The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.

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April 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line

  • 15.03.2023

April 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line. Online access to Ground Engineering (GE) is included in BGA subscriptions.

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On-line viewing Link for 61st Rankine Lecture

  • 15.03.2023

On-line viewing link for the 61st Rankine Lecture by Professor John Carter of the University of Newcastle, Australia on Constitutive Modelling in Computational Geomechanics.

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The 61st Rankine Lecture, Day Seminar and Dinner - 15 March 2023

  • 02.03.2023

The BGA 61st Rankine Lecture and Dinner will be going ahead as planned on 15 March 2023 despite potential travel disruption in London due to strike action

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The final programme for the Geo-Resilience 2023 Conference is available

  • 26.02.2023

The BGA is delighted to announce that the final programme for the Geo-Resilience 2023 Conference is available

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Finalists Announced for the 2023 Cooling Prize Competition

  • 23.02.2023

The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Cooling Prize Competition to be held on 27 March 2023 as an in person event in Cardiff hosted by the ICE Wales Cymru Regional Group.

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Advance notice of call for Nominations for the BGA Executive Committee

  • 19.02.2023

The BGA will shortly be calling for nominations for members to stand for election for the BGA Executive Committee

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March 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line

  • 19.02.2023

March 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line. Online access to Ground Engineering (GE) is included in BGA subscriptions.

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Call for Abstracts for the XVIII ECSMGE Conference in Lisbon in August 2024

  • 04.02.2023

The XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ECSMGE) will take place in Lisbon, from 26th - 30th August 2024.

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Registration is open for the BGA’s Geo-Resilience 2023 Conference

  • 04.02.2023

The Geo-Resilience 2023 conference will be held at Cardiff University between 27 and 29 March 2023.

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