Prof. David Hight (GCG)

Short biography

David Hight is one of the founding directors of GCG and has been responsible for specialist advice to consulting firms, contractors, public authorities, etc. He has carried out technical audits of the foundations to major projects, including the Gullfaks 'C' gravity platform, Chek Lap Kok Airport (Hong Kong) and the Rion-Antirrion Fixed Link (Greece), and served as expert Witness in litigation, involving overwater site investigations, retaining wall faillures, offshore foundations, piling and landslides. Recently, he was involved in investigating flow slide failures during construction of two major projects in Bangladesh and was retained by the both Nuclear Electric and Magnox Electric in assing foundation performance and dynamic properties at their power station sites; he has just completed advising on the design and construction of a new port development in Egypt and directing a large-scale investigation into groundwater conditions at a site in southern Englang. He is currently advising on geotechnical aspects of design for the proposed new terminal at Heathrow Airport. Dr Hight is currently involved in a number of major reclamation projects at Felixstowe, Port of Mostyn and in Malaysia.