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

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Call for entries for the 51st Cooling Prize Competition

  • 03.12.2019

The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to invite Young Geotechnical Professionals to submit posters for the 51st Cooling Prize Competition on any topic dealing with the engineering behaviour of the ground

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Ground Engineering’s December 2019 issue is available online

  • 27.11.2019

Ground Engineering’s December 2019 issue is available online

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Tickets for 2020 Rankine Dinner

  • 25.11.2019

The Rankine Dinner will be held on 18th March 2020 following the lecture by Professor Stephan Jefferis on The Unusual and the Unexpected in Geotechnical Engineering: Observation – Analogy – Experiment

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AGS Annual Conference 2020

  • 21.11.2019

AGS Annual Conference 2020- The National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham B92 0EJ

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AGS Magazine: November 2019 Issue

  • 19.11.2019

AGS Magazine: November 2019 Issue

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ISSMGE News & Information Circular November 2019

  • 19.11.2019

ISSMGE News & Information Circular November 2019

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Dr Nick Barton to present on rock mechanics at BGA/EGGS evening meeting in February 2020

  • 14.11.2019

Dr Nick Barton, developer of the Q-system for classifying rock masses and renowned expert in rock mechanics, will present to a joint evening meeting of the BGA and EGGS in February 2020.

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BGA ECG SW appoints Safak Muslu as SW Secretary

  • 13.11.2019

The British Geotechnical Association's Early Career Group continue their expansion to the South West region with the appointment of Safak Muslu as the ECG SW Secretary

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Dr R G 'Jimmy' James of Cambridge University

  • 07.11.2019

Dr R G 'Jimmy' James of Cambridge University died in June 2016 aged 84. He had been a member of the Cambridge Soil Mechanics Group since the early 1960s. David Muir Wood is preparing an obituary and would welcome anecdotes, reminiscences. appreciations. He hopes to include a full list of Jimmy's publications - bibliographic details of any papers known to colleagues and students would be welcomed.

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