The Queensland Geotechnical Database

Timothy Thompson & Jared Priddle

June 20, 2019

Join the Australian Tunneling Society and the Australian Geomechanics Society for a discussion on geotechnical databases from around the world, the process of creating the QGD, and the opportunities for its growth in support of development and research in Queensland.

The viability of any modern public geotechnical database is influenced by many factors, including the availability of logs, an area’s population density, and seismic risk. The creation of a database may be constrained by questions of liability and intellectual property, cost, or by consultants who view a public database as working to their competitive disadvantage.

The Queensland Geotechnical Database (QDU; qgd.org.au) was launched in October 2017 with a view to consolidating primarily tax and toll payer subsidised exploratory hole logs into an open platform. The QGD now includes over 1600 geotechnical investigation logs dating back to 1966, as well as links to over 20 technical papers related to sites in Queensland.

This presentation will discuss geotechnical databases around the world, the process of creating the QGD and opportunities for its growth in support of development and research in Queensland.

The evening will feature keynote presentations from established professionals Tim Thompson (Geotechnical Engineer, Arup) and Jared Priddle (Engineer and Software Developer, FSG Geotechnics and Foundations), followed by designated discussion time in the end.