Dr Ursula Lawrence
WSP
Technical director of engineering geology
Dr Ursula Lawrence
Dr Ursula Lawrence is a Technical Director in Engineering Geology, with more than 35 years’ experience in the infrastructure sector. Ursula’s projects vary in size, up to major tunnelling and rail projects such as Crossrail and HS2, from conceptual design through to construction stages. More recently, Ursula has become involved in the power sector, with site characterisation studies for underground storage and new power station projects.
Ursula has been involved with the Engineering Group of the Geological Society since 2006, including serving as Chair (2020–2022), and in 2023 was awarded the Engineering Group Award for this work and for her contribution to two special publications: EGSP 31 Groundwater in Design and Construction (Duncan and Lawrence 2025), and Impacts of Weathering in Engineering Geology.
Ursula is a keen landscape photographer. Her passion for photography grew out of her work as a geologist and her love of the landscape. Her images have been used by the Geological Society of London in calendars and on journal covers. She has travelled widely, but always returns to the varied UK landscape.
