John Kennedy is an independent pavement engineering consultant specializing in the use of hydraulic binders and pozzolans to produce environmentally, energy and cost efficient long life pavements.

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Key Skills
Independent
Lime & cement stabilisation
In-situ and ex-situ recycling
Roller compacted concrete
Industrial by-products
Hydraulic binders inc. slag
Pozzolans & Fly Ash
Pavement design
European standards
Binders for erosion control
Training & presentations

News

Sept 2008
John Kennedy launches dedicated web site on Hydraulically Bound Mixtures. Visit site
 
May 2005
Working with BRE, completion and dissemination of WRAP project on ‘Promoting the use of applications incorporating recycled and secondary aggregates in hydraulically bound materials’.
 
May 2005
Co-author of recently published BRITPAVE guidelines for the ‘Stabilisation of sulfate-bearing soils’.
 
May 2005
Working with Capita-Symonds and Edmund Nuttall, the finalisation of the pavement design for the Highways Agencys ‘A421 Great Barford Bypass’.
 

Hydraulically Bound Mixtures

Pavement engineering begins with the engineering of the soil.

Welcome to JK Pavement Consulting

John Kennedy - Pavement & Civil Engineering Consultant - Lime & Soil Stabilisation - UK

Profile

 

John Kennedy is an independent pavement engineering consultant specializing in the use of hydraulic binders and pozzolans to produce environmentally, energy and cost efficient long life pavements.

John Kennedy - Pavement & Civil Engineering Consultant - Lime & Soil Stabilisation - UK  
Over the last 20 years, the consultancy has been active in the design, construction and maintenance of road, airfield and industrial pavements in the UK and overseas for a wide range of clients including; the UK Highways Agency, BAA (British Airports Authority), international contractors, D&B and DBFO consortia, trade organizations, material suppliers, consultants and local authorities.

John Kennedy is the author of many technical papers, reports and publications and is the UK expert for hydraulically treated materials on the BSI committee B510/4 and the European Standards Technical Committee CEN TC227/WG4 ‘Road materials’.

Expertise

Independent: Independent and extensive design and construction experience
Independent: Independent and extensive design and construction experience
Cost Effective: Cost effective pavements through maximization of site resources
Cost Effective: Cost effective pavements through maximization of site resources
Stabilisation & Recycling: Lime, cement and foamed bitumen stabilisation, in-situ and ex-situ recycling and roller compacted concrete
Stabilisation & Recycling: Lime, cement and foamed bitumen stabilisation, in-situ and ex-situ recycling and roller compacted concrete
Slag/Fly Ash Binders: Use of industrial by-products and lime/fly ash and lime/slag binder combinations for hydraulically bound mixtures
Slag/Fly Ash Binders: Use of industrial by-products and lime/fly ash and lime/slag binder combinations for hydraulically bound mixtures
Pavement Design: UK and overseas pavement design systems including analytical methods and procedures used by motorway operators home and abroad
Pavement Design: UK and overseas pavement design systems including analytical methods and procedures used by motorway operators home and abroad
Contractor Experience: First-hand experience of paving construction in 1980's as joint managing director of Econopave, a UK specialist paving contractor
Contractor Experience: First-hand experience of paving construction in 1980's as joint managing director of Econopave, a UK specialist paving contractor
Flood Protction: Use of cementitious stabilization techniques for sea-defence work, erosion control, rip-rap and linings
Flood Protction: Use of cementitious stabilization techniques for sea-defence work, erosion control, rip-rap and linings
Contacts: Wide network of contacts around the world
Contacts: Wide network of contacts around the world