Event Information

Cooling PrizeThe event will be held as an in-person event. Booking is required, via the button below.

Registration closes at Midnight on 8th October 2024.

This year is 75 years since the origins of the British Geotechnical Association. In 1948 the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) decided to form a British National Society of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE) and the first official meeting of the society was held on 19th October 1949. In 1998 the ICE approached the then British Geotechnical Society (BGS) with a proposal to merge it with their Ground Board and the name was changed to the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) to make it clear that the newly formed body was different.

On 15th October 2024, the BGA will officially celebrate its 75th Anniversary at One Great George Street in London with a special event that will include the 55^th Cooling Prize, a lecture by Professor Lord Robert Mair titled “Unusual tunnel collapses – the role of geotechnics” and concluding with the 2^nd BGA Annual Dinner in the Great Hall.

The delegate fee for the event is £120 for BGA members; £40 for ECG members; £150 for non BGA members

Advance booking is required for this event

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