British Geotechnical Association

BGA Events and Meetings 2012/13

Date Event
8 - 9th August 2012 Near Surface Geophysical Group Workshop on Waterbourne high resolution geophysical techniques and their applications. Further details.
13th September 1st ISSMGE McClelland Lecture by Dr. James D. Murff on the topic of Estimating Capacity of Offshore Foundations. Meeting flyer. Location: Royal Geographical Society. Commences: 5.45pm; please arrive from 5.15pm.
19th September 10th BGA Annual Conference. Full programme and registration form. Location: ICE; all day. Please note: you must register in advance for lunch.
10th October BGA/IGS Joint Invitational Lecture. Have geosythetics changed geotechnical engineering? By John Greenwood. Meeting flyer. Meeting webcast recording. First Video. Second Video.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th November **EXTRA DATE ADDED** 2012 Touring Lecture: Energy Geotechnology, The Role of Geotechnical Engineers in the Energy Challenge by J. Carlos Santamarina. Presentation slides now available here. Location: Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Belfast.
14th November Geotechnical Engineering Lecture by Dr Benoit Jones on "Low-volume-loss tunneling for London ring main extension". Registration is required for this event. Click here for full details and to book your place. Webcast recording. Location: ICE; 6.30pm; Tea and biscuits from 6.00pm.
5th December Fleming Award Evening. Registration is required for this event. Click here for full details and to book your place. Meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6.00pm;
10th January 2013 Site characterisation in nearshore and offshore geotechnical projects. A joint BGA/OES evening meeting, presented by Joek Peuchen of Fugro. Please register for the event using the reply slip. Further details of the speaker and abstract are available here. Meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6.00pm; Refreshments from 5.30pm.
16th January 2013 John Mitchell Lecture by Dr Mourice Czerewko on "Assessment of pyritic Lower Lias mudrocks for earthworks". Registration is required for this event. Please see here for full details. Meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6.00pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
13th February From Empirism, through Theory to Problem Solving in Rock Engineering: London Version of the 6th Muller Lecture, given by Nick Barton. A joint meeting with Engineering Group of the Geological Society. Meeting flyer. Webcast recording. Location: ICE; 6.00pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
5th March 44th Cooling Prize Final with special lecture from David Muir Wood. Final details. Location: Glasgow.
20th March Pre-Rankine Seminar: Unsaturated soil slopes: from theory to practice. Full details of half day seminar. Includes an address from the ISSMGE President Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud. Location: Imperial College; 13.00pm to 16.30pm.
20th March 53rd Rankine Lecture. Soil Mechanics and the observational method: Challenges at the Zelazny Most copper tailings disposal facility by Professor Michele Jamiolkowski. Lecture flyer. pdf of presentation. Recording of webcast. Location: Imperial College; 5.30pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.00pm.
10th April Shard of Glass. Flyer. Webcast playback. Location: ICE; 6.00pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
22nd May Ground risk management: enhancing the value in the UK and the Netherlands. Flyer. Location: ICE; 6.00pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
13th June BGA Annual Conference. A celebration of the best of British geotechnics. Free for BGA members, but you must register in advance. Flyer. Location: ICE; full day event.