Earthworks
2025 – 4th Biennial BGA Conference
The BGA is pleased to announce that their 4th Biennial Conference in 2025 will be on the subject of Earthworks. The conference will be held at the University of Birmingham on 16 and 17 September 2025.
The average annual spend on earthworks in the UK is believed to be in the order of £1bn-1.5bn. Much of the knowledge base in practice was developed decades ago and by people that have mostly long-since retired. Therefore, it is necessary to relearn the basis of what is still used for successful modern earthworks design and construction, and adapt it to the many new technologies, research results, construction plant and modern contract requirements. Following on from the BGA’s very successful Geo-resilience conference, Earthworks 2025 will focus primarily on the design and construction of new earthworks, where future performance in a changing climate is being explored and great benefits are being realised from flexible technical advances.
Pre-announcement of the Call for Abstracts
The Call for Abstracts will open in September 2024 and contributions on the following primary themes will be welcome:
- Design of modern earthworks
- Behaviour of engineered geo-materials
- Specification of earthworks and contract documentation
- Compaction and testing methods
- Treatment and stabilisation of earthworks
- Monitoring of earthworks and risk management
- Advances in plant and earthworks construction
- Technological advances in plant
- The impact of earthworks on society
- Case histories and the use of earthwork trials
- Building resilient and sustainable earthworks
Key dates:
- September 2024 – call for abstracts opens
- December 2024 – deadline for abstracts
- January 2025 – paper selections
- March 2025 – deadline for paper submissions
- April 2025 – paper reviews
- June 2025 – final papers due
- September 2025 – Conference
Details of the event can be found HERE.