The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
Headlines and Deadlines
BGA Evening Meeting on Warsaw Metro – 13 May 2015
BGA Early Career Group – joint meeting with BTSYM – 14 May 2015
Early Bird registration ECSMGE (13-15 September 2015) in Edinburgh: extended until 12 June 2015
BGA AGM and prize-giving followed by Prof Hugh St John repeating his 2014 Fujita Lecture and concluded by a drinks reception – 17 June 2015
ECSMGE XVI – EDINBURGH: 13 – 15September 2015:
| 4 months to go! | 16th European Conf on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering | Paper acceptance emails will be sent this week. If authors have not heard about their papers by Monday 11 May they should contact Sara Armstrong (Sara@in-conference.org.uk). Full details of the programme are available on the Conference web site http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/ |
| Early Bird Registration | open until 29 May at http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/ – offering significant discounts to BGA members | |
NEW! |
Power point slides inviting registration in 14 European Languages now available – see BGA website | |
| Keep up to date with developments! | LinkedIn Group set-up | Receive all the latest news on this important event (all are welcome):http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=5021708&trk=group-name |
| Some sponsorship Opportunities still available | Exhibition & Sponsorship | Brochure at http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/?page_id=434Bookings at http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/?page_id=52 |
PAST EVENTS 2015
| MISSED IT? | 18 March 2015 | Rankine Lecture 2015 |
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| 15 April 2015 | BGA Evening Lecture | Peter Rutty and Yu Sheng Hus of Mott MacDonald and Felix Schroeder of Geotechnical Consulting Group on “Assessing the impact of new works at Victoria”; recording available to view at: https://vimeo.com/icegroup/review/125812096/ca81ba0196 |
AGM
| Look out for AGM information | 10th June 2015 | Deadline for casting your votes | Papers for the AGM, including details of candidates for the Committee Election and ballot papers, will be sent out to members shortly. |
FORTHCOMING UK EVENTS 2015
Next week! |
13 May 2015 | BGA Evening Lecture | Federico Bizzi, Andrea Pettinaroli and Elena Rovetto to speak on “Excavation Works and Geotechnical Challenges of the Warsaw Metrol Line 2 Construction: book on-line at http://www.ice.org.uk/Event?ID=3467 or contact Pauline.Arundel@ice.org.uk |
| Followed by: | 14 May 2015 – 6.00 pm | BGA ECG/BTSYM on Groundwater Control Techniques | Dr Martin Preene speaking at ICE – no advance registration required. Full details athttp://britishgeotech.org/btsym-bgaecg-meeting-groundwater-control-techniques/ |
| NEW! | 20-21 May 2015 | 2-day meeting co-ordinated by GeolSoc of London & UK IAEG National Group | Sustainable Exploitation of the Subsurface – Geological Society, Burlington House, London; contact Jess Aries at jess.aries@geolsoc.org.uk or tel 0207 432 0983 |
| 10 June 2015 | GE Awards Event | London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane: contact George Thornton on +44 (0) 20 7391 4530 or george.thornton@emap.com to submit entries; full details at www.geawards.com; £150 per table discount for BGA members. | |
| NEW! | 17 June 2015 | AGM, Evening Lecture and drinks reception | Following the AGM, including the presentation of BGA prizes, Prof Hugh St John will repeat his Fujita Lecture which he gave in Seoul in 2014, on “Urban Development: Decision Making Processes in the Planning of Sub-structure Construction”; book online for AGM, Lecture & Reception at http://www.ice.org.uk/Event?ID=3504 |
| 10-11 September 2015 | Int’l Symposium on Geohazards & Geomechanics | Warwick University – Full details at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/news/?newsItem=094d434549f0dad4014a3dc5a4b218ed |
YOUNG ENGINEERS
| NEW – next week! | 14 May 2015 – 6.00 pm | BGA ECG/BTSYM on Groundwater Control Techniques | Dr Martin Preene speaking at ICE – no advance registration required. Full details athttp://britishgeotech.org/btsym-bgaecg-meeting-groundwater-control-techniques/ |
| 31 May 2015 | IGS UK Chapter Student Contest 2015 | Win scholarship and complimentary conference registration in to www.eurogeo6.org (28-29 September 2016) in Istanbul; submission of 3-page technical paper to IGS UK Chapter and then if successful, abstractofthe technical paper for EuroGeo6 by 30 October 2015 and full paper by 31 March 2016. Application forms for IGS UK membership at www.igs-uk.org | |
| Sale at silly prices! | ongoing | prices ranging from 50p to £5.00. | The ICE Library Team are having a spring clean and selling spare copies of books to make space for development. Call in next time you are in One Great George Street |
PUBLICATIONS
| Ground Engineering | Currently free | Access to new website | You will need your BGA membership number to register - for joint ICE members it is the same. |
| Latest bulletin | ISSMGE | http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/issmge-bulletin/759-vol-9-issue-2-april-2015. | |
| ISSMGE | Webinar series launched – appx every 2 months ,.usually towards the end of or beginning of the month – see http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-webinars | ||
| 9th Newsletter | ISSMGE – TC211Ground Improvement | See BGA Website; topics covered are:- nomination of the TC members by the Member Societies
- International Symposium ISP7 PRESSIO 2015 - organization of WORKSHOP TC211 in Edinburgh (September 2015) - recent and upcoming events and activities related to TC211 |
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| Gold Open Access – permanently free | ICE Publishing | Geotechnical Research | http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/serial/gr |
| Editor’s pick -permanently free | ICE Publishing | Géotechnique Letters | http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/info/EditorsPickGeoletters |
OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES
| ISRM | 10-13 May 2015 | ISRM Congress | Montreal, Canada – full details at www.isrm2015.com |
| ISRM | 12 May 2015 | In conjunction withISRM Congress in Montreal | Shale and Rock Mechanics Workshop, as Applied to Slopes, Tunnels, Mines and Hydrocarbon Extraction. Details at www.isrm2015.com |
| NEW – Call for Abstracts | 15 May 2015 | 3rdInt’l Conf on Transportation Geotechnics | Guimarães, Portugal, 4-7 September 2016. full details at http://civil.uminho.pt/3rdEICTG2016$ |
| Registration now open | 1– 4November 2015 | 6ICEGE | 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering - Christchurch, New Zealand. |
| ISRM | 31 December 2015 | Rocha Medal 2017 | Nominations invited – see BGA website for further information |
| ISRM – first announcement | 13-15 June 2017 | EUROCK 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic – further details at www.eurock2017.cz shortly. |
| ISSMGE – advance notice | 17-22 September 2017 | ICSMGE 2017 | Seoul, Korea: further details available in due course from http://www.icsmge2017.org/ |