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Andrew Shirley Publications

'The Theoretical &Practical Aspects of Land Stability Classification' . . . |Download|
2nd Aust. - N Z Conference Geomechanics, Brisbane July 1975. Part reprinted in the Bulletin of the
International Association of Engineering Geology (I.A.E.G.) No. 12 December 1975.

'A Review of the Variety of Unstable Landforms in NSW and the Problems They Present'.
Symposium of the Water Research Foundation of Australia July 1976 - Published as Report No. 48.

'Some Guidelines to Preferred Practice in Hillside Construction'.. . . |Download|
Australian Geomechanics Journal - 1976 (with P J Burgess)

'Techniques of Landslide Control Using Drainage'.. . . |Download|
Annual Engineering Conference of the Institution of Engineers, Australia - March, 1977 (with K W Francis).

'The Problems for Government Associated with Geological Hazards in the Urban Area'. . . |Download|
Paper prepared for 28th ANZAAS Conference, Melbourne 1977.
Section 3 - 'Geology in Urban and Regional Development'

'The Scope &Extent of Geotechnical Reports for Residential Building &Subdivisions'
Paper presented to the 77th Annual Conference of the Local Government Engineers Association (NSW) - ACEA.
Conference Session 2 April 1982.

'Town Planning in Geologically Complex Areas'. . . |Download|
Paper presented to the 78th Annual Conference of the Local Government Engineers Association (NSW) - ACEA.
Conference Session 22 March 1983.

'A Survey of Excavations &Their Support'. . . |Download|
1987 L.G.E.A. Annual Conference, Sydney pp 54 &55.

'The Integrated Support System - A new approach to excavation design.'
Paper presented to the Civil Branch of the Institution of Engineers, Australia in June 1989.

'New Draft AS - Earth Retaining Structures (including Reinforced Soils)'
Paper presented to 7th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics in Adelaide - July, 1996.
With Dr M R Haussman [UTS Sydney] &M Boyd [Reinforced Earth Company].

Building in Areas of Landslip, Subsidence &Rockfall [including hillside building guidelines]. . . . |Download|
Australian Geomechanics Vol 37 No. 3 June, 2002 [with O G Ingles].