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
Joint BGA/IGS Lecture: 14 October 2015
AGS Quality Results in Ground Investigation seminar: 14 October 2015
Final abstract deadline extension: 16th WCEE – 15 October 2015
Abstract deadline: 1st International Geomechanics Forum - Application to Hydrocarbon Reservoirs – 16 October 2015
Abstract deadline: 2016 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium – 1 November 2015
Géotechnique Lecture: 17 November 2105
Fleming Award: 9 December 2015
Civil Engineering Triennial Summit 2015, London – 9-10 December 2015
Geomodels in Engineering Geology – an Introduction – special offer for BGA members
Canadian Geotechnical Journal – special offer for BGA members for remainder of 2015
| Booking now open | 14 October 2015 | Joint Lecture with IGS | Dr Michael Heibaum will speak on “Flooding mitigation including the use geosynthetic construction methods”. Book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/flooding-mitigation-including-use-of-geosynthetics |
| 14 October 2015 | AGS Quality Results in Ground Investigation seminar | 9.30 am – 4.30 pm at Mander Hall Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD: £50 members, £85 non-members | |
| Booking now open | Tuesday 17 November 2015 | Géotechnique Lecture | By Dr Catherine O’Sullivan of Imperial College on “A Particulate Perspective on Soil Mechanics”. Book online at www.ice.org.uk/geotechnique2015. |
| 19 November 2015 | Ground Engineering | Next Generation Awards see http://www.geplus.co.uk/skills-hub/ for further information | |
| 9 December 2015 | Fleming Award | Details of the final of the competition will be announced when a shortlist has been decided | |
| Booking Open | 9-10 December 2015 | The Civil Engineering Triennial Summit 2015 - London | ICE, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering - are joining forces to deliver a summit on resilience and growth for the world’s future cities. Book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/the-civil-engineering-triennial-summit-2015-london |
| 16 March 2016 | Rankine Lecture & Dinner | Prof Richard Jardine on “Geotechnics and Energy". | |
| 12-15 September 2016 | Int’l Conference on Scour and Erosion | Under the auspices of ISSMGE TC 213 at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford |
| FULLY BOOKED | 7 October 2015 | Updating the CIRIA Guidance C580 for the design of embedded retaining walls | At Arup, 8 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ – 6.30 pm |
| New! | 5-7 July 2016 | YGES 2016 | Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Symposium 2016 will take place at the University of Strathclyde. Further details to follow in due course. |
| New – special offer for BGA members |
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Geomodels in Engineering Geology – an Introduction | By Peter Fookes, Geoff Pettifer & Tony Waltham with foreword by Prof John Burland. Quote your BGA number to obtain special price of £30 plus delivery of £2.50 in the UK; Full information at http://www.whittlespublishing.com/Geomodels_in_Engineering_Geology; overseas members contact Sue Steven for shipping charge at Sue@whittlespublishing.com. |
| 2015 revision of BS5930 | Code of practice for ground investigations | Same number, new title: On sale shortly. See BGA website for an article by David Norbury outlining the work undertaken and appreciation of the panel members’ contributions. | |
| Special offer for BGA members for remainder of 2015 | Canadian Geotechnical Journal | Access all content electronically from CGJ from 1996 to 2015 for just $50 US instead of $246 US. E-mail nrcresearchpress-csp@subscriptionoffice.com and type “CGJ_BGA personal subscription” in the subject field; you will need your BGA membership number. Full details on BGA website. | |
| Latest bulletin | ISSMGE | http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/issmge-bulletin/780-vol-9-issue-4-august-2015 | |
| ISSMGE | Webinar series – appx every 2 months, usually towards the end of or beginning of the month – see http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-webinars | ||
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“Building on Fill” 3rd Edition |
The bible for geotechnical professionals by Ken Watts and Andrew Charles: See www.brebookshop.com for further information. |
| Booking open | 13-15 October 2015 | 5th Int’l Symposium on Geotechnical Safety & Risk | Rotterdam, Netherlands: supported by ISSMGE – full details and booking at http://www.isgsr2015.org/ |
| Final deadline extension | 15 October 2015 | 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering | 9-13 January 2017, Santiago, Chile; full details at http://16wcee.com/ |
| New! Call for Papers | 1 November 2015 | 2016 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium | 26-29 June 2016 – Houston, Texas. Full details and abstract submission at www.armasymposium.org |
| 1– 4 November 2015 | 6ICEGE
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6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering - Christchurch, New Zealand. | |
| 15-18 November 2015 | 6th IS-TC 101: Deformation Characteristics of Soils | Conference examining the deformation properties of geomaterials before failure, and the small strain parameters as fundamental characteristics of geomaterials. Visit http://conferencesba2015.com.ar/ Buenos Aires: | |
| ISRM | 31 December 2015 | Rocha Medal 2017 | Nominations invited – see BGA website for further information |
| NEW! | January 31st –February 2nd 2016 | 1st International Geomechanics Forum - Application to Hydrocarbon Reservoirs | Abu Dhabi: Main topics will be Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources, Geologic Carbon Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery. More details can be found on the Forum webpage: igf.epfl.ch; abstracts to be submitted by 16th October 2015 via (http://igf.epfl.ch/submissions.html |
| CALL FOR PAPERS! | 10 February 2016 | 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies | EPFL, Lausanne, 14th-18th November, 2016: see www.ghgt.info for further information |
| 28-29 April 2016 | “Design of piles in Europe - How did EC7 change daily practice" | Leuven, Belgium - Organised by ISSMGE European TC3 – Piles under the auspices of Belgian Member Society. A pre-registration form and details of sponsorship opportunities available from the conference website www.etc3.be/symposium2016 | |
| 12-19 June 2016 | 12th Int’l Symposium on Landslides | Napoli: http://www.isl2016.it. Supported by ISSMGE and ISRM | |
| 26-29 June 2016 | 2016 US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium | Houston, Texas. Full details and abstract submission at www.armasymposium.org | |
| ISRM | 29-31 August 2016 | EUROCK 2016 | Cappadocia, Turkey - see www.eurock2016.org for details. |
| 4-7 September 2016 | 3rd Int’l Conf on Transportation Geotechnics | Guimarães, Portugal, 4-7 September 2016. full details at http://civil.uminho.pt/3rdEICTG2016$ | |
| 5-9 September 2016 | 5th Int’ll Conf on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia: under auspices of TC102, ISSMGE; full details at www.ISC5.com.au | |
| 14-18 November 2016 | 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies |
EPFL, Lausanne – see www.ghgt.info for further information
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| 13-15 June 2017 | EUROCK 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic – further details at www.eurock2017.cz shortly. | |
| 9-13 January 2017 | 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering | Santiago, Chile; full details at http://16wcee.com/ | |
| 17-22 September 2017 | ICSMGE 2017 | Seoul, Korea: further details available in due course from http://www.icsmge2017.org/ |