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.
See the ISSMGE website – http://www.issmge.org/ for full details of all ISSMGE activities. This circular is also available from the web: https://www.issmge.org/news/issmge-news-information-circular-march-2020. Please distribute this Circular widely.
1. SYDNEY 2021 – 20ICSMGE, 7iYGEC – PAPER ALLOCATION INFORMATION AND CALLS FOR ABSTRACTS
All member societies were sent information on paper allocation on the 19th December 2019. If you have not seen these details, please let the ISSMGE Secretariat (secretariat@issmge.org) know as soon as possible.
2. ISSMGE Awards
Member Societies are hereby called to submit nominations for ISSMGE awards for the 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering to be held in Sydney, Australia, in September 2021. Nominations should be submitted to the Secretary General by the closing date of 1 July 2020. For more information and guidelines for the nomination of the various awards please click here.
3. Bulletin
The latest edition of the ISSMGE Bulletin (Volume 14, Issue 1, Feb 2020) is available from the website: https://www.issmge.org/publications/issmge-bulletin/vol-14-issue-1-february-2020
4. Council Meeting Cape Town, 6th October 2019
Please note that the Minutes of the Council Meeting held in Cape Town in October 2019 have been finalised and are now available from the website at: https://www.issmge.org/the-society/council-meeting-minutes
5. Tables of Giroud et al. (1972-1973)
The French Society (CFMS) is happy to announce the on-line publication of "Tables pour le calcul des fondations par Giroud et al. (1972-1973) - Édition numérique". Please go to: http://www.geotech-fr.org/publications/tables-de-giroud
6. TC Guidelines – update
An updated set of Guidelines for the ISSMGE Technical Committees and Honour Lectures are now available from the website - https://www.issmge.org/filemanager/article/390/Guidelines_for_ISSMGE_Technical_Committees_revised_Nov19.pdf
7. ISSMGE Online Library – Open Access
The ISSMGE Online library (https://www.issmge.org/publications/online-library) is in continuous development – please note the following additions:
17th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering;
17th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
Australia New Zealand conference series back catalogue,
XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE 2019)
9th International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, Sao Paulo, 2017 (TC204)
8. Are We Overdesigning? A survey of international practice
A joint initiative by the CAPG, the YMPG, TC2015 - Safety and Serviceability and TC304 - Risk. The survey is intended to assess the consistency of calculation models and design methods for a variety of geotechnical structures, and where possible, to compare the results with full scale tests and reliability analyses. To participate in the survey please go to https://www.issmge.org/news/are-we-overdesigning-a-survey-of-international-practice.
9. ISSMGE Foundation
The next deadline for receipt of applications for awards from the ISSMGE Foundation is the 31st May 2020. Click here for further information on the ISSMGE Foundation.
10. Conferences
For a listing of all ISSMGE and ISSMGE supported conferences, and full information on all events, including deadlines, please go to the Events page at https://www.issmge.org/events.
The following are events that have been added since the previous Circular:
GEO-EXPO 2020 SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT CONFERENCE - PRIJEDOR, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - 22-10-2020 - 23-10-2020
Hotel Prijedor, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Prijedor - Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and English; Organiser: Geotechnical Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Contact person: Sabrina Salkovic; Address: Univerzitetska 2, Phone: +3876145170, Email: geotehnika@geotehnika.ba; Website
MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON LANDSLIDES - 07-06-2021 - 09-06-2021
Centro Congressi Partenope, Naples, Italy; Language: English; Organiser: Gianfranco Urciuoli (Università di Napoli Federico II), Giovanni Crosta (Università di Milano Bicocca), Luciano Picarelli (Università della Campania L. Vanvitelli); Contact person: Università di Napoli Federico II, Email: medsymplandslides@gmail.com; Website: https://medsymplandslides.wixsite.com/msl2021