The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal association for geotechnical engineers in the UK.
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The British Geotechnical Association
05.11.2024
1800 - 1930
Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA
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Tea and Coffee will be available from 17:30. After the lecture, attendees are invited for non-alcoholic and alcoholic refreshments in Kendal’s Café Bar on the Lower Ground Floor of the ICE.
Vegetation has been used for slope stabilisation and erosion protection for centuries across the world. The role of vegetation in performing these engineering functions becomes more important in a changing climate where sustainability and resilience are required from the traditional geotechnical engineering solutions. The aim of this talk will be to introduce and critically review the most common nature-based solutions (NbS) that can be used for slope stability and erosion protection. Additionally, this talk will cover the inclusion of design with vegetation across the project lifetime, with a focus on risk assessment, detailed design calculations, and monitoring of the NbS. Experiences from several projects that incorporated living materials within the traditional geotechnical design will be presented together with lessons learned and recommendations for the future.
Widely viewed as the most prestigious of the invited lectures in geotechnics and was first held in 1961.
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