The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) will soon decide on the winner of the 2024 Cooling Prize, with the competition taking place at its 75th Anniversary Conference in London on 15 October.
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BGA 75th anniversary special: 25 years of Cooling Prize winners, part 4
Here are profiles of some of the British Geotechnical Association's Cooling Prize Competition winners from the last 25 years.
BGA 75th anniversary special: Engaging the full geotechnical community, part 3
The British Geotechnical Association wants to broaden its reach to encompass the full ground engineering sector and attract members from diverse backgrounds.
Ground engineering Early Careers Challenge winners announced
The winners of the 2024 Early Careers Challenge (ECC), presented by Ground Engineering and Mott MacDonald, were revealed at last week's GE Basements & Underground Structures conference.
Latest people moves from Expanded, Geoquip Marine, Igne and others
Expanded Geotechnical announces new business unit leader, Geoquip Marine appoints its new CEO, and Igne chooses a managing director of ground investigation for England & Wales in the latest people moves from across the sector.
Ordnance Survey to run National Underground Asset Register operations
The Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency, has been appointed as the future operator of the National Underground Asset Register.
Bruno Stuyts to give 2024 BGA Touring Lecture on machine learning in site characterisation
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Touring Lecture 2024 will be held by Ghent University visiting professor Bruno Stuyts, an expert in offshore geotechnics and the application of data-driven methods in geotechnical design.
£1M research project launched to address landslide risks in the Himalayas and beyond
A £1M research project led by the University of Aberdeen aims to improve the understanding of the risks of landslides and mitigate their impact on communities, infrastructure and local economies in high-mountain regions.
Former BGA chair Stephan Jefferis elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Environmental Geotechnics director Stephan Jefferis, a former chair of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), has been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).
Further ground investigation contract awarded as A9 Dualling programme progresses
The A9 Dualling programme, one of Scotland's largest infrastructure projects, has taken another step forward as a new ground investigation contract worth £635,000 has been awarded to Soil Engineering Geoservices.