- 2023
International Women in Engineering Day: Technical Evening
Elisabeth Simbolon & Michelle Philipson, Adelaide Fielden and Ramathi Gunasekera
AGS QLD Cruise Night on Brisbane River
AGS-University Joint Academic Seminar and Networking event
The Probability of Failure in Geotechnical Analysis
Prof. Vaughan Griffiths
Computational Slope Stability Analysis
Prof. Vaughan Griffiths
Earthworks: Theory to Practice – Design and Construction
Dr Burt Look
Women in the AGS Networking Breakfast – QLD
- 2022
Queensland AGM and Annual Symposium
Happy Soil Mechanics Fathers Day: Celebrating Karl Terzaghi’s Birthday
Harry Asche and Sergei Terzaghi
Geoenvironment: Protecting the Environment using Geosynthetics
Prof. Kerry Rowe
AGS QLD Regional Symposium 2022
Inland Rail – N2NS Rail Formation from design to construction
Andrew Doe, Li-Ang Yang and Vincent Blanchet
Load carrying geosynthetics reinforced bridge abutments
Prof. Jorge Zornberg and Jan Kupec
Foundations for Tall and Heavy Buildings
Prof Harry Poulos
AGS QLD Breakfast
Hannah Amos, Sally Roberts-Kelly, Meera Creagh and Lianne McKenzie
Students Meet Industry Night
The Evolution of Identifying Construction Materials Sources
James Wilson
Solar Farm Foundations
Dr. Richard Kelly
- 2021
2021 Queensland Symposium
Ross McDonald, Henry Unwin, Chaminda Gallage, Benoit Wentzinger, Graeme Jardine
Legal View of Geotechnical Issues
Heidi Schweikert and Sean Brady
Cognitive dissonance in geotechnical engineering
Dr Burt Look
Challenges of tunnelling in an urban area with shallow cover
Senthilnath G T
Australian Geomechanics Society, Queensland Chapter 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner
Women’s Coffee Catch Up
Pressuremeter Test and Design Applications
Jean-Louis Briaud
- 2020
QLD Field Testing Expo and AGM / Annual Dinner
Geotechnical risk on large scale infrastructure projects
Chris Bridges
Technical And Economical Optimisation Of Foundation And Ground Improvement Systems
P. Adam Zakrzewski, MSc.Eng (Civil) MIEAust, RPEQ, NER
Real-time monitoring and wireless data transmission to predict rain-induced landslides in critical slopes
Chaminda Gallage
Quality Management of Earthworks with Deflection-Based Devices
Soheil Nazarian and Andy Doe
High-speed Railway Geotechnical Problems
Distinguished Professor Daichao Sheng
- 2019
2019 AGS QLD AGM and Annual Dinner
Stephen Fityus
Seismic Pile Design – Australia
Rob May
The strengths and limitations of imaging technologies for geotechnical applications
Marc Elmouttie
Trying to make a difference – and why sometimes we can’t
Rob Day
2019 Queensland AGS Symposium
Dr Tim Mote, Deryk Forster, Dr Bindumadhava Aery, Ian Shipway, David Folan, William Eom, Greg Anderson, Amir Shahkolahi, Mehdi Davari, Stephen Buttling and Jun Sugawara
Slope design process in a mining context
William Sarunic
Student Networking Night
Dr David Lacey, Krystle-Rae Biram and Allan McConnell
Design of Foundations Using The Cone Penetration Test
Barry Lehane
The Queensland Geotechnical Database
Timothy Thompson and Jared Priddle
Tailings Dam Failures
Sean Sullivan, Dr Bruce Brown, Wade Ludlow and Prof David Williams
Application of geophysics for marine geohazard assessment
Tariq Rahiman and Nicola Manche
Sydney Heads Rail Tunnel
Ted Nye
Critical State Soil Mechanics
Mike Jefferies
2 Day Seminar: Developing Confidence in Critical State Soil Mechanics
Mike Jeffries
58th Rankine Lecture
Dr Nick O'Riordan
Panel discussion
- 2018
2018 AGM and Annual Dinner
Darren Paul
Design and construction of driven piles on the East Coast of Australia
Henry Zhang
National Terzaghi lecture
Dr. R. Kerry Rowe
57th Rankine Lecture, Brisbane
Eduardo Alonso
AGS QLD Symposium 2018
Geoff Burns, Clinton Chan, Matthew Dews, Ajith (Diss) Dissanayake, Scott Fidler, Pat Gibbons, Greg Hackney, Jared Lester, Rick Martin, Graham Rose, Tiasha de Silva, Greg Anderson and Amir Shahkolhi
Geotechnical Design Innovations from the Waikato Expressway project
Mark Argent
Workshop on Intelligent Compaction
Dr George Chang - Keynote Presenter
Construction methods and quality outcomes for bored cast-in-situ piles – A review of current practice
Dr Ben Collingwood
Soil mechanics principles applied to the stability of ore cargoes
Dr David Hight
- 2017
Natural hazards, risk, and the resilience of U.S. transportation infrastructure
Scott Anderson
AGS QLD Symposium 2017
Harry Poulos, Richard Herraman, David Starr, John Braybrooke, Stephen Buttling and Allan McConnell
Geosurveys innovation
Dr Andi Pfaffhuber
Mechanics of unsaturated soils and applications
Professor Daichao Sheng
The Impact of recent high profile Tailings Dam Failures
David Williams
56th Rankine Lecture, Brisbane:
Geotechnics and EnergyProfessor Richard Jardine, Imperial College London
Insights from the Ballina bypass prediction exercise
Dr Richard Kelly
- 2016
AGS QLD 2016 AGM & Annual Dinner
Pawan Sethi, Coffey Senior Principal
Geotechnical Mapping Course – Brisbane
Student Evening
55th Rankine Lecture:
Hazard, Risk and Reliability in Geotechnical PracticeDr Suzanne Lacasse, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
The opportunities for a borehole database in Brisbane
Tim Thompson
E.H. Davis Memorial Lecture – Queensland
Professor Malek Bouazza
AGS QLD Symposium 2016 – Presentations
Evening lecture on Legal Issues
Tim Sullivan, Pells Sullivan Meynink (PSM), Adjunct Professor UNSW
Masterclass 2016: Legal Aspects of Geotechnical Engineering Practice
Tim Sullivan
AS 1726 : 2016 Seminar – Brisbane
Members of the SA CE-15 Committee
USQ Workshop No. 1 – Recent Trends in Geotechnical Engineering and Education
Retrogressive Flow Slides in South-East Queensland
Konrad Beinssen and Ian Shipway
- 2015
AGS QLD AGM & Annual Dinner
Dr Chris Browitt & Ms Alice Walker, British Geological Survey
Monitoring Equipment & Interpretation Workshop
Various Presenters
AGS QLD Chapter Symposium: Problem Ground
Joint AGS-QLD / ATS Technical Presentation:
The future of TBMs and the tunnel linings they leave behindEscaping the Golden Cage: Learning to Practise the Art of Observational Geotechnical Engineering
John Simmons
Masterclass focused on Aspects of Piling (FULL)
The Manefay Failure at Bingham Canyon Mine:
investigation outcomes and lessonsMartyn Robotham, Chief Geotechnical Advisor Rio Tinto
54th Rankine Lecture (2014):
Interactions in Offshore Foundation DesignProfessor Guy Houlsby, University of Oxford
Laboratory Testing, Theory and Practical Application (COURSE FULL)
Rebuilding Angola – Geotechnical Challenges
Robert May, Golder Associates Principal Geotechnical Engineer
14th Glossop Medal Lecture Tour – Brisbane
- 2014
AGS QLD – Monthly Seminar: Rock of Brisbane
Annual AGS Symposium – The geotechnical life cycle, from investigation to delivery
Suzanne Lacasse, Oliver Batchelor, Richard Evans, Jody Todd, Mike Straughton, Fred Baynes, Allan Mcconnell, Martin Silec
Monthly Lecture Student Presentations
Young Geotech Conference – Noosa
AGS & WIEQ Joint Event
AGS/WIEQ joint event
Monthly Seminar – Open cut Mining/Slope stability
BBOCGS joint event
Distinguished Lecture
David Daniel
Monthly Seminar – Jack Box Tunneling
Jeremy Kruger-Thiess
Digital Photogrammetry, a Practical Tool for the Modern Geotechnical Practitioner – Applications for Mining and Civil Geotechnics
Peter Booth
Foundation Workshop – Logging of Core for Civil Geotechnical Purposes
Joe Gough
Foundation properties of variably weathered rock beneath a heavy mineral processing plant
David Starr
2012 John Jaeger Lecture: Introducing Geotechnical Design to Shallow Geothermal Systems
Professor Ian Johnston
- 2013
AGS Committee Annual Dinner
10th Monthly Lecture
Amir Shahkolahi
Geosynthetics in Road Pavement Design Methods
Annual AGS Dinner
Peter Hollingsworth
Student Research Projects
John Jaeger Award National Tour
Professor Ian Johnston
2013 AGS QLD Boat Cruise
Laboratory Testing, Theory and Practical Application
YGP Jack Morgan Award Presentation
Pablo Toro, Rick Walsh, & Jared Fetherston
52nd Rankine Lecture: Performance-Based Design In Geotechnical Engineering
Malcolm Bolton
Queensland One Day Symposium: “Geotechnical Challenges and Lessons Learned”
Groundwater in Mining
Ian Hair & Detlef Bringemeier
E.H. Davis Lecture – Combined Loading of Offshore Foundations
Mark Cassidy
E.H. Davis Award – Combined Loading Of Offshore Foundations
Mark Casidy
Use And Abuse Of Springs To Model Foundations
Rob Day and Joe Muccillo
Barangaroo South Development, Sydney
Frances Badelow
WIEQ joint event
Development in Pile Testing
Fitri Jones & Stephen Buttling
Geotechnical site exploration and geo-engineering education in 2013 and beyond
Dr Paul Mayne
Geotechnical Site Exploration and GeoEngineering Education in 2013 and Beyond
Dr Paul Mayne, Distinguished Speaker
The Foundation Lectures: In-situ Testing
Various
Bowen Basin Open Cut Geotechnical Society and Australian Geomechanics Society Joint Event
Various
Foundation Lecture – Instrumentation
AGS Research Award
Various
Joint event with BBOCGS
Seismicity
Rahiman Tariq
National Committee Meeting Adelaide
Simulation Aided Geotechnical Engineering
Dr David Beck
First Committee meeting of 2013
TBC
- 2012
Reinforced Soil Structures – BS 8006-1 2010
Steve Corbet
Women that rock!
Fundamental Issues in developing a code of practice for Geotechnical Design – Eurocode 7
Brian Simpson
Geosynthetic-reinforced soil structures for railways and highways in Japan
Prof. Fumio Tatsuoka
Joint AGS / Women in Engineering Event
Various
Capital and Operational Carbon in Ground Engineering
Nick O’Riordan
Geomechanics & Engineering
Professor Robert Lytton
Geotechnical Design and Construction of Port of Brisbane Motorway Upgrade Project
Andrew Hammill & Richard Evans
- 2011
AGM / Annual dinner
Various speakers
Mini Symposium: Flood Related Impacts on Mining Geotechnics
Various speakers
Industry Forum
Various speakers
Recent Development in Seismic Hazard Assessment in Australia
Dr Paul Somerville
Highwall Slope Stabilisation by the Softwall Method
Ian Kelso, Thiess
Geotechnical Work associated with the Construction of MONA
Delia Sidea
Joint Technical Presentation / Social Evening, Women in Engineering and AGS
Various presenters
Suvarnhabhumi Airport – from Cobra Swamp to Golden Land
Stephen Buttling
2011 YGP Boat Cruise & Geo–aspects of Recent Brisbane Flooding
Dr Burt Look
Sustainable Development of Underground Space and the Reuse of Existing Foundations
Dr Fiona Chow
- 2010
Joint Presentation with Structural Branch
Various speakers
Geotechnical Risk, Uncertainty, Ignorance & Vagueness – Another Industry-Wide Forum
GFWA Prize (17th annual event)
UWA, Curtin & WASM students
Technical Forum
Various speakers
Geological Constraints and Geotechnical Issues in Mechanized Tunnelling
Dr Paul Marinos the 2010 Jahns Distinguished Lecturer
Joint Presentation with Women in Engineering
Sarah Hateley, Kirralee Rankine & Sarah Elkhatib
Designing With High Strength Geosynthetics
Dr. Patrick Naughton
2009 EH Davis Memorial Lecture – Recent Advances In The Application Of Vertical Drains And Vacuum Preloading In Soft Soil Stabilization
Professor Buddhima Indraratna, University of Wollongong
The Mystery of Unsaturated Soils
Professor David Williams
- 2009
AGM & Annual Dinner
Various speakers
The SRM Criterion And Its Application To The Stability Of Deep Slopes In Open Pit Mines
John Read
The relevance of developer costs in geotechnical risk management
Tim Chapman
Joint session with Women in Engineering
Various speakers
On making the earth move!
Professor Sarah Springham
Geotechnical Investigations and Reporting – An Industry-Wide Forum
Various speakers
Joint session with ATS
Various speakers
Site visit: Geology of Brisbane
Garth Foster
Brisbane Slope Rehabilitation
Chris Thorley
Unsaturated soil mechanics – critical review of physical foundations
Professor Samuel Frydman
- 2008
Estimating the Mechanical Properties of Rock Masses: Reflections on a career in Rock Mechanics
Emeritus Professor E T (Ted) Brown AC
The Basic Theories of Soil Mechanics
Professor John Atkinson
Geothermal Exploration and Development in Australia
Professor Richard Hillis
Instrumentation in Civil Engineering and Tunnelling Projects
Dr Richard Bassett
Collapse of a Deep Excavation in Asia – Lessons Learnt
Dr Preba Nadarajah
The Evolution of East Coast Australian Estuaries and Implications for Geotechnical Investigation
Daniel Bishop
E.H. Davis Lecture 2007: Foundations (piles) in Rock – Serviceability Rules
Dr Chris Haberfield
- 2007
- 2006
Mini Symposium – Cone Penetrometer Testing
Allan McConnell, Yvo Keulemans, Steve Williams, Lachlan Bate
Young Geotechnical Professionals
Jason Williams, Cynthia De Bok, Alastair Grubb
AS4678-2002 “Earth-Retaining Structures” For Better or Worse?
Robert Day
Legal Liability of Geotechnical Engineers
Bill Blake
- 2003
2003 Darcy Lecture: Ground and surface water contributions to chemical mass discharge
Dr Richelle Allen-King, Washington State University
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