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75th Anniversary of the British Geotechnical Association and annual dinner

Event organised by The British Geotechnical Association

Date
15 October 2024
Time

This event has now ended

Overview

This year is 75 years since the origins of the British Geotechnical Association. In 1948 the council of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) decided to form a British National Society of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE) and the first official meeting of the society was held on 19th October 1949. In 1998 the ICE approached the then British Geotechnical Society (BGS) with a proposal to merge it with their Ground Board and the name was changed to the British Geotechnical Association (BGA) to make it clear that the newly formed body was different.

The BGA will officially celebrate its 75th Anniversary at One Great George Street in London with a special event that will include the 55th Cooling Prize, a lecture by professor Lord Robert Mair titled “Unusual tunnel collapses – the role of geotechnics”, and concluding with the 2nd BGA Annual Dinner in the Great Hall.

Prices

Membership Cost
ECG Member £40.00
BGA Member £120.00
Non-member £150.00

Organised by

British Geotechnical Association

British Geotechnical Association

The BGA is the UK's main association for geotechnical engineers, organising key events annually.

Platinum sponsor
WJ Group

WJ Group

WJ has been leading the way in dewatering, remediation and instrumentation since 1982.

Gold sponsor
Russell Geotechnical Innovations

Russell Geotechnical Innovations

RGI offers laboratory-based parameter determination of the highest quality required for the needs of modern design and construction.

Silver sponsor
SOCOTEC

SOCOTEC

SOCOTEC is the UK’s leading provider of testing, inspection and certification services with comprehensive solutions in the infrastructure, environment & safety, environmental science and building & real estate sectors.

Silver sponsor
Tensar

Tensar

Tensar Corporation provides customized, technology-based solutions for common site development applications on a global basis.

Silver sponsor
Coffey Geotechnics Limited

Coffey Geotechnics Limited

Coffey, a Tetra Tech Company – providing value throughout the asset lifecycle in the transport and property infrastructure, and energy and resources sectors.

Silver sponsor
Whiteford Geoservices

Whiteford Geoservices

Whiteford Geoservices is a specialist ground investigation contractor and consultant, providing bespoke geotechnical, geophysical and environmental services.

Silver sponsor
Jooce Marketing & PR

Jooce Marketing & PR

Provide the support of a dedicated marketing service & business development function, with the flexibility and financial freedom available through consultancy.

Silver sponsor
Geotechnical Observations Ltd

Geotechnical Observations Ltd

Our Mission Is to always provide the right structural or geotechnical monitoring solution and to install it to the highest standard so that our client...

Silver sponsor
Geotechnical Consulting Group

Geotechnical Consulting Group

GCG is one of world’s leading geotechnical consultancy and engineering firms. We have established a reputation for developing innovative geotechnical...

Programme

13:00 - 14:00

Registration accompanied by coffee/tea in the Great Hall

14:00 - 15:00

Welcome and reflections on the past 25 years

15:00 - 16:300

Cooling Prize Competition

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:00

Lecture by Lord Robert Mair

18:00 - 19:00

Reception in the Smeaton and Brunel Rooms

19:00 - 22:00

BGA dinner

Speaker

Professor Lord Robert Mair

Professor Lord Robert Mair

Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

director of research

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Professor Lord Robert Mair

Professor Lord Robert Mair is Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing professor of civil engineering and former head of civil and environmental engineering at Cambridge University. He read engineering at Clare College, Cambridge and subsequently obtained a PhD in 1979. Before his appointment as head of civil and environmental engineering in 1998, he had spent 25 years in industry, throughout which time he maintained and developed close links with the academic world. He is also one of the founding directors of the Geotechnical Consulting Group and past president of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Throughout his career he has advised on numerous civil engineering projects worldwide, specialising in underground construction – his principal research interest.

For more information please contact:

Shelly-Ann Russell

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