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

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Skempton Medals awarded to Jim Mackey and Tony O'Brien

  • 30.06.2023

The BGA is pleased to announce that Skempton Medals have been awarded to Jim Mackay and Tony O'Brien

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Result of 2023 Elections to the BGA Executive Committee

  • 21.06.2023

The BGA is pleased to announce the results of 2023 Elections to the BGA Executive Committee

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Papers for the 2023 BGA AGM are available on line

  • 16.06.2023

Papers for the BGA AGM to be held on 21 June 2023 are available on line via the Members Area

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BGA Poster Award 2023

  • 16.06.2023

The BGA holds an Annual Poster competition for young geotechnical professionals under the age of 33. This year’s entries can be viewed here.

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July 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line

  • 14.06.2023

The July 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line. Online access to Ground Engineering (GE) is included in BGA subscriptions.

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2022 BGA Medal Winning Paper announced

  • 29.05.2023

The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to announce that the 2022 BGA Medal has been awarded to the paper “Advanced in situ and laboratory characterisation of the ALPACA chalk research site” by Ken Vinck, Tingfa Liu, Richard Jardine, Stavroula Kontoe, Reza Ahmadi-Naghadeh, Roísín Buckley, Bryon Byrne, James Lawrence, Ross McAdam and Fabian Schranz.

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Voting for Election to BGA Executive Committee – Deadline 5 June 2023

  • 23.05.2023

Voting for Election to BGA Executive Committee – Deadline 5 June 2023. The election to select three candidates to the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Executive Committee is now in progress.

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Winner announced of 2022 BGA Masters Prize

  • 22.05.2023

The BGA is pleased to announce that Danette Tan of Imperial College is the winner of the 2022 BGA Masters prize for her entry “Assessing life extensions of ageing infrastructure”.

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June 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line

  • 22.05.2023

June 2023 issue of Ground Engineering is available on line. Online access to Ground Engineering (GE) is included in BGA subscriptions.

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