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.
Dear BGA Member,
E-newsletters will now be distributed approximately every other month.
Flyers, booking arrangements and full details of all BGA events are available on the BGA website atwww.britishgeotech.org.uk.
Attending BGA Events in person: Please let us know if your commitments prevent you from attending an event for which you have previously registered so that a) someone else may do so and b) we have a full theatre.
Corporate Sponsorship for Networking after BGA Lectures in London: members tell us they value mixing with other industry professionals when attending lectures in person and the BGA have been fortunate to secure corporate sponsorship for the ICE Café Bar to be open after Lectures – please support this initiative and make the most of the facilities available.
Recordings of past events on ICE website: for the first three months access is restricted to ICE and Society members who will need their membership number to do so.
International events are not generally listed in this newsletter unless organised under the auspices of ISSMGE Technical committees or ISRM; members are directed to http://britishgeotech.org/events/conferences/ or BGA social media (Linked In, Twitter and Facebook) for full details.
Headlines and Deadlines
1. PAST EVENTS 2018
| New | 7 March 2018 | BGA Evening Meeting | Electrokinetic treatment of soils presented by Prof Colin Jones and David Alder of Electrokinetic Ltd : view recording at https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/electrokinetic-treatment-of-soils-london |
| New | 21 March 2018 | 58th BGA Rankine Lecture | Dr Nick O’Riordan of Arup spoke on “Dynamic soil-structure interaction - Understanding the Holocene, instrumenting the Anthropocene”. View recording at https://youtu.be/44x4KuheZiQ |
| New | 18 April 2018 | BGA Evening Meeting | John Endicott of AECOM will speak on “Top-down Construction for deep excavations in urban areas - lessons from Hong Kong”. Watch recording at https://www.ice.org.uk/eventarchive/top-down-construction-in-urban-areas-london |
| Thursday 17 May 2018 | BGA Joint Evening Meeting with BTS | Crossrail’s Experience of Geotechnical Baseline Reports – A Client’s Perspective.Recording available shortly. |
2. FUTURE EVENTS 2018
| New | Closing date: 4 June 2018 | Science Technology Engineering & Maths – competition | ICE looking for ideas for up to 3 new challenges to excite and inspire young people in the classroom - cash prize to be awarded as well as satisfaction of seeing your idea brought to life. Details at https://www.ice.org.uk/news-and-insight/latest-ice-news/stem-activities-competition. |
| 6 June 2018 | Ground Engineering Awards 2018 | Celebrate 10th Anniversary of GE Awards and Ground Engineering magazine’s 50th anniversary. 16 categories plus the brand new ‘Project of the Decade’ selecting the best project from the winners over the past 10 years. Entries and details: https://awards.geplus.co.uk/enter?utm_source=AGS&utm_medium=contra&utm_campaign=AWD_GE_Awards_EntriesAcquisition_2018. BGA members should contact GE Sales Team to obtain discount on places at the event. | |
| New - registration now open | TUESDAY 19 June 2018 | BGA AGM and Annual Conference | Programme and sponsorship opportunities available on BGA website at https://www.britishgeotech.org/uploads/british_geotechnical_association/files/15th_Ann_BGA_Programme_V5_(19_05_2018).pdf Free to attend but please book online at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/british-geotechnical-association-annual-conference |
| Newsletter No 9 now available | 17-18 September 2018 | Engineering in Chalk 2018 | BGA 2-day conference at Imperial College, London in association with the Engineering Group of the Geological Society; further details at http://www.chalk2018.org; registration open. |
3. YOUNG ENGINEERS
| Next meeting | 2 October 2018 | BGA ECG event | At ICE Westminster: |
| New! | 2-3 July 2018 | 15th BGA Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium (YGES) | University of Surrey:event website and online registration portal now launched https://www.surrey.ac.uk/events/20180702-15-bga-young-geotechnical-engineers-symposium-yges-2018-0 Deadline for registration: 30 May 2018 Deadline for submission of summary paper: 30 May 2018 |
| Reminder - deadline | 31 May 2018 and 30 November 2018 | BGA Fund | Applications for a BGA Fund Award to assist students with expenditure such as field trips etc will be considered twice a year.Information and forms at https://www.britishgeotech.org/about-us/bga-fund |
4. GROUND FORUM
| Updated site http://www.ground-forum.org.uk/ includes changes to the home page and improved structure of the content, including non-BGA events of interest to ground engineers. | |||
| Brexit Digest | Brexit digest – a summary of articles from the media. Sign up for e-newsletter at http://cic.us6.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=6b20ea5b6c&id=f4c2b1fdc6 |
5. UK Register of Ground Engineering Professionals (RoGEP)
| Application Deadline | Result issued no later than | Apply to join the UK RoGEP if you are chartered with ICE; the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3); or the Geological Society London (GSL). | |
| 24 April 2018 | 03 July 2018 | Those becoming Chartered within the last 12 months can apply with a simplified application process at a reduced cost of £30 | |
| 24 July 2018 | 02 October 2018 | Visit ice.org.uk/rogep for further details or | |
| 23 October 2018 | 09 January 2019 | contact registers@ice.org.uk |
6. PUBLICATIONS
| New: Call for Papers deadline | 28 May 2018 | International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics: Call for Papers | Physical Modelling of Landslides: download the Call for Papers. For more information on the journal, please visit the website. |
| Online Access problems | Ground Engineering | If you are experiencing difficulty logging on to the GE Members’ Area please contact the GE Editor direct at Claire.Smith@emap.com; she will ask the corporate subscriptions department to resolve it for you. | |
| update | ICE Informs | March | Govt Spring Statement. Ecobuild ICE200 BBC Question Time contact joanna.gonet@ice.org.uk for further information. |
| New | The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists | AGS Magazine – March/April issue now available | AGS e-magazine, focussing on geotechnics, engineering geology and Geoenvironmental engineering as well as the work and achievements of the AGS, reviews topical issues, insights and concerns, publishes new guidance notes, working group activities and provides information on upcoming conferences and industry seminars. Contact ags@ags.org.uk for further information. |
| Special offer for BGA members | 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.comand type “CGJ_BGA personal subscription” in the subject field; you will need your BGA membership number. Full details on BGA website. | |
| NOTE: Important information for members | ISSMGE | News & Information Circular and Latest bulletins | See BGA website and : https://www.issmge.org/news/issmge-news-information-circular-may-20180 note items on: New TC 309 on Machine Learning and Big Data SSMGE Foundation – (applications by 1st August 2018) TCs and conferences |
| Bi-monthly webinars | ISSMGE | Webinar series | appx every 2 months, usually towards the end of or beginning of the month http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-webinars. |
| New | ISSMGE | TC211 Ground Improvement update | Summary of the TC activities for the period 2013-2017; Presentation of the new terms of reference for 2017-2021: Introducing a new theme on INNOVATIONS New TC board New Terms of reference/purposes Launch of a new TC211 website – more information to be sent to the TC members in the near future |
| Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment | Submit papers https://www.journals.elsevier.com/geomechanics-for-energy-and-the-environment |
7. OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES 2018
| 22-26 May 2018 | EUROCK 2018 | ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposium –St Petersburg, Russia : www.eurock2018.com | |
| New | 5-8 June 2018 | DFI-EFFC Int’l Conf on Deep Foundations & Ground Improvement: | Rome:Urbanization and Infrastructure Development - Future Challenges: registration and further information athttp://www.dfi.org/dfieventlp.asp?13310 |
| 2nd Announcement | 7-9 June 2018 | XVI Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering | Skopje, Macedonia: includes the one-day seminar organized by the International Tunnelling Association. More information at https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/0rd0BtWk5os7?domain=decge2018.mk |
| 10-13 June 2018 | GEESD 2018 | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil DynamicsAustin, Texas: full details at www.geesd2018.org | |
| NEW DATE | 17 – 20 June 2018 | American Rock Mechanics Association | 52nd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium – Seattle, Washington, USA. www.armasymposium.org |
| Further Newsletters published | 18-21 June 2018 | 16ECEE | 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering: Thessaloniki, Greece. http://www.16ecee.org/ |
| NEW DATE | 20-22 June 2018 | American Rock Mechanics Association | 2nd Discrete Fracture Network Engineering (DFNE) Conference, Seattle, Washington USA. www.dfne2018.com |
| 25-27 June 2018 | NUMGE | Porto, Portugal: European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering -www.numge2018.pt | |
| June 2018 | ISSMGE's regional quadrennial conference | XVI Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Skopje, Macedonia | |
| New - Call for papers deadline | 30 June 2018 | 2nd JTC1 Workshop | Triggering and Propagation of Rapid Flow-like Landslides in Hong Kong.Abstracts to http://www.hkges.org/JTC1_2nd/submission.html |
| 25-23 July 2018 | GeoChina 2018 International Conference | Hangzhou, China: details at http://geochina2018.geoconf.org/ | |
| 21-22 June 2018 | CPT18: 4th Int’l Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing | In Delft, the Netherlands.Further details at:www.cpt18.org | |
| Revised Date | 19-21 September 2018 | Int’l Conf on Geotechnical Engineering & Architecture | St Petersburg, Russia – under the auspices of ISSMGE TC 207 |
| 25-28 Sept 2018 | Int’l Symposium on Energy Geotechnics | Lausanne, Switzerland: under auspices of ISSMGE TC 308. full details at seg2018@epfl.ch; abstracts by 1st October 2017. | |
| 1-3 November 2018 | Symposium on advanced offshore engineering | Hanoi, Vietnam: under the auspices of TC 308 (Energy Geotechnics) and TC–209 (Offshore Geotechnics); call for papers now out. | |
| 24-28 November 2018 | GeoMEast 2018 | Cairo; full details and abstract submission by 15 December 2017 at http://www.geomeast2018.org/ | |
| 29 November 2018 | 40th Anniversary symposium | Vienna:launch of the roller integrated Continuous Compaction Control (CCC) celebration.Abstracts invited – http://www.igb.tuwien.ac.at/en/ccc/ | |
| Update available | 3-5 December 2018 | 2nd JTC1 Workshop | Triggering and Propagation of Rapid Flow-like Landslides in Hong Kong.http://www.hkges.org/JTC1_2nd/index.html |
8. OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES 2019
| New | 26-28 June 2019 | 7th Int’l Symp on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials | IS-Glasgow 2019; ISSMGE TC101;Glasgow, UK: details athttps://www.is-glasgow2019.org.uk/abstract submission via website open now |
| 1-6 September 2019 | XVII ECSMGE 2019 | Reykjavik, Iceland: details at www.ecsmge-2019.com | |
| 6-10 October 2019 | XVII ARCSMGE 2019 | 17thAfrican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa; Email: denis.kalumba@uct.ac.za | |
| 14-18 October 2019 | 16 ARC | Taipei:16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering;abstracts due by 31 March 2018; details at www.16arc.org. |
9. linked-in
| Have you joined yet? | BGA LinkedIn Group | All BGA members pre-approved for membership of the Group | To preserve the group as a useful forum to discuss geotechnical matters and BGA business, please respect the rules: nothing political, nothing offensive, no job vacancies, no overt promotions – thank you! http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=5061912 |