AGS Townsville 2024 Symposium

Slope Stability

Cynthia De Bok, Martin Devonald, Tim Donovan, Dr John Eckersley, Roderick Haselden, Allan Herse, Graeme Jardine, Camila Lebron, Walter Mastenbroek, Cameron Ryan, Ian Shipway and Pramod Thakur

The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) QLD Chapter is pleased to announced that our 2nd biennial regional symposium will be held in Townsville. This will be a full-day event comprising technical presentations from peers in our field. Our theme this year is “slope stability” — a topics close to many practitioners.

Speakers

Cynthia De Bok Jacobs

Slope Remediation Design – a knowledge share on Far North Queensland specifics

Martin Devonald BGC Engineering

Mitigating Slope Stability issues in Hong Kong and Canada – from shallow slides in tropical soils to deep-seated slides in glacial deposits

Tim Donovan Aurecon

Assessment and modelling of a large stick-slip landslide in NSW

Dr John Eckersley

Geotechnical Issues in Coking Coal Stockpiles

Roderick Haselden Douglas Partners

Geotechnical Assessment for the Re-Development of Properties in a Well-Known Historic Landslide

Allan Herse PCA Ground Engineering

Earth retention and slope stabilisation of Sunshine Beach residence using micropiles

Graeme Jardine Jacobs

Slope Resilience in changing world – effect in climate change

Camila Lebron GHD

Flow liquefaction assessment using screening tools

Walter Mastenbroek Core Consultants

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping for Local Government Areas: Recent experience

Cameron Ryan Cairns Regional Council

Geotechnical Data management in local council

Ian Shipway EDG Consulting

Flow slides have affected the near shore zone of South East Qld for many years, with a significant event in 2016 coming close to causing loss of life.

Pramod Thakur WSP

Slip Remediation in Context of Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA)

Organising Committee

• Vincent Blanchet, AGS QLD Chair Brisbane (WSP)
• Sarah Keenan (Jacobs)
• Cameron Ryan (Cairns Regional Council)
• Nicholas Thomas-Kinsella (GHD)
• Amir Shahkolahi, Immediate Past Chair QLD (Global Geosynthetics)
• Dr Arsh Kaur, AGS QLD Treasurer (Aurecon)
• Leah Huxley, Committee Member (KCB)
• Jaime Wilson, Committee Member (FSG)

Sponsorship Opportunities

A range of sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please contact Vincent Blanchet via [email protected]

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