Society News

Call for Abstracts – WA Symposium

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Abstract submission deadline extended to March 6 The Western Australia (WA) Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) is pleased to announce a one-day symposium titled “West Australian Geotechnics and Geology” which is to be held on 8 May 2020. The event will be held in Perth and will bring together geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geologists, geophysicists and academics to share and discuss their knowledge and experience in WA related to geotechnics and geology and its implications for design and construction. The Event Western Australia’s construction industry is currently booming. Investment in public infrastructure, mining and offshore developments is growing. Economical and safe geotechnical design requires efficient and well thought through ground investigation and characterisation to identify and manage ground…

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ISSMGE Circular, January 2020

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The ISSMGE News & Information Circular for January 2020, is available online with information about the 20ICSMGE and 7iYGEC Paper Allocation and Calls for Abstracts.

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18th Glossop Medal Lecture: Variability and ground hazards: how does the ground get to be unexpected.

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Australian lectures cancelled Please note that due to health reasons, the Australia presentations of the Glossop Medal Lecture have been cancelled. If there are any updates or the situation changes, news will be posted to the website. The Glossop Award and Lecture was established in 1997 as the most prestigious lecture of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society, to be presented by an invited eminent engineering geologist. The 18th Glossop Medal was awarded to Jackie Skipper (BSc, PhD, DIC, CGeol.) for her lecture: Variability and ground hazards: how does the ground get to be unexpected. When something goes wrong in a civil engineering project, ‘unexpected ground conditions’ are often blamed. Natural variability of the ground can indeed be the…

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NZGS Newsletter, 28 November

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The New Zealand Geotechnical Society newsletter is available online.

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