was undertaken to assist in understanding foundation design options and contamination issues regarding the placement and construction of the bridge.