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Three unusual tunnel collapses caused by lining failures hold important lessons for geotechnical engineers, University of Cambridge emeritus professor Robert Mair said in a recent lecture.
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British Geotechnical Association announces 2024 Fleming Award shortlist
The British Geotechnical Association has revealed the finalists for the 2024 Fleming Award, with presentations scheduled for 3 December.
63rd Rankine Lecturer to discuss distributed sensing data and analytic techniques
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)’s Kenichi Soga will discuss distributed sensing data and data analytic techniques when he delivers the next Rankine Lecture.
BGA invites entries for the 56th Cooling Prize
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) has invited early career professionals to submit posters for the 56th Cooling Prize Competition.
Geotechnical and piling specialist Yvonne Ainsworth receives John Mitchell Award
Taylor Woodrow's Yvonne Ainsworth has been recognised with the 2024 John Mitchell Award for her contributions to geotechnical engineering.
Cooling Prize 2024 goes to University of Dundee’s Thomas Riccio
The BGA has awarded the 55th Cooling Prize to University of Dundee PhD student Thomas Riccio, who gave a presentation on “Pile installation effects and plugging in soft rock”.
BGA’s Fleming Award 2024 deadline fast approaching
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is accepting entries for this year’s Fleming Award competition until the end of this week (18 October).
2024 Cooling Prize winner to be chosen next week from among three finalists
The 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.
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.
Former BGA chair Stephan Jefferis elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
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).
Abstracts wanted for 21st ICSMGE in Vienna
Submissions for abstracts for the 21st International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) are now open.
BGA puts out call for Fleming Award 2024 entries
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is inviting entries for this year’s Fleming Award competition by the deadline of 18 October.
BGA to open call for Earthworks 2025 conference abstracts next month
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) will next month open its call for abstracts for its Earthworks 2025 conference taking place in Birmingham on 16 and 17 September next year.
Latest people moves from Akela Ground Engineering, the BGA, VSL Systems and others
Akela Ground Engineering gets a new MD, the BGA makes new executive committee appointments, and VSL Systems adds five new people to its team.
2024 BGA Case Histories Award goes to paper on construction of an EfW bunker in challenging ground
BGA Case Histories Award goes to the authors of a paper on “Monitoring the construction of a deep energy-from-waste bunker in soft clay and peat”.
Dissertation on modelling of deep basement and tunnel interaction wins BGA prize
WSP Australia associate geotechnical engineer Thirimadura Supun Surendra Mendis has won the 2023 BGA Masters Prize.
BGA Medal goes to paper on computational modelling of kaolin clay behaviour
The 2023 BGA Medal has been awarded for a paper on “Particle-scale simulations of the compression and shearing of kaolin clay”.
BGA invites submissions for young geotechnical engineers’ poster competition
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) has put out a call for submissions for its Young Engineers' Poster Competition, run as part of its annual conference.
62nd Rankine Lecture: ‘Computational analysis is pivotal for addressing pressing issues in geotechnical design’
Rankine Lecturer Lidija Zdravković presented examples of research applying geotechnical analysis to address the sustainable development of society.
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