The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
Headlines and Deadlines
3rd workshop on EC7 & New Design Challenges – 17 March 2015
Pre-Rankine Seminar on Crossrail hosted by Imperial College – 18 March 2015
First Lady Lecturer for Prestigious Lecture – 18 March 2015
BGA Evening Meeting on Victoria Station upgrade – 15 April 2015
BGA Evening Meeting on Warsaw Metro – 13 May 2015
Early Bird registration closes for ECSMGE (13-15 September 2015) in Edinburgh: 29 May 2015
BGA AGM followed by evening lecture and drinks reception – 17 June 2015
PAST EVENTS 2015
| MISSED IT? | 9 February | Early Career group Members Event | Guidance by Mike Rogers, Professional Development Manager, ICE, and David Beadman, Director Byrne Looby Partners; slides available at http://britishgeotech.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BGA-ICE-Professiona-Review-for-Geotechnical-Engineers.pdf |
| 11 February | BGA/EGGS Joint Evening Lecture | Peter Walker of the University of Bath spoke about “Rammed earth: a beautiful and sustainable construction material”. A recording should be available in due course. |
nominations for committee membership 2015-2018
| NEW! | 13 April 2015 | Election of committee members 2015
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The BGA functions only with the commitment of its members and their willingness to give active support to our activities. Nine of our Executive Committee are directly elected by the BGA membership to hold office for three years, so there are three vacancies to fill each year. Nominations are now being invited to stand for election this year. The term of office will be from June 2015 to June 2018. Further details of the requirements for nomination are available on the website. |
FORTHCOMING UK EVENTS 2015
| Membership | 28 February 2015 | benefits withdrawal | members (both BGA and ICE) whose subscriptions remain outstanding have now been deleted from mailing lists and will receive no further information from me; please urge any of your colleagues to whom this applies to renew online via MyICE – they will be removed from the database entirely on 30th Apri. | ||
| NEW! | 17 March 2015
(evening at UCL) |
3rd workshop on EC7 & New Design Challenges | Focussing on BS 8004, Code of practice for foundations, BS 8002, Code of practice for earth retaining structures, and BS 8081, Code of practice for grouted anchors, currently being revised. Also an update on new CIRIA Report C580 – Embedded retaining walls: guidance for economic design plus two eminent international speakers share experiences with similar NCCI documents currently in use. Full details at http://britishgeotech.org/3rd-workshop-on-ec7-new-design-challenges/ and register at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/3rd-workshop-on-ec7-new-design-challenges-tickets-15974956525 | ||
| Imperial College | 18 March 2015 1300 - 1630 | Pre-Rankine workshop | “Tunnelling in London: Lessons learnt from Crossrail” At Imperial College – full details available on the BGA Website | ||
| First come, first served | 18 March 2015 17: 30 hours | Rankine Lecture 2015 | Dr Suzanne Lacasse (NGI) on “Hazxard, Riskl and Reliability in Geotechnical Practice”; Imperial College; tea at 17:00 hours. Watch online if you are unable to attend in person watch online at
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| SOLD OUT | 18 March 2015 19: 30 hours | Rankine Dinner 2015 | Fully booked | ||
| RoGEP | 5 May 2015 | Next application submission date | Achieve RoGEP accreditation and join over 200 ground professionals – see BGA website for full details and latest RoGEP update. | ||
| 10 June 2015 | GE Awards Event | London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane: contact George Thornton on +44 (0) 20 7391 4530 or george.thornton@emap.com to submit entries; full details at www.geawards.com; £150 per table discount for BGA members. | |||
| NEW! | 17 June 2015 | AGM, Evening Lecture and drinks reception | Full details available shortly | ||
| 10-11 September 2015 | Int’l Symposium on Geohazards & Geomechanics | Warwick University – abstracts due 1st February 2015. Full details at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/news/?newsItem=094d434549f0dad4014a3dc5a4b218ed |
YOUNG ENGINEERS
| ICE Professional Reviews for Geotechnical Engineers: | 9 February 2015 | Early Career group Members Event | Guidance by Mike Rogers, Professional Development Manager, ICE, and David Beadman, Director Byrne Looby Partners; slides available at http://britishgeotech.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BGA-ICE-Professiona-Review-for-Geotechnical-Engineers.pdf |
| Winner announced | 3March 2015 | Cooling Prize Presentations at Southampton University | William Beuckelaers beat off stiff competition to win the 2015 Cooling Prize of £200, a crystal decanter and BGA sponsored place at EYGEC in Durham just prior to the ECSMGE Conference in Edinburgh. |
| NEW! | 31 May 2015 | IGS UK Chapter Student Contest 2015 | Win scholarship and complimentary conference registration in to www.eurogeo6.org (28-29 September 2016) in Istanbul; submission of 3-page technical paper to IGS UK Chapter and then if successful, abstractofthe technical paper for EuroGeo6 by 30 October 2015 and full paper by 31 March 2016. Application forms for IGS UK membership at www.igs-uk.org |
| Sale at silly prices! | ongoing | prices ranging from 50p to £5.00. | The ICE Library Team are having a spring clean and selling spare copies of books to make space for development. Call in next time you are in One Great George Street |
PUBLICATIONS
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Latest bulletin | ISSMGE | http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/issmge-bulletin/747-vol-9-issue-1-february-2015 |
| ISSMGE | Webinar series launched – appx every 2 months ,.usually towards the end of or beginning of the month – see BGA website for information. | ||
| 9th Newsletter | ISSMGE – TC211
Ground Improvement |
See BGA Website; topics covered are:
- nomination of the TC members by the Member Societies - International Symposium ISP7 PRESSIO 2015 - organization of WORKSHOP TC211 in Edinburgh (September 2015) - recent and upcoming events and activities related to TC211 |
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| Gold Open Access – permanently free | ICE Publishing | Geotechnical Research | http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/serial/gr |
| Editor’s pick -permanently free | ICE Publishing | Géotechnique Letters | http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/info/EditorsPickGeoletters |
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES
| ISRM | 10-13 May 2015 | ISRM Congress | Montreal, Canada – full details at www.isrm2015.com |
| ISRM | 12 May 2015 | In conjunction with
ISRM Congress in Montreal |
Shale and Rock Mechanics Workshop, as Applied to Slopes, Tunnels, Mines and Hydrocarbon Extraction. Details at www.isrm2015.com |
| Registration now open | 2– 4November 2015 | 6ICEGE
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6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering - Christchurch, New Zealand. |
| ISRM | 31 December 2015 | Rocha Medal 2017 | Nominations invited – see BGA website for further information |
ECSMGE XVI – EDINBURGH: 13 – 15September 2015:
| 6 months to go! | 16th European Conf on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering | The three Keynote Lecturers have been appointed as have the six Invited Lecturers. A draft technical programme is available on the website and Registration is Now Open. http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/ |
| Early Bird Registration | open until 29 May – offering significant discounts to BGA members | |
| Keep up to date with developments! | LinkedIn Group set-up | Receive all the latest news on this important event (all are welcome): |
| Very few opportunities remaining | Exhibition & Sponsorship | Brochure at http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/?page_id=434
Bookings at http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/?page_id=52 |