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

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ISSMGE October News

  • 01.11.2016

Please visit the new-look ISSMGE website  http://www.issmge.org/ for full details of all ISSMGE activities.

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October 2016 News

  • 01.11.2016

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.

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Fleming Award 2016: Booking now open

  • 17.10.2016

Booking for the Fleming Award on Wednesday 7th December at 6.30pm is now open

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BGA 28th September 2016 Meeting

  • 29.09.2016

The BGA held its September meeting last night with an excellent overview of six landslips that occurred on Network Rail infrastructure between June 2012 and February 2013 by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch's (RAIB) Chris Ford. Followed by a summary of Network Rail's actions in response to the report by Simon Abbot.

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September 2016 News

  • 07.09.2016

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.

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BDA-AGS Position Paper and Survey

  • 09.08.2016

The Association for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists and the British Drilling Association have combined to produce a position paper on the state of the ground investigation industry in the UK as part of their Spotlight on the Industry initiative. The paper may be downloaded here.

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2016 Geotechnical Business Directory

  • 01.08.2016

ISSMGE Members are being urged to sign up to GeoWorld, the professional networking platform for geotechnical engineers, so that they will appear in the 2016 Geotechnical Business Directory.

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BGA Fleming Award Competition 2016 – Call for Submissions

  • 29.07.2016

The Fleming Award is a prestigious prize awarded annually by the BGA to commemorate the life and work of Dr Ken Fleming and to recognise excellence in the practical application of geotechnics in a project or a part of a project, with a prize donated by Cementation Skanska. The 2016 Fleming Award Meeting will be held at the ICE, One Great George Street, London on 7 December 2016.

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