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.
Dear BGA Member,
Flyers, booking arrangements and full details of all BGA events are available on the BGA website at www.britishgeotech.org.uk.
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.
International events are not generally listed in this newsletter - members are directed to http://britishgeotech.org/events/conferences/ or BGA social media (Linked In, Twitter and Facebook) for full details.
Headlines and Deadlines
| Recording available to SKS and ICE members | Wednesday 12 October | Joint BGA/IGS invitational lecture | George R Koerner – “Geomembrane Performance in Landfill”;; watch online via the ICE Website at https://vimeo.com/187677582 but you will need your membership number to do so |
| Waiting List | 16 November 2016 | Geotechnical Engineering Lecture | “Geotechnical Engineering: the art of burying success” by Prof Jørgen S Steenfelt. Contact ICE Events on 020 7665 2226 to be put on the waiting list or Book to watch online at www.ice.org.uk/geotechnical2016 |
| New | 17 November 2016 | ICE NW Geotechnical Group Meeting | Eurasia Tunnel: Deane Main Lecture Theatre, University of Bolton, Deane Road, Deane Campus, Bolton, United Kingdom, BL3 5AB; book at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/eurasia-tunnel-bolton |
| CALL FOR PAPERS ANNOUNCED | 30 November 2016 | 2nd Conf: Coupled phenomena in environmental geotechnics | Leeds (6-7 September 2017): call for papers – see https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/5Rg0BFpvnesd?domain=tinyurl.com. |
| New! | 5 December 2016 | ICE and RICS Carol Service | 5.00 pm at St Margaret’s, Westminster, followed by complimentary drinks reception & mince pies at ICE. All welcome. Book at ice.org.uk/carol2016. |
| Finalists announced | 7 December 2016 | Fleming Award Competition | · Crag End Landslip (Volker Stevin, Atkins, Northumberland County Council & Keller)
· Crossrail C300 & c410 Compensation Grouting (Crossrail, BAM Ferrovial Kier JV, Keller Bam Ritchies JV) · Farnley Haugh Emergency Works (Renewals Collaborative Delivery Partnership (RCDP) – Network Rail, CML, Aecom Keynote lecture: “Geotechnical Characterisation: Recent Developments and applications” by Tony O’Brien; book online at www.ice.org.uk/fleming2016. |
| 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 | |
| Booking open | 11 January 2017 | ICE John Mitchell Award Lecture | Dr Andrew Ridley – book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/the-john-mitchell-award-lecture |
| New | 31st January 2017 | BGA Medal 2016 | BGA members’ papers published in the calendar year 2016 may be submitted for consideration for this prestigious award. Full details on the BGA website shortly. |
| New | 15 February 2017 | Joint BGA Lecture with EGGS | At ICE- speaker and topic to be advised. |
| New | 15 March 2017 | 57th Rankine Lecture | Prof Eduardo Alonso on Triggering and Motion of Landslides, Imperial College. Advance booking not required |
| New | 15 March 2017 | 57th Rankine Dinner | Details of a modified booking system will be announced on the BGA website shortly and notified to all members; provisional reservations are not available. |
| 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 – deadline 30 November 2016 – see https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/5Rg0BFpvnesd?domain=tinyurl.com. | |
| update | 12-14 Sept 2017 | SUT 8th Int’l Conf | Offshore Site Investigation & Geotechnics Committee: “Smarter Solutions for Future Offshore Developments” – London; further details at http://www.sut.org/event/osig2017/ and sponsorship opportunities now available |
| Autumn 2018 | Engineering in Chalk 2018 | BGA 2-day conference – full details to follow but holding website at http://www.chalk2018.org |
| NEW – URGENT! | 16 November 2016 | All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment | Response required direct to Ground Forum at GForum@ground-forum.org.uk to ENQUIRY: Impact of Brexit on future skills needs in the Construction Industry: Further information about the Enquiry: http://cic.org.uk/services/impact-of-brexit-on-future-skills.php |
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16th November
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BDA Health and safety seminar | http://www.britishdrillingassociation.co.uk/Events/Driving-Long-Term-Health-and-Wellbeing-Seminar-47 Prices are £75 for BDA member companies and only £95 for non-members | |
| 7-8 December 2016 | New Civil Engineer Tunnelling Summit | new speakers announced - email with booking link. | |
| 12 December 2016 | BDA Land Drillers training day | http://www.britishdrillingassociation.co.uk/Events | |
| New - deadline | 22 December 2016 | Government consultation on Building Regulations in Wales | Approved Documents A (Structure), B Volume 2 (Fire safety), C (Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture). See https://consultations.gov.wales/consultations/proposals-update-approved-building-regulations-documents-b-c |
| Brexit Digest | Brexit digest – a summary of articles from the media. Sign up for e-newsletter at http://cic.us6.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=6b20ea5b6c&id=f4c2b1fdc6 |
| NEW – deadline for submissions | 20 January 2017 | 48th Cooling Prize competition | Download flyer, rules and application form from BGA Website. |
| New | 27 January 2017 | Masters Dissertation Prize 2016 | University tutors are reminded of the opportunity to enter their best student’s dissertation on a geotechnical subject. Further information will be available on the BGA website shortly or contact Shelagh.fleming@ice.org.uk. |
| New | 31st January 2017 | BGA Medal 2016 | BGA members’ papers published in the calendar year 2016 may be submitted for consideration for this prestigious award. Full details on the BGA website shortly. |
| 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 2017 | 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/publications/issmge-bulletin/vol-10-issue-5-october-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 | October 2016 issue | http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6b20ea5b6c&id=1d2df974bc&e=64cb54ae4b |
| New | Int. J. Rock Mech. & Geomech. for Europe | first issue | available at http://ijrmg.upg-ploiesti.ro/contents-v1n1.php |
| Abstract deadline passed – ask for an extension! | 1st November 2016 | 2017 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium | 25- 28 June 2017 - San Francisco: Submit abstracts to http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ARMA2017 ; full details at www.armasymposium.org |
| 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 |
| Extended deadline (from 17.9.2016) for abstract submission | 23 November 2016 | 2nd Pan Am Conf | 12-15 November 2017 - Dallas: PanAm-UNSAT 2017: The Second Pan American Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Send your abstract to https://www.conferenceabstracts.com/cfp2/login.asp?EventKey=RQFOBTHI |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| Call for Papers | 25-28 June 2017 | 2017 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium | San Francisco: full details at www.armasymposium.org |
| 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, | |