The lead article this week is from one of our Vice Presidents from Asia, Professor Ranjan Dahal of Nepal who updates us on the November 3rd, 2023 earthquake there. Many thanks for the up to date information and photos! Minex is also having a meeting in London later this month.
In the next two weeks two of our sister societies will be having major conferences. One will be in Saudi Arabia (International Geomechanics Symposium (starting Oct. 30, 2023) and the second will be in India (near surface geophysics starting Nov. 2, 2023). We wish our friends success in their conferences.
Survey Request — Conference on Transportation Geotechnics
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Our profession plays a key role in delivering transport infrastructure and we can gain insight by reflecting on the state of practice. Rather than impose my opinions on our community, I would appreciate your responses to the survey linked below by close of business, 31 October 2023 which I will collate, present and make available via the Australian Geomechanics Society website.
Our congress in Chengdu, China is now over! It was very successful. We have four more photos today and for the next three issues of the IAEG Connector we will have more photos and a summary of the many decisions made at the congress.
Online session: Dam Engineering Area of Specialisation (AOS)
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Engineers Australia has commenced a process to implement a dam engineering Area of Specialisation (AOS). Please join an online session with the working group on Monday 9th October 2023, 3:30 to 4:30 (AEDT) to learn more about the AOS process and planned consultation.
60th Anniversary of International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG)
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2024 marks the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) and as part of the celebrations the AGS wish to commemorate this by the issue of a Special Publication of Australian Geomechanics in September 2024 titled “Australian Engineering Geology – State of the Practice”.
The National Committee of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) invites expressions of interest from individuals interested in taking on the Editor role of our quarterly journal, Australian Geomechanics.