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

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Inaugural BGA Annual Member’s Dinner - 4 October 2022

  • 13.09.2022

POSTPONED - The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to announce that the inaugural BGA Annual Member’s Dinner will be held at One Great George Street, London on 4 October 2022. The event is in aid of the BGA Applied Geotechnical Research Fund. The drinks reception is kindly sponsored by Fugro.

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A statement from the British Geotechnical Association

  • 12.09.2022

The British Geotechnical Association is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Our thoughts are with her children and family at this extremely difficult time. She will be greatly missed.

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Call for Abstracts for Geo-Resilience 2023 conference

  • 04.09.2022

Call for Abstracts for Geo-Resilience 2023 conference

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Call for abstracts for NUMGE 2023- Deadline extended to 31 August 2022

  • 21.08.2022

The 10th European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE 2023) will be held at Imperial College London, on 26 - 28 June 2023.

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Ground Engineering’s August/September 2022 issue is available online

  • 04.08.2022

Ground Engineering’s August/September 2022 issue is available online. Online access to Ground Engineering (GE) is included in BGA subscriptions.

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BGA Announces Geo-Resilience 2023 conference

  • 31.07.2022

Geo-Resilience 2023 is the third in a series of biennial conferences organised by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA). It will take place in Cardiff on 28-29 March 2023.

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Awards Presented at BGA Annual General Meeting June 2022

  • 17.07.2022

Awards Presented at BGA Annual General Meeting June 2022

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New members of the BGA Executive Committee

  • 16.07.2022

New members of the BGA Executive Committee

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BGA Poster Award 2022

  • 16.07.2022

The BGA holds an Annual Poster competition for young geotechnical professionals under the age of 33. This year the competition was won by Wei Wang of the University of Dundee.

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