Welcome to the South Australia and Northern Territory Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society.

The chapter is based in Adelaide, South Australia and serves the geotechnical profession in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

For additional information regarding this chapter please contact:

Shane Wynne
[email protected]

Sorry, there are no upcoming meetings. The following is a collection of past meetings of the South Australia & Northern Territory Chapter where presentation files and papers have been made available to members.

Meeting Presentations & Papers

2015 E.H. Davis Memorial Lecture – Adelaide
Professor Daichao Sheng, University of Newcastle
Presented on Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Barangaroo Headland Project,
Winner 2016 ICE Edmund Hambly Medal
Kieron Little, Lendlease
Presented on Monday, May 15, 2017
56th Rankine Lecture, Adelaide:
Geotechnics and Energy
Professor Richard Jardine, Imperial College London
Presented on Tuesday, April 11, 2017
SA-NT AGM, followed by the 55th Rankine Lecture:
Hazard, Risk and Reliability in Geotechnical Practice
Dr Suzanne Lacasse, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
Presented on Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils
Professor Nasser Khalili
Presented on Monday, April 18, 2016
Engineering for Adelaide Earthquakes
Jack Pappin
Presented on Monday, March 21, 2016
Rankine Lecture: Performance Based Design In Geotechnical Engineering
Professor Malcolm Bolton
Presented on Thursday, October 17, 2013
The Mystery of Unsaturated Soils
Prof David Williams
Presented on Monday, July 15, 2013
Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Ground Anchors and Piling Innovations
Ancorloc & Piling Contractors
Presented on Monday, November 19, 2012
Piers in Reactive Clay Soils
Dr John D. Nelson
Presented on Monday, August 20, 2012
Design Methods for Driven Piles in Sand and Clay
Dr Fiona Chow
Presented on Monday, August 15, 2011
Soils, Footing Designs and Climate Change
Dr Peter W Mitchell
Presented on Monday, September 20, 2010
AS 2159-2009: A Brief Outline
Slav Tchepak
Presented on Monday, April 19, 2010
Pavement Design And Construction For Airfields And Container Terminals
Robert Smith
Presented on Monday, February 15, 2010
Climate and Reactive Soil Movements
Peter Mitchell
Presented on Monday, March 16, 2009
Collapsing Soils from Australia and Thailand
Dr. Don Cameron, Dr. Mark Jaksa, and Dr. Peter Mitchell
Presented on Monday, August 15, 2005
Thredbo Landslide
Tim Sullivan
Presented on Monday, March 19, 2001