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Research project

Moisture Movement Beneath Solid Ground Floors in Historic Buildings

Project overview

A long-term research programme funded by Historic England to investigate moisture movement beneath solid ground floors via in-situ monitoring and supporting laboratory testing

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Kevin Briggs

Associate Professor in Geomechanics
Research interests
  • Deterioration processes in ageing of transportation earthworks (e.g. highway and railway embankments and cuttings)
  • The impact of extreme weather and climate change on groundwater pressures beneath engineering structures
  • The engineering properties of Jurassic and Triassic mudstones for geotechnical design (e.g. excavations, embankments and foundations)
Connect with Kevin

Email: K.Briggs@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Analysis of lime capping mortars after two decades of carbonating in ambient conditions or exposed to natural weathering at Corfe Castle
Grace A. Morris, Kevin Briggs, Alison Henry & Richard J. Ball, 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39603-8_41
Type: bookChapter
In-situ measurements of wall moisture in a historic building in response to the installation of an impermeable floor
Kevin Briggs, Richard Ball & Iain McCaig, 2022, UCL Open Environment, 4
DOI: 10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000046
Type: article