The CAPG in association with other ISSMGE groups has prepared a survey on possible overdesign in geotechnical practice. Return date for the survey is 2nd August 2019. Please note that all queries and responses should be sent to overdesign@issmge.org. Link to ISSMGE website.
The ASCE Seattle Section Geotechnical Group/Geo Institute Seattle Chapter will be hosting a two-day short course and seminar on Excavation Support and Dewatering on April 26 and 27, 2019 in Seattle, WA. For more information and to register for the events, please follow this link to the website: 2019 ASCE Seattle Geotech - Spring Seminar and Short Course.
18th Global Joint Seminar on Geo-Environmental Engineering (GEE) in Montreal, QC, May 30-31, 2019: Fifty abstracts have been received so far from Japan, France, South Korea, China, Philippines, US and Canada and paper submission is underway. The objective of the GEE is to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas and recent advances in the field of geo-environmental engineering.
GeoWorld is proud to announce that they are now 12,000+ members!
Western Geotechnical Centrifuge Opening & Symposium 2019: You are invited to the official opening and international symposium to celebrate the commissioning of the new Western Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University. The opening and a tour of the facilities will take place on Thursday, May 2, 2019, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. This will be followed by an international symposium on geotechnical centrifuge technology on the afternoon of Thursday, May 2 and throughout Friday, May 3, 2019.
The latest International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) e-newsletter is available at https://www.isrm.net/newsletter/?show=info
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering’s April 2019 ISSMGE News & Information Circular is available at https://www.issmge.org/news/issmge-news-information-circular-april-2019.
The Deep Foundations Institute’s March / April 2019 magazine Deep Foundations is available at http://dfi.dcatalog.com/v/March-April-2019/.
The Spring 2019 edition of the Canadian Dam Society’s Bulletin magazine is available at https://www.cdabulletin-digital.com/cdaq/0219_spring/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1473652#articleId1473652.
The current IAEG Newsletter of the International Association of Engineering Geology is available at https://www.iaeg.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IAEG_Electronic_Newsletter_2018_Issue-No4.pdf and the link for the bulletin is here: https://link.springer.com/journal/10064/78/3.