Background
Barton, Nick was born on August 10, 1944 in Leamington, England. Son of John Ryland and Phyl (Fox) Barton.
Rock mechanics and tunnelling engineer
Barton, Nick was born on August 10, 1944 in Leamington, England. Son of John Ryland and Phyl (Fox) Barton.
Bachelor of Science with honours, King's College, London, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Rock Mechanics, Imperial College, London, 1971. Doctor (honorary), University Cordoba, Argentina, 2004.
Senior engineer, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, 1971-1980;
sr staff consultant, Terratek Inc., Salt Lake City, 1980-1983;
manager geomechanics, Terratek Inc., Salt Lake City, 1983-1984;
division director, Norwegian Geotechnical Insurance, Oslo, 1984-1989;
technical advisor, Norwegian Geotechnical Insurance, Oslo, since 1989. Adjunct Professor U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1983-1984, U. Luleá, Sweden, 1986-1990. Consultant United States of America principal investigator for rock mechanics National Education Association/Organization of European Cooperation and Development International Stripa Project, Sweden, 1986-1992.
Geotechnology consultant United Kingdom Nirex Ltd., Sellafield Radioactive Waste Repository, since 1990. Cavern engineering consultant Hong Kong Geotechnical Control Office, 1989-1991. Consultant Xiaolangdi Hydro Project, World Bank, People's Republic China, 1990-1994, Office of NuclearWaste Isolation United States of America, 1981-1982, Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd., 1983, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Ekofisk Reserve Subsidiary, 1985-1986, Mingtan Pumped Hydro Project, Sinotech, Republic of China, 1987-1990, United Nations Development Project, India, 1988, Gjovik Olympic Cavern, Norway, 1990-1991, Shimizu Tunnel, Tomei II Highway, Japan Fuji Research Institute Corporation, since 1995.
Member expert panels for Oslo Tunnel, for Fjellinjen, 1987-1988, Carmel Tunnels. Haifa for Netivey Carmel, since 1994. Strategic Sewage Tunnels, Hong Kong for Mottconnell, since 1994, Hallandsås Tunnels, Sweden for Kraftbyggarna, 1993-1995.
Visiting professor U. São Paulo, 1997, 98. Consultant Dul Hasti TBM Tunnel, Kashmir for Statkraft, since 1997, Pont Ventoux Tunnels, nocon, Italy, since 1997.
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Member International Society for Rock Mechanics (committee for rock joints, committee for scale effects in rock masses, committee for failure mechanisms in underground openings 1988-1992, coordinator working party recommendations for quantitative description of discontinuities in rock masses 1977-1978).
Children: David, Andrew, Laurence, Karsten.
