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.
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: Advance registration is no longer required for most BGA events (except the Annual Conference for catering purposes) which will hopefully encourage fuller theatres.But please check the start times for lectures on the BGA website to ensure you don’t miss anything!
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
Key Dates
| New | 19 June 2019 | BGA 70th Anniversary Annual Conference | Presentations which speakers have agreed to distribute in pdf format will be available on the BGA website shortly. |
| Deadline for submissions approaching | 15th October | Fleming Award 2019 Competition | Sponsored by Cementation Skanska – an opportunity for teams to show off their collaborative skills. Details and application forms available from the BGA secretariat. |
| Next week! | Wednesday 16 October; refreshments at 17:30, lecture starts at 18:00 | Joint BGA and IGS UK Chapter Lecture | Alan Bamford of ABG Ltd to speak on ‘A new Climate for Geocomposite Drainage’:full details at https://www.britishgeotech.org/events/188-bga-evening-meeting-16-october-2019 |
| Important opportunity to learn about new Eurocode | 7 November 2019; refreshments at 17:30, lecture starts at 18:00 | BGA Evening Lecture | Peter Gilbert of Jacobs and Alan Phear of Arup on ‘BS EN 16907 - Europe’s First Earthworks Standard: Enabling a Common Approach for the Future’’;full details at https://www.britishgeotech.org/events/189-bga-evening-meeting-7-november-2019 |
| Wednesday 13 November 2019 | Glossop Lecture | Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London | |
| New venue information | Monday 11 November (Manchester) | BGA Touring Lecture 2019 (1) | Lisa Coyne of Golder Associates, Mississauga, CanadaPractical Implications of Subsurface Uncertainty:Lessons from 25 Years of “Dirt Engineering” Hosted by the North West Geotechnical Group Renold Building – C2, University of Manchester, Altrincham St, M1 7JA;refreshments from 18:00 hours; free to attend - advance bkg not required |
| New venue information | Tuesday 12 November (Glasgow) | BGA Touring Lecture 2019 (2) | Hosted by the Scottish Geotechnical Group Glasgow Caledonian University, Hamish Wood Building – Room W110, Glasgow G4 0BA Refreshments from 17:30 hours; free to attend - advance bkg not required |
| New venue information | Wednesday 13 November (Leeds) | BGA Touring Lecture 2019 (3) | Hosted by the Yorkshire Geotechnical Group Venue: University of Leeds, School of Civil Engineering, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT Refreshments from 18:00 hours; free to attend – advance bkg not required |
| Advance Booking required | Thursday 21 November; refreshments at 18:00, Lecture starts at 18:30 | Géotechnique Lecture | Prof David White of the University of Southampton on “Designing infrastructure for an evolving seabed”; at ICE Westminster;full details and booking link at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/designing-infrastructure-evolving-seabed-london |
| 21st November 2019 | AGS Conference:Safety in Mind | The Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham, B92 0EJ:ags@ags.org.uk | |
| Advance registration required` | Wednesday 4 December Refreshments at 18:00; presentations from 18:30 | Fleming Award 2019 Competition | Sponsored by Cementation Skanska – an opportunity for teams to show off their collaborative skills. Advance booking required for attending the event in person at https://www.ice.org.uk/events/fleming-award-2019-london |
| New | Wednesday 22 January 2020; refreshments at 18:00, Lecture starts at 18:30 | John Mitchell Award Lecture | At ICE Westminster;Stuart Marchand of Wentworth House Partnership – details available in due course. |
| New | Wednesday 22 January | AGS Conference | Commercial Risks and How to Manage Them.Half day seminar in Manchester:contact Joanna Franaszczuk on ags@ags.org.uk |
| 29 June to 1 July 2020 | ISSMGE TC204 | Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground;University of Cambridge.Information at https://www.issmge.org/events/tc204-geotechnical-aspects-of-underground-construction-in-soft-ground-tc204-cambridge-2020 | |
| 16-19 August 2020 | Int’l Symposium for Offshore Geotechnics | AT&T Conference Center – University of Texas At Austin, Texas, USA: www.dfi.org/isfog2020 | |
| Date for your Diary | 15 and 16 September 2020 | Piling 2020 | At the University of Durham – further details at https://www.piling2020.org/. |
| New | ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture 2019 - Reykjavik | Presented by BGA Member Dr Matteo Ciantia at Reykjavik Conference | |
| New – be quick! | 30 September 2019 | ISSMGE Bright Spark Lecture 2020 – Cambridge UK | Nominations invited – it’s worth contacting jo.griffiths@eng.cam.ac.ukeven though the deadline has passed. |
| New! | 1 November 2019 | ISSMGE Foundation | Application for awards deadline:http://www.issmge.org/issmge-foundation |
| PhD opportunities | For latest news see https://www.britishgeotech.org/news/2018/02/phd-opportunities-in-geotechnics-february-2018 | ||
| Don’t miss out! | Early Career Group | Mailing List | Members and colleagues with an interest in ECG activities should email bga-ecg@britishgeotech.org.uk to join their mailing list – if you failed to confirm your consent to comply with GDPR regulations you may have “unsubscribed”. |
| 30 November 2019 | 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 | |
| 1-4 December 2019 | YSRM 2019:5th ISRM Young Scholars' Symposium on Rock Mechanics & REIF 2019: | The Int’l Symposium on Rock Engineering for Innovative Future, Okinawa, Japan.For more information visit https://www.ec-pro.co.jp/ysrm2019; |
| New – deadline for submissions | 5 November 2019 | Migration Advisory Committee on skilled workers Salary Threshold and PBS Commission - Call for Evidence | Stakeholders are invited to submit evidence to Commission. For background information see https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee and https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/salary-threshold-and-points-based-system-pbs-commission-call-for-evidence |
| Updated site http://www.ground-forum.org.uk/ includes 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 |
| New Dates | 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). |
| 22 October 2019 | 8 January 2020 | ||
| 21 January 2020 | 7 April 2020 | Those becoming Chartered within the last 12 months can apply with a simplified application process at a reduced | |
| 21 April 2020 | 7 July 2020 | cost of £30 | |
| 21 July 2020 | 6 October 2020 | Visit ice.org.uk/rogep for further details or | |
| 20 October 2020 | 12 January 2021 | contact registers@ice.org.uk |
| New | Rankine Lecture papers | 1961-2002 | Free to read via BGA website |
| New | Books on Prof Bishop | 15% discount from Whittles for BGA members | |
| New contact if you are having trouble logging on to GE online | Ground Engineering | e-newsletter and online access | BGA members automatically receive a copy of Ground Engineering magazine as part of their subscription, including access to the Ground Engineering website and can now benefit from regular email Ground Engineering but must opt-in to receive these. Read about enewsletter options and find out how to opt-in via this link https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/launch-date-announced-for-ges-new-enewletters/10038698.article?blocktitle=Latest-news&contentID=14639; use the same email address associated with your BGA membership and your BGA Membership number. BGA members who have not yet set up electronic access to Ground Engineering shouldgo to https://www.geplus.co.uk/register/ If you are experiencing difficulty logging on to the GE Members’ Area please contact the Customer Services Team at customerservicesteam@emap.com |
| update | ICE Informs | September 2019 | ICE launches State of the Nation 2019:Connecting Infrastructure with Housing Getting good infrastructure to create a sense of place ICE responds to Government's Spending Review Civil engineering insights on HS2 and alternative proposals ICE responds to the Government’s Ministerial Statement on HS2 The feasibility of a new bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland - ICE view For further information contactluke.driscoll@ice.org.uk |
| Latest issue | The Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists | AGS Magazine | 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. View at ags@ags.org.uk. |
| 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.com and type “CGJ_BGA personal subscription” in the subject field; you will need your BGA membership number. Full details on BGA website. | |
| Opportunity to join TCs | ISSMGE | Technical Committees | The ISSMGE Technical Committees do a lot of good work on their particular specialism. Joining a TC will give you world-wide contacts in your field of interest. You can see the full list of TCs and information about their work on the ISSMGE website: https://www.issmge.org/committees/technical-committees Each National Group can have two nominated (voting) members of a TC, but others can join as corresponding members without voting rights. The BGA is well-represented on most TCs, but there are vacancies for nominated members on some Committees. In particular, we have no representatives on TC215 (Frost), TC217 (Land reclamation) and TC219 (System performance). Please contact the BGA if you wish to participate in a Committee. |
| August, September and October bulletins | ISSMGE | Circular and Latest bulletins | For news and information about Webinars, Technical Committees, Conferences and ISSMGE Foundation Awards, you can find the latest news at |
| 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 | 1 November 2019 | ISSMGE Foundation | Application for awards deadline:http://www.issmge.org/issmge-foundation |
| 1-6 September 2019 | XVII ECSMGE 2019 | Reykjavik, Iceland: details at www.ecsmge-2019.com | |
| 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. | |
| 10-14 November 2019 | GeoMEast 2019International Congress and Exhibition | Sustainable Civil Infrastructures Cairo, Egypt;info at info@geomeast2019.org | |
| 11-13 November 2019 | 5th Int’l Conf on Science, Engineering & Environment | Bangkok from in conjunction with the Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand, the GEOMATE International Society, Useful Plant Spread Society, Japan, etc. For details, please visit: http://www.confsee.com/ | |
| 20 - 22 November 2019 | 9th Int’l Conf on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment, GEOMATE 2019 | Hotel Continental Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan, in conjunction with the Mie University Research Center for Environmental Load Reduction, The GEOMATE International Society, etc.info athttp://www.geomate.org/ |
| 21-23 January 2020 | Winter School on Geomechanics for Energy & the Environment | Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland – see https://www.britishgeotech.org/news/2019/05/winter-school-on-geomechanics-for-energy-and-the-environment | |
| New | 23-30 May 2020 | JXUST Int’l Conf | Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Ganzhou, China;full details at www.jxustrmreconference.org |
| 24 & 25 June 2020 | ISSMGE TC 306: | Int’l Conf on Geotechnical Engineering Education:Greece, Athens. Contact Marina Pantazidou, Email:gee2020athens@gmail.com: Website: https://www.gee2020.org; | |
| 29 & 30 October 2020 | 3rd Int’l Symposium on coupled Phenomena | Kyoto, Japan. | |
| New | 15-18 November 2020 | ICSE-10th Int’l Conf on Scour & Erosion | Arlington, Virginia, USA.Full details at www.2020icse.org |
| 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 |