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.
REMINDER: international events will not generally be listed in this newsletter in future - members are directed to http://britishgeotech.org/events/conferences/ or BGA social media (Linked In, Twitter and Facebook) for full details.
| 3 November 2015 | RoGEP applications | Results will be available on 12th January 2016. | |
| Booking now open | Tuesday 17 November 2015 | Géotechnique Lecture | By Dr Catherine O’Sullivan of Imperial College on “A Particulate Perspective on Soil Mechanics”. Book online at www.ice.org.uk/geotechnique2015. |
| 19 November 2015 | Ground Engineering | Next Generation Awards see http://www.geplus.co.uk/skills-hub/ for further information | |
| New | 24 November 2015, 6:00pm - 10:00pm - | Creating underground infrastructure - the role of geotechnical engineering | Royal Academy of Engineering (Hinton Lecture) at - Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG. See more at: http://www.raeng.org.uk/events/list-of-events/2015/november/hinton-lecture-2015#sthash.zABu7uno.dpuf |
| Update | 9 December 2015 | Fleming Award | Keynote Lecturer announced – Duncan Nicholson of Arup will speak on “Developments in the Observational Method for Retaining Walls”. A shortlist will be announced shortly along with booking arrangements. |
| Booking Open | 9-10 December 2015 | The Civil Engineering Triennial Summit 2015 - London | ICE, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering - are joining forces to deliver a summit on resilience and growth for the world’s future cities. Book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/the-civil-engineering-triennial-summit-2015-london |
| 16 March 2016 | Rankine Lecture & Dinner | Prof Richard Jardine on “Geotechnics and Energy". Details of lecture on BGA Website shortly but booking for the dinner will not be open until after Christmas; no advance reservations can be made. | |
| 12-15 September 2016 | Int’l Conference on Scour and Erosion | Under the auspices of ISSMGE TC 213 at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford |
| Last few places remaining | 1 December 2015 | Data to Info on Ground Engineering Projects: How to minimise the risk of failure |
At WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1AF with Dr Angus Maxwell and Dr Anmol Bedi; book at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/minimise-the-risk-of-failure
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| 5-7 July 2016 | YGES 2016 | Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Symposium 2016 will take place at the University of Strathclyde. Further details to follow in due course. |
| New – special offer for BGA members |
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Geomodels in Engineering Geology – an Introduction | By Peter Fookes, Geoff Pettifer & Tony Waltham with foreword by Prof John Burland. Quote your BGA number to obtain special price of £30 plus delivery of £2.50 in the UK; Full information at http://www.whittlespublishing.com/Geomodels_in_Engineering_Geology; overseas members contact Sue Steven for shipping charge at Sue@whittlespublishing.com. |
| 2015 revision of BS5930 | Code of practice for ground investigations | Same number, new title: On sale shortly. See BGA website for an article by David Norbury outlining the work undertaken and appreciation of the panel members’ contributions. | |
| Extended to 2016 | Special offer for BGA members for remainder of 2015 and 2016 | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | Access all content electronically from CGJ from 1996 to 2015 for just $50 US instead of $246 US. E-mail nrcresearchpress-csp@subscriptionoffice.com and type “CGJ_BGA personal subscription” in the subject field; you will need your BGA membership number. Full details on BGA website. |
| Latest bulletin | ISSMGE | http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/issmge-bulletin/784-vol-9-issue-5-october-2015 | |
| ISSMGE | Webinar series – appx every 2 months, usually towards the end of or beginning of the month – see http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-webinars | ||
| 29 October 2015 | George Gazetas
(Greece) |
Soil Dynamics and Seismic Geotechnical Engineering: (http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-webinars/782-soil-dynamics-and-seismic-geotechnical-engineering) | |
| Samuel I.K Ampadu
(Ghana) |
December 2015 | Characterizing lateritic soils | |
| Serge Leroueil
(Canada) |
January 2016 | Consolidation and creep | |
| “Building on Fill”
3rd Edition |
The bible for geotechnical professionals by Ken Watts and Andrew Charles: See www.brebookshop.com for further information. |
| New! Abstract deadline extended | 15 November 2015 | 2016 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium | 26-29 June 2016 – Houston, Texas. Full details and abstract submission at www.armasymposium.org |
| 15-18 November 2015 | 6th IS-TC 101: Deformation Characteristics of Soils | Conference examining the deformation properties of geomaterials before failure, and the small strain parameters as fundamental characteristics of geomaterials. Visit http://conferencesba2015.com.ar/ Buenos Aires: | |
| New – abstract deadline extended | 30 November 2015 | ||
| New: | 11 December 2015 at 10.30 am | AGI Croce Lecture in Rome | Prof Sarah Springman to deliver: “Lessons learnt for geotechnical engineering practice from field case histories and centrifuge modelling”. Italian National Association of Building Contractors (ANCE) – Conference Room Colleoni, Via Guattani 16, Rome. Details at agi@associazionegeotecnica.it or www.associazionegeotecnica.it |
| New - ISRM: Final deadline extension | 14 December 2015 | Ground Support 2016 | 8th Int’l Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Underground Construction: 12 – 14 September, 2016 at Kulturens Hus in Luleå, Sweden. Full details at http://groundsupport2016.com/ |
| ISRM | 31 December 2015 | Rocha Medal 2017 | Nominations invited – see BGA website for further information |
| January 31st –February 2nd 2016 | 1st International Geomechanics Forum - Application to Hydrocarbon Reservoirs | Abu Dhabi: Main topics will be Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources, Geologic Carbon Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery. More details on the Forum webpage: igf.epfl.ch; | |
| CALL FOR PAPERS! | 10 February 2016 | 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies | EPFL, Lausanne, 14th-18th November, 2016: see www.ghgt.info for further information |
| New! Abstract Deadline | 15 February 2016 | GEOMATE 2016 | Bangkok (14-16 Nov); further information at http://www.geomate.org/
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| 28-29 April 2016 | “Design of piles in Europe - How did EC7 change daily practice" | Leuven, Belgium - Organised by ISSMGE European TC3 – Piles under the auspices of Belgian Member Society. A pre-registration form and details of sponsorship opportunities available from the conference website www.etc3.be/symposium2016 | |
| 12-19 June 2016 | 12th Int’l Symposium on Landslides | Napoli: http://www.isl2016.it. Supported by ISSMGE and ISRM | |
| 26-29 June 2016 | 2016 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium | Houston, Texas. Full details and abstract submission at www.armasymposium.org | |
| ISRM | 29-31 August 2016 | EUROCK 2016 | Cappadocia, Turkey - see www.eurock2016.org for details. |
| 4-7 September 2016 | 3rd Int’l Conf on Transportation Geotechnics | Guimarães, Portugal, full details at http://civil.uminho.pt/3rdEICTG2016$ | |
| 5-9 September 2016 | 5th Int’l Conf on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia: under auspices of TC102, ISSMGE; full details at www.ISC5.com.au | |
| New - ISRM | 12-14 September 2016 | Ground Support 2016 | 8th Int’l Symposium on Ground Support in Mining and Underground Construction at Kulturens Hus in Luleå, Sweden. Full details at http://groundsupport2016.com/ |
| 25-28 September 2016 | 6th European Geosynthetics Congress | Istanbul - Turkish chapter of IGS: http://www.eurogeo6.org.
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| 14-18 November 2016 | 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies |
EPFL, Lausanne – see www.ghgt.info for further information
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| 13-15 June 2017 | EUROCK 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic – further details at www.eurock2017.cz shortly. | |
| 9-13 January 2017 | 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering | Santiago, Chile; full details at http://16wcee.com/ | |
| 17-22 September 2017 | ICSMGE 2017 | Seoul, Korea: further details available in due course from http://www.icsmge2017.org/ |
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