British Geotechnical Association

BGA Events and Meetings 2011/12

Date Event
4th July 2011 Michael Tomlinson Memorial. Location: ICE Smeaton Room; 2pm start; registration is required.
5th September 2011 British Tunnelling Society Young Members Meeting - Ground Treatment for Tunnelling Applications. Flyer. Location: ICE; 6.00pm start.
21st September 2011 Use of advanced soil models in practical design – debate. Flyer. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6.00pm start; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
12th October International Geosynthetics Society Invitational Lecture “Recent Developments in the Use of Geosynthetics in Marine Engineering” by Chris Lawson. Flyer. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
20th October Joint BGA and BTS meeting: Towards a Specification for the Ground - The use of Geotechnical Baseline Reports in the UK. Flyer. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
9th November Geotechnique Lecture: “Foundation design for offshore wind turbines” by Dr Byron Byrne. Flyer. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
2nd December Joint meeting with the Comite Francais de Mecanique des Sols et de Geotechnique (CFMS) in Paris. All day event on "The Observational method and large projects". Presentations from the meeting. Warning: zip file is 70MB.
7th December Fleming Award. Flyer: finalists & special lecture. Itinerary. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6pm. Followed by a drinks reception sponsored by Skanska.
11th January 2012 Joint Meeting with SECED: Seismic stability of deep excavations in dense urban areas, by Dr Nick O’Riordan. Meeting flyer. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
19th January 2012 BTS=BGA joint meeting: Long Term Tunnelling Induced Settlements. Meeting flyer. Recording of meeting webcast. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
8th February Joint BGA/Engineering Group of the Geological Society (EGGS) meeting on the Stockholm Immersed Tube Tunnel. Meeting flyer. Location: Geological Society.
20th February Joint meeting with EGGS: Managing Risk – The views of built environment professionals. An afternoon seminar at Burlington House. Meeting flyer. Website. Location: Geological Society.
21st February NAFEMS 1 day meeting: Case Hisotries of Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Meeting flyer. Location: East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.
March 43rd Cooling Prize Competition 2012. Call for papers. Rules. Location: Belfast.
21st March Research and Developments in Stiff Clays and Mudrocks. A half day seminar at Imperial college. Full details.
21st March 2012 Rankine Lecture by Prof Malcolm Bolton. Flyer. Dinner tickets application form. Location: Imperial College.
18th April Geotechnical Challenges associated with Hong Kong's current Infrastructure Programme. Meeting flyer. Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
26th April Engineering Geology & Geotechnics of the Olympics 2012: Challenges & Solutions. A joint meeting with the Thames Valley Regional and Engineering Groups of the Geological Society, the BGA & the ICE. Location: Eton College Rowing Centre, Dorney Lake, Windsor.
16th May John Mitchell Lecture given by Dr Michael Hendry, University of Alberta, & Dr David Hughes, Queen's University, Belfast Location: ICE; 6pm; Tea and biscuits from 5.30pm.
3 - 4 July Young Geotechnical Enginees Symposium. Location: University of Leeds.
19th September 10th BGA Annual Conference. Location: ICE; all day. Please note: you must register in advance for lunch.