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

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2022 Fleming Award Winner Announced

  • 07.12.2022

The BGA is pleased to announce that the 2022 Fleming Award was won by BAE Systems, Atkins, Bachy Soletanche for their project presentation on Ground improvement for a seismically qualified facility. The event was held at the ICE in London on 6 December 2022.

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Subject of 61st Rankine Lecture is announced

  • 02.12.2022

The 61st Rankine Lecture will be delivered by Professor John Carter of the University of Newcastle, Australia on Constitutive Modelling in Computational Geomechanics. The event is on 15 March 2023

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Call for entries for the BGA Case Histories Award 2023

  • 26.11.2022

The BGA is pleased to invite submissions for the 2023 Case Histories Award. The objective of the award is to encourage and recognise the importance of exchange of exemplary geotechnical knowledge and experience of the performance of constructed works for the benefit of the geotechnical profession

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Call for Submissions for BGA Medal 2022

  • 19.11.2022

The BGA is calling for submissions for the BGA Medal, which is awarded annually to a paper written by a BGA member (or members) for “meritorious contributions to geotechnical science or practice”.

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Call for Entries for the BGA 2022 Masters Dissertation Prize

  • 19.11.2022

The BGA invites submissions for the 2022 Masters Dissertation Prize. The Masters Dissertation Prize is a prize of £500 awarded annually by the BGA for the best Masters’ degree dissertation on a geotechnical topic.

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Ground Engineering’s December 2022 issue is available online

  • 19.11.2022

Ground Engineering’s December 2022 issue is available online. Online access to Ground Engineering (GE) is included in BGA subscriptions.

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Call for entries for the 54th Cooling Prize Competition

  • 12.11.2022

The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to invite Early Career Geotechnical Professionals to submit posters for the 54th Cooling Prize Competition on any topic dealing with the engineering behaviour of the ground

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2022 Fleming Award Shortlist Announced

  • 07.11.2022

The BGA is pleased to announce the shortlisted entries for the 2022 Fleming Award. The finalists will present at the Fleming Award event on 6 December 2022, when a judging panel will select the winner.

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Deadline for Paper Submissions for Geo-Resilience 2023 Conference

  • 05.11.2022

​Deadline for Paper Submissions for Geo-Resilience 2023 Conference - 12 December 2022

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