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.
The latest news from the BGA.
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From today, 14th January, bookings are now open for the 2015 Rankine Dinner on the 18th March. Please book via the ICE website using the Rankine Dinner Booking Link
2015 is shaping up to be as busy as ever for BGA members with lots of exciting events planned for 2015, most notably the XVI ECSMGE Conference in September in Edinburgh. Please visit the BGA website atwww.britishgeotech.org.uk for full details of all BGA events - flyers and booking arrangements will be available here as soon as possible.
The 2015 Ground Engineering Awards offer an ideal opportunity to promote your engineering excellence, demonstrate your competitive edge, and position your company alongside the finest firms in the country. New for 2015:
The latest issue of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering TC211 Ground Improvement Newsletter is now available to download from the TC211 website.
There will be a presentation by Ben Wysome of Ramboll Energy on Offshore Windfarm Foundations on Wednesday 14th January 2015 at 18:00 hrs at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Telford Theatre. Full details to follow.
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering has issued its December 2014 Bulletin (volume 8, issue 6). Please click here to down load the bulletin. Contents are given below.
This prestigious award is made annually to the best paper published in an international journal or book authored/co-authored by member(s) of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA). The award is made at the Annual General Meeting of the BGA where the winners are announced and the details published in Ground Engineering.
The BGA Early Careers Group hosted the lecture and debate entitled ‘Reclaiming Engineering: Entrepreneurship & the profile of geotechnical engineers’ on the 19th of November at Imperial College, London. The lecture was given by Alexander Nikolic, Head of Ground Engineering at Buro Happold Engineering.
50 delegates from 26 European countries nominated by their respective Member Societies gathered in Barcelona in September for the 23rd European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (EYGEC-2014). The Conference was organized by the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) on behalf of the Spanish Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. The organizing committee was chaired by Professors Marcos Arroyo and Antonio Gens and composed by Ph.D. students and Postdocs, several of whom had themselves participated in previous EYGEC meetings. The Conference took place in the main lecture theatre of the Civil Engineering School. Conference participants, including senior lecturers, were lodged together in a Students Residence close to the Conference venue.