The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
The Géotechnique lecture is a biennial lecture nominated by the Editorial Panel of the journal Géotechnique. The Geotechnical Engineering Proceedings lecture is a biennial lecture nominated by the Editorial Panel of ICE Proceedings Geotechnical Engineering.
The Géotechnique lecture is a biennial lecture nominated by the Editorial Panel of the journal Géotechnique. The Lecture is presented at an evening meeting of the BGA. Past lecturers and subjects are listed below.
| Year | Lecturer(s) | Lecture Title | Lecturer Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Béatrice Baudet | Clay behaviour through the (key)hole | University College London |
| 2023 | Alessandro Tarrantino | Bringing vegetation-based solutions into geotechnical engineering design: how do we make it happen? | University of Strathclyde |
| 2021 | Stuart Haigh | Performance-based design of propped retaining walls | University of Cambridge |
| 2019 | David White | Designing infrastructure for an evolving seabed | University of Southampton |
| 2017 | Jonathan Knappett | Use of vegetation in low-carbon geotechnical engineering | University of Dundee |
| 2015 | Catherine O'Sullivan | A particulate perspective on soil mechanics | Imperial College London |
| 2013 | Lidija Zdravković | Geotechnical numerical analysis: a road map | Imperial College London |
| 2011 | Byron Byrne | Foundation design for offshore wind turbines | University of Oxford |
| 2009 | Jamie Standing | Geology, engineering and ground response to tunnelling | Imperial College London |
| 2007 | Kenichi Soga | University of Cambridge |
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| 2005 | Simon Wheeler | The mechanics of unsaturated soils | University of Glasgow |
| 2003 | Matthew Coop | From laboratory tests to design in sand | Imperial College London |
| 2001 | Guy Houlsby and Roy Butterfield | Foundations on sand: towards a more secure basis for design | University of Oxford and University of Southampton |
| 1999 | Chris Clayton and William Powrie | Recent research on embedded retaining walls | University of Southampton |
| 1993 | William Powrie and Martin Preene | Groundwater control in fine soils | University of Southampton and WJ Groundwater Ltd |
| 1991 | Malcolm Bolton and Scott Steedman | Dynamic soil behaviour | University of Cambridge & BEQE Ltd |
| 1989 | David Potts and Richard Jardine | Offshore Piling | Imperial College London |
The Geotechnical Engineering Proceedings lecture is a biennial lecture nominated by the Editorial Panel of ICE Proceedings Geotechnical Engineering. The Lecture is presented at an evening meeting of the BGA. Lecturers and subjects are listed below.
| Year | Lecturer(s) | Lecture title | Lecturer affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ronan Royston, Brian Sheil and Byron Byrne | Monitoring the construction of a large diameter caisson in sand | Ward & Burke Construction, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford |
| 2022 | Harianto Rahardjo | Understanding rainfall-induced slope failures through unsaturated soil mechanics | Nanyang Techniolgical University, Singapore |
| 2020 | Kristof Verreydt | Design Parameters for Construction of Dikes with Treated Sludge at Redevelopment of Sludge Reservoirs | KU Leuven, Belgium |
| 2018 | Michael Pender | Shallow Foundation Capacity - Bearing Strength Surface Insights | University of Auckland |
| 2016 | Jørgen Steenfelt | Geotechnical engineering: The art of burying success | COWI, Denmark |
| 2014 | Fleur Loveridge | Thermal Response Testing: Challenges and New Applications | University of Southampton |
| 2012 | Benoit Jones | Low-volume-loss tunnelling for London ring main extension | University of Warwick |
| 2010 | Benoit Jones Chris Mundell | Evaluation of innovative sprayed concrete-lined tunnelling Limited equilibrium assessment of drystone retaining structures | Morgan Est Atkins |
| 2008 | Assaf | Distributed Strain Measurement for Pile Foundations | Israel Institute of Technology and University of Cambridge |
| 2006 | Kenichi Soga, Michael Brown, Ashraf Osman, Malcolm Bolton | University of Cambridge and University of Sheffield |