ISSMGE News & Information Circular, September 2022
The September 2022 News and Information Circular, from ISSMGE, is available to read online.
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IAEG Newsletter, 2022 Number 2
The second IAEG Newsletter for 2022 is available to download.
Piling and Ground Improvement Conference 2022
The 2022 Piling and Ground Improvement Conference will be held on November 16-18, 2022 at the ICC Sydney, Australia. Top Reasons to Attend Network with deep foundations practitioners from around the world Learn about all aspects of deep foundations, retention and ground improvement works Attend informative technical presentations by industry experts Visit the Exhibit Hall featuring innovative products and services Keynote Speakers “The Geotechnical Industry’s Role in Sustainable Development” Kimberly Martin, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP, Keller “Forms of Contracting, Approaches to Risk Sharing and the Impact on Innovation, Productivity and Project Outcomes” Phil Oxley, Mott MacDonald “The Application of Dynamic Analyses for Testing of Non-Uniform Deep Foundations” Samuel Paikowsky, Ph.D., Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell “Driven Displacement Pile Ground Improvement…
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Major flooding around the world leads to Geodisasters — the latest IAEG Connector is available to read online.
Harry Poulos Award: Call for Nominations
The Australian Geomechanics Society (Sydney Chapter) has established the Harry Poulos Award in recognition of the extraordinary impact of Professor Harry Poulos’s contributions to pile foundation analysis and design and his work in understanding soil- structure interaction. His research has enabled a more reliable approach to be adopted for pile design, replacing procedures that previously relied purely on experience and empiricism. He has been a prolific contributor to and supporter of the activities of the international and Australian geotechnical community. Basis of the Award The award will be presented annually to a person selected by the Sydney Chapter Committee as having made a significant contribution to either practice or research in foundation engineering or soil-structure interaction. This contribution must have…
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Landslide Nomenclature Commission #37 Publishes two reports — the latest issue of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available to read online.
Registration Open: TRC – National Workshop on Transportation Geomechanics and Ground Improvement
National Workshop on Transportation Geomechanics and Ground Improvement organised by the Transport Research Centre, UTS will be held on 24 Nov 2022, at Aerial Function Centre, University of Technology Sydney. The details of the Workshop program including speakers and registrations can be found using the link below. https://events.humanitix.com/trc22workshop The early Bird Discount rate deadline is on 24 October 2022. Workshop Chair: Distinguished Prof Buddhima IndraratnaEmail: [email protected] Technical Program Coordinator: Dr Trung Ngo (for all technical enquiries)Email: [email protected]
IAEG Connector, 6 month round-up
I encourage everyone who does not subscribe to our incredible journal to see the list of articles that we have posted for the past 6 months! There have been lots of geo-disasters around the world this week! Some parts of the world are having incredible droughts while others are having abundant rainfall. Most of the news items are a result of rain like the debris flows in Wellington, New Zealand and Pakistan, and the landslides in Skagway, Alaska (USA), Devon (UK), and Colombia (South America). A collection of articles published in the last six months by the IAEG can be read online.
AGS Sydney Symposium 2022 Sponsorship Opportunities
The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) Sydney Chapter is holding its 26th annual Symposium on Friday 11 November 2022, on ‘Reliability-based Design: Advances, Innovation and Experiences’. The symposium forms part of the continuing program of events organised by the AGS Sydney Chapter. It aims to provide an opportunity to inform geotechnical engineers on reliability-based design and some of the advances, innovation and experiences. The symposium also provides a forum to present the state-of-the-art practice and recent geotechnical advancements made in the practice. Sponsorship What sponsorship will do for you Significantly increase your visibility and impact at the Symposium Promote your organisation to hundreds of senior-level decision-makers in the industry, andnearly 2500 readers of Australian Geomechanics spread throughout Australia Establish name and…
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Richard Wolters Candidates Announced — the latest edition of the IAEG Connector newsletter is available online.