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Background & pedigree

The founder of SSI is Kim Worrall BSc CEng MICE MIHT.
His background includes:

  • 20 years experience in reinforced soil
  • Current member of the British Standards Committee on reinforced soil (BS 8006)
    • Active on this committee since 1985
    • Secretary of each code writing sub-committee
    • Main author of design sections of BS 8006
  • Current member of Eurocode Monitoring Committee on construction and design of reinforced soil
  • Designer of many noteable reinforced soil structures (both in the UK and Overseas) during his career with package providers including:
    • Ro-Ro ramp carrying UK's largest moving load (British Construction Industry Award winner)
    • One of the Worlds largest seawalls
    • UK's first and only rail over rail bridge abutments
    • Abutments supporting one of UK's longest single span bridges
    • UK's tallest Anchored Earth walls
    • All structures on Europes largest reinforced soil project
    • Most of the structures on the Trans European Motorway in Turkey including some of the world's tallest walls, all seismically designed
    • All of the structures supporting Dublins Rapid Transit rail System (DART) (DC electrified rail traffic)