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.
Attending BGA Events in person: Please let us know if your commitments prevent you from attending an event for which you have previously registered so that a) someone else may do so and b) we have a full theatre.
Watching BGA Events live online: There is now an option to register to watch BGA events on line as well as to book in person. The viewing link will be sent to those who have registered about a week in advance.
Networking after BGA Lectures: members tell us they value mixing with other industry professionals when attending lectures in person.
The BGA is arranging for the ICE Bar to be open after 2016 Lectures to enable members to network with fellow participants – please support this initiative and make the most of the facilities available.
Headlines and Deadlines
FORTHCOMING UK EVENTS 2016
| Ground Forum | The AGS-BDA Task force survey is live and requires your input; https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=146297355585. Download the position paper from the AGS or from the BDA. Other news via BGA website | ||
| 12-15 September | Int’l Conference on Scour and Erosion | Under the auspices of ISSMGE TC 213 at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford – see http://www.icse2016.com/ for further information. | |
| ICE West Midlands | 14 September 2016 | Re-engineering our cities’ conference | Coventry: further information at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/re-engineering-our-cities-coventry |
| update | 20-21 Sept 2016 | Construction Industry Summit: | Lord Digby Jones to speak on “A Post Brexit Country”. Full details at http://www.constructionindustrysummit.com/conference-programme/ |
| Booking open | Wednesday 28 September | BGA Evening Meeting | Chris Ford of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to speak on “Lessons from landslips affecting Network Rail infrastructure”. Book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/lessons-from-landslips-affecting-network-rail |
| Booking open | Wednesday 12 October | Joint BGA/IGS invitational lecture | George R Koerner – “Geomembrane Performance in Landfill”; book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/geomembrane-performance-in-landfill |
| NEW: | Friday 14 October | Fleming Competition | Submissions due - https://www.ice.org.uk/news/british-geotechnical-association-fleming-award |
| Check website for updated information | Tuesday 18 October | EGGS | Aberfan 50 years on - The Ground Engineering Legacy - https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/EG-Aberfan-50-years-on . Contact convener: Paul.Maliphant@mottmac.com |
| Friday 28 October 2016 | ICE Transport Asset Management Conference 2016 | Full details at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/ice-transport-asset-management-2016 | |
| Booking open | 16 November 2016 | Geotechnical Engineering Lecture | “Geotechnical Engineering: the art of burying success” by Prof Jørgen S Steenfelt. Book online at www.ice.org.uk/geotechnical2016 |
| 7 December 2016 | Fleming Award Competition | .Keynote lecture: “Geotechnical Characterisation: Recent Developments and applications” by Tony O’Brien |
FORTHCOMING UK EVENTS 2017
| New | 4-7 January 2017 | Joint QRA Annual Discussion Meeting & Engineering Group Conference | University of Durham - Quaternary engineering geology: Implications for glaciated & periglaciated terrains. Meeting Organisers/Leaders: David J A Evans (Durham), Julian Murton (Sussex), David Giles (Portsmouth) & Chris Martin (BP). Registration & full details at: www.qra.org.uk |
| 11 January 2017 | ICE John Mitchell Award Lecture | Dr Andrew Ridley – further details to be announced | |
| 5-7 September 2017 | ICE Coasts, Marine Structures & Breakwaters Conference 2017 | Liverpool: https://www.ice.org.uk/events/call-for-papers-breakwaters | |
| 6-7 September 2017 | 2nd Conf: Coupled phenomena in environmental geotechnics | Leeds: call for papers to be announced in September 2016 | |
| 12-14 Sept 2017 | SUT 8th Int’l Conf | Offshore Site Investigation & Geotechnics Committee: “Smarter Solutions for Future Offshore Developments” – London | |
| First notification | Spring 2018 | Engineering in Chalk 2018 | BGA 2-day conference – full details to follow but holding website at http://www.chalk2018.org |
GROUND FORUM – see their website at http://www.ground-forum.org.uk/
| New | 20th September 2016 | Flyer and registration form | Brussels: seminar on Strengthening the European Electric Vehicle Market |
| new | press release | Pipe Jacking Association sponsored research thesis published covering the disaggregation of soil during slurry pipe jacking: ‘City Research’ | |
| 5 October 5th 2016 | BDA Seminar | Long Term Health & Wellbeing | |
| New | 25 October 2016 | Flyer and registration
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Brussels: Smart Cities: Promoting Sustainability, Innovation and Cooperation |
| new | CIC Press Release: | Built environment professions working together on the opportunities and challenges of Brexit | |
| new | New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Summit | new speakers announced - email with booking link. | |
| new | CIC Press Release: | Environments Award Shortlist & shortlisted entries |
YOUNG ENGINEERS
| Last chance! | 9 September 2016 | Deadline for entry to NEC Graduate Awards | Graduates from a first or post-graduate civil engineering, or related, degree course in 2014 or 2015 and in the first two years of post-graduate employment are eligible to share in a £4,000 prize pot and act as an ambassador to the profession. Full details at graduates.newcivilengineer.com. Simply complete the FREE online entry form. Employers may also be recognised. |
| Booking open | 18 October 2016 | BGA ECG Event | At ICE Westminster: The role of numerical modelling in the design of major rock engineering projects” by Anastasios Stavrou; book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/role-of-numerical-modelling-in-rock-engineering |
| City University | new MSc Course in Temporary Works and Construction Method Engineering – see www.britishgeotech.org.uk for flyer or e-mail smcsepg@city.ac.uk for further information and to apply |
PUBLICATIONS
| Construction Industry Council | Brexit Digest | Volumes 2-5: A round up of the latest news, views and opinion pieces about Brexit and its relationship to built environment professions | |
| ICE | ICE Informs | Summary of ICE activities influencing and informing government and other authorities of the engineering perspective on infrastructure etc. contact alex.green-wilkes@ice.org.uk or Gloria.liu@ice.org.uk for further information. | |
| Extended to 2016 | Special offer for BGA members | 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. |
| Digest on BGA website | ISSMGE | News & Information Circular and
Latest bulletin |
See BGA website and http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/issmge-bulletin/799-vol-10-issue-3-june-2016 |
| Bi-monthly webinars | ISSMGE | Webinar series – appx every 2 months, usually towards the end of or beginning of the month http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-webinars. | |
| new | CIC Newsletter | August 2016 issue | http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6b20ea5b6c&id=0d0408c455&e=64cb54ae4b |
| ISSMGE | 2016 Geotechnical Business Directory | Powered by GeoWorld, the professional networking platform for geotechnical engineers co-developed by Geoengineer.org and ISSMGE, the directory is expected to include 5500+ individuals and 400+ companies from 136+ countries. The online platform of the directory is available here: http://www.mygeoworld.info/business-directory/. Members are invited to register for participation in the directory at http://www.mygeoworld.info or contact Dimitrios Zekkos (zekkos@geoengineer.org). |
OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES 2016
| 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/ |
| Relocated | 25-28 September 2016 | 6th European Geosynthetics Congress | Ljubljana instead of Istanbul - Turkish chapter of IGS: http://www.eurogeo6.org. programme unchanged. |
| New | 7 October 2016 | Geofluid 2016: Workshop on Flat Dilatometer and Seismic Dilatometer | Piacenza, Italy. More Information and registration at info@marchetti-dmt.it
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| 11-13 October 2016 | 9th All Ukrainian Scientific Technical Conference | Dnipropetrovsk: “Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics and Foundation Engineering: Problems, Innovations and Implementation of Eurocodes in Ukraine”. See http://britishgeotech.org/?p=2524. Under the auspices of ISSMGE. | |
| 12 October 2016 | Austrian Tunnelling Day | Saltzburg, Austria: Flyer of the Austrian Tunnel Day (German only) | |
| 13-14 October 2016 | 65th Geomechanics Colloquium | Saltzburg, Austria: Flyer of the Geomechanics Colloquium | |
| 19 October 2016 | COMBRAMSEG 2016: Workshop on Flat Dilatometer and Seismic Dilatometer | Belo Horizonte, Brazil. More Information and registration at cientifico@cobramseg2016.com.br
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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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| ISSMGE – full paper deadline | 15 November 2016 | ICSMGE 2017 | full papers of accepted abstracts to be submitted on approved template to Seoulpapers@britishgeotech.org.uk |
| 24-25 November 2016 | 3rd Int’l Conf GEOTEC 2016 | Hanoi: 24-25 November – keynote speaker list includes Dr Jamie Standing of Imperial College; see www.geotechn.vn | |
| New | 7-9 December 2016 | SASW2016
3-day workshop: |
State of The Art In SASW Method: Engineering Applications To Soils, Pavement and Concrete at Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah: contact Chairman - Mr. Khairul Anuar Mohd Nayan - (seminarjkasukm@ukm.edu.my) for further information |
overseas activities 2017
| 9-13 January 2017 | 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering | Santiago, Chile; full details at http://16wcee.com/ | |
| 18-20 January 2017 | Int’l Workshop | 2½ days on “Advances in Laboratory Testing and Modelling of Soils and Shales”, in Swiss Alps. Details at http://atmss.epfl.ch | |
| New! | 28-29 March 2017 | Conference on Maritime Energy:
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Decommissioning of Offshore Geotechnical Structures: Hamburg; under the auspices of ISSMGE TC209 |
| 4-6 April 2017 | 9th Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Constructions in Soft Ground | São Paulo, Brazil. Under the auspices of ISSMGE TC 204. Coinciding with 4th Brazilian Tunnelling Congress and Latin American Tunnelling Seminar. Full details at www.is-saopaulo.com.; abstracts due by 15th June but extension may be granted. | |
| 4-6 June 2017 | Geo-Risk 2017
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Denver, Colorado: ASCE /Geo-institute conference on “Geotechnical Risk from Theory to Practice”; full details at www.georiskconference.org | |
| 21-22 June 2017 | EUROCK 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic – further details at www.eurock2017.cz shortly. | |
| 9-12 July 2017 | Grouting 2017 | Honolulu, Hawaii; full details at https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/NDvNBt2ORkSx?domain=submissions.mira | |
| 15-17 July 2017 | GeoMEast 2017 Int’l Conf | Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt http://www.geomeast2017.org/ | |
| 17-22 September 2017 | ICSMGE 2017 | Seoul, Korea: authors have been informed if their abstracts were approved by BGA and submitted to Seoul. Instructions for preparing full papers in accordance with prescribed template have been distributed. Programme & registration at http://www.icsmge2017.org/ | |
| 12-15 November 2017 | 2nd Pan Am Conf | Dallas: PanAm-UNSAT 2017: The Second Pan American Conference on Unsaturated Soils, |