David Boon

Mr David Boon Applied Engineering Geologist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3612

E-mail David Boon

Biography

  •  2009 –2010 :  Sebatical, GNS Science, New Zealand. Development of 3D geotechnical model of Lower Hutt for Its Our Fault Project.
  •  2005 –2012 :  Engineering Geologist: Land Use, Planning and Development
  •  2004 –2005 :  MSc, Engineering Geology, Leeds University,
  •  2002 –2003 :  Scientific Officer, Royal Air Force, Land Quality Assessment Team
  •  2000 –2004 :  BSc (Hons) 1st class, Leeds University, Environmental Geology

Research interests

  •  Communicating science to the public: Education, knowledge exchange, outreach. Science and Engineering Ambassador.
  •  Conceptual modelling of the ground: 2D/3D geological and engineering geological mapping and modelling for hazard assessment and risk reduction
  •  Engineering Seismology: Affect of shallow geology on ground motion amplification. Microzonation studies
  •  Natural Geohazards: Landslide recognition, investigation, hazard and risk assessment and process modelling

Boards and committees

  •  2007 –2012 :  Meetings Secretary: Geological Society of London - East Midlands Regional Group

Current projects and collaboration

  •  2011 :  Collaboration: Digital Intergrated Stratigraphy Project (DISP) - applying LiDAR models for high resolution stratigraphic and climate research. Collaborators BGS Cardiff, UNESCO,University of Texas, Dallas.
  •  2011 :  Project Leader - Ground Motion Amplification in the London Basin
  •  2010 –2012 :  Principal investigator on Landslide processes in the Cleveland Baisn, UK
  •  2008 –2012 :  Project Leader: Physical properties and engineering behavoir of engineering soils (Tills) Collaborators: Loughborough University, BGS Wallingford, BGS Edinburgh

Accreditations

  •  2010 :  Finalist Geol Soc Engineering Group 2010 Glossop Award
  •  2008 :  Invited Speaker at GeoDATA workshop, Northern Ireland. An applied 3D geological model of Central Belfast.

Professional association

  •  2011 :  Invited lecture on geohazards at NERC spring school hosted by Cambridge University in March 2011
  •  2011 :  Member of UK Earthquake Field Investigation Team (EEFIT). Member of Christchurch Earthquake investigation team in 2011.
  •  2006 :  Member of International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG)
  •  2005 –2012 :  Fellow of the Geological Society, London

Skills

  •  Terrestrial LiDAR scanning, GPS surveying, geological and geotechnical logging (BS5930:1999) and fracture logging, 3D geological modelling, GIS, SHAKE, DIPS, conceptual ground models, interpretation of engineering geophysics.

Published outputs

  • NERC Open Research Archive — David Boon
  • Simon J. Price, Helen F. Burke, Ricky L. Terrington, Helen Reeves, David Boon & Andreas J. Scheib. The 3D characterisation of the zone of human interaction and the sustainable use of underground space in urban and peri-urban environments: case studies from the UK. Z. dt. Ges. Geowiss., 161/2, p. 219–235, 10 figs., 3 tabs. Stuttgart, June 2010
  • Van Dissen, R., Little, T., Barnes, P., Semmens, S., Boon. D., Johnston, D., Dellow, G., Fry, B., McVerry, G., Rhoades, D., in press, Better defining earthquake risk in Wellington, New Zealand: the first five years of the It’s Our Fault programme. Abstract presented at XXV General Assembly, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Melbourne, Australia, 28 June - 7 July, 2011
  • Applied thematic mapping in the Lampeter area. By J. VENUS, D. BOON, J.R.DAVIES, C. FOSTER, D.I. SCHOFIELD & R.A. WATERS in Urban Geology in Wales 3.

Key papers

Boon, D. et al. NZS1170.5:2004 Site Subsoil Classification of Lower Hutt. Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Building an Earthquake-Resilient Society, 14-16 April, 2011, Auckland, New Zealand

Boon. D., Reeves. H., Hobbs.P. The applicability of terrestrial laser scanning for rock mass characterisation and slope stability assessments of abandoned quarry slopes in the UK. Abstract and poster presentation accepted for Slope Stability 2011 - International Symposium on Rock Slope Stability in Open Pit Mining and Civil Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, September 18-21, 2011