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Nick Bray

Nick Bray is a dredging and reclamation specialist, with a broad knowledge of maritime civil engineering obtained by working for over 35 years in this sector. With a background of project management as director of Dredging Research Ltd and, formerly, Livesey Henderson, gained on numerous port, maritime, coastal and waterway projects, Nick has gained experience in both consulting and contracting organisations. He has had a direct involvement in numerous dredging projects and has written many technical articles on the subject.

The second edition of his book Dredging: A Handbook for Engineers. was published in 1997. During his career Nick has been involved in a wide variety of projects, covering most aspects of dredging and dredging-related activities, and necessitating innovative approaches to both technical and contractual problems.

He has developed computer-based dredging production and cost estimating models, particularly for cutter suction and trailing suction dredgers, including methods for determining overflow losses to the environment, the latter now being incorporated into process models for dredging plume analysis and prediction.

He also has consulting and contracting experience in the field of underwater rock removal by drilling, blasting and dredging, including the development of innovative drilling techniques. Nick has been called upon to provide expert opinions on a variety of dredging disputes, has acted as a mediator and has been an expert witness in a number of arbitration proceedings.