Author Archives: Ground Engineering

By Domenico Gallese and Luigi Callisto, Sapienza University of Rome

At the GE Sustainability conference, Atkins Réalis principal engineering geologist Hollie Fisher will discuss georesilience strategies and stakeholder engagement on the Havant Thicket Reservoir project. Here, together with Portsmouth Water ecology manager Sinead McCarthy and environmental manager Mark Jessup, she gives a preview of the key themes.

At the GE Sustainability conference, WJ UK project manager Emily Riley will take part in a collaborative session to help create a “manifesto for change” for the geotechnical sector. Here, she talks about how sustainability is a collective responsibility.

The British Geotechnical Society's 50th anniversary special is available to download below. It was originally published in the Ground Engineering (December 1998) issue.

The British Geotechnical Society Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report is available to download below. It was originally published in Géotechnique (Vol 25, No. 4, pp629-656, 1975).

The shortlist for this year’s Techfest Awards – brought to you by NCE and CN – has been announced, with chosen companies standing out for their innovative use of technologies that drive the construction and civil engineering industries forward.

By Tom St John and Dafydd Tudor, Mott MacDonald

A saturation hazard matrix was developed to support the daily traffic management and landslide hazard at Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 in Scotland.

A new MSc in geotechnical engineering with offshore renewables has been launched at Imperial College London in recognition of the evolving skills need of the international geotechnical engineering industry, write Catherine O'Sullivan, Katerina Tsiampousi, and Ken Vinck.

Cardiff University has decided not to run its applied environmental geology MSc next year. Atkins Réalis engineering geophysics lead Jim Whiteley urges those across the geotechnical sector to support its future continuation by signing an open letter.