British Geotechnical Association

BGA Events and Meetings 2010/11

Date Event
22nd September 2010 Geotechnical Engineering Lecture. Evaluation of innovative sprayed-concrete-lined tunnelling by Benoit Jones and Limited equilibrium assessment of drystone retaining structures by Chris Mundell. Flyer here. Location: ICE; 6.30pm start; Registration, tea and biscuits from 6pm.
6th October Joint BGA and OES meeting on Deep Water Soil Pipe Interaction. Flyer here. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
13th October **DATE CORRECTED** Internatioanl Geosynthetics Society, UK Chapter, 10th Invitation Lecture. Recent Developments in Reinforced Soil Wall Technologies by Dr Richard Bathurst. Flyer here. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
2nd - 4th November BGA Touring Lecture: Serge Varaksin on Concepts and Parameters Related to Ground Improvement. Flyer here. Location: Glasgow, Manchester & Oxford; times vary.
10th November Advanced Soil Models in Practical Design. Discussion Meeting. Flyer here. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
8th December Fleming Award with invited lecture by Dr Martin Pedley. Further information here. Location: ICE; 6pm.
12th January 2011 Recent Advances in Pavement Soil Mechanics. By Prof. Hai-Sui Yu, University of Nottingham. This is a change to the published programme and further information can be found here.Location: ICE; 6pm. Meeting playback now available.
9th February Joint BGA/Engineering Group of the Geological Society (EGGS). Ground Engineering Design & Construction for Offshore Wind Farms. Meeting playback now available.
15th March 42nd Cooling Prize Competition 2011. With special lecture by Professor Sarah Springman. Full details here. Entry details and competition rules. Location: Loughborough.
16th March Modelling ultimate limit states (ULS) in geotechnical finite element analysis. A half day seminar at Imperial college commencing at 13.30. Full details here.
16th March 2011 Rankine Lecture by Prof Scott Sloan: Geotechnical Stability Analysis. Location: Imperial College; Lecture at 17.00 with tea from 17.00. Rankine dinner tickets now available.
23rd March Eurocode 7 - Today and Tomorrow. Special one day symposium to be held in Cambridge ahead of the Eurocode 7 committee meeting (TC250/SC7). Full details of the programme and other information can be found on the symposium website with the booking form available here.
28th March ICE Paper Presentation: A Geological Disposal Facility for the UK’s Radioactive Wastes. Full details available here. Location: ICE; 6pm.
13th April Geotechnical aspects of the Airport Link, Northern Busway & Airport Roundabout Upgrade Project, Brisbane. BGA Discussion Meeting. Location: ICE; 6pm.
5th May Recent Advances in Monitoring & Instrumentation with Emphasis on Applications to Practical Engineering, Free 1-Day Symposium. Location: City University.
8th June 9th BGA Annual Conference. Location: ICE; all day. Please note: you must register in advance for lunch.
2nd December Joint meeting with the Comite Francais de Mecanique des Sols et de Geotechnique (CFMS) in Paris.