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Volume 6 - Contents
Volume 6 – Table des matières

The Conference Program Page 5

Le Programme du Congrès

The Conference Committees Page 13

Les Comités du Congrès

Final communiqué from the 18th ICSMGE Organizing and Scientific Committees Page 15
Communiqué final des comités d’organisation et scientifique de la 18ème CIMSG

The Conference sponsors Page 17

Les Sponsors du Congrès

The Technical Exhibition Page 19

L’Exposition technique

Conference Photo gallery Page 21

Photothèque du Congrès

List of participants Page 25

Liste des participants

ISSMGE Awards Recipients at the Paris Conference 2013 Page 73

French Innovations in Geotechnics: The National Research Projects Page 75

English translation of the Special Lecture in French, “Innovations Françaises en Géotechnique: les Projets
Nationaux de Recherche”, Proc 18th Int Conf Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Eng, Paris 2013, volume 1,
163-182.

Minutes of the Council Meeting held at Sheraton Centre Toronto, Canada - Sunday, 2nd October 2011 Page 95

Minutes of the Council Meeting held at the Palais de Congrès, Paris, France - Sunday, 1st September 2013 Page 229

The 5th international Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference - iYGEC 2013 Page 345
Le 5ème Congrès International des Jeunes Ingénieurs Géotechniciens - iYGEC 2013

APPENDIX / 18th ICSMGE full detailed program booklet Page 351

ANNEXE / Livret du programme détaillé du 18ème CIMSG

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The Conference Program

Le programme du Congrès

1 GLOBAL PROGRAM / PROGRAMME GLOBAL

1.1 Plenary sessions / Sessions plénières

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1.2 Discussion sessions and workshops / Sessions de discussion et ateliers

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1.3 Technical visits and French-speaking event / Visites techniques et événement francophone

2 FORUM / FORUM
The forum, held as a plenary session on Tuesday September 3, 2013, was dedicated to Research, Innovation & Practice.
Le forum, qui s’est tenu en session plénière le mardi 3 septembre 2013, a eu pour thème : Recherche, Innovation & Pratique.
Co-Chairs / Présidents: D. Zekkos (USA), M. Lisyuk (Russia).
Speakers / Intervenants: J.-L. Briaud (USA), S. Springman (Switzerland), S. Pathmanandavel (Australia), S. Borel (France).

3 FRENCH-SPEAKING EVENT / EVENEMENT FRANCOPHONE

Ce colloque d’une demi-journée s’est tenu le vendredi 6 septembre 2013 au Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers à Paris.

Horaire Thème Conférencier

13h30- 14h00 Accueil
Président de séance : C. Plumelle
14h00 - 14h10 Présentation de la demi-journée C. Plumelle
14h10- 14h 25 Le rôle de l’UISF/UNESCO E. Absi
14h25- 14h40 Référentiels techniques : normes, livres et guides techniques dans les F. Depardon
pays francophones
14h 40 – 15h15 Conférence générale sur l’enseignement de la géotechnique dans les JP. Magnan
pays francophones
15h15- 15h30 Le partage des ressources documentaires: Revue française de
géotechnique, Lettre de la géotechnique, le site internet : Géotechnique P. Mestat
francophone
Pause de 15h30 à 16h00
Table ronde présidée par J.P. Magnan
Thèmes : I.K Cissé, Ecole Polytechnique de Thies (Sénégal)
16h 00 – 17h15  Enseignement I. Manoliu, Université de Génie Civil de Bucarest (Roumanie)
 Référentiels techniques J. Martinez, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes
 Ressources documentaires et (France)
site internet C. Plumelle, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (France)
M.E Rahhal, Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (Liban)
A.M Tang, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech (France)
J-F Thimus, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgique)
17h15– 18h00 Visite de l’exposition sur les défis de la géotechnique « Les dessous des grands travaux »
18h00 Cocktail dans la galerie d’honneur et le salon d’honneur

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5 TECHNICAL VISITS / VISITES TECHNIQUES

4 GEOTECHNICAL EXHIBITION / EXPOSITION On Friday the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics
GEOTECHNIQUE and Geotechnical Engineering focused on various technical
visits listed below.
The major works hidden agenda - June 25, 2013 to June 24, Le vendredi, le 18ème Congrès International de Mécanique des
2018 Sols et de Géotechnique, a mis l’accent sur différentes visites
This installation on geotechnical themes, is proposed by the techniques énumérées ci-dessous.
French Committee for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering and its partners, within the “Musée des Arts et  Tramway T6 – Underground stations in Viroflay
Métiers” in Paris, for the first time in France and abroad. Tramway T6 – Gares souterraines de Viroflay
The exhibition reflects the expertise of French consultants and  High-speed railway Bretagne-Pays de Loire: presentation of
companies in the field of geotechnical engineering by the project and sites visits near Le Mans
presenting works chosen for the technical and human feat they Ligne Grande Vitesse Bretagne Pays de Loire : présentation
illustrate. du projet et visites de chantiers près du Mans
The installation aims to encourage vocations to the business of
geotechnical, by teaching demonstration of construction  ZAC Clichy-Batignolles: a new district in Paris
techniques. (presentation of the project and site visits)
Installed in two separate rooms in the Museum “des arts et ZAC Clichy-Batignolles : un nouveau quartier parisien
Métiers” the statement holds: (présentation du projet et visites)
 The “news” room from June 25, 2013 to January 5, 2014
 Two rooms in Construction collection area until June 24,  Austerlitz-Tolbiac-Massena: a new district in Paris on the
2018. railways tracks of the Austerlitz station (presentation of the
Each Major work presented is documented in texts, project and site visits)
photographs, movies or “object tools”. We discover, for Projet Austerlitz Tolbiac Massena : un nouveau quartier
example, how was held in Paris, the rescue of the “Grand parisien sur les voies de chemin de fer de la gare
Palais”, threatened to collapse, why the Tower of Pisa leans or d’Austerlitz
how planes take off and land on a silty soil (Airbus site in  High-speed railway Tours - Bordeaux: presentation of the
Hamburg). In the halls of the Museum permanent collection, project and site visit near Tours
panoramic images show large bridges, iconic building structures Ligne Grande Vitesse Tour - Bordeaux : présentation du
with major geotechnical engineering. projet et visite de chantier près de Tours
The space devoted to construction techniques after 1950 hosts
posters explaining the major work of the A86 Duplex tunnel,  Underground stormwater retention tank in Saint-Denis (near
unique construction in Europe, and the TBM model, one of the the Stade de France)
main pieces of the collection. Bassin d’orage souterrain à St Denis (près du Stade de
France)
Les dessous des grands travaux - 25 juin 2013 au 24 juin 2018  Underground limestone quarries under Paris: catacombs and
Cette installation thématique sur la géotechnique, proposée par consolidation
le Comité français de Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique et Carrières souterraines de calcaire sous Paris : catacombes
ses partenaires au sein du Musée des Arts et Métiers à Paris, et consolidation
est une première en France et à l’étranger.
L’exposition-dossier témoigne du savoir-faire des bureaux  Bridges of Paris: a guided tour on the River Seine
d’études et entreprises français dans le domaine de la Ponts de Paris : croisière commentée sur la Seine
géotechnique en présentant des ouvrages choisis pour la
prouesse technique et humaine qu’ils illustrent.
L’installation vise ainsi à encourager les vocations pour les
métiers de la géotechnique, par la démonstration pédagogique
de techniques de construction.
Installée en deux lieux distincts du Musée des arts et métiers, la
présentation occupe :
 la salle d’actualités du 25 juin 2013 au 5 janvier 2014
 deux espaces de la collection Construction jusqu’au 24 juin
2018.
Chaque chantier présenté est documenté par des textes, des
photographies, des outils ou des films. On découvre par
exemple comment a eu lieu, à Paris, le sauvetage du Grand
Palais, menacé d’effondrement ; pourquoi la Tour de Pise
penche ou comment les avions décollent et atterrissent sur un
sol vaseux (chantier du site Airbus à Hambourg).
Dans les salles de la collection permanente, des images
panoramiques de grands ponts illustrent la construction
emblématique d’ouvrages d’art, grand domaine de la
géotechnique.
L’espace consacré aux techniques de construction après 1950
accueille des panneaux explicatifs sur le vaste chantier du
tunnel Duplex A86, construction unique en Europe et la
maquette animée d’un tunnelier, pièce phare de la collection.

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The Conference Committees

Les Comités du Congrès

1 CONFERENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ICSMGE) / COMITÉ CONSULTATIF (SIMSG)

President: Jean-Louis Briaud (ISSMGE President)
Members: Ivan Vanicek (Vice President Europe), Neil Taylor (General Secretary), Mamdouh Hamza (17ICSMGE Chairman), Pedro
Seco e Pinto (ISSMGE Immediate Past President), Suzanne Lacasse (President of the Technical Oversight Committee), Roger Frank
(18ICSMGE President of the Strategic Advisory Committee), Philippe Mestat (18ICSMGE President of the Conference Organizing
Committee), Alain Guilloux (18ICSMGE Vice President of the Conference Organizing Committee).

2 CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE / COMITÉ D’ORGANISATION DU CONGRÈS

President: Philippe Mestat
Vice President: Alain Guilloux
Members: Séverine Beaunier, Valérie Bernhardt, Nathalie Borie, Laurent Briançon, Yu-Jun Cui, Pierre Delage, Jacques Desrues,
François Depardon, Philippe Gotteland, Pierre Habib, Roger Frank, Philippe Liausu, Stéphane Monleau, Claude Plumelle, Alain
Puech, Jacques Robert, Frédéric Rocher Lacoste, David Remaud, Françoise Ropers, François Schlosser.

3 STRATEGIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE / COMITÉ STRATÉGIQUE CONSULTATIF

President: Roger Frank
Vice President: Alain Puech

4 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE / COMMISSION SCIENTIFIQUE

President: François Schlosser
Vice Presidents: Jacques Desrues, Pierre Delage
Members: Dietmar Adams, Dominique Allagnat, Eduardo Alonso, Gabriel Auvinet, Mounir Bouassida, Malek Bouazza, Sylvie
Bretelle, Denys Breysse, Bernardo Caicedo, Robert Charlier, Christophe Chevalier, Alain Corfdir, Michael Davies, Peter Day, Hervé
Di Benedetto, Claudio Di Prisco, Rich Finno, Etienne Flavigny, Bertrand François, Roger Frank, Jean-Jacques Fry, Christophe
Gaudin, Antonio Gens, Antonio Gomez-Correia, Roland Gourvès, Yves Guerpillon, Pierre Yves Hicher, Robert Holtz, Catherine
Jacquard, Richard Jardine, Richard Kastner, Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak, Zoubeir Lafhaj, Serge Lambert, Eric Leber, Serge Leroueil,
Michael Lisyuk, Juan Martinez, Farimah Masrouri, Hormoz Modaressi, Arezou Modaressi, Franz Molenkamp, David Muir Wood,
Charles Ng, Fusao Oka, Trevor Orr, Olivier Pal, Anne Pantet, Manolo Pastor, Alain Puech, Françoise Ropers, Pierre Schmitt, Bruno
Simon, Claudio Tamagnini, Jean-François Thimus, Luc Thorel, Christos Tsatsanifos, Serge Varaksin, Laurent Vulliet.
* The Scientific Committee acknowledges the contribution of the following persons to the edition of the Proceedings: P. Bésuelle, M.
Boulon, S. Burlon, J. Canou, C. Chevalier, G. Combe, J.C. Dupla, S. Hemmati, O. Jenck, A. Le Kouby, O. Plé, A. Pouya, S. Salager,
J. Sulem.

5 COMMITTEE FOR THE FRENCH-SPEAKING WORLD / COMMISSION POUR LA FRANCOPHONIE

President: Jean-Pierre Magnan
Vice Presidents: Claude Plumelle, Mounir Bouassida

6 COMMITTEE FOR SPONSORS AND EXHIBITION / COMMISSION POUR LES SPONSORS ET L’EXPOSITION
President: Valérie Bernhardt
Vice President: Jacques Robert

7 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 5TH YOUNG GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS CONFERENCE (5TH IYGEC) /
COMITÉ D’ORGANISATION DU 5ÈME CONGRÈS DES JEUNES GÉOTECHNICIENS (CIJG)
President: Yu-Jun Cui
Vice President: Fabrice Emeriault
Members: Fahd Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel, Michael Reboul, Anh Minh Tang, Séverine Beaunier.

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Final communiqué from the 18th ICSMGE Organizing and Scientific Committees
Communiqué final des comités d’organisation et scientifique de la 18ème CIMSG
V. Bernhardt, P. Delage, R. Frank, P. Mestat, J. Robert
1 FINAL COMMUNIQUE
The 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (18th ICSMGE) took place from 2 to
6 September 2013 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris (France). It
has been organized by the French Society for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) and resulted in a very
successful event. The 18th ICSMGE was preceded by the 5th
International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference
(iYGEC 2013) held from 31st of August to 1st of September at
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech at Marne-la-Vallée, close to Paris.
The 5th iYGEC brought together 164 participants from 57
countries (see report by Professor Yu-Jun Cui, Chair of the
iYGEC).
On Sunday 1st of September, the 80 Member Societies
attending or being represented elected the new President of the
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (ISSMGE) for four years. Professor Roger Frank
(Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France) was elected, succeeding
Professor Jean- Louis BRIAUD (Texas A&M university, USA).
The CFMS, who nominated Professor Roger Frank, warmly
congratulates him and will strongly support his action
throughout his four years term. At the same meeting, Seoul
(South Korea) was selected as the host city of the next
International Conference in 2017.
The 18th ICSMGE was quite a great success, with indeed a
large attendance of 2081 participants in total, 179
accompanying persons and 87 exhibitors. Four Partners, one
Platinum sponsor and 15 Gold sponsors significantly supported
the Conference. 1875 participants were registered for the
scientific sessions. The 12 plenary sessions on Monday and
Tuesday brought together up to 1650 participants.
It seems that it is the first time that an ICSMGE brings
together so many people with rooms full of delegates during
both plenary and parallel sessions. The Organising Committee
of the 18th ICSMGE warmly thanks all delegates, as they made
the Conference so successful thanks to the scientific quality of
the oral and poster presentations, and to the lively discussions
made during the parallel sessions.
The structure and organisation of the Paris 2013 Conference
was significantly different from that of previous ICSMGEs,
with a paramount role devoted to the Technical Committees
(TCs) of the ISSMGE, as initially suggested by Pdt J.L. Briaud.
During the two first days, besides the Terzaghi Oration
delivered by Suzanne Lacasse, 6 Honour lectures were
delivered by outstanding colleagues selected by various TCs.
Under the guidance of the Scientific Committee, TCs also
played a key role in managing the papers that had been accepted
to the Conference through the Member Societies. TCs
nominated the General Reporters who presented a synthesis of
the papers presented. They also selected the papers for the oral
presentations in the 28 Discussion Sessions that were held
during the third and the fourth day of the Conference, as well as
for poster presentations.
Another specificity that is believed to have fostered the
technical and scientific interest of delegates and the large
attendance to sessions was the ability given to TCs to organise,
as parallel sessions, their own Workshops on their topic, on a
completely free basis. 19 high quality TC Workshops were
hence organised that were not dependent on the papers
submitted to the Conference. These Workshops could also
provide some openings and perspectives on emerging themes
that were not necessarily addressed by the papers submitted to
the Conference. As an example, whereas very few papers were
submitted in the topic of Sustainability, the Workshop organised
by the recently created TC307 was very well attended with quite
fruitful exchanges and discussions. In this regard, the
Conference helped opening new perspectives, besides standard
(and important) topics that are currently addressed in
Geotechnical Engineering (unsurprisingly, Deep Foundations
and Soil-structure interactions were the topic most dealt with by
the Conference papers). Also, the founding meeting of a new
TC devoted to Geo-energy (TC308) was held during the
Conference, together with many other TC meetings.
The Conference also hosted 8 Special sessions on various
topics, as seen in the program. The competence and strong
motivation of the TCs in the organisation of both the parallel
Discussion Sessions and Workshops (that were followed in
average by 800 persons) certainly played a key role in the high
scientific quality and large attendance during the Conference.
The Scientific Committee of the 18th ICSMGE does want to
emphasize and warmly acknowledge the strong commitment of
the TCs in the success of the Conference. This experience is
certainly to be renewed in the future.
The four volumes of the Proceedings of the 18th ICSMGE
(3486 pages, plus the table of contents and the index of authors)
contain the Terzaghi Oration, the Honour Lectures, the Special
Lectures, followed by the written contributions presented
according to the TC they refer to, and introduced by the TC
General Report. More than half of the 772 written contributions
were either presented orally during the discussion sessions (173)
or exposed during the poster sessions (230). These four volumes
together with a fifth one including some missing papers are
available online free of charge through the websites of CFMS
(www.geotechnique.org) and ISSMGE (www.issmge.org).
Many pictures taken during the sessions and breaks are also
available on the CFMS website (www.geotechnique.org).
The 7 technical visits on Friday 6th of September brought
together about 133 participants. The Francophone event that
took place at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
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(CNAM) on Friday afternoon, gathered 64 participants on the
topic "Francophone Geotechnics: education and sharing of
knowledge”.
On a financial point of view, the large attendance to the
Conference should provide some benefits that CFMS will use to
promote geotechnical engineering and geotechnical engineers in
countries needing financial support. A support to the ISSMGE
foundation will also be provided.
The Geotechnical Exhibition entitled "Underneath ground"
presented in the CNAM Museum opened 2 months before the
Conference and will last 5 years more. It is already a great
success with many young visitors attending. Hopefully, this
Exhibition will attract more young talents towards Ground
engineering professions in France and abroad! A virtual visit of
the Geotechnical Exhibition can be found through Google and
Apple apps.
2 COMMUNIQUÉ FINAL
Le 18ème Congrès International de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique (18ème CIMSG), organisé du 2 au 6 septembre
2013 au Palais des Congrès de la Porte Maillot (Paris) par le
Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique
(CFMS), s’est déroulé dans de très bonnes conditions. Il a été
précédé par le congrès iYGEC (congrès des jeunes
géotechniciens désignés par les sociétés nationales) du 31 août
au 1er septembre à l’Ecole des Ponts ParisTech à Marne-la-
Vallée, à proximité de Paris. Ce congrès a réuni 164 participants
de 57 pays (voir le rapport du Professeur Yu Jun Cui, Président
du Comité d’organisation).
Le dimanche 1er septembre, les 80 sociétés nationales
présentes ou représentées ont élu le nouveau président de la
Société Internationale de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique (SIMSG) pour 4 ans : l’heureux élu est Roger
FRANK (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France) qui succède à
Jean-Louis BRIAUD (Université Texas A&M, USA). Bien
entendu, le CFMS, qui avait proposé sa candidature, le félicite
et le soutiendra dans sa tâche tout au long des 4 années de son
mandat.
A cette même réunion, il a été choisi la ville hôte du
prochain congrès de 2017 : il s’agit de Séoul (Corée du Sud).
La participation au 18ème CIMSG a été un franc succès :
1875 inscrits, 2017 participants, 179 personnes
accompagnantes, 96 pays représentés, 87 exposants dont nos 4
partenaires, un sponsor Platine et 15 sponsors Or. Un grand
merci à eux sans qui la manifestation n’aurait pas pu être
organisée.
Le 18ème CIMSG a été un grand succès avec une audience
très nombreuse de 2081 participants au total, avec 179
personnes accompagnantes et 87 exposants. Quatre partenaires,
un sponsor Platine et 15 sponsors Or ont soutenu financièrement
le Congrès. 1875 délégués ont été relevés ors des séances
scientifiques. Les 12 sessions plénières de lundi 2 et mardi 3
septembre ont réuni 1650 participants. C’est probablement la
première fois qu’un CIMSG réunit autant de participants, avec
des salles bien remplies et une audience attentive, autant
pendant les séances plénières que parallèles. Le Comité
d’organisation du 18ème CIMSG remercie chaleureusement tous
les participants car ils ont permis la réalisation d’un congrès
réussi et fructueux, tant par la qualité scientifique des
présentations orales et de posters que par les discussions
animées pendant les sessions parallèles.
La structure et l’organisation du Congrès de Paris a été
différente de celle des précédents Congrès Internationaux de
Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique, avec un rôle essentiel
dévolu aux Comités Techniques (CT) de la SIMSG, comme
suggéré initialement par le Pdt J.L. Briaud. Pendant les deux
premiers jours, à côté de l’allocution Terzaghi prononcée par
Suzanne Lacasse, 6 conférences honorifiques ont été donnée par
d’éminents collègues sélectionnés par les CTs. Sous la direction
du Comité Scientifique, les CTs ont aussi joué un rôle essentiel
dans la gestion des communications acceptées au Congrès par
les Sociétés Membres. Les CTs ont nommé les rapporteurs
généraux qui ont présenté une synthèse des contributions au
Congrès. Ils ont aussi sélectionné les communications pour les
présentations orales lors des 28 Sessions de discussions tenues
en parallèle les troisième et quatrième jours du Congrès, ainsi
que les présentations en poster.
Une autre caractéristique qui a probablement renforcé
l’intérêt scientifique et technique des délégués et la large
audience aux sessions est probablement la possibilité laissée aux
CTs d’organiser en toute indépendance leur propres Workshops
sur le thème. 19 Workshops de grande qualité ont ainsi été
montés, indépendamment des communications du Congrès. Ces
workshops ont aussi permis des ouvertures et des mises en
perspectives sur des thèmes émergents qui n’étaient pas
nécessairement abordés par les communications du Congrès.
Ainsi, alors que très peu de communications traitaient de
Développement soutenable, le Workshop organisé par le jeune
CT307 a été très suivi avec de fructueux échanges. A cet égard,
le Congrès a permis d’ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives, à côté
de thèmes géotechniques plus classiques et importants (comme
on pouvait s’y attendre, les thèmes les plus abordés dans les
communications ont concerné les fondations profondes et les
ouvrages de soutènement). Le Congrès a aussi été le siège de la
réunion fondatrice du nouveau CT dédié aux Géo-énergies
(TC308), ainsi que de nombreuses autres réunions de CTs.
Le Congrès a aussi accueilli 8 sessions spéciales sur des
thèmes variés que l’on retrouvera dans le programme. La
compétence et la motivation forte des CTs dans l’organisation
des Sessions de discussion et des Workshops (qui furent suivis
par en moyenne 800 personnes) ont certainement joué un rôle
majeur dans la haute qualité scientifique et l’audience
nombreuse qui a caractérisé le Congrès. La Commission
scientifique du Congrès tient à souligner cet engagement fort
des TCs et à les en remercier chaleureusement. Cette expérience
est certainement à renouveler dans le futur.
Les quatre volumes des actes du 18ème CIMSG (3486 pages
plus la table des matières et l’index des auteurs) contiennent
l’Allocution Terzaghi, les Conférences Honorifiques, les
Conférences spéciales, suivies des contributions écrites, réunies
par CT et précédées du rapport général du CT. Plus de la moitié
des 772 contributions écrites ont fait l’objet d’une présentation
orale (173) ou d’un poster (230). Les actes sont téléchargeables
gratuitement sur le site du CFMS (www.geotechnique.org ) et
de la SIMSG (www.issmge.org). Les photos du Congrès sont
également disponibles sur le site du CFMS
(www.geotechnique.org).
Les sept visites techniques du vendredi 06/09 ont réuni
globalement 133 participants environ. L’évènement
francophone, qui s’est déroulé au Conservatoire National des
Arts et Métiers (CNAM) le vendredi 6 septembre après midi, a
réuni 64 participants sur le thème « Géotechnique francophone :
enseignement et partage des savoirs ».
Financièrement, la forte participation au Congrès devrait
permettre de dégager une marge que le CFMS utilisera pour
promouvoir la géotechnique et les géotechniciens des pays qui
ont besoin d’aide. Il est également prévu de faire un don à la
fondation de la SIMSG.
L’exposition géotechnique « Les dessous des grands
travaux », montée au musée du CNAM à l’occasion du congrès,
est ouverte depuis le 24 juin pour 6 mois pour une partie et 5
ans pour l’autre partie. Elle remporte un vif succès auprès des
jeunes visiteurs : elle devrait permettre d’orienter vers nos
métiers de la « terre » une partie des futures forces vives de
notre pays (et d’autres pays également !). Il est possible de faire
une visite virtuelle de cette exposition par l’intermédiaire
d’applications Google et Apple.
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The Conference sponsors

Les sponsors du Congrès

1 PARTNERS / PARTENAIRES

 
 
 
 
2 PLATINUM SPONSOR / SPONSOR PLATINUM

3 GOLD SPONSORS / SPONSORS GOLD

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The Technical Exhibition
L’exposition technique
1 INTRODUCTION / INTRODUCTION
A 5000 m2 technical exhibition has been organized at the
Conference venue for the full duration of the Conference. It was
an opportunity to meet experts, professionals and companies to
discuss experiences, national and international practices, to
learn about new projects and innovations from different
countries and to strengthen ties within the geotechnical
engineering professional community.
Stands and Posters presented during the two last days were
located beside the amphitheaters close to walkways and food
areas, offering natural and friendly discussion and meeting
points for the exhibitors and the Conference participants.
2 EXHIBITION MAP / PLAN DE L’EXPOSITION
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L’exposition technique s’est tenue dans le hall Maillot sur
5.000 m2 pendant toute la durée du Congrès. Elle a permis aux
participants de rencontrer des experts, des professionnels, des
entreprises, d’échanger des expériences, de discuter des
pratiques nationales et internationales, de connaître de nouveaux
projets, de découvrir des innovations en provenance des
différents pays et de renforcer les liens entre les professionnels
de la géotechnique.
Les stands et les posters pour les deux derniers jours étaient
situés près des amphithéâtres, des lieux de passage et de
restauration. Ils constituaient autant d’endroits de discussion et
de rencontre entre les exposants et les participants au Congrès.
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3 EXHIBITORS LIST / LISTE DES EXPOSANTS

A. P. VAN DEN BERG 55 ROCTEST 48

ACE GEOSYNTHETICS 10 SDMT - MARCHETTI 23
GROUPE ALIOS / SOL-ESSAIS 71 SEDIDRILL 40
ALLNAMICS PILE TESTING EXPERTS 70 SIGICOM 63
ANDRA 73 SIREG 16
ANTEA GROUP 77 SISGEO SRL - ITALY 85
APAGEO - GEOMATECH 28 SOL SOLUTION 49-50-51
ARCADIS 25 SOLDATA 79
ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES 96 SOLS MESURES 31
BENTLEY SYSTEMS 84 SOLETANCHE BACHY 57
BONAR 74 SPIE FONDATIONS 44
CAMBRIDGE INSITU LIMITED 1 TAYLOR & FRANCIS » 37
CATHIE ASSOCIATES 56 THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND
FRENCH UNIVERSITIES 81 TECHNOLOGY 17
CONTROLAB 19 TENCATE GEOSYNTHETICS FRANCE SAS 29
CONTROLS 45 TENSAR INTERNATIONAL 6
DECAGON DEVICES 82 TERRASOL - SETEC 34
DELTARES 86 TERRE ARMEE INTERNATIONALE 61
DURHAM GEO SLOPE INDICATOR 65 TNO DIANA BV 67
EDICO BETO CONCEPT 26 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING 78
EGIS GEOT ECHNIQUE 62 URETEK 69
ENCARDIO-RITE 68 USG 95
FAYAT FONDATIONS 24 VJ TECH 30
FIBERWEB 11-12 WILLE GEOTECHNIK 92-93
FINE S.R.O 36
FONDASOL 42
FORALOC / TECHNIDRILL 9
FORDIA EUROPE 38-39
FREYSSINET 60
FUGRO GEOT ECHNIQUE 87-88
GDS INSTRUMENTS 32-33
GEOBRUGG AG 14
GEOKON INC 76
GEOMIL EQUIPMENT 7
GEOSLOPE 98
GROUPE GÉOTEC 66
GINGER GROUPE 2
G-OCTOPUS 83
GTS 41
HERRENKNECHT AG 8
HUESKER 3
HYDROGEOT ECHNIQUE 94
IFSTTAR 22
COFRA-LANKELMA-KOOP 52-53
INT’L IGM 89
IPC GLOBAL 27
ISCHEBECK FRANCE 18
ISSMGE 97
ITASCA 75
ITECH 35
JEAN LUTZ SA 91
KELLER FONDATIONS SPECIALES 72
KEYNETIX LTD 47
LIEBHERR 80
LUSAS 90
TEXINOV GEOT EXTILES 64
MEASURAND - SITES 20
MENARD 58-59
NAUE 4
PLATIPUS ANCHORS LTD 15
PINTO 46
PLAXIS BV 5
PROFUND BV 54
RINCENT BTP SERVICES 21
ROCSCIENCE INC. 43

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Conference Photo gallery

Photothèque du Congrès

Figure 1. The « Palais des Congrès » / Le Palais des Congrès. Figure 2. Registration desk / Zone d’enregistrement.

 
Figure 3. Opening session of the Conference in the Great Amphitheatre of the “Palais des Congrès” /
Cérémonie d’ouverture du Congrès dans le Grand Amphithéâre du Palais des Congrès.

Figure 4. Philippe Mestat, President of the French Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) and Chairman of the
Conference / Philippe Mestat, Président du Comité Français de
Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique (CFMS) et Président du Comité
d’Organisation du Congrès.
Figure 5. Jean-Louis Briaud, President of the International Society for
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (2009-2013) /
Jean-Louis Briaud, Président de la Société Internationale de Mécanique
des Sols et de Géotechnique (2009-2013).

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Figure 6. Suzanne Lacasse, Terzaghi Oration / Figure 7. View of the exhibition hall / Vue du hall d’exposition.
Suzanne Lacasse, Allocution Terzaghi.

   
Figure 9. Welcome reception (Monday evening) /
Figure 8. Cultural event (Monday evening) /
Réception de bienvenue (lundi soir). 
Evénement culturel (lundi soir).

Figure 10. Awards Ceremony / Cérémonie de remise des prix.

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Figure 11. Forum Research, Innovation & Practice / Forum Recherche, Innovation et Pratique.

 
Figure 12. Gala dinner at Pavillon Dauphine (Tuesday evening) / Dîner de gala au Pavillon Dauphine (mardi soir).

   
Figure 13. A parallel session in Room Maillot / Figure 14. Poster presentation in the corridors leading to the parallel
Une session parallèle en salle Maillot. sessions / Posters affichés dans les couloirs menant aux salles des
sessions parallèles.

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Figure 15. Closing Ceremony / Jean-Louis Briaud, President of ISSMGE (2009-2013) and Roger Frank, President-elect of ISSMGE (2013-2017) /
Cérémonie de clôture / Jean-Louis Briaud, Président de la SIMSG (2009-2013) et Roger Frank, Président élu de la SIMSG (2013-2017).

 
Figure 16. The Organising Committee of the Conference / Le Comité d’Organisation du Congrès.

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List of participants
Liste des participants

Last name / Nom First name / Prénom Organization / Organisme Country / Pays
ABADI Taufan University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
ABADIE Christelle University of Oxford UNITED KINGDOM
ABBAS MOULOUD LABORATOIRE DES TRAVAUX ALGERIA
PUBLICS DE L'EST
ABBOUD Antoine STS Consultants LEBANON
ABD ELGADIR OSMAN GEOLOGICAL RESEEARCH SUDAN
AUTHORITY OF SUDAN (GRAS)
ABDALLA Abdel Magid SUDAN KHARTOUM AIRPORT SUDAN
ABDELMOHSEN Mohamed Hisham Alexandria University EGYPT
ABDENBI Omar TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS FRANCE
ABDOU MAHAMADOU INDEPENDANT SENEGAL
ABE Keita Railway technical research institute JAPAN
ABSI Elie UNESCO - UISF FRANCE
ABU SARA Abd Alla SUDAN PILE SUDAN
ACHMUS Martin Leibniz University Hannover GERMANY
ACOSTA MARTINEZ HUGO AECOM Australia AUSTRALIA
ADAM Dietmar Vienna University of Technology AUSTRIA
ADEGOROYE MOSES ADEBOBOLA BALIKIS AND CLAUDIA LTD. NIGERIA
ADEYERA OLALEKAN OSUN STATE HOSPITAL OKEOGBO NIGERIA
ADEKUNLE
ADON MANO Alios FRANCE
ADRIAN Rose VJ Tech Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
ADUN Osas augforth nigeria limited NIGERIA
AFFANE Latifa SNCF FRANCE
AGG Charles Platipus UNITED KINGDOM
AGUADO Pascal APAVE FRANCE
AHMED ELFATIH ESD SUDAN
AHNBERG Helen Swedish Geotechnical Institute SWITZERLAND
AH-RAM Kim KAIST KOREA
AIGUO Li The University of Hong Kong CHINA
AIT SAADI LOTFI Controlab FRANCE
AIXIN Chen BGI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CHINA
LTD.
AJAYI Olufemi University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
AKAGI Hirokazu Waseda University JAPAN
AKCAKAL Onder Zetas Zemin Teknolojisi AS TURKEY

AKIN Serhan TenCate Geosynthetics Austria Ges.m.b.H. AUSTRIA

AKLIK Pelin University of Natural Resources and Life AUSTRIA
Sciences, Vienna
AKOU Yasmina RATP - ING FRANCE
AKPILA Scott University NIGERIA

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AKROUCH Ghassan Texas A&M University USA

AKSOY Salih Geomed AS TURKEY
ALAOUI M'HAMDI Mouhsine LPEE MAROCCO
ALBA Jean Michel SOL ESSAIS FRANCE
ALBERTARIO Bruno TenCate Geosynthetics Italia Srl ITALY
ALBERTI SIMONA TRE Srl ITALY
ALBUQUERQUE Paulo UNICAMP BRAZIL
AL-DAMLUJI Omar al-Farouk AECOM UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
ALDERLIESTE Etienne SPT Offshore NETHERLANDS
ALEKHIN Alexey URAL STATE UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA
RAILWAYS
ALEKSANDROVYCH VADYM Ukrainian National University of Urban UKRAINE
Economy by O.M. Beketov
ALEMAN Juan de Dios Comision Federal de Electricidad MEXICO
ALEXANDER Gavin Beca Ltd NEW ZEALAND
ALEXIEW Dimiter HUESKER Synthetic GmbH GERMANY
ALFARO Alejandra Universidad de Chile CHILE
ALIMI ICHOLA Ibrahim LGCIE INSA-LYON FRANCE
ALLAERT Karel Jan DE NUL n.v. BELGIUM
ALLAGNAT Dominique EGIS STRUCTURES ET FRANCE
ENVIRONNEMENT
ALLEIRE Yann Fiberweb FRANCE
ALLEN SHELLEY TAYLOR & FRANCIS UNITED KINGDOM
ALLKJA Skender A.L.T.E.A. & Geostudio2000 ALBANIA
ALMEIDA Marcio Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de BRAZIL
Janeiro
ALMEIDA Maria FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE BRAZIL
JANEIRO
ALONSO Eduardo VP Catalunya SPAIN
Al-Saoudi Namir University of Technology IRAQ
AL-TABBAA Abir Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM
ALTAZIN Christian GTS FRANCE
ALVA HURTADO Jorge Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería PERU
ALVAREZ-CASTRO Aquilino Acciona Infraestructuras SPAIN
ALVES Aurélie SYSTRA FRANCE
ALVES FERNANDES Vinicius SNCF FRANCE
AMERATUNGA Jay Coffey Geotechnics AUSTRALIA
AMORIM MARINA FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAZIL
PERNAMBUCO
AMOROSO Sara University of L'Aquila ITALY
AMPADU S.I. KOFI KNUST GHANA
ANDERSEN Anders T. S. Per Aarsleff A/S DENMARK
ANDERSEN Knut H. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NORWAY
ANDò Edward Laboratoire 3SR FRANCE
ANDREI Antoine FONDASOL FRANCE
ANDREOLI JEAN-CHARLES SPIE FONDATIONS FRANCE
ANDRESEN Lars NGI NORWAY
ANG KOH AN GDS Instruments Sdn Bhd MALAYSIA
ANIELLO Gian Pietro Sol Solution FRANCE
ANISKIN Aleksej Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering UKRAINE
and Architecture
ANNARUMMA Geoffrey APAGEO FRANCE

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ANSA Oihane INTERMAS SPAIN

ANSAL Atilla Ozyegin University TURKEY
ANTOINET Eric Antea France FRANCE
ANTONAKOS GEORGIOS O.T.M. SA ENGINEERING GREECE
CONSULTING COMPANY
APREA Antonella Studio Prof. Marchetti ITALY
ARAB Rabah HUESKER France SAS FRANCE
ARAUJO Gregorio University of Brasilia BRAZIL
ARAUJO CORREIA Antonio PORTUGAL
ARAUJO SANTOS Luís M. University of Coimbra PORTUGAL
ARBADJI Michel International IGM s.a.r.l. LEBANON
ARMAND Gilles Andra FRANCE
ARNAUD Jules Vinci Construction Grands Projets FRANCE
ARROYO VERONIQUE ITASCA FRANCE
ARROYO MARCOS UPC SPAIN
ARSONNET Jean Pierre APAGEO FRANCE
ARTIERES Olivier Tencate FRANCE
ARUSHI Bhalla Encardio-rite Electronics INDIA
ASAOKA Akira Association for the Development of JAPAN
Earthquake Prediction
ASHLOCK Jeramy Iowa State University USA
ASKAR Mohamed SOGREAH GULF - ARTELIA GROUP UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
ASSAAD Bilal ASSACO S.A.R.L. LEBANON
ASSALLAY Albashir University of Tripoli LIBYA
ASSIS Andre ABMS / Univ. Brasilia BRAZIL
ASSUS-JUTTNER Françoise SCR FR.ASSUS-JUTTNER FRANCE
ATALAR CAVIT NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY TURKEY
ATHANASOPOULOS GEORGE University of Patras GREECE
ATHANASOPOULOS- Adda University of Michigan USA
ZEKKOS
ATMATZIDIS Dimitrios University of Patras GREECE
AUGUSTESEN Anders Hust COWI A/S DENMARK
AUGUSTO JOSé Leoni Universidad nacional de La Plata ARGENTINA
AUNAAS Kristian Norwegian Geotechnical Society NORWAY
AURAY Germain Texinov FRANCE
AUVINET Gabriel MEXICO
AVAR Burcin Flint & Neill UNITED KINGDOM
AVELLAN Kari KAREG Consulting Engineers FINLAND
AVERLAN Alexis SOLS-MESURES FRANCE
AVERLAN Jean Luc SOLS-MESURES FRANCE
AVERSA Stefano Università di Napoli Parthenope ITALY
AWWAD Talal SYRIA
AYALA Juan Golder Associates CHILE
AYASRAH Izzaldin HUESKER Synthetic GmbH JORDAN
AYCOBERRY Mayalen Sol essais FRANCE
AZAM Shahid University of Regina CANADA
AZEITEIRO Ricardo University of Coimbra PORTUGAL
AZZOUZI Saïd ARCADIS Nederland BV NETHERLANDS
BACCONNET Claude Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand FRANCE
BAEK Seung cheol Andong National University KOREA
BAGHERY Sohrab TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE

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BAGUELIN FRANCOIS FONDASOL FRANCE

BAHADORI Hadi Urmia University IRAN
BAHR MOHAMED Al-Azhar University EGYPT
BAI XIAOHONG TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
TECHNOLOGY
BAJWA Tariq University of Carleton CANADA
BALIGH FatmaElZahraa Aly Helwan University EGYPT
BALLARD Jean Christophe Fugro Geoconsulting Belgium BELGIUM
BALLOUZ Marc International IGM s.a.r.l. LEBANON
BALTHES Rolf Fugro GeoConsulting S.A. FRANCE
BANDYOPADHYAY KAUSHIK JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY INDIA
BANGALORE Madhusudhan The University of Hong Kong HONG KONG
NARASIMHA
MURTHY
BANNOUR Hajer IRSTEA-Antony FRANCE
BAO-JIAN Liu Chang'an University CHINA

BARAKAT Bassam Institut Polytechnique Lasalle Beauvais FRANCE

BARBIER Philippe SOILMEC FRANCE FRANCE
BARCHIESI ARNALDO M. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, ARGENTINA
BARD Edgar Arcadis Chile CHILE
BARNOUD Olivier Geotec FRANCE
BARNOUD François Geotec FRANCE
BARON Christine Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
BARRAL Camille IRSTEA FRANCE
BARWISE Andy Gardline Geosciences Limited UNITED KINGDOM
BASILE Francesco Geomarc Ltd ITALY
BASU Dipanjan University of Waterloo CANADA
BATALI Loretta Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
BATHURST Richard GeoEngineering Centre at Queens-RMC CANADA
BAUD Jean Pierre Eurogéo FRANCE
BAUDOUX Emmanuel Fordia FRANCE
BAUDUIN Christophe BESIX BELGIUM
BAURUELLE Jean Claude TNO DIANA BV NETHERLANDS
BAYKAL Gökhan Bogazici University TURKEY
BEAUNIER Séverine FRANCE
BEERNINK Erwin Plaxis bv NETHERLANDS
BEGUE Guillaume APAGEO FRANCE
BEIER Nicholas University of Alberta (Canadian CANADA
Geotechnical Society)
BEKELE Yared Worku NTNU NORWAY
BELLEZZA IVO Università Politecnica delle Marche ITALY
BELLONI Francesca SISGEO S.R.L. ITALY
BEMANI YAZDI Pedram SYSTRA FRANCE
BEN AMOR MERIAM FUGRO GéoConsulting FRANCE
BEN DIA MOHAMMED HABIB SM STE MEDITERRANEENNE SARL TUNISIA
BEN HASSINE Jomaa Colorado School of Mines USA
BENHAMOU Lucie Solétanche Bachy FRANCE
BENNANI Yassine Terre Armée FRANCE
BENO Philippe RINCENT BRESIL BRAZIL
Benoit Jean University of New Hampshire USA
BENSON Craig University of Wisconsin USA
BENZ NAVARRETE Miguel Angel Sol Solution FRANCE

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benz Louis University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM

BENZAKOUR Abdelkarim CAMBIOS- Journaliste MAROCCO

BERARD GILLES TERRE ARMEE FRANCE
BERENGUER TODO LUIS ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS FRANCE
BOM
BERFELO IOS Press BV NETHERLANDS
BERGER Andreas Multiconsult AS NORWAY
BERGERE Anne TERRASOL FRANCE
BERGMANN Christiane Technische Universität Darmstadt GERMANY

BERHANE Gebreselassie Ed. Zueblin AG GERMANY

BERLANDIS Florian ab ingénieurs sa SWITZERLAND
BERNHARDT Valérie TERRASOL FRANCE
BERTERO ALESSANDRO TREVI SpA ITALY
BERTHELOT Patrick bureau veritas FRANCE
BERTHET Julien Tractebel FRANCE
BERTOSSA Agustin RES Offshore UNITED KINGDOM
BESSELING Floris Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers NETHERLANDS
BEZUIJEN Adam Ghent University - Laboratory of BELGIUM
Geotechnics
BIAŁEK Katarzyna Department of Geotechnics, Geology & POLAND
Maritime Engineering, Gdańsk University
of Technology
BIAN Xue Chen Zhejiang University CHINA
BIANCHINI Paolo TenCate Geosynthetics Italia Srl ITALY
BIDASARIA MAHAVIR Ferro Concrete Const.(India) Pvt. Ltd., INDORE
BIESBOUCK Edouard
BIESKE Georges Egis FRANCE
BILFINGER WERNER VECTTOR PROJETOS BRAZIL
BILGIN Ömer University of Dayton USA
BILLANG Serge CAMEROUN
BILLAROCH GUILLAUME TERRE ARMEE FRANCE
BILLAUX DANIEL ITASCA FRANCE
BILLON Franck RATP - ING FRANCE
BILOTTA Emilio University of Napoli Federico II ITALY
BISWAS SANJIT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDIA
DELHI
BITAUDEAU Laurent HUESKER France SAS FRANCE
BLANC Matthieu IFSTTAR FRANCE
BLANCK Gaëtan DTP TERRASSEMENT FRANCE
BLOM Janjaap TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP NETHERLANDS
BOGOEVSKI Boris Ss. Cirilys and Methodius University - MACEDONIA
Faculty of Civil Engineering
BOHAC Jan Charles University, Faculty of Science CZECH REPUBLIC
BOHN Cécilia TU Darmstadt / Navier FRANCE
BOIDY Eric TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
BOIS Patrice TECHNIP FRANCE FRANCE
BOISSEAU Michel Antea France FRANCE
BOKOV Igor IJSC Center of Construction RUSSIA
BOLEY Conrad University of the Federal Armed Forces GERMANY
Munich
BOLFAN Luka civil engineer CROATIA
BOLTON Malcolm Cambridge University UNITED KINGDOM

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BONDARS Kaspars Riga Technical University LATVIA

BORBÉLY Dániel Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics - BME
BOREL Serge Soletanche Bachy FRANCE
BORIE Nathalie BUREAU VERITAS FRANCE
BORNE Frederic ROCTEST CANADA
BOTERO-JARAMILLO Eduardo National Universtiy of Mexico MEXICO
BOTTIAU Maurice Franki Foundations Belgium BELGIUM
BOUAFIA Ali Université de Blida ALGERIA
BOUASSIDA Mounir ENIT Tunisia TUNISIA
BOUAZZA Abdelmalek Monash University AUSTRALIA
BOUCHIA Chahinez Telemac (Roctest) FRANCE
BOUKCIM Hassan SOLS-MESURES FRANCE
BOULAY Benjamin SOLS-MESURES FRANCE
BOULON Marc LABORATOIRE 3SR FRANCE
BOURGEOIS Emmanuel ifsttar FRANCE
BOURICHA ABDEL WAHEB SM STE MEDITERRANEENNE SARL TUNISIA
BOURNE GILLES Alios FRANCE
BOUTONNIER Luc EGIS STRUCTURES ET FRANCE
ENVIRONNEMENT
BOUVARD Anne Tractebel FRANCE
BOUZID Mokhtar houari direction des travaux publics de la wilaya de ALGERIA
saida
BOWDITCH Colette XVI ECSMGE in Edimburgh UNITED KINGDOM
BOWMAN Elisabeth University of Sheffield UNITED KINGDOM
BOYKO IGOR Kyiv National University of Construction UKRAINE
and Architecture
BOZO Luljeta Polis University ALBANIA
BRACH AURORE SETRA FRANCE
BRACHMAN Richard Queen's University CANADA
BRADLEY Andrew University of Adelaide AUSTRALIA
BRAGUE Sébastien SOLDATA FRANCE
BRAHMI Sadek Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais FRANCE
BRANCAZ DAVID TERRE ARMEE FRANCE
BRANDL HEINZ VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF AUSTRIA
TECHNOLOGY
BRANQUE DENIS ECOLE NATIONALE DES TRAVAUX FRANCE
PUBLICS DE L'ETAT
BRASIL André Luís University of Brasilia BRAZIL
CAVALCANTE
BREEDEVELD Joost Deltares NETHERLANDS
BRET Thierry keller FRANCE
BREUGNOT Antonin EGIS STRUCTURES ET FRANCE
ENVIRONNEMENT
BREUL PIERRE Université Blaise Pascal FRANCE
BREYL Jacobus Jones & Wagener Consulting Civil SOUTH AFRICA
Engineers
BREYNE Nicolas Bonar NETHERLANDS
BRIANCON Laurent ANTEA GROUP FRANCE
BRIAUD Jean Louis Texas A&M University USA
BRIGGS Kevin University of Bath UNITED KINGDOM
BRIGHT Alistair TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP NETHERLANDS
BRINGER JEAN-LUC FREYSSINET FRANCE
BRINKGREVE Ronald Plaxis bv NETHERLANDS

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BRISEBARRE Marc Ginger CEBTP FRANCE

BRITO FILHO Helio GEORIO BRAZIL
BROUILLAC Pierre SITES FRANCE
BROWN Stephen University of Nottingham UNITED KINGDOM
BRUEGGEMANN Marko Bewehrte Erde Ing. GmbH GERMANY
BRUHIER Johann HUESKER France SAS FRANCE
BRÛLE Stéphane MENARD FRANCE
BRYSON Lindsey Sebastian University of Kentucky USA
BUDANOV Viacheslav OJSC Center of Construction RUSSIA
BUGGY Fintan Roughan & O'Donovan IRELAND
BUI Ha Monash University AUSTRALIA
BURLACU Catalin Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
BURLAND JOHN Imperial College London UNITED KINGDOM
BURLON Sébastien IFSTTAR FRANCE
BURNS Susan Georgia Tech USA
BURTON Paul Geotechnics Ltd NEW ZEALAND
BUSCARNERA Giuseppe Northwestern University USA
BUSCHMEIER Brandon Menard USA USA
BUSELLI Francesca Studio Prof. Marchetti ITALY
BYRNE Gavin Paul Esorfranki Geotechnical SOUTH AFRICA
CAI GUOQING Beijing Jiaotong University / The University CHINA
of Newcastle
CAI DEGOU Railway Engineering Research Institute, CHINA
China Academy of Rails Science
CAICEDO Bernardo Universidad de los Andes COLOMBIA
CAILLET Benoît DORIS Engineering FRANCE
CAILLIERET Jean Christophe Polytech'Grenoble FRANCE
CALABRESI GIOVANNI University of Rome Sapienza ITALY
CALDEIRA Laura Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil PORTUGAL
CALDERON GINO OMAR PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY BRAZIL
VIZCARRA OF RIO DE JANEIRO
CALON Nicolas SNCF FRANCE
CALVENTE René Matias Université Blaise Pascal FRANCE
CAMERON Donald University of South Australia AUSTRALIA
ÇAMI Kastriot ESTP FRANCE
CAMPANA ZEPEDA José Enrique ARCADIS Chile CHILE
CANIZAL Jorge university of Cantabria SPAIN
CANNON Jonathan Independent Geoscience Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
CANOT Yves Technidrill FRANCE
CANOU Jean Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech FRANCE
CAO Laifa SPL Consultants Limited CANADA
CARDOSO Rafaela Instituto Superior Técnico PORTUGAL
CARIBOTTI NICOLAS DIMENSIONS.EXE FRANCE
CARPINTEIRO Luis SOCOTEC FRANCE
CARRASCO POLL RAMÓN GEOTECNIA PATAGONIA CHILE
CARRIE Christophe SYSTRA FRANCE
CARRIER David Argila Enterprises, Inc. USA
CARRIERE Marie Laure BARREAU DE PARIS FRANCE
CARSON David SMEC Australia AUSTRALIA
CARTER John THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA
CARVAJAL DíAZ Enmanuel KellerTerra SPAIN

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CASAGRANDE MICHELE PUC-Rio - Pontifical Catholic University of BRAZIL

Rio de Janeiro

CASAS Andrea ACCIONA Infraestructuras S.A SPAIN

CASSIDY Mark The University of Western Australia AUSTRALIA
CASTELLANOS Bernardo Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State USA
University
CATHIE David Cathie Associates BELGIUM
CATRIENS FREDERIC FAYAT FONDATIONS FRANCE
CAVALEIRO VICTOR UNIVERSITY BEIRA INTERIOR PORTUGAL
CAVOUNIDIS SPYRIDON EDAFOS Engineering Consultants SA GREECE
CECCATO Francesca University of Padova, AGI ITALY
ÇELA Kujtim Iliriada Company ALBANIA
CENTENO PULIDO Francisco Antonio Centeno-Rodríguez y Asociados s.c VENEZUELA
Venezuela-Panamá
CEPOLLINA Mario Cepollina Consultants BRAZIL
CERFONTAINE Benjamin Université de Liège BELGIUM
CETIN KEMAL ONDER METU TURKEY
CHAKROUN Samy Cathie Associates/G-Octopus FRANCE
CHALIVAT Pascal TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
CHAN Kim GHD AUSTRALIA
CHANARD Jean Pierre Bentley Systems FRANCE
CHANDLER Roger Keynetix UNITED KINGDOM
CHANDRA SARVESH IIT Kanpur INDIA
CHANG ILHAN Korea Institute of Construction Technology KOREA
CHANG Nicol Esorfranki Geotechnical SOUTH AFRICA
CHANG Der Wen Tamkang University TAIWAN
CHANG-GEN Yan Chang'an University CHINA
CHAO Zhou Hong Kong University of Science and CHINA
Technology
CHAPRON Gilles TERRASOL FRANCE
CHARLES Radi International IGM s.a.r.l. LEBANON
CHARRUAULT Audrey saipem sa FRANCE
CHARVIN Corinne GTS FRANCE
CHASSAGNE Pascal ALIOS FRANCE
CHAU Kam Tim The Hong Kong Polytechnic University HONG KONG
CHAUMENY Jean Luc MENARD DYNIV GmbH GERMANY
CHAUVEL David Telemac (Roctest) FRANCE
CHAVE Cécile SNCF - Ingénierie Sud Est FRANCE
CHEBET Fariidah Chemisto University of Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA
Cheesman Paul Fugro Loadtest UNITED KINGDOM
CHEHLAOUI Nemouh
CHEN Ersi SPL Consultants Limited CANADA
CHEN Yun Min Zhejiang University CHINA
CHEN Pan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics CHINA
Chinese Academy of Sciences
CHEN FENG Railway Engineering Research Institute, CHINA
China Academy of Rails Science
CHEN Renpeng Zhejiang University CHINA

CHEN Li Hsien National Taipei University of Technology TAIWAN

CHEPURNOVA Aleksandra Engineer RUSSIA
CHERIAUX Emilie SYSTRA FRANCE
CHERORET Alexandra TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS FRANCE
CHEUK Johnny AECOM CHINA

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CHEVALIER Christophe IFSTTAR FRANCE
Chiappini Fabien IFSTTAR FRANCE
CHIEN Shao Chi Aletheia University TAIWAN
CHO Jaeyeon Yonsei Univ. KOREA
CHO Sung Eun Hankyong National University KOREA
CHOI Clarence Hong Kong University of Science and CHINA
Technology
CHOI YONG KYU Kyungsung Universtiy KOREA
CHOPIN MICHEL MCCONSULTING FRANCE
CHOUDHURY DEEPANKAR IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India INDIA
CHOVANYECZ Enikő HBM Ltd. HUNGARY
CHOW Chee Meng G&P Geotechnics MALAYSIA
CHRETIEN Marie GTS FRANCE
CHRIMES Mike Institution of Civil Engineers UNITED KINGDOM
CHU Jian Iowa State University USA
CHUA Tong Seng Kiso-Jiban Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE
CHUNG Choong Ki Seoul National University KOREA
ČIHÁKOVÁ Tereza CTU in Prague, Faculty of Civil CZECH REPUBLIC
Engineering, Departement of Geotechnics
CINICIOGLU Safiye Feyza Istanbul University TURKEY
CINICIOGLU Ozer Bogazici University TURKEY
CISSE Ibrahima Khalil Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès SENEGAL
CLARK Chu ACE Geosynthetics TAIWAN
CLAUSS Frithjof Technische Universität Darmstadt GERMANY
CLAVERIE Didier URETEK FRANCE
CLIFTON Wayne Clifton Associates Ltd CANADA
CLIVE Dalton Cambridge Insitu Limited UNITED KINGDOM
COELHO Paulo University of Coimbra, Portugal PORTUGAL
Cognon Stéphane Ménard FRANCE
COHEN Jeff Nova Metrix USA
COHEN-WAEBER Julien University of California Berkeley USA
COLA Simonetta University of Padova ITALY
COLI Massimo Florence ITALY
COLLIARD David TOTAL S.A. FRANCE
COLLIAT-DANGUS JEAN LOUIS TOTAL FRANCE
COMAN MADALIN VASILE Popp&Asociatii LTD ROMANIA
COMEAU Melissa Measurand Inc CANADA
COMODROMOS Emilios University of Thessaly GREECE
COMPERE Philippe SOCABAT FRANCE
CONNOLLY David The University of Edinburgh SCOTLAND
CONSOLI Nilo Cesar UFRGS BRAZIL

COOLS Paul Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment NEDERLAND

COPPALLE Cyril keller FRANCE
CORBETTA François VINCI CONSTRUCTION GDS PROJETS FRANCE
CORFDIR Alain ENPC FRANCE
CORREIA ANTÓNIO ALBERTO University of Coimbra PORTUGAL
SANTOS
COSTA Elisabeth Foraloc FRANCE
COSTE François TECHNIP FRANCE
COTO-LORíA Mauricio MYV Soluciones Geotécnicas s.a. COSTA RICA

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COUDRAY Laurent PINTO FRANCE

COURCELLES Benoît Polytechnique Montréal CANADA
COUTINHO Roberto Quental Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE BRAZIL
CRISTóVãO António JetSJ Geotecnia PORTUGAL
CROCHELET Alexandre G-Octopus/Cathie Associates FRANCE
CRUZ Nuno Bravo Faria Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção, SA PORTUGAL
CUBRINOVSKI MIsko University of Canterbury NEW ZEALAND
CUI KAI SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY CHINA
CUI Yu Jun ECOLE DES PONTS PARITECH FRANCE
CUIRA Fahd TERRASOL FRANCE
CUISINIER Olivier UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE FRANCE
CUNHA Renato P. University of Brasília BRAZIL
CURNICK Jeff Platipus UNITED KINGDOM
CURRAN John Rocscience CANADA
CURRAN Jessica Rocscience CANADA
CZAPLA Marc GEOCONSEILS SA LUXEMBOURG
DADOUN Frédéric DYNAOPT FRANCE
DAHLBERG Stina Swedish Geotechnical Society SWITZERLAND
DAIKI TAKANO Port and Airport Research Institute JAPAN
DAIMEE Jacques FRANCE
DALTON Shirley Cambridge Insitu Limited UNITED KINGDOM
DAMGAARD Mads Vestas Wind Systems DENMARK
DANIELSSON Per Swedish Geotechnical Institute SWITZERLAND
DANNE Stéfanie University Dortmund GERMANY

DANO Christophe Ecole Centrale Nantes FRANCE

d'Anterroches Marine Soletanche Freyssinet FRANCE
DANTRESSANGLE Philippe PINTO FRANCE
DAPENA Enrique CEDEX / Univ. Politécnica de Madrid SPAIN
DARE Lionel APAGEO FRANCE
DARRAS Vivien SNCF FRANCE
DAS BRAJA California State University Sacramento USA
DASHKO Regina ST PETERSBURG'S STATE MINING RUSSIA
UNIVERSITY
DASHTI Shideh University of Colorado at Boulder USA
DAUMER Flavien APAGEO FRANCE
DAVE Trudeep Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, INDIA
Raisan
DAVID François TERRASOL FRANCE
DAVID David David David & Ishay - Foundation ISRAEL
consulting ltd.
DAVIES Michael UNITED KINGDOM
DAY Peter Jones & Wagener Consulting Engineers SOUTH AFRICA
DDANI Mohamed TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
DE ABREU Sidney Geomecânica, Lda. MOZAMBIQUE
DE CARVALHO David University of Campinas - Unicamp BRAZIL
DE CLERCK Pascale Ponts Formation Conseil FRANCE
DE JONG Erwin Geobest BV NETHERLANDS
DE JONGH Johan Heijmans NEDERLAND
DE KOCK Anneli Verdi Consulting Engineers CC SOUTH AFRICA
DE KROES Cornelis InfraSolutions - Cofra - Lankelma - Koop FRANCE

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DE LA TORRE Miguel GEOSERVICE INGENIERIA S.A.C PERU

SOBREVILLA JESúS
MIGUEL
DE LANGE Johan A.P. van den Berg NETHERLANDS
DE MELLO Luiz Guilherme Vecttor - Poli USP BRAZIL
DE PUY Maximiliano Canal de Panama PANAMA
de SUSANNE Benoît TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS FRANCE
DE VOS Leen Flemish Government BELGIUM
DE VROOM Raymond InfraSolutions - Cofra - Lankelma - Koop NETHERLANDS
DEBATS JEAN MARC MENARD FRANCE
DEBLOIS René Roctest Ltd CANADA
DECOURT Luciano Luciano Décourt Consultoria S.S. Ltda. BRAZIL
DEDECKER FABIAN ITASCA FRANCE
DEGAGO Samson Norwegian Public Roads Administration, NORWAY
Trondheim, Norway
DEL PRETE Mario Landslide and erosion research centre ( ITALY
CIRFE)
DELAGE Pierre ECOLE DES PONTS DE PARIS FRANCE
DELMAS Philippe CNAM FRANCE
DELPEUCH Rémy Grontmij A/S DENMARK
DEMAY Bruno TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
DENG Yongfeng Southeast Unversity CHINA
DENIES Nicolas Belgian Building Research Institute BELGIUM
DENVER Hans GEO DENMARK
DEPARDON François EGIS GEOTECHNIQUE FRANCE
DERRADJI Abdelkrim AUTOROUTES DU MAROC MAROCCO
DESIDERI Augusto Sapienza Università di Roma ITALY
DESMARESCAUX Mathieu SOILMEC FRANCE FRANCE
DESRUES Jacques UNIVERSITE DE GRENOBLE - CNRS FRANCE
DETERT Oliver HUESKER Synthetic GmbH GERMANY
DETHY Bernard Centre de Recherches Routières BELGIUM
DEVANNE Samuel Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
DEVINCENZI FABETTI Marcelo Control y Prospecciones IGEOTEST, S.L. SPAIN
DEY RAJIB MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF CANADA
NEWFOUNDLAND

DHAYBI MAHMOUD INSA FRANCE

DHERET CHARLES SEDIDRILL FRANCE
DI BENEDETTO Hervé ENTPE/Université de LYON FRANCE
DI EMIDIO Gemmina Ghent University - Laboratory of BELGIUM
Geotechnics
DI PRISCO Claudio Politecnico di Milano ITALY
DIAMBRA Andrea University of Bristol UNITED KINGDOM
DIAN-QING Li Wuhan University CHINA
DIAO Yu Tianjin University CHINA
DIAS Tiago Gerheim Souza Ghent University - Laboratory of BELGIUM
Geotechnics
DIAS PAULO HENRIQUE SEEL - Serviços Especiais de Engenharis BRAZIL
Ltda.
DIAZ-RODRIGUEZ J. Abraham National University of Mexico MEXICO
DICKO Mamoudou SIED-Sarl MALI
DIDARA Matilda Geokod d.o.o. - Zagreb CROATIA
D'IGNAZIO Marco Tampere University of Technology FINLAND

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DIMITRIEVSKI Dragan Ss. Cirilys and Methodius University - MACEDONIA

Faculty of Civil Engineering
DIMNET Eric IFSTTAR FRANCE
DING Xuanming Hohai University CHINA
Dissler Eric Fugro GéoConsulting FRANCE
DIVALL Sam City University London UNITED KINGDOM
DIYALJEE Vishnu GAEA Engineering Ltd CANADA
DJERAN-MAIGRE Irini INSAVALOR S.A. FRANCE
DO Huu Dao DANANG UNIVERSITY OF VIETNAM
TECHNOLOGY
DOMBARD CATHERINE jei FRANCE
DOMITROVIC Dubravko Faculty of Mining Geology petroleum CROATIA
engineering
DONG QIN CABR TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD CHINA
DONG Yuepeng University of Oxford UNITED KINGDOM
DOOLAN Shane AGL Consulting IRELAND
DORADOR ORTIZ LEONARDO The University of British Columbia CANADA
DOSSO Ousmane IGTECH CÔTE D'IVOIRE
DOUALA-RIGBY Yuli TENSAR INTERNATIONAL Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
DRIVET Jean TERRASOL FRANCE
DROCHON Christel TECHNOSOL FRANCE
DROMI Idan David David & Ishay - Foundation ISRAEL
consulting ltd.
DRONIUC Nicolai IFSTTAR FRANCE
DU YanJun Southeast University CHINA
DUBREUCQ Thierry IFSTTAR FRANCE
DUBROVSKYY Mykhaylo Odessa National Maritime University UKRAINE
DUC Myriam IFSTTAR FRANCE
DUCOL Jean Paul Texinov FRANCE
DUFOUR NATHALIE CETE NORD-PICARDIE FRANCE
DUGAGE Christophe PINTO FRANCE
Dumas Frederick C.E.T.R.A GABON
DUMITRU Monica UTCB, Roumanie ROMANIA
DUMOLARD Bertrand TPDF/G5-ISSIM FRANCE
DUNCAN James Virginia Tech USA
DUPETY Bruno Vinci Construction Grands Projets FRANCE
DUPLA Jean Claude Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech FRANCE
DUPLAINE Hervé Balineau FRANCE
DUPOUY Olivier SETEC INTERNATIONAL FRANCE
DUQUET Jean Baptiste Tencate FRANCE
DURAND Romain HUESKER France SAS FRANCE
DURGUNOGLU Turan TURKEY
DUTHOIT Alexis GINGER CEBTP FRANCE
DUTTA Sujan Memorial University CANADA
DUVANT François URETEK FRANCE
EBRAHIMIAN Babak University of Tehran IRAN
EDIL Tuncer University of Wisconsin-Madison USA
EDINGLILER AYSE BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY TURKEY
EHRLICH MAURICIO FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE BRAZIL
JANEIRO
EJEZIE Samuel NIGERIA
EJIKEME Fidelis DAGMAR LIMITED NIGERIA

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EJJAAOUANI HOUSSINE LABORATOIRE PUBLIC D'ESSAIS ET MAROCCO

D'ETUDES
EL GHAMRAWY Moustafa Kamel ECO El Ghamrawy Consulting Engineers EGYPT
EL NAGGAR Hany University of New Brunswick CANADA
EL NAGGAR Hesham Western University CANADA
EL SHERBIRNY Rami Cairo University EGYPT
ELANDALOUSSI Radja ESTP FRANCE
ELARABI HUSSEIN BUILDING AND ROAD RESEARCH SUDAN
INSTITUTE
EL-FADIL EL-BYHAGI Mohamed Building & Road Research Institute, SUDAN
Khartoum University, Office Box321,
Khartoum, SUDAN
ELIGH IOS Press BV NETHERLANDS
ELKATEB Tamer SOGREAH GULF - ARTELIA GROUP UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
EL-MOSSALLAMY Yasser Ain Shams University EGYPT
EL-SAKHAWY NAGWA ZAG. UNIV. EGYPT
ELSHARIEF AHMED University Khartoum SUDAN
EMERIAULT Fabrice LABORATOIRE 3S-R FRANCE
ENE Alexandra Popp&Asociatii Inginerie Geotehnica SRL ROMANIA
England Melvin Fugro Loadtest UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLISH-MARTIN Renaud SYSTRA FRANCE
ENJAUME Pierre SYSTRA FRANCE
EPTING Walter CEA FRANCE
EQUIHUA-ANGUIANO Luisa UPAEP MEXICO
ERBEJA Gillian MENARD FRANCE
ERGUN UFUK MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL TURKIYE
UNIVERSITY
EROL AHMET ORHAN MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL TURKEY
UNIVERSITY
ESCOBAR Esteban Julio Université Blaise Pascal FRANCE
ESPINACE RAUL GEOTECNIA AMBIENTAL CHILE
ESPINOZA David Geosyntec consultants USA
ESQUIVEL Edmundo University of Sao Paulo BRAZIL
ESSAADAOUI EL MOSTAPHA Comité Marocain de Mécanique des Sols et MOROCCO
de la Géotechnique
ESSADAOUI EL MOSTAPHA FORASOL MOROCCO
EVANS Matt Oregon State University USA
EVGENYA Evgenya "Caspian Geo Services" Ltd KAZAKHSTAN
STEPANOVA
EXBRAYAT LAURENT DYWIDAG SYSTEMS FRANCE
INETRNATIONAL
EZAOUI Alan CETE de Lyon / DLA FRANCE
Fabre Denis CNAM- Geotechniques FRANCE
FAILMEZGER Roger In-Situ Soil Testing, L.C. USA
FAKHARIAN Kazem Amirkabir University of Technology IRAN
FALEPIN Hendrik Cathie Associates BELGIUM
FALK Eduard Keller Holding GmbH GERMANY
FALL Ndeye Magatte Ecole polytechnique de Dakar SENEGAL
FAN HENGHUI Northwest A&F University CHINA
Fanelli Sonia IFSTTAR FRANCE
FANG Yung Show National Chiao Tung University TAIWAN
FARAGÓ Andrea SOLDATA FRANCE
FARAHI JAHROMI Hadi PhD Candidate IRAN

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FARCAS Vasile Technical University of Cluj-Napoca ROMANIA

FARHAT Hassan ARCADIS FRANCE
FARZANEH ORANG University of Tehran IRAN
FAURE Nicolas URETEK FRANCE
FAURIEL Roger SOL ESSAIS FRANCE
FAVAND Patrick TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS FRANCE
FAVRE Marc Geos FRANCE
FEDERICO Antonio Mario Bari Technical University ITALY
FEI Song Chang'an University CHINA
FELCE Christine Presses des Ponts FRANCE
FENG Zhongju Chang’an University CHINA
FENG Shi Fujian Academy of Building Research CHINA
FENTON Gordon Dalhousie University CANADA
FERNANDEZ Vladimir Alios FRANCE
FINIASZ Arnaud FONDASOL FRANCE
FINNO Richard Northwestern University USA
FIORAVANTE Vincenzo Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche ITALY
FISCHER Carlos Scanrock (via Geokon) GERMANY
FLAVIGNY Etienne FRANCE
FLE Jérémie Fordia FRANCE
FLORA Alessandro University of Napoli Federico II ITALY
FLORES BARRON Giancarlo Kyoto University JAPAN
FOGARTY Glenys Coffey AUSTRALIA
FONTANET Mireia Lab-Ferrer SPAIN
FORAY Pierre LABORATOIRE 3SR FRANCE
FORESI Andrea Saipem SpA ITALY
FOUCAULT Alexandre EDF FRANCE
FOURNIER Jean Michel VILLE DE PARIS FRANCE
FRANCIS Michel SITECO LEBANON
FRANK Roger FRANCE
FRANKE Mario TenCate Geosynthetics Deutschland GmbH AUSTRIA
FRANKOVSKA Jana Slovak University of Technology, Faculty SLOVAKIA
of Civil Engineering
FRANZéN Gunilla GeoVerkstan AB SWITZERLAND
FRASER Ian Fiberweb UNITED KINGDOM
FREDLUND DEL Golder Associates Ltd. CANADA
FREITAG Nicolas Terre Armée FRANCE
FREITAS JUNIOR MANOEL DE HYDROGEO ENGENHARIA LTD BRAZIL
FRIKHA Wissem ENIT Tunisia TUNISIA
FROLOVSKIY Yuriy Moscow State University of Railway RUSSIA
Engineering
FROSSARD Etienne TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
FROST David Georgia Institute of Technology USA
FRY Jean Jacques EDF CIH FRANCE
FUJISAWA Kazunori Kyoto University JAPAN
FUTAI Marcos Massao University of São Paulo BRAZIL
GL Sivakumar Babu Indian Institute of Science INDIA
GA Zhang Tsinghua University CHINA
GABORIAUD Jean Michel FONDASOL FRANCE
GABRIELLI Julien SNCF FRANCE
GAIRNS Chris Measurand Inc CANADA
GAL Gilbert Herrenknecht AG FRANCE

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GALI Madhavi Latha Indian Institute of Science INDIA

GAMBIN Michel APAGEO FRANCE
GANDHI GAUTAM VICT, GTU INDIA
GANESALINGAM Dhanya James Cook University AUSTRALIA
GARAU Vincent Telemac (Roctest) FRANCE
GARBA SANDA Ousmane LNTP/B/NIGER NIGERIA
GARBIN Ed Hayward Baker, Inc. USA
GARBULEWSKI KAZIMIERZ Warsaw University of Life Sciences POLAND
GARG Ankit Hong Kong University of Science and CHINA
Technology (HKUST)
GARIN Håkan GeoVerkstan AB SWITZERLAND
GARNIER Jacques Ifsttar FRANCE
GASTEBLED OLIVIER SYSTRA FRANCE
GATMIRI Behrouz KCIF FRANCE
GATOUX Allan technidrill FRANCE
GAUCHERAND CYRIL FREYSSINET FRANCE
GAUDIN Christophe University of Western Australia AUSTRALIA
GAUME Eric Ifsttar FRANCE
GAUTRAY Jean ETH Zürich SWITZERLAND
GAY Olivier EGIS STRUCTURES ET FRANCE
ENVIRONNEMENT
GAYE Abdou Xaadir CAMEROUN
GAZETAS Georges NTUA GREECE
GEISLER Jean Fugro GeoConsulting S.A. FRANCE
GENDLE Eleanor The Institution of Engineering and
Technology UNITED KINGDOM
GENS Antonio Technical University of Catalonia SPAIN
GERARDIN Cécile RATP - ING FRANCE
GHABEZLOO Siavash ECOLE DES PONTS PARISTECH FRANCE
GIACHETI Heraldo Unesp BRAZIL
GILBERT Zoubaïda SYSTRA FRANCE
GLADKOV Ilya Construction Company InzhProektStroy RUSSIA
GLENDINNING Stephanie Newcastle University UNITED KINGDOM
GNANENDRAN CARTHIGESU THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH AUSTRALIA
WALES (UNSW)
GOBBI Felipe Geobrugg BRAZIL
GOLEN MARCIN CONTROLS POLAND
GOMES CORREIA Antonio University of Minho, School of Engineering PORTUGAL
GOMES-RIVALLAIN FERNANDA SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
GOMEZ Ramiro - SPAIN
GONG XIAONAN Research center of Coastal & Urban CHINA
Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang
University
GONIN Henri CFMS FRANCE
GONZALEZ MIRELES MIGUEL ANGEL INTEVEP, S.A. VENEZUELA
Gonzalez Valencia Fabian Lamsyco Laboratorios Sa de CV MEXICO
GOOSSENS PIETER FONDEDILE NV BELGIUM
GOREHAM Vincent Dalhousie University CANADA
GöRöG Peter Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics
GOTO Shigeru The University of Tokyo JAPAN
GOTTARDI Guido University of Bologna ITALY

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GOTTELAND Philippe Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics FRANCE

GOUDJA TCHERE Idriss Laboratoire de génie civil TCHAD
GOURC Jean Pierre LTHE, UNIVERSITY GRENOBLE 1 FRANCE
GOURIO Coline Polytech' Grenoble FRANCE
GOURRI ABDELOIHAD Laboratoire Public d'essais et d'études MAROCCO
(LPEE)
GOURVES Roland Sol Solution FRANCE
GOUW Tjie Liong Bina Nusantara University INDONESIA
GRABE Jürgen TuTech Innovation GmbH GERMANY
GREEN Trevor Alan Lester Verdi Consulting Engineers CC SOUTH AFRICA
GREGOIRE Colette Centre de Recherches Routières BELGIUM
Grellet Bertrand Fugro GéoConsulting FRANCE
GRESS Jean Baptiste Hydrogeotechnique FRANCE
GRESSET NATHALIE FREYSSINET FRANCE
GRIFFITHS DV Colorado School of Mines USA
GRIMSTAD Gustav Norwegian University of Science and NORWAY
Technology
GRIPPON Jérôme Franki Fondation FRANCE
GRøNBECH Gitte Lyng Aalborg University DENMARK
GROSCH Jonathan Saudi ARAMCO UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
GROTEGOED D. BALLAST NEDAM N.V. NETHERLANDS
GRUBER Jürgen Tencate AUSTRIA
GRUSLIN Steve GEOCONSEILS SA LUXEMBOURG
GRZYB ANNA INSA FRANCE
GUANGHUA YANG Guang Dong Research Institute of Water CHINA
Resoures and Hydropower
GUANGXIN LI Department of Hydraulic Engineering, CHINA
Tsinghua University
GUARINI P.Y. TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
Guedon Jeanne-Sylvine IFSTTAR FRANCE
GUERPILLON Yves EGIS STRUCTURES ET FRANCE
ENVIRONNEMENT
GUERRA Nuno FFCT/UNL PORTUGAL
GUICHARD Arnaud En-Om-Fra FRANCE
GUILLAUD MAURICE TUNNELS FRANCE
Guilleman Cyril Fugro GéoConsulting FRANCE
GUILLOU Véronique Fordia FRANCE
GUILLOUX Alain TERRASOL FRANCE
GULER Erol Bogazici University TURKEY
GULERCE UMIT FUGRO SURVEY MIDDLE EAST UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
GULIYEV Emil GeoGlobe Ltd. AZERBAIDJAN
GUNAWAN Anthony Hong Kong University of Science and HONG KONG
Technology
GUNN Michael London South Bank University UNITED KINGDOM
GUO Xiaoxia DAILAN CHINA
GUOWEI Li Hohai University CHINA
GURHAM Omer SUDAN KHARTOUM AIRPORT SUDAN
GUSTAVSSON Henry Aalto University FINLAND
GUTJAHR Ira Soletanche Bachy France FRANCE
GWIZDAłA Kazimierz Gdansk University of Technology POLAND

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GYE-CHUN Cho Korea Advanced Insititute of Science and KOREA

Technology
HABERFIELD Chris Golder Associates Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
HABERT JULIEN CETE NORD-PICARDIE FRANCE
HABIB Pierre Ecole Polytechnique FRANCE
HABIE Pierre LABORATOIRE DE MECANIQUE DES FRANCE
SOLIDES
HACHICH Waldemar University of São Paulo BRAZIL

HACKNEY Greg Coffey Geotechnics Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA

Hada
HADDANI Younes Sol Solution FRANCE
HAERI Mohsen Sharif university of technology IRAN
HAFFOUDHI SLAH EDDINE HYDROSOL FONDATIONS TUNISIA
HAGHGOU Marius ARCADIS FRANCE
HAJAL Mounir Université Libanaise LEBANON
HAKAM Yasser Menard Middle East UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
HALLE Philippe Sol essais FRANCE
HAMDAN Nasser Arizona State University USA
HAMZA MAMDOUH HAMZA ASSOCIATES EGYPT
HAN XINYE Institute of Industrial Science,University of JAPAN
Tokyo
HAN Yun Su Hyundai Heavy Industries co., LTD. KOREA
HANNA Adel Concordia University CANADA
HANNINK Geerhard Rotterdam Public Works NEDERLAND
HANSON James California Polytechnic State University USA
HARA Tadashi Kochi University JAPAN
HAREB Hocine SYSTRA FRANCE
HARKNESS John University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
HARROUD ABDELAZIZ centre de geotecnologie,universitè de sienne ITALY
HARVEY Scott TenCate Geosynthetics (UK) Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
HASAN Ahmed Mohammed University of Glasgow UNITED KINGDOM
HASANOV Arzu L'universite d'Architecture et de Genie Civil AZERBAIDJAN
HASEGAWA AKIRA Hachinohe Institute of Technology JAPAN
HASHASH Youssef University of Illinois USA
HASSABO Nasreldein SUDAN KHARTOUM AIRPORT SUDAN
HASSAN Asem Durham University UNITED KINGDOM
HASSAN RASHAD Rana Structural Engineering Dept., Zagazig EGYPT
University
HAWLADER Bipul Memorial University CANADA
HAYANO Kimitoshi Yokohama National University JAPAN
HAZARIKA Hemanta Kyushu University JAPAN
HAZA-ROZIER Elisabeth CETE Normandie-Centre FRANCE
HEDRI Estelle SOLS-MESURES FRANCE
HEERTEN Georg NAUE GmbH & Co. KG GERMANY
HEEZEN Jan Willem TenCate Geosynthetics Netherlands bv NETHERLANDS
HEHNER ARISTIDE NAUE FRANCE
HEIDARI Saeed PeySazan consulting Engineers IRAN
HEINTZ Robert EURASOL S.A. LUXEMBOURG
HEITOR Ana University of Wollongong AUSTRALIA
HELM Peter Newcastle University UNITED KINGDOM
HEMMATI Sahar IFSTTAR FRANCE

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HENDARTO Hendarto Ministry of Public Works INDONESIA

HÉRAULT Alain Bonar FRANCE
HERITAGE Richard New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) NEW ZEALAND
HERNANDEZ- Francisco Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Inc. USA
MARTINEZ
HERY Philippe Terre Armée FRANCE
HERZOG Ralf ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND
HESSING Christoph HUESKER Synthetic GmbH GERMANY
HETTLER Achim DU-Dortmund GERMANY
HEUMEZ Samuel Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement FRANCE
Durable et de l'Energie
HEYER Dirk Technische Universität München GERMANY
HEYERDAHL Håkon Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) NORWAY
HIBOUCHE Akli Université du Havre FRANCE
HICKS Michael Delft University of Technology NETHERLANDS
HIGO Yosuke Kyoto University JAPAN
HIROYUKI Kyokawa University of Tokyo JAPAN
HO TAI YUAN CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., CHINA
Taiwan
HO Albert Ngai Leung Arup Hong Kong / Hong Kong HONG KONG
Geotechnical Society
HO Jiahui National University of Singapore SINGAPORE
HOFMANN Ernst Heinrich Universität Siegen GERMANY
HOLEYMAN Alain Uninersité catholique de Louvain (UCL) BELGIUM
HOLLAND Andrew New Zealand Geotechnical Society NEW ZEALAND
HOLLANDA Cristina University of São Paulo BRAZIL
CAVALCANTI TSUHA
HOLM Göran Swedish Geotechnical Institute SWITZERLAND
HOLME Jan Det Norske Veritas, DNV NORWAY
HOLTZ Robert University of Washington USA
HONG-GUANG Zhang Chang'an University CHINA

HONGMEI Gao NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINA

TECHNOLOGY
HORB Corinne RINCENT ND APPLICATIONS FRANCE
HORITA Takayuki Kobe University JAPAN
HOSHINA TAKASHI Nagaoka University of Technology JAPAN
HOSSAIN MD SHAHIN Nagoya Institute of Technology JAPAN
HOUDA MOUSTAFA LABORATOIRE 3SR FRANCE
HOYOS Laureano R. University of Texas at Arlington USA
HSI Jeff SMEC Australia Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
HSIAO Fuyuan Sinotech Engineering Consultants, INC TAIWAN
HSIEH Pio Go Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology TAIWAN
HU Yuxia The University of Western Australia AUSTRALIA
HU Liming Tsinghua University CHINA
HUANG Maosong Tongji University CHINA
HUANG Hongwei Tongji University CHINA
HUANG An-Bin National Chiao Tung University TAIWAN
HUCKERT Audrey Laboratoire 3SR FRANCE
HUERTA CALPE Marc EIFFAGE TP FRANCE
HUGHE Stijn Antea Group BELGIUM
HUGHES Paul Newcastle University UNITED KINGDOM
HUGUET Stéphane FONDASOL FRANCE

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HüLS Wilfried G.U.B. Ingenieur AG GERMANY

HUSSAIN Mohammed University of Exeter UNITED KINGDOM
HUSZAK Tamas Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics
HUVAJ Nejan Middle East Technical University TURKEY
HUYBRECHTS Noël BBRI-Belgian Building Research Institute BELGIUM
HUYNH Dat Vu Khoa Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NORWAY
HYODO Masayuki Yamaguchi University JAPAN
IAI Susumu Kyoto University JAPAN
IBRAIM Erdin University of Bristol UNITED KINGDOM
ICKE Philip LUSAS UNITED KINGDOM
IDRISS IZZAT University of California at Davis USA
IDRUS Mohammad Alatas Indonesian Society for Geotecgnical INDONESIA
Engineering
IGBO DENNIS CHIBUIKEM LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF NIGERIA
AGRICULTURE
IGWESI IFEANYI TONY IMO STATE MINISTRY OF NIGERIA
AGRICULTRE AND NATURAL
RESOURCES
ILIEVSKI Darko Ss. Cirilys and Methodius University - MACEDONIA
Faculty of Civil Engineering
ILVES Priit Technical Center of Estonian Roads LTD ESTONIA
ILYCHEV Vyacheslav RAASN RUSSIA
INDRARATNA Buddhima University of Wollongong AUSTRALIA
INOUE Kazuya Kobe University JAPAN
INOUE Naoto Geo-Research Institute JAPAN
IORIO Jean Pierre SAIPEM SA FRANCE
IRFAN Muhammad University of Tokyo JAPAN
IRSYAM Masyhur HATTI and Institut Teknologi Bandung INDONESIA
(ITB)
ISBITIREN Ipek DEKON TURKEY
ISHIGAKI TSUTOMU NIPPO CORPORATION RESEARCH JAPAN
INSTITUTE
ISHIHARA Kenji Chuo University JAPAN

ISHIKAWA Tatsuya Hokkaido University JAPAN

ISHIKURA Ryohei Kyushu University JAPAN
ISKANDER Magued Polytechnic Institute of New York USA
University
ISOBE KOICHI Nagaoka University of Technology JAPAN
ISSAKHANOV Yerkin Kazakh Academy of Transport KAZAKHSTAN
&Communication
ISSINA ASSEM Department of Civil Engineering, Eurasian KAZAKHSTAN
National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
ITTEN René treeze Ltd. SWITZERLAND
IVSIC TOMISLAV University of Zagreb, Faculty of Civil CROATIA
Engineering
IWASAKI Yoshinori Geo Research Institute JAPAN
JACOBS Felix RWTH Aachen University GERMANY

JACOBSE Abjan GEO2 Engineering BV NETHERLANDS

JACOBSZ Esve University of Pretoria SOUTH AFRICA
JACQUARD CATHERINE FONDASOL FRANCE
JACQUOT-GUIMBAL Hélène Ifsttar FRANCE

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JAFARZADEH FARDIN Sharif Univ. of Tech. & Iranian IRAN

Geotechnical Society
JAKSA Mark University of Adelaide AUSTRALIA

JAMES Taylor Fiberweb UNITED KINGDOM

JAMIOLKOWSKI Michele Technical University of Torino ITALY
JANG Yeon Soo Dongguk University KOREA
JANSE Dick Tencate NETHERLANDS
JANSSON Jenny Sigicom AB SWEDEN
JARDINE Richard Imperial College London UNITED KINGDOM
JASPAR GEOFFREY Service public de Wallonie BELGIUM
JAUGEY Jean marc MENARD FRANCE
JAVADI Akbar UNIVERSITY OF EXETER UNITED KINGDOM
JAVELAUD Emmanuel MENARD FRANCE
JEANJEAN Philippe BP America Inc. USA
JEFFERIS Stephan Environmental Geotechnics Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
Jehanno Mathieu PTC FRANCE
JENCK Orianne Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble FRANCE
JENG Ching Jiang HUAFAN University TAIWAN
JEONG Sangseom Yonsei Univ. KOREA
JETTMAR Josef Czech technical university in Prague, FCE CZECH REPUBLIC
JEWELL Richard Fugro GeoConsulting BELGIUM
JIAN Zhou Zhejiang University CHINA
JIANG Mingjing Tongji University CHINA
JIANG JUN College of Civil Engineering and CHINA
Architecture, Zhejiang University
JIANGBIN Wu East China Architectural Design& Research CHINA
Institute Co.Ltd
JIANHAO Zhao Fujian Academy of Building Research CHINA
JIN MAN Kim Pusan National University KOREA
JIRI Laurin Fine s.r.o. CZECH REPUBLIC
JOER Hackmet Advanced Geomechanics AUSTRALIA
JOMMI Cristina Delft University of Technology NETHERLANDS
JONES Stephen Douglas Partners Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
JONQUOIS Olivier Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
JOO JIHYUNG KIOST KOREA
JOO HYUN Seong KISTEC KOREA
JOONYOUNG KIM SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KOREA
JOSIFOVSKI Josif University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty MACEDONIA
of Civil Engineering -Skopje
JOUNIAUX Myriam Polytech' Grenoble FRANCE
JOVICIC Vojkan IRGO SLOVENIA
JUAREZ-CAMARENA Moises Engineering Institute, UNAM MEXICO
JUN Yoneda AIST JAPAN
JUNG Young Hoon Kyung Hee University KOREA
JUNG Du Hwoe Pukyong National University KOREA
JUSTO José L. University of Seville SPAIN
KABORE Kalsibiri LNBTP Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
KACAR Onur The University of Texas USA
KADYRALIEVA Gulzat National Academy of Sciences of the KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz Republic
KAINRATH Adrian ISSMGE Austria AUSTRIA

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KALAI TLEMCANI MOHAMMED LABORATOIRE PUBLIC D'ESSAI ET MAROCCO

D'ETUDES
KAMON MASASHI Kagawa National College of Technology JAPAN
KANA ETIENNE MARCELIN LABOGENIE CAMEROUN
KANEDA Kazuhiro Takenaka Corporation JAPAN
KANERVA Kyösti FGS – Finnish Geotechnical Society FINLAND
KARATZETZOU Anna Aristotle University of Thessaloniki GREECE
KARLSRUD Kjell Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NORWAY
KARUNAWARDENA Asiri National Building Research Organization SRI LANKA
KASSOUF ROBERTO UNICAMP - State University of Campinas BRAZIL
KASTNER Richard INSA FRANCE
KATAOKA Satsuki Kobe Univercith JAPAN
KATEBI Hooshang University of Tabriz IRAN
KATIC Natasa GEO DENMARK
KATSIGIANNIS Georgios Arup/UCL UNITED KINGDOM
KATSUMI Takeshi Kyoto University JAPAN
KATZENBACH Rolf Technische Universität Darmstadt GERMANY
KAVAZANJIAN Edward Arizona State University USA
KAWABE Shohei Tokyo University of Science JAPAN
KAWAI Katsuyuki Kobe University JAPAN
KAWAMURA Takashi Shinshu University JAPAN
KAYSER Jan Federal Engineering and Research Institut GERMANY
for Waterways
KAZMIERCZAK Jean Bernard INERIS FRANCE
KE Liu Beijing Construction Engineering Quality CHINA
First Testing Institute Co.1td
KEATON Jeffrey AMEC Americas USA
KEBE MAHAMADOU OKOUNDA BTP COTE D'IVOIRE
KEITA Ismael sable mining GUINEE
KELLN Chris GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. CANADA
KELLY Dermot Landpac Ground Engineering Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
KENICHI Sato Fukuoka University JAPAN
KENJI Watanabe Railway Technical Research Institute JAPAN
KENJIRO ORISAKU CHUO KAIHATSU CORPORATION JAPAN
KENMOGNE Emmanuel GEOFOR MAURITIUS
KERFONTAIN Soizic Terre Armée FRANCE
Kerr Lotte XVI ECSMGE in Edimburgh UNITED KINGDOM
KERUI CUI Hefei University of Technology CHINA
KEULEMANS Yvo CPTS Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
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ABDERAHMANE
KHALIMOV Oleg RUSSIA
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KHAZIZIAN Claude FRANCE
KHEDIRI SELMA HYDROSOL FONDATIONS TUNISIA
KHEMAKHEM Mehrez ENIT Tunisia TUNISIA
KHOMYAKOV Vitaliy Kazakh leader architecturally construction KAZAKHSTAN
academy
KICHOU Zoheir London South Bank University UNITED KINGDOM

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KIKKAWA NAOTAKA National Institute of Occupational Safety JAPAN

and Health,Japan
KIKUCHI Yoshiaki Tokyo University of Science JAPAN
KIM Dong Soo KAIST KOREA
KIM KISEOG Heesong Geotek Co., Ltd KOREA
KIM Tae Hyung Korea Maritime University KOREA
KIM Hong taek Hongik University KOREA
KIM Sun Bin KIOST KOREA
KIM Sung Ryul Dong-A University KOREA
KIM MYOUNG MO SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KOREA
KIMOTO Sayuri Kyoto University JAPAN
KINICHI ANDO CHUO KAIHATSU CORPORATION JAPAN
KIRAN FAZIL STFA SOIL INVESTIGATION TURKIYE
KIRICHEK Yuriy Prsdniprovska state academy of civil UKRAINE
engineering and architecture
KIRSTEIN Johannes BVT DYNIV GmbH GERMANY
KISHIDA Kiyoshi Kyoto University JAPAN
KITADA NAOKO Geo-Research Institute JAPAN
KITAZUME Masaki Tokyo Institute of Technology JAPAN
KLIMIS Nikolaos DUTH GREECE
KNIGHT Paul UNITED KINGDOM
KO Tommy APAGEO FRANCE
KOBAYASHI Yuta Shinshu University JAPAN
KOBAYASHI Shun ichi Kanazawa University JAPAN
Koc Mustafa Royal Haskoning DHV TURKEY
KOCHNEV Daud TenCate Geosynthetics RUSSIA
KODA Eugeniusz Warsaw University of Life Sciences POLAND
KODAKA Takeshi Meijo University JAPAN
KOELEWIJN Andre Deltares NETHERLANDS
KOH KYUNG HWAN SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION KOREA
KOH Edward Kiso-Jiban Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE
KOJI ICHII Hiroshima University JAPAN
KOMIYA Kazuhito Chiba Institute of Technology JAPAN
KONG Gangqiang Hohai University CHINA
KONG Ling Ming Beihang University CHINA
KONG Liang Qingdao Technological University CHINA
KONG Lingwei Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, CHINA
Chinese Academy of Sciences
KöNIG Diethard Ruhr-Universität Bochum GERMANY
KOO Kuan Seng MALAYSIA
KöPPL Florian Herrenknecht AG GERMANY
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KORFF Mandy Deltares NETHERLANDS
KORKIALA-TANTTU Leena Aalto Univerity FINLAND
KOROLEVA Irina V. Kazan State University of Architecture and RUSSIA
Engineering
KOSHO Ani A.L.T.E.A. & Geostudio 2000 ALBANIA
Koslova Elena Ural Construction Technologies LLC RUSSIA
KOTTAKI Nomiki TERRASOL FRANCE
KOUADRI Mourad URETEK FRANCE
KOUNATRAK Andrée Antoine Geofond SA GABON
KOVACEVIC ZELIC Biljana Faculty of Mining Geology petroleum CROATIA
engineering

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KOZAKI Kanako école nationale des ponts et chaussées JAPON

KOZLOVA Elena Ural Construction Technologies LLC RUSSIA
KPORKU III TOGBI CONTERRA LIMITED GHANA
KRABBENHOFT KRISTIAN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA
KRAHN John GEO-SLOPE International Ltd. CANADA
KROTH Helmut TENSAR INTERNATIONAL Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
KUDY Helena FRANCE
KUIPER Eddy A.P. van den Berg NETHERLANDS
KUMARA Janaka Yokohama National University JAPAN
KUMMERER Clemens Keller Grundbau Ges.mbH AUSTRIA
KUMOR Maciej University of Technology and Life Sciences POLSKA
KUPPUSAMY SUGANYA Indian Institute of Science INDIA
KURCHANOV NIK GEORECONSTRUCTION RUSSIA
KURUOGLU OZGUR YUKSEL PROJE TURKEY
KUVIK Marian CAD - ECO a.s. SLOVAKIA
KUWANO Reiko The University of Tokyo JAPAN
KUWANO Jiro Saitama University JAPAN
KVASNICKA Predrag University of Zagreb, Faculty for Mining, CROATIA
Geology and Petroleum Engineering
KWAK Sang shin KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER KOREA
CO., LTD
KWON SUNYONG SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KOREA
KWONG James Yogi Kwong Engineers, LLC USA
LA FONTA Jean Ghislain SOLDATA FRANCE
LAACKMANN Kirsten DGGT Deutsche Gesellschaft für GERMANY
Geotechnik e.V.
LABIED HASSAN LABORATOIRE PUBLIC D'ESSAIS ET MAROCCO
D'ETUDES
LACASSE Suzanne Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NORWAY
LACERDA Willy UFRJ BRAZIL
LACEY David Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) AUSTRALIA
LAFLEURIE Félix Sigicom AB FRANCE
LAFORGUE BERTRAND Alios FRANCE
LAI CHIA HUNG CECI Nova Technology Co.,Ltd TAIWAN
LAIGLE François EDF-CIH FRANCE
LALIAT Sophie SOLS-MESURES FRANCE
LALOUI Lyesse EPFL-ENAC-LMS SWITZERLAND
LAM Kam Ming Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited CHINA
LAM Carlos University of Manchester UNITED KINGDOM
LAMAS LOPEZ Francisco SNCF FRANCE
LAMBALLERIE Jean Yves FONDASOL FRANCE
LAMBERT Serge keller FRANCE
LAMEIRE BART Lameire Funderingstechnieken nv BELGIUM
LAMPERTI Romano SISGEO S.R.L. ITALY
LANGFORD Jenny Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NGI NORWAY
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LAPEÑA Pablo University of Cantabria SPAIN
LAREAL Pierre INSA LYON FRANCE
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LASNE MARINE SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
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LAUE Jan ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND

LAUNAY Jean CFMS FRANCE
LAURENT Anthony FRANCE
LAUZET Florent Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
LAVALLEE Emmanuel DTP TERRASSEMENT FRANCE
LAW Rachel Geotechnical Engineering Office HONG KONG
LAWSON Chris TenCate Geosynthetics Asia Sdn Bhd MALAYSIA
LE BISSONNAIS Hervé TERRASOL FRANCE
LE BOURHIS Marlène Tractebel FRANCE
LE DELLIOU Marc ISCHEBECK FRANCE SARL FRANCE
LE FAOUDER Anna Tencate FRANCE
LE KOUBY Alain IFSTTAR FRANCE
LE REVEILLE Guillaume BOTTE FONDATIONS FRANCE
LEBEAU Cédric TECHNOSOL FRANCE
LEBRETON Marie SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
LECAMUS Sebastien URETEK FRANCE
LECHOWICZ Zbigniew Warsaw University of Life Sciences POLAND
LEDESMA ALBERTO UPC-BarcelonaTech SPAIN
LEE Junhwan Yonsei University KOREA
LEE Jaehwan Yonsei Univ. KOREA
LEE Seung Rae KAIST KOREA
LEE Taehee Kyung Hee University KOREA
LEE Seung-Won Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. KOREA
Ltd.
LEE KWANG YEOL DONGSEO UNIVERSITY KOREA
LEE YongAn Hanwha Engineering & Construction KOREA
LEE Yvette ACE GEOSYNTHETICS TAIWAN
LEECH Andrew Fiberweb UNITED KINGDOM
LEGENDRE YVES SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
LEGRAND SOPHIE CETE NORD-PICARDIE FRANCE
LEHTONEN Ville Tampere University of Technology FINLAND
LEI Guohui Hohai University CHINA
LEMAIRE Guillaume foraloc FRANCE
LEMOS Luís Instituto Pedro Nunes PORTUGAL
LENOIR Thomas IFSTTAR FRANCE
LENTI Luca IFSTTAR FRANCE
LEPPIK Villu ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE ESTONIA
SCIENCES
LEPPLA Steffen Technische Universität Darmstadt GERMANY
LEPRETRE Xavier Controlab FRANCE
LESAGE BERTRAND FREYSSINET FRANCE
LESNY Kerstin University of Duisburg-Essen GERMANY
LEUNG Chun Fai National University of Singapore SINGAPORE
LEVEQUE Laurent EDF - CEIDRE - IEGG FRANCE
LEVESQUE Christiane Measurand Inc CANADA
LEVY Frederick University of Southampton, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom
LI Jian Beijing Jiao-tong University CHINA
LI Weizhou Chang’an University CHINA
LI Jian min China Academy of Building Research CHINA

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LI XING SHANGHAI GUANGDA FOUNDATION CHINA

ENGINEERING CO.,LTD
LI Xiaojun Tongji University CHINA
LI Nenghui Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute CHINA
LI Liang Qingdao Technological University CHINA
LI Zhongsen Ecole Centrale Paris FRANCE
LI Qiang The University of Hong Kong HONG KONG
LI Xia University of Nottingham UNITED KINGDOM
LIANG BO School of Civil Engineering and CHINA
Architecture, Chongqing Jiaotong
University
LIAO Hung Jiun National Taiwan University of Science & TAIWAN
Technology
LIAUSU Philippe MENARD FRANCE
LIETAERT Bert DEME - Dredging International BELGIUM
LIEVRE Christine Texinov FRANCE
LIM Shiyi SINGAPORE
LIN WANG CHUO KAIHATSU CORPORATION JAPAN
LIN Horn Da National Taiwan University of Science and TAIWAN
Technology
LIN Meei Ling National Taiwan University TAIWAN
LING Zhong IPC Global AUSTRALIA
LING Xianzhang Harbin Institute of Technology CHINA
LING Hoe COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY USA
LIQIANG Sun TianJin University CHINA
LISYUK MICHAEL GEORECONSTRUCTION RUSSIA
LIU Hanlong Hohai University CHINA
LIU Tingfa Tsinghua University CHINA
LIU Fang Tongji University CHINA
LIU Gang Dalian University of Technology CHINA
LIU Run Tianjin University CHINA
LIU Yiting Ove Arup & Partners (HK) Ltd. CHINA
LIU Chang TIANJIN UNIVERSITY CHINA
LIU Cheng National Chiao Tung Unversity CHINA
LIU Fengyin Xi'an University of Technology CHINA
LIU Songyu Southeast Unversity CHINA
LIYANAPATHIRANA Samanthika University of Western Sydney AUSTRALIA
LIZCANO Arcesio SRK-Consulting CANADA
LLORET Antonio Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) SPAIN
LODAHL Michael Danish Geotechnical Society DENMARK
LOEHR J. Erik University of Missouri USA
LOEWEN Martin Universität Siegen GERMANY
LOGAN Gary Bentley Systems
UNITED KINGDOM
LOGAR Janko University of Ljubljana SLOVENIA
LONDEZ Michel Individuel FRANCE
LONG Xiaoyan Fugro GeoConsulting Inc. USA
LONGUET Amandine Cathie Associates BELGIUM
LOOK Burt Sinclair Knight Mertz Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA
LÓPEZ-ACOSTA Norma Patricia NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO, MEXICO
INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
LORENZO Raydel University of Brasilia BRAZIL
LOUKIDIS Dimitrios University of Cyprus CYPRUS

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LOURENÇO DAVID UFRGS BRAZIL

LOVERIDGE Fleur University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
LOW Jasmine University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
LU Xilin Tongji University CHINA
LU Chih Chieh Geotechnical Engineering Department, TAIWAN
Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Ltd.
LUCARELLI Augusto ITASCA CONSULTING GROUP USA
LUCAS Myriam SOCABAT FRANCE
LUCAS Fatima SNCF - Direction PSIGT FRANCE
LUCAS Eric Terre armée FRANCE
LUO XIAODONG The University of Hong Kong CHINA
LUO Yasheng Northwest A&F University CHINA
LYNGS Jakob Hausgaard COWI A/S DENMARK
MA Jianlin University of Southwest Jiaotong CHINA
MAAWIA KHALIFA Hamed SUDAN PILE FOR ROUNDS & SUDAN
BRIDGES
MACEK Matej University of Ljubljana, Faculty of civil and SLOVENIA
geodetic engineering
MACHADO DO VALE José Luís Societé Portugaise de Geotechnie PORTUGAL
MACIJAUSKAS DARIUS UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG
MADAFFARI MARIA GRAZIA MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY OF ITALY
REGGIO CALABRIA
MADDAH Layal Lebanese LEBANON
MADHAV MADHIRA JNT UNIVERSITY INDIA

MADSEN Ole Alenkaer Grontmij DENMARK

MAEDA TOMONARI OBAYASHI CORPORATION JAPAN
MAEKELBERG Wim TUC RAIL BELGIUM
MAERTENS Jan Jan Maertens BVBA BELGIUM
MAGHOUS SAMIR Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul BRAZIL
MAGNAN Jean Pierre Ifsttar FRANCE
MAGNE Nicolas Geop FRANCE
MAHARAJ Amrita CSIR SOUTH AFRICA
MAHLER Andras Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics
MAIA GILMAR GUSMÃO ENGENHEIROS ASS. LTDA BRAZIL
MAILLOUX Jean Louis SNC-Lavalin Inc CANADA
MAIR ROBERT Cambridge University UNITED KINGDOM
MAISON Tatiana Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais FRANCE
MAJIDIAN Sina Tarbiat Modares University IRAN
MAKHLOUF Brahim somiphos spa ALGERIA
MALAT Richard Charles university CZECH REPUBLIC
MALEKI Kamran SOLPROJET FRANCE
MALIKOV STANISLAV DE "DONETSK UKRAINE
PROMSTROYNIIPROEKT"
MALININ Pavel 000 Construction Company Inzh RUSSIA
Proektstroy
MALININ Dmitrii 000 Construction Company Inzh RUSSIA
Proektstroy
MALUSIS Michael Bucknell University USA

MAMADOU Djibo LNTP/B/NIGER NIGERIA

MANANJARA HENRI-PIERRE SEFI-INTRAFOR FRANCE

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MANASSERO MARIO Politecnico di Torino ITALY

MANCER MAHFOUD DYWIDAG International GmbH ALGERIA
MANDELLI Claudio Sireg SpA ITALY
MANDOLINI ALESSANDRO SECONDA UNIVERSITA' DI NAPOLI ITALY
MANEA SANDA Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
MANGUSHEV Rashid Slate Architectural and Construction RUSSIA
MANICA MALCOM MIGUEL MEXICAN SOCIETY OF MEXICO
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
MANNA BAPPADITYA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDIA
DELHI
MANOLIU Lacint Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
MANSIKKAMäKI Juho Tampere University of Technology FINLAND

MARAFICAUD Guy SEFI-INTRAFOR FRANCE

MARCHETTI Diego Studio Prof. Marchetti ITALY
MARCHETTI Silvano lucio studio prof. marchetti srl ITALY
MARCIE CLAUDE GEOLIA FRANCE
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MARCU ANDREI DRAGOS Popp&Asociatii LTD ROMANIA
MARCU ANATOLIE SC. SAIDEL ENGINEERING SRL ROMANIA
MARGARIT Philippe Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
MARIAN Mihaela Roxana Technical University of Cluj Napoca ROMANIA
MARJANOVIC Milos Faculty of Mining and Geology, University SERBIA
of Belgrade
MARLINGE Julian TERRASOL FRANCE
MARQUES Rui MCS LEA ANGOLA
MARTíN STICKLE Miguel Universidad Politécnica de Madrid SPAIN
Martineau François IFSTTAR FRANCE
MARTINELLI Jean Bonar FRANCE
MARTINEZ J. Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de FRANCE
Rennes
MARTINEZ PARRA Angel Ferrovial Servicios SPAIN

MARTINO Di Marco CONTROLS ITALY

MARTINS Ian Federal University of Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL
MARTINS-CAMPINA Bruno RATP - ING FRANCE
MARZANO Ignazio Paolo Sapienza University of Rome ITALY
MASIN David Charles University in Prague CZECH REPUBLIC
MASOUMI HAMID D2S INTERNATIONAL NV BELGIUM
MASROURI Farimah UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE FRANCE
MASSAAD Pascale TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
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MASSE Frederic MENARD USA USA
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MATHIEU Eric EIFFAGE TP FRANCE
MATSUMARU Takaki Railway Techinical Research Institute JAPAN
MATSUSHIMA Takashi University of Tsukuba JAPAN
MAUCOTEL Fanny MENARD FRANCE
MAUGERI Michèle UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA ITALY

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MAUREL Cécile Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement FRANCE

Durable et de l'Energie
MAYEUX François Etudes et recheres Géotechniques FRANCE

MAYNE Paul Georgia Institute of Technology USA

MAZARÉ Bruno Egis FRANCE
MAZEK Sherif Military Technical College EGYPT
MAZZIERI Francesco Università Politecnica delle Marche ITALY
MCCARTNEY John University of Colorado Boulder USA
MCCOMBIE Paul University of Bath FRANCE
MCHAYLEH Joseph Bureau d'Etudes Géotechniques BEG - LEBANON
Ingénieur Joseph Mchayleh
MECSI József University of Pécs HUNGARY
MEDEIROS CARLOS EMBRE ENGENHARIA BRAZIL
MEKKAOUI Abdelghani TENSAR INTERNATIONAL Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
MENDEZ-SANCHEZ Edgar Engineering Institute, UNAM MEXICO
MENDOZA MANUEL J. National University of Mexico MEXICO
MENKITI Christopher GCG UNITED KINGDOM
MERCER ADRIAN SPIE FONDATIONS FRANCE
MERMET Jean-Pascal TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS FRANCE
MERRIEN- Véronique UMR 7359 - GEORESSOURCES FRANCE
SOUTACHOFF
MERRIFIELD CAESAR COFFEY GEOTECHNICS LIMITED UNITED KINGDOM

MESRI Gholamreza Univeersity of Illinois t U-C USA

MESSERKLINGER Sophie Poyry Energy Ltd. SWITZERLAND
MESTAT Philippe Roger IFSTTAR FRANCE
METS Mait Estonian Geotechnical Society ESTONIA
MEUNIER CHRISTOPHE Alios FRANCE
MIAO Linchang Southeast University CHINA
MICHEL DOMINIQUE BOUYGUES TRAVAUX PUBLICS FRANCE
MIDDENDORP Peter Allnamics NETHERLANDS
MIGUEZ Roberto Andra FRANCE
MILITITSKY Jarbas UFRGS BRAZIL
MILLOHO Dramane LNBTP BURKINA FASO BURKINA FASO
MINAKATA Nao Kyoto University JAPAN
MINDER Pascal ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND
MINE Edouard TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
MINGOU PANAGIOTA Allseas Engineering bv NETHERLANDS
MIRSAYAPOV Ilizar T. Kazan State University of Architecture and RUSSIA
Engineering
MISSIKA Jean Louis MAIRIE DE PARIS FRANCE

MITCHELL Peter Aurecon Australia Pty Ltd AUSTRALIA

MIURA MINAMI Kobe University JAPAN
MIURA Ryuji Kitami Institute of Technology JAPAN
mlsd Laurent SOL ESSAIS FRANCE
MOHD YACOB HIDAYAT SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd. MALAYSIA
MOK Young Jin Kyung Hee University KOREA
MOKNI Nadia Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûretè FRANCE
Nucléaire
MOLLEREAU Claire Geopac (Menard) CANADA
MOLLIER Thierry Egis FRANCE

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MOLLIET Guilhem ab ingénieurs sa SWITZERLAND

MOLNAR Iulia Consuela Technical University of Cluj Napoca, ROMANIA
Romania, Faculty of Civil Engineering
MOMOYA Yoshitsugu Railway Technical Research Institute JAPAN

MONACO Paola University of L'Aquila ITALY

MONFARED Mohammad BG Ingénieurs Conseils SWITZERLAND
MONLEAU Stéphane SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE FRANCE
MONNET Jacques université de Grenoble FRANCE
MONROE Rick Durham Geo Slope Indicator USA
MONTEZ Flavio HUESKER Ltda. BRAZIL
MONTORO Marcos National University of Cordoba ARGENTINA
MOORE TONY Taylor & Francis UNITED KINGDOM
MORA MARTINEZ José Manuel KASSA COLOMBIA
MORACI NICOLA MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY OF ITALY
REGGIO CALABRIA
MORAES JR Luciano Jacques Mecasolo Engenharia e Consultoria BRAZIL

MOREAU Vivien TERRASOL FRANCE

MORIN Gary Keynetix UNITED KINGDOM
MORSY Mohamed Salah Ain Shams University EGYPT
MORTARA GIUSEPPE MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY OF ITALY
REGGIO CALABRIA
MORTEZA Mirdarsoltani APS-Wille geotechnik GERMANY
MOSSER Jean François SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL
MOUFO JEAN LABOGENIE CAMEROUN

MOURIER Jean Paul GINGER CEBTP FRANCE

MOUSTAFA Heba Housing&Building National Research EGYPT
Center (HBRC)
MOUSTAN Philippe Sol Solution FRANCE
MOYA Juan Jeoprobe SAS COLOMBIA
MROUEH Hussein Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies FRANCE
MRVIK Ondrej Geotechnik.SK – TP.GEO, SLOVAKIA
MU Linlong Tongji University CHINA
MUIR WOOD Alastair DONG Energy UNITED KINGDOM
MUKUNOKI Toshifumi KumamotoUniversity JAPAN
MüLLER Rasmus Tyréns AB SWITZERLAND
MULLIGAN Catherine Concordia University CANADA
MUñIZ MENéNDEZ Mauro SPAIN
MURAKAMI Akira Kyoto University JAPAN
MURALI KRISHNA Adapa Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati INDIA
MURAMOTO Katsumi Railway Technical Research Institute JAPAN
MURILLO Carol UNIVERSITE NATIONAL DE COLOMBIA
COLOMBIE
MURTHY Tejas Indian Institute of Science INDIA
NA Sang Uk Kyung Hee University KOREA
NACIRI Omar BBG Bauberatung Geokunststoffe GmbH & GERMANY
Co. KG
NADIM Farrokh Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NORWAY
NAGY László Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics

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NAJJAR Shadi American University of Beirut LEBANON

NAKAI Kentaro Nagoya University JAPAN

NAKAI Teruo Geo-Research Institute JAPAN
NAKAMURA Susumu Nihon University JAPAN
NAKANO Masaki Nagoya University JAPAN
NAKATA YUKIO Yamaguchi University JAPAN
NANCEY Alain Tencate FRANCE
NARAYAN BASAK BADRI CONSTELL CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. INDIA
NARSILIO Guillermo The University of Melbourne AUSTRALIA
NASR BALLOUZ Hala International IGM s.a.r.l. LEBANON
NASSIF MEHDI Alios FRANCE
NATEROP Daniel Sisgeo ITALY
NATHAN Vimalan VJ Tech Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
NAULEAU Elodie IFSTTAR FRANCE
NAWAZ BASSIM BAUER GERMANY
NAZARIAN Soheil The University of Texas at El Paso USA
NAZE LAURENT Controlab FRANCE
NEEL Jean Baptiste SNCF - Direction PSIGT FRANCE
NEGRO Arsenio Bureau de Projetos BRAZIL
NEHAL Rakesh GEO2 Engineering BV NETHERLANDS
NELSON John D. Engineering Analytics, Inc. USA
NERLAND Ørjan NGI NORWAY
NEWSON Timothy University of Western Ontario CANADA
NG Charles CHINA
NGUYEN MINH HAI THU DAU MOT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM
NIANG Gamdy Gabonaise d'Etudes Techniques (GET) GABON
NICKS Jennifer FEDERAL HIGHWAY USA
ADMINISTRATION
NICOLAS STEPHANE Alios FRANCE
NICOLINI Alban GTS FRANCE
NICOLINI Emilio Cathie Associates/G-Octopus
NIETO Christian TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
NIETO-SANDOVAL ANTOINE SPIE FONDATIONS FRANCE
NIKIFOROVA Nadezda NIISF-RAASM RUSSIA
NIMBALKAR Sanjay University of Wollongong AUSTRALIA
NISHIMURA TOMOYOSHI Ashikaga Institute of Technology JAPAN
NISHIMURA Satoshi Hokkaido University JAPAN
NISHIMURA Shin ichi Okayama University JAPAN
NODA Toshihiro Nagoya Iniversity JAPAN
NODA Shohei Yamaguchi University JAPAN
NOIRET Aurélien Andra FRANCE
NONOYAMA Hideto Nagoya University JAPAN
NORDAL Steinar Norwegian University of Science and NORWAY
Technology
NORIYUKI Yasufuku Kyushu University JAPAN

NORKUS ARNOLDAS Vilnius Gediminas Technical University LITHUANIA

NORTH Emma Fiberweb USA
NOSETTO ANDREA PIETRO SAIPEM SpA ITALY
NOUANGA Philippe Laboratoire National de Génie Civil CAMEROUN
(LABOGENIE)

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NUSSBAUMER Manfred Ed. Zueblin AG GERMANY

NUZHDIN Leonid V. Novosibirsk State University (SIBSTRIN) RUSSIA
OBERENDER Philipp ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND
ODA KAZUHIRO Osaka University JAPAN
OETTLI LAURENCE SYSTRA FRANCE
OFRIKHTER Vadim Perm national research polytechnical RUSSIA
university
OHTA Hideki Chuo University JAPAN
OHTSUKA Satoru Nagaoka University of Technology JAPAN
OJOKO Ademola Coker Albusgold Limited NIGERIA
OKA Fusao Kyoto University JAPAN
OKKELS Nik GEO - Danish Geotechnical Institute DENMARK
OKYAY Umur Saleh PINTO SAS FRANCE
OLAGUNJU KEHINDE OLAITAN ALIMOSHO LOCAL GOVERNMNET NIGERIA
OLINIC Ernest Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
OLTEANU Andrei Constantin Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
OMINE Kiyoshi Japan JAPAN
ONG Victor Chee-Wee KIMARO Geotechnical Engineering SINGAPORE
(Singapore & Malaysia) Pte Ltd
ONO TAKASHI Hokkai-Gakuen University JAPAN
ONWU Chris friendship hospital yaba NIGERIA
ORENSE Rolando University of Auckland NEW ZEALAND
O'RIORDAN Nick Arup UNITED KINGDOM
ORLANDO CELSO THEMAG BRAZIL
OROZCO-CALDERON Marcos Geotechnical Engineer - Offshore - MEXICO
Deepwater
ORR Trevor Trinity College Dublin IRELAND
OSOKIN Anatolii Geostroy ZAO RUSSIA
OTANI Jun Kumamoto University JAPAN
OU Chang Yu National Taiwan University of Science and TAIWAN
Technology
OUEDRAOGO Abdoulaye BUMIGEB Bureau des Mines et de la BURKINA FASO
Geologie du Burkina
OULD NAJEM MOHAMED CONTROLAB FRANCE
OVANDO SHELLEY EFRAÍN Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México MEXICO
OWEN Carla The Institution of Engineering and UNITED KINGDOM
Technology
OZDEMIR Ali Hilmi Volkan AGM Engineering Ltd.Co. TURKEY

PACI Ervin Polytechnic University of Tirana, Faculty of ALBANIA

Civil Engineering
PAGE RISUENO Ana Maria Computational Geomechanics, Norwegian NORWAY
Geotechnical Institute
PALIX Elisabeth Fugro GeoConsulting S.A. FRANCE
PALLOT PHILIPPE FREYSSINET FRANCE
PALMA JUAN H. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CHILE
CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
PALMÉN Anders Swedish Geotechnical Society SWITZERLAND
PAN Huali Institute of Mountain Hazard and CHINA
Environment
PANE Vincenzo University of Perugia ITALY

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PANG CHO WA THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO. LTD. HONG KONG

PANIAGUA Walter PILOTEC MEXICO
PANTELIDOU HELENI ARUP UNITED KINGDOM
PAPADOPOULOU Mello Maria University of Thessaly GREECE
PAPE Fréderic Ischebeck FRANCE
PARDINI MARIA ELISABET UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ARGENTINA
LITORAL
PARK Duhee Hanyang Universtty KOREA
PARRA ROSALES Jose German Geohidra Consultores VENEZUELA
PARSA PAJOUH Ali University of Technology, Sydney AUSTRALIA
PARTOVI Maziar TNO DIANA BV NETHERLANDS
PASCOAL JUNIOR Jairo CEUN-IMT BRAZIL
PASTORE VALERIANO STUDIO GEOTECNICO ITALIANO ITALY
PATHMANANDAVEL Sukumar Coffey AUSTRALIA
PATRA CHITTARANJAN National Institute of Technology Rourkela INDIA
PAULIN AGUIRRE Juan Soletanche-Bachy, Mexico MEXICO
PAYEUR Jean Baptiste Laboratoire Navier FRANCE
PECENKA Jiri TenCate Geosynthetics CZ s.r.o. CZECH REPUBLIC
PECK Danièle Associations professionnelles FRANCE
PECKER Alain Geodynamique et Structure FRANCE
PEDERSEN Rene Bogelund Technical University of Denmark DENMARK
PEHLIG Mark Fugro GeoServices B.V. NETHERLANDS
PEHLIVAN Menzer Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers USA
PELLET Frederic International Society for Rock Mechanics FRANCE
PELLEVRAULT Sébastien RINCENT ND APPLICATIONS FRANCE
PELLEZ Jean Christophe Sol Solution FRANCE
PENA Santiago _ SPAIN
PENDER MICHAEL University of Auckland NEW ZEALAND
PENHOUET Christophe TECHNOSOL FRANCE
PENNA Antonio Damasco Penna BRAZIL
PENOT Cyril Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
PENZES Balint Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics (BME)
PEQUENINO Fernando SMEC South Africa (Pty) Ltd SOUTH AFRICA
PERäLä Antti PowerPile Oy FINLAND
PEREIRA Alvaro FGS Geotecnia BRAZIL
PEREIRA Jean-Michel ECOLE DES PONTS PARITECH FRANCE
PEREZ ANGELES MARCO ANTONIO MEXICAN SOCIETY OF MEXICO
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
PERLO Sabrina ESTP FRANCE
PERMINOV Nicolay S-Petersburg State Trasnport un? RUSSIA
PERONNE Michael Jean Lutz SA FRANCE
PESTANA Juan M University of California, Berkeley USA
PETERSON Carl TenCate Geosynthetics Austria Ges.m.b.H. AUSTRIA
PETITGRAND CAROLINE Controlab FRANCE
PETKOVSEK ANA University Ljubljana, Faculty of civil and SLOVENIA
geodetic engineering
PETRELLA Francesco Arup DENMARK

PETRUKHIN Valery JSC RC "Construction" RUSSIA

PHAM Huu Ha Giang Ghent University - Laboratory of BELGIUM
Geotechnics

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PHIEN-WEJ Noppadol Asian Institute of Technology THAILAND

PHILIP François Vinci Construction Grands Projets FRANCE
PHILIPPE Sébastien EDF - CEIDRE - IEGG FRANCE
PHILIPPONNAT BRUNO SOGEO EXPERT FRANCE
PHILIPSEN Jacob Ramboll DENMARK
PICARD Gilles Antea France FRANCE
PIEDEVACHE Médéric SOLEXPERTS FRANCE FRANCE
PIETERS YANNIS FONDEDILE NV BELGIUM
PINEDA-JAIMES JORGE ARTURO DICEÍN LTD / SANTO TOMAS COLOMBIA
UNIVERSITY
PINHO-LOPES Margarida University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
PINTO Alexandre JetSJ Geotecnia PORTUGAL
PIPATPONGSA Thirapong Tokyo Institute of Technology JAPAN
PIRI Gaston SCET CONGO
PIRRION Thierry Antea France FRANCE
PISANO' Federico Politecnico di Milano ITALY
PITA Xavier JetSJ Geotecnia PORTUGAL
PITILAKIS KYRIAZIS ARISTOTE UNIVERSITY GREECE
PLACE Mickaêl SITES FRANCE
PLAISTED Michael Geotechnical Engineering, University of USA
Texas-Austin
PLOMTEUX Cyril Ménard FRANCE

PLUMELLE Claude CNAM FRANCE

Po Stan Fugro GéoConsulting FRANCE
POHL Martin Federal Waterways Institute (BAW) GERMANY
POILPRÉ Christophe X-AM-SOL developpement FRANCE
POKLONSKY Sergey State Research Institute of Buildings UKRAINE
Constructions
PONDY Jean PI ENGINEERING CAMEROUN

PONOMARYOV Andrey Perm National Research Polytechnic RUSSIA

University
POON Bosco GHD AUSTRALIA
POPA Horatiu Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
POPOV Viktor KaragandyGIIZ&Co KAZAKHSTAN
POT Remon Fugro GeoServices B.V. NETHERLANDS
POTIN Gildas TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
POTTS Victoria Donaldson Associates Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
POUDEVIGNE Jacques Fugro GeoConsulting S.A. FRANCE
POULOS HARRY Coffey Geotechnics AUSTRALIA
POULSEN Rikke Aalborg University DENMARK
POUX Maxime Ginger CEBTP FRANCE
POWELL John Geolabs Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
POWER Gary Reinforced Earth Company AUSTRALIA
POZZI Nathalie Eiffage TP FRANCE
PREMSTALLER Michael Premstaller Geotechnik AUSTRIA
PRENDERGAST Luke University College Dublin IRELAND
PREZZI Monica Purdue University USA
PRICEPUTU Adrian Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
PRIOL Grégoire Vinci Construction FRANCE

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PRUVOST Marielle RATP - ING FRANCE

PUECH Alain FUGRO GEOCONSULTING FRANCE FRANCE
PUPPALA Anand University of Texas at Arlington USA
PUZENAT YVES SAIPEM SA FRANCE
PUZRIN Alexander ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND
QIAN Jiangu Tongji University CHINA
QIANWEI Liu Shanghai Urban Construction and CHINA
Communications Commission
QINGKE Nie Hebei Research Institute of Construction & CHINA
Geo. Investigation CO.,LTD
QIU Jianjin Shenzhen Geotechnical Investigation & CHINA
Surveying Institute Co. Ltd.
QU YAOHUI Northwest Research Institute of C.R.E.C CHINA
QUADROS CARLOS TÉCNICA-Engenheiros Consultores MOZAMBIQUE
QUAGLIA Gastón SAIG / ISSMGE ARGENTINA
QUANDALLE Benoît Menard Vibro Middle East UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
QUELLEC Anne-Sophie TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS FRANCE
QUICK Hubert Prof. Dipl.-Ing. H. Quick GmbH GERMANY
QUINT Christian SYSTRA FRANCE
QURESHI Mohsin Usman Sohar University, Sohar, Oman OMAN
QUSAI Al Qudah VJ Tech Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
RAAD SAMER PORT DE BEYROUTH / UNIVERSITE LEBANON
LIBANAISE FACULTE DE GENIE
Rabstad KRISTOFFER Løvlien Georåd AS NORWAY
RACANA Nicolas Fiberweb FRANCE
RACINAIS Jérôme Ménard FRANCE
RAFIE ELIE Sol et Travaux Spéciaux Consultants LEBANON
RAHHAL Muhsin Elie Saint Joseph University LEBANON
RAHMAN Mizanur University of South Australia AUSTRALIA
RAINES Richard ExxonMobil USA
RAJOT Jean Pierre IFSTTAR FRANCE
RAKOTOMALALA Lucie Augustine Université de Mahajanga- MADAGASCAR
RAMADAN Ebraheem Assiut University EGYPT
RAMDANE BAHAR University of Sciences and Technology ALGERIA
Houari Boumediene
RAMIREZ CARDONA Diégo SNCF FRANCE
RAMON TARRAGONA Anna Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya SPAIN
RAMSTER Ben ICE Group UNITED KINGDOM
RANDOLPH Mark University of Western Australia AUSTRALIA
RANGEL José Luis Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana MEXICO
RAUDSEPP Rauno Estonian Geotechnical Society ESTONIA
RAVEL Hugo SYSTRA FRANCE
RAY Richard SZECHENYI UNIVERSITY HUNGARY
RAYHANI Mohammad Carleton University CANADA
RAYMACKERS Sylvie DEME (GeoSea) BELGIUM
RAZAKAMANANTSOA Andry IFSTTAR FRANCE
REBOUL Michel TECHNOSOL FRANCE
REDAELLI Marco Halcrow (a CH2M Hill Company) UNITED KINGDOM
REES Sean GDS Instruments UNITED KINGDOM
REFASS Abdelhamid NBR MAROCCO
REIFFSTECK Philippe IFSTTAR FRANCE

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REMAUD David ITECH FRANCE

RENARD Jean-philippe SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
RENAUD Frédéric BOTTE FONDATIONS FRANCE
RENIER Pierre EDF FRANCE
RESCOUSSIER Jean Michel JM RESCOUSSIER EXPERTISES FRANCE
REUL Oliver University Of Kassel GERMANY
REVOLLON Sophie Foraloc FRANCE
REYNAUD Sébastien EGIS STRUCTURES ET FRANCE
ENVIRONNEMENT
RICHARD Stéfanie Franki Fondation FRANCE
RICHARDSON David Durham Geo Slope Indicator UNITED KINGDOM
RICHARSON David Durham Geo Slope Indicater USA
RIDLEY Andrew Geotechnical Observations Limited UNITED KINGDOM
RIEGEL PIERRE SAS EQUATERRE FRANCE
RIEMER Wynfrith -- GERMANY
RILEY Dennis AUSTRALIA
RILHO Andry Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul BRAZIL
RIMOY Siya University of Dar es Salaam TANZANIA
RINALDI Victor Alejandro Universidad NAcional de Cordoba ARGENTINA
RINCENT Jean Jacques Rincent BTP FRANCE
RISKEN Jacob California Polytechnic State University, San USA
Luis Obispo
RITO Fusao OYO Corporation JAPAN
RITSOS Apostolis EDAFOMICHANIKI S.A. GREECE
RIVAGE LAURENT FUGRO GéoConsulting FRANCE
RIVERA Leo Decagon Devices USA
RIZKALLAH ABDO LAINE DELAU FRANCE
ROBERT Jacques ARCADIS FRANCE
ROBERTSON Peter Gregg Drilling & Testing USA
ROBIN Victor University of Exeter UNITED KINGDOM
ROBINET Alain SNCF FRANCE
ROBINSON Scott University of Dundee UNITED KINGDOM
ROBY Matthieu Tractebel FRANCE
ROCHéE Solenne Technische Universität Darmstadt GERMANY
ROCHER-LACOSTE Frédéric PARIS FRANCE
RODRIGUEZ EDGAR EDUARDO INGENIERIA Y GEORIESGOS IGR SAS COLOMBIA
RODRIGUEZ JORGE A Jeoprobe COLOMBIA
RODRíGUEZ OCHOA Rafael University of Oslo NORWAY
RODRIGUEZ- Juan Felix Engineering Institute, UNAM MEXICO
REBOLLEDO
ROESEN Hanne Ravn COWI A/S DENMARK
ROGBECK Yvonne Swedish Geotechnical Institute SWITZERLAND
ROLLINS Kyle Brigham Young University USA
ROMANA-RUIZ Manuel Valencia Technical Unioversity SPAIN
RøMOEN Magnus NGI NORWAY
ROPERS Françoise Geodynamique et Structure FRANCE
RORKE Letisha University of Southampton UNITED KINGDOM
ROSHANBIN Mehdi Kasra IRAN
ROSIN Sandrine UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE FRANCE
ROSQUOËT Frédéric Université Picardie Jules Vernes FRANCE
ROSSI Dominique Betoconcept FRANCE

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ROTT Josef Charles University in Prague CZECH REPUBLIC

ROUAINIA Mohamed Newcastle University UNITED KINGDOM
ROURE Patricia itech FRANCE
ROUSSY Florent Tencate FRANCE
ROUTLEDGE Barry TenCate Geosynthetics (UK) Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
ROWE R. Kerry Queen's University CANADA
ROZENVASSER GRYGORIY DE "DONETSK PROMSTROYNII UKRAINE
PROECT"
RUGGIERI Paolo UNIVERSITA' POLITECNICA DELLE ITALY
MARCHE
RUGGIERO Mario Sireg SpA ITALY
RUITER Jeroen TenCate Geosynthetics Netherlands bv NETHERLANDS
RUJIKAITAMJORN Cholachat University of Wollongong AUSTRALIA
RUSSELL Adrian UNSW Australia AUSTRALIA
RYAN MAURICE BYRNE LOOBY PARTNERS IRELAND
RYU HYOSUN KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER KOREA
CO., LTD
RYZYNSKI Grzegorz Polish Geological Institute - National POLAND
Research Institute
SAARELAINEN Seppo Aalto University FINLAND
SABATIER ERWAN FUGRO GéoConsulting FRANCE
SABOYA- Fernando State University of Norte Fluminense BRAZIL
ALBUQUERQUE
SADEGHI Aslan University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), AUSTRALIA
HOKMABADI Australia
SADEK Salah American University of Beirut LEBANON
SADREKARIMI Abouzar Western University CANADA
SAEZ ROBERT Esteban Catholic University of Chile CHILE
SAFINUS Stefanus University of Western Australia AUSTRALIA
SAGASETA Cesar University of Cantabria SPAIN
SAHLI Mohammed Polytech'Clermont ferrand FRANCE
SAID Imen National School of Engineering of Tunis TUNISIA
SAIDEL TUDOR SC. SAIDEL ENGINEERING SRL ROMANIA
SAKAI Takayuki Nagoya University JAPAN
Sakharov Volodymyr KYIV national university of construction UKRAINE
and architecture
SAKOU TOUOLE Laurent Huesker Synthetic GmbH, Gescher GERMANY

SAKR Mohamed Tanta University EGYPT

SALAGER Simon Université Joseph Fournier FRANCE
SALAMI ISMAIL ADEWALE SALAM JUNIOUR ENT NIGERIA
SALAS MONGE Regina Tunnelconsult spa SPAIN
SALENÇON Jean FRANCE
SALGADO Rodrigo Purdue University USA
SALIBA JEROME SETRA FRANCE
SALIONI Clovis Geosonda S.A. BRAZIL
SALIONI Jr Clovis Geosonda S.A. BRAZIL
SAMADHIYA Narendra Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee INDIA
SAMSON SOPHIE SYSTRA FRANCE
SAMUDRA Hary PT GEOFORCE INDONESIA INDONESIA
SAN FRATELLO Jean Pierre COLAS SA FRANCE
SANCHEZ Marcelo Texas A&M University USA

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SANKEY John The Reinforced Earth Company USA

SANTISI D'AVILA MARIA PAOLA UNIVERSITE DE NICE-SOPHIA FRANCE
ANTIPOLIS
SANTOS EDER ESCOLA POLITECNICA DE BRAZIL
PERNAMBUCO
CNPJ 11 022 597 0005 15
SARAC Dino Bechtel Australia AUSTRALIA
SARAMAGO Robson Terrae Engenharia/ UFF BRAZIL
SARMA Diganta Diligent Group African BOTSWANA
SARWAR JAHAN MD Yasin BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGG. BANGLADESH
& TECHNOLOGY
SAS WOJCIECH WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE POLAND
SCIENCES-SGGW
SASSA Shinji Port and Airport Research Institute JAPAN
SASSI NEJIB GEOCONSEIL TUNISIA
SATO Mari The University of Tokyo JAPAN
SATURNINO Chembeze Mozambican Geotechnical Society/ MOZAMBIQUE
Eduardo Mondlane University
SAUREL JEREMIE GEOBRUGG SWITZERLAND
SAURER Erich ILF Beratende Ingenieure ZT GmbH AUSTRIA
SAUSSINE Gilles SNCF FRANCE
SAWADA Shun ichi OYO corporation JAPAN
SAWADA Mai Kyoto University JAPAN
SAYURI Kimoto Kyoto University JAPAN
SCACHE Hubert MENARD FRANCE
SCARPELLI Giuseppe UNIVERSITA' POLITECNICA DELLE ITALY
MARCHE
SCHIAVON José Antonio University of Sao Paulo at Sao Carlos BRAZIL

SCHLOSSER François ECOLE DES PONTS FRANCE

SCHMIDT Cristina HUESKER LTDA BRAZIL
SCHMITT Laurent Geotec FRANCE
SCHMITT Pierre Soletanche Bachy FRANCE
SCHNAID Fernando Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul BRAZIL
SCHNAID Fernando Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul BRAZIL
SCHNEIDER Hans R. University of Applied Sciences SWITZERLAND
SCHOLEY Graham Australian Geomechanics Society/ Golder AUSTRALIA
Associates
SCHUNK Michael COWI A/S DENMARK
SCHWEIGER Helmut F. Graz University of Technology AUSTRIA
SCHWIZER PATRICK Geobrugg AG SWITZERLAND
SCOTT Jeff Geopac Inc. CANADA
SECO E PINTO Pedro PORTUGAL
SEDRAN Gabriel In-Depth Geotechnical Inc. CANADA
SEILERT Alexander VMT GmbH GERMANY
SELLIER Valérie EDF - CEIDRE - IEGG FRANCE
SEMBLAT Jean François IFSTTAR FRANCE
SENGUPTA PRADIP CONSTELL CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. INDIA
SEO Hoyoung Texas Tech University USA
SEOUD Jean Pierre GSC sal LEBANON
SERGEI Lavrov Novosibirsk engineering centre RUSSIA
SERRATRICE Jean François CETE MEDITERRANEE FRANCE

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SERY Pierre Terre armée FRANCE

SESHAGIRI RAO KONDALAMAHANTY INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INDIA
DELHI
SEUNG-CHEOL Baek Andong National University KOREA
SEYEDI Darius Andra FRANCE
SEYEDI GELSEFIDI seyed alireza School of Civil Engineering, Iran University IRAN
of Science and Technology
SFRISO Alejo Oscar University of Buenos Aires ARGENTINA
SHACKELFORD Charles Colorado State University USA
SHAHIEN Marawan University of Tanta EGYPT
SHAHIN Mohamed Curtin University AUSTRALIA
SHAHRIAR Mohammad James Cook University AUSTRALIA
Shani Abraham A. Shani LTD ISRAEL
SHAO Longtan Dalian University of Technology CHINA
SHASHKIN KONSTANTIN GEORECONSTRUCTION RUSSIA
SHASHKIN ALEXEY GEORECONSTRUCTION RUSSIA
SHEN XIAOKE BGI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CHINA
LTD.
SHEPLEY Paul University of Sheffield UNITED KINGDOM
SHI JianYong Hohai university CHINA
SHIBUYA SATORU Kobe University JAPAN
SHIDLOVSKAYA Anna ST PETERSBURG'S STATE MINING RUSSIA
UNIVERSITY
SHIN Eun Chul Incheon National University KOREA
SHIN SEUNG KYO Hanwha E&C KOREA
SHIN Hosung University of Ulsan KOREA
SHIN Seungmock Saegil E&C Co. KOREA
SHIPWAY Ian Coffey Geotechnics AUSTRALIA
SHIU Yiu Kay Geotechnical Engineering Office CHINA
SHUKU Takayuki Okayama JAPAN
SHULEYATYEV Oleg Ofs Center of Construction RUSSIA
SHULYATYEV Stanislav Engineer RUSSIA
SHUNSAKU NISHIE CHUO KAIHATSU CORPORATION JAPAN
SIDOROV Vitaliy Moscow St Un. of Civil Engineering RUSSIA
SIEDIN Volodymyr Pridneprovsk State Academy of Civil UKRAINE
Engineering and Architecture
SIEMENS Greg Royal Military College of Canada CANADA
SIEMINSKA- Anna Warsaw University of Technology POLAND
LEWANDOWSKA
SIGURSTEINSSON Haraldur ICERA ICELAND
SIKORA Zbigniew Gdansk University of Technology POLAND
SILVA Matias LABORATOIRE 3SR FRANCE
SILVESTRE-BRAC VINCENT Alios FRANCE
SILVESTRI Francesco Università di Napoli Federico II ITALY
SIM Alistair Soletanche Bachy SINGAPORE
SIMIC DAVOR FERROVIAL AGROMAN SPAIN
SIMMONDS Tony Geokon Inc. USA
SIMON Bruno TERRASOL FRANCE
SIMON EMMANUEL SPIE FONDATIONS FRANCE
SIMON Cyril EDF - CEIDRE - IEGG FRANCE
SIMONINI PAOLO UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA ITALY
SIMONNOT THOMAS ACCOTEC FRANCE
SIMPSON Brian Arup UNITED KINGDOM

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SINGH SUKHMANDER SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY USA

SINGHAL-BOHRMANN Till Fugro Consult Gmbh GERMANY
SINNATHAMBY GOWTHAMAN AALTO UNIVERSITY, FINLAND FINLAND
SISTERMANS Raphaël Herrenknecht AG GERMANY
SIVAKUGAN NAGARATNAM JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY AUSTRALIA
Sivapullaiah P.V. Indian Institute of Science INDIA
SKORIKOV Andrey OFSC Res. Center of Construction RUSSIA
SLATE Andrew Gulf Laboratories QATAR
SLOAN Scott The University of Newcastle AUSTRALIA
SLYUSARENKO Yuriy NIISK UKRAINE
SMIT Gerrit SAICE Geotechnical Division South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
SMITH Sega WINJOSY NIGERIA
SMITH Andrew Coffey Geotechnics Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
SMITH Neil Applied Geotechnical Engineering Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
SMITH Colin University of Sheffield UNITED KINGDOM
SMOLAR Jasna University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil SLOVENIA
and Geodetic Engineering, Ljubljana,
Slovenia
SOBOLEVSKI DMITRI UAB "GLASSBEL Baltic" LITHUANIA
SOGA Kenichi University of Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM
SOKOLIĆ IGOR GEOTEHNIČKI STUDIO d.o.o. CROATIA
SOMASUNDARAM Suji Advanced Earth Sciences USA
SOME Sylvain BUMIGEB BURKINA FASO
SONG Erxiang Tsinghua University CHINA
SONG Myung Jun Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. KOREA
SONJA Blanc Sireg SpA ITALY
SORALUMP SUTTISAK Kasetsart University THAILAND
SøRENSEN Kenny Kataoka The Danish Geotechnical Institute / Aarhus DENMARK
University
SORGE SANTOS Roi Gardline Geosciences Limited UNITED KINGDOM
SORIA Bardomiano IPISA MEXICO
SORIANO PEÑA ANTONIO UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE SPAIN
MADRID
SORIC DAMIR Geotechnical Engineering Limited NEW ZEALAND
SOROUSH Abbas Amirkabir IRAN
SOTOMAYOR Javier Felipe Universidad de Chile CHILE
SOUBESTRE Jean Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement FRANCE
Durable et de l'Energie
SOUBRA Abdul Hamid Université de Nantes FRANCE
SOUCHE Laurent Ischebeck FRANCE
SOUDE Maxime Sol Solution FRANCE
SOUDÉ Nathalie Ponts Formation Conseil FRANCE
SOULI Argyro Project Manager at GEO DENMARK
SOUVIAT Benjamin SMAConsult FRANCE
SOYER Bertrand Ifsttar FRANCE
SPRINGMAN Sarah M. ETH Zurich SWITZERLAND
SRIVASTAVA AMIT JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF ENGG & INDIA
TECHNOLOGY
STALLEBRASS Sarah City University London UNITED KINGDOM
STANCIU ANGHEL SRGF ROMANIA
STANDING Jamie Imperial College London UNITED KINGDOM
STARSHINOV Aleksander Ltd "ECCPF" RUSSIA

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STARY Jan Fine s.r.o. CZECH REPUBLIC

STEENFELT Jørgen S. COWI DENMARK
STEFANIAK KATARZYNA Poznań University of Life Sciences (Polish POLAND
Committee on Geotechnics)
STEIAKAKIS Chrysanthos General Consulting ltd ISTRIA GREECE
STEIGER Helmut Geotechnisches Institut AG SWITZERLAND
STEINER Walter B+S AG SWITZERLAND
STELZER Oliver BAW (Federal Waterways Engineering and GERMANY
Research Institute)
STEWART Douglas I University of Leeds UNITED KINGDOM
STIRLING Ross Newcastle University UNITED KINGDOM
STOEHR Bertrand Keller GERMANY
STOKOE Kenneth The University of Texas USA
STRASHESKI Atanas Ss. Cirilys and Methodius University - MACEDONIA
Faculty of Civil Engineering
STRUNIN Pavel 000 Construction Company Inzh RUSSIA
Proektstroy
STUBLER Jérôme SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET FRANCE
STUEDLEIN Armin Oregon State University USA
STURM Hendrik Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NORWAY
STUYTS Bruno Cathie Associates BELGIUM
SUAREZ Eduardo Universal Engineering Sciences USA
SUEOKA TORU The Japanese Geotechnical Society JAPAN
SUGII Toshio Chubu University JAPAN
SUIKER Roeli Deltares NETHERLANDS
SULEM Jean ECOLE DES PONTS PARITECH FRANCE
SULEWSKA MARIA Bialystok University of Technology POLAND
SULTANOV Gennadiy TOO PI "Bazis" KAZAKHSTAN
SUMIAN Vincent Sol essais FRANCE
SURYATRIYASTUTI Maria Elizabeth Université Lille1 Sciences et Technologies FRANCE
SUSINOV Bojan Faculty of Civil Engineering - Skopje MACEDONIA
SUSUMU Nakajima Railway Technical Research Institute JAPAN
SUTTON Jerry GDS Instruments UNITED KINGDOM
SVENSSON Christer Sigicom AB SWEDEN
SZANYI Márton László Budapest University of Technology and HUNGARY
Economics
SZAVITS-NOSSAN Vlasta University of Zagreb CROATIA
SZCZEPNSKI TOMASZ GDS INSTRUMENTS UNITED KINGDOM
SZENDEFY János Budapest University and Economics HUNGARY
SZEPESHAZI Attila HBM Ltd. HUNGARY
SZERZO Arpad Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
SZYMKIEWICZ Fabien CETE Nord-Picardie FRANCE
TA An Ninh Cathie Associates FRANCE
Tacita Jean-Louis IFSTTAR FRANCE
TAE SEON Yang Kimpo University KOREA
TAGHZOUTI Abdellatif c/o Tensar International France FRANCE
TAHERZADEH R. TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA FRANCE
TAKAHASHI Hidenori Port and Airport Research Institute JAPAN
TAKAHASHI Naoki Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd. JAPAN
TAKAI Atsushi Kyoto University JAPAN
TAKAYUKI Kawaguchi Kitami Institute of Technology JAPAN

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TAKE Andy Queen's University CANADA

TAKEHANA KAZUHIRO GEODESIGN CO.,LTD. JAPAN
TALANDIER Jean Andra FRANCE
TALFUMIERE Vincent SNCF - Direction PSIGT FRANCE
TAMATE SATOSHI National Institute of Occupational Safety JAPAN
and Health,Japan
TAN Yean Chin G&P Geotechnics MALAYSIA
TAN SIEW ANN, HARRY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE
TAN Czhia Yheaw National University of Singapore SINGAPORE
TANAKA Tsutomu Kobe University JAPAN
TANAKA NORIKO ARK information systems, Inc. JAPAN
TANCHAISAWAT Tawatchai Chiang Mai University THAILAND
TANG JIANHUA BGI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CHINA
LTD.
TANG Anh Minh ECOLE DES PONTS PARISTECH FRANCE
TANIGUCHI HIDEKAZU KURARAY EUROPE GMBH GERMANY
TAO Yu Hohai University CHINA
TAO Li Shanghai Geotechnical Investigation and CHINA
Designs Institute
TARRAGÓ Dani universitat Politecnica Catalunya SPAIN
TASHIRO Mutsumi Nagoya University JAPAN
TAYLOR Neil UNITED KINGDOM
TCHERNIAVSKY JACK SEDIDRILL FRANCE
TCHERNIAVSKY MR SEDIDRILL FRANCE
TECHATHITINAN Chayapol Royal irrigation department THAILAND
TEE Choon Heng Mega Geoproducts and Services Sdn Bhd MALAYSIA
TEIK AUN OOI Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society MALAYSIA
TEKIN Maral Geomed AS TURKEY
TELTAYEV Bagdat JSC Kazakhstan Highway Research KAZAKHSTAN
Institute
TENEA DIANA DOINA OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY OF ROMANIA
CONSTANTA
TENG Yan jing China Academy of Building Research CHINA
TEPARAKSA Wanchai Chulalongkorn University THAILAND
TERHECHTE Peter HUESKER Synthetic GmbH GERMANY
TER-MARTIROSYAN Armen Moscow St Univ of Civil Eng RUSSIA
TERRIER Olivier LIEBHERR FRANCE
TERZARIOL Roberto ARGENTINA
TEYMUR BERRAK ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TURKEY
THAKUR Vikas Norwegian Directorate of Roads NORWAY
THEPOT OLIVIER EAU DE PARIS FRANCE
THEYS Frank Centre de Recherches Routières BELGIUM
THIERNO DIOUF Controlab FRANCE
THIMUS J-F Université Catholique de Louvrain BELGIUM
THOREL Luc IFSTTAR FRANCE
THORP Alan Ground Investigation NEW ZEALAND
THUMANN Vladimir Seaway Heavy Lifting NETHERLANDS
TIAN Yu Beihang University CHINA
TIGOULET ALAIN TERRE ARMEE FRANCE
TISTEL Joar Multiconsult AS NORWAY

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TOGASHI Yota Yokohama National University JAPAN

TOGROL ERGUN STFA SOIL INVESTIGATION TURKIYE
TOHDA Jun Osaka City University JAPAN
TOLL David Durham University UNITED KINGDOM
TOMAC INGRID Colorado School of Mines USA
TOMISAWA Koichi Civil Engineering Research Institute for JAPAN
Cold Region, Pubric Works Research
Institute
TOMITA RYUZO KOA KAIHATSU CO.,LTD JAPAN
TOMOVSKI Igor Macedonian Association for Geotechnics MACEDONIA
TOMSA Cristina Technical University of Civil Engineering ROMANIA
Bucharest
TONIAL ROBERTO CONTROLS FRANCE
TONNI LAURA University of Bologna ITALY
TORRES Pablo Luis TORRES y VERCELLI SRL ARGENTINA
TOTSEV Andrey GEOTHECNICS BULGARIA
TOUQUET JEAN-LOUIS SPIE FONDATIONS FRANCE
TOURE MAMADY AMINATA OPDE-INTERNATIONAL GUINEA
TOWHATA Ikuo JAPAN
TRANCART Monique FRANCE
TRINH Viet Nam SYSTRA FRANCE
TRONDA Tatyana Belorussian National Technical University BELORUSSIA
TSAI Chi Chin National Chung Hsing University TAIWAN
TSAI Li Sheng CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., TAIWAN
Taiwan
TSALA Nomo Florette CAMEROUN
TSATSIS Angelos National Technical University of Athens GREECE
TSEGAYE Anteneh Biru Norwegian University of Science and NORWAY
Technology
TSITSAS GEORGIOS EDRASIS CONSTRUCT GRUP SRL ROMANIA
TSUCHIYA Tsutomu Chemical Grouting Co.,LTD JAPAN
TSUHA Cristina EESC BRAZIL
TSUKAMOTO Masayoshi Kawasaki Geological Engineering Co., Ltd. JAPAN
TUCKER Stacey Texas A&M University USA
TULLOUE Guillaume Sol essais FRANCE
TUMOSA Kęstutis Company "VILNIAUS RENTINYS" LITHUANIA
TUNA MERVE 2ECEES ISTANBUL 2014 TURKEY
TUPIKOV Maxim Podzemproekt Ltd RUSSIA
TURPIN Etienne En-Om-Fra FRANCE
TUTUMLUER Erol University of Illinois USA
TZIVAKOS Konstantinos National Technical University of Athens GREECE
(NTUA)
UCHIMURA Taro University of Tokyo JAPAN
UHLEMANN Stephan Consultant GERMANY
ULITSKY VLADIMIR ST PETERSBURG TRANSPORT RUSSIA
UNIVERSITY
ULKER Mehmet Baris Can Istanbul Technical University Institute of TURKEY
Earthquake Engineering and Disaster
Management
ULOGO ALPHONSUS WINJOSY NIGERIA
UMEZAKI Takeo Shinshu University JAPAN
USMANOV Rustam Saint-Petersburg state architectural and RUSSIA
construction university

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UTEPOV Yelbek L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National Univesity KAZAKHSTAN

(Astana, Kazakhstan)
UTTER Nicolas Soletanche Bachy FRANCE
VALENZUELA Luis ARCADIS Chile CHILE
VALEZ BRIGITTE FAYAT FONDATIONS FRANCE
VALORE Calogero Università degli studi di Palermo ITALY
VALVERDE HÉCTOR INGENIEROS ESPECIALISTAS EN MEXICO
CIMENTACIONES,SC
VAN Meindert Deltares NETHERLANDS
VAN ALBOOM Gauthier Geotechnics Division Flemish Government BELGIUM
VAN BAARS Stefan Université du Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG
VAN DE GRAAF Henk Lankelma Geotechniek Zuid NETHERLANDS
VAN DELFT Martijn C. H. Allnamics NETHERLANDS
VAN DEN BERG Peter Deltares NETHERLANDS
VAN DEN BROECK Marc DEME-Dredging International N.V. BELGIUM
VAN DEN HORN Paul InfraSolutions - Cofra - Lankelma - Koop NETHERLANDS
VAN DIJK Bas Fugro Engineers BV NETHERLANDS
VAN DORP Rob Allnamics Pile Testing Experts NETHERLANDS
VAN EEKELEN Suzanne Deltares NETHERLANDS
VAN IMPE Peter AGE bvba / Ghent University BELGIUM
VAN IMPE William AGE bvba BELGIUM
VAN LYSEBETTEN Gust Belgian Building Research Institute BELGIUM
VAN RIETSCHOTEN Angela Profound BV NETHERLANDS
VAN ROYEN Kristof Denys NV BELGIUM
VAN TOL Frits Deltares NETHERLANDS
VANDEN BERGHE Jean Francois Fugro GeoConsulting Belgium BELGIUM
VANDENBERGE Daniel R. Geotechnical Engineering Program, USA
Virginia Tech
VANDENBOER Kristine Ghent University BELGIUM
VANECEK Jiri Fine s.r.o. CZECH REPUBLIC
VANICEK Ivan CZECH REPUBLIC
VARAKSIN Serge Menard SNC FRANCE
VARGAS-HERRERA Luis Angel MYV Soluciones Geotécnicas s.a. COSTA RICA
VASENIN VLADISLAV GEORECONSTRUCTION RUSSIA
VASEUX Jean En-Om-Fra FRANCE
VAZIRI Mohsen Ramboll UNITED KINGDOM
VENARD Laurent Hydrogeotechnique FRANCE
VENKATRAMAN Balakumar Simplex Infrastructures Limited INDIA
VERASTEGUI FLORES Ramiro D. Ghent University - Laboratory of BELGIUM
Geotechnics
Vercher Karine Soletanche Bachy FRANCE
VERDIER JEAN MARC GEOLITHE FRANCE
VERDUGO RAMON CMGI. LTDA. CHILE
VERGER Roland DEKRA INDUSTRIAL SA FRANCE
VERKOOIJEN Ruud InfraSolutions - Cofra - Lankelma - Koop NETHERLANDS
VERLINDEN MARC FONDEDILE NV BELGIUM
verrouil dIDIER SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE
VERSCHUERE Jonas Vinci Construction Grands Projets FRANCE
VERSTEELE Hendrik Cathie Associates BELGIUM
VERSTRAELEN Jan TUC RAIL BELGIUM
VETROFF PIERRE FAYAT FONDATIONS FRANCE

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VIANA DA FONSECA António Universidade do Porto - Faculdade de PORTUGAL

Engenharia
VIBERT Christophe Tractebel FRANCE
VIEIRA Castorina Silva University of Porto - Faculty of Engineering PORTUGAL
VIEIRA DIAS Paulo Henrique SEEL BRAZIL
VIGGIANI G. LABORATOIRE 3SR FRANCE
VIGGIANI CARLO University Federico II, Naples, Italy ITALY
VIGGIANI GIULIA UNIVERSITA' DI ROMA TOR ITALY
VERGATA
VILAR Orencio University of São Paulo BRAZIL
VILLAVICENCIO GABRIEL PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CHILE
CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
VINCK Ken Dredging International BELGIUM
VINTILA DRAGOS OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY OF ROMANIA
CONSTANTA
VIRASSAMY Jérôme Itech FRANCE
VOGT Stefan Technische Universität München GERMANY
VOISINET Alison SITES FRANCE
VOLCKAERTS Michel InfraSolutions - Cofra - Lankelma - Koop NETHERLANDS
VOLCKE Jean Paul Franki Fondation FRANCE
VOLKAN UZELER YUKSEL PROJE TURKEY
VOLKER Berhorst Geomil Equipment NETHERLANDS
VOLLAN Rikke Marie Løvlien Georåd AS NORWAY
VOLLMERT Lars BBG Bauberatung Geokunststoffe GmbH & GERMANY
Co. KG
VON MAUBEUGE Kent NAUE GmbH & Co. KG GERMANY
VRETTOS Christos Technische Universitaet Kaiserslautern GERMANY
VRKLJAN Ivan Institut IGH & Faculty of Civil Engineering CROATIA
University of Rijeka
VYNNYKOV Yuriy Poltava National Technical University UKRAINE
WADA Akira Asia georeserch Agency Corporation Pte. SINGAPORE
Ltd
WAHYUDI Seto University of Tokyo JAPAN
WAKAI Shuichi Takenaka Corporetion JAPAN
WAKIM Jad WGE-Wakim Geostructural Engineering LEBANON
WALLERAND Régis SUBSEA7 FRANCE FRANCE
WANATOWSKI Dariusz University of Nottingham CHINA
WANG Meng Institute of Mountain Hazards and CHINA
Environment,CAS
WANG Ren Institute of Rock and Soil Mecanics CHINA
WANG YANKUN CABR TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD CHINA
WANG FUMING College of Water Conservancy and CHINA
Environmental Engineering, Zhengzhou
University
WANG Chien Chih NCTU CHINA
WANG JIAN HUA SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY CHINA
WANG Lizhong Zhejiang University CHINA
WANG Lanmin Lanzhou Institute of Seismology, CEA CHINA
WANG Yu Hsing The Hong Kong University of Science and HONG KONG
Technology
WANG JUI PIN Hong Kong University of Science and HONG KONG
Technology
WANG Hailong University of Tokyo JAPAN
WANG Amie GOLD-JOINT Industry Co Ltd TAIWAN

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WANIK Lidia The Silesian University of Technology POLAND

WARDANI Sri Prabandiyani Retno Diponegoro University and Indonesian INDONESIA
Road Development Association
Warren Nick GDS INSTRUMENTS UNITED KINGDOM
WARREN Laura University of Bath UNITED KINGDOM
WARREN- Charles John South African Institute of Civil Engineers SOUTH AFRICA
CODRINGTON
WARTMAN Joseph University of Washington USA
WASSENAAR Ernst Geomil Equipment NETHERLANDS
WATABE Yoichi Port and Airport Research Institute JAPAN
WATANABE KENJI Railway Technical Research Institute JAPAN
WATSON Phil Advanced Geomechanics AUSTRALIA
WAYNE Mark TENSAR INTERNATIONAL Ltd UNITED KINGDOM
WEHR Wolfgang Keller Holding GmbH GERMANY
WEI Houzhen Institute of Rock and Soil CHINA
Mechanics,Chinese Academy Sciences
WEI Changfu Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics CHINA
Chinese Academy of Sciences
WEI XING SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY CHINA
WEIDONG Wang East China Architecture Design & Research CHINA
Institute Co. Ltd,
WEISHENG Hou Fujian Academy of Building CHINA
Research/China
WELTER PHILIPPE SERVICE PUBLIC DE WALLONIE BELGIUM
WEN FAN School of Geology Engineering and CHINA
Eeomatics.Chang'an University
WEN Qingbo TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY CHINA
WESLEY Laurence University of Auckland NEW ZEALAND
WESTERBERG Bo Swedish Geotechnical Institute SWITZERLAND
WHITE David University of Western Australia WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WHITTLE Robert Cambridge Insitu Limited UNITED KINGDOM
WILLE Thorsten Aps-Wille Geotechnik GERMANY
WILLEMS Thomas SYSTRA FRANCE
WILLIAMS David The University of Queensland AUSTRALIA
WINTER Mike Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) UNITED KINGDOM
WISSA AGAIBY Sherif Dar Al Handasah (Shair and Partners) EGYPTE
WITASSE Richard Plaxis bv NETHERLANDS
WOELLER DAVID CONETEC CANADA
WON Jeong Yun Technip (Genesis) USA
WONG Kwong Soon Charles University in Prague CZECH REPUBLIC
WOOLLARD Mark A.P. van den Berg NETHERLANDS
WU Wei University of Natural Resources and Life AUSTRIA
Sciences, Vienna
WU Hui Tsinghua University CHINA
WU GUOMIING SHANGHAI GUANGDA FOUNDATION CHINA
ENGINEERING CO.,LTD
WU Lucy Hong Kong Institute of Engineers HONG KONG
WU Maggie ACE GEOSYNTHETICS TAIWAN
WU-XING Liang Xi'an Highway Research Institute CHINA
WYSS Olivier Betoconcept FRANCE
XIAO CHUAN CABR TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD CHINA
XIAO HUAWEN National Univeristy of Singapore SINGAPORE
XIAO-BING Xu Zhejiang University CHINA

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XIAO-FENG Lei Xi'an Highway Research Institute CHINA

XIAO-HUA Yang Chang'an University CHINA
XU Wenjie Tsighua University CHINA
XU Guangquan Lloyd Register UNITED KINGDOM
XU Zeping China Institute of Water Resources and CHINA
Hydropower Research
XU Hong zhong Nanjing University of Technology CHINA

YAMADA Shotaro Nagoya University JAPAN

YAMASHITA Kiyoshi Takenaka Corporation JAPAN
YAMASHITA Satoshi Kitami Institute of Technology JAPAN
YAN Ryan Wai Man The University of Hong Kong CHINA
YANEZ DAVID ICA INGENIERIA MEXICO
YANG Dan Buckland & Taylor | COWI CANADA
YANG Gui Hohai University CHINA
YANG Bin China Academy of Building Research CHINA
YANG Chengbin Hefei University of Technology CHINA
YANG HEPING CHENG SHA UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
YANG Jun The University of Hong Kong CHINA
YAN-GUO Zhou Zhejiang University CHINA
YAO YANGPING Beihang University CHINA
YASUDA Susumu Tokyo Denki University JAPAN
YASUO Sawamura Kyoto University JAPAN
YASUSHI AKAZAWA Japan Cultural Heritage Consultancy JAPAN
YE YANGSHENG Railway Engineering Research Institute, CHINA
China Academy of Rails Science
YERRO COLOM Alba Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya SPAIN
YESILLER Nazli California Polytechnic State University USA
YESUF Girum Yimer Norwegian University of Science and NORWAY
Technology(NTNU)
YI Fred CHJ Consultants USA
YIN Jianhua The Hong Kong Polytechnic University CHINA
YING HONGWEI Research center of Coastal & Urban CHINA
Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang
University
YONGHUI Chen Hohai University CHINA
YONG-LI Xie Chang'an University CHINA
YONGSOO KIM Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology KOREA
Corporation
YOO Chungsik Sungkyunkwan University KOREA
YOON Hyung Koo Daejeon university KOREA
YOON Gil Korea Institute of Ocean Science & KOREA
Technology
YOSHIMURA Mitsugu Soil and Rock Engineering Co., Ltd. JAPAN
YOU Thierry GEOSTOCK FRANCE
YU Hai Sui University of Nottingham UNITED KINGDOM
YUAN Huina Tsinghua University CHINA
YUAN-XUE Liu Logistical Engineering University CHINA
YUNE Chan Young Gangneung-Wonju National University KOREA
YUNUS Hamzat Lukman Femolaj King Express Limited NIGERIA
ZABIELSKA- Katarzyna Bialystok University of Technology POLAND
ADAMSKA
ZADJAOUI ABDELDJALIL Université de Tlemcen ALGERIA

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ZAGHOUANI KAMEL TERRASOL TUNISIE TUNISIA

ZAIKA Yury UE Geoservice BELORUSSIA
ZAKARIYA MURITADHO ALIMOSHO LOCAL GOVERNMNET NIGERIA
OLANREWAJU
ZALESKY Marek ARCADIS Geotechnika CZECH REPUBLIC
ZAPF Gabriele Siemens GERMANY
ZAYTSEV Andrey Moscow State University of Railway RUSSIA
Engineering
ZEHZOUH Slimane SYSTRA FRANCE
ZEKKOS DIMITRIOS UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN USA
ZENERE Chloé Sol essais FRANCE
ZENERE Marc Sol essais FRANCE
ZEPEDA SALAZAR RAFAEL ANTONIO UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE I FRANCE
ZERFA Zohra ARCADIS FRANCE
ZERGOUN Mustapha Metro Vancouver CANADA
ZERHOUNI Moulay ARCADIS FRANCE
ZHA Fusheng Hefei University of Technology CHINA
ZHAKULIN Adil Karaganda State Technical University KAZAKHSTAN
ZHAN Liang Tong Zhejiang University CHINA
ZHANG Jianhong Tsinghua university CHINA
ZHANG AIJUN Northwest A&F University CHINA
ZHANG Hongru Beijing Jiaotong University CHINA
ZHANG Qiguang Tsinghua University CHINA
ZHANG Feng Harbin Institute of Technology CHINA
ZHANG Jian Min Tsinghua University CHINA
ZHANG HONGLI Northwest Research Institute of C.R.E.C CHINA
ZHANG Chenrong Tongji University CHINA
ZHANG Dan Nanjing University CHINA
ZHANG KELVIN JIAN SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY CHINA
ZHANG Dingwen Southeast Unversity CHINA
ZHANG Xiangwei SMAConsult FRANCE
ZHANG Feng Nagoya Institute of Technology JAPAN
ZHANG Yanbei Purdue University USA
ZHAO Chenggang Beijing Jiao-tong University CHINA
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ISSMGE Awards Recipients at the Paris Conference 2013
Jean-Louis Briaud, Francois Schlosser, Esve Jacobs
The Awards Ceremony took place on the 3rd of September in the main auditorium and was chaired by President Jean-Louis Briaud.
In addition to the two existing awards (Kevin Nash gold medal, Terzaghi Oration), eight new awards were given in 2013.
1 KEVIN NASH GOLD MEDAL
The Kevin Nash Gold Medal is given every four years to a
member of ISSMGE who has distinguished herself or himself
through Service to the Society. The selection committee is made
of all former Presidents of the Society who actually cannot
receive that award. So Pedro Seco e Pinto as Past President
organized a group made of William van Impe, Kenji Ishihara,
Mike Jamiolkowski, Norbert Morgenstern, and Bengt Broms.
This former presidents council selected as 2013 recipient
Professor Heinz Brandl of Austria.
President Jean-Louis Briaud made the following address :
“When I think of Heinz Brandl the first thing that comes to
my mind is class and distinction. Professor Heinz Brandl has
made a significant number of remarkable contributions to the
advancement of our field; compaction, geosynthetics,
geothermal energy are but a few examples. But the main reason
why I believe he was selected is because he helped so much
ISSMGE and many member societies in Eastern Europe to
develop, to become prominent, to set up regional conferences,
and to talk to each other at a time where political tension did
exist between countries in this part of the world. So it gives me
great pleasure to give the 2013 Kevin Nash Gold Medal to
Professor Heinz Brandl. Congratulations.”
2 TERZAGHI ORATOR – SUZANNE LACASSE
The Terzaghi Oration is the highest honor that our society
bestows on one of its members for her or his contributions to
the advancement of our field. The selection is the sole decision
of the President after consultation with the members.
The Terzaghi Orator at the Paris Conference is Dr. Suzanne
Lacasse. Born in Canada, she gets degrees from the University
of Ottawa, Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, and a PhD from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She then teaches at
MIT and heads the soil mechanics laboratory for several years.
She moves to the Norwegian Geotechnical Institutes and
becomes NGI Director in 1991. Dr. Lacasse was President of
CGS, the member society in Canada and is a Member of the
National Academy of Engineering in the USA.
President Jean-Louis Briaud made the following address :
“Dr.Suzanne Lacasse worked in three different countries
Canada, USA, Norway and every time rose to the top of the
geotechnical world. She truly exemplifies the very best we have
in geotechnical engineering. She represents the ideal blend of
academician and practitioner, the perfect mix of theories and
experiments, a demonstrated devotion to her profession, and all
this with a friendly and approachable attitude. Please help me
congratulate the ISSMGE 2013 Terzaghi Orator Suzanne
Lacasse.”
3 ISSMGE AWARDS
3.1 Introduction address by President Jean-Louis Briaud
“In 2010, I noticed that the number of awards per member
given by ISSMGE was much smaller than the number of awards
per member given by many other notable societies. So we
created an awards committee to study this problem and called it
AWAC. The chair of AWAC was Francois Schlosser with Esve
Jacobs as Secretary. AWAC studied the problem and came back
to the Board with recommendations for the creation of 7 new
awards and the Board approved the new awards. Nominations
were sought about one year ago and AWAC selected 2 potential
winners for each award. The Board made the final decision on
who would be the winner among the two names proposed. I
wish to thank Francois Schlosser, Esve Jacobs and the AWAC
committee members for their excellent work. It was not easy as
your committee started from the very beginning of the process; I
think that the next group of AWAC members will certainly
benefit from your pioneering work. I can add that there was a
very stiff competition for all awards. I also wish to emphasize
that since ISSMGE operates at the planet level, there is nothing
bigger than these awards for humankind. In my mind these are
the very top awards you can receive from your peers. The
winners should be extremely proud of receiving such awards
which are given only every four years”.
3.2 ISSMGE Young Member Award (2)
The ISSMGE Young Member Award is presented to up to 3
young members who are less than 36 years old on 31Dec2013,
and have made outstanding contributions to the development of
geotechnical engineering through their scientific and technical
work. The selection is made in part on the basis of a paper
published in the proceedings of the quadrennial conference.
Two young geotechnical engineers were selected to receive
this award. They are Dr. Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn (Thailand-
Australia) and Dr. Greg Siemens (Canada).
Dr. Rujikiatkamjorn is from Thailand originally and obtained
his PhD from the University of Wollongong in Australia in
2006. He received the Australian Geomechanics Society Thesis
Award for his dissertation and later the 2012 Trollope Medal
from the Australian Geomechanics Society. He has published
extensively already and his work is in the area of soil
improvement in general and wick drains for soft soils in
particular. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of
Wollongong in Wollongong, Australia.
Dr. Siemens received all his degrees including his PhD from
the University of Manitoba in Canada. His work is actually
quite varied but it always has a hydraulic or hydration
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component. He has been cited several times for the quality of
his refereed journal contributions. While his home base duties
are at the Royal Military College in Ontario he has adjunct
appointments at the University of British Columbia, the
University of Manitoba, and Queen’s University.
3.3 ISSMGE Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award
The ISSMGE Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer
Award is given to a young individual or to a team of young
individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the
practice or research in geotechnical engineering through one or
more research or industrial projects. Young is defined here as
less than 36 years of age on 31 December 2013.
The recipient of the 2013 ISSMGE Outstanding Young
Geotechnical Engineer Award is Dr. Guillermo Narsilio
(Argentina-Australia). Dr. Narsilio received his Bachelor’s
degree from the University of Cordoba in Argentina and his
PhD degree from Georgia Tech in the USA. He has already won
a number of awards including the 2009 Jack Morgan Award
from the Australian Geomechanics Society. He has published
already significantly for his age and is a Senior Lecturer at the
University of Melbourne in Australia.
3.4 ISSMGE Outstanding Member Society Award
This international recognition in Geo-Engineering is
awarded to recognize the most outstanding ISSMGE Member
Society and to reward young and smaller Member Societies
who are active.
The recipient of the outstanding Member Society Award is
the New Zealand Geotechnical Society. Gavin Alexander is
here from NZGS to receive the award on behalf of his member
society. NZGS members regularly organize a number of
conferences and workshops and seminars, they write guidelines
and standards for their practitioners, and they contribute to
various ISSMGE technical committees. They have 597
members for a population of some 4.5 million making it one of
the highest ratio in ISSMGE.
3.5 ISSMGE Outstanding Technical Committee Award
The ISSMGE Outstanding Technical Committee Award is
given to an ISSMGE TC which has demonstrated excellence in
disseminating knowledge, establishing guidelines, supporting
conferences, and interacting with other groups. There was a
very tight competition between 10 TCs for this award!
The recipient of the ISSMGE Outstanding Technical
Committee Award is the TC on Risk and Reliability (Chair:
Prof. K. K. Phoon). This committee truly excelled in each one
of the award categories and was very active throughout the last
4 years. The host country is Singapore.
3.6 ISSMGE Outstanding Paper in the International Journal of
Geo-Engineering Case Histories Award.
The criterion for this award is the best paper in the on line
ISSMGE Case Histories Journal during the last 4 years. The
recipients are: Prof. John Burland, Prof. Mike Jamiolkowski,
and Prof. Carlo Viggiani for their excellent paper on the Tower
of Pisa. Their outstanding work for the Tower of Pisa has
strongly highlighted our profession.
3.7 ISSMGE Outstanding Geotechnical Project Award
This international recognition in Geo-Engineering is
awarded to a project that best illustrates superior geotechnical
engineering skills and represents significant contributions to
geotechnical engineering progress and society.
Projects from Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Kazhakstan,
Korea, Tunisia, USA were submitted and the competition was
very stiff. The winner is the Korean project entitled “Busan-
Geoje Fixed Link Immersed Tunnel”. Mr. Keunyoung Kim,
Managing Director of Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co.
Ltd was responsible for this huge project in connection with of
the Korean Geotechnical Society, chaired by Professor Yeon-
Soo Jang. This impressive immersed tunnel is part of a 2 Billion
dollar project which took 6 years to construct. In short it is a 3.3
km tunnel resting at the bottom of the sea to connect the city of
Busan to the Island of Geoje. The soil was 20 m of very soft
marine clay which had to be improved by different methods to
minimize the differential settlement. A combination of methods
were selected including deep soil mixing columns, sand
compaction piles, rock replacement and preloading. Many
difficult geotechnical problems were overcome and the tunnel
was completed in 2010.
3.8 ISSMGE Outstanding Public Relation Award
This international public relations recognition in Geo-
Engineering is awarded to an individual or an organization who
contributed outstandingly in promoting geotechnical
engineering and showing its importance as a profession in life.
The 2013 ISSMGE Outstanding Public Relation Award goes to
Dr. Marc Ballouz of Lebanon. Dr. Ballouz got his Bachelor’s
degree in Lebanon and his Master and PhD degrees from Texas
A&M University. He started his own geotechnical consulting
and construction company in the mid 1990s, which has grown
remarkably, and now has a worldwide presence. He has
contributed in many ways to impact the image of geotechnical
engineering worldwide through general magazine articles,
YouTube videos, brochures, web site development, the time
capsule, all this with his members of the Public Relations
Committee.
3.9 ISSMGE Outstanding Innovator Award
This international recognition is awarded to an individual
ISSMGE member (researcher, consultant, contractor) for
innovations that have had a pronounced impact on
geo‐engineering practice, research and education. The term
“innovation” is used broadly to describe any major,
unprecedented achievements that led to a significant
advancement in our profession.
The 2013 ISSMGE Outstanding Innovator Award goes to
Dr. Dimitris Zekkos of Greece-USA. Dr. Dimitris Zekkos
received his degree in Greece and his PhD from the University
of California at Berkeley. He worked with Geosyntech for
several years and is now a professor at the University of
Michigan where his specialty is geoenvironmental engineering.
As a student at Berkeley he started Geoengineer.org which has
become the go-to site when you want information on
geotechnical engineering. Then he started the International
Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (with a revolutionary
way of disseminating the information: free for all on the
internet) and more recently GeoWorld a professional exchange
network for all geotechnical engineers worldwide.
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French Innovations in Geotechnics: The National Research Projects

English translation of the Special Lecture in French, “Innovations Françaises en Géotechnique: les Projets
Nationaux de Recherche”, Proc 18th Int Conf Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Eng, Paris 2013, Volume 1, 163-182.

F. Schlosser; C. Plumelle; R. Frank; A. Puech; H. Gonin; F. Rocher-Lacoste; B. Simon

French Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS)
C. Bernardini
Institute for Applied Research and Experimentation in Civil Engineering (IREX)

ABSTRACT: Full-scale experiments have been considered extremely useful to French civil engineering since the 1960's as a means
of studying structural behavior and new process mechanisms. At the end of the 1970's, the innovative concept behind France's
National experimental research Projects (or NPs) was devised by a French civil engineer named M. Martin. The originality of this
concept lies in the fact that 80% to 85% of funding is generated by project members in the form of subscriptions and especially in-
kind contributions (allocating research time and experimental sites, conducting tests, providing equipment, etc.), with the assigned
Ministry then financing just 15% or 20% of the total budget. The first NP, labeled "Clouterre" (1986-90), focused on soil nailing for
retaining walls and was followed by 30 more civil engineering projects, 7 of which involved geotechnical engineering. The IREX
Institute (Institute for Applied Research and Experimentation in Civil Engineering), created in 1989, supervised and managed such
projects. This paper presents the initial steps and the procedure for the NPs, and describes 5 of them in the field of geotechnical
engineering..

KEYWORDS: research, project, innovation, instrumentation, physical and numerical modeling, full-scale experiments.

1 INTRODUCTION In France, another full-scale experimental structure was built

Soil behavior is a complex phenomenon, and no theory is
available to accurately calculate the stresses and strains of a soil
subjected to any kind of loading. As such, the skeleton of a soil
is neither elastic nor even elastoplastic. Moreover, the water-
skeleton coupling is typically difficult to assess. Despite the
tremendous developments in computing power, it is still
impossible to obtain a set of relations between stresses and
strains both capable of correctly representing the behavior of a
soil composition and usable in practice. All theories are merely
approximations.
The experimental approach to soil behavior thus remains a
key element, especially for verifying a theory's validity.
Mandel's similarity laws (1961) had already revealed the
limitations of reduced-scale sand models, under static loading,
subsequent to the scale effect, which has gradually led to
developing centrifuges in the field of geotechnical engineering.
Furthermore, the widespread development over the past several
decades of measurement instrumentation has not only enabled
studying certain aspects of the behavior of geotechnical facilities
in operation, but has also produced full-scale experimental
structures, which have greatly advanced the state of knowledge.
In France, J. Kérisel (1962) produced the first type of full-
scale experimental structure dedicated to pile behavior. After
conducting, on the Maracaibo Bridge in Venezuela, the first pile
loading test by means of separately measuring both the tip load
and total load at the pile cap, J. Kérisel built a large-sized testing
station on the sandy St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse site, where piles
were being driven into a vast and deep concrete tank filled with
compacted sand. He proceeded by separately measuring the tip
load during pile-driving and found that it varied linearly at first
until reaching a depth of roughly three times the pile diameter,
then remained constant beyond that point. This result, now
widely renowned, has contributed extensively to changing the
pile cap strength calculation with respect to previously applied
theories.
at the same St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse site, this time by Tcheng
(1975), on the CEBTP Institute's testing station to study large
sand masses that had gradually undergone a state of thrust or
bearing. The station's primary element was a very stiff metal
screen, 5 m wide by 3 m high, containing in its central part 6
embedded measurement cells outputting both the vertical and
horizontal stress components. This screen had been suspended
by 8 hydraulic jacks; then, assisted by a servo control system, it
could be rotated around an axis lying close to the base and
translated horizontally. Two sands were tested: Fontainebleau
sand, characterized by a homogeneous particle size distribution;
and Loire sand, with a much broader distribution. These results
were instructive, notably as regards deviations between theory
and reality, yet they also exposed the difficulties tied to such an
experimental campaign, given an initial state (K0) that depends
on the level of compaction and varies considerably from top to
bottom of the screen.
As of the mid-1960's, the LCPC (French Central Laboratory
for Bridges and Highways) has undertaken, in collaboration with
the LRPC (its regional laboratories), research on soft soil
embankments (1973), ground slope stability (1976), deep
foundations and new retaining structures. In each case, one or
more full-scale experimental structures had been built
specifically for this research effort. Regarding slope stability, a
naturally unstable hill slope was dedicated to this endeavor and
heavily instrumented; monitoring could then take place over
several years.
Research on France's new Reinforced Earth retaining
technique, invented by Henri Vidal in 1963, helped give rise to a
set of Recommendations and State-of-the-Art Practices (1979),
produced jointly by LCPC and the SETRA Road and Highway
Research Center. An experimental Reinforced Earth wall was
built in 1968 by the Eure Departmental Public Works Office and
then instrumented by the Western Paris LRPC Laboratory. For
the first time, this wall made it possible to demonstrate that the
tensile force in reinforcement strips was not being maximized at
the level of the facing, but instead at a given distance inside the
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Fig. 1: Full-scale experiment performed on the Incarville Reinforced
Earth wall (1968) - Evolution of tensile force in instrumented
reinforcement strips from a bed located 3 m deep
All these LCPC and regional laboratory research projects
were being financed by the Ministry of Public Works, which
oversees LCPC activities. At the time, France had no mechanism
for centralized coordination in civil engineering research.
Universities were not affiliated with these projects and large
national corporations, like the major State Authorities (French
Railways, French Electricity Board, etc.), were conducting their
own research in the field. This was a time when motorways were
first being financed by the State, with design and construction
performed by the Bridges and Highways Administration.
2 LAUNCH OF THE NATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING
RESEARCH PROJECTS
It was a Bridges and Highways Engineer, Michel Martin, who
while assigned to the Public Works Ministry's Foreign and
International Affairs Directorate (DAEI) initially nurtured the
idea at the beginning of the 1980's to undertake National Projects
devoted to experimental research in the field of civil
engineering. The focus was placed on implementing quite large-
scale projects and, perhaps more importantly, generating input
from as many participants as possible in both the public and
private sectors on a given research topic.
The underlying principle consisted of asking for a
subscription fee from participants for each year of research, then
offering them the opportunity to take part in financing the
project through in-kind contributions (time allocated, testing,
provision of equipment, etc.) and lastly awarding a financial
subsidy from the Public Works Ministry equal to 15% or 20% of
the total project amount. Two topics were chosen as the
objective for the first experiment: tunnels and the soil nailing
technique for retaining walls. Despite a certain dose of
skepticism at the outset, these two geotechnical projects,
conducted between 1985 and 1989, were a definite success. The
"Clouterre" national project (or NP) on this nailing technique,
which started up in 1986 for a 4-year period, comprised 21
members (7 public-sector organizations, 3 public and private
project owners, and 11 contractors). Its budget allocation was set
at €3.15 million, of which 15% was provided by the DAEI
Directorate and the other 85% financed directly by the 21
members through dues and in-kind contributions. The role of
project manager was assigned to a partner: the CEBTP Research
Center, which made its St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse experimental site
available.
After these two initial National Projects, it was deemed
necessary to set up a dedicated organization to accommodate the
collective nature of these NPs in order to handle the tasks of
project management, monitoring and results dissemination.
Against this backdrop, the Ministries of Research and Public
Works in 1989 jointly created the Institute for Applied Research
and Experimentation in Civil Engineering (IREX).
3 THE NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS PROTOCOL
The current protocol, intended to develop the area of applied
research and experimentation in civil engineering, was initiated
around 1990 as a joint effort by the Ministries of Research and
Public Works in response to a proposal issued by the Civil
Engineering Research Advisory Council (CORGEC), whose
members included representatives from the fields of research and
civil engineering.
This protocol entails, first and foremost, validation by the
Public Works Ministry's Research Directorate of a topic
proposed by the profession and based on a feasibility study
conducted by a group of experts under IREX supervision. Such
studies are paid using a Public Works Ministry subsidy, upon
approval by a Civil and Urban Engineering Advisory Committee
composed of researchers affiliated with universities and public
research centers, as well as by professional representatives.
Following this study, IREX assembles a detailed National
Project file that encompasses: the pertinent research program
along with its experimental campaigns, the list of its public and
private partners, a schedule that typically extends four years, and
the project cost and its financing (dues, in-kind contributions,
Public Works Ministry subsidy accounting for 15% to 20%). It
should be noted that this Project file must always include at least
one owner company willing to assume responsibility, whether all
or in part, for a full-scale experiment or the complete
instrumentation of a structure. At this time, it is also requested to
allocate a project promotion budget item in order to produce a
summary of results for subsequent publication in the form of
recommendations or a guide, with in most instances an English
language version made available. Moreover, the most salient
technical breakthroughs are to be presented at international
symposia.
This series of National Projects has spanned a broad cross-
section of the civil engineering field:
1) materials, mainly the various types of concretes;
2) geotechnical engineering, primarily foundations;
3) construction processes;
4) structural rehabilitation and maintenance;
5) sustainable development.
In 2009, for the occasion of IREX's 20-year anniversary, a
National Projects summary document was published under the
title "20 years of applied research and experimentation in civil
engineering". This publication in French provided a 4 to 6-page
description of each of the 26 National Projects, along with their
respective contributions to the field.
The focus herein will be placed on the following NPs, which
lie within or are affiliated with the geotechnical engineering
field, namely:
 "CLOUTERRE": Soil nailing technique for retaining walls
 "FOREVER": Technique dedicated to micropile groups and
networks
 "VIBROFONÇAGE": Vibrating piles and sheet piling
 "ASIRI": Foundation improvements using rigid inclusions
 "SOLCYP": Behavior of piles subjected to cyclic loads.
The two following tables respectively indicate the distribution
of project partners and the breakdown in financial amounts
allocated among these 6 NPs.
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Table 1: Distribution of partners in the geotechnical National Projects
Table 2: Financial amounts involved in geotechnical National Projects
A few specific aspects of these National Projects are worth
noting:
1) In light of the recent creation of the National Research
Agency (ANR), overseen by the Ministry of Research, several
projects have benefited from ANR subsidies for laboratory
research, whereas more full scale experimentation-oriented
projects were granted the Public Works Ministry subsidy (see
Table 2). Collaboration among the various partners however has
remained steady and is always considered fruitful.
2) Although the word "National" might suggest that only
French partners are asked to participate, several National
Projects in geotechnical engineering have included foreign
partners. More specifically, the Quebec Transport Ministry
partnered in the CLOUTERRE project, and the U.S. Federal
Highway Administration and University of Canterbury (New
Zealand) were among the partners to the FOREVER project.
Moreover, as of 1991, this National Project process started
attracting the interest of other international partners: Canada's
Federal Ministry of Research in 1991, then its counterpart in
China (1992), and more recently a Japanese mission in France.
3) From the outset, the Works French Federation of Public
Works Contractors has been a key actor behind these National
Projects. Also, the contractors , despite being in a competitive
sector, were able to join forces and find common paths for not
only updating their technical doctrines, reference guides and
rules, but also for applying outcomes to help develop their
activities abroad.
4) The National Projects movement has enabled public and
private sector engineers to collaborate in research pursuits and
develop bonds, breaking with the past when such opportunities
were few and far between.
4 THE "CLOUTERRE" NATIONAL PROJECT
4.1 Project objective and characteristics
The goal of this National Project was to promote the soil nailing
technique, especially within the scope of permanent retaining
walls, by means of: accumulating in-depth process knowledge,
determining process limitations, devising reliable design
methods, and issuing recommendations. All these points were to
be advanced by drawing upon full-scale experiments.
As a matter of fact, a few years after publication of the 1991
CLOUTERRE Recommendations, it became necessary to extend
the results of the CLOUTERRE I NP by carrying out research on
walls and other structures featuring nailed soils, notably by
developing a design method at the serviceability limit states
(SLS), as derived from a set of finite element calculations. This
step gave rise to the CLOUTERRE II National Project, whose
research was performed from 1995 to 1999.
Fig. 2: The 3 phases of retaining wall construction by in situ soil nailing
As shown in Figure 2, the nailing technique used to erect a
retaining wall constitutes an extension of the Reinforced Earth
technique, with the first major structures being built in 1968-69
for the motorway between Nice and Menton, whose 23-m high
Peyronnet wall has remained firmly intact. As opposed to the
Reinforced Earth technique however, construction proceeds from
top to bottom, which considerably alters the sequencing and
complicates execution. More specifically, the earthworks phase
at the base of the section of wall already built may, if the wall is
too high and/or left standing during a several-day suspension of
works, induce failure.
As mentioned above, the Clouterre I NP comprised 22
partners, including the Quebec Transport Ministry. It took place
between 1986 and 1990, with a budget totaling €3,150,000, 15%
of which was financed by France's Public Works Ministry and
the balance provided by project partners in the form of dues and
in-kind contributions.
4.2 The CLOUTERRE I full-scale experimental campaign
At the CEBTP Center's St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse experimental
site, it was possible to conduct three full-scale experiments on
nailed soil walls built in Fontainebleau sand masses, with well-
controlled parameters. These experiments will be briefly
described below.
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4.2.1 Wall No. 1 in a nailed soil stressed until failure
This 7-m high wall installed in sand was built by completing a 1-
m high excavation phase with sealed nails 6-8 m long, in
offering some bending strength due to its tubular composition.
The structure had been calculated using a sufficiently small
overall safety coefficient (F=1.1), capable of easily causing
breaking as the soil gradually saturated from the top of the wall,
thus reducing the sand's apparent cohesion while increasing its
total specific gravity. Thanks to the extensive instrumentation
installed, it was possible to perform a large number of
measurements (tension in the nails, facing displacement, strain in
the nailed soil mass, etc.). Moreover, since the failure was not
complete, given that the facing had penetrated and become
blocked in the foundation soil, excavating the wall allowed for a
comprehensive investigation of the failed wall (Fig. 3).
Fig. 3: Observations recorded during excavation of the nailed soil wall
after failure (1st full-scale experiment held at the CEBTP site)
More specifically, nail bending in the vicinity of failure
creates a shear zone in the soil around the line of maximum
tension points in the nails; as a general rule, it also yields a non-
abrupt, and rather ductile, wall failure appearance.
4.2.2 Nailed soil wall N°2 under study during the excavation
phase
The objective of this experimental wall No. 2 tested at CEBTP
was to study the stability, both local and global, of a nailed soil
mass during an excavation phase. For this purpose, a nailed soil
wall 3 m high was first built and then stressed until failure by
increasing the excavation height from 1 to 3 m at the wall base.
During the first stage (i.e. 1-m excavation height), both the
excavation and wall were stable. For the second stage (2-m
excavation height), a localized failure ensued followed by
stabilization through the formation of an arch, yet overall the
wall remained stable. Lastly, for the third stage (3-m height), the
arching collapsed and local failure propagated all the way to the
surface, resulting in a global and internal wall failure.
Fig. 4: Stability and failure during the excavation phase of
the CEBTP's nailed soil Wall No. 2
4.2.3 Wall No. 3 in nailed soil - failure caused by insufficient
nail length
The third experiment at the CEBTP site on a nailed soil wall,
this one 6 m high, served to examine the failure mode due to
insufficient reinforcement length. This wall was equipped with
adjustable length telescopic nails. Failure occurred once a
distribution of very short nails had been reached along the base
of the wall with gradually increasing nail length towards the
upper part of the wall. This configuration dictated the shape of
the sliding surface, which corresponded to an intermediate
failure somewhere between an adherence deficiency mode and
an external failure mode.
4.3 Primary results from Clouterre I
Wall No. 1 revealed the shape of the maximum tension line in
the nails, i.e. remaining constant until the initiation of failure,
which is gradual, along with a certain trend towards nail bending
in the vicinity of failure.
Wall No. 2 indicated that wall stability during its construction
had been correlated with the development of an arching effect
over the course of excavation phases, which provided
information on process limitations among other things.
Soil/nail friction has been the topic of in-depth studies
involving both experimental and theoretical findings, with, like
in the Reinforced Earth technique, the notion of an apparent
friction coefficient * correlated with a partially impeded
dilatancy of the granular part of the soil skeleton.
A major portion of the research was devoted to developing an
ultimate limit state (ULS) design method. The preference was
assigned to a failure method that makes use of circular failure
surfaces, calibrated with the full-scale wall No. 1. More
specifically, a so-called multicriteria method was developed
(Schlosser, 1982) to enable determining the torsor (Tn, Tc, M) of
forces at the point of maximum tension in a nail. This method
relies on a set of failure criteria focusing on components and the
interactions between components, namely:
- soil/nail skin friction interaction:   qs
- soil/nail transverse pressure interaction: p  pmax
- nail constituent material:   k (max shear)
This work has led to identifying 4 criteria, in acknowledging
the assimilation of nails to beams, thus giving rise in the (Tn, Tc)
plane of tensile and shear forces to a domain of stability that
helps determine the maximum resultant force (Fig. 5).
These multiple criteria allow for a shear force in the nails that
often gets neglected when designing nailed soil walls, yet that
becomes a predominant concern when vertical nailing is used to
stabilize slopes. This design method was the first in the field of
soil mechanics to use a semi-probabilistic calculation with
partial safety coefficients and weighting coefficients on actions.
It has now become the rule in the Eurocodes.
Fig. 5: Domain of stability in the (Tn, Tc) plane,
and determination of maximum force T
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The strain in nailed soil walls, especially displacements at the
top of the wall, has also been the focus of considerable
instrumentation on both experimental walls and structures
currently in service. The horizontal displacement at the top of a
vertical nailed soil wall of height H thus lies between H/1000
and 3H/1000, depending on the chosen safety coefficient value.
4.4 Clouterre 1 publications
This NPs has been the subject of 50 internal reports and
publications both in France and abroad. The most significant
publication was "Clouterre 1991 Recommendations for
designing, calculating, constructing and inspecting earth support
systems using soil nailing". This book comprises 7 chapters and,
after being translated into English, was produced in 10,000
copies by the American FHWA (Federal Highway
Administration) before a joint publication was released by
FHWA and the Presses des Ponts et Chaussées publisher for
worldwide distribution. These Recommendations greatly helped
promote the nailed soil technique for retaining walls and gave
rise to the NF P 94270 AFNOR Standard, which serves as the
French application standard for Eurocode 7 regarding retaining
wall structures, whether built in nailed soil or reinforced soil.
4.5 The Clouterre II National Project
4.5.1 Organization of this NP
Developed subsequent to Clouterre I, which took place from
1993 to 1997, the CLOUTERRE II National Project assembled
19 partners, including FHWA, thus making it the first example
of a foreign partner participating in a NP. The total cost of this
project amounted to €1,579,190, including a subsidy from the
DRAST Research Directorate in the amount of €281,708, i.e.
17.8% of the total budget, with the balance provided by the
partners (through dues and in-kind contributions).
4.5.2 The Clouterre II NP research topic
Clouterre II constituted another milestone towards
understanding and designing nailed soil structures, with
emphasis placed on methods for computing displacements,
execution techniques, behavior in the presence of special
loadings (walls subjected to freezing, earthquakes), and the
behavior of a structure other than a wall (reinforced nail facing
in tunnels built in compressible soil).
4.5.2.1 Construction of nailed soil walls: Facing behavior
and justification
The Clouterre I database of nail tension test results was updated,
notably the chart (qs, pl) yielding, for the various soil categories,
the limit friction stress values qs of the soil/nail interaction vs.
limit pressure pl of the pressuremeter. The execution of facing
was studied with regard to drainage. Moreover, a chapter was
devoted to the facing behavior and its justification based on
instrumented structures currently in service, notably the A12
motorway walls southwest of Paris.
4.5.2.2 Displacement calculation methods
The Clouterre 1991 database of displacement measurements on
actual nailed soil walls was finalized and a semi-empirical
method could be devised thanks to these results.
General methods based on both finite elements (i.e. CESAR
and Plaxis software packages) and finite differences (FLAC-2D)
have been developed. These methods rely on two-dimensional
modeling, whereby the nails are modeled by "equivalent plates
with plane interfaces" for finite elements and "equivalent nails
with load transfer functions" for codes based on finite
differences. Such methods were validated by comparing the
results of calculations with measurements on full-scale
structures, built in soils with known properties, instrumented and
monitored over time from construction through service startup
and ultimate failure. In this respect, the Clouterre I experimental
walls constitute an exceptional base of reference structures. In
addition to the conventional parameters of soil elasticity and
strength, the angle of dilatancy  must be included as well as
parameters relative to the nails, facing and their interactions with
the soil. Figure 6 indicates the evolution in horizontal
displacement h at the top of the Clouterre No. 1 wall facing,
accompanied by a comparison with measured values. On the
whole and compared to the previous calculations carried out
(Shaffiee, 1986), it is observed that the measured values have
been accurately predicted, yet it is still advised to perform a
sensitivity study relative to the set of mechanical parameters in
order to ensure the validity of these results.
Fig. 6:. Trends in horizontal displacement calculated at the top of the
cladding; comparison with measurements (Clouterre No. 1 wall)
4.5.2.3 Other research
 Study of the effect of freezing-thawing: Instrumentation
introduced on a nailed soil wall, built in a mountainous zone in
1982 and subjected to significant facing displacements during a
frozen period, has enabled studying the freezing-thawing
mechanisms and finding a means to incorporate freezing effects
in a nailed soil wall.
 Earthquake design: Nailed soil walls are, like Reinforced
Earth walls (Kobayashi et al., 1996), flexible structures that
withstand earthquakes fairly well. As a general rule, their
stability during an earthquake is analyzed with a failure
computation by applying the pseudo-static method. The case of
composite structures, in which a nailed soil wall is supported at
the top by prestressed anchors, requires higher seismic
coefficients to be input into the stability calculations.
 Nailing (bolting) of the tunnel face in compressible soil:
Practiced since 1985, the bolting technique using sealed rods
stabilizes linings or full-section tunnel facings during
construction. In this latter case, the rods are made of a composite
material made of fiberglass and resin for the purpose of being
easily destroyed at the time of excavation. The stability of this
reinforced facing is calculated by means of analysis conducted at
the limit equilibrium or by applying failure calculation theory.
Strain calculations that incorporate this nailing into both ground
and retaining walls displacements are of three types: 1) modeling
of each rod, with a 3D computation; 2) homogenization-based
approximation of the ground/rod assembly, with 2D
axisymmetric computations; and 3) simulation of the nailing
effect by applying pressure to the tunnel face, with 2D
axisymmetric computations.
4.5.3 Clouterre II publications
The CLOUTERRE II National Project research has given rise
to 22 internal reports and a book entitled "2002 addendum to
the CLOUTERRE 1991 recommendations", published by
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Presses de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (in French).
It contains 8 chapters drafted by a 12-member review committee.
4.6 Advances owed to the CLOUTERRE I and II NPs
It can be stated, yet without any hard quantitative justification,
that these two NPs have definitively contributed to the
widespread popularity of nailed soil walls in France as
permanent structures, thus making it possible to generate
considerable savings compared to more conventional wall
construction. Let's cite for example the nailed soil walls around
some of the piles on the Millau Viaduct. Initially designed as
temporary facilities, these walls were, at the time of restoring the
site upon project completion, transformed into permanent
structures and included in the comprehensive monitoring process
aimed at the various viaduct components, although they were
assigned an observational method of approach. The savings
relative to newer reinforced concrete retaining walls were
substantial. Moreover, let's note the 1998 "reference structure"
ranking produced by the IVOR (French acronym for Validated
Innovations on Reference Structures) Committee for the nailed
soil retaining walls on the A12 motorway, which was heavily
instrumented within the scope of the CLOUTERRE II project.
In the international arena, the CLOUTERRE I National
Project, along with the English language translation of the
CLOUTERRE 1991 Recommendations, was undeniably
responsible for the widespread renown of French technique.
More specifically, it was the primary motivation behind the
American FHWA Agency's decision to participate as a partner in
the CLOUTERRE II project and then later in the FOREVER
National Project. Let's also point out that that the Talren
software application, designed and developed by Terrasol
Company, was and still is widely used across many countries for
the design of nailed soil structures (walls, embankments, slopes).
For this purpose, the "CLOUTERRE 1991 Recommendations"
were translated into Korean.
At the very beginning of the 1990's, both the FHWA and the
American TRB (Transportation Research Board) had organized a
"scanning tour" in Europe to learn about the development of this
nailing technique. Their delegations were very favorably
impressed by the extent of nailing activities in France. In the
same manner that the Reinforced Earth technique experienced
tremendous development in the United States, soil nailing was
quickly adopted by American authorities and reached such new
heights of popularity that the cumulative benefit derived thanks
to use of this technique would, several years ago, be estimated
by these U.S. agencies in the hundreds of millions of dollars. At
present, soil nailing is practiced basically throughout the entire
world due to its simplicity, ease of implementation and lack of
patent protections.
5 THE “FOREVER” NATINAL PROJECT ON MICROPILES
5.1 Objective and organization
A micropile is a pile with a diameter less than 250 mm, in most
instances bored, and containing a central metal reinforcement
rod, which quite often is a tube embedded into a mortar or
cement grout. The load-bearing capacity of a micropile is
basically provided by the micropile/soil skin friction, which can
be mobilised should the grout be injected under high pressure.
Four types of micropiles are to be distinguished on the basis of
the grout injection pressure value, i.e.:
- Type I: Bored and cased, fitted or not with a reinforcement
rod, filled with a cement mortar inside an injection pipe. The
casing is to be recovered;
- Type II: Bored, fitted with a reinforcement rod and filled with
a mortar or cement grout using an injection pipe by gravity or
subjected to very low pressure;
- Type III: Most often bored, fitted with both a reinforcement
rod and a grout injection system using a sleeved pipe (“tube à
manchettes”) within a grout sheath. The one-time injection
covers the entire installation, with a pressure at the top of at
least 1 MPa;
- Type IV: Identical to Type III, except for the fact that the
injection is repeated at selected levels with a single or double
valve (“packer”) option.
For many years, micropiles have offered a broad field of
application when used in groups (i.e. sets of vertical micropiles)
or in a network (inclined micropiles). Their primary purpose is to
support the foundation underpinning or they may be used for: the
foundations of newer structures built with difficult ground
conditions; slope and embankment stabilization; and retaining
walls, tunnels and protections of underground facilities.
Micropile networks also feature an exceptional capacity to resist
seismic forces.
The objective of the NP labeled FOREVER (French
acronym for Vertically Reinforced Foundations) was to specify,
through a study and full-scale testing program, the behavior of
micropiles, whether isolated, in groups or in networks, and then
establish recommendations along with a set of design methods to
allow extending their field of application.
Experimental groups and networks were built and
instrumented at the CEBTP's St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse site.
The supervisory team for this NP consisted of a President, a
Scientific Director and a Technical Director. The project
encompassed 22 partners and was conducted between 1993 and
2001. Its budget amounted to €5,091,000, with €754,000
awarded as a DRAST subsidy and the remainder through partner
support (dues and in-kind contributions). The participation of
three foreign partners in Forever is acknowledged: Federal
Highway Administration (U.S.), University of Canterbury (New
Zealand), and Polytechnic University of New York (U.S.).
5.2 Micropile groups: Experimental results
Based on a wide array of tests conducted on a reduced-scale
model (calibration chamber, centrifuge) and a full-scale model,
as part of the Forever project, it could be confirmed that the
spacing S between micropiles of a given group in sand is one of
the most influential parameters on load-bearing capacity under a
vertical loading. The coefficient of efficiency Ce, i.e. the ratio of
the average load-bearing capacity of a group micropile to that of
the isolated micropile, varies between 0.59 and 2.2.
For the same tests, the number N of group micropiles also
proves to be an influential parameter: for N < 10, Ce lies between
0.59 and 1.35, whereas for N > 10, the Ce value ranges from 1.4
to 2.2.
The order of micropile installation also exerts an influence.
For a group of 5 micropiles driven into sand of average density,
the placement of a 5th micropile in the middle of the other 4
serves to increase the group's load-bearing capacity by 40%.
On the other hand, the load-bearing capacity of a group of
micropiles subjected to a horizontal load turns out to be quite
similar to that of a group of piles.
5.3 Micropile groups: Numerical computation methods
5.3.1 The GOUPEG Program
In 1994, Maleki and Frank developed the GOUPEG Program for
micropile groups, so as to extend the GOUPIL-LCPC Program
from 1989 that relied on axial loading transfer functions (t-z
mobilization curves for axial skin friction), and for transverse
loadings (p-y reaction curves). Their study entailed adding group
effects to GOUPEG in the case of axial forces. Their method
was considered a "hybrid", whereby Mindlin elasticity solutions
were used to automatically calculate the displacements induced
on adjacent piles and thus determine the "y" type factors (i.e.
displacements z) that correct the t-z skin friction mobilization
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curves (as well as the q-zp pile tip strength curve). The GOUPEG
Program was validated by comparing the interaction coefficients
F obtained with well-known solutions within the elastic
continuum of Poulos and Davis (1990).
5.3.2 Interpretation of the Rueil-Malmaison tests
These tests were conducted on 4 vertical micropiles: 1 isolated
micropile, and a group of 3 micropiles spaced 1 m apart and
pulled in tension. These micropiles were composed of steel tubes
with: diameter B = 89 mm, a free length of 14 m in the alluvia,
and a sealed length of 5 m in the underlying chalk (B = 125
mm). They were instrumented in 8 sections with the LCPC
removable extensometer in order to determine friction along the
shaft. Several tensile loading calculations were performed with
GOUPEG; each time the skin friction mobilization laws applied
were those of Frank and Zhao. For the interaction between
micropiles and use of Mindlin solutions, a Young's modulus of
E=10 EM (EM: pressuremeter modulus) was adopted.
Fig. 7: Comparisons between measured and calculated tensile loading
curves of grouped micropiles (Rueil-Malmaison tests)
Figure 7 provides comparisons between the loading curves
measured at the top of each micropile in the group and the
curves calculated with GOUPEG, according to 2 hypotheses for
the limit skin friction (I: average value measured on the isolated
micropile; and II: average value measured for the group as a
whole). These results are satisfactory, in recognizing that the free
length of the isolated micropile is less than 14 m due to a rise in
the level of grout.
5.3.3 Analysis of the St Rémy transverse loading test
The GOUPEG Program was then extended to include an analysis
of micropile groups subjected to transverse loading, once again
in relying on Mindlin's equations. This analysis led to examining
both the vertical and horizontal loadings of full-scale tests
conducted in the sand at the CEBTP's St Rémy experimental
site, which included both isolated micropiles and two groups of
4 micropiles with the following parameters: S/B = 2; D = 5 m; B
= 10 cm; and ID = 0.57. The data required for this analysis were
the "t-z" curve of skin friction, the "q-z" curve of pile tip strength
and the "p-y" curve of transverse strength, with all these curves
being exclusively derived from on-site pressuremeter tests. To
calculate the group effect (i.e. the pile-soil-pile interaction), the
soil shear modulus G (input into Mindlin's equations) needed to
be evaluated. Figure 8 shows the comparison of experimental
results with GOUPEG calculations for the type II micropile
group (with gravity grouting). It can be observed that the
pressuremeter method developed for piles is also valid for
micropiles and moreover that for a given micropile group, the
trend yielded by GOUPEG represents reality quite well.
Fig. 8: Comparison of the force-displacement curves both measured and
calculated by GOUPEG, in the horizontal loading of
a type II micropile group (St Rémy test)
5.4 Networks of vertically-loaded micropiles
Experimental research on micropile networks, in which all
micropiles are inclined and vertical loadings have been
introduced, is uncommon. The large number of tests conducted
during FOREVER on vertically-loaded networks in sand have
made it possible to analyze the influence of the following
parameters: micropile spacing, sand density, and micropile
density and interlocking.
Within a network, micropile orientation is characterized by
two angles: angle  of micropile inclination with respect to the
vertical, and angle , the so-called interlocking angle, between
the vertical plane containing the micropile and the vertical plane
tangent to a horizontal circle centered at the middle of the
foundation and passing by the micropile top. An interlocking
network is characterized by negative  values ( < 0° or > 180°),
which enables the micropiles to be spaced at smaller distances
than at the top, thus leading to greater soil confinement between
micropiles.
The initial experimental results were obtained by Lizzi
(1978), who used a 1/10 reduced-scale model to compare the
behavior of a group to that of a network, with each containing 18
micropiles. The improvement offered could be quantified either
by the coefficient of efficiency Ce = 1.68, which indicates the
ratio of the load-bearing capacity of the group to that of all
isolated micropiles, or else by Ce = 2.22, i.e. the ratio of the
load-bearing capacity of the network to the sum of the load-
bearing capacities of all isolated vertical micropiles.
The FOREVER NP performed a series of 20 tests on
micropile networks in sand (full-scale, centrifuge, tank,
calibration chamber) by means of varying the parameter values.
The initial result was a wide dispersion in values of the Ce
coefficient (from 0.51 to 2.93), which can be explained in part
by the micropile installation mode: driving, boring, cast-in-place.
The relative S/B spacing does not appear to be a main parameter.
Sand density could hardly be studied since for all tests, the
density index ID of the sand was in the vicinity of 0.5, which
corresponds to a relatively loose sand. Regarding micropile
density or number N, it would appear that a minimum number of
micropiles per unit volume is required to generate a positive
group effect. As for micropile orientation and the values of
angles  and , it also remained impossible to determine a
precise effect since too few tests actually allowed varying one of
these two parameters while keeping all other parameters
constant. It could nonetheless be confirmed that inclining an
isolated micropile hinders its vertical load-bearing capacity,
when compared to the load-bearing capacity of the same
micropile placed in a vertical position. On simple networks
composed of easels (A-shaped) however, results showed that a
mechanism specific to inclined micropiles developed during
vertical loading, involving the gradual mobilization of a passive
pressure with bending on the micropiles. This phenomenon,
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which was also found in the numerical studies conducted at
CERMES, could yield a greater capacity for the network relative
to that of the equivalent group.
Tank-based tests performed at the 3S Laboratory in Grenoble
used networks with a significantly higher number of micropiles
(N = 18) and a better level of interlocking ( < 0° and  > 180°,
with micropile intersections), as shown in Figure 9. In the case
of a near cylindrical network (defined by  = 20° and  = -
30°/210°), a positive effect is observed on load-bearing capacity
relative to the equivalent group, beginning with the smallest
displacements. In all cases, a strain hardening phenomenon is
identified, thus confirming the soil passive pressure phenomenon
on long and flexible inclusions.
Fig. 9: An 18-micropile network at the 3S Laboratory in Grenoble
5.5 Comments on transversally-loaded networks
The horizontal loading tests only involved simple networks:
double easels (A-shaped) at the St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse site, and
single easels (A-shaped) at sites in Alabama (U.S.) and St
Maurice (France). These results have confirmed that micropile
inclination exhibits a highly beneficial impact on the resistance
to transverse forces. These cases are merely static loadings, yet
results are similar for dynamic or seismic loadings.
As for the double easels at the St Rémy-lès-Chevreuse site,
horizontal resistance is 2 to 3 times greater than that of the group
with a relative S/B spacing = 2. The numerical studies carried
out at CERMES have confirmed this finding as well.
5.6 Conclusions and recommendations
Research conducted within the scope of the FOREVER NP has
given rise to over 70 reports and articles. It has also led to the
publication of a 347-page book entitled "Synthesis of the
results and recommendations of the French National Project
on micropiles" by Presses des Ponts et Chaussées. An English
language translation was published by the American ADSC
Association on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration.
Moreover, a compilation of this book's scientific results has
served as the basis for several additional projects at foreign
universities. In another outcome, the collaborative research
completed as part of FOREVER has fostered creation of the
International Society for Micropiles (ISM), which associates
practitioners from North America, Europe and Japan.
5.6.1 Micropile groups
These experimental results have revealed a positive group effect
(i.e. Ce > 1) for groups that include a large number of flexible
piles, with this effect being primarily due to soil confinement
between micropiles. This point has been confirmed by the high
skin friction values whenever measurements were feasible.
The group effect reaches a maximum at a relative S/B
spacing between micropiles = 2.5 to 4. For higher values, the
level of confinement is reduced and the load-bearing capacity of
the group approaches the sum of all load-bearing capacities of
the various isolated micropiles (Ce = 1). It is obvious that
confinement can be improved by means of an appropriate
micropile placement method (e.g. driving or jacking into loose
sands).
As regards underpinning of foundation, it has been
confirmed, as shown in research and studies on the Pont de
Pierre in Bordeaux, that micropiles offer an efficient and well
adapted solution for stabilizing the foundation movements of old
structures.
5.6.2 Resistance of micropile groups to horizontal forces
The experiments performed on groups of horizontally-loaded
micropiles indicate that these group effects are comparable to
those of regular piles with conventional diameter dimensions:
- the total resistance of a micropile group is less than the sum
of each individual resistance of all micropiles due to the shadow
effect of piles placed in front of the micropiles located in back,
yet this negative effect may be neglected once the spacing
reaches 6 to 7 diameters;
- whenever micropiles are placed in a row perpendicular to
the loading direction, the group resistance is weakened by
mechanical interactions within the soil. This decrease however
remains modest and may be neglected once spacing has
exceeded 3 diameters;
- micropiles installed by means of soil displacement show
greater stiffness in a horizontal loading pattern than micropiles
placed using techniques that do not displace the soil.
5.6.3 Numerical methods for estimating the displacements of a
micropile group
Research conducted within the scope of FOREVER has led to
developing the GOUPEG Program, which makes use of the (t-z)
and (p-y) transfer functions, as well as linear elasticity for the
interactions between micropiles. This program is naturally also
valid for piles.
In order to calculate the displacement of micropile groups, a
distinction needs to be drawn between two types of effects that
differ considerably in their nature:
- effects due to the implementation technique, which modifies
soil properties both in the vicinity and at the soil/micropile
interface (effects that can only be estimated since a calculation
proves impossible);
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- the effect due to mechanical interaction between micropiles,
which is to be added to the displacements.
5.6.4 Micropile networks
Despite the fact that studies and tests carried out as part of
FOREVER are not sufficiently exhaustive, the following
conclusions can still be forwarded:
- A network, regardless of its number of micropiles, exhibits
a better behavior than the equivalent group.
- As regards the behavior when exposed to a vertical load, the
experimental results are, at the very least, contradictory.
- In order to obtain a positive network effect, the
recommendations issued for groups must naturally be followed,
especially as regards the number and length of micropiles as well
as soil confinement.
- In granular soils that are loose to moderately dense, which
have the most to gain from micropile reinforcement, it is
possible to obtain a positive network effect in comparison with
the equivalent group provided both an adequate soil confinement
has been achieved and the micropiles have been concentrated to
the greatest extent possible directly below the applied load. This
latter condition implies that the micropiles do not "exit" the
foundation surface, but instead line up towards the inside ( <
0°), so as to ensure maximum "nailing" of the soil. This notion is
quite similar to the concept proposed by Lizzi: a reinforced soil
foundation behaving like a monolith.
- For dense granular soils difficult to compact, it is impossible
to obtain a positive network effect.
- At the present time, it is not possible to design a micropile
network, with the exception of a simple layout (easel). However,
methods are currently being developed that make use of either
the transfer functions or homogenization techniques.
- From a pragmatic standpoint, the predominant idea at the
conclusion of FOREVER was that it became more advantageous
to solely seek a network effect in the case of micropiles either
bored or gravity injected. For those injected under high pressure,
of type IV (RSI i.e. repetitive and selective injection), it is
reasonable to assume they would function better when isolated
rather than in a group or a simple network.
5.6.5 Seismic behavior of micropiles
An analysis of damages caused by earthquakes, such as those
that occurred in Loma Prieta and Kobe, showed that the
foundations comprising steel piles of small diameter better
resisted the seismic loadings than large-diameter concrete piles.
This observation justifies the use of micropiles for foundations
in seismic zones since they display flexibility, ductility and
tensile resistance all at the same time. Micropiles prove to be
especially attractive for repairing structures that had undergone
damage during earthquakes. This technique in essence offers
engineers a multitude of possibilities in the area of design
(number, inclination and arrangement of micropiles) as well as
ease of placement, which makes its use highly advantageous,
particularly in more remote zones.
The use of micropiles as a reinforcement technique (for both
groups and networks) provides many additional advantages
inasmuch as such a technique serves to create a soil/structure
composite featuring special mechanical properties as regards
stiffness, strength and, above all, stability during earthquakes,
notably at sites with a soil liquefaction risk.
Research conducted as part of the FOREVER project on this
topic has included centrifuge tests, three-dimensional finite
element modeling and simple models built with springs and
dashpots (see Shahrour and Juran, 2004). It has also led to a
better understanding of micropile behavior when subjected to
seismic loading. The main set of results obtained are as follows:
a) The forces transmitted to micropiles stem from a kinematic
interaction along with an inertial interaction. The kinematic
interaction is more moderate for vertical micropiles used as
foundation elements. The considerable flexibility of micropiles
enables calculating the forces due to the kinematic effect, in
assuming that micropiles follow the free-field soil displacement.
b) Inertial forces, resulting from acceleration of the structure,
transmit a transverse force and an overturning moment to the
micropile group. These transverse forces and overturning
moments induce compressive and tensile forces inside the
micropiles. It thus becomes necessary to design micropiles, so
that they resist such forces, and then adopt the measures required
for the fastening between micropile and cap to resist tensile
forces. It should be noted that this phenomenon favors the use of
micropiles in seismic zones.
c) Micropile systems display a positive group effect that may
be ascribed to a structural effect derived from fastening
micropiles into the cap. This effect stems from both a reduction
in the bending moment within the micropiles and displacements
at the top as spacing between micropiles decreases. In the
absence of quantification, such an effect may be neglected given
that it is quite conservative.
d) The absence of damage observed in several earthquakes
demonstrates the favorable behavior produced by inclined and
flexible piles. Studies conducted during the FOREVER project
show that micropile inclination leads not only to an increase in
foundation stiffness relative to the seismic loading, but also to
stronger axial forces inside the micropiles.
e) The use of micropiles in liquefiable soils proves to be of
great interest. Results obtained in the centrifuge actually indicate
that micropiles confine the soil/micropile system, which serves
to: reduce soil movement, slow the rise in pore pressure, and
thereby lower the risk of liquefaction.
f) A comparison of centrifuge test results with those of both
the finite element model and the simplified calculation methods
based on Winkler's model reveals that these latest results may be
used for the seismic design of foundation micropiles.
g) Micropile design in seismic zones must take into account
all other project parameters, especially the frequencies (loading,
structures, soil layers, etc.).
6 THE “VIBROFONÇAGE” NATIONAL PROJECT
6.1 Introduction
The Vibrofonçage (vibratory pile driving) National Project was
supervised by IREX subsequent to an exploratory study (March
1998), followed by a feasibility study (January 1999). The
conclusions of this NP were presented in September 2006. The
day spent reporting results was coordinated with the 2006
TRANSVIB international symposium.
The total pre-tax project budget amounted to €1,152,000,
including a €246,000 (pre-tax) subsidy from the Research
Directorate of the Science and Technology Ministry, with the
balance made up of partners' in-kind contributions and dues. The
vast majority of this budget was devoted to experiments and in
situ measurements.
On the heels of the TUBA National Project, devoted to pile
driving by means of hammering, this Vibrofonçage NP focused
on the more recent technique of driving linear metal elements
(tubes, sheet piles) into the soil by means of vibration (Fig. 10).
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Fig. 10: Vibratory pile driving: Schematic diagram (Holeyman, 2002)
This work was wrapped up in 2006 by the publication of a
Vibratory Pile Driving Technical Guide, simultaneously in
French and English, distributed to attendees of the "2006
Transvib" International Symposium, held in September 2006 in
Paris, and widely disseminated since then.
6.2 Program framework
The studies and research conducted during this Vibrofonçage NP
contained three segments, each one composed of several phases:
- Segment 1: survey of practices, summary of previous
research projects, and preparation of Segment 2 (including in
situ testing and experiments);
- Segment 2: Execution of instrumented in situ vibratory pile
driving and pile loading tests, plus calibration chamber tests in
the laboratory;
- Segment 3: Analysis and interpretation of experimental
results, development of a computation code for vibratory pile
driving predictions (BRAXUUS software), issuance of a
technical guide, results presentation (organization of the 2006
Transvib Symposium).
Table 3: Geotechnical characteristics - Montoir site
Segment 2 experiments were held across four sites:
The Montoir tests were conducted in August 2001. A series
of full-scale tests took place at the time of expanding the freight
and container terminal at the Montoir Port (Nantes-Saint Nazaire
Port Authority).
The ground cross-sections and their geotechnical
characteristics are summarized in Table 3 above.
Two metal tubes closed at the 339-mm diameter, 14-mm
thick (length: 32 m) and instrumented at several levels (stress
gauges, accelerometers) were driven by vibration. One pile was
over-driven in order to evaluate its load-bearing capacity by a
dynamic test. A static loading test was then performed on the
other pile, for comparison with the results of a static loading test
on a driven pile of the same type at the same site in 1999.
The Dunkirk tests conducted in January 2002 involved three
tubes open at the base of a structure under construction and
driven by vibration; these tubes were fitted at the top with strain
gauges and accelerometers (a pile-driving control device
developed by TNO). Measurements recorded just at the top did
not give rise to any detailed interpretation.
The Le Havre tests were carried out in December 2002 at a
site made available by the Le Havre Port Authority in the zone
around the petrochemical facility adjacent to the Normandy
Bridge.
The ground cross-sections and geotechnical characteristics
are summarized in Table 4 below:
Table 4: Geotechnical characteristics - Le Havre site
A PU16 sheet pile (length: 14 m) and a probe (length: 14.5
m) used during a pervious experiment (i.e. a SIPDIS probe) were
installed. The probe had been instrumented on three levels, while
the sheet pile was fitted at both the top and tip, with one tube at
the top and tip and the other only at the top. Particle velocity
measurements at the soil surface were recorded during
installation of the two tubes and probe.
The Merville tests were undertaken from March to June 2003
at the Merville Airfield experimental site, under the supervision
of the LCPC. They were intended to measure, for comparative
purposes, the behavior of hammered and driven piles by means
of vibration into Flanders clay soils.
Their ground cross-sections and geotechnical characteristics
are summarized in Table 5 below:
Table 5: Geotechnical characteristics - Merville site
Two open tubes (length: 12.3 m) 508 mm in diameter, plus
two pairs of AU16 sheet piles (length: 13 m), were installed
under experimental site conditions. For each type of element,
one was driven by vibration using an ICE 815 vibrodriver while
the other was hammered to the same depth with an IHC S70
hammer. The elements were instrumented at both the top and tip.
The hold-down force, penetrating pile length, pressure and flow
rate of the hydraulic unit for this vibratory pile-driving test, the
hammer energy for hammering, and particle velocities at the soil
surface for distances of 5, 10 and 15 meters from the element
were all measured continuously during the pile penetration. Each
element was then subjected to an instrumented static loading test
in order to compare the load-bearing capacities obtained for each
of the two installation modes.
As a complement, physical modeling tests of the pile-driving
process by means of vibration were conducted inside the
CERMES calibration chamber at the ENPC Laboratory in
Marne-la-Vallée. A prototype vibratory pile-driving probe was
developed for penetration into a sand block reconstituted in the
chamber thanks to a hydraulic servo-cylinder. The probe, with a
10-cm2 cross-section (i.e. the penetrometer standard), had been
instrumented to measure the pile cap strength as well as local
friction on a special sleeve. Moreover, the probe was fitted with
a tapered accelerometer. The parametric study completed by
relying on controlled force and controlled displacement tests
clearly exposed the influence of basic parameters (average static
force, amplitude and frequency of the cyclic force) on process
performance. These tests have given rise to a physical model that
may be simulated by running certain software, in particular the
BRAXUUS application developed during this NP.
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6.3 Publications

2006 Technical Guide: Vibratory pile driving - Vibratory

pile driving, Presses des Ponts et Chaussées, ISBN 2-85978-
423-3, 282 pages. This technical guide, released in 2006,
provides answers, in light of current knowledge and extensive
experimental results, to questions raised by users of the vibratory
pile driving technique, including:
- choosing the appropriate technique and equipment;
- planning pile inserts and efficiency (BRAXUUS software);
- determining possible nuisances during pile-driving works;
- estimating the load-bearing capacity of piles once installed.
This guide includes: a text in both French and English
describing the instruments, their associated options, the existing
computation software, an analysis of pile-driving and load-
bearing capacity test results, a bibliography, a list of standards
and recommendations, and lastly internal NP reports.
Appendix A compiles a set of theoretical contributions, while Fig. 11: Pile tip force and lateral friction - Average values
Appendix B provides a summary of the experiments, both full-
scale and in the laboratory. Appendix C presents the vibratory Interpretation of these measurements has actually enabled
pile-driving prediction software, in particular the BRAXUUS separating the force exerted by the soil under the pile tip from
application for the National Project (downloaded on a CD-ROM the lateral effects on the pile shaft. Two distinct methods were
to accompany the guide). Appendix D contains the pertinent employed for this purpose during the NP. Attention should be
documentation of contractors partnering in the project. drawn to the analysis presented by Dominique Vie in the 2006
Holeyman A., Vanden Berghe J.-F., Charue N. (2002) Transvib Symposium proceedings (LCPC, ISBN 2-7208-2466-6,
TRANSVIB 2002: Vibratory pile driving and deep soil pp. 195-208). The method applied, based on a rigorous analysis
compaction, Balkema, ISBN 90-5809-521-5, 233 pages. of vibration measurement recordings, should in our opinion
Gonin H., Holeyman A., Rocher-Lacoste F. (2006) dictate measurement interpretations conducted on jobsites
TRANSVIB 2006: Proceedings of the International Symposium whenever recordings at the pile top and tip or at several levels
on Vibratory pile driving and vibratory compaction, published (including one above ground) are available.
by LCPC, ISBN 2-7208-2466-6, 400 pages.
TRANSVIB is an international symposium held periodically
to convene individuals and organizations interested in vibratory
pile driving, sheet-pile driving and deep pile compaction; these
gatherings have given rise to published proceedings. The first
symposium took place in 2002 in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium,
and the second four years later in Paris to showcase and extend
this NP on vibratory pile driving. It would be highly beneficial to
organize a third session in the near future.
Fig. 12: Modeled behavior measurements and laws - Merville site
6.4 Remarkable results

6.4.1 Penetration into the soil

This discussion will merely highlight, from among the extensive
body of experimental data and their associated interpretations,
what has struck us to be especially innovative and capable of
advancing the state of knowledge and understanding of the
phenomena under observation.
For starters, all measurements of time-dependent variables
have proven to be periodic and, as such, may be broken down
into a constant value over the considered period (i.e. an average
value) and a time function whose average single-period value
equals zero. The penetration speed may be assumed constant
over a single period, with a zero average acceleration.
Yet these measurements have demonstrated that the effect of
vibrations cannot be summarized as a decrease in friction along
the pile shaft: penetration is not solely due to the weight of the
pile + vibrodriver + clamps assembly. Periodic variations and
alternating pile particle velocities also serve to mobilize friction
forces in order to help overcome soil resistance at the pile tip, as
observed on graphs depicting the average values of friction
forces and pile cap strength for the Merville site tests (pile-tube
and sheet pile) (Fig. 11).
Fig. 13: Modeled behavior measurements and laws - Montoir site
For purposes of illustration, the above figures present the
force-displacement graphs (of just the periodic components)
obtained at Merville (Fig. 12), for the tube and a sheet pile, and
for the tubes at Montoir (Fig. 13), showing both the tip and the
resultant of lateral friction. Let's recall the nearly perfect
elliptical shapes derived at Merville (Fig. 3), which could be
accurately modeled by a linear viscoelastic law, whereas an
elastoplastic modeling law is less apparent for the Montoir tests.
6.4.2 Load-bearing force of the vibratory-driven piles
Subsequent to the bibliographical research and experimental data
collected through instrumented tests with a full-scale strain
gauge chain (Fig. 14), recommendations were devised to design
the piles set into place by means of vibration. Compared to
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piles, the reduction to be anticipated for lateral friction reaches
30% while for tip strength it climbs to 50%. These
recommendations were used to draft the national Eurocode 7
application standard: Design and justification of deep
foundations (NF-P94-262).
Fig. 14: Static loading reaction device - Merville site
6.4.3 Environmental impact and nuisances encountered
This NP has sought to compare acoustic and vibration nuisances
between vibratory driving and hammering so as to provide
greater insight. Effective knowledge of the acoustic levels and
powers of the pile-driving equipment for use with hammering
and vibration is necessary to mitigate this nuisance and divert
most of the attention away from the jobsite. The bibliographical
study and analysis of 5 pile-driving sites concluded that the
acoustic power characterizing site equipment exceeds 5 to 20
dB(A) for both ram weight hammers and pneumatic hammers, as
opposed to vibrators.
Pile driving by reliance on vibrations and hammering causes
waves in the soil. A regulatory study was carried out by
comparing 14 rules, in demonstrating some marked disparities.
The regulation frequency bandwidth for vibratory nuisances lies
between 1 and 100 Hz; moreover, it imposes particle velocities
ranging from 1 to 100 mm/s. In general, the national standards
contain three distinct threshold ranges depending on the type of
structures exposed to vibrations. It can be concluded that among
the threshold levels imposed by the various European standards,
the French ones have a greater built-in safety margin than the
average of all standards evaluated.
In an attempt to better understand this phenomenon of on-site
vibration propagation, a 2D finite element model was built using
the CESAR-LCPC software in a linear dynamic regime. An
axisymmetric model was selected, and 2 pairs of AU 16 piles
driven by vibration were studied. On the whole, the model
yielded satisfactory results for shallow penetrations, which do
represent the majority of foundation works in urban areas. Yet
uncertainties and calibrations remain part of the numerical
model, thus requiring the introduction of a damping coefficient
(using Rayleigh's formulation) in order to approximate reality. It
is regrettable that experimental measurements more than 15 m
from the source have not been included.
6.5 Extensions and outlook
Further research work on this NP is ongoing at: the LCPC
(France), the Construction Industry Scientific and Technical
Center (Belgium), and the College of Science, Technology and
Communication (Luxembourg). Such efforts in the past have
resulted in future publications of doctoral theses, including the
following:
- Hanus V. (2010), Analysis and modelling of noise
generation during vibratory pile driving and determination of the
optimization potential, University of Luxembourg.
- Rocher-Lacoste F. (2008), Full-scale experimental study
and numerical study of vibratory-driven piles: Environmental
vibrations and load-bearing capacity, ENPC, France.
- Whenham V. (2011), A study of energy transfers during
vibratory pile driving, Catholic University of Louvain & CSTC,
Belgium.
In looking forward, besides organizing a new Transvib
symposium, expectations turn to: more widespread on-site
instrumentation; the systematic use of interpretation methods
devised specifically for this NP; and pursuit of a testing program
conducted in the calibration chamber, in conjunction with the
BRAXUUS application (considered well adapted to modeling
purposes). Full-scale tests using a specially instrumented micro-
pile would also prove most beneficial on jobsites, in order to
draw practical lessons, all for a reasonable level of investment
targeting applied research.
7 THE “ASIRI” NATIONAL PROJECT ON REINFORCING
FOUNDATION SOILS BY RIGID INCLUSIONS
7.1 Objectives and organization
The concept of foundations in a soil reinforced by rigid
inclusions associates relatively non-deformable vertical elements
with a spread footings or slab-on-grade via a mattress (also
called a distribution layer), often of a granular nature, yet
without any rigid mechanical connection existing between them.
Figure 10 shows the composition of such a foundation on rigid
inclusions.
Fig. 15: Foundation built on rigid inclusions
This technique allows considerably reducing foundation
block settlements under the applied loads while improving block
stability. After being successfully used in Scandinavia, the
United Kingdom and Germany primarily for embankments (built
on piles) in compressible soil zones, the rigid inclusion
technique became widely popular, especially in France, with
original applications to structures containing large surface areas
such as industrial slabs. The field of application is very broad,
spanning simple structures all the way to exceptional facilities
like foundations on the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece.
The objectives behind this ASIRI Project were, by virtue of a
diverse array of experimental research projects and their
corresponding numerical analysis methods, as follows:
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a) Compensate for the lack of experimental reference data
and rely on specific developments inventoried in France in favor
of foundations with large surface areas.
b) Better understand the load transfer mechanisms occurring
in the distribution mattress placed at the base of an embankment
on rigid inclusions or else under an extended foundation like a
slab or raft.
c) Devise a set of design methods, which entails generating
detailed numerical reference models and building simplified
methods for application to typical structures.
d) Create a comprehensive model that encompasses both the
mattress and the reinforced soil, in which the soil bears a portion
of the load.
e) Evaluate the effects of hard points in the case of slabs, and
develop the ability to assess the bending loads in such slabs.
f) Accompany advances in the technique by establishing
recommendations for the design, execution and control of
reinforcement works using rigid inclusions.
This project's managerial team consisted of a President, a
Vice President, a Scientific Director and a Head of Monitoring
appointed by IREX.
The ASIRI Project featured 40 partners split between the
construction industry and academia. Its budget was €2,389,280,
including a DRAST Agency subsidy totaling €478,000, with the
balance provided by partners' dues and in-kind contributions.
The project was scheduled to last 5 years, from 2005 to 2010.
7.2 Overall study program
The ASIRI Project ran from 2005 to 2011 and comprised 5
topics:
1) Full-scale experiments on an embankment or slab installed
on rigid inclusions;
2) Instrumentation of actual structures built under a wide range
of geotechnical conditions;
3) Physical models in either the centrifuge or calibration
chamber;
4) Complete characterization of the mechanical behavior of
coarse materials used in the distribution mattress of experimental
structures or physical models;
5) Reference numerical models.
In conjunction with these topics, a set of detailed
Recommendations containing 8 chapters was written between
2005 and 2011. This ambitious program served as the support
for 9 doctoral theses. Let's also note that the Project was
deliberately focused on key technical and design points, making
it necessary to overlook a number of equally important points,
such as the lateral loading of foundations and cyclic loadings.
7.2.1 Experimental structures
7.2.1.1 Detailed description
Two sites, one in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône the other in Chelles,
were used to conduct two full-scale experiments aimed at
structures built on rigid inclusions, i.e.: an embankment, and
slabs bearing a distributed load.
Each of these structures contained a non-reinforced block,
offering a reference and laying the groundwork for loading tests
on isolated inclusions. This set-up allowed determining
technique efficiency in terms of stress and settlement. Moreover,
comparisons could be drawn with the behavior exhibited by
inclusions installed both with and without soil displacement.
Geotechnical surveys were carried out using cored borehole,
in situ testing and laboratory tests. The mattress material
(industrial gravel) became the focus of 300-mm diameter triaxial
tests, which led to compiling a reference database for gravelly
materials.
Each reinforced block contained 16 inclusions, thus yielding
a perfectly centered mesh representative of conditions relative to
the straight section of a structure, notably one without edge
effects.
A very thorough instrumentation set-up enabled measuring
the forces generated on the inclusion heads and between
inclusions, as well as settlements at both the inclusion heads and
the top of the distribution mattress. Multi-point settlement
gauges had been positioned along the thickness of the
compressible soil, with inclinometers also installed beneath the
embankments. Transducers offering precision to within 1 cm had
likewise been placed in the measurement plane. Lastly, the
bundles of geosynthetic reinforcements implemented under the
embankments had been instrumented by optical fibers.
7.2.1.2 Main lessons drawn
The two full-scale experiments provided considerable extra
knowledge of the behavior and mechanism involved in the rigid
inclusion technique. Among the general or more specific points
identified, the following remarks are noteworthy:
a) The sizable reduction in settlements of structures on the
rigid inclusions, compared to the non-reinforced soil case (by a
factor of 5 to 6), has been confirmed.
b) Between inclusion heads, the deflected soil shape turns out
to be flat; in addition, confirmation is provided that settlement
efficiency always remains higher than stress efficiency.
c) At the base of an embankment built on a reinforced soil
block by means of rigid inclusions, a distribution layer or high-
quality mattress plays a determinant role in effectively
transferring load between the embankment and the inclusions.
e) A reinforcing geogrid placed in the distribution layer offers
better efficiency than a geotextile bundle. The strains
experienced during installation and compaction of this layer
appear to play a determinant role (as highlighted by the optical
fibers). A distribution mattress reinforced by two geogrids
exhibited practically the same behavior as a reinforced slab lying
on the inclusion heads.
Fig. 16: St Ouen-l'Aumône (slab block) - Comparison between
experimental block loading and the loading test of a micropile,
with measurements at both the top and tip
f) The behavior observed at the head of an inclusion with an
ordinary block mesh is identical to that at the tip of an isolated
inclusion loaded axially at the head, as shown in Figure 16,
which constitutes a major result and demonstrates that overall
positive and negative lateral friction effects balance one another.
Yet this finding must only be considered valid if the inclusions
are lying on a resistant substratum layer. It is important therefore
to be able to accurately model the behavior of an inclusion tip, so
as to ensure reliable representation of the complete numerical
model. This result led to imposing the preliminary calibration of
numerical models through simulating, in the prepared model, the
behavior of an isolated inclusion subjected to axial loading. Such
a protocol serves to compare the responses obtained to either the
outcome of a specific test or the results of a semi-empirical
simulation via transfer curves recognized as representative. This
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step highlights the benefit of loading tests on isolated inclusions
in producing an excellent structural design.
g) The results of these experiments reveal that reinforced soil
also undergoes lateral deformations around the periphery, with
these deformations to be incorporated into the inclusion design
(addressing the need to reinforce or not inclusions positioned
along the bank). A ratio of 0.25 was measured between the
maximum horizontal displacement and the settlement at the
center of the reinforced zone; this ratio is comparable to that
applicable beneath embankment slopes on compressible soils.
h) Moreover, these experiments have underscored the
importance of a robust geotechnical characterization of project
sites. The advantages of a static penetrometer have received
recognition, and the execution of oedometric tests is shown to be
crucial. Pressure meter testing offers a strong correlation with
the experiment on deep foundations (limit values of lateral
friction and/or load at the pile tip, shape of transfer curves and
plot of loading curves for isolated inclusions).
7.2.2 Instrumentation of actual structures
The results of full-scale experiments were complemented by
instrumenting actual building sites in order to collect additional
data on the behavior of inclusions under varied conditions. Over
ten structures could be instrumented, among which let's cite: a
wind turbine foundation, an apron for a facility handling weakly
radioactive waste, a reinforced concrete frame below an
embankment, a wastewater treatment tank, and an industrial slab
for assessing the impact of point loads (rack bottoms or cart
caster wheels).
Let's point out the difficulties inherent in these jobsites, the
most important of which is to preserve the sensors and their
connections throughout the successive phases of the works.
7.2.3 Physical models
7.2.3.1 Detailed description
Physical models were developed in the calibration chamber to
study: load transfer around an inclusion head, the influence of
distribution layer thickness, and for a given layer thickness the
differences between a slab and an embankment under
comparable mattress conditions.
The most valuable physical models were produced in the
centrifuge, where all similarity conditions were respected. The
capacity of the IFSTTAR centrifuge in Nantes reaches 100 g,
and it was decided to proceed with a 1/28-scale model to study a
group of 9 inclusions and then a 1/12-scale model for tests with a
mobile tray that enabled simulating soil settlement on inclusion
groups. In all, 35 centrifuge tests were performed for a detailed
parametric study focusing on: the type of structure being
supported (embankment or slab), inclusion spacing, distribution
layer height, and type of material found in this layer (natural
gravel or treated silt).
7.2.3.2 Lessons drawn
The models placed in a calibration chamber display a notable
difference between embankments and slabs with thinner
distribution layers, though this difference fades as the thickness
increases. These models also show that mattress granularity is a
key factor. A lower level of reversibility was also exhibited for
an embankment compared to a slab, which highlights the critical
role played by the slab (through its elastic reversible behavior),
as opposed to the embankment, in which the shear
accompanying load transfer is irreversible.
The series of mobile tray tests enabled validating the finding
that the Prandtl model for a spread footing could also be used to
evaluate the maximum stress on an inclusion head underneath a
slab. Moreover, it was established that the magnitude of strains
justified adopting the angle of friction at the critical state rather
than the peak angle of friction.
These results served to guide the choice of verification rules
explained in the set of Recommendations, as well as the rules
selected to verify consistency conditions for the simplified
design models.
7.2.4 Numerical models
Numerical models provide a vital complement to experiments
conducted on full-scale structures or reduced-scale models.
During ASIRI, it was understood that numerical 3D finite
element and finite difference models needed to serve as a
reference. Yet one crucial point pertained to the choice of
constitutive models and calibration for the parameters drawn
from detailed characterizations performed on the various
materials (distribution mattress, compressible soil) that prove
suitable for introduction into these models.
In the case of the tested structures, such considerations helped
verify the model's capacity to accurately reproduce test structure
behavior. Nonetheless, some models wound up requiring
extensive computation time (several weeks).
This procedure also allowed verifying edge effects by means
of comparing complete 3D models with actual 3D models or
axisymmetric 2D models of an elementary cell.
A study of model representativeness conditions with respect
to simulated behavior under the inclusion tip (model extension
and minimum number of elements) was also carried out. Its
findings suggested the need to opt for a compromise between
precision and amount of computation time.
The models evaluated in this manner could be applied to
structural situations outside the strict scope of the experimental
campaign. Such was the case, for example, with slabs subjected
to strip loads or point loads (rack bottoms), as well as with
spread footings positioned on a small number of inclusions
subjected to ordinary loadings (though not handled
experimentally, this case still needed to be studied in order to
yield Recommendation results, since these structures are
commonly encountered in industrial warehouse or logistics
projects).
The ASIRI Project also developed a number of discrete
element models. It is worth indicating that this latter type of
model showed a better capacity than continuous models to
describe the distribution mattress behavior observed in physical
models (i.e. sliding of particles at the edge of inclusion heads).
However, their implementation remains cumbersome and must
be reserved for special calibration or validation studies.
7.3 ASIRI Project publications
Research conducted as part of the ASIRI Project has given rise
to numerous internal reports presented subsequently at over 20
national and international conferences. Moreover, they have
provided the basic material for a number of doctoral theses.
A widely referenced book entitled "Recommendations for the
design, layout, execution and control of improved foundation
soils by means of rigid inclusions" was published by Presses des
Ponts in 2012. This publication contains 383 pages and eight
chapters, i.e.: 1) Description and development up to launch of
the National Project; 2) Mechanisms and operations; 3)
Computation models; 4) Design; 5) Justifications; 6) Soil
surveying; 7) Execution conditions; and 8) Controls and
instrumentation.
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7.4 Lasting benefits from the ASIRI Project
The ASIRI Project has exposed how a granular distribution
mattress topping a network of rigid inclusions manages to
transfer a durable and significant load. The application to slabs is
currently enjoying widespread development and constitutes a
specialty on the international stage.
Interest in this technique has targeted applications for
sensitive structures. Let's cite the ICEDA project regarding
storage of radioactive wastes, subject to stringent nuclear
installation requirements; this project could be initiated and then
become viable subsequent to safety authority approvals, thanks
in part to the wealth of experience gained on this type of
structure through the ASIRI Project.
8 THE “SOLCYP” NATIONAL PROJECT
SOLCYP is a French anagram for "Piles subjected to Cyclic
Loadings".
8.1 Overview of the Solcyp Project
8.1.1 Project objectives
The SOLCYP Project is intended to improve knowledge held on
the behavior of foundation piles subjected to cyclic loadings. Its
assigned objective is to develop the procedures that allow taking
into account the effect of cycles in the design of civil
engineering structures or maritime facilities. The final project
phase comprises preliminary groundwork on standards, in the
aim of introducing the proposed procedure and associated
computation methods into national and international regulations.
The project encompasses a variety of aspects, including: driven
and bored piles; sands and clays; vertical and horizontal loads;
one-way and two-way cyclic loadings; and large numbers of
cycles.
8.1.2 Regulatory shortcomings
While the oil and gas industry has adopted procedures that take
into account the effect of strong cyclic loads due to sea swells on
the foundations of offshore platforms, the effect of cyclic
loadings on foundation behavior has for the most part been
ignored in the construction and civil engineering sector.
Naturally, a few notable exceptions can be found, like the study
of soil liquefaction when subjected to seismic loadings or the
fatigue of pavements and rail embankments. In general however,
no document at either the national, European (Eurocodes) or
international (ISO) level specifically addresses the risks related
to cyclic loadings by proposing a methodological approach to
incorporate such risks into foundation design guidelines.
8.1.3 Applicable structures
This shortcoming is even more surprising given the existence of
a wide range of structures subjected to repetitive loads
displaying a certain degree of regularity in both amplitude and
return period. "Cyclic" loads are basically either environmental
(sea swells, wind, water currents, tides) or operational in origin,
including in particular: land-based wind turbines; coastal or port
facilities (e.g. jetties, dykes); lightweight or slender support
structures exposed to wind action like electricity transmission
towers, chimneys and tall columns; civil engineering structures
supporting transport lines (especially rail bridges); crane
foundations; travelling cranes; and hydraulic turbines.
The anchorages of more recent structures dedicated to the
emerging new energies market (land and offshore wind turbines,
marine turbines, large-sized photovoltaic panels) are particularly
sensitive to the repetitiveness and cumulative effect of loadings.
8.1.4 The SOLCYP study program
The SOLCYP project study program was established as part of
the agenda of a working group assembled by IREX's "Soils"
cluster. It took shape upon defining two complementary study
targets: a project labeled "ANR-SOLCYP" that procured
financing from the ANR (Agence Nationale pour la Recherche)
Research Agency; and one known as "SOLCYP NP" organized
as a National Project with the financial support of the MEDDE
(Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy), the
FNTP (National Federation of Public Works) and 14 project
owners or contractors affiliated with the civil engineering and
energy sectors.
The total pre-tax budget of this NP neared €4.5 million,
broken down as €2.6 M for the ANR-SOLCYP piece and €1.9 M
for SOLCYP NP. The share of public-sector financing amounted
to 28%. The balance was covered by both partner dues and in-
kind contributions. The project got underway during the second
half of 2008 and was scheduled to end in 2014.
This two-tiered organization sparked considerable input from
academic organizations and public research laboratories (6
participants in all).
The ANR tier focused on the project's academic component
and included: a study of the cyclic behavior of reference soils
(clays and sands) through laboratory testing (cyclic triaxial,
cyclic DSS); a study of the static and cyclic behavior of
interfaces via a special battery of tests; execution of
instrumented tests on reduced-scale models inside a large
calibration chamber and in a centrifuge; and the development of
numerical models.
The NP tier was more specifically devoted to experimental
studies conducted on full-scale structures: instrumentation of
structures on piles, pile tests run at experimental sites, and the
development of in situ testing tools to measure cyclic soil
parameters.
8.2 Contributions of the SOLCYP program
8.2.1 Characterization of cyclic loads
In the construction and civil engineering field, it is commonplace
to assume that applied loads are of either the static or quasi-static
type. In accordance with regulatory prescriptions, critical loads
are defined by the maximum expected value under the various
load cases considered (serviceability limit state-SLS; extreme
environmental (ultimate)-ULS; accidental limit state-ALS).
The response of a soil subjected to cyclic loadings is complex
and depends on several parameters, namely: average stress,
cyclic stress amplitude, loading frequency, loading rate, and
number of cycles. These aspects are quite familiar in the domain
of geotechnical engineering for offshore oil platforms, but the
need for a thorough and accurate characterization of applied
loadings is not fully recognized in the broader field of civil
engineering. The collection of actual load cases and structural
instrumentation provides a better grasp of these various aspects.
Knowledge derived on the response of soils to cyclic loadings
is based on the set of phenomena tied to earthquakes or sea
swells, i.e. phenomena that involve a relatively small number of
cycles (on the order of a few tens to a few thousands) and span
periods shorter than 100 seconds. The need clearly exists to
extend the range of investigation to larger numbers of cycles
(above a million for wind turbines and intense traffic loads)
while building the capacity to handle phenomena associated with
long return periods (e.g. with respect to the effect of tides or to
the loading/unloading cycles of large tanks).
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The history of cyclic loadings applied to foundations, whether
calculated or measured, comprises a succession of variable loads
with an irregular amplitude and somewhat random distribution.
However, the cyclic tests that are feasible to run in the laboratory
on material samples have normally been designed as series of
cycles with a regular amplitude and constant period. A software
application called "Cascade", built to transform a single random
series of cyclic loads into a succession of ordered, constant-
amplitude series, was developed within the scope of this project.
This software employs cycle counting methods, of the "rain
flow" type (ASTM E 1049-85, NF A03-406, 1993). The concept
of damage, as intended by Miner, is applied herein to estimate
material damage on the basis of S-N type curves (also so-called
"Woelher curves"), as experimentally obtained by bringing to
failure the samples subjected to series of cycles with a constant
stress amplitude.
8.2.2 The SOLCYP project's experimental base
Pile tests were conducted at two experimental sites in northern
France. The first campaign took place at MERVILLE, where the
stiff and very highly overconsolidated Flanders clay was present
as of a depth of 3 m. Ten test piles were installed, featuring four
closed ended driven tubular metal piles, four CFA-type bored
piles, and two screwed piles. All piles were 13-m long with
diameters of either 406 mm (for the driven piles) or 420 mm
(bored piles). They underwent standard incremental static
loading tests, rapid monotonic loading tests and series of cyclic
tests including high-amplitude tests leading to failure at a small
number of cycles, and lastly low-amplitude tests run until 10,000
cycles. All loading modes were applied (tension, compression,
one-way, two-way). The main results were published in Benzaria
et al. (2012, 2013a).
The second site, at LOON-PLAGE near Dunkirk, contained
dense sands. Two driven piles were set up along with five bored
CFA piles, as both types featured the same characteristics as
those at MERVILLE but with different lengths (10.5 m for the
driven piles and 8 m for the bored piles). The loading program
was also similar (Benzaria et al., 2013b).
Many test series on instrumented model piles were completed
in both Fontainebleau sand and Speswhite clay. These tests were
conducted in the centrifuge at the Nantes-based IFSTTAR lab
(formerly LCPC). The objective targeted was to establish cyclic
stability diagrams in both types of reference soils (i.e. sands and
clays) and for both types of piles under study (driven and bored)
by considering a wide array of initial conditions (density,
consistency, consolidation) and loading modes. The first results
were the subject of publications (Guefresh et al., 2012; Puech et
al., 2013); this type of approach led to confirming the
representativeness of data acquired during in situ tests and then
extending their range of validity.
A third experimental approach consisted of performing tests
on very heavily instrumented model piles in the large calibration
chamber at the 3S-R Laboratory in Grenoble. These tests in
Fontainebleau sand, carried out in collaboration with Imperial
College London, yielded some outstanding information on the
mobilization of friction at the soil-pile interface and how it
evolves with changes in intensity and number of cycles (e.g. see
Tsuha et al., 2012; Silva et al., 2013).
8.2.3 Responses of piles to cyclic loadings
Figure 17 illustrates the type of behavior observed at the
MERVILLE site with highly overconsolidated clay. This figure
depicts the load-displacement relationship at the head of the
bored F2 pile loaded in compression. The ultimate load in
compression Quc, as measured via a standard static test on pile
F1 (which is identical to F2), equaled 900 kN. The F2 pile,
which did not undergo any preliminary loading, was initially
subjected to a series of three cyclic loadings exceeding 3,000
cycles. The first two series (CC1 and CC2) did not cause any
significant permanent pile displacement. The third one (CC3),
characterized by a maximum loading Qmax on the order of
800 kN, however generated fairly sizable permanent
displacements (nearly 20 mm). The test was stopped after 3,000
cycles and followed by a rapid static loading (CR1), which
indicated a post-cyclic capacity of 900 kN. Next, seven series of
cycles were applied. Series CC4 through CC7 did not bring
about any permanent pile head displacement upon completing
1,000 cycles per series. (Let's note that these tests were
arbitrarily separated to allow for visualization.) Tests CC8
through CC10, which once again reached a maximum force of
800 kN, generated permanent displacements that quickly began
to accumulate (each series was run for fewer than 100 cycles).
Post-cyclic capacity remained on the order of 900 kN (tests CR2
through CR4).
Fig. 17: Force-displacement relations at the head during
one-way compression tests on the MERVILLE F2 bored pile
(according to Benzaria et al., 2013a)
This type of behavior was found during all tests carried out at
Merville, regardless of either pile type (bored, screwed, driven)
or loading mode (pure compression, pure tension, alternating
tension/compression). In sum:
- A critical operating threshold is in place;
- For a maximum load Qmax below the given threshold, the pile
is stable (no significant permanent displacement, constant
cyclic stiffness) even with a high number of cycles (N>1000);
- Once this threshold is reached, permanent displacements are
generated, and cyclic failure quickly ensues, typically in fewer
than 100 cycles;
- The threshold is high in the regime of one-way loadings
(80%-90% of Qus) but decreases in the regime of two-way
loadings (see Fig. 19);
- The post-cyclic capacity is not affected by prior cyclic
loadings.
The behavior observed at the LOON-PLAGE dense sand site
is altogether different. Figure 18 shows the response of two
identical bored F4 and F5 piles. The F4 pile underwent a
standard static loading test, yielding an ultimate reference load
Quc=1,100 kN. The F5 pile was subjected to a cyclic loading
characterized by a Qmax value of ~0.62 Quc. The pile very quickly
accumulated permanent displacements (3% relative displacement
after just 14 cycles). The test was halted and the cyclic amplitude
substantially reduced (Qmax ~0.35 Quc). The pile continued to
accumulate displacements (14 mm over 5,000 cycles).
From a general perspective, these observations were noted:
- Bored piles are highly sensitive to cyclic loadings;
- The post-cyclic capacity was significantly affected by the
cyclic loadings;
- The cyclic failure criteria in compression need to be defined
in terms of tolerable displacements. An analysis of all tests
performed has led to defining the cyclic failure for a 3%
relative displacement.
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Fig. 18: Force-displacement relations at the pile head during repeated
compression tests on the bored F5 pile at Merville (according to Benzaria
et al., 2013b) - Comparison with the standard static test on pile F4
8.2.4 Cyclic stability diagrams
The result of a cyclic pile test may be more effectively
summarized using a cyclic interaction diagram. Each test is
depicted on a Qcy/Qus diagram by a point relative to Qa/Qus, with:
Qcy = half of cyclic amplitude; Qa (= Qm) = average load; and
Qus = ultimate reference static load. Qus is determined based on a
standard static test conducted in either compression (Quc) or
tension (Qut) depending on the tested loading mode. Each point
is assigned the number of cycles (Nf) required for the pile to fail
according to a given criterion or else the total number of cycles
applied to the pile. Once a sufficient number of tests have been
completed (on the order of 10 or 20), it is possible to delimit
those zones where pile stability is guaranteed for a certain
number of cycles and other zones where cyclic failure is
obtained after a smaller number of cycles. An appropriate term
to employ would thus be "cyclic stability diagram".
One fundamental contribution of the SOLCYP project is to
have generated cyclic stability diagrams for various types of
piles: driven, bored CFA, and screwed; driven into
overconsolidated clays and dense sands; with one-way loadings
(in both compression and tension) and two-way loadings; and by
applying high numbers of cycles (up to 10,000 per series). These
diagrams were derived not only from in situ tests on
experimental piles, but also from tests on model piles.
For purposes of illustration, let's provide two diagrams, one
obtained on bored piles in Flanders clay the other in the dense
sands of Dunkirk.
In the Flanders clay, as indicated above, the transition
between stable and unstable zones occurs very suddenly; it is
reflected by a single distinct line in the stability diagram of
Figure 19. This line reveals the dependence of the critical
loading threshold on the average load value. It has been verified
that in the regime of one-way tests, the threshold lies at high
values of Qmax = Qa+Qcy (i.e. Qmax/Quc > 0.8). In the two-way
mode, the zone of instability could not be explored, leaving the
dashed line to appear like a conservative envelope highlighting
the stable zone.
The stability diagrams in sands were determined by setting the
static capacity measured just before the considered cyclic
sequence as the static reference load and then adopting a cyclic
pile failure criterion equal to 3% of relative displacement at the
top.
Fig. 19: Cyclic stability diagram for a pile bored in the overconsolidated
Flanders clay at the MERVILLE site (Benzaria, 2012)
Fig. 20: Cyclic stability diagram for a pile bored in dense Dunkirk sand
at Loon-Plage (Puech et al., 2013)
Figure 20 shows the cyclic stability diagram of bored piles at
LOON-PLAGE (Puech et al., 2013); it serves to define the three
following zones:
- an unstable zone in which piles quickly progress towards
failure (Nf < 100);
- a stable zone corresponding to low-amplitude cyclic loadings
in which the piles are able to withstand over 1,000 cycles
without accumulating significant permanent displacements;
- an intermediate, so-called metastable zone in which the pile
accumulates large displacements or reaches cyclic failure
between 100 and 1,000 cycles.
The greater sensitivity to cyclic loadings exhibited by sands is
clearly apparent. Let's note that a test series on model piles in a
centrifuge, where eight cast piles had been introduced into the
same container of dense Fontainebleau sand and loaded on a
one-time basis (i.e. a single static or cyclic test per pile), yielded
a stability diagram nearly identical to that of the LOON-PLAGE
bored piles.
The SOLCYP results reveal that the cyclic response of piles
depends to a greater or lesser extent on: pile type, soil
conditions, loading mode, and loading history.
8.2.5 Design methodology in the presence of cyclic axial loading
The comprehensive design of a pile subjected to cyclic axial
loadings might rely on a set of relatively complex procedures
that do not always need to be justified by day-to-day practices.
SOLCYP has favored proposing various approaches, in offering
increasing levels of complexity and developing criteria to
determine which level of analysis is the most appropriate given
the case under consideration.
The cyclic stability diagram, as described above, is a most
attractive tool for identifying the critical loading cases that
justify a specific and relatively in-depth analysis (Jardine et al.,
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2012). This concept is most applicable to short rigid piles, such
as those commonly used in construction and civil engineering.
Consequently, three types of approaches may be employed by
the designer:
- "global" approaches, which are solely focused on overall
pile behavior: evaluation of permanent displacement
accumulation at the pile head exposed to the effect of cycles,
degradation in load-bearing capacity;
- "local" approaches, whereby the relationship between
potentially mobilized shear stress at the soil-pile interface and
local pile displacement is expressed by means of a so-called "t-z"
transfer curve. The challenge here lies in proposing cyclic "t-z"
curves as a complement to those recommended in current design
codes;
- approaches based on the finite element method.
The cycle effect is basically reflected by an accumulation of
displacements at the pile head, as well as by a gradual increase in
the maximum moment. The so-called global methods consist of
describing the evolution of these phenomena by laws of the type:
P(N)/P(1) = k.Nm or P(N)/P(1) = 1+t.Ln(N)
where P(N) and P(1) are respectively the values of the property
described during cycles N and 1. m and t are the functions of:
loading characteristics (Qa and Qcy), soil-pile system stiffness,
and installation mode.

SOLCYP's experimental layout has enabled advancing on all

3 of these approaches, and more specifically towards calibrating
the t-z curve generation algorithms provided in programs like
RATZ (Randolph, 1994) or SCARP (Poulos, 1989).
Fontainebleau sand tests performed in the calibration
chamber at the 3S-R facility have served to emphasize that the
loss of friction in the presence of cyclic loads is due to an abrupt
drop in effective radial stresses on the pile. This result is
illustrated in Figure 21, which shows the evolution in effective
stress paths (both radial and tangential) during cycling, as
measured at three levels along the pile wall.

Fig. 22: Tests held in the centrifuge on normally consolidated clay -

Comparison of calculated and experimental curves for normalized
displacements yn/y1 at the pile head (Khemakhem et al., 2012)

Figure 22 illustrates the calibration process of a displacement

evolution law at the head of pile y vs. number of cycles, in the
form of a y(N)/y(1) = f(N) function for two pile-model tests in
the centrifuge with a normally consolidated clay. A program of
this type could be carried out in both sands and clays for
displacements as well as moments (Khemakhem et al., 2012;
Rosquoët et al., 2013). Garnier (2013) contains a summary of
these findings.

Fig. 21: Stress path along a model pile wall, featuring: dense
Fontainebleau sand, a metastable test, and 1000 cycles (Silva et al., 2013)

These stress decreases could be simulated in the laboratory

(Pra-ai, 2013) via cyclic tests at an imposed normal stiffness (i.e.
CNS tests). Research efforts are currently focused on generating
a database in the form of interface laws capable of being
introduced "explicitly" into finite element models.

8.2.6 Piles subjected to a cyclic lateral loading

The response of piles subjected to a horizontal cyclic loading
was only studied experimentally within the scope of SOLCYP in
the case of flexible piles placed in the centrifuge. Many series of
one-way and two-way tests were conducted on instrumented
model piles cast-in-place into Fontainebleau sand
(Rakotonindriana, 2009) and in both normally consolidated and
overconsolidated Speswhite kaolinite (Khemakhem et al., 2012).
The primary objective of these tests was to derive the
degradation laws for comprehensive type analyses or for the
generation of degraded p-y curves.
Fig. 23: Experimental P-y relations obtained during an alternated cyclic
test (Hc/Hmax = 0.57) in normally consolidated clay (Khemakhem, 2012)
The global methods are capable of providing the designer
with a sufficient response in the case of homogeneous soils and
moderate cyclic loadings. For more complex cases, reliance on
the local method, based on the use of so-called p-y transfer
curves, becomes necessary.
Figure 23 exhibits the phenomenon of degradation due to
local reaction cycles subjected to the maximum load Hmax. This
degradation may be approximated with envelope curves like the
one proposed by API RP2GEO, though with this dual limitation:

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the degradation is assigned; and it depends on neither the actual
load characteristics nor the number of cycles.
Rakotonindriana (2009) demonstrated that whenever the data
held are sufficient (i.e. several cyclic tests at various loading
levels), a network of P-y curves can be defined for each depth,
corresponding to a given number of cycles. These curves, which
may truly be qualified as "cyclic P-y", represent the degradation
of the static P-y curves that needs to be assumed in order to
identify global pile behavior after N cycles.
In relying on the substantial database of centrifuge tests
conducted at the IFSTTAR Laboratory, both prior to and as part
of the SOLCYP Project, it could be shown that quantifying the
influence of cycles on P-y curve "degradation" was possible
through introducing a coefficient of reduction rc that depends on:
number of cycles N, maximum applied load Hmax, and cycle
amplitude Hc. Expressions for rc have been developed for both
clays and sands (Khemakhem, 2012; Rosquoët, 2013; Garnier,
2013).
The approach proposed by SOLCYP constitutes a decisive
breakthrough by incorporating the effect of cyclic loadings on
pile behavior in the presence of lateral forces.
8.3 Conclusion
The SOLCYP Project was assigned the objective of offering a
better understanding of pile behavior when subjected to cyclic
loadings and moreover developing innovative pile design
methods for handling axial and lateral loads. The response of
bored and driven piles in sands and clays was studied using
various approaches, both experimental (in the laboratory, on
models and in situ) and theoretical. The majority of experimental
data are now available, yet the tasks of data interpretation and
methodological advances still require further work.
For the design of piles subjected to cyclic axial loads, a
gradual approach has been proposed. Its first step, intended to
evaluate the potential need for conducting a detailed cyclic
study, is based on a comparison between the characteristics of
cyclic loads and the pile stability diagram. A critical contribution
of the SOLCYP Project has been to present stability diagrams
for bored and driven piles, in various types of soils (sands and
clays) with all loading modes (compression, tension, alternated).
A thorough, high-quality analysis of the experimental results
obtained will, in time, provide the designer with three types of
approaches: global, local by cyclic transfer curves, and
numerical by finite elements.
For pile design in the presence of cyclic lateral loads, an
extensive database of centrifuge findings was compiled on sands
and clays. Degradation laws could be proposed in order to
describe, in a comprehensive manner, the evolutions in pile head
displacement and maximum bending moment vs. number of
cycles and their severity. An equivalent mission is underway to
produce local transfer laws that take into account the number of
cycles and their characteristics. This effort offers a major
breakthrough compared to the available comprehensive methods.
An initial summary presentation of SOLCYP project findings
will be published in the proceedings of the ISSMGE's TC 209
workshop at the time of the 18th ICSMGE symposium. A book
of professional recommendations on pile computations under
cyclic loadings is to be published upon completion of this
project.
9 GENERAL CONCLUSION
The innovation produced during France's set of national research
projects is not solely the outcome of the fact that a majority of
financing is provided by project partners. In reality, for such a
project to be undertaken, it is also necessary to combine a
sufficient number of partners, which in turn requires a topic that
meets the expectations of the entire profession in the
corresponding civil engineering field, e.g. geotechnical
engineering. Thanks to the input of IREX, the entity assigned to
manage these National Projects, and its skills centers, topics of
broad interest like these have been identified and proposed.
Moreover, the experimental resources (full-scale
experiments, operating facilities made available by partners,
centrifuge experiments, etc.) constitute a project's critical
component, with numerical capacities coming in second. Such is
one of the specificities of France's National Projects program.
Lastly, mention must be made, with regard to geotechnical
engineering in particular, that these National Projects have made
it possible to rally, around a given topic, researchers from all
sectors in France (i.e. State agencies, public corporations,
universities and professional schools, contractors, design
consultants) as well as from abroad in order to work together
and, in so doing, create new ties.
The five National Projects in geotechnical engineering
selected herein as examples (i.e. Clouterre I and II - soil nailing;
Forever - micropiles; Vibrofonçage – vibrodriving ; ASIRI -
reinforcement by rigid inclusions; and Solcyp - piles subjected to
cyclic loadings) all effectively display the innovation, specificity
and experimental nature of France's NP projects and the
dissemination of their results.
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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL

ENGINEERING

MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING

held at Sheraton Centre Toronto, Canada

Sunday, 2nd October 2011

PRESENT:

Professor Jean-Louis Briaud - ISSMGE President

Professor Samuel U. Ejezie
Professor Askar Zhussupbekov
Professor Michael C.R. Davies
Professor Ivan Vaniček
Professor Gabriel Auvinet Guichard
Professor Roberto Terzariol
- ISSMGE Vice President Africa
- ISSMGE Vice President Asia
- ISSMGE Vice President Australasia
- ISSMGE Vice President Europe
- ISSMGE Vice President North America
- ISSMGE Vice President South America

Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto - ISSMGE Immediate Past President

Professor R N Taylor - ISSMGE Secretary General

Ms P Peers - ISSMGE Secretariat
Ms H Prichard - Assistant to the President

Professor Roger Frank - ISSMGE Board Member

Professor Charles Ng - ISSMGE Board Member
Professor Ikuo Towhata - ISSMGE Board Member

Professor Michele Jamiolkowski - Past President ISSMGE

Professor José Luis Rangel - Chair TC214
Dr Dimitrios Zekkos - Chair – Innovations & Development Committee
Rick Staples - President Tunnelling Association of Canada
Jim Morrison - President, Deep Foundations Institute
Professor Owen White - Past President, International Association for Engineering Geology
and the Environment
Dr Jorge Zornberg - President, International Geosynthetics Society

Member Society Voting Member Non-Voting Member

Albania Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto*

Argentina Eng. Alejo O. Sfriso Eng. Pablo L Torres
Australia Professor Michael C.R. Davies*
Austria Professor George Heerten*
Azerbaijan ---
Bangladesh Professor Roger Frank*
Belgium Mr Flor de Cock
Bolivia
Brazil Professor Arsenio Negro, Jr Professor Roberto Quental Coutinho
Bulgaria ---
Canada Dr Dennis Becker
Chile ---
China Professor Zeping Xu
Chinese Taipei Professor San-Shyan Lin Professor Wei Feng Lee
Colombia Eng. Mario C. Torres Eng. Monica F. Bedoya M.
Costa Rica ---
Croatia Professor Stefano Aversa*
CTGA ---
Cuba Professor Gilberto Quevedo Sotolongo Dr Yoermes González Haramboure
Czech & Slovak Reps. Professor Jana Frankovská
Denmark Dr. Tim Lansivaara*
Dominican Republic ---
Ecuador ---

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Member Society Voting Member Non-Voting Member

El Salvador Eng. Mario C. Torres *

Egypt
Estonia Dr. Tim Lansivaara*
Finland Dr. Tim Lansivaara
France Professor Roger Frank*
Georgia ---
Germany Professor George Heerten
Ghana Professor Samuel U. Ejezie*
Greece Dr. Nicholas Vlachopoulos
Hong Kong Professor Charles Ng*
Hungary Professor Jozsef Mecsi
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran Dr Shahaboddin Yasrobi
Iraq Professor Chun Fai Leung*
Ireland Professor Roger Frank*
Israel Professor Ivan Vaniček*
Italy Professor Stefano Aversa Professor Mario Manassero
Japan Professor Osamu Kusakabe Dr Yoichi Watabe
Kazakhstan Dr Serik Yenkebayev
Kenya ---
Korea R Professor Kim Dong Soo Professor Yoo Chungsik
Kyrgyzstan Professor Askar Zhussupbekov*
Latvia ---
Lebanon Professor Muhsin Elie Rahhal
Lithuania ---
Mexico Eng. Juan de Dios Aleman Eng. Walter Paniagua
Morocco ---
Mozambique Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto*
Nepal ---
Netherlands Dr Suzanne Lacasse*
New Zealand Professor Michael C.R. Davies*
Nigeria Professor Samuel U. Ejezie*
Norway Dr Suzanne Lacasse
Pakistan Dr Serik Yenkebayev*
Paraguay ---
Peru ---
Poland Professor Ivan Vaniček*
Portugal Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto*
Romania Professor Iacint Manoliu
Russia Professor Iacint Manoliu*
Singapore Professor Chun Fai Leung
Serbia Professor George Heerten*
Slovenia ---
South Africa Professor Samuel U. Ejezie*
S E Asia Professor Chun Fai Leung*
Spain Professor Ivan Vaniček*
Sri Lanka Professor Jozsef Mecsi*
Sudan ---
Sweden ---
Switzerland ---
Syria ---
Tajikistan Professor Askar Zhussupbekov*
Thailand Professor Charles Ng*
TfYR Macedonia Professor Iacint Manoliu*
Tunisia Professor Mounir Bouassida
Turkey Professor Stefano Aversa*
Ukraine Dr Serik Yenkebayev*
UK Eng. Gareth Belton
USA Professor Philip King Professor Robert Holtz
Uzbekistan Professor Askar Zhussupbekov*
Venezuela Professor Roberto Terzariol*
Vietnam ---
Zimbabwe ---

* Denotes Proxy vote

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APOLOGIES

Professor Norbert Morgenstern - Past President ISSMGE

Professor KT Chau - Chair, TC103
Professor Jonathan Fannin - Chair, TC208
Professor Christophe Gaudin - Chair, TC104
Professor Michael Heibaum - Chair, TC213
Professor Arne Instanes - Chair, TC216
Professor Kyriazis Pitilakis - Chair, TC203
Professor Vladimir Ulitsky - Chair, TC207
Dr Esve Jacobsz - Secretary, AWAC
Professor François Schlosser - Chair, AWAC
Professor Harry Poulos - Chair, MPAC
Dr Mahnoosh Biglari - Chair, SYMPG
reasons while there had been no contact with the Azerbaijani
society for several years. However, it was hoped they would all
be able to renew ties in the near future. The Secretary General
1 OPENING REMARKS BY PRESIDENT AND stated that ISSMGE may have over 19000 individual members,
AGREEMENT OF THE AGENDA but that this was difficult to affirm since individual membership
lists from Member Societies were often submitted irregularly
The President opened the meeting by welcoming all delegates, (some member societies not having submitted lists for a number
and thanking them for having elected him as President of the of years), and some Member Societies were prevented from
Society at the previous Council Meeting. He welcomed the providing comprehensive lists due to national privacy laws.
newest members, the Lebanese and the Chinese Taipei The Secretary General welcomed two new Member
Geotechnical Societies, bringing national member societies to Societies: the Lebanese Geotechnical Engineering Society and
89, and he commented that the total individual membership was the Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society. He commented that
nearly 19000. He expressed his interest in expanding ISSMGE there had been some changes in Corporate Associates in that the
into those countries who are currently not members. He pointed economic crisis had affected some companies particularly
out that he was the fifteenth president in the history of the adversely and they had chosen to opt out of their association
Society, with Professor Michael Davies being the current First with ISSMGE. Nevertheless, there had been an overall increase
Vice-President. in Corporate Associates due to the recent recruitment efforts by
The President described the remits of the various Board members of the MPAC.
Level committees, and explained that the newest initiative, the The Secretary General went on to discuss the issue of the
Public Relations Committee, was still at the planning stage. Membership List. He commented that the idea of producing a
booklet had been recently abandoned, but that there was still
2 LIST OF DELEGATES AND OTHER PERSONS interest in having a list of names. He asked for a straw poll
PRESENT amongst the attendees to see if a list should be produced on CD
in time for the Paris Conference, with the following results:
The Secretary General explained that it was important for the
record to know who attended the meeting. He presented a list Votes
of delegates who had indicated their intention to attend the For: 27
Council Meeting. All the voting delegates present were noted Against: 5
and as were the Member Societies who had transferred their Abstentions: 2
voting rights by proxy.
On other matters, the Secretary General noted that the Nepal
Geotechnical Society had not been in contact for some time, and
3 CONFIRMATION OF QUORUM was in danger of being suspended. He asked for help in trying
to establish contact with responsive members of that society.
The Secretary General noted that at this count there were 63 The Secretary General asked the attendees if there were any
votes available from 26 voting delegates and 37 proxies. He further comments, but there were none.
confirmed that the meeting was quorate for voting on any
matter; though he thought it unfortunate that the quorum was
made up largely of proxy votes. 6 TRANSFER OF THE ISRAEL GEOTECHNICAL
SOCIETY TO THE ISSMGE EUROPEAN REGION

4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF THE
ALEXANDRIA COUNCIL MEETING
The President asked if there were any objections to the minutes
of the Alexandria Council Meeting. There were none and the
Minutes were approved.
5 MEMBERSHIP
The Secretary General presented his report (given in Appendix
1) in which it was noted there were currently 86 member
societies. Following the discussion at the previous Council
Meeting in Alexandria, three societies were considered
suspended: Azerbaijan, Kenya and Zimbabwe. The societies in
Kenya and Zimbabwe were not able to operate for obvious
The President gave Council the background to this item. He
said that at the recent Asian Regional Conference in Hong Kong
he was approached by a representative of the Israeli
Geotechnical Society who asked for the society to be transferred
to the European region. The President said that he first
consulted with the Vice-Presidents for Asia and Europe, who
both agreed that this would be a good move. Essentially, the
move was a means of dealing with the political problems that
had arisen with other countries in the region especially with
regards to selection of the venue for the Regional Conference.
The matter had been discussed by the Board, who had agreed
unanimously to this suggestion, but the President noted that the
Statues required the decision to the ratified by Council.
He asked Council to vote on the issue, with the following
result:

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Votes
For: 52
Against: 5 ISSMGE regions in terms of the number of Member Societies
Abstentions: 6
Thus, Council approved the motion, and the Israel Member
Society is now part of the ISSMGE European region.
7 REGIONAL REPORTS BY VICE-PRESIDENTS ON
REGIONAL ACTIVITIES
The President invited the regional Vice-Presidents to present
their reports in turn. The reports are included in Appendix 2.
Professor Samuel Ejezie (VP for Africa) presented his
report, noting that the importance of the Alexandria Council
Meeting in 2009 was still felt in the region, with increased
activity particularly in societies to the north and south of the
continent. The central area remained relatively inactive but this
was attributable to very different political situations in those
countries. He was also pleased to report back on the success of
the recent regional conference in Mozambique, with a very high
number of participants. The next Regional Conference (the
16th ARC in 2015) would be held in Tunisia and the next
edition of the Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference
would be held late in 2012 in Egypt. He noted that great efforts
were being made in the region to increase membership (both in
terms of Corporate Associates and Member Societies).
Professor Askar Zhussupbekov (VP for Asia) reviewed the
Member Societies of his region, and welcomed the new
members, the Lebanese Geotechnical Engineering Society and
the Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society. He was pleased to
report that not only were the Asian Technical Committees very
active, but that the Asian societies in general were well
represented in the ISSMGE Technical Committees. He noted
that the organisation of the next Asian YGEC in Tokushima in
2012 was well in hand.
Professor Michael Davies (VP for Australasia) presented his
report, noting that though small (only two societies in the
region), both were very active. In fact the Australian
Geotechnical Society was now the largest Technical Society in
Engineers Australia and he highly recommended their official
Bulletin “Australian Geomechanics”. In New Zealand,
activities had been dominated by the recent Christchurch
earthquake, and seismic design guidelines on “Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering Practice” were being produced. The
next edition of the ANZ regional conference would be held in
2012 in Melbourne, and Professor Davies was pleased to invite
the Board to hold a meeting at that event.
Professor Ivan Vanicek presented his report on European
activities. He pointed out that it was the largest of the regions
and therefore he could not go into too much detail regarding the
activities of the 34 member societies. The most significant
upcoming events were the 2013 International Conference
together with the International Young Geotechnical Engineers
Conference in Paris, and the 2012 YGEC in Sweden. He
reported that an issue of concern amongst European Member
Societies was the prestige of the profession and how this was
affected by the notion of risk. Society in general demanded
100% perfection, which was clearly not possible, and
consideration needed to be given to the idea of risk sharing.
Professor Gabriel Auvinet presented his report on North
America, which though small (only three Member Societies)
accounted for almost 20% of the total individual membership of
the organisation. All three member societies were doing well,
and the Canadian Geotechnical Society had done a sterling job
in the organisation of the 2011 Panama Conference. He also
noted that the society in Mexico had recently had a name
change, and was now known as the Mexican Society for
Geotechnical Engineering (Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería
Geotécnica).
Professor Roberto Terzariol presented his report on the
South American region, in which he compared it to the other
represented and the ratio of members to the general population
of the regions. He highlighted a number of difficulties faced by
the South American member societies and the proposed plans to
rectify these, including the new South American vice-
presidency webpage (http://issmge-savp.blogspot.com/) created
to help tackle communication issues within the region.
The President thanked the Vice-Presidents for their
contributions. He took advantage of the short break to
introduce distinguished visitors from the sister societies:
Professor Jorge Zornberg (representing the International
Geosynthetics Society), Mr Rick Staples (Tunnelling
Association of Canada), and Professor Owen White
(International Association for Engineering Geology and the
Environment).
The President was also pleased to announce that the post
conference volume from the XVII International Conference for
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Alexandria
was now available, and would be distributed by the publishers
to registered delegates of that conference.
8 AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS 5A.2 AND 5A.5
The Secretary General introduced this item, which had become
necessary because the Society needed to change accountants.
Essentially what was required was a change in meaning: the
term “audited” in Bylaws 5A.2 and 5A.5 when referring to the
ISSMGE accounts was not being correctly used. At the time the
current ISSMGE Statutes were drawn up (in 1989, in Rio de
Janeiro) it was common to refer to the “auditing” of accounts.
However, in recent years, the term “auditing” had acquired both
financial and legal implications and according to current
English financial law, the society’s accounts did not require
formal auditing. It would be sufficient for the accounts to be
“independently reviewed”. The Secretary General proposed the
new wording and asked if there were any comments from the
floor, but there were none.
The President noted that there were two Bylaws in which a
change of wording was proposed, and asked if anyone objected
to voting for both at the same time. There were no objections,
so Council was asked to vote, with the following result:
Votes
For: 54
Against: 1
Abstentions: 2
The proposal was thus carried, and the Bylaws were
amended to read as follows:
5A.2 Independently reviewed financial statements of
receipts and expenditure shall be presented to each
meeting of the Council for the period since the
previous Council Meeting.
5A.5 A financial statement of receipts and expenditures
shall be presented to each Board Meeting.
9 ISSMGE BULLETIN
Professor Ikuo Towhata presented his report (included here as
Appendix 3). Since taking over two years ago, he has
maintained the editing process of the Bulletin as established by
Professor Osamu Kusakabe. The number of annual editions has
gone up from 4 to 6, and there has also been an increase in the
number of articles published. He noted that the articles were
not peer-reviewed, and that it was now time for both the
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Member Societies and Technical Committees to start submitting
material. He emphasised that he would like to include what
could even be considered as minor news items. Professor
Towhata asked for proposals on how to publish the special
edition in celebration of ISSMGE’s 75 Anniversary, possibly at
the time of the Paris conference. He was particularly interested
in receiving articles on urban re-development, and also
expressed interest in receiving submissions on the Gotthard
Base Tunnel. He pointed out that good articles in the Bulletin
could also be submitted to the IGJCH, which is peer reviewed,
and therefore there was no conflict.
The President noted that it would be interesting to find out
who of the individual members was receiving the Bulletin. The
Secretary General asked if there were any comments from the
floor on what people would like to see in the Bulletin, and asked
for any feedback in general. There were no further comments.
10 INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
Pedro Sêco e Pinto made his presentation, which included an
outline of the procedures established for the International
Seminars. There had been 24 International Seminars organised
between 2006 and 2009, and 10 between 2010 and 2011. He
expressed his deep gratitude to all those who had helped him
organise the various events. He concluded his presentation
stating that if any Member Societies felt that they would benefit
from such seminars that they should contact the President, their
regional Vice-President or himself.
The President acknowledged the amount of energy that
Pedro Sêco e Pinto had put into this initiative, and thanked him
for his efforts. He confirmed that the Board had voted
unanimously to continue with the International Seminars, under
the new procedures that had recently been established.
11 CHANGE OF NAME OF THE SOCIETY FROM
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING" TO "INTERNATIONAL
SOCIETY FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING".
The President presented this item, which had been proposed by
the Member Societies of the USA, Mexico and Japan. He gave
a brief background to the origin of this motion, pointing out that
the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation
Engineering (ISSMFE - the society’s original name) changed in
1997 to its current name, the International Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). In his
Progress Report of June 2010, the President asked individual
opinions on a possible name change to International Society for
Geotechnical Engineering. The response was 60% in favour,
40% against. Later on that same year, the President sought the
view of the Member Societies, which indicated 40% in favour,
60% against. In the Spring of 2011, the President took a poll
amongst the ISSMGE board, resulting in an 8 to 2 vote in
favour of the new name, provided this also involved a merger
with the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM).
At the Federation of International Geo-engineering
Societies (FedIGS) Meeting in Rome in May 2011, the
representatives of the ISRM and the International Association
for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) were
consulted, and they were strongly against the name change and
merger. The President reported that he had since received
letters from the Presidents of both societies reiterating their
opposition to such a name change. Nevertheless, the President
was very much in favour of the name change and he felt
strongly that it would strengthen the public perception of the
profession. He noted that he had received some comments in
advance of the meeting and he asked those individuals to share
their views with Council.
Juan de Dios Aleman (Mexico) commented that similar
discussions had taken place in the Mexican Member Society,
resulting in a name change in 2009. The feeling was that the
new name was more inclusive of other activities. In fact, once
the name change had been approved, new members were
interested in participating in the newly named society,
improving activities and making the society’s objectives more
attainable.
Osamu Kusakabe (Japan) reported that the Japanese
Member Society changed its name in 1995 (from the Japanese
Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering to the
Japanese Geotechnical Society). He did not see any difficulties
with the proposal, as long as the Sister Societies were happy
with the change.
Robert Holtz (USA) spoke in support of the proposal,
stating that in his opinion the new name was the best description
of what the members do.
Michele Jamiolkowski (Past President) presented arguments
in favour of changing the present name of the Society and a
brief history regarding the current name of the society. In the
late ‘80s, early ‘90s, it was felt that “Foundation Engineering”
was not a fully recognised activity, hence the decision to change
to Geotechnical Engineering, which was felt to broaden the
scope of the society. In his opinion, short names were more
readily accepted by the media. Furthermore, most European
member societies did not use the term “Soil Mechanics” in their
title, referring to themselves as geotechnical societies: this was
their main activity, they were involved in geotechnical design,
and there was no doubt that the term “geotechnical engineering”
best reflects what they are and what they do. However,
removing the term “Soil Mechanics” also meant removing links
to the society’s heritage. Insofar the issue of a possible merger
with the Sister Societies was concerned, he was aware that the
sister societies were against such a move, but a name change
may help the transition. In any case, he felt that the issue
should not split the society, but that nevertheless its presence on
the agenda was important. He closed by saying that if the
motion was defeated, it should be placed again on the agenda in
Paris in 2013.
Pedro Sêco e Pinto presented arguments in favour of
retaining the present name of the Society. The tern “Soil
Mechanics” respected the roots of the Society and encompassed
the necessary theory used in the applied disciplines of
Geotechnical Engineering. Using the two terms reflected the
integrated nature of the Society, which must be seen to be
preserved. Changing the name could lead to confusion and
thoughts that a new society had been created. He felt that
changing the name of the Society should not become an
obsession and he was strongly against merging with the Sister
Societies arguing that ISSMGE must retain its autonomy.
The President then opened the floor to discussion.
Georg Heerten (Germany) stated that the DGGT was
against the change, as it was itself an umbrella society,
combining members of ISRM, IAEG and IGS. He felt that the
society would need to become an umbrella organisation first,
before contemplating a name change.
Owen White (IAEG) reported that at their recent Meeting,
the IAEG Council had expressed strong concern against the
name change; IAEG wants to be fully collaborative, but
maintain independent development.
Gareth Belton (UK) echoed the thoughts expressed by
Georg Heerten: the British Geotechnical Association includes
ISRM, hence its name. The BGA itself had conducted a
national poll, which showed that the majority of members
rejected a name change.
Roger Frank (Appointed Board Member) also confirmed
that the Comité Français de la Mécanique des Sols were not in
favour of the name change, as they felt it meant losing historical
background. He felt that the proposed name change could
antagonise the Sister Societies and that in academia there would
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be a sense of separating geotechnical engineering from
mechanics.
Stefano Aversa (Italy) reported that the Italian member
society was also an umbrella group, and though it was not
unanimous, a large proportion of the members were against the
proposed name change, feeling that the current name defines the
society very well, and that the use of “Soil Mechanics”
differentiated the society clearly from “Rock Mechanics”.
Nicholas Vlachopoulos (Greece) stated that the Hellenic
Society wanted to keep the term “Mechanics” in the name. A
possible suggested compromise to a name change would be to
“International Society of Geo-Mechanics and Geo-engineering”.
Tim Lansivaara (Finland) said that the Finnish society did
not have a very strong view either way, but in general terms was
in favour of the proposal. The society had a close cooperation
with the sister societies, and they did not foresee a problem
there. The same applied to the Danish society, which he was
also representing at the Council Meeting.
The President called for a straw poll to see how many of the
delegates were in favour of merging with Rock Mechanics, with
the following results
Votes
For: 15
Against: 10
Abstentions: 9
Georg Heerten stated that he had to abstain since he wanted
to see a FedIGS type integration not just a merger with one of
the Sister Societies. Flor de Cock (Belgium) stated that the
Belgian society was against a merger, but strongly in favour of
collaboration.
The President commented that Professor Heinz Brandl in
his presentation at the 75 Anniversary Session during the recent
European Regional Conference in Athens, noted that in the mid
‘60s, the society (“a family”) had lost Rock Mechanics (“a
child”), that later The Society lost The Tunnelling Association
(“another child”), that later again The Society lost The
Geosynthetics Society (“yet another child”) and that now, using
the same metaphor, the name change was a step towards
attempting to re-group the family.
Dennis Becker (Canada) noted that the Canadian
Geotechnical society was also an umbrella society, and that the
ISSMGE needs to emphasise its own specialism. The term
“Soil mechanics” should be retained, as it was important in
terms of collaboration. He felt that there was no compelling
evidence for why the name should change. The President
commented on a possible analogy with the medical profession,
in that in the go-to-contact in terms of the public was the
American Medical Association. Dennis Becker felt that that
was not necessarily the role of the ISSMGE, that it should be
considered an advocate of the profession.
Michele Jamiolkowski noted that there were supporters of
both sides of the argument, and explained that he was very
supportive of a merger with ISRM. Many rock mechanics
engineers had left the society which he thought was now
dominated by petroleum and mining engineers.
The President commented that he had had discussions with
John Hudson, President of ISRM, who thought that a merger
now was not appropriate.
Gabriel Auvinet commented that there could be an issue
with the French version of the new name. Roger Frank said that
he thought it would be SIG.
The President called for a vote on the proposal of changing
the name of the Society, with the following result:
Votes
For: 23
Against: 39
Abstentions: 1
Thus, the motion was defeated, and the name of the society
remains.
The President stated that he appreciated the professional
discussion and debate, and the passion expressed for the
profession. He noted that one of his goals was to engage
members in the business of the society, and that fruitful
discussion leads to consideration of who and what the society is,
how it works, the difference between the member societies, and
what the society wants.
12 CHANGE OF NAME OF THE QUADRENNIAL
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FROM ICSMGE -
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS
AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING" TO "WCSMGE -
WORLD CONFERENCE ON SOIL MECHANICS AND
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING"
This motion had been proposed by the Hellenic Member
Society, and the President noted that it was seconded the US
member society. It was felt that there were many “International
Conferences”, and that it was important to differentiate.
Roger Frank said that the French society was in favour, but
that they requested that if the name change was approved, that it
should not be applicable until after the next international
conference scheduled for Paris, as much groundwork and
publicity had already been completed under the current name.
Michael Davies pointed out he liked the idea of keeping to the
traditional name, and that it needed the definite article “The” in
front, for reasons to do with grammar and semantics (i.e. it was
not “an” international conference). He felt that the proposed
name was not appealing. Pedro Sêco e Pinto asked that if there
were a name change, that the numbering sequence should
continue uninterrupted. Suzanne Lacasse wondered what would
be gained by changing the name: it is the International Society,
and it would seem strange to have a “World” conference.
Michele Jamiolkowski asked the Secretary General how the
proposal would be approved, would it be either by a simple
majority, or by a 75% in favour. The Secretary General replied
that it would be the latter. Roger Frank then thought that the
French version of the proposed name should also be considered,
and that it would should be “la conférence mondiale” and not
“du monde”.
A vote was held, with the following result:
Votes
For: .5
Against: 35
Abstentions: 3
The motion was not approved, and the name of the
conference remains ‘The International Conference for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering’.
13 PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEES
REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES BY CHAIRS OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEES
The President introduced the following items by stating that a
number of Board Level Committees had been created to help
the ISSMGE and impact the future of the society.
13.1 Innovation and Development Committee (IDC)
The IDC is led by Dimitrios Zekkos. The President considered
this group to be the think tank of ISSMGE and invited Dimitrios
to make his presentation (his report is presented here as
Appendix 4). Dimitrios Zekkos reviewed the progress achieved
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to date, and explained that the task had been split into the
following subgroups:
- Innovator of the year (now part of the AWAC charge);
- Webinars – this project had already started, and there
was expected to be a significant increase in the
following year;
- Lexicon – A number of languages had been added, so
that currently there were 17 languages included.
Dimitrios Zekkos asked that if anyone could add a new
language to the ones already available, to contact him.
He acknowledged the huge effort and assistance from a
number of colleagues who had helped inputting the
information.
- IT in Geotechnical engineering – This subgroup had
been involved with setting up GeoWorld, a professional
networking tool for geotechnical engineers, by which
users can easily set up profile pages, and promote their
professional information. GeoWorld would also be
useful for TC organisation, and for the promotion and
dissemination on information of geotechnical interest.
It was hoped to integrate GeoWorld, the webinars, and
the website, and eventually the International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories. So far, there had been
800-1000 new profile pages created in GeoWorld, and
feedback had been very positive.
The President wished to acknowledge the tremendous amount
of work that had been put into this initiative by Dimitris Zekkos
and his team, and asked if there were any questions or
comments from the floor.
Georg Heerten (Germany) asked if GeoWorld was open to all,
or whether the user had to be a member of ISSMGE. Dimitrios
Zekkos replied that anyone could use it. ISSMGE had entered
into a contract with Geoengineer.org, and invested USD25000
to help get the new website written and launched and this was
felt to be excellent value. The President asked if there was any
data on the age of the people joining, and was informed that
currently that sort of data was not being collected, but it would
be possible to do so in the future.
Flor de Cock (Belgium) thought that such systems could
become annoying and may lead to an increase in unwanted
emails. Dimitrios Zekkos stated that the intention was to have
GeoWorld integrated with the ISSMGE website information
and there should not be a flood of emails as a result. He also
pointed out that while the ISSMGE website held information
that was controlled, GeoWorld was interactive, and with
universal access.
13.2 Membership, Practitioners and Academicians Committee
(MPAC)
Luiz de Mello made the MPAC presentation on behalf of Harry
Poulos (whose report is presented here as Appendix 5). He
reported that, once the Terms of Reference had been discussed,
and that the term “Corporate Associate had been defined”, the
MPAC was eager to establish the benefits that would be given
to the Corporate Associates. These had to be clear, and
beneficial, otherwise the Corporate Associates would fall away.
Currently there were in the order of 30 Corporate
Associates, and it was important to promote these both within
the Society and the Technical Committees, and stimulating
interaction amongst each other as this would encourage the
current Corporate Associate to pass the word along, and
increase their number. Luiz de Mello commented that the focus
currently was not on recruiting new Corporate Associates,
which was also being made more difficult by the current
recession, but on consolidating the existing ones.
Reviewing the current distribution, Luiz de Mello noted that
companies in Africa had not yet seen the benefits of becoming
corporate associates, though many foreign companies were
currently working there. He pointed out that Corporate
Associates could well be representing the Head Office, but that
regional branches could also be represented. The aim of the
MPAC was to have 50 Corporate Associates by the end of the
current presidential term, as well as to closely monitor the level
of satisfaction of the current associates. The current list of
Corporate Associates was presented as well as the list of donors
to the ISSMGE Foundation, for which the MPAC had an
overseeing role in making awards to applicants.
In discussion, Georg Heerten (Germany) asked for an
update on the Foundation, The President reported that it had
raised approximately USD110000 and had spent less than
USD10000. He acknowledged that the Foundation was
probably not yet well known, and he was hesitant to seek more
funding as he felt not enough had been spent. Georg Heerten
asked whether delegates to the Baltic conference could be
helped financially, and the President said they should be
encouraged to apply.
The President thanked Luiz de Mello for presenting the
report, and commended him on his energy and efforts in
increasing the number of Corporate Associates from Brazil.
13.3 Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)
Suzanne Lacasse gave the presentation on behalf of the
Technical Oversight Committee, describing its mandate,
organisation and composition, and stressing that the she had
tried to choose people from all regions to assist on the
Executive Committee. She reported that the new TCs had been
organised into groups: Fundamentals, Applications and Impact
of the Profession on Society. A report from the TOC is given in
Appendix 6.
On the whole most Technical Committees were working
well: there had been some issues, but these were being dealt
with, and the role of the TOC was to encourage those who were
maybe not performing as best they could. There were some
changes coming up; e.g. The TC on Zero Level Cities had been
cancelled, but a new proposal from Russia was expected.
Suzanne Lacasse had a series of observations based on her
presentation.
• The Terms of Reference of the TCs varied greatly in
ambition, which may be due to cultural reasons, or even
habit.
• There was evidence of ineffective delegation of
responsibilities by the Chairman in certain TCs.
• The issue of inactive members of TCs needed to be
resolved.
• TCs needed to have appropriate geographical activity.
• The excessive bureaucracy in establishing a TC and its
membership needed to be countered.
• A suitable and efficient mechanism for TC reporting
was required.
• The new Honours Lectures needed to be promoted.
• The role of Corresponding Member, a new category
added to allow greater participation without excessive
representation in meetings from an individual Member
Society, needed to be more widely known.
Suzanne Lacasse considered that these issues could be dealt
with by appropriate revision of the TC Guidelines, which she
and the TOC would undertake in the near future. In addition,
she felt that the Conference Manual needed to be updated (for
June 2012) to include conference liaisons.
In discussion, Georg Heerten (Germany) enquired about the
role of the Core members. Suzanne Lacasse said that the TCs
only had Chairs, Vice Chairs, and Secretaries and that the word
“Core” should not be used and that it had been removed from
the Guidelines. Instead, the chairs of task groups within the TC
would be part of the Executive Group of the TC.
Ikuo Towhata (Appointed Board Member) asked if there
was a time limit (or life span) of the TCs, and how they would
be affected by the change in presidency. Suzanne Lacasse
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replied that the work of the TC would continue if requested to
do so by the new president. Jean-Louis Briaud confirmed that
he wished to disconnect the life of the TC from the term of the
presidency, and they should only terminate if a remit was
considered complete, or through inactivity. Similarly, the
Board had decided that a TC could be proposed at any time, not
just at the start of a new term.
Stefano Aversa recognised that the TOC had done an
excellent job. He wanted to use “bottom up control”, and check
with the members in the Italian society that indeed they have
been contacted by their TCs.
Muhsin Elie Rahhal (Lebanon) asked if a person could be a
member of more than one TC. The answer to this was yes, that
the Society should write to the Secretary General with the
names.
Flor de Cock (Belgium) commented that one way of
checking involvement of the TC was to actually check with its
individual members and ask if the TC chairs in contact and how
information was disseminated.
The President pointed out that GeoWorld would now be an
easy way to disseminate such information. Suzanne Lacasse
enquired if GeoWorld could offer a secure and confidential
method of a TC to work on a report. Dimitrios Zekkos stated
that this feature could be part of a future development.
13.4 Student and Young Members' Presidential Group
The President explained that he created the group for engineers
under 35 years of age, and had initially thought of limiting
membership to 18 individuals (meetings via Skype with
numbers higher than this had proven to be difficult). .
However, this proved difficult, and a number of people had
become “corresponding members”.
The President presented the report prepared by the SYMPG
on behalf of Jennifer Nicks, Chair of SYMPG , and Silvia
Garcia, Secretary of SYMPG. This indicated that one of the
areas of concern of the SYMPG was the issue of
communication, and it was felt that this would be vastly
improved by the new GeoWorld initiative. It was also felt that
young engineers should have greater involvement in TC
activities (e.g. as corresponding members), and the group were
keen to promote the development of webinars. The President
emphasised that the future of the society depended on the next
generation of engineers.
The SYMPG group came up with a list of 41 ideas, and it
was decided to concentrate on the top 4, which were presented
to the Board for their approval. This took place over the
previous 18 months, and now the SYMPG group was moving
on to the next items on their list. In short, the group was
extremely active, and doing very well.
13.5 Corporate Associates Presidential Group
The President explained that the Chairman of the Group,
Michael Lisyuk, was unable to attend as he was at a concurrent
TC conference in Croatia.
The President explained that he was very eager to encourage
involvement with practitioners, not just with academics. He had
approached the Corporate Associates, asking what ISSMGE
could do for them, as it was important to make it in their interest
to belong to the society, and stressing that the group has a direct
line to the President. The Corporate Associates came up with
creative suggestions, and it was decided to concentrate on the
first 6:
1. Create an award for outstanding geotechnical project
worldwide (J.-L. Briaud, ISSMGE President)
2. For Regional Conferences, the Organizing Committee
should strive to increase industry/practitioner membership
and lead roles such as Chair and the like. Keynote lecturers
should be given as appropriate by industry. Emphasis on
case records should be given in ISSMGE related
publications. (D. Becker, Golder Associates)
3. Corporate Associates should have a possibility to make
presentation of their work at the International and Regional
Conferences. (M. Lisyuk, Georeconstruction)
4. Allow full page advertisement for CAs in the bulletin on a
rotating basis. (J.-L. Briaud, ISSMGE President)
5. Open up the case studies database to public view and enable
CA’s to add their case studies in a pre-approved and
consistent format. (Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby, Tensar
Intl Ltd)
6. ISSMGE can organize workshops/seminars for CA on
practical aspects of geotechnical engineering, during
meetings of CAPG. (M. Lisyuk, Georeconstruction)
Of these, 1 & 4 were complete, 2 & 3 were in progress, 5
could be dealt with using the ISSMGE Bulletin and 6 could be
done in the future.
13.6 Award Committee
Charles Ng (Appointed Board Member) gave a presentation on
behalf of the Award Committee. The committee had reviewed
the numbers of awards given out by similar societies, and
concluded that the ISSMGE gave out much fewer awards in
comparison. However, it was acknowledged that this did not
include awards made by the Member Societies themselves.
The committee proposed 5 new awards, and recognised the
need to think through carefully the nomination procedure.
Arsenio Negro (Brazil) commented that the ABMS had
many more awards. Georg Heerten (Germany) stated that the
DGGT had recently increased its number of awards from 1 to 5.
He felt that they were administratively cumbersome, and the
award ceremonies took up too much valuable time at
meetings/conferences.
The President noted that in Paris the awards would be given
during a lunch so as not to interfere with the technical sessions.
Roger Frank (Appointed Board Member) acknowledged that
it was a good idea and was pleased that the new awards would
be presented during the Paris conference. He asked how the
nomination procedure would be publicised.
The President said that some would be self-nominations, but
that depended on the award. In the case of the Outstanding
Geotechnical Project, for example, ASCE had a similar award,
and there was no difficulty with self-nominations. Michael
Davies (Vice – President for Australasia) considered that it
would be appropriate to consult with the Member Societies on
this issue. Luiz de Mello said that it would depend on the
awards, i.e. for best Technical Committee would be nominated
by the TOC, the best project by a Member Society, and the best
Member Society by The President and the Secretary General.
George Heerten asked for further clarification regarding the
“innovation award”. Would this refer to new or existing
techniques and procedures? The President commented that
many good innovations deserved recognition.
Charles Ng considered that the person involved would be
asked to explain the benefit of the innovation, and then the
AWAC would decide.
14 THE ISSMGE FOUNDATION
The president explained that the Foundation had been designed
to help people participate more fully in ISSMGE and its
activities. So far, thanks to very generous individuals,
companies, and other organisations, over USD100,000 had been
raised. However, not many applications had been received for
funding, so relatively few awards had been made. The
President felt that this was because The Foundation needed
more publicity to encourage applicants. He noted that it would
be beneficial if applicants included details of cost sharing to
enhance their prospects of obtaining a Foundation grant.
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15 RELATIONSHIPS WITH SISTER SOCIETIES ISRM Tim Lansivaara (Finland) commented that the webinars
AND IAEG AND WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL were a great way to reach members, and wondered if they could
BODIES be free. The President commented that the ASCE-GI charged
about USD350 per 60 min webinar, while ISSMGE was
The President felt that FedIGS was a positive development with planning on charging USD200 for a 90 minute session. The
the Sister Societies, in terms of general cooperation, but that it President felt that it was reasonable to charge for such a service
required new direction, and less bureaucracy. At the moment since there were costs involved, and added that the charge was
the Board included the Presidents, Past Presidents and the per computer registered, so that the webinar could be
Secretaries General of the sister societies and that this may need transmitted via a large screen to a greater audience, which
to be reviewed in view of the possible additional members (IGS, would bring the per capita cost down. The President then asked
IAHR, ICOLD, ITA, etc). It needed to be flexible, and less the delegates if they thought charging was a reasonable policy.
intensive. The next meeting would be in Stockholm in May George Heerten (Germany) thought the charge reasonable and
2012, and would be hosted by the ISRM. also that the speaker should not be paid. He asked if the
Flor de Cock (Belgium) commented that this was a sensitive Foundation could be used to support the activity. Tim
issue in the Belgian Society, and that a good platform for Lansivaara (Finland) thought that would be sensible and the
cooperation needed to strike the right balance between Foundation should be promoted at the same time as advertising
independence and collaboration. webinars.
Robert Holtz (USA) proposed that the budget be accepted,
and this was seconded by Arsenio Negro (Brazil). Votes were
16 PRESENTATION OF AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2009, 2010 cast as detailed below:
The Secretary General presented his report on the audited
accounts for 2009 and 2010 and the accounts are given in Votes
Appendix 7. For: 45
Robert Holtz (USA) commented that at the Istanbul Council Against: 0
Meeting it was reported that the Society would be without funds Abstentions: 2
by 2008, so it was heartening to see that its financial standing
was sound. The Budget for 2011- 2013 was approved.
The motion to accept the accounts was proposed by Luiz de
Mello and seconded by George Heerten. Votes were cast as 18 ISSMGE 75 YEARS CELEBRATION
detailed below:
The President introduced this item, affirming that the driving
Votes force behind the celebrations was the immediate Past President
For: 46 Pedro Sêco e Pinto. Typically, this was a one hour session
Against: 0 involving the Past (represented by the past regional Vice-
Abstentions: 2 president), the present (the present regional Vice President) and
the Future represented by a young members, most likely from
The Audited accounts were thus approved. the SYMPG. Commemorative events had taken place at the
ICEG, and at the Asian, African, and European Regional
Conferences. The Pan-American edition would be held during
17 BUDGET 2011 – 2013 the conference, and the Australasian version would be held at
Michael Davies presented the budget, which is given in the Conference in Melbourne in 2012. A special issue of the
Appendix 8. Regarding the webinars, Michael Davies noted Bulletin was being planned in time for the International
that no income had been received yet, but that was not an issue, Conference in Paris in 2013.
as it was part of the outreach program and was covered by the
budget. Once the potential of the webinars programme to 19 18TH ICSMGE - PARIS 2013
generate income was known; it could be added to the budget.
He also presented a summary of the Foundation account from Roger Frank outlined the preparations that were well underway
its creation in 2010 to date. Following the award of grants from for the 2013 International Conference in Paris. The themes
the Foundation of £2,317 during 2010 and 2011, in October were already agreed and the Committees were working well.
2011 the funds held in the Foundation were £74,214. The structure of the conference would be the same as used in
Alexandria with plenary sessions on the first two days followed
ISSMGE FOUNDATION ACCOUNT - (to October 2011) by parallel discussion sessions on the next two days. The
conference website had been created and this would be the
2010 2011 prime source of information for the event. The French Society
£ £ would retain copyright of papers at the conference so that they
RECEIPTS can be later downloaded free of charge. It was anticipated that
Donations 44,646 0 early bird standard registration fee would be EUR600 and for
Transfer from ISSMGE general funds 32,000 0 students EUR300. The iYGEC was being arranged
Interest 14 31 concurrently (from 31 August to 1 September) so that those
delegates would also have access to the plenary lectures.
TOTAL INCOME 76,660 31 The President commented that he was really looking
EXPENDITURE forward to the conference, and was excited about the various
Grants 233 2,084 Honours lectures. Roger Frank noted that there was expectation
Audit fees and bank charges 109 51 that the honours lectures and the workshops fitted around the
central themes of the conference.
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 342 2,135 Ikuo Towhata (Appointed Board Member) asked if satellite
conferences could be organised before or after the conference.
OPENING BALANCE 0 76,318 Roger Frank said that both would be possible, and even during
CLOSING BALANCE 76,318 74,214 the event itself as there were plenty of rooms available but that

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the organizing committee of the 2013 ICSMGE could not offer

any administrative support.
Yoo Chungsik (Korea) also said he was very much looking
forward to attending but was somewhat concerned at the
possible high cost of hotel accommodation. Roger Frank
replied that in Paris there was a very wide supply, for all
budgets, but as ever, the sooner one booked the better.
Stefano Aversa commented that the sign of a good
conference was the possibility of good discussion; therefore it
was important to pick good discussion leaders. Roger Frank
said that he fully agreed, explaining that with the new format,
the first two days were not meant for discussion, but that the
second two days were more geared in that direction, with strong
interaction from TC members.

20 ANY OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business to discuss

21 DATE AND VENUE OF NEXT MEETING

The next Council Meeting would be held on Sunday 1st

September 2013, in Paris, just before the 18th International
Conference, with an 8:30 a.m. start

22 THANKS AND CLOSURE

The President thanked the Secretary General, Paloma Peers, and

Hanna Prichard for their assistance, and the Geo-Institute for
their financial support. He was pleased that the Council
Meeting had kept to its timing, and so was able to surprise the
delegates with the world premiere of the ISSMGE song written
and proposed by Jana Frankovska, President of the Slovak and
Czech Member Society.

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Appendix 1: Membership

R.N. Taylor
Secretary General, ISSMGE

1 MEMBER SOCIETIES Bentley Systems (previously gINT)

Brasfond Fundacoes Especiais SA (joined March 2011)
The accompanying Table indicates that the present ISSMGE Coffey Geotechnics (joined September 2010)
membership is just over 19000 in 86 Member Societies Deltares
(information correct as of 29th September 2011). The following Fugro N.V.
societies have shown a significant change in membership when Georeconstruction Engineering Co
compared to the report produced for the Alexandria Council Geoteknik SA
Meeting: Argentina now reports 74 (up from 56); CTGA now Golder Associates Inc
has 100 (up from 28), China now has 368 (up from 200); Huesker Ltda – Brazil (joined March 2011)
Mexico now has 253 (down from 372), New Zealand has 443 Huesker Synthetic GMBH
(up from 363), and Singapore now has 271 members (up from International I.G.M. (joined June 2010)
175) Jan de Nul N.V.
The following societies are deemed to be suspended: Kiso-jiban Consultants Co., Ltd.
Azerbaijan Republic, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Naue GmbH Co KG
Two new Member Societies have joined since the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Alexandria Council Meeting: the Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Construtora Norberto Odebrecht (joined October 2010)
Society, and the Lebanese Geotechnical Engineering Society, Siemens Energy
both in June 2011. Soletanche Bachy SA
S.N. Apageo S.A.S.
Tecnogeo Engenharia e Fundações Ltda (joined February 2011)
2 CORPORATE MEMBERS TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS (joined August 2010)
There are 29 current Corporate Members (up from 21 reported Tensar International Ltd
at the Alexandria Council Meeting). Terre Armée Internationale
Tractebel Development Engineering SA
Acciona Infraestructuras SA A.P. van den Berg (joined March 2011)
AECOM Asia Company Ltd (joined May 2011) Zetas Zemin Teknolojisi AS
Bauer Maschinen GmbH

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION AS AT 29 SEPTEMBER 2011

Number of North South

Member Society Africa Asia Australasia Europe
members America America
Albania 31 31
Argentina 74 74
Australia 873 873
Austria 95 95
Bangladesh 33 33
Belgium 231 231
Bolivia 25 25
Brazil 865 865
Bulgaria 63 63
Canada 711 711
Chile 74 74
China 368 368
Chinese Taipei 100 100
Colombia 26 26

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Number of North South

Member Society Africa Asia Australasia Europe
members America America
Costa Rica 30 30
Croatia 186 186
CTGA 100 100
Cuba 30 30
Czech & Slovak Reps. 47 47
Denmark 345 345
Dominican Republic 32 32
Ecuador 44 44
Egypt 108 108
El Salvador 30 30
Estonia 26 26
Finland 187 187
France 473 473
Georgia 38 38
Germany 624 624
Ghana 21 21
Greece 123 123
Hong Kong 266 266
Hungary 115 115
Iceland 10 10
India 231 231
Indonesia 125 125
Iran 220 220
Iraq 32 32
Ireland 22 22
Israel 32 32
Italy 318 318
Japan 1329 1329
Kazakhstan 40 40
Korea 314 314
Kyrgyzstan 30 30
Latvia 31 31
Lebanon 43 43
Lithuania 40 40
Macedonia - See The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia below
Mexico 253 253
Morocco 28 28
Mozambique 32 32
Nepal 22 22
Netherlands 759 759
New Zealand 443 443
Nigeria 43 43
Norway 340 340
Pakistan 80 80
Paraguay 53 53
Peru 25 25
Poland 334 334
Portugal 214 214
Romania 149 149
Russia 319 319
Serbia 43 43
Singapore 270 270

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Number of North South

Member Society Africa Asia Australasia Europe
members America America
Slovenia 88 88
South Africa 345 345
South East Asia 122 122
Spain 372 372
Sri Lanka 34 34
Sudan 37 37
Sweden 761 761
Switzerland 208 208
Syria 17 17
Tajikistan 23 23
Thailand 35 35
Macedonia, FYR 35 35
Tunisia 40 40
Turkey 167 167
Ukraine 100 100
UK 1180 1180
USA 3133 3133
Uzbekistan 33 33
Venezuela 32 32
Vietnam 18 18

TOTAL 19398 754 3784 1316 8107 4097 1340

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Appendix 2: Regional Reports
Report from the Vice-President for Africa
S. Ejezie
ISSMGE Vice-President for Africa
1 INTRODUCTION
The positive impact on African member societies of the last
international quadrennial conference of ISSMGE held in
Alexandria, Egypt, is still being felt. Some hitherto dormant
national member societies were apparently re-awakened and
they have been trying their best to remain active. To date, at
least eleven member societies exist in the Region though at
different levels of activity. They include South Africa, Tunisia,
Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, CTGA (Comité
Transnational des Géotechniciens d’Afrique), Sudan, Morocco,
Libya, Algeria, and Kenya. We are currently making serious
efforts to re-energise those of them that are considered to be less
active. The desired results are yet to be achieved owing to the
peculiar political, social and economic climate prevailing in
most parts of the Region.
Since the last Council Meeting, some of the member
societies have carried out various activities which in some cases
were international in scope. In fact, these countries have
remained consistently active till date and are responsible for the
vibrant Geotechnical Engineering activities occasionally
witnessed in the Region. These activities have been more
pronounced in the two longitudinal extreme zones of the
continent, namely North and South. The mid zone (sub-Sahara)
is expected to catch up sooner than later.
The events/activities in the various member societies since
the last Council Meeting are summarised subsequently.
1.1 South Africa
The South African Member Society organised a well-attended
International Seminar in Pretoria on 30 July 2010. The
President of ISSMGE, the Secretary General, the Immediate
Past President of ISSMGE, the Vice-President for Africa, the
Immediate Past Vice-President for Africa and the one before
him were all there to grace the occasion and actively participate.
This was preceded on 29 July by hosting of two meetings. The
first one was a meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
(CAC) of the 15th African Regional Conference that took
place18-21 July, 2011, while the second was a meeting of the
African Regional Council.
1.1.1 Other activities of the Society include:
 Leadership role in the Scientific Committee for the
15ARC comprising members from 11 African countries
tasked with adjudicating papers.
 Repeat of the prestigious Rankine Lecture on 30
November 2010 (presented by Prof Chris Clayton of
Southampton University).
 10th Jennings Memorial Lecture in early 2011 delivered
by Prof Roger Frank.
 Participation of members in ISSMGE Technical
Committees and other initiatives.
 Series of Evening Lectures on diverse topics presented by
eminent Geotechnical Engineers.
1.1.2 Publications:
• A number of geotechnical related papers and articles
have been published in the April Edition of the
SAICE Civil Engineering magazine; an edition
dedicated to geotechnical engineering;
• Launching of the new Site Investigation Code of
Practice (SiCop) document, a SAICE Geotechnical
Division Initiative during August 2010.
• The reprint of the SAICE Code of Practice on Lateral
Support has been successfully done.
1.1.3 Awards: SAICE Geotechnical Division made the
following awards at their AGM on 25 November 2010:
• SAICE Geotechnical Division Gold Medal, which
honours members of SAICE who have made a
significant contribution to geotechnical engineering in
South Africa. This was awarded to Alan Parrock of
ARQ Consulting Engineers;
• The Jennings Award, which is awarded to the
author(s) of the best paper relevant to geotechnical
engineering by a member of the SAICE Geotechnical
Division. Papers are currently under review and a
winner will be announced shortly.
• The Barry van Wyk Award, which is presented to the
student producing the best final year project report on
a geotechnical subject at a South African University.
This was awarded to Mr Charles MacRobert for his
final year project entitled Correlations between the
DPSH and SPT and their application in South Africa;
and
• Nomination of Mr Michael Pavlakis (senior
geotechnical engineer and owner of Pavlakis and
Associates) for SAICE Fellowship.
1.2 Tunisia
The Tunisian National Member Society, ATMS (Association
Tunisienne de Mechanique des sols) was very active during the
period under review.
In March 2010 a new Committee was elected to pilot the
affairs of the Society. This Committee is composed as follows:
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a. Mr. Slaheddine HAFFOUDHI (Hydrosi Foundations) – 1.4 Nigeria

President
b. Mounir Bouassida (ENIT & Simpro) – 1st Vice President
c. Mehrez Khemakhem (ISET Sfax) – 2nd Vice President
d. Mrs Faten SAIHI (ISTEUB) – Secretary General
e. Mrs Imen SAID (ENIT) – Vice Secretary General
f. Mrs Samis BOUSSETTA (ENIT) – Treasurer
g. Mr Wissem FRIKHA (ISSHT) – Vice Treasurer
h. Mr Kamel ZAGHOUANI (Terrasol Tunisie) – Member
The climax of the activities of ATMS since Alexandria 2009
was the successful organisation of their 2nd International
Geotechnical Engineering Conference which took place 25-27
October 2010 in Hammamet, Tunisia. Available statistics shows
that papers were contributed by more than 100 participants from
25 different countries. The ISSMGE President and the Vice-
President for Africa were there live. Appointed Board member,
Prof Roger Frank was also there; and so were other keynote
speakers.
The occasion afforded the Vice-President and the President
the opportunity to hold a sensitisation meeting with interested
participants on the new TC 107 -”Laterites and Lateritic Soils”.
1.2.1 Other Events:
The Tunisian member society, along with other French-
speaking North African countries, organised the Maghrebian
Conference which took place mid-December 2010.
The Nigeria member society recently held its AGM and ushered
in a new crop of leaders in accordance with the harmonised
byelaws of the Nigerian Society of Engineers. The exercise was
aimed at re-energising the society to face the challenges ahead.
The new officers include:
Prof Samuel U. Ejezie – Chairman
Engr Fidelis Ejikeme – Vice Chairman
Engr. Scott B. Akpila – Secretary/Programme Coordinator
Engr. Sebastine Ozoamalu – treasurer
Engr. Olaposi Fatukun – Financial Secretary
Engr. Dr. Joseph I. Folayan – Immediate Past Chairman/Ex-
Officio
Engr. Enoch George – Ex-Officio
1.4.1 Activities:
The new leadership of the Nigerian Geotechnical
Association has aggressively embarked on revival of
professional development activities for members and employees
of corporate bodies.
To kick-start this, the Association has just completed a
programme of geotechnical engineering training for Civil
engineers in the employment of Shell Petroleum Development
Company Ltd. This took place from 22 November to 04
December 2010.

1.3 Mozambique
1.4.2 Other events:
The main activity of the Mozambique national member society The society, in collaboration with the Nigerian Society of
is centred on preparations for the 15th African Regional Engineers, is currently preparing Codes of Practice of
Conference scheduled for 18-21 July 2011. The Local Geotechnical Engineering for the country. Furthermore, it is
Organising Committee actively participated in the CAC meeting preparing to host the 2012 edition of the African Young
of 29 July 2010 in Pretoria, South Africa. Geotechnical Engineers Conference. Plans are gradually being
At the time of preparing this report, arrangements for the worked out and details will be announced once concluded.
Conference have reached advanced stages. The screening of
Abstracts has since been completed and the full length papers 1.5 Ghana
have been reviewed. The keynote speakers have been identified
and contacts concluded. The 2nd Bulletin has been released and The President of Ghana Geotechnical Society, Prof S. K.
registration for the conference has reached an advanced stage. Ampadu, was recently appointed Chairman of TC107 “Laterites
In addition to the 15ARC related activities the society also and Lateritic Soils”. The society has pledged full support for
engaged in other activities aimed at professional development of this and to cooperate with Prof Ampadu to ensure the success of
the members. The details are presented in the table below. the New TC.
Furthermore, Dr Gidigasu of Ghana, a renowned authority
on Laterites, has been nominated to deliver a keynote lecture on
DATE TITLE AUTHOR INSTITUTION lateritic soils during the forthcoming 15ARC in Maputo,
New challenges in the Mozambique, 18-21 July 2011.
8th March, Pedro S. Sêco e ISSMGE -
design and construction of
2010 Pinto LNEC
landfill dams
Seminary of 1.5.1 ISSMGE International Seminar in Accra-Ghana:
J. Klompmaker, Earlier in 2009, the Ghana Geotechnical Society (GGS) under
8th April, geosynthetics (joint
B. Lenze, C. de NAUE the patronage of the ISSMGE organized a well-attended
2010 organization of SMG and
Bruyn international seminar from 2nd-4th February 2009 at the
Naue Gmbh & co.Kg)
Engineers Centre in Accra. The seminar was attended by 66
3rd May, Open pit slope design in a participants including three participants from Nigeria. The
Phil Clark PSM - Australia
2010 greenfield environment participants were drawn from private consulting firms, public
infrastructure companies, academia, and construction firms.
Cases of errors while Locally, the seminar was under the patronage of the Kwame
executing geotechnical Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, the Ghana
9th June, works at the level of RODIO - Institution of Engineers and the Ministry of Transportation of
Ricardo Nicolas
2010 molded walls, jet Portugal Ghana. The theme was “Ground Improvement for Accelerated
Grouting and solution Development” reflecting Ghana’s recent move towards rapid
types infrastructure development as a strategy for poverty reduction
Foundation and support and economic development.
15th
October,
layers for railway works, Eduardo
LNEC - Portugal
The seminar sought to expose Ghanaian engineers to new
conception, construction Fortunato trends in ground improvement technologies, to provide
2010
and rehabilitation opportunity for Consultants, Contractors and developers who
have applied new technologies in ground improvement to share
their experience and finally to help promote professional
geotechnical engineering practice in Ghana.

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The resource persons were supplied by both ISSMGE and
GGS. ISSMGE provided four resource persons consisting of the
Immediate Past President, Prof Pêdro Seco e Pinto of the
University of Coimbra in Portugal, the Immediate Past Vice
President for Africa, Prof. Mounir Bouassida of the National
Engineering School of Tunis and two members of TC17: Prof
George Heerten of Germany and Mr. Serge Varaksin, Deputy
General Manager of Menard Group, France and Chairman of
T.C. 17. These were complemented by three Ghanaian speakers
made up of Prof S. I. K. Ampadu of the Civil Engineering
Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology and President of GGS, Dr M. D. Gidigasu a
renowned expert on lateritic soils and Togbui Kporku III a
Director of Conterra Ltd, a private Geotechnical Consulting
firm.
The seminar consisted of two days of lectures and one day
for a field trip. The lectures covered soil improvement
techniques with and without additives, the improvement of soft
soils, the principles and use of geosynthetics for soil
improvement and the characteristics and improvement of
lateritic soils. The third and final day of the seminar was
devoted to a field visit to the Keta Sea Defence Project at a
fishing town some 150 km east of Accra. During the field trip,
Togbui Kporku III took the participants through the details of
the project which he said consisted primarily of the building of
sea defense structures to stabilize the shores of the town.
Among the three seminar participants from Nigeria was
Prof. Samuel Ejezie who is the current Vice President for
Africa. The programme included a general assembly of GGS
during which Professors Seco e Pinto and Samuel Ejezie
encouraged the Ghana Society to improve upon its membership
and programmes and assured the Society of the support of
ISSMGE. The seminar was particularly significant in that it was
the first high profile programme for the Ghana Geotechnical
society in recent times and it also clearly showed the potential
for the Ghana Society to grow.
1.5.2 Other Events:
The Ghana Geotechnical Society held its Annual General
meeting on 30 June 2010 and ushered in a new executive
committee. This is made up of the following officers:
Position Officer Mobile No. E-mail
Prof S.I.K. sikampadu@yahoo.co.
President 0208 165506
Ampadu uk
Mr. Joseph K.
Secretary 0244 726164 joddei@yahoo.com
Oddei
Mr. Kweku
kwekusolomon@yahoo
Treasurer Mensah 027 7573031
.com
Solomon
Mr. Gordon
Member 024 4358069 gvt@taivani.com
Van-Tay
Mr. J.F.
Member 020 8177938 jofpink@yahoo.com
Pinkrah
Mr.
Southern
Emmanuel 024 4795154 odaiel@yahoo.co.uk
Rep
Odai
Northern Mr. Mike
024 4768645 mokonadu@yahoo.com
Rep Konadu
The new executives were tasked to formulate a programme
and calendar of activities for each year and to publicize the
activities. They were also directed to ensure that GGS
programmes focus on exposure and training, image building and
regulation of activities. It was pointed out that the soon-to-be-
passed Engineering Bill (by the Parliament of the Ghana) would
provide the legal framework for the regulation of activities of
geotechnical engineering.
1.6 CTGA
The Society held a colloquium from 17th to 18th February 2010
in Yamoussoukro, (Ivory Coast) which was well-attended by
participants from Franco-phone countries in Sub-Saharan
Africa. On the whole, more than 50 members were in
attendance. The theme of the colloquium was “Foundations of
infrastructures in Sub-Saharan Africa – Design and Case
Histories”.
It was sponsored by the CTGA and the Association of
African laboratories for Buildings and public works (ALBTP). 9
(nine) communications were presented by CTGA experts
followed by suitable and fruitful discussions. Almost 70
delegates from 9 countries attended this colloquium.
A general Assembly of CTGA took place on the 19th
February 2010 at the same place. During the meeting,
experiences and resolutions taken in October 2009 during the
ISSMGE board meeting in Alexandria (Egypt) were dispatched
to all CTGA’s members. Preparations to the forthcoming XVth
ARC SMG were launched. The following members were
elected to implement the geotechnical training throughout the
CTGA geographical region.
- Dr Papa Goumbo lo, Pr Ibrahim Khalil Cissé ;
- Dr Mamba Mpele, Dr Marcelin Etienne Kana ;
In April 2010 a series of training courses in geotechnical
engineering, and laboratory and in situ testing was launched by
the Cameroonian CTGA national group (CNGC).
From 16th to 17th March 2011 was held at the conference
hall of «CELEXON» of the Centre «ORPHAN AIDS» of
BUJUMBURA (Burundi), a technical colloquium/seminar on
the main theme “Soil stability and its impact on constructions in
Sub-Saharan Africa”. It was sponsored by the CTGA and the
Association of African laboratories for Buildings and public
works (ALBTP). 14 (fourteen) communications were presented
by various experts from Cameroon, France, Congo, Burundi,
Morocco, followed by fruitful discussions held. Almost 70
experts from 9 countries attended this colloquium.
A general Assembly of CTGA took place on the 18th March
2011 at the same place. A resolution and measures was taken to
rise the number of CTGA members.
The next CTGA technical conference is scheduled to take
place during the month of March 2012 in Cameroon at KRIBI.
At present, plans are on-going to encourage countries
capable of standing alone to form their own national member
societies.
1.7
Egypt
Since the end of the 17th International Conference of ISSMGE
in Alexandria, the Egyptian Geotechnical Society has been
involved in different activities most of which promote the
positive impact of geotechnical engineering in the society.
During the period, the most significant activities of the Egyptian
Geotechnical Society (EGS) are as follows:
1. Carried out studies in collaboration with the Governorates
of Matrouh and Aswan on mitigation methods of flash
floods.
2. Cooperated with the "Military Technical Academy" from
the scientific and organizational aspects for the "Fifth
Engineering Conference of the Military Technical
Academy, which held from 25th to 27th May 2010.
3. Established the organizational basics for a National
Geotechnical Conference that is to take place late 2011 at
Tanta University.
4. Entered into co-operation with the "Supreme Council of
Antiquities" in projects of restoration of monuments and
stability of several archaeological sites all over Egypt.
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5. Participated in a study in cooperation with the Egyptian

Academy for Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT)
entitled: “Rainwater Harvesting as an Alternative Water
Supply in the Future and as an effective means of flood
prevention”
6. Established a Geotechnical and Geo-environmental
Research Centre at the University of Tanta, Egypt.
7. Also, helped the Geotechnical Engineering Research Lab
at the University of Tanta to recently secure a research
fund for upgrading and accreditation based on ISO 17025.

1.8 Countries that have been contacted

Kenya, Sudan, and Zimbabwe: No activity report received.
Communication has been established and plans are on-going to
help the society resolve its internal challenges.

Algeria: Communication has been established and plans are on-

going to help the internal challenges.

2 CONCLUDING REMARKS

The above account of the state of geotechnical engineering

profession in Africa reveals that the Region has made
appreciable progress in recent times. Catching up with the
developed regions is our ultimate goal. Nevertheless, that is not
expected to happen overnight. The world of Geotechnical
Engineering is very dynamic. The advanced regions in the
profession are still advancing even at a much faster rate than the
less-advanced regions like Africa. So, parity may take quite
sometime to be realised if ever. Our ambition though is to move
with the rest of the world in the profession. From all indications
we are already moving! And that is good news indeed.

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Appendix 2: Regional Reports
Report from the Vice-President for Asia
A. Zhussupbekov
ISSMGE Vice-President for Asia
1 INTRODUCTION.
The Asian Region of ISSMGE includes 23 Asian geotechnical
societies. CTGS (Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society) joined
at ISSMGE Board meeting (22 May 2011) in 14 ARC, Hong
Kong, China.
While a large number of countries are within the region, the
active ones which organized several conferences, workshops,
symposiums, seminars, etc., are: Japan, Korea, Kazakhstan,
Hong Kong, SEAGS, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka, Singapore:. SEAGS organized the
Regional Conference and Hong Kong Geotechnical Society
(with Hong Kong Polytechnic University) provided 14 ARC in
Hong Kong (23-27th May 2011). IGS organized 6th
International Conference on Environmental Geotechnics (Nov.
8-12, 2010, New Delhi, India).
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and CTGS are new
joined and probably need time for establishing of their activity
in ISSMGE.
Israel, Thailand, China had some activity. Thailand
Geotechnical Society prepare since now several international
conferences of end of this year.
Very little or no activity was reported from Syrian
Geotechnical Society, Nepal Geotechnical Society and Iraq
Geotechnical society.
2 BANGLADESH:
1. Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference with foreign
participants, Nov. 3-6, 2010
3 CHINA:
1. 1st International Conference on Information Technology
in Geo-Engineering (ICITG-Shanghai, 2010, 16-
17.09.2010, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
4 HONG KONG:
4.1 International geotechnical conference, workshop,
meeting:
1. 14th ARC on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering: Challenges and Solutions, 23-27 May, 2011,
Hong Kong, China. 627 participants.
2. ISSMGE Board meeting , 22th May 2011, Hong Kong
3. Asian Representative meeting , 24th May, 2011, Hong
Kong
4.2 National conferences, seminars, workshops:
1. Iom Hong Kong Tunneling Conference, 20-21
November, 2009, Hong Kong
2. The HKIE Geotechnical Division 30th Annual Seminar:
Geotechnical Aspects of Deep Excavation, 6May, 2009,
Hong Kong. Number of participants 450.
3. Young Members Committees Post Annual Seminar
Forum of Young Engineers on Geotechnical Aspects of
Deep Excavation, Hong Kong, 8 May, 2010.
5 INDIA:
5.1 International Conference, Seminars, Workshops:
1. 6th International Conference on Environmental
Geotechnics, Nov.8-12, 2010, New Delhi. Number of
participants was 328.
2. Forensic Geotechnical Engineering, TC 302 (ISSMGE) ,
14-15th December , 2010, Mumbai, number of
participants was 40.
3. Indo-US Workshop on Global Geoenviromental
Engineering Challenges, 7 November 2010, New Delhi.
No. of participants is 40 (ASCE and IGS).
5.2 National conferences and Seminars:
1. Indian geotechnical conference IGC 2010, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, No. of participants is 475.
2. IGS –Ahmadabad Chapter on Geotechnical Solutions for
Hazard Waste Management
3. IGS-Surat Chapter on Geotechnical Investigations and
Case Studies
4. IGS-Chennai Chapter on Termination Criteria for Bored
and Driven Piles
5. IGS-Hyderabad Chapter on Geotechnical Practices
6. IGS-Kakinada Chapter on Foundations and Construction
Techniques in Soil
5.3 Periodical Journal:
Indian Geotechnical Journal, 2011, Vol.41, Quarterly
5.4 Future Plan activities:
Indian Geotechnical Conference, Dec.15-17, 2011, Kochi,
Kerala
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6.1 International conferences, seminar, workshop:
1. The Third International Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation.
18-20th May , 2011, Semarang, Indonesia
2. One day International Symposium on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Engineering
3. (To mark Prof. Hideki Ohta’s 40 years contributions to
research and development in SMGE), 17th May, 2011,
Semarang , Indonesia.
4. International Workshop Dynamic Foundation Testing and
Analysis, ISGE-PDA(USA), 10-12 November 2010,
Jakarta, Indonesia
6.2 National Conferences, workshops, seminars:
1. National Annual Conference on Development of
Geotechnical Engineering in Civil Works and
Geoenvironment at Jakarta, 2010
2. Workshop on Steel Sheet Piling Design Innovation,
Efficient Solution and Execution, ISGE-Arcelor-Mittal,
10 December, 2010
3. Workshops to gain the geotechnical engineer
certification, 2010, December.
7 IRAN:
7.1 International Conference, Seminars:
1. 4th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
and Soil mechanics, Tehran, November2-3, 2010.
Participants number is 1000.
2. Submitting 20 papers and one keynote lecture to the 14th
Asian Regional Conference, Hong Kong, May 2011.
7.2 National Conferences, seminars:
1. Iranian Irrigation Conference, 2010,
2. Organizing technical lectures tour to different provinces
in Iran
3. Establishing of Young Geotechnical Members Branch in
IGS
8 JAPAN :
8.1 International Conferences, seminars, workshops:
1. IS-Tokyo, International Conference on performance –
based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering –
from case history to practice, JGS and TC 4 of ISSMGE,
2009, Tokyo
8.2 Periodical Journals:
1. Soils and Foundations (International Journal)
2. Japanese Geotechnical Journal (National Journal)
3. Geotechnical Engineering Magazine(by Japanese)
8.3 National conferences, Symposiums, Seminars:
1. 45th National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
18-20 August, 2010, Ehime University, Matsyama.
Number of participants 1637
8.4 Future plan activities:
1. 7th Young Asian Geotechnical Conference, September,
2012, Tokushima University, Japan.
2. 15th Asian Regional Conference on SMGE in Fukuoka,
November, 2015.
9 KAZAKHSTAN:
9.1 International conferences, seminars:
1. KGS-KGS geotechnical joint seminar (21-22 July, 2010,
Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Number of participants 200
2. Kazakhstan –Japanese joint geotechnical seminar on TC
305 of ISSMGE,2011
3. Kazakhstan –Taiwanese Joint geotechnical seminar on TC
305 of ISSMGE, 2010
9.2 National conference, seminar:
1. Kazakhstan geotechnical workshop, 2009 , Astana,
2. Kazakhstan National Conference on Reforms of
Geotechnical Codes ,Almaty, October, 2010
3. Annual Geotechnical Meeting, May, 2011, Astana.
Number of participants 120.
10 KOREA:
10.1 International Conference, seminars:
1. 2nd International workshop on Unsaturated Soils, 18th
June, 2010, Seoul,Korea.100 Participants
2. Korea-Japan Joint Symposium for landslide Disaster
Mitigation, 9-11 August, 2010. 180 participants.
3. 3rd Korea-Japan Geotechnical Engineering Workshop,
September 2010, Seoul, Korea.100 participants
10.2 MOU:
KGS has MOU with JGS ( 2008), CGES (2009),KGS( 2009),
ASCE( 2009), VGS( 2009), 2010 (PWRI, Japan)
10.3 Hosting ATC:
ATC-7 Thick Deltaic Deposits (Chairman Nam-Jae Yoo,
Prof.,Kanwoon National University, Secretary: Prof. Yun-Tae
Kim, Pukyong National University):
• Holding annual symposiums, workshops, seminars, short
courses
• Special Session of ATC 7 during of 14th ARC (Hong
Kong)
ATC 18: Chairman: Prof.Myoung –Mo Kim, Seoul National
University, Secretary: Sang –Seom Jeong, Yonsei University
• 4th Asian Workshops on ATC 18 (Mumbai, India,
September 2010)
• 5th Asian Workshop on ATC 18 during of 14ARC 2011,
Hong Kong
10.4 1st KGS Award (2011 Spring KGS convention):
• Dr. Suzanne Lacasse (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute)
• Prof.Sangchul Bang (South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology)
10.5 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2010 Spring Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea. 664 participants
• 2010 Fall Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Korea.
559 participants
• 2011 Spring Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea.
10.6 The periodical journals (2009-2011):
• Journal of KGS (in Korean) -12times per year (110 papers
published)
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• International Journal of Geo-Engineering, 4 times per year
(20 papers published)
• Jiban (Geotechnical Engineering) in Korean, 12 times per
year
10.7 Future plan activities:
• 2011: 4th JGS-KGS workshop on July at Kobe, Japan
• 2011Sept. IS-Seoul, 2011: Fifth International Symposium
on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (TC 101),
Seoul, Korea
• 2011, September KGS Fall Conference, 2011
• 2011 Korea-Japan Landslide Disaster Mitigation , Japan
• 2012 The 2nd KGS-KGS seminar, Seoul, Korea,
• 2014 IS Seoul, TC 204 Underground Construction
PAKISTAN:
International conference, seminars:
1. International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering
(ICGE-2010), 5-6 November, 2010, Lahore
2. International Exhibition on Geotechnical Engineering,
November, 2010, Lahore
SINGAPORE:
International Conferences, seminars:
1. International Symposium on Ground Improvement
Technologies and Case Histories , 9-11 Dec. 2009,
2. 7 International geotechnical seminars since 20 October
2009 till 5 October 2010.
3. 4 Joint GeoSS –BCAA 1day seminars since 27th January
till 26 October 2010.
National events:
1. Workshop on Geology of Singapore, 5 April 2010,
2. Geotechnical Engineering Appreciation course Jointly
organized with IES (June – July 2010)
3. Workshop on Engineering a Sustainable Development:
Role Played by Geotechnical Engineering, January , 2011
11 SRI LANKA:
11.1 National conferences, seminars and forums:
1. Five Geotechnical forums since 25 March 2010 till 13
January 2011.
2. Sri Lanka Geotechnical Society Project Day 2010
11.2 Periodical Journals, Newsletters:
SLGS Newsletter: December -January 2010
12 SEAGS:
12.1 International conferences, seminars:
1. 17th SEAGS conference Taipei, Taiwan,2010
2. 5th Asian International Symposium on Geotechnics and
Geosynthetics Engineering Conference, 7-8th December,
2010
3. ICE Asian Pacific Conference, 14January, 2011, Malaysia
4. Short Course on practional design approach to
Geotechnical Engineering in the tropical environment, 17-
18th January, 2011, Malaysia
5. International Conference and Exhibition tunneling and
trenchless technology. 1-3 March, 2011, Malaysia
12.2 Periodical Journals, Newsletters:
SEAGS Geotechnical Engineering Journal – Online, volume
4, issue 2, June 2010
SEAGS Geotechnical Journal, Special Issues, 2011
13 UZBEKISTAN:
13.1 National conference, seminar:
1. Geotechnical seminar of collapsible soils, Samarkand ,
October,2010
2. Geotechnical seminar of deep foundations , Tashkent,
May, 2011.
13.2 Future Activity:
1. Organization of ARC 19 international geotechnical
symposium , Samarkand, September , 2012
2. International technical tour to Bukhara, Khiva, October,
2012
14 VIETNAM:
14.1 International conferences, seminars, forum:
1. 5 International Geotechnical Forums since 8 May 2010 till
9 November 2010 with invited of Keynote lecturers from
abroad (Japan, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan,
UK)
14.2 National conferences, seminars:
1. Annual Conference, 18th June, 2010, Hanoi. Number of
attendees – 200.
2. End of Tiger Year meeting, 29th February, 2011, Hanoi.
Number of attendees is 50.
14.3 Periodical Journal:
VGJ Issue 2009, December
VGJ Issue 2010, March
VGJ Issue 2010, June
VGJ Issue 2010, September
VGJ Issue 2010, December
15 ASIAN TECHNICAL COMMITTEES:
ATC-3 Geotechnology for Natural Hazards (JGS), ATC-7
Thick Deltaic Deposits (KGS), ATC-10 Urban
Geoinformatics (JGS), ATC-18 Mega Foundations(KGS),
ATC-19 Conservation of Heritage and Historical Site (JGS)
16 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES OF ISSMGE BY HOSTING
OF ASIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETIES:
TC103: Numerical Methods in Geomechanics (HKGS),
TC302 :Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (IGS); TC304:
Geotechnical Reliability and Risk assessment (SGS), and
also TC211 Ground Improvement, TC 305 Geotechnical
Infrastructure for Megacities and New Capitals (ISSMGE)
organized with Asian Geotechnical Societies technical
session at 26th May 2011 at 14 ARC, Hong Kong, China.
17 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS:
1. Asian Technical Committees are more concentrated in
JGS (Japan) and KGS (Korea). There must be also other
Asian technical committees to open door in other Asian
regions with focusing on local geotechnical specifics and
challenges.
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2. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are newly joined

members and probably need to establish international
geotechnical seminars such as Touring Lectures.
Board of ISSMGE and also Asian Council Members must
systematically work for opening of new Asian geotechnical
societies (Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, UAE, Saudi
Arab, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Philippines, Cambodia, Jordan
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Appendix 2: Regional Reports
Report from the Vice-President for Australasia
M.C.R. Davies
ISSMGE Vice-President for Australasia
1 INTRODUCTION.
This report contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and
the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) for the period
since the last Council meeting in Alexandra in October 2009.
1 AUSTRALIAN GEOMECHANICS SOCIETY (AGS)
In recent years the AGS has grown to be the largest Technical
Society within Engineer’s Australia. Its membership currently
stands at 1381 and of these members 900 (65%) are affiliated to
ISSMGE. In October 2009 Graham Scholey was elected as
AGS National Chair and Sam MacKenzie as Vice Chair &
Treasurer. Dr Mark Jaksa has been appointed to serve on the
National Committee as AGS Liaison Officer for the ISSMGE.
The AGS is represented by Chapters in the States and
Territories of the Commonwealth of Australia. Each of these
Chapters has its own regional committee and in the last two
year each has organised a vibrant technical programme. A major
feature of these programmes is series of lecture tours by
distinguished geotechnical engineers. These have included
Rankine lecturers Professor Tom O’Rourke and Professor Chris
Clayton together with former president of the International
Association of Engineering Geology, Professor Paul Marinos,
and Serge Varaksin, Co-Chair of ISSMGE TC17 on Ground
Improvement.
Australian Geomechanics is the “official” journal of the
AGS, which is published quarterly, in March, June, September
and December, by the Institution of Engineers Australia. It is
edited and produced by the Australian Geomechanics Society
and is distributed to all members of the AGS. At the end of
2009 the AGS published a DVD which contains copies of all
papers published in Australian Geomechanics from 1971 to end
of 2009.
The Australian Geomechanics Society has recently
commenced an 18 month preliminary study to consider the
content for an updated national standard for Site Investigations.
The study is being led by Stuart Masterson of the Western
Australian Chapter. The preliminary study will aim to identify
the components of the standard that need to be updated. This
work will be carried out before a decision is made about
whether to manage the update through Standards Australia.
The previous major project conducted by the AGS that was
aimed at giving benefits to AGS members and the community
was the revised Landslide Risk Management guidelines and the
new “Geoguides”. These were published in the Australian
Geomechanics Journal in March 2007. In the first half of 2011,
through its network of local Chapters, the AGS supported a
National Landslide Risk Management Roadshow. The
roadshow (which became known as the “Risky Roadshow”)
provided information to a large number of local government
officers and practitioners about the Landslide Risk Management
guidelines and geoguides.
The AGS has instituted an Engineering Geology course. This
is designed for engineering geologists and geotechnical
engineers involved in civil and mining projects who have a
working knowledge of geology and wish to develop their
engineering geological skills. The course ran for the first time in
Wollongong 2010 and the is due to be held again in late 2011.
The AGS has a number of awards to recognise exceptional
performance of its members. The following awarded have been
made since the last report to Council:
• EH Davis Memorial Lecture (2009) - Professor Buddhima
Indraratna, University of Wollongong, whose lecture was
entitled “Recent Advances in the Application of Vertical
Drains and Vacuum Preloading in Soft Soil Stabilization”.
• Geotechnical Practitioner of The Year Award (2010) -
Andrew Leventhal, GHD Geotechnics, for his significant
contribution to the practice of the geotechnical profession
and the Australian Geomechanics Society over an
extended period.
• Trollope Award (2010) - Dr Shazzad Hossain, University
of Western Australia, for his work on spud-can
penetration for offshore jack-up rigs.
2 NEW ZEALAND GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY (NZGS)
In recent years the NZGS has seen a steady rise in membership.
The last four years has seen an increase of 20% in the number
of members, bringing this to 760 of whom 440 (58%) are
members of the ISSMGE. These are very high numbers relative
to the population of New Zealand (4.4 million) and, possibly,
reflect the increased requirement for geotechnical engineers in a
geologically active developed region of the world.
The Chair of the NZGS Management Committee from 2009
to 2011 was Philip Robins. His successor is David Burns who
was, in turn, succeeded as Vice-Chair & Treasurer by Gavin
Alexander. The society has six branches located throughout the
country each of which has its own programme of technical
events. This includes a range of international speakers, who
usually present their lecture or deliver a short course in a
number of centres. Recent international presenters include: Dr
Chris Haberfield (August 2009); Clyde Baker presenting his
Terzaghi Lecture (November 2009); Professor Wong Kai Sin
(November/December 2009); Professor Antonio Gens (May
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2010); Professor Chris Clayton presenting his Rankine lecture legislative environment and changing community perceptions
(October 2010); Professor John Atkinson (December, 2010). and awareness. There are a host of risks and opportunities
The New Zealand Geotechnical Society publishes a biannual associated with this change. This conference seeks to explore
magazine, The Geomechanics News, for its members in June and better understand those changes and the risks and
and December of each year. The magazine has grown opportunities they present to our profession; be they challenges
significantly of late, and now averages just over 100 pages per and risks associated with the changing coastline morphology,
issue. The distribution of the magazine continues to grow too. changing weather patterns, different modes of living, new
As well as being provided to the 760 members (in New Zealand materials and constructions methods, new methods for
and internationally) the magazine is sent to a number of other generating power or new ways to recycle or manage waste. It is
overseas professional societies, academics, universities, and proposed that the 9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals
industries. In July 2010 the NZGS published its “Geotechnical Geotechnical Conference will take place in conjunction with
Earthquake Engineering Practice” guideline. This publication, ANZ 2012.
the first of a number of modules, is a guideline for the
identification, assessment and mitigation of liquefaction
hazards. It aims to provide authoritative material to help
engineers address geotechnical issues related to the design of
buildings and structures in conjunction with national building
codes. Good progress is being made with the second Module 2
which deals with the seismic assessment and design of retaining
walls.
The NZGS makes a number of awards to its members. The
Society has very recently initiated the New Zealand
Geotechnical Society Scholarship which will provide funding to
enable a member of the Society to undertake research in New
Zealand that would advance the objectives of the Society. At the
time of writing the process for selecting the inaugural NZGS
Scholar is in progress. Other awards are also currently under
consideration. However, the NZGS Geomechanics Lecture
(2011) has been awarded to Dr David Bell, University of
Canterbury, whose will present a lecture entitled “Geo-Logic
and the Art of Geotechnical Practice” at ANZ 2012, the
ISSMGE Australasia Regional Conference.
The two large shallow earthquakes in Canterbury (which,
with a population of 390,300, is the second largest city in New
Zealand) in September 2010 (Darfield M 7.1) and February
2011 (Christchurch M 6.3), together with the numerous
subsequent aftershocks, have been a major concern for
geotechnical engineers in New Zealand, in general, and the
NZGS, in particular. In response to a request from the
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) the
NZGS, together with the New Zealand Society for Earthquake
Engineering, contributed to the development of fact sheets
which give an overview of the Canterbury Earthquakes and the
performance of engineered systems, liquefaction and the
building safety evaluation process.
In September 2010 the NZGS – which is the national society
for both ISRM and IAEG as well as ISSMGE - hosted the
IAEG Congress. The conference, which took place in the
immediate aftermath of the September earthquake in
Christchurch, was highly successful with some 709 people from
46 countries attending the conference and with the proceedings,
entitled “Geologically Active” containing some 500 papers.
At the 5th International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering (ICEGE) held in Santiago, Chile
during January 2011 the NZGS were awarded the right to host
the 6th ICEGE. This conference is held under the auspices of
the ISSMGE Technical Committee Earthquake Geotechnical
Engineering and Associated Problems (TC203) and it will take
place during 2015 in Christchurch. The organising committee is
chaired by Dr Misko Cubrinovski.

3 ANZ 2012 – GROUND ENGINEERING IN A

CHANGING WORLD

ANZ 2012 is the ISSMGE Australasia regional conference and

it is to be held in Melbourne from 15 to 18 July 2012. The
theme of the conference is “Ground Engineering in a Changing
World”. The world wide community is facing great change; a
changing financial system, a changing climate, a changing

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Appendix 2: Regional Reports
Report from the Vice-President for Europe
I. Vaníček
ISSMGE Vice-President Europe
1 INTRODUCTION
This report contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities in Europe for the period since the last Council
Meeting in Alexandria, in October 2009.
At the moment in Europe is 34 ISSMGE National Societies.
Situation is stable; many activities are spread between nearly all
national societies. The exception is Georgia and Iceland, where
is practically zero contact. Three other societies lowered their
activity as well, probably due to economic crises, Bulgaria,
Latvia, Lithuania, however their representatives are still visible
on some European activities. In May 2011 the Israel Society
asked to be part of European group, not Asian. Members of the
board accepted this proposal which will be on the ISSMGE
Council Meeting programme in Toronto.
2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ISSMGE
Next 18th International Conference will be held in France,
Paris, between September 1st and September 5th 2013. Main
theme: “Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics”. Proposed
format and proposed themes were defined in very early stage of
preparation and the French Society for Soil mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering is working very hardly on, first of all
members of the Executive Committee Dr. Alain Guilloux, Prof.
Pierre Delage and Dr. Philippe Mestat. Much more details
about 18th IC ISSMGE will be discussed under the items 21.
Only small note can be added, many Technical Committees are
planning to have special Workshops or Seminars on this
occasion, mostly before the IC will start.
3 EUROPEAN CONFERENCES
XV European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering will be held between September 12 – 15, 2011 in
Athens, Greece. So in time of preparation of this report we are
still in the phase of preparation while during Council Meeting in
Toronto this activity will be closed and can be discussed in
more details. Right now all written papers are collected and
will be printed before the conference will start. Main theme
“Geotechnics of Hard Soils – Weak Rocks” can attract many
professional colleagues, as the technical problem is sensitive for
many countries in Europe as well in the entire world.
Organizing committee, headed by triumvirate composed from
Professors Anagnostopoulos, Tsatsanifos and Pachakis is
working very hardly. Into main technical programme two
heritage lectures are included (Prof. Robert Mair and Prof.
Antonio Gens), as well one Heritage Lecture by Prof. Th.
Tassios. One hour will be also devoted to the 75th Anniversary
of our society. The main programme will include main sessions
followed by Discussion Sessions:
- Investigations, Classification and Testing;
- Selection of Parameters Modelling;
- Foundations and Ground Improvement;
- Embankments and Dams – Slopes and Landslides;
- Excavations and Tunnelling;
- Role of Geotechnics for the Protection of the
Environment.
Very interesting Workshops, combining activities of
individual European Regional Technical Committees will be
organized on Sunday, September 11.
On Tuesday, September 13, European Societies Meeting
will be held, where one of the main items will be the
presentation of the British Geotechnical Association to present
first view on the programme of the next XVI European
Conference ISSMGE in Edinburgh, Scotland from 13th to 17th
September 2015. The BGA prepared bid for this conference
just in time, before May 31st, 2011. No other European Society
asked for, as probably accepted hard work of the BGA, which
prepared first proposal in 2006. The BGA bid has been put
together by a small sub-committee led by co-Chairmen Dr.
Mike Winter (Transport Research Laboratory, Edinburgh) and
Mr Derek Smith (Coffey Geotechnics Ltd.). Main theme:
- Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and
Development
Many supporting organisations have expressed a wish to
assist on the Organising Committee. Conference venue -
Edinburgh Convention Bureau, first proposal of the Technical
programme and Conference Budget are specified in details.
4 EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCES
4.1 Danube European conferences
14th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, June 2nd-4th 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia
After thirty-three years the Danube-European Conference
on Geotechnical Engineering had came back to Bratislava, the
capital city of Slovak Republic. The 14th conference took place
on June 2nd-4th 2010 in the premises of the Faculty of Civil
Engineering of University of Technology, The main topic of the
conference was
"From Research to Design in European Practice".
The topic was discussed in one keynote lecture session
(Chairman Prof. J. Hulla from Slovakia) and seven sessions:
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• Session 1: Ground characterization and new
development in soil mechanics, (chairman Prof. I.
Manoliu from Romania, discussion leader Dr. B.
Schuppener from Germany),
• Session 2: Case studies using Eurocode 7, (chairman
Prof. R. Szepeshazi from Hungary, discussion leader
Prof. N. Vogt from Germany),
• Session 3: Specific problems for environmental
consideration, (chairman Dr. A. Petrovšek from
Slovenia, discussion leader Prof. K.J. Witt from
Germany),
• Session 4: Design methods for geotechnical structures,
(chairman Prof. M. Fross from Austria, discussion
leader Dr. B. Simpson from England),
• Session 5: Monitoring and supervision of geotechnical
considerations, (chairman Prof. A.B. Ponomaryov from
Russia, discussion leader Dr. M. Vaníček from Czech
Republic),
• Session 6: Numerical and physical models in
geotechnical design, (chairman Prof. Z. Lechowicz from
Poland, discussion leader Prof. L. Martak from Austria),
and
• Session 7: Interactive design and other problems in
geotechnical practice, (chairman Prof. M. Nussbaumer
from Germany, discussion leader Ing. J. Frankovská
from Slovakia).
Despite to the world wide economical crises and thanks to
prestigious reputation of the conference the conference was
again attended by many world leaders of the geotechnical
engineering: Prof. J.L. Briaud from USA (President of
ISSMGE), Prof. P. Pinto from Portugal (former President of
ISSMGE), Prof. I. Vaníček from Czech Republic (Vice
President of ISSMGE for Europe), Prof. R. Frank from France
(former Vice President of ISSMGE for Europe), Prof. H. Brandl
from Austria and many others.
The conference was attended by 245 participants from 38
countries of the world. Their papers were published in the
proceedings of the main lectures and abstracts. The full papers
were published in an electronic form on CD. The proceedings
contain 175 papers of which 68 were presented orally in one of
the conference sessions.
The end of the Danube conference is traditionally dedicated
to the technical excursions. The first excursion visited
construction sites with ongoing geotechnical constructions in
the streets of the city, Bratislava. The second excursion went
outside of Bratislava, to the nearby Čunovo and Gabčíkovo
Dam, the largest dam on the Danube River.
According to the feed-back reactions from participants and
ISSMGE representative, the conference was successful. The
organizing committee (Prof. P. Turček – chairman, Ing. J.
Frankovská, Prof. J. Hulla and Dr. M. Ondrášik, all from
Department of Geotechnics of Faculty of Civil Engineering of
University of Technology in Bratislava) expresses their sincere
thanks to all persons and sponsors who helped organize the
conference.
More details are in ISSMGE Bulletin, Volume 4, Issue 4.
During this Danube Conference the meeting of the European
Member societies of Danube Region was held. Members
accepted
- the proposal of Prof. Brandl from Austria to arrange
next 15th Danube Conference in Vienna on the occasion
of the 50anniversaries of these conferences;
- the proposal of Prof. Maximovic from Serbia to arrange
another Danube conference in Belgrade, Serbia in 2018.
4.2 Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conferences
After the success of XI Baltic Sea Conference in Gdansk,
September 15-18 where all countries from this region as
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark,
Poland, Norway and Germany actively participated, and voted
for the place of another. Therefore next XII Baltic Sea
Conference will be arranged in Germany. Rostock, 31 May–2
June 2012: “Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Region”
Bulletin No. 1 was published specifying main items as The
goal and the scope of the conference, Conference format, Venue
and accommodation, Registration fees, Conference topics and
Important dates, etc.
Congress Website: www.12bsgc.de
Supplemented information can be obtained directly from the
German Geotechnical Society: www.dggt.de
5 EUROPEAN YOUNG GEOTECHNICAL
CONFERENCES
5.1 20th European Young Geotechnical Engineers
Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, 2010
From May 30 to June 1, 2010, the Brno University of
Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of
Geotechnics, hosted the 20th European Young Geotechnical
Conference co-organized by the Czech and Slovak Committee
for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Mr. Jiří
Boštík and Mrs. Věra Glisníkova were most important persons
of the Organizing committee.
The conference was attended by 48 geotechnical engineers
of age up to 35 from 28 European countries nominated by their
respective National Societies for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering.
The papers were published in the conference proceedings
“GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 20, View of Young
European Geotechnical Engineers, Brno 2010“ with ISBN 978-
80-7204-686-7.
The Conference started on Sunday 30th May 2010 with
evening Brno sightseeing and with common dinner for all
EYGEC delegates in the historical centre of the town. During
Monday 31st May 2010 and Tuesday 1st June 2010, 48 lectures
of 10 minutes (including 2 minutes of discussion) were
presented by the EYGEC participants. Presentations of the
conference delegates were classified into three main sessions:
1. Ground Investigation
2. Geomechanics
3. Geotechnics
3.1. Foundation Engineering,
3.2. Earth Structures,
3.3. Underground Structures
3.4 Environmental Geotechnics
According to the guidelines the sessions were “chaired by
friendly, professional engineers” – John Atkinson (Emeritus
Professor of Soil Mechanics, City University London), Jean-
Louis Briaud (President of ISSMGE, Texas A&M University,
USA) and Ivan Vaníček (Vice President ISSMGE for Europe,
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic).
Besides delegate’s presentations, four keynote lectures were
delivered. John Atkinson delivered his lecture on “How to do
research”. Jean-Louis Briaud talked about “ISSMGE, research,
and education”. Jiří Műhl (Technical Director of Foundation
Engineering Inc., Prague, Czech Republic) and Jan Šperger
(Foundation Engineering Inc., Prague, Czech Republic)
presented “Modern foundation technologies”. Finally, Miloš
Polenka (GEOtest Brno, Inc., Czech Republic) delivered his
lecture on “The removal of rocky environment and groundwater
contamination – GEOtest Brno case studies”.
The days of hard work were accompanied by more relaxing
evening programmes: the sightseeing, dinner with live dulcimer
music and closing technical excursion – construction of city
road tunnels in Brno.
More details and photos are in ISSMGE Bulletin Vol. 4,
Issue 4.
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5.2 21th European Young Geotechnical Engineers
Conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2011
In 2010 Dutch National Committee ISSMGE declared their
intention to organize in 2011 next 21st EYGEC in Rotterdam,
September 4th – 7th, 2011. In published bulletin No. 1 they
specified Proposed program of the conference, Excursions – e.g.
Maasvlake 2 Harbour Expansion and Railway tunnel Delft;
Conference topics, Important dates, Accommodation,
Conference fee etc. Up to now the Organizing committee
chaired by Mandy Korff from Deltares collected 53 papers
coming from nearly 30 national societies. Except of
representatives of ISSMGE – Prof. J.L. Briaud and Ivan
Vaníček, organizers invited also other specialists – Prof. L.
Caldeira from Portugal and Dr. T. Chapman from UK - to
present keynote lectures and to lead discussion when young
colleagues will present their papers. For publication the same
system will be used as for Brno conference. More information
can be found on www.kiviniria.net/EYGEC2011.
5.3 22nd European Young Geotechnical Engineers
Conference, Sweden, 2012
Stefan Aronsson, President of the Swedish Geotechnical
Society, when visiting 20th EYGEC in Brno, declared his
intention to arrange another one in Sweden in 2012. This fact
speaks about respected significance of such activities in Europe.
According to the accepted rules, the International YGEC
will be arranged in Paris, France, on the occasion of
International conference SMGE, 2013. Each European society
can nominate 2 candidates on this conference.
6 EUROPEAN REGIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
After International conference in Alexandria all existing
European Regional Technical Committees declared their wish
to continue in work:
- ERTC 10 – Evaluation of Eurocode 7 – UK + Ireland –
Andrew Bond, Trevor Orr, -
- ERTC 12 Geotechnical Evaluation and Application of
the Seismic Eurocode 8 – Italy – Michele Maugeri
- ERTC 7 – Numerical methods in geotechnical
engineering - Spain – Cesar Sagaseta –
- ERTC 3 - Piles – Belgium – Noel Huybrecht (Maurice
Bottiau)
- ERTC 16 – Education and Training – Romania – Iacint
Manoliu (Marina Pantazidou)
In 2010 ERTC 10 arranged Workshop in Italy – Pavia, and
ETC 7 in Trondheim, Norway - 7th European Conference on
Numerical Methods in Geotechnics (NUMGE2010).
In 2011 all ERTC are planning to have shared workshops on the
occasion of the European conference in Athens.
New ERTC
For a great significance of the Regional TC the new ones are
proposed to establish in Europe. The proposals are for:
- Geothermal Energy
- Utilization of large volume waste in Geotechnical
applications
- Ageing of Earth Structures in Transport Engineering
National societies will be informed about this intention and
their interest will have the final impact on their establishment.
The idea is to propose this new ERTC with some research
activitity which is also supported from EU.
7 INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
ACTIVITIES IN EUROPE
TC´s on the international level were newly rearranged, with new
numbers, see ISSMGE Bulletin Volume 4, Issue 4, December
2010. Technical Oversight Committee established by ISSMGE
president presented 29 Technical Committees from which 15
have host country in Europe. Brief summary of TC´s activities
in Europe are as follows:
2010 - 5th Int. Conf. Unsaturated Soils –Barcelona, Spain;
- Inter. Conference Geotechnical Challenges in
Megacities – GeoMos2010-Moscow, Russia;
- 7th Int. Conf. on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics,
Zurich, Switzerland;
- TC40 Workshop on Failures, Disputes, Causes and
Solutions in Geotechnics; Budapest, Hungary;
2011 - 7th Int. Symp. Underground Construction in Soft
Ground; Roma, Italy;
- 2nd Int. Symp. On Computational Geomechanics
(ComGeo II); Dubrovnik, Croatia;
- Railway Geotechnical Engineering; Paris, France;
- 9th Int. Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in
Geomaterials, Porquerolles, France;
- 3rd Int. Symp. on Geotechnical Safety and Risk;
Munich, Germany;
- 11th Int. Conf. on Computational Plasticity –
COMPLASXI, Barcelona, Spain;
- TC207 Workshop on Soil-structure Interaction and
Retaining Walls, Dubrovnik, Croatia;
2012 TC 203 – 2nd Int. Conf. on Performance-Based Design
in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Taormina,
Italy
- Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Eng. Education; Galway,
Ireland;
- 6th Int. Conf. on Scour and Erosion; Paris, France
- TC 211 – Int. Symp. Ground Improvement; Brussels,
Belgium;
- 2nd Europ. Conf. on Unsaturated Soils – E-
UNSAT2012 – Napoli, Italy.
8 ACTIVITIES ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Many important activities are arranged on the level of
individual National Societies, giving a great chance to all
members of the National Committee to be directly involved in
ISSMGE operation. It is not my intention to give the overview
of detailed activities of each National Society just to show on
selected examples how wide these activities.
Smaller countries are trying to invite and to open proposed
action also to the foreign colleagues and to declare their activity
multilingual. The examples are:
- Symposium on Landslides – Iasi, Romania, 2009;
- Symposium on Landslides and Geo-environment – Tirana,
Albania, 2011;
- Baltic Piling Days, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012
Most of the other countries are arranging their national
conferences a rather opened, so it means that some other foreign
languages can be used, e.g. English, German, Russian, French
etc. Two examples are selected for:
- 31st Baugrundtagung – Munich, Germany , November
2010 – on the occasion of the 60 anniversary of the
DGGT – German Geotechnical Society – more than
1000 attendees and enormous number of exhibitors;
- 32nd Foundation Days – Stockholm, Sweden, March
2011 – with 650 participants and 60 exhibitors. Small
notes to Nordic countries which cooperate very closely -
Nordic Board Meeting was held in Helsinki (the 25th of
March, 2011) connected with celebration of 60
anniversary of Finland Geotechnical Society. Next 16th
Nordic Geotechnical Meeting will be held in May (9-
12) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012.
Such activity in most cases is connected with declaration of
the best paper (work) of the young geotechnical engineers.
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Very common in most of the European countries is the For the civil engineering level it is fact that Eurocode 7
arrangement of Special Lecture, which is mostly presented by unambiguously declares that in comparison with other
very well known foreign expert. Again also few of the Eurocodes, EC 7 is not only material code, but also the code for
“Special Lectures” are mentioned: interaction (with practically all other structures), as well as code
- London, UK - Rankin Lecture; for loading (loading of soil or rock on other structures).
- Vienna, Austria – Terzaghi (Vienna) Lecture; For the society in general we can stress the fact that our
- Prague, Czech Republic – Prague Geotechnical Lecture; profession is able to react to the society demands, e.g. with
- Budapest, Hungary – Széchy Memorial Lecture respect to:
- Ljubljana, Slovenia – Šuklje Memorial Lecture - Energy – utilization of geothermal energy, energy piles
In some cases when national “Geotechnical Society” is etc.
covering all activities of geo-engineering this society is also - Raw materials – via utilization of different waste
responsible for activities falling under the umbrella of so called materials in geotechnical structures
“sister” international societies – as ISRM, IAEG, or ITA, IGS, - Greenfields – as our profession is playing significant role
EFEC e.g. ITA/AITES Congress Finland Helsinki, 2011 or in the process of construction on brownfields
EuroGeo – geosynthetics, Valencia, Spain, 2012. - Environmental protection => Environmental Geotechnics
- Natural hazards
During last period the first signals of improvements occur
9 COMMON SENSITIVE PROBLEMS IN EUROPE but always the effort of our profession is behind, e.g. TC 304
Risk assessment/management. “Recently, in the Netherlands,
During discussion with professional colleagues I have feeling, the Geo-Impuls joint industry development program has been
that the following 3 items are most sensitive in Europe right launched, in which some 30 large clients, contractors,
now: engineering consultants, universities and institutes do
- Geotechnical Engineering Education – after Bologna participate. The target of the Geo-Impuls program is halving
Agreement geotechnical failures by 2015. Realizing the Geo-Impuls
- Geotechnical Design – according to Eurocode 7 – objective will save the Dutch community at least several
Geotechnical Design hundreds of millions euros per year. A core activity of the Geo-
- Risk associated in Geotechnical Engineering Profession Impuls program is developing and applying sound geotechnical
and Professional Prestige. risk management procedures within construction projects. New
As the first two points will be discussed during ERTC knowledge is developed and particularly existing knowledge
Workshops in Athens I will mention only few words to the last will be better used, in risk-driven way. This requires a thorough
point. integration of geotechnical risk management with project risk
Risk associated with design and construction of management”.
geotechnical structures is connected either with exactness with
which we are able to define
- Geological model of environment which is in
interaction with proposed structure – and is describing
individual layers together with their boundaries.
- Geotechnical model –which is specifying geotechnical
data to the individual layers or boundaries (different
discontinuities)
- Numerical model – describing the behaviour of
geological environment when influenced by proposed
structures. Note that for very complicated cases, e.g.
for potential design of nuclear high level waste
repository, model should not only describe mechanical
behaviour but also behaviour with respect to
temperature changes, contaminant (radionuclide)
spreading etc.
We all know that our ability to precisely describe
mechanical, thermal, chemical or hydraulic changes is limited
as we are usually able to examine only limited part of
geological environment, let say one millionth. Therefore as
uncertainties connected with steel structures for simple cases
can be in the range of 3-5 %, for concrete structures 5-10%, for
timber structures 10-20%, after that for earth structures it can be
up to 50%. In addition quality of earth structures during
construction is usually not controlled by parameters which are
later on used during design, but indirectly with the help of
moisture content and dry density.
Also our today approach to the design, limit state approach,
is based on fact that our structures are designed with a certain
risk of failures. However the society demands only solutions
which are able to guarantee 100 % safety. We know that this
condition cannot be fulfilled therefore we (consultants and
contractors – geotechnical engineers generally) have to try to
find partner (client, investor, government) which should share
this risk with us.
Regarding professional prestige we can always stress our
special position either between civil engineers or on level of
society in general.

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Appendix 2: Regional Reports
Report from the Vice-President for North America
G. Auvinet
ISSMGE Vice-President for North America
1 INTRODUCTION.
This report contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities of the North American Region from October 2009 to
May 2011. During this period, ISSMGE Vice-Presidency for
North America was initially held by M.P. Romo, as established
in the ISSMGE Council Meeting during the 17th ICSMGE held
in Alexandria in October 2009. G. Auvinet, former president of
Mexican Society of Geotechnical Engineering, took over after
M.P. Romo resigned for personal reasons in December 2009.
Three progress reports were presented by G. Auvinet on
activities in the region to ISSMGE Board:
- Board meeting in Moscow, June 6th 2010
- Board meeting in New Delhi, November 8th 2010
- Board meeting in Hong Kong, May 22nd 2011ce the
relevant item format).
2 THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION
The North American region includes only three member
countries: Canada, USA and Mexico, a small number when
compared to other regions such as South America, Asia and
Europe. The individual membership in the ISSMGE represents
however close to 20% of the grand total membership
(approximately 18,000) of all Member Societies around the
globe. It has already been pointed out in the past that the impact
of the three votes of the region (out of more than 80 countries)
in the major issues under consideration on the floor at Council
Meetings is far from proportionate to the number of individual
members and their fee contributions.
The three member societies of the region are extremely
active and have a strong presence and influence in the
engineering community and society in general in their
respective country as well as internationally.
3 ACTIVITIES OF MEMBER SOCIETIES
Detailed information regarding the activities of each of the three
Member Societies can be found on their excellent individual
web sites:
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS, Canada):
www.cgs.ca
GeoInstitute (GI, USA): www.geoinstitute.org
Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica (SMIG,
Mexico): www.smms.org.mx
Only the main activities of the period will be mentioned below
4 CGS, CANADA
Presidents during the period: Michel Aubertin, Bryan Watts
4.1 Annual Conferences:
62nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 10th Join
CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference
September 20-24, 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia
63rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 6th Canadian
Permafrost Conference
September 12-16, 2010, Calgary, Alberta
4.2 Other important technical events:
13th International Seminar on paste and thickened tailings
May 3-9, 2010, Toronto, Ontario
15th Annual contaminated and hazardous waste site
management course theory, practice & outdoor field
demonstrations
May 3-7, 2010, Toronto, Ontario
World Tunnel Congress 2010 (ITA): Tunnel Vision Towards
2020
May 14-20, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia
The Second IASTED International Conference on
Environmental Management and Engineering
July 15 – 17, 2010, Banff, Alberta
3rd Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineers and Geoscientists
Conference
September 16-18, 2010, Bayshore Inn, Waterton Lakes, Alberta
Second International Conference on Oil Sands Tailings,
December 5-8, 2010, Edmonton, Alberta
5 GI, USA
President during the period: Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Larry P.
Jedele
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5.1 Annual Conferences:
Geo Florida 2010 Conference
February 20-24, 2010, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference - Advances in Geotechnical
Engineering
March 13-16, 2011, Dallas, Texas, USA
5.2 Other important technical events:
Earth Retention Conference 3
August 1- 4, 2010, Bellevue, Washington
5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-5)
November 7-10, 2010, San Francisco, California
5.3 Co-sponsored events:
35th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations
October 12-15, 2010, Renaissance Hollywood, California
International Symposium on Testing and Specification of
Recycled Materials for Sustainable Geotechnical Construction
February 02-04, 2011, Baltimore, MD
6 SMIG, MEXICO
Presidents during the period: Walter Paniagua, Juan de Dios
Alemán
During this period, the Mexican Society for Soil Mechanics
changed its name to Mexican Society for Geotechnical
Engineering (Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica).
6.1 Biennial Conference:
25th National Meeting of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering, and 20th Nabor Carrillo Lecture (Lecturer:
Enrique Santoyo Villa)
November 11-13, 2010, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
6.2 Other important technical events:
International Symposium: Technologies and foundation systems
for the twentieth Century
December 3-4, 2009, Mexico City
Symposium on tunnels and tunnel shafts in soils and rocks
February 25-26, 2010, Mexico City
Geosynthetics: Present and future perspectives in Mexico
March 10-12, 2010, Mexico City
SMIG also organized a number of short courses and special
activities. It published an excellent commemorative volume on
the history of Soil Mechanics in Mexico untitled: “El Siglo de la
mecánica de Suelos (Soil Mechanics’ century)”
On January 20th 2011, SMIG organized in Mexico City a
Special Symposium to honor the memory of the late Prof.
Leonardo Zeevaert, with participation, among other
personalities, of Jean-Louis Briaud, and William Van Impe,
respectively President and past President of ISSMGE.
7 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
During the period, formal international relations between the
three member countries were encouraged. Contacts were
however established mostly in an informal manner taking
advantage of personal relations. Typical were the lectures given
in Mexico by Jorge Zornberg (GI, USA) on Geotextiles and by
Serge Leroueil (Canada) on Compacted soils.
An agreement of cooperation was signed between GI (USA)
and SMIG (Mexico) on October 7th, 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt.
To follow up on this agreement, Juan de Dios Alemán, SMIG
President, and G. Auvinet, ISSMGE VP for North America,
were invited to attend the GI board of governors meeting in
Dallas (March 12th 2011). A proposal to organize a joint
technical event in 2012 on “Geotechnical Hazards” is being
evaluated.
G. Auvinet, ISSMGE VP for North America, was also
kindly invited to attend the board of governors meeting of CGS
in Calgary, on September 12th, 2010.
8 PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
An important event for both regions of the American continent
is the upcoming Pan-American Conference:
14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering
& 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference
October 2-6, 2011, Toronto, Ontario
The conference technical program will enhance opportunities
for interaction between academics, practitioners, designers,
contractors and owners from North, Central and South America.
This will be accomplished through a combination of invited
speakers for plenary sessions, including keynote presentations
(Casagrande Lecture and the R.M. Hardy Lecture), specialist
technical breakout sessions and exhibits. There will also be
poster sessions, panel discussions, short courses/workshops and
technical tours.
The Casagrande Lecturer will be Dr. Kerry Rowe (Queen’s
University)
To promote a wide participation in this conference a special
meeting of the Pan-American Committee took place in
Gramado, Brazil (during COBRAMSEG2010, August 17-22)
with participation of delegates from 15 member countries.
Professor Giovanni Cascante, co-chair of the 14th PCSMGE
organizing committee, presented the advances in the Toronto
Conference organization. President of ISSMGE, Jean-Louis
Briaud and Past President Pedro Seco y Pinto, attended this
meeting. The North American region was represented by
Giovanni Cascante (Canada), Robert Holtz (USA), Walter
Paniagua (Mexico) and G. Auvinet (ISSMGE VP for North
America)
To foster participation of members of all countries of the
continent, including some that may not be able to attend the
Conference, and respecting a tradition inherited from previous
Pan-American Conferences, the Organizing Committee kindly
agreed to include all accepted papers in the Proceedings.
However, only duly registered members by July 2011 will be
considered for oral and poster presentations.
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9 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

The technical committees of the region are:

TC Official TC Short Host Members Nominated

Category TC # TC Chair TOC Liaison
Name Name Country by TOC (4)

F. Schnaid (Brazil)
Fundamentals

Ground Property
TC An-Bin Huang (Taiwan)
Characterization from In-Situ Testing USA P. Mayne A. Wissa
102 Tom Lunne (Norway)
in-situ tests
John Powell (UK)

Albert Ho, (Hong Kong)

TC Interactive Geotechnical Interactive Dennis Becker, (Canada)
Canada K. Been D. Jamiolkowski
206 design Design G. Scarpetti, (Italy)
Alain Pecker (France)

Lee, Seung Rae (Korea)

TC Stability of F. Nadim (Norway)
Landslides Canada J. Fannin Hongsung
208 Natural Slopes H.N. Wong (Hong Kong)
Applications

Denis Demers (Canada)

Chu, Yun Wook (Korea)

TC P.Watson (Australia)
Offshore Geotechnics Offshore USA P. Jeanjean S. Lacasse
209 K.H. Andersen (Norway)
R. Gilbert (USA)

Foundation Engineering Fritz Nowacki (Norway)

TC
for Difficult Soft Soil Soft Soils Mexico J.L. Rangel B. Indraratna (Australia) Sherif Wissa
214
Conditions J.P. Magnan (France)

All committees have been working satisfactorily as

described in their reports to TOC. Direct information on their
activities to the North America V.P. would be appreciated.
ISSMGE TC 214 organized a successful workshop on
“Land Subsidence and Geotechnical Engineering” on October
17th, 2010 in Querétaro, Mexico.
Acknowledgment is due to Dra Patricia Lopez Acosta for
her assistance in the preparation of regional reports during this
period.

Mexico City, June 12th, 2011

Gabriel Auvinet
ISSMGE VP for North America

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Appendix 2: Regional Reports

Report from the Vice-President for South America

R. Terzariol
ISSMGE Vice-President for South America

1 INTRODUCTION. Table 1 - List of Societies Member of SA Region

Currently the ISSMGE Vice President for South America is

Society Denomination President Period
Professor Roberto Terzariol. His terms end in 2013. Currently is
Vice Dean of the School of engineering at the National Sociedad Argentina de Ing.
P. Torres 2006-2011
University of Córdoba. He is also Leading Professor at the Geotecnica
National Technological University where he taught Foundation Asociación Boliviana de
R. Barrientos s/d
Engineering. Teaches courses of geotechnical engineering for Geotecnia
Masters and Doctoral degree from several universities in Asociacao Brasileira de M. J. Militiski
2011-2012
Argentina.). dos Solos A. Negro
Sociedad Chilena de
R. Verdugo 2006-2011
Geotecnia
2 SOUTH AMERICA REGION
Sociedad Colombiana de
A. Gonzalez G. 2010-2012
It is necessary to explain from where we are, who we are, which Geotecnia
is our insertion in ISSMGE, which is our present and which are Asociación Costarricense
M. Jimenez J. 2009-2011
the future challenges. de Geotecnia
Com. Tec. Nac. de M. de
R. Armas N. s/d
2.1 Where We Are: Suelos y Geot. Cuba
South American Region is located from the Central to the South Soc. Dominicana de
L. Carpio M. 2007-2012
part of the American continent. The region includes countries Geotecnia y Mat.
from Central America, Caribbean and South America, both Soc. Ecuat. de M. de Suelos
A. Velazco F. 2009-2011
speaking Spanish and Portuguese. The distance to the other y Rocas
regions ranges between 8.500 and 18.000 kms, and the Sociedad Salvadoreña de
L. Pineda 2010-2012
maximum distance from one end to the another of the region is Geotecnia
8.000 km. This is a problem that threatens the easy Sociedad Paraguaya de
C. Lopez B. 2009-2011
communications and exchanges among the member Societies. Geotecnia
Our continent is the only that is subdivided in two regions. Sociedad Peruana de A. Carrillo
2010-2014
Geotecnia C. Torres
2.2 Who and How Many We Are: Sociedad Venezolana de J. Amundaray
2010-2012
The region have more than 1300 members in the ISSMGE, and Geotecnia A. Benarroch
they contribute with the 6% approx. of the ISSMGE`s
Subscriptions in 2009. Members of the region, from Argentina, The average in South America is 3,5 member per million
Brazil, Chile and Peru, works in more than ten TCs, like habitants and in the whole ISSMGE this ratio is 11 aprox. In
“Unsaturated soils”, “Laboratory testing”, “Underground one sense this index measures the degree of geotechnical
construction” and others, with a significant involvement in each engineering development of a particular region, but it need to be
one.The chair of “Megacities” TC, are located in the region linked to the maximum and minimum of that region to balance
(Prof. A. Negro of Brazil). Prof. Victor De Melo, President of the asymmetries between different countries. The following
the Brazilian Society and formerly VP for South America, was table shows the regional averages and maximum and minimum
one of the more representatives presidents of the ISSMGE. The within it.
region is composed of 13 member Societies representing as
many countries. Some of them are very old as the Argentinean
Society which is 62 years old, and some very recent as
Dominican Society created just 3 years ago. There are now
three Countries that have interest in joining the ISSMGE.
Guatemala has already completed the paperwork and from next
year became a new member. The table show a list of the
constituted Societies, his denomination, and the authorities of
each one.

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• >20 National Seminars and Courses (Argentina, Brazil,

Table 2: Average, maximum and minimum in each region Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Sto. Domingo)
• 2 Chile`s Earthquake Report (SoChiGeo-GREE /
Members per million habitants CICCba-SAIG Argentina)
REGION COUNT. • 1 International Publication (Soils & Rocks in English
Ave Minimum Maximum
and Portuguese) + 8 Local Publications (hard copy and
Australi New electr. in Spanish) ( Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
AUSTRALASIA 2 64 40 88
a Zealand Rica, Ecuador, Perú, Venezuela)
EUROPA 32 20 Russia 2,2 Iceland 77 • Annual Meeting of the Panamerican Committee (Brazil)
NORTH • First Meeting of Societies from South America (Brazil)
3 11 Mexico 2,5 Canada 21
AMERICA All this shows the strength and the maturity of the
SOUTH Geotechnical Engineering in the region and the efforts of each
13 3,5 Peru 0,9 Paraguay 9,5
AMERICA Member Society. Special mention is the meeting of SA`s
ASIA 6,0 * Singapore 42 societies to be held in august of 2010. Is the first time that all
(** Without the representants of the societies member can discuss his issues,
22 China 0,26
Singapore and 2,7 ** Japan 10,6 and may be, found the solutions together. The meeting of the
Hong Kong) Pan Am Committee, held at the same time and place that the SA
AFRICA 11 1,6 Nigeria 0,26 Tunisia 4,0 meeting.
The table shows also that Mexico and Russia in NA and
Europe regions, are similar to the South America`s countries, 5 ACTIVITY OF VICE PRESIDENCE
and Canada in NA is similar to the European countries. In other
hand, countries with a low population, like Iceland, Singapore 5.1 Meeting of the Presidents of National Societies of South
or Paraguay, has a great influence in the media values. With all America Region
these considerations SA is located in an area between highly
developed countries and the most delayed ones, and has a large In August, 20, 2010, also in Gramado (RS), Brazil, during the
asymmetry with its neighbor of NA. XV Brazilian Conference of Geotechnical Engineering, Prof.
Jean Louis Briaud, President of the ISSMGE, Prof. Pedro Seco
e Pinto former President of the ISSMGE, the Vice President for
3 CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS South America, 12 representatives of South American Societies,
3 representants of Mexico (Walter Paniagua), United States
In the table are resumed the Situations, Issues and Challenges in (Robert Holz), and Canada (Giovanni Cascante), and the Vice
SA Region. President from North America, Gabriel Auvinet, participate in
Pan American Committee.
Situation Issues To do Prof. Roberto Terzariol opened the meeting by welcoming
all delegates. He acknowledged the presence of Dr. Jean-Louis
2011 Pan Am Low participants from Work together. PanAm Briaud, President of ISSMGE, Prof. Pedro Seco, immediate past
Conference the non host region. Committee Meeting in President of ISSMGE, and Prof. Jarbas Milititsky, President of
(the only Regional Economic August 2010 ABMS, host of this meeting. An informal introduction of all
Conf. with 2 regions) asymmetries delegates was made, emphasizing the fact that most countries of
Poor interaction Overlay of Build up a calendar of the continent were represented. Dr. Gabriel Auvinet presented a
between Societies of Conferences. Not events. Improve brief report concerning the North American Region, which
the region optimized itinerant personal contact. includes three countries. Highlights in conferences, seminars
seminars and courses Regional events & and other events were mentioned. Prof. Roberto Terzariol,
TC´s. (with SAIG) briefly discussed the importance of SA Societies within the
Lack of Misunderstanding and Meetings of Presidents ISSMGE, with 13 active countries and 2 more in formation
communication wariness among of South American (Uruguay and Guatemala). After that the participants treated the
between authorities societies Societies agenda particularly the organization of the next Pan American
Conference and the By Laws of the Committee.
No official web page Poor interaction Web page, with
between VP and information, calendar 5.2 Creation of the Vicepresidence Webpage
member societies of events, reports of TC
members, etc. In order to improve the communications between societies
members and the vicepresident, and for build up an agenda of
Unbalanced Some Societies are not Promote societies.
regional events, was created a webpage with the following
participation in TC´s aware of these Publish reports of TC´s
address www. issmge-savp.blogspot.com.
Committees activities members
A sample of the page is shown below:
Countries not Many Geotechnical Promote the creation of
members ISSMGE Engineers not local societies (SGG-
integrated SUG-CPG)

4 REGIONAL ACTIVITY

During 2010 and the firsts months of 2011, undertake the main
following activities in the region:
• 4 National Conferences (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,
Venezuela)
• 2 International Conferences (Brazil, Chile)
• 8 International Seminars and Courses (Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Sto. Domingo)

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6 ACTIVITIES IN EACH NATIONAL SOCIETY
For the better understanding it will be describe the activity in
each country separately.
6.1 Argentine Society For Geotechnical Engineering -
Sociedad Argentina De Ingenieria Geotecnica (Saig):
The Argentine Society is the oldest in the region, and has more
than 80 members. There were 5 main events in Argentina
during 2010. It president is Pablo Torres, whose term ends this
year. The Argentinean Society of Geotechnical Engineering
(SAIG), in partnership with Argentinean Society of Structural
Engineers (AIE) made a Seminar on “Piles Design for Building
and Infrastructure” on August, 2 – 2010, at the Borges Cultural
Center in Buenos Aires. There was 3 lectures, the first given by
Prof. Eduardo Nunez, on "Design of drilled piles, driven piles
and piled raft foundations”, the second about “Control of deep
foundation construction” given by Juan Fernandez Vincent and
the third by Tomas Van Cauwelaert on “Design and
Construction of CFA Piles”. More than 200 people participate
in this event.
In August 25/27, 2010, the Auditorium of Civil Engineers
Council of Cordoba, held the “International Symposium on
Landslides and Associated Risks” organised together between
SAIG and the Argentine Association for Engineering Geology
and Environment (ASAGAIA). The Seminar has 3 main
lectures given by Prof. Pedro Seco e Pinto and Dr. Raul Sarra
Pistone (Portugal) and Prof. Roberto Terzariol (Argentina). The
event has more than 70 participants, 15 papers exposed, and the
presence of Pablo Torres President of SAIG and Jorge
Bejerman Secretary od ASAGAIA. All the attendants could
make a technical tour to the mountain road named “El
Cuadrado” under construction, were they saw problems
associated with landslides and new construction techniques
applied in that project.
During October 6 to 9 of 2010, in Auditorium A. Bustillo
(Convention and Expositions Center) of Mendoza, SAIG
organize, together with the National and Technological
Universities, the “XX National Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering – CAMSIG2010”. These
Conference receive more than 270 participants, 140 scientific
and technical papers, and has 5 international lectures given by
Carlos Santamarina (Georgia Tech – USA), Carlos Costa (Univ.
of San Luis, Argentina), Luis Ortuño (Politechnic University of
Madrid, Spain), Pedro Ortigosa (Chile) and Oscar Varde
(Argentina). After the meeting the participants could attend
technical visits to Potrerillos Dam. This is a Concrete Face
Rockfill Dam, 140 meters high, placed in a very high seismic
zone on the Andes Mountains, near the international road that
link Argentina and Chile.
The “International Course on Advanced Numerical
Geomecanichs – PLAXIS” was held in Buenos Aires, between
October 25 to 29, 2010, with more than 40 participants from
Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and
Venezuela. There was 2 main lectures given by Dr. Esteban
Hormazabal (SRK Consulting) and Dr. Raul Bertero (Buenos
Aires University). The teachers were, Cesar Sagaseta Millán
(University of Cantabria, Spain), Juan Pestana Nascimento
(University of California, Berkeley), Alejo Sfrisso, Juan
Fernadez Vincent and Jorge Laiún (University of Buenos
Aires), and Dennis Waterman & Alfonso Alvarez Manilla
(PLAXIS VB).
Finally on November, 30 took place in the Borges Cultural
Center of Buenos Aires, the “Seminar on Excavations, Braced
Cuts, and Underpinning”, organize together between SAIG and
the Association of Structural Engineers. The Seminar host more
than 450 attendants including professionals and students. In the
event various recognized professionals shared his experiences,
recommendations and possible solutions to the various risks
presents in the excavation, underpinning and building of
basements. The first lecture was given by Prof. Alejo Sfriso,
SAIG Secretary, who spoke about the problem of “Excavations
and support methods”.
During 2011, Argentine Society for Geotechnical
Engineering (SAIG) plans the organization, among other events,
of the “Symposium on Geotechnical Problems in the Design
and Construction of Mountain Roads” in Tucumán, together
with the Association for Engineering Geology (ASAGAIA). In
Córdoba, together with the locals Councils of Engineers and
Architects be made two courses regarding geotechnical
implications in construction management.
Additionally the Argentine Society continues, as it did in
2010, participating in developing the Argentine standards in
geotechnical tests (IRAM) and for the civil construction
(CIRSOC).
Also during April 2011, SAIG elects its news authorities for
the next 2 years.
6.2 Brazilian Association for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering - Asociacao Brasilera de
Mecanica dos Solos e Engenharia Geotecnica (Abms)
The Brazilian Society is one of the more active in the region
with more than 700 members, divided in Regional Chapters for
the different states in the country, and has a continuous
participation in the ISSMGE´s Technical Committees and
Conferences. A distinguished member of ABMS, Prof. V. De
Mello, was President of ISSMGE between 1981 and 1985.
From 12 to 14 April, 2010, in association with the Faculty of
Public Health of University of Sao Paulo, took place in Sao
Paulo, the Conference “Ecos da Sardenha”, about urban solid
waste treatment and deposition.
In Sao Paulo on April 16, the Engineering Institute held the
Tribute to Professor Milton Vargas an emeritus member of
ABMS and past president of it. Authorities of ABMS presents
in that occasion a document about Natural Disasters in Brazil.
During April 21-23, 2010, Foz do Iguacu (PR) held the
Regional Conference “GEOSUL2010”, organized by the
Regional Chapter of Paraná/Santa Catarina, with more than 350
attendants, and featured national lecturers.
Between March and June of 2010, the Chapter Center and
West of ABMS, together with the Federal Net of Technical and
Professional Education, held the Course for Bore Holes
Operators, and qualify 29 of them. The same chapter organized
in Guarujá (SP), the “Symposium on soft Soils” on May 21-.23,
2010.
From May 23 to 27, 2010, ABMS organize the 9º
International Conference on Geosynthetics. This conference
took place also in Guarujá and was organized together with the
International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). The conference had
800 participants, and more than 75 booths of exhibition.
This conference had 7 keynotes and special lectures.
Lecturers was Professors S. Sandroni (Brazil), J. Giroud (USA),
R. Holtz (USA), H. Brandl (Austria), D. Cazzuffi (Italy), S.
Perkins (USA) and A. Fourie (Australia). Also was present Dr.
Jorge Zornberg President of IGS and member of ISSMGE.
In Cuiabá, from October, 30, 2010, Professor Roberto
Quental Coutinho gives the “6ª Conference on “Management of
Urban Landslides Risks”, organized together for the Regional
Chapters of ABMS from, Cuiabá, Salvador, Minas Gerais, Sao
Paulo, Paraná-Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio do
Janeiro and Nordeste, with more than 600 of participants from
all the locations.
Gramado (RS), from October 17 to 22, 2010, held the “XV
Brazilian Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering – COBRAMSEG2010”. During
COBRAMSEG2010, took place also the “Luso-Brazilian
Symposium” and the “Geojovem”, the first was organized
together with the Portuguese Geotechnical Society and the
second was directed for young geotechnical engineers and
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students with a participation of more than 450 people.
COBRAMSEG2010 had an attendance of more than 1000
specialists from many parts of the country and the world. Jean
Louis Briaud, ISSMGE president and Pedro Seco e Pinto past
president, attend the Conference together with Roberto
Terzariol and Gabriel Auvinet, ISSMGE Vice Presidents for
South and North America, respectively.
The event held the “Victor de Mello Lecture”, given by the
Professor Harry Poulos (Australia), after the introduction of
Professor John Burland (UK). During COBRAMSEG2010,
were elected the ABMS new authorities (Prof. A. Negro was
elected as president), and were organized meetings between the
executive secretary of the Deep Foundation Institute and the
Brazilian Association of Foundation Engineering. A special
tribute to all the past presidents of ABMS was performed.
The Nordeste Chapter of ABMS, organized in Recife (PE),
during November, 10-11 of 2010, the “1º North East
Symposium on Geotechnics” with a participation of more than
230 attendants.
During the month of January of 2011, ABMS presented the
“Soils and Rocks Prize”, in a ceremony wich has the
participation of Dra. Laura Caldeira, president of the
“Portuguese Geotechnical Society (SPG)”, Prof. Arsenio Negro
president of ABMS, Prof. Henio Palmeira from “International
Geosynthetics Society (IGS)” and Dra. Heloisa Frasca past
president of the “Brazilian Association for Engineering Geology
and Environment ABGEE”.
In February began the second Course for Bore Holes
Operators, qualifying 40 technicians, in association with the
National Secretary of Education, which supervise the qualifying
courses.
6.3 Chilean Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Chilena de
Ingenieria Geotecnica (Sochige)
The Chilean Society is an important society in the region
especially on issues of geotechnical earthquake engineering and
mining geotechnics, with more than 70 members. Professor
Ramón Verdugo is President of SOCHIGE and also member of
the ISSMGE Earthquake Technical Committee.
During January, 10-13, 2010, the city of Santiago de Chile
held the “5º International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering”, presided by Professor Ramón
Verdugo and organized between the SOCHIGE and the
National University of Chile, sponsored by the TC04 of the
ISSMGE.
About 500 of attendants from all the world shows the interest
that events like this, has in the geotechnical community around
the world. Jean Louis Briaud, like president of the ISSMGE,
Pedro Seco e Pinto past president, and Roberto Terzariol
currently ISSMGE Vice President for South America attends
the conference. Additionally were presents Professors Kiriazis
Pitilakis (Greece) president of the 4º ICEGE, Kenji Ishihara
(Japan) ISSMGE past president, I. Idriss (USA), G. Gazetas
(Greece), E. Faccioli (Italy), Liam Finn (Chairman of Steering
Committee), Luis Valenzuela (Chile), Ikuo Towatha (Japan),
and T. Koshusho (Japan) and Atila Ansal (Turkey) co-chairmen
of the advisory committee. During the conference Professor
Ricardo Dobry (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) was honoured
with the Ishihara Lecture, who gives an interesting lecture about
the “in situ” methods for liquefaction prediction”, specially
about traditional procedures.
There was:
• 10 Special Session led by F. Leyton, J. Bray, C.
Ledezma, D. Frost, S. Yasuda, R. Verdugo, B. Bradley,
M. Cubrinovski and R. Saragoni.
• 7 State of the Art Sessions coordinated by Ikuo
Towhata, An-Bin Huang, F. Chavez, R. Boulanger, S.
Kramer, P. Seco e Pinto and G. Gazetas.
• 12 Theme lectures, given by J. Bray, P. Ortigosa, L.
Valenzuela, K. Pilitakis, R. Villagra, M. Cubrinovski,
R. Verdugo, A. Elgamal, E. Ovando Shelley, J.
Kuwano, S. Yasuda and K. Stokoe.
• 3 Workshop led by Professors Jorge Troncoso, Takaji
Kokusho and Atila Ansal, respectively.
The post Conference Technical Visit, was a guided trip to
the areas of Concepción and Arauco in the south region of
Chile, where the major geotechnical damages were observed
after the earthquake of February, 27, 2010.
6.4 Colombian Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Colombiana
de Geotecnia (SCG)
In this year the SCG meets, 40 years from it foundation. It is a
strong society which includes the Societies for Engineering
Geology and Rock Mechanics. Alvaro Gonzalez is president of
the SCG and also ISRM Vice President for South America.
During September of 2010, in Manizales the SCG,
associated with National University of Colombia, organized the
XIII Colombian Geotechnical Conference and the VII
Colombian Seminar on Geotechnics, the later about Mining
Geology.
The events were simultaneous with the presentation of 77
papers and 12 main lectures. The lectures were offered by
Laurence Wesley (New Zealand), Daniel Salcedo (Venezuela),
Tarsicio Celestino (Brasil), Antonio Samaniego (Peru),
Gianfranco Perri (Venezuela) and Jaime Suárez, Juan Montero
y Alvaro Correa from Colombia. There were a total of 301
attendants which additionally could make a post-conference
technical visit in the vicinity of Manizales.
In November 18-19, 2010, SCG organized with
INGEOMINAS, the “International Seminar-Course on
Petrologic and Climates Aspects in the Behavior of Agregates”.
The lecturers were Antonio Gomes Correia (Portugal-
ISSMGE), Chris Rogers (Canada), Dar Hao Chen (USA) and
Juan Montero, Sandra Campagnoli, Octavio Coronado and
Diego Sánchez de Guzmán from Colombia. The Seminar had 77
participants of all the country.
Bogotá held the “V Academic Seminar on Rock Engineering
- Theoretical and Applied Rock Mechanics for Tunnels and
Slopes”, in November, 18-20, 2010. The event was organized
together with the Research Group on Rock Engineering from
the National University of Colombia, with the support of the
SCG´s Rock Engineering Commission.
6.5 Costarrica Geotechnical Association – Asociacion
Costarricense de Geotecnia (ACG)
The ACG is 30 years old and is very active in the region.
Professor Marlon Jimenez is the president of ACG is pro-active
and recognized in the Central America and Caribbean
geotechnical community.
On April, 8, 2010, in the University Auditorium, Professors
Luis González de Vallejo and Mercedes Ferrer, from Spain,
give a lecture on “Geotechnical Risks and Impact in Civil
Facilities and Environment”, with 83 attendants.
During October, 2010, the ACG held the “Strategic
Workshop of ACG´s Technical Committees” in this event were
treated the following issues:
• Geotechnical Engineering Teaching
• Rock Mechanics
• Foundations Standards
• Landslides
The 2ª Geotechnical Colloquium, about “Geotechnical
Characterization of Material from a Cut” given by the Eng.
Alejandra Morice, during the annual Assembly of ACG, in
November of 2010.
On March, 16-19, 2011, Professor Nick Barton (Norway)
give the Regional Geotechnic Course “Latest techniques and
experiences in the design and stabilization of excavations in
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rock for civil works in complex geology”, organized by the
ACG in the Hotel San José Palace. This event was successful
with a participation of more than 160 participants (40 from
Central America, and 15 from the rest of Latin America).
Also the ACG in collaboration with the National Emergency
Committee, the Justice Secretary, the Presidency of the
Republic and the CFIA, all of Costa Rica, makes inspections
and assistance in many civil facilities and projects, like the road
San José-Caldera and a slope in the Women Penitentiary “Buen
Pastor” of San José.
The Society is interested in active participation in
international conferences like de 5 ICGE held in Chile last
January, and in the next Pan American Conference to be held in
Toronto, Canada.
6.6 Cuban National Committee of Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnics - Comité Tecnico Nacional de Mecanica de
Suelos y Geotecnia de Cuba (CTNMSG)
The Cuban Society is under the direction of Professor Rolando
Armas Novoa from the National University of Cuba “José
Antonio Echevarria” and is part of the National Union of
Architects and Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC).
The CTNMSG in association with the University of Las
Villas, organized the “9º Symposium on Structures,
Geotechnics and Materials” during November 23-26, 2010, in
Santa Clara, Cuba. Also Cuban professionals at this symposium
participate colleagues from Colombia, Mexico, Spain and
Brazil. The CTNMSG present 15 papers, and 5 of which were
select 5 in order to be send for the next Pan American
conference in Toronto, Canada. Professor Rolando Armas
Novoa give the main lecture titled “Causes of catastrophic
failure in earth dams: Priority and Sequences”. In the same
Symposium the CTNMSG had it Assembly where Professor R.
Armas Novoa give information to all members, about the
Meetings held in Gramado, in August of 2010.
6.7 Dominican Society for Geotechnics, Foundations and
Materials - Sociedad Dominicana de Geotecnia,
Fundaciones y Materiales (SODGYM)
The SODGYM is presided by Professor Luis Carpio, and is one
of the newest society in the region, only 3 years old.
Nevertheless Professor Carpio has imposed a very particular
dynamic to the Society.
The Society are working in the elaboration of the Handbook
titled “Behavior of Citizens under Earthquakes”, and the
translation of the “Soils Laboratory Handbook” from Professor
Braja M. Das (USA). They expect to publish these works during
2011.
In April, 2010, SODGYM organize together the ISSMGE, a
series of technical tours, seminars and courses.
In April, 11, 2010, Professor Carpio organize a trip to Puerto
Principe, Haiti, with Professors Briaud and Seco e Pinto,
ISSMGE president and past president respectively, and Prof. B.
M. Das, in order to see the damages generated by the Haiti
Earthquake, in January, 2010, wich causes hundreds of
thousands of victims and destroy the city of Puerto Principe.
This trip was prior to the seminar on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering held on April 12, 2010, in Santo
Domingo. The Seminar was part of the Touring Lectures
sponsored by the ISSMGE and had a very important number of
attendants.
In April, 14, Professor Braja M. Das give a lecture titled
“Poverty does not justify Mediocrity” in the auditorium of the
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic.
Finally during June 5, 2010, SODGYM organized the
“Presentation of the conclusions of the “1st. International
Seminar on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and related
problems in the Caribbean Dominican Republic”.
6.8 Ecuatorian Society of Soil Mechanics and Rocks -
Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Mecanica de Suelos y Rocas
(SEMSIR)
The SEMSIR is presided by Alejandro Velazco Fili, from
Guayaquil. The Society was founded on May 10, 1961. Is a
Scientific Society nonprofit, and nongovernmental dedicated to
the promotion of Science and Technology in Earth Sciences,
linked to Civil Engineering, Geology and Environment.
SEMSIR organizes a series of Lectures on "Landslide and
Slope Stability" in 26-27-28 May, 2010. The lecturers were:
• Mr. Stalin Benitez: Landslides in the city of Guayaquil.
• Mr. Xavier Vera G.: Analysis and geotechnical designs
for mitigation in unstable banks of via Sabanetilla and
Zaruma sector.
• Mr. Miguel Chávez: Sliding hillside slopes, and soft
soils/rocks of Ecuatorian coast.
Other series of Lectures were about "Introduction to Flexible
Pavements" held on 23, 24, June 25, 2010. This time the
lecturers were:
• Mr. Alejandro Velasco Fili: Features, quality control
and failure modes.
• Mr. Victor Nuques: Design of the asphalt pavement
structure.
The third Lecture Series were about "Earthquake and its
Impact on Guayaquil" during 8, 9, 10 September 2010. Its were
given by:
• Mr. Stalin Benítez Coast: Geology and Seismicity in
Guayaquil.
• Mr. Xavier Vera Grunauer: Performance and dynamic
response of subsurface
in the city of Guayaquil.
• Mr. Alex Villacrés Sanchez: Structural vulnerability in
the city of Guayaquil.
On October, 21, 2010, the Seminar on “Dynamic Methods
for Testing and Analysis of Deep Foundations”, was realized
and the speaker was Mr. Camilo A Álvarez.
The last series of Lectures on "Geotechnical Aspects and
Construction Processes on Bridges and Roads. " was developed
during December, 1,2 and 3, 2010, and given by the following
colleagues:
• Mr. Nelson Caicedo Aspinall (CPR) and Mr. Victor
Bastidas Serra (CPR): Foundations: Evaluation results
regarding the design procedure by dynamic test results
on-site application in the San Vicente Bridge.
• Mayor Fausto Erazo (CIE): Bridges System and Roads
in Esmeraldas.
• Mr. Marcelo Romo and Colonel Pedro Mosquera
Burbano (ICE): Project on Chone River estuary, San
Vicente Bay Bridge.
The upcoming activities for year 2011 will be the following:
• Solemn Session in the auditorium of the University of
Guayaquil, in tribute to 50 SEMSIR and 75 anniversary
of the ISSMGE. May 10, 2011.
• Second Conference of Geotechnical and Environmental
Engineering Students and Young Engineers and V
Ecuadorian Congress of Soil Mechanics. Quito and
Guayaquil,November, 16-18, 2011.
6.9 Salvador Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Salvadoreña
de Geotecnia (SSG)
Professor Luis Pineda is the president of the SSG and Carmen
Rico is the Secretary. Carmen Rico participates in the Pan
American and South American Representatives Meetings,
developed in Gramado, Brazil, during August, 2010.
Regarding the activities for this year's SSG will have the
following:
• Colloquium about OPAMSS changes to the regulations
of Slope Stability, during May, 2011.
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• Support the Ministry of Public Works for Post-Graduate
Course on Slope Stability.
• Symposium on “Security Recommendations for
Excavations”, during June, 2011.
• Course on “Slope Stability in Soils and Rocks”, held in
the Salvadorian Association of Engineers and
Architects, in August, 2011.
• Roundtable: “Recommendations for the Regulation of
Foundations and Slope Stability in El Salvador”, during
October, 2011
• Lecture Series on Geotechnical Engineering
Experiences in the 2009-2011 period, in December,
2011.
6.10 Paraguayan Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Paraguaya
de Geotecnia (SPG)
The Paraguayan Geotechnical Society (SPG) is immersed in an
important internal change. First making a depuration of it list of
members and working hard with the new generations of
geotechnical engineers in order to transmit to them the govern
of the SPG, which change the authorities in next December.
SPG had a significant history in the ISSMGE South
American Region, they organize the Panamerican Conference in
Foz de Iguacu, together with Argentina and Brazil, and held the
First Meeting of Presidents of Geotechnicals Societies of
Mercosur, during 2003 in Asunción. SPG organize many
Conferences and Seminars in the Sub Region, and Professor
Bosio Ciancio was ISSMGE Vice President for South America
for the period 2001-2005. Currently the president is Cesar
Lopez Bosio who participate actively during the Meetings in
Gramado.
Through a series of lectures the SPG take advantage of the
start of construction of “Waterfront Avenue” in Asuncion, and
present to the entire engineering community the newest
technology that is being used.
During the next month, continued with the lectures,
addressing topics such as, among others:
• "The Formation of Asuncion Bay"
• " Dispersive Soils”
• "Occurrence of soft rock in the Metropolitan Area of
Asunción “
• " Waterfront Avenue in Asuncion”
Geotechnical Society of Paraguay is working closely with
the National Secretary for Emergencies, looking technical
responses to floods in coastal cities along the Paraguay River.
The SPG prepares a Handbook of Procedures for the
Conservation of Retaining Walls of these coastal cities. Also the
SPG are in treaties with the local Committee on Large Dams
and the Paraguayan Association of Structures, in order to
organize together Symposiums, Courses and Seminars. The first
meeting is scheduled after Easter recess.
6.11 Peruvian Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Peruana de
Geotecnia (SPG)
The SPG, historically, was a very active society, hosting the
Pan-American Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, in the
year 1979, but in recent years was some stagnation in their
activities.
At the end of 2010 the inevitable generational change in our
societies, brought about a new Directive Committee for the
years 2011-2012.
Currently the SPG is presided by Cesar Torres Chung, with
the Vicepresidence of Professor Arnaldo Carrillo Gil, and
Patricia de los Rios as Secretary.
The first activity of this new Committee was the
organization of the ISSMGE Touring Lecture in Lima, Perú. On
6 and 7 January was held the "International Seminar on
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Unsaturated Soils".
The event was organized by the ISSMGE (International Society
for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering) and SPG
(Peruvian Geotechnical Society). The agenda was as follows:
Unsatured Soils – January, 06, 2011.
• Jean Louis Briaud (USA) – President ISSMGE:
“Unsaturated soils: some fundamentals and some
applications”
• Victor Rinaldi (Argentina) : “Effect of the structure and
partial saturation in the deformational behavior of soils"
• Nasser Khalili, (Australia): “application of effective
principle to mechanics of unsaturated soils”
Earthquake Geotechnics: - January, 07, 2011.
• Roberto Terzariol (Argentina) - V.P South America
ISSMGE: “Aspects of earthquake resistant of shallow
and deep foundations, and retaining walls - new criteria
and standards in argentina 2010”.
• Jorge E. Alva Hurtado (Perú) & Zenon Aguilar Bardales
(Perú): “Advances in the geotechnical earthquake
engineering study of the 2007 Peruvian earthquake”
• Susumu Yasuda (Japón): “Damage to structures due to
soil liquefaction”
• Pedro Seco e Pinto (Portugal) – Past President
ISSMGE: “Eurocode 8 – design of structures for
earthquakes resistance-geotechnical aspects”
Among the most important outreach activities developed by
the Society in Peru, are the so called “Geotechnical Thursdays”,
held at the Council of Engineers of Peru. That conferences are
devoted by recognized technical consultants, which are active
members of the Society and discuss various topics of interest for
the public.
6.12 Venezuela Geotechnical Society - Sociedad Vvenezolana
de Geotecnia (SVG)
The SVG is an historic Society in our region. This Society held
for two times the Pan American Conference, once in Caracas
(1967) and the second in Isla Margarita (2007), and provided
one of the Vice President of the region (Prof, Hiedra Lopez).
In March, 2011 SVG change its authorities. The new
president is Prof. Abraham Benarroch, who replace Prof. Jose
Amundaray. During 2010, Jose Amundaray was the
representative of SVG to the Regional meetings held in
Gramado, Brazil.
The Venezuelan Society inaugurated its new headquarters
bigger and more comfortable than the previous one, with a new
library, and improve the web page of the Society.
They are involved in a series of courses for the associated
and engineers in general in order to improve the industry in
geotechnical issues.
This year Caracas, held the XIX Venezuelan Seminar on
Geotechnics, in October, 28-30, 2010. The Seminar´s central
issue was the study and solutions of practical cases. The event
had 210 attendants, with 25 papers and 2 main lectures in honor
to Gustavo Perez Guerra and Juan Francisco Lupini, given by
Prof. N. Rodriguez and I. Contreras both from Venezuela.
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Appendix 3: ISSMGE Bulletin
I. Towhata
Editor-in-Chief, ISSMGE Bulletin
1 INTRODUCTION.
I have been devoted to publication of ISSMGE Bulletin since
the beginning of my term. I took over this job from the previous
board member, Prof. O. Kusakabe, and was fortunately able to
take over the editing team that he established. Since 2011, the
ISSMGE Bulletin has been published 6 times a year, increasing
from the previous number of 4 times a year.
ISSMGE Bulletin has two aims. The first aim is the
notification of societal activities, whether those of ISSMGE or
of member societies, such as messages from President and VPs,
international conferences, and others. The second aim is the
dissemination of technical knowledge that is interesting to
individual readers. My policies on these two aims are described
in what follows.
2 SOCIETAL ACTIVITIES
• The cover articles have been written by presidents of
sister societies and ISSMGE VPs but this series of
articles are going to finish soon. New group of authors
are sought for now. Probably past presidents, and
leaders of Board Level Committees (AWAC, IDC,
MPAC, SYMPG, TOC, CAPG) are promising. Further,
now newly-established technical committees may be
able to make some contributions.
• Many interesting conferences and symposia are taking
place with ISSMGE sponsorship. ISSMGE Bulletin has
been inviting organizers to write articles on those events
after their completion. I felt, however, that organizers
may be tired to write anything further after the
completion of their long and heavy working, leading to
delay or reluctance in submitting a draft. To cope with
this problem, I prepared a kind of template draft in
which a rough structure of a conference report is
available. The organizer should only fill in information
such as number of participants, date of the event, etc.
and paste a nice photograph of the conference. Because
this simple job can be done in 15 minutes, most
organizers have successfully submitted drafts in a short
time.
• Message from member societies is a fun to read because
we can learn about local activities and traditional
geotechnical problems as well as enthusiastic people. So
far, Ghana, Thailand, and Chinese Taipei have made
contributions. Other member societies are encouraged to
follow them.
• A special issue is being planned to celebrate the 75-year
platinum jubilee of ISSMGE.
• Condolences are always important for those people and
groups of people who had intimate relationships with
the person who passed away. This is particularly true
when the missed person had a deep and wide influence
on his/her geotechnical community. As one of the duties
of the community, there have been a good number of
offers to write condolences articles of respect. On the
other hand, opinions have been heard that there should
not be too many sad news items in the Bulletin. The
basic policy was therefore decided by President Briaud
that articles of condolence articles can be published in
the Bulletin if and only if a member society or one of
the Board Members proposes or supports its submission.
3 DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
It appears that most individual readers, who are mostly
practitioners, are not significantly interested in articles on
societal activities as stated above. On the other hand, they are
delighted to read technical information in the Bulletin. In this
respect, there are three kinds of articles in the Bulletin as shown
below.
• News on geotechnical natural disasters: the Bulletin has
published news on extremely heavy rainfall and slope
failures in Taiwan, effects of M=8 earthquake in Chile,
terrible influence of Haiti earthquake on people, natural
dam produced by landslide in north Pakistan,
liquefactions during repeated earthquakes in New
Zealand, and a summary of geotechnical damages
caused by M=9 gigantic earthquake in Japan. The
Bulletin has been successful in delivering vivid
information to readers quickly after the occurrence of
those disasters.
• Reports on new technologies and projects: urban
reconstruction in London, harbor construction in
Australia, road pavement technology in USA, coastal
structures in Southeast Asia, and a new cone
penetrometer in Japan were published. I believe that the
Bulletin is offering to the involved people free-of-
charge a good opportunity to demonstrate what a great
job they have done. Certainly, the size of the project
does not matter. Currently, the Bulletin is interested in
articles on long tunnels and foundation of high-rise
buildings but articles on other kinds of project are
welcome as well.
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• It was found difficult to receive articles on

geoenvironmental incidents. Most probably, this
difficulty is related with forensic issues.

• Corporate Associates (CAs) of ISSMGE can use one

page of the Bulletin as they like, within the mission of
ISSMGE, most probably once a year. It is a good
opportunity for CAs to show worldwide how good they
are. This service is considered to be one of the
promotions for industries to join ISSMGE as CA.

ISSMGE Bulletin is one of the communication channels

between the society and individual members as well as among
members. Submission of good articles from members is most
welcome. Because the Bulletin is not an academic journal, there
is no peer review. Only one requirement is that the article
should be easy to understand. Thus, the time lag between
submission and publication is short; less than two months or
sometimes only one week. To make the article clear and easy to
understand, nice photographs and illustrations are helpful. Brief
description of the essence is more important than rigorous way
of writing. This is the difference between the Bulletin and
academic journals. At the end, it is repeated that the Bulletin
offers a free opportunity for members to demonstrate to the
worldwide geotechnical community how good they are.

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Appendix 4: Innovation and Development Committee (IDC)
Board Level Committee Progress Report – October 2009 – May 2011
D. Zekkos
Chair, IDC
1 MEMBERSHIP
1.1 Board and Liaisons
Chair: Dimitrios Zekkos (USA)
zekkos@geoengineer.org
Vice Chair: Marc Ballouz (Lebanon)
MBallouz@i-g-m.com
Primary Liaison: Charles Ng (Hong Kong) cecwwng@ust.hk
Other liaison: Mike Davies (New Zealand)
michael.davies@auckland.ac.nz
1.2 Members (alphabetically)
James Blatz (Canada) blatzja@cc.umanitoba.ca
Chung-Tien Chin (Taiwan) ctchin@cogen.com.tw
Pierre Delage, (France) delage@cermes.enpc.fr
Michael Lisyuk(Russia) lisyuk@gmail.com
Kok-Kwang Phoon (Singapore) kkphoon@nus.edu.sg
Mohamed Al-Gharleb Sakr (Egypt) mamsakr@yahoo.com
Fernando Schnaid (Brazil) fschnaid@gmail.com
Devendra Singh (India) dns@civil.iitb.ac.in
Sarah Stallebrass (UK) S.E.Stallebrass@city.ac.uk
Ulrich Trunk (Germany) U.Trunk@kellerholding.com
Eduard Vorster (South Africa)
Eduard.Vorster@af.aurecongroup.com
2 TERMS OF REFERENCE
The following terms of reference have been provided by the
ISSME President and Board: “The IDC will be the think tank of
ISSMGE. Its task will be to think of ways to make ISSMGE
progress in a manner which will increase its usefulness to the
members and provide excitement for the future of geotechnical
engineering in ISSMGE. Among the possible tasks are:
a. Develop innovations to better serve our members and to
increase the impact and influence of ISSMGE and the
Geotechnical Engineer in the world.
b. Develop ways to enhance the value of the web site as a
technical resource worldwide.
c. Develop ways for individual members to communicate
with each other in a very easy fashion.
d. Initiate the webinar series
e. Create and select the recipient for a best innovator of the
year award. This award will be given yearly. The award
will consist of a certificate which will be given to the
ISSMGE member receiving the award.
f. Strengthen and bring to a steady state the International
Journal on Geoengineering Case Histories. Cooperation
with the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) and more
generally all the Technical Committees (TC) is expected.
g. Develop the Lexicon into an electronic tool available on
the web site.”
3 TASKS
Based on the terms of reference and conference calls among the
members of the IDC, the committee divided the tasks in two
main categories:
• “Innovate by Action” (IBA) items that typically are
activities that are valuable to the Profession and can be
realized in the short term (6 months – 3 yrs). IDC can start
work on these activities almost immediately and the
ISSMGE board will support easily.
• “Innovate by Vision” (IBV) items typically are activities
that require much longer time to be realized, (>2 yrs) and
may encompass a number of IBA activities. Although the
IDC can start working on these items too, many times
they require moving the organization in a new direction,
and thus deliberations by the ISSMGE Board and final
approval is required. However, these activities are more
likely to have a major impact to the Profession.
The following tasks have been identified as priority activities
and are also ident
1. Innovator of the Year Award (IBA Item #1)
2. Electronic Lexicon (IBA Item #2)
3. Webinars (IBA Item #3)
4. ISSMGE website(IBV Item #1a)
5. Information Technology in Geoengineering (IBV Item
#1b)
6. Integrate ISSMGE – International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories (IBA Item #4)
7. Explore/provide new tools/services to ISSMGE
members (IBV Item #2)
8. Increase awareness of ISSMGE among students and
young geoengineers (IBV Item #3)
9. Support developing Countries (IBV Item #4)
10. Encourage industry sponsorship (IBV Item #5)
FIG. 1. Schematic of categorization of IDC Activities.
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4 PROGRESS
The IDC Committee with the ISSMGE Liaison members meets
regularly every 3 to 4 months to work, evaluate and proceed
with the tasks in hand. A “Minutes of Meeting” report is issued
after each meeting summarizing what was discussed and the
decision taken. (Fig.2).
FIG. 2. Cover Page Extracts of Minutes of Meetings
The Committee decided to first address Task items 1 through
6 as those were judged to be a mix of short-term (IBA) and
longer term activities (IBV) that can make an important impact
to ISSMGE and the Profession. Once these tasks are
successfully completed, items 7-10 would be further defined
and work will initiate to support them. The outcomes and the
resources developed as part of tasks 2-6 are expected to support
tasks 7-10 as well as any additional future initiatives.
For each ongoing task, a Task force that consists of members
of the IDC as well as individuals from outside the IDC is
formed.
4.1 Task 1: Innovator of the Year Award
The IDC prepared a proposal outlining the objective,
description, rules, and submission requirements for this award.
As outlined in the description “The ISSMGE Award for
innovation in Geoengineering is awarded bi-annually to
individuals or groups (researchers, consultants, contractors) in
recognition of innovations in Geoengineering that have a
pronounced impact on geoengineering practice, research and
education. The term innovation is used broadly to describe any
major unprecedented achievements that led to a major
advancement in our Profession and ideally, covers the entire
spectrum from fundamental science to application and
implementation in construction/practice.”
The IDC submitted its proposal to the President of the
ISSMGE on August 23 2010. An Awards Board Level
Committee has been formed by the President and is chaired by
Prof. François Schlosser. The Awards Committee will be in
charge of this and other awards and will work with the IDC to
promote/support this award.
4.2 Task 2: Development of an Electronic Lexicon
Per the President’s request IDC was charged with creating an
electronic version of the ISSMGE Lexicon that was published
in 1981 and included a total of 1592 terms in eight languages
(English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Swedish).
A task force was formed for this activity. Following a
discussion among the IDC members the following
tasks/objectives have been set:
On a preliminary basis, make the 1981 Lexicon available as
a pdf file: This task has been completed with the assistance of
the President and the pdf file is currently available on the
ISSMGE website.
For the long term, the IDC set the following objectives for
the Electronic Lexicon:
1. Digitization of existing (eight) languages: The following
languages have already been digitized: English,
Spanish, Russian, German and Portuguese (a total of
five). Of the remaining three languages (Swedish,
French and Italian), assistance is being solicited by
members Countries to digitize the terms.
2. Programming and online development of the Lexicon:
An application will be developed with the assistance of
IT professionals from Geoengineer.org that will allow
the search and selection of any term of the lexicon in
any language. The application will automatically
generate the translations of this tem in other languages.
This application cannot be supported by the current
ISSMGE website, and thus the IDC is working with the
Board to develop a new ISSMGE website that will
support this application.
3. Translation of terms to additional languages and
incorporation in the online Lexicon: With the assistance
of a large number of volunteers and Member Countries,
the terms of the Lexicon have been already translated in
five additional languages (Chinese and Chinese Simple,
Japanese, Farsi (Persian), Finish) and two more are
currently being worked on (Arabic, and Greek). Those
terms will also become available through the new
version of the Lexicon.
In addition to ongoing activities, invitations have been sent
for member countries to translate the Lexicon in additional
languages and these translations can become available through
the online application. Once the task is completed, additional
terms may be added and the IDC will work to include the
translations of these terms too.
4.3 Task 3: Webinars
As requested by the President, the ISSMGE is interested in
developing Webinars that will become available to its Member
Countries and professionals. The IDC was charged with
exploring the options available to the organization to achieve
this and perform a feasibility study.
The IDC Task Force performed an extensive research of
available webinar services. A set of recommendations were
documented in a Webinar Services report and submitted to the
ISSMGE Board in March 2011. In general, to ensure the quality
of the webinar services, a significant investment cost is
necessary to operate the webinars and this cost will have to be
passed on to the users of the webinars. Following a request of
the Board, a business plan was prepared and submitted to the
Board for discussion on April 20th 2011. Fig. 3 shows an
extract of cover pages for the webinar Service Report &
Business Plan. A decision by the Board on this issue is pending.
FIG. 3. WEBINAR Documents Submitted to ISSMGE Board
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To improve the content and impact of the ISSMGE website
(term of reference “b”) the IDC formed a task force to evaluate
the current ISSMGE website. A review of the ISSMGE website
has been made by members of the IDC. Based on the findings
of this evaluation and a subsequent request by the Board, a
formal proposal to the ISSMGE Board for collaboration with
Geoengineer.org was made. According to the proposal, the
Geoengineer.org Information Technology staff will support the
maintenance and upgrade of the ISSMGE website and advanced
applications (such as the Lexicon). The Board has approved this
proposal, and discussions on improvements of the ISSMGE
website are scheduled to initiate during the summer and fall of
2011.

4.5 Task 5: Information Technology in Geoengineering

The IDC recognized the need for ISSMGE to better use
information technology tools in geotechnical engineering. This
need is also the underlying theme behind terms of reference a, b
and c. Although a number of small scale activities are also being
considered, the IDC discussed the development of a modern
information technology tool that will support the efficient
information dissemination in geotechnical engineering, will
facilitate professional networking at a global scale and will
allow ISSMGE to promote its activities, committees and
resources. Geoengineer.org has been working on the
development of such a platform for the last two years. The IDC
proposed to support this platform and modify it to optimize
ISSMGE’s needs. Following the President’s recommendation
and the Board’s vote, this platform will be partially funded by
ISSMGE, and ISSMGE and Geoengineer.org will be the co-
founders, with ownership and liability remaining with
Geoengineer.org.

4.6 Task 6: Integrate ISSMGE – International Journal of

Geoengineering Case Histories
The IDC is charged with supporting the International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories (terms of reference f). To that
end, the IDC initiated efforts to interwove the journal with the
ISSMGE activities. Specifically, each TC has been asked to
identify a representative who will operate as the tie between the
journal and the TC and will support the journal. The "TC
appointed representative" may help also support special issues
on case histories related to the interests of the TCs. Currently
about half of the Technical Committees have appointed
representatives and this activity is ongoing.

5 FUTURE PLANS

The IDC intends to continue and complete Tasks 1-6 and pursue
7-10, if time allows.
New ideas are being discussed and could be added to the
task list of Table 1 above.
Next IDC meeting #5, is scheduled around mid July, 2011.

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Appendix 5: Membership, Practitioners, and Academicians Committee
Board Level Committee Progress Report – October 2009 – May 2011
H. Poulos
Chair, MPAC
1 MEMBERSHIP
Harry Poulos – Chair (Australia): harry_poulos@coffey.com
Luiz Guilherme de Mello - Vice Chair (Brazil):
lgmello@vecttor.br
Peter Day – Secretary (South Africa): day@jaws.co.za
Brian Simpson - (UK): brian.simpson@arup.com
Manfred Nussbaumer - (Germany):
Manfred.Nussbaumer@zublin.de
Marcellin Kana - (Cameroon): emk2cm@yahoo.fr
Za Chieh Moh – (Taiwan): zachieh.moh@maaconsultants.com
Dennis Becker- (Canada): Dennis_Becker@golder.com
Francois Baguelin – (France): francois.baguelin@fondasol.fr
Madhira Madhav – (India): madhavmr@gmail.com
Jorgen Steenfelt – (Denmark): JOS@cowi.dk
Kenji Ishihara – (Japan): ke-ishi@po.iijnet.or.jp
Board Liaison:
Askar Zhussupbbekov; Samuel Ejezie
2 TERMS OF REFERENCE
To stimulate interaction and cooperation between academics
and practitioners within ISSMGE and to increase the
participation of practitioners in ISSMGE activities.
3 TASKS
3.1 MPAC Membership
(i) Develop a list of significant geotechnical (and other)
companies that will be approached by the President and the
MPAC Chairman to join as Corporate Members of ISSMGE.
Each member of MPAC will be asked to provide names of
suitable companies, and if possible, identify the most
appropriate person to approach. We should work on the basis
that it is a privilege for a company to be asked to be a corporate
member.
(ii) Develop a list of benefits that ISSMGE will provide to
Corporate Members. These will focus largely (but not entirely)
on extensive publicity (via ISSMGE publications and
conferences), and networking opportunities through Corporate
Member interaction. MPAC will be asked to suggest other
means of “inducement”.
(iii) President and Chair of MPAC to develop an invitation letter
setting out the Terms and Conditions for Corporate
Membership.
(iv) This Corporate Group will be a source of funding for the
ISSMGE Foundation.
3.2 Procedures for ISSMGE Conference “Bursaries”
(i) Decide on range of conferences for which bursaries will be
awarded. Will they be only for International Conferences, or
regional Conferences within the region of the recipient, or will
they extend to any ISSNGE-sponsored conference?
(ii) Develop criteria for selection of members to receive
financial assistance (bursaries) to attend ISSMGE-sponsored
conferences.
(iii) Develop guidelines for selection of Member Societies that
will be invited to nominate individual members for bursaries.
(iv) Communicate with those Member Societies and receive
feedback on the proposed scheme before procedures are
finalized.
3.3 Develop a Corporate Associates Presidential Group
(i) Arrange for members of Corporate Associates to represent
their organization on a group (CAPG) that has direct access to
the President.
4 PROGRESS
4.1 MPAC Membership
• Corporate Members have been re-titled as “Corporate
Associates”.
• We now have a total of 28 Corporate Associates, up from
18 prior to the formation of MPAC.
• We have been provided with a Geotechnical Industry
Database by the Friends of Canada, and this has been
distributed to members of MPAC to assist them in
identifying potential Corporate Associates.
4.2 Conference Bursaries
• Thus far, four conference bursaries have been granted.
• Each recipient has to file a report on their experiences and
learning from the conference attended.
• Guidelines for bursary recipients have been developed,
including the requirement that a recipient shall normally
be a financial member of ISSMGE
4.3 Corporate Associates Presidential Group
• This CAPG group has been formed.
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• Continue to try and increase the number of Corporate

Associates. A target of 50 by the end of this Presidential
term
• Increase the recognition of Conference Bursaries among
the younger ISSMGE members.
• Further encourage practitioners to participate in ISSMGE
conferences and events by arranging for practitioner-
oriented sessions.

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Appendix 6: Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)

Board Level Committee Progress Report – 31 May 2011

S. Lacasse
TOC, Chair

1 ASSESSMENT TABLE BY TOC LIAISON (UPDATED JULY 1, 2011)

TC No. TOC Assessement Reason for Recommended

TC Short Name Liaison of Annual report* on-conformance follow-up
TC101 Watabe Satisfactory
Laboratory testing Important with IS Seoul 2011
TC102 Lacasse Satisfactory
In situ testing Good progress
TC103 Soga Satisfactory
Numerical methods Good progress
TC104 Cassidy Satisfactory
Physical modeling
TC105 Cassidy Non satisfactory - Committee has just - Follow up on non responsive
Geomechanics changed chair. member
- Annual report states - New chair Prof. Hyodo
some members are non (allowing him a period to settle
responsive. into the role).
- Target date for website - Ensure compliance of web
update: 31 July ’11. site after 31 July.
- Some work tasks need
definition & time line.
TC106 Correia Satisfactory
Unsaturated soils Activities are done through well
recognized conference on unsaturated
soils and by publications. Launching
new series – Pan-American
TC107 Bouassida Satisfactory - Extend membership to other
Lateritic soils nationalities
- Appoint a vice chair to help
the chair
TC201 Karlsrud Satisfactory
Dykes and levees Accepted-and good progress
TC202 Wissa Satisfactory
Transportation
TC203 Bray/ Satisfactory
Earthquake Lacasse Excellent progress and ambitious
plans for 4 yrs
TC204 Karlsrud Satisfactory
Underground constr. Accepted-and good progress
TC205 Wissa Satisfactory
Safety and
serviceability
TC206 Jamiolkowski Fairly Activity well planned but Request the time schedule of
Interactive design Satisfactory still to be commenced activities planned from chair
TC207 Bray/ Satisfactory
Soil-structure Lacasse Excellent progress and well
interaction organized

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TC No. TOC Assessement Reason for Recommended

TC Short Name Liaison of Annual report* on-conformance follow-up
TC208 Hongsung Lee Satisfactory
Stability of natural
slopes
TC209 Lacasse Satisfactory
Offshore geotechnics Excellent progress and ambitious
plans for 4 yrs
TC210 Lacasse Satisfactory Provide guidance over summer
Dams New TC, needs guidance 2011
TC 211 Correia Satisfactory
Ground improvement Survey of member expertises;
Participation of chairman and vice-
chairman in lectures and technical
sessions;
Main activities planned: International
Symposium & Short Courses in
2012.
TC211 Website available
TC212 Jamiolkowski Unsatisfactory Activity still have to be High potential to do a good
Deep foundations planned and started work.
Clarify the status quo and
perspectives with Chair
TC213 Bouassida Satisfactory
Soil erosion Well done work
TC214 Wissa Satisfactory
Soft soils
TC215 Soga Satisfactory
Geo-environmental Good progress
TC216 Karlsrud Accepted, Has not succeeded to Wait until planned meeting this
Frost but slow progress arrange committee fall is verified
meeting yet
TC301 Jamiolkowski Satisfactory Activity well planned and
Historic sites in progress
TC302 Wissa Satisfactory
Forensic
TC303 Bray/ Satisfactory Keep in touch over summer
Hurricanes and floods Lacasse Good plans for entire 4-yr period
TC304 Cassidy Satisfactory
Ris
TC305 Verdugo Satisfactory
Megacities
TC306 Soga Satisfactory
Geo-education
5. The activities of some TC’s seem to be “confined
* Satisfactory or unsatisfactory regionally”, in most cases, a reflection of the Chair’s
geographical area of activity. One can observe e.g. strong South
East Asia activities for some TC’s and likewise, strong
2 GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE LIAISON USA/South-America activities for others. While this is
MEMBERS IN THE TOC understandable, it is worthwhile in the future to request the TC
Chairs to strive for a regional distribution of TC members. TOC
These are suggestions for the time being, and will be part of a a realizes that many Chairs in the current TC’s have attempted to
recommendation at the end of the term of the TOC. do so.
1. There should be more interaction between the TC Chair and 6. The “revolutionary” approach to put the TC’s into
the TOC Liaison. operation, despite many innovative and positive, took too long
and was confusing for some chairs, and the nomination process
2. The TC Chairs should be encouraged to assign was unclear. If the next President plans are to continue on the
responsibility to their Executive members to develop task forces same path, the procedure should be simplified, with the TC’s
for their activities (where this has not been done). expected to commence the activities not later than 6 to 8 months
after the Paris ICSMGE.
3. Assessment of progress and results are based on the TORs,
which vary in ambition.

4. There are inactive members on several of the TC’s. TOC

should contact Chair and encourage inactive members to
contribute. If this fails, Chair should consider substituting these
members (or ask countries to substitute them).

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TC101 - LABORATORY TESTING
LABORATORY STRESS STRAIN STRENGTH TESTING
OF GEOMATERIAL
Chair: Hervé di Benedetto
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 To promote co-operation and exchange of information
concerning research and developments in advanced
laboratory geotechnical testing, including apparatus,
techniques, data acquisition and interpretation.
 To encourage the application of advanced laboratory testing
in research; in integrated site characterization studies; and in
ground modelling.
 To explore how advanced testing can be used most
constructively in practical geotechnical engineering.
 To advance the above aims through collaboration with
specialists working in laboratory and field testing, sampling,
theoretical and numerical analysis, and in project
engineering and full scale observation. This will involve
close liaison with other ISSMGE TCs.
TC102 - IN-SITU TESTING
GROUND PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION FROM IN-
SITU TESTS
Tests: http://www.geoforum.com/tc16
Chair: Paul W. Mayne (USA)
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The TC proposes to a seven part mission with the following
objectives:
 To promote the utilization and improve the interpretation of
in-situ tests to enhance geotechnical site characterization,
including the determination of soil and rock properties, use
of borehole techniques, penetration tests, and geophysical
methods, and their variance.
 Maintain an international website and email network, as
well as hold several meetings, for interactive communication
among the TC102 members and geotechnical affiliates to
share ideas, information, and technical solutions. The
current TC102 website is www.geoforum.com/tc16
 Host the 4th international conference on site characterization
(ISC-4) in Recife, Brazil on 18-20 September 2012 to exchange
theoretical, practical, and applied research in the area of in-
situ testing and geotechnical site investigation: www.isc-4.com
 Maintain a set of international guidelines and standards for
in-situ testing methods for reference on procedures and
interpretation.
 Upgrade the social importance & relevance of our
geotechnical discipline within eyes of the public, private,
commercial, industrial, and military communities.
 TC102 members plan to continue their interactivities with
sister Technical Committee TC101 (Laboratory stress-strain-
testing behaviour).
 Prepare a list of important and relevant publications (best
reading materials) on the topics of in-situ testing and
geotechnical & geophysical site characterization as a
reference source and guide to members.
TC103 - NUMERICAL METHODS
NUMERICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS
Chair: K.T. Chau
TERMS OF REFERENCE
TC103 Numerical Methods in Geomechanics is one of the
technical committees of International Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). TC103
aims to provide a forum for all interested members of ISSMGE
to explore the using of computational tools and developing of
advanced numerical methods to solve problems relevant to soil
mechanics and geotechnical engineering.
TC103 will deal with the following important technical issues:
 Constitutive modelling, calibrations of complex soil behaviour
and engineering problems such as instability, strain
localization and progressive failure of soil or rock structures;
 Advanced procedures for model validation and verification;
the development of accurate, robust and efficient numerical
methods for applications of varying needs;
 Modelling of coupled phenomena that are useful across
geotechnical engineering, rock engineering, petroleum
engineering, geothermal engineering;
 Assisting and promotion of exchange of knowledge between
the academia and practicing engineers.
 More specifically, TC103 will focus on the following thematic
topics relevant to soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering:
 Investigation on effective predictive approaches to better
understanding of coupled behaviour in geomaterials (such
as thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupling), various
instabilities modes such as strain localization,
liquefaction, large deformation, underground water flow
and contamination, erosion and rapid flow in
geomaterials, thermo-related geomechanics;
 Development of advanced constitutive models to
characterize the complex behaviour of geomaterials,
including elasto-plasticity, visco-plasticity,
hypoplasticity, cyclic-plasticity, soil/rock degradation,
strain softening, rate-dependency and anisotropy;
 Development of advanced predictive tools based on new
numerical and analytical techniques, such as Finite
Element Method (FEM), Extended Finite Element
Method (X-FEM), Boundary Element Method (BEM),
Material Point Method (MPM), coupled Discrete
Element Method (DEM) and FEM, Moving Particle
Semi-implicit (MPS) method, Smoothed Particle
Hydrodynamics (SPH) method and Multiscale Modelling
(MM) method.
 Numerical implementation and calibration of advanced soil
models using laboratory and field testing data; determination
of model parameters using back analysis, and
homogenization of locally heterogeneous geomaterials.
 Critical evaluation of existing prediction approaches among
the empirical methods, laboratory testing, simple elastic and/
or elasto-plastic methods and limit analysis, and various
comprehensive numerical methods.
 Transfer of new knowledge to and training practicing
engineers of the ISSMGE to address important engineering
issues in dealing with natural hazards; promotion of
exchange of ideas and experience between academics and
practitioners.
 Over a term of four years from 2010 to 2013, TC103 will
strive to achieve the following objectives in line with the
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provided by the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC):
Objective 1:
Disseminate knowledge and practice to the member of ISSMGE
on employing advanced numerical methods to facilitate deeper
understanding of fundamental behaviour of geomaterials and to
help solving difficult problems that are of practical importance.
In doing so, TC103 will
 Organize or co-organize relevant workshops/symposiums/
conferences to encourage the exchange of ideas and advances
in computational geomechanics among academics and
practitioners. Specifically, the following conferences/
workshops have been tentatively identified as the occasions
that special sessions and/or mini-symposiums will be
planned under the name of ISSMGE TC103:
 9th International Workshop on Bifurcation and
Degradation in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2011), May 23-26
2011, Porquerolles, France (Task leader: Prof. François
Nicot)
 The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (14th ARC 2011), May 23-
27 2011, Hong Kong, China (Task leader: Dr. Jonny
Cheuk)
 11th International Symposium on Landslides/2nd North
American Symposium on Landslides, June 3-8 2012,
Banff, Alberta, Canada (Task leaders: Prof. Richard Wan/
Prof François Nicot)
 3rd International Symposium on Computational
Geomechanics (ComGeo III), 2013 (Task leaders: Prof
François Nicot/Prof. Richard Wan)
 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering: Academia & Practice of
Geotechnical Engineering, Sept 1-5 2013, Paris, France
 Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, introductory
lectures from TC103 on latest developments and new trends
on numerical methods with an emphasis on geomechanics.
In particular,
 We shall encourage all our members to take every chance
to promote the use of advanced computational methods
for geotechnical applications at international and regional
conferences and workshops
 Most executive members as well members recommended
from regional societies of TC103 are reputable experts in
their specific research areas within a broad field of
computational geomechanics. We are confident that
many of them will be invited from time to time by
various international/regional conferences to deliver
keynote lectures, to teach for various workshop/summer
schools and to provide various technical inputs on
practical problems. These activities will be clearly
documented in our newsletter as well as annual report.
 Meanwhile, TC103 will also recommend appropriate
candidates from among our TC members to give these
speeches on occasions that we deem suitable, especially
those events organized by the overlapping organization
as will be listed in Objective 3.
 TC103 will also organize special issue publications in
some prestigious journals on thematic topics.
 Develop various schemes to draw the active participation
of broad ISSMGE members. Typical examples of these
include online survey of typical software packages used
for their research/work, challenging problems/difficulties
they have encountered or are facing in their daily work of
numerical analysis. Benchmark test competitions will
also be planned for all interested members to participate
to test the performance of their own packing/numerical
schemes on solving the same problem.
Objective 2:
 TC103 will endeavour to provide full support for various
international/regional conferences relevant to ISSMGE, to
help on organizing special sessions, calling for papers,
recommending keynote speakers, offering help on reviewing
papers, and on seeking suitable sponsors. All members of
TC103 will be highly encouraged to contribute to these
events and to present their latest research developments on
numerical modelling in geomechanics. Specifically, we
tentatively propose the following thematic sessions be
organized at the various conferences.
 A TC103 special session on "The Behavior of Material
Instabilities at Various Scales for Geomaterials" at the 9th
IWBDG (2010) (Task leader: Prof. François Nicot)
 Two parallel sessions for the upcoming 14th ARC-SMGE
(2010)-Hong Kong: one on recent progress in computational
geomechanics and the other on the current practice and
issues of numerical methods for engineering. (Task leader:
Dr. Jonny Cheuk)
 Session (to be confirmed) for the 11th International
Symposium on Landslides/2nd North American Symposium
on Landslides, 2012, Canada (Task leader: Prof. Richard
Wan/ Prof. François Nicot)
 A special session in 3rd International Symposium on
Computational Geomechanics (ComGeo III), 2013 (Task
leaders: Prof François Nicot /Prof. Richard Wan)
 TC103 Mini-symposium on "Challenges and Opportunities
in Computational Geomechanics" for the 18th ISSMGE
Conference (2013), France
 TC103 will also organize special issues of thematic
publications in such journals as Int. J. Analy. Numer. Meth.
Geom., Soils and Foundations and Computers and
Geotechnics, as well as the ISSMGE International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories if deemed as appropriate.
Contribution to these special issues will be based on
invitation and/or in connection with some of the above
special conference sessions.
Objective 3:
TC103 will actively seek every opportunity to interact with
geotechnical industry as well as other organization/society
relevant to computational geomechanics. Specifically:
 We shall encourage all regional societies to recommend
experienced practicing engineering to join our technical
committee. We shall also encourage them to organize
various sessions with practice-oriented topics and discussion
sessions with academics involved. For example, in Hong
Kong area, we shall call for members from the Hong Kong
Institute of Engineers (HKIE) to join our TC, through whom
we shall regularly circulate conference/workshop/seminar
information to major consulting firms such as Ove Arup,
AECOM, Scott Wilson, governmental offices such as GEO
and contractors.
 TC103 tentatively identities the following technical
committees of ISSMGE and other societies as potential
overlapping working bodies to interact with:
 TC105 Geomechanics from Micro to Macro of ISSMGE:
the wide-spreading use of Discrete Element Method for
TC105 could offer invaluable information for constitutive
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 modelling of geomaterials at the continuum level and help to Task leader(s) Location Activities Responsibilities
shed light on the microscopic mechanisms on various centrifuge for
centrifuge
interesting phenomena such as strain localization, teaching Physical modelling
liquefaction and progressive failure. If possible, joint teaching unit
sessions can be proposed on suitable occasions between Develop industry
TC103 and TC105. framework for
North
 TC203 Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Ryan Phillips Industry industry
America
Associated Problems of ISSMGE: The earth appears to enter collaboration
another seismic active period and our memory is still fresh Best practice guide
on the extreme disasters several recent major earthquakes Establish
Paul
have caused. Computational intensive tools have been Europe Data exchange standardised data
Schaminee
developed to evaluate the occurrence probability potential exchange format
consequence of earthquake at many locations of the world. Oversee
We shall work closely with our colleagues in TC203 on the organisation of
Regional
recently findings by them and from our TC103 and seek B.V.S. regional
Asia workshop/Confe
chances to interact with them on such occasions as regional Viswanadham conferences
rence
and international annual earthquake conferences. Eurofuge 2012 -
Asiafuge 2012
 TC106 Unsaturated Soils of ISSMGE: The understanding of
Website, wikipedia,
unsaturated soil behaviour remains a difficult topic. One
IJPMG data report
active research area in unsaturated soil is to develop suitable Communication/
Bruce Kutter Newsletter, IJPMG
constitutive models to describe the soil behaviour and to North Dissemination
support, Named
implement them in numerical codes such as Finite Element America
lectures
Method for practical predictions. As the latter falls precisely
1g Physical Improve integration
to our main themes, and TC103 and TC106 could hereby Andy Take
modelling of 1g modelers
build an area of common interest. Interaction between
TC103 and TC106 could present in forms of joint
workshops and conference sessions.
 TC208 Stability of Natural Slopes of ISSMGE: Analysis and
prediction of stability of natural slopes are a difficult task for TC105 - GEO-MECHANICS
both academics and practicing engineers. In this regard, GEO-MECHANICS FROM MICRO TO MACRO
numerical methods have obvious advantage over many other
methods in dealing with the complex boundary conditions Chair: Malcom Bolton/Masayuki Hyodo From May 2011
such as rainfall infiltration/slope surface runoff/surface soil
evaporation/ground water flow and fluctuation and TERMS OF REFERENCE
heterogeneous soil properties. TC103 will encourage our
members to pay more attention on this topic and to exchange The general aims of the TC105 are the following:
findings with colleagues from TC208 regularly. 1. To promote cooperation and exchange of information about
 ASCE Geotechnical Branch and ASME Geomechanics the behaviour of soil grains and granular interactions, so as
Committee: The Chair of TC103 is meanwhile the Chair of to clarify the fundamental micro-mechanisms of the
ASME Geomechanics Committee. He would then be able to behaviour of soils.
call for join conferences/workshop at appropriate times to 2. To promote improved Discrete Element Modelling (DEM)
work on topics that are interesting to peoples from both of soil aggregates, through simulations of laboratory tests,
societies. especially with regard to the observation of grain crushing
and rearrangement.
3. To encourage a micro-structural understanding of
signifycant macroscopic behaviours such as
compressibility, anisotropy, yielding, creep, cyclic
TC104 - PHYSICAL MODELLING liquefaction, shear rupture and tensile fracture.
PHYSICAL MODELLING IN GEOTECHNICS
4. To open up a discussion on the use of micro-structural
measurements to enhance soil characterisation procedures
Chair: Christophe Gaudin
(grading, plasticity index, CPT/SPT etc) and to clarify the
selection and use of continuum parameters in geotechnical
TERMS OF REFERENCE
engineering practice.
Task leader(s) Location Activities Responsibilities 5. To widen the scientific basis of geomechanics by linking
Constitute team of with groups applying micro-mechanics to the study of
experts/ granular materials in other fields of application such as rock
Adam Scaling law mechanics, metal powders, ceramic pressings, and food
Identify relevant
Bezuijen catalogue processing.
topics/Update
Europe catalogue 6. To co-operate with other Technical Committees where the
Develop PPT granular perspective is thought to be valuable to their work.
Centrifuge
Jan Laue Druck alternative 7. To encourage local working groups on particulate
Technology
Dan Wilson Identify other mechanics, to organise regional workshops and
sustainability
potential threats international symposia, and to negotiate with major journals
Bernardo South Standardised Standardised for the creation of special issues devoted to progress in this
Caicedo America miniature miniature topic.

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 TC106 - UNSATURATED SOILS
The following specific activities are proposed to fulfil the UNSATURATED SOILS
above aims.
Chair: E. Alonso
Objective 1:
Disseminate knowledge and practice within the TC’s subject TERMS OF REFERENCE
area to the membership of the ISSMGE:
Objective 1:
 Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and workshops.
Disseminate knowledge and practice in the area of mechanics
 IS-Cambridge at Cambridge scheduled in 2014 (Soga)
of unsaturated soils including as examples, expansive,
 Methane hydrate workshops collapsible, residual, arid, and compacted soils:
(Hyodo/Cho/Santamarina/Soga)
1. Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and
 Bio-soil interaction workshops (Soga/Santamarina) workshops.
 Homogenisation workshop (Einav)
2. Promote TC106-sponsored sessions on unsaturated soils at
 Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-art ISSMGE sponsored international and regional conferences
lectures including new technology, general reports for on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, and to
conferences organized by the International Society, regional support special geotechnical and geoenvironmental
conferences and conferences organized by Member conferences on unsaturated soils.
societies. 3. Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-art
 Collaborate with the organizing committee of the Paris lectures including new technology, general reports for
Conference to develop sessions focusing on TC105 conferences organized by the International Society, regional
activities (Viggiani) conferences and conferences organized by Member
 Develop ideas for broad participation of ISSMGE individual societies.
members through, for example, prediction events, surveys, 4. Promote benchmark exercises to establish the capabilities of
or other means. current theoretical frameworks and prediction
 Webpage creation (Hyodo/McDowell) methodologies in unsaturated soil mechanics.

Objective 2 Objective 2:
To establish guidelines and technical recommendations within To establish guidelines and technical recommendations in the
the TC’s subject area: field of unsaturated soils:
 Develop DEM textbook (Nakata/Jiang/McDowell) 5. Promote the exchange of information about testing of
unsaturated soils for geotechnical and geoenvironmental
 Round robin test on DEM codes (Viggiani) purposes
 Develop a state-of-art report on homogenization techniques
(Einov/Soga) Objective 3:
 Develop education materials to promote macro-micro soil Assist with technical programs of international and regional
mechanics ideas (Coop/Bardet) conferences organized by the ISSMGE:
6. Promote the presentation of findings of the TC in main
Objective 3 sessions and discussion sessions.
Assist with technical programs of international and regional
conferences organized by the ISSMGE: Promote to present the Objective 4:
findings of the TC in main sessions and discussion sessions. Interact with industry and overlapping organizations working in
 Paris Conference (Viggiani) areas related to the TC’s specialist area:
 Other regional conferences 7. Cooperate actively with other TCs whose field of activity
involves important questions related to unsaturated soils:
 Interaction with other TCs (Hyodo)
TC208 Stability of Natural Slopes; TC210 Dams and
Embankments; and TC215 Environmental Geotechnics.
Objective 4
Interact with industry and overlapping organizations working in
areas related to the TC’s specialist area:
 ASCE Granular Materials committee (Gutierrez) TC107 - LATERITIC SOILS
LATERITES AND LATERITIC SOILS
 ALERT (Europe) (Viggiani)
 GM3 (UK) (McDowell) Chair: K. Ampadu
 National research group - Korean Geotechnical Society
(Cho) TERMS OF REFERENCE
 National research group - Chinese Geotechnical Society The key function of the technical committee as I see it, is to
(Jiang) assemble and put into useable form, the existing knowledge and
best practices in laterites and lateritic soils and to use all
 National research group - Japanese Geotechnical Society
available means to disseminate these knowledge and best
(Hyodo)
practices to ISSMGE membership.
This document summarizes in a more specific form the
objectives, strategies and implementation plans of the technical

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committee on laterites and lateritic soils. These are based on the
generalized objectives and terms of reference of technical
committees given by The Technical Oversight Committee in
the "Guidelines for Technical Committees".
OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
It is noted that the Technical Committee on Laterites and lateric
soils is a new committee and therefore does not have any past
records on the committee’s work as a guide. The geographic
distribution of laterites and lateritic soils in the tropics also
coincides with countries with relatively lower income levels.
This implies that some members of the committee may have
some difficulty with travelling for Conferences as part of TC-
107 work. The committee therefore has to be innovative in how
it conducts its work.
Examination of the four objectives and strategies above shows
that TC107’s first task is to assemble what information exists
on laterites and lateritic soils. I propose a Task Force for this
activity as shown below. The composition of the task force
should have a Brazilian member to bring on board material in
Spanish and Portuguese while the French speaking members
bring on board literature in French. The second task of
dissemination will be executed by the Dissemination Task
Force. The 15th Regional Conference in Maputo in July 2011
will be used as the first physical meeting of TC-107 and the
Dissemination Task Force will organize this meeting. The
organizers of the Conference are scheduling Dr. Gidigasu to
make a presentation on "Towards developing paving materials
acceptance specifications for lateritic and saprolitic soils". The
overall terms of reference of the Task Forces are shown below,
but the target output shows what needs to be achieved by July
2011.
TC201 - DYKES AND LEVEES
GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DYKES AND LEVEES,
SHORE PROTECTION AND LAND RECLAMATION
Chair: M.A. Van
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 Discussion state of the art and developing the science and
engineering in order to increase fundamental understanding
and modelling of strength, deformation and erosion
behaviour of soils and failure processes of dikes, dunes,
(underwater) dams, reclaimed land, man-made islands and
ports in river and coastal zone.
 Contributions to the international congresses of the society
to increase the quality of design by including experience,
such as large scale tests, case histories, failures,
measurements, simulations and artificial knowledge
 Encouraging international collaboration of experts in
multidisciplinary developments of new techniques for
constructing and maintaining safe and reliable protection
works
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 Producing technical reports and encouraging international
training and meeting in this research field and exchange
experience and ideas on improving communication to other
researchers, public and politics for more alertness and
awareness
Planning of activities:
2011 1st committee meeting for the occasion of the int. Course
on Understanding Dike Safety, Delft The Netherlands
2012 2nd committee meeting for the occasion of the 12th Baltic
Sea Conference 31 May – 2 June 2012 Rostock Germany
2013 3rd committee meeting for the occasion of the 18th
International Conference on Soil mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, 1-5 Sept 2013.
TC202 - TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS
Chair: A. Correia Gomes
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The goal of TC202 committee should be considered a broad
engineering unit bridging the gap between Pavement/Railway
Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering. The main task is to
promote co-operation and exchange of information and
knowledge about the geotechnical aspects in design,
construction, maintenance, monitoring and upgrading of roads,
railways and airfields. It will also cover the related
environmental aspects. For these purposes, the main Task
Forces of the Committee will cover the following topics:
TF1. Promote of use of non traditional materials in
embankments and structural layers. Leaders: M. Winter
and T. Edil, N. Yoshida.
(i) Survey and collecting data of demonstration projects.
(ii) Guidelines and recommendations for practice.
(iii) Co-sponsor the ASTM Symposium "Testing and
Specification of Recycled Materials for Sustainable
Geotechnical Construction", Baltimore, USA, 2-4
February 2011.
(iv) Contributions for TF6.
Liaisons: TC215 Environmental Geotechnics.
TF2. Reinforcement of geomaterials and its implications in
pavement and rail track design. Leaders: E. Tutumler
and S-W Park; W. Kim.
(i) Guidelines and recommendations for practice
(ii) Symposium and contribution for TF6
Liaisons: IGS.
TF3. Earthworks design, technology and management: To
extend the previous work on compaction. Leaders: Jean-
Pierre Magnan and A. Gomes Correia
(i) Survey and collecting data of demonstration projects.
(ii) Prepare overview of the standards, codes, and
guidelines. Participate in CEN standardisation works
and prepare recommendations – also strong link with
industry.
(iii) Keynote lecture ECSMGE on "Earthworks in hard
soils and weak rocks".
(iv) Workshop on Intelligent construction/compaction
technologies associated with TF6.
(v) Contribution for TF6.
Liaisons: CEN TC396 Earthworks.
TF4. Rail track substructures, including transition zones.
Leaders: W. Powrie and K. Muramoto; C. Lai, P.
Kolisoja, B. Indraratna.
(i) Survey current state of knowledge and experience.
(ii) Develop guidelines for practice and recommendations
for future research.
(iii) Workshop associated with TF6 (9th September, 2012).
(iv) Final symposium or workshop.
Liaisons: UIC, UK EPSRC Program Grant on track
systems (Track21), other research projects.
TF5. Subsurface sensing for transportation infrastructure
condition diagnostics amongst others. Leaders: S.
Nazarian and C. Lai; A. Loizos
(i) Comprehensive document for TF5, with schedule
plan.
(ii) Survey and make guidelines and recommendations
for practice.
(iii) Contribution for TF6.
Liaisons: TC102 Ground Property Characterization from
In-Situ Tests.
TF6. 2nd International Conference on Transportation
Geotechnics (ICTG-2), Hokkaido, Japan, 10 to 12th
September 2012. Chairman: Seiichi Miura; Secretary
General: Tatsuya Ishikawa. Leaders: T. Ishikawa and N.
Yoshida
(i) Themes: Geotechnics for pavements, Rail track and
airfield; geomaterials, including asphalt mixtures,
unbound aggregates and recycling materials;
earthworks for transportation facilities; application of
geosynthetics; laboratory testing and in-situ testing;
modelling and numerical simulations; design
construction and maintenance; performance
evaluation and quality control; sustainability of
management and rehabilitation; risk assessment and
environmental issues.
(ii) Start with a named lecture in to honour an eminent
geotechnical engineer in the TC202 field.
(iii) Workshops before or after the Conference. The
following are planned: see TF3 and TF4 and
"Geotechnical challenges for transportation
geotechnics in extreme climates."
(iv) Proceedings of ICTG -2 and selected papers will be
considered for publications in the special issue of
Soils and Foundations JGS Journal, subjected to the
usual peer-reviewing process.
(v) TC202 workshop/seminar where the representative
person of each TF reports the activity progress,
interesting findings and perspectives.
Liaisons: IAEG, IGS; TC215 Environmental
Geotechnics; TC101 Laboratory Stress Strain Strength
Testing of Geomaterials; TC106 Unsaturated Soils;
TC216 Frost Geotechnics.
TF7. Journal of "Transportation Geotechnics". Proposal to be
submitted to Taylor & Francis, Ongoing action. Editors in
Chief: A. Gomes Correia; A. Loizos & E. Tutumluer.
TF8. To promote TC3-sponsored sessions on Geotechnics for
transportation infrastructures at ISSMGE international,
European and regional conferences on soil mechanics and
geotechnical engineering, and to support special
geotechnical, geoenvironmental and unsaturated soils
conferences on transportation geotechnics.
(i) ECSMGE; ICSMGE.
(ii) Others to be defined.
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TF9. To cooperate actively with other technical committees
whose field of activity involves important questions
related with transportation geotechnics.
Liaison: TRB; ASTM; AIPCR; UIC, UK EPSRC, CEN
TC396, TC215 Environmental Geotechnics; TC106
Unsaturated Soils; TC216 Frost Geotechnics; TC101
Laboratory Stress Strain Strength Testing of
Geomaterials.
TF10. Reports, Publications, Web
(i) TC202 web site (A. Gomes Correia and Nobuyuki
Yoshida).
(ii) Reports for ISSMGE (A. Gomes Correia and
Nobuyuki Yoshida).
(iii) Proc. 2nd International Conference on Transportation
Geotechnics.
(iv) Identify members to contribute to the new Journal
Transportation Geotechnics.
(v) Identify members that can prepare articles to the
International Journal of Geo Engineering Case
Histories.
(vi) Book with the main chapters of TFs (Coordination:
A. Gomes Correia).
TF11. Meetings. Most of the work will be done mainly by e-
mail or by video conference if this is felt to be the most
appropriate option. Preliminary planning meetings are:
1. 2nd February 2011, Baltimore, USA, at ASTM
Symposium.
2. 14th September 2011, Athens, Greece, 15th ECSMGE.
3. 7th September 2012, Hokaido, Japan, ICTG-2.
4. September 2013, Paris, France, ICSMGE

TC202 - SCHEDULE PLAN AND DELIVERABLES

OSP - Overview and schedule plan/PR - Progress report/FR - Final Report/S&F-SI Soils and Foundations (JGS), Special Issue/X ASTM
International, the Recycled Materials Resource Center, and the Geo Institute of ASCE: "Testing and Specification of Recycled Materials for
Sustainable Geotechnical Construction" Baltimore, MD USA, 2-4 February 2011/XX XV ECSMGE Athens, Greece, Sept. 2011/XXX XVIII
ICSMGE Paris, France, Sept. 2013

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TC203 - EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND
ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS
Chair: K. Pitilakis
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1) Disseminate knowledge and practice in the field of
underground construction
At a regional level:
 Encourage the participation of TC203 members at
regional workshops and conferences and organize
specialized workshops (i.e. after large earthquakes, code
initiatives etc).
 Participation of TC203 members in international survey
committees or coordination of survey committees after
large earthquake.
At an international level:
 To investigate the most appropriate way to create
(or/and upgrade) the web page (and portal?) of TC203 in
the framework of the existing web page of ISSMGE and
other related WebPages and portals
 To propose a prize for a young researcher(s) after
adequate and severe selection process.
 To continue the already established and very successful
activities such as the International Conferences of
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, the Satellite
Conferences in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering in
World Conferences and the TC203 supported
conferences like the Performance Based Design
Conference
 To actively support the Bulletin of Geotechnical
Engineering and the Journal of Case Histories
 To encourage and support the production of high level
monographs on specific subjects
2) Improve knowledge and establish technical
recommendations and guidelines
 To explore the possibilities to disseminate widely
(through specialized portals) high quality experimental
data, observations surveys, reconnaissance reports and
design-construction reports on significant structures
 To define few topics for future TC203 generic activities
like (i) Performance Based Design in Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering, (ii) Liquefaction and
associated phenomena, (iii) Site characterization, Site
Effects and Design ground motion for different typology
of structures (i.e. ordinary modern buildings,
monuments, lifelines, infrastructures etc.), (iv) Large
Scale Facilities in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering,
(v) Numerical and physical procedures, (vi) Seismic
codes, (vii) Soil Structure Interaction, etc.
 To create Working Groups on specific subjects
 Establish permanent links with global activities (in
particular with GEER and GEM) and between research-
academia and profession.
3) Interact with other TCs and organizations
 To improve the link and the participation in TC203 of
the construction industry. Active support of the
construction and consulting industry of the activities of
TC203 has to be explored
 Use the website as a source of information that is
available to all members.
 Endeavour to get all country representatives to
recommend published papers and reports that they
consider represent best current practice in their region or
particular field of expertise.
 Encourage country representatives to submit case history
data showing recent examples of good practice.
 To create Working Groups on specific subjects
TC204 - UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION IN SOFT GROUND
Chair: Adam Bezuijen
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The main topics addressed by TC204 concern the geotechnical
aspects of the design, construction and analysis of deep
excavations, tunnels and large underground structures, with
particular emphasis on the development, effects and control of
ground movements, their interaction with existing structures,
mitigation measures and risk management. In this field the
objectives for the period 2010-2013 are as follows:
1. To disseminate knowledge and practice in the field of
underground construction
1.1. At an international level
 To organise the seventh International Conference
on "Geotechnical Aspects of Underground
Construction in Soft Ground" in Roma, 16-18
May, 2011.
 To prepare the organisation of the eighth
International Conference on "Geotechnical
Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft
Ground" in 2014.
 To promote a session or a workshop during the
next ICSMGE, Paris 2013.
 To actively encourage the preparation of papers
from TC204 members to be published in refereed
journals and in particular for the ISSMGE
International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case
histories.
1.2. At a regional level
 To organise regional workshops at the occasion of
large or challenging projects: Crossrail in London,
Toulon road tunnel, others to be defined.
 To encourage the active participation (papers,
lectures, workshops) of TC204 members at
regional conferences.
2. To establish guidelines and technical recommendations
2.1. To edit a list of codes and guidelines existing
worldwide in the field of geotechnical aspects of
tunnelling.
2.2. To report during the TC204 Roma International
Symposium on the three working groups launched by
TC28:
 database to store information about underground
construction projects;
 guidelines for comparing field observations with
numerical simulations;
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  survey on design practice in the field of soft
ground tunnelling.
2.3. To launch a working group on seismic behaviour of
tunnels.
3. Interact with other TCs and organisations concerned by
underground construction:
3.1. Proposal of an invited lecture from TC214 "Soft
soils" during the TC204 Roma symposium
3.2. To cooperate with TC104 "Physical modelling" to
extend the guidelines for comparing field or physical
model observations with numerical simulations.
3.3. To establish or maintain contact with TCs having
close interests such as TC206, TC207, TC305.
3.4. To make contact with ITA for defining fields of
possible cooperation and to investigate the possibility
of creating a common Working Group.
TC205 - SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY
SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL
DESIGN
Chair: Brian Simpson
TC name was changed from "Limit State Design in
Geotechnical Engineering" to Safety and serviceability in
geotechnical design
TERMS OF REFERENCE
TC205 is aware that there is already a considerable amount of
activity on issues in the scope of its remit, involving
correspondence, collaboration, meetings and conferences
between interested parties. It wishes to avoid conflict or
replication of this on-going work. TC205 therefore anticipates
collaboration with ISSMGE TC304 "Engineering Practice of
Risk Assessment and Management", ETC10 "Evaluation of the
Application of Eurocode 7", GeoSNet
(http://geosnet.geoengineer.org/) and similar groupings. TC205
also notes, however, that there is a need to strengthen
interchange of ideas between various continents: America,
Asia, Australasia and Europe. Working with other interested
organisations, it will aim to achieve better communications
between the communities active in these areas. The very
existence of the TC is a useful step towards this. The following
terms of reference are provisional and subject to development
and discussion by the TC. They are listed under the four
objectives provided in Guidelines for Technical Committees.
Objective 1:
 Disseminate knowledge and practice within the TC’s subject
area to the membership of the ISSMGE:
 Set up internet forum for debate of matters related to the
TC’s subject area (agreed).
 Promote existing training information (generally web
based), webinars, etc (agreed)).
 Consider further development of webinars for global
training use (proposed for discussion).
 Undertake a "Comparison between different design practices
across the world", based on a limited number of design
examples (proposed for discussion). This could form the
basis of ISSMGE conference presentations.
Objective 2:
 To establish guidelines and technical recommendations
within the TC’s subject area:
 Set up a list of publications recommended by members of
the TC, displayed on the TC’s website (agreed).
 Members of the TC are heavily involved in development of
standards and codes of practice.
 Encourage members to provide translations into English of
codes with no existing translation, particularly as they relate
to Objective 1 Item 4 above.
Objective 3:
 Assist with technical programs of international and regional
conferences organized by the ISSMGE:
 Collaborate with and participate in GeoSNet conference,
Munich, June 2011.
 Collaborate with and participate in ASCE GeoRisk
conference, Atlanta, June 2011.
 Collaborate with and participate in IS-Kanazawa 2012
conference, September 2012.
 Collaborate with and participate in workshop in Athens
ECSMGE, September 2011, organised jointly with ETC10,
ETC8 and ETC3.
 Organise a further conference sponsored by TC205 in 2012?
(proposed for discussion).
 Organise a workshop at Paris ICSMGE, 2013 (provisional –
to be discussed further).
Objective 4:
 Interact with industry and overlapping organizations
working in areas related to the TC’s specialist area:
 Members of the TC have lots of interaction with national
and international standards committees and frequently make
public presentations in relation these matters.
 Members to mention TC205 (even if only their own
membership of it) when making public presentations
(proposed for discussion).
TC206 - INTERACTIVE DESIGN
INTERACTIVE GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN
Chair: Ken Been
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The observational method, or interactive design, has been used
in geotechnical engineering for over half a century. The
approach is, however, only used in exceptional circumstances
and projects. A long term goal of TC206 is to gain acceptance
for the method within most geotechnical engineering design
codes.
During the previous term (2006 – 2009) a survey was carried
out of ISSMGE Members to determine the status of the
observational method and its application worldwide. Survey
participants were also asked what the ISSMGE could do to
foster use of the observational method. The respondents
indicated that the ISSMGE could usefully do the following:
 Knowledge dissemination
 Publish case histories
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 Arrange short courses
 Foster more publications and research (rather than lab or
analytical tool based research)
 Educate public / owners on the value of Interactive Design
 Develop material for geotechnical engineers to use for client
education
 This list is clearly consistent with the first three objectives of
the TCs as outlined in the Guidelines.
 Objective 1: Disseminate knowledge and practice within the
TC’s subject area
 Objective 2: To establish guidelines and technical
recommendations within the TC’s subject area
 Objective 3: Assist with technical programs of international
and regional conferences
 Objective 4: Interact with industry and overlapping
organizations working in areas related to the TC’s specialist
area

The following would serve as a practical basis for TC206 for

the period 2010 to 2013:
 Arrange a conference on "Case Histories and Applications
of Interactive Design" with published proceedings
 Include a short course, before or after the conference, on the
Observational Method
 Develop a short educational guide or brochure on the
observational, aimed at owners and other engineering
disciplines.

TC207 - SOIL-STRUCTURE
SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AND RETAINING
WALLS

Chair: V. Ulitsky

TERMS OF REFERENCE
 To promote co-operation and expertise exchange within the
area of soil-structure interaction and retaining walls amongst
the leading research and design institutes and universities
world-wide as well as amongst the largest contractors with
the objective to enhance overall engineering and research
expertise within this area.
 To identify examples of well-documented case histories
involving soil-structure interaction.
 To analyze the case histories using various soil-structure
interaction models and to compare the results with the real
observations.
 To serve as an organizational support in promoting and
advancement of new calculation methods in soil-structure
interaction, as well as in development of related interactive
monitoring and application of the observational method with
possibility of adjusting design decisions during the
construction process.
 To organize workshops and conferences on soil-structure
interaction and further inclusion of related sections into
international (regional) scientific geotechnical conferences.
To report on the results of its activities at these conferences.
 To prepare Guidelines giving recommendations for
practitioners’ approach to soil-structure interaction and
retaining walls problems.

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TC208 - LANDSLIDES
STABILITY OF NATURAL SLOPES (SLOPE STABILITY
IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE)
Chair: Jonathan Fannin
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 Provide opportunities for professional development to
engineers and geoscientists who practice in matters of soil
mechanics and slope stability
 Disseminate new applications of engineering science to the
investigation, analysis and remediation of slope stability
 Contribute to the organisation of conferences, symposia,
workshops and training courses on slope stability in
engineering practice
 Encourage the publication of novel research and innovative
practice in peer-reviewed scientific journals
 Facilitate, through the development and exchange of "best
practices", a means for knowledge transfer and capacity
building amongst those who serve society on matters of
slope stability
 Represent the interests of the ISSMGE at the JTC1 of
FedIGS
JTC1, Natural Slopes and Landslides
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 Discussing, advancing and developing the science and
engineering of natural soil and rock slopes, including
landslide triggering and evolution
 Encouraging the collaboration of those who practise in soil
mechanics, rock mechanics, engineering geology, mining
engineering, geomorphology and geography as applied to
landslides in natural slopes
 Fostering and organising conferences, symposia and
workshops, including the International Symposia on
Landslides which are held at four year intervals, open to all
who practise in soil mechanics, rock mechanics, engineering
geology, mining engineering, geomorphology and
geography
 Contributing to the International Congresses/and
Conferences of the ISSMGE, IAEG and ISRM
 Fostering the development and implementation into the
community, of landslide identification, monitoring, analysis,
modelling, stabilization, hazard and risk assessment, risk
mitigation and management criteria
 Fostering the organisation of training schools and
preparation of guidelines and codes of good practice to
allow the transfer and implementation into general practice
of new developments
TC209 - OFFSHORE
OFFSHORE GEOTECHNICS
Chair: Philippe Jeanjean
TERMS OF REFERENCE
TC209 is pleased to propose the activities herein for the 2010-
2013 period. These activities were selected amongst many ideas
brought forward by the TC members, during two teleconference
meetings held on Sept. 16 and Sept. 17. The activities have
been aligned to support the main ISSMGE objectives, as sent
by Prof. Briaud to the TC chairs on April 3, 2010. These
proposed activities may be refined and modified during the next
TC209 meeting which will take place in Perth, Australia on
November 11, 2010.
ISSMGE Objective 1:
Disseminate knowledge and practice within the TC’s subject
area to the membership of the ISSMGE:
1.A: Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and
workshops.
Proposed Activities:
 The 2010 International Symposium on Frontiers in
Offshore Geotechnics (ISFOG) in Perth, Australia will
be held under the auspices of TC209. TC209 will
support the publication of key papers from ISFOG in a
referenced journal.
 TC209 will sponsor the 2012 Offshore Site
Investigation and Geotechnics (OSIG) conference
organized by the Society for Underwater Technology
(SUT) in the UK. TC209 will strive to have key papers
published in referenced journal.
 TC209 will organize a session or a satellite workshop
at the 18th ICSMGE, Paris (2013)
 One quarterly issue of the Australian Geomechanical
Society journal will be devoted to offshore geotechnics.
 Other journals such as Géotechnique and the
International Journal of Geomechanics will be
approached to increase the impact of offshore
geotechnics.
 Interaction and combined activities with TC102- In-
situ testing will be explored.
1.B: Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-
art lectures including new technology, general reports for
conferences organized by the International Society,
regional conferences and conferences organized by
Member societies:
Proposed Activity:
 A list of key, easily accessible, references on offshore
geotechnics will be prepared for inclusion to the
ISSMGE website.
1.C: Develop ideas for broad participation of ISSMGE
individual members through, for example, prediction
events, surveys, or other means:
Proposed Activity:
 A prediction event will be organized on the topic of
jackup drilling rigs spudcan penetration. An interesting
case history will be selected and participants will be
asked to predict the penetration of the spudcan. Results
and conclusions will be disseminated appropriately.
ISSMGE Objective 2:
To establish guidelines and technical recommendations within
the TC’s subject area:
2.A: Collect available standards, codes, and guidelines, and
translate non-English ones into English if necessary.
No Proposed Activities:
2.B: Prepare overview of the standards, codes, and guidelines.
Evaluate the similarities and the differences.
Proposed Activity:
 TC209 will disseminate the findings of on-going
efforts within the American Petroleum Institute (API)
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compare and contrast offshore codes and standards.
2.C: Make guidelines and recommendations for practice.
Proposed Activity:
 TC209 will develop a guidance document on the topic
of cyclic soil parameters. Emphasis will be given on
summarizing the oil and gas industry experience and
describing how that knowledge can be transferred to
the renewable wind energy industry.
ISSMGE Objective 3:
Assist with technical programs of international and regional
conferences organized by the ISSMGE. Promote to present the
findings of the TC in main sessions and discussion sessions
Proposed Activities:
 TC209 will organize a session or a satellite workshop at the
18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) conference, Paris
(2013) to promote the findings of the work on cyclic soil
properties.
 TC209 will liaise with the ASCE 2012 San Francisco
conference organizers to include topics on how to foster and
transfer learnings between the onshore and offshore industry.
ISSMGE Objective 4:
Interact with industry and overlapping organizations working in
areas related to the TC’s specialist area:
Proposed Activities:
 Links with key organizations, including the Center for
Offshore Foundations (COFS) in Perth, Australia, the
International Center on Geohazards in Oslo, Norway, the
Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) in College
Station, USA, ISO and API will be reinforced. Key activities
will be advertised to the ISSMGE members.
 TC209 will interact and liaise with the renewable offshore
wind industry. Organizations such as the British Wind
Energy Association (BWEA) and the German wind industry
will be approached. Opportunities to share learnings at wind
industry conferences will be explored.
ISSMGE Objective 5:
Consider starting a named lecture to honour an eminent
geotechnical engineer in your field:
Proposed Activity:
 TC209 will start a named lecture to honour outstanding
contribution in the field of offshore geotechnics. The
provisional name of the lecture is the McCelland Lecture, to
honour the legacy and memory of Mr. Bramlette
McClelland, widely respected pioneer and innovator in
offshore geotechnics.
TC210 - DAMS
DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS
Chair: Dr. Xu Zeping
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 To promote co-operation and exchange of information
concerning research and developments in geotechnical
issues of dam construction among TC members and
ISSMGE member societies.
 To encourage the application of the latest research results of
soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering in practices of
dam engineering.
 To summarize and share experiences on dealing with
geotechnical problems in dam construction practices.
Encourage report and discussion on dam failure incidents
and the solutions for dam constructed under complex
geological conditions.
 To advance the above aims through collaboration with
ICOLD (International Committee on Large Dams).
Encourage TC members join the activities of ICOLD.
Activities Planned
 Knowledge dissemination on geotechnical issues of dam
engineering
 Publish case histories (with International Journal of
Geotechnical Case Histories)
 Arrange short courses and dam site visit
 Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and workshops
 Arrange TC210 sessions on ISSMGE Conferences
TC211 - GROUND IMPROVEMENT
GROUND IMPROVEMENT
Chair: S. Varaksin
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 Complete the existing website,
 Introduce a newsletter,
 Create close working groups, the only solution to be
efficient, this with the themes of appendix 1,
 Organise a workshop on 27-28 May 2011 at the Asian
Regional Conference in Hong-Kong with as theme the items
of the survey (appendix 1)
 More ambitious, organise a Symposium "Ground
Improvement". This still is to be confirmed as the Country
members will be known. This symposium "should" take
place in Brussels under the sponsoring of the BGGG-
GBMS, of Belgium and the CFMS of France host countries
of the Co-chairmen. The sponsors are contacted at the
moment, our idea is to organise the state of fundamental
research by universities and practitioners and presented as
keynote. Presently subjects are :
 Deep mixing research (Kitazume)
 Vacuum research (Jurong – Singapore)
 Asiri research : Rigid inclusions
 New bio technologies
 FMA – USA research on MSE
 Wollongong research by Indraratna on DC and vacuum.
 A "Menard lecture" as proposed by Jean-Louis Briaud will
also take place.
 Technical activity of the TC GI start up of its new theme
was initiated in Brazil where serge Varaksin published and
presented a lecture on "vacuum consolidation, the
environment friendly consolidation of very soft polluted
mud at the Airbus A380 factory site", at the soft clay
conference organise in Guarija on 21st and 22nd of May. Jan
Maertens, also invited as speaker had to decline for health
reasons.
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TC212 - DEEP FOUNDATIONS
DEEP FOUNDATIONS
Chair: R. Katzenbach
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The objectives of TC212 - Deep Foundations are:
 To promote co-operation and exchange of information on
design principles of piles, pile groups, energy piles, piles in
liquefied soil, Combined Pile Raft Foundations (CPRFs),
downdrag in piles, defect detection in bored piles by non-
destructive test, pile manufacturing process, pile stiffness
and on fundamental soil mechanical understanding of
installation methods of piles and related safety issues.
 To finalise and disseminate the International Guidelines for
Combined Pile-Raft Foundations (CPRFs), Energy Pile,
Piles in Liquefied Soil etc. to be published by ISSMGE.
 To compile and disseminate case studies of static and
dynamic tests on instrumented piles to get insights about the
influence of the pile installation process in terms of soil-
equipment-material interactions and its resulting influence
on the load-bearing behaviour of piles and to use the tests
for a benchmark for design methodologies.
 To form 5 to 6 Task Forces on the areas of utmost
importance as detailed above.
TC213 - SCOUR AND EROSION
SCOUR AND EROSION
Chair: M. Heibaum
TC name was changed to "Scour and Erosion" instead of
"Geotechnics of soil erosion"
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 Exchange information on scour and erosion processes from
the geotechnical point of view.
 Improve the mutual understanding of geotechnical and
hydraulic approaches to scour and erosion.
 Organize bi-annual international conferences on scour and
erosion
 Promote the improvement of calculation methods of scour
and erosion processes.
 Provide relevant information on the web to the geotechnical
and hydraulic community.
 Discussion and presentations of proposals of ICSE-7 2014
(Taipei?)
TC214 - SOFT SOILS
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING IN DIFFICULT SOFT SOIL
CONDITIONS
Chair: J.L. Rangel
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The objectives of Committee TC214 are:
a) To foster cooperation and exchange of information on
engineering characterization of difficult soft soil sites,
focusing on the definition of representative soil profiles and
static and dynamic properties to be considered in foundation
design.
b) To elaborate recommendations for in situ and laboratory
testing related to extreme soft soil conditions.
c) To contribute to the advancement of design method and
technology issues related to foundations in soft soils taking
into account factors that are commonly significant in those
soils such as regional subsidence and seismic amplification.
d) To prepare proposals for monitoring schemes as well as for
pile testing, in cases of foundation in extreme soft soil and/
or earthquake conditions.
e) To collect and publish well-documented case histories
regarding analysis, design, construction and behaviour of
foundations and earth structures built on soft soils.
Major TC214 activities during the 2010-2014 period will
include creating a website, organizing symposiums, workshops
and/or conferences, and participation of members in technical
meetings (papers, presentations, keynotes, etc.), according to
the following program:
 To develop and to update a website where information
regarding all activities, scientific papers and publications
and membership of the TC-214 could be consulted (June,
2010).
 Co-sponsoring of the International Symposium on
Tunneling and Shaft Construction to be held in Mexico City,
Feb. 20-23, 2010 (www.smig.org.mx). Themes discussed in
this symposium will be related to tunnelling in soft soils in
urban areas, including effects of regional subsidence,
seismic loading, etc. (done).
 To organize a workshop as part of 8th International
symposium on land subsidence to be held in Querétaro-
México, Oct. 17 to 22, 2010 (www.eisols2010.com). This
workshop will deal with Geotechnical Engineering in areas
affected by subsidence and soil fracturing. Papers will be
published in a special edition of the Mexican Geographic
Association Bulletin, which is an indexed publication. (in
progress, Oct, 2010)
 To participate in the 7th International symposium
"Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in soft
grounds" (www.tc28-rome.org), May 16-18, 2011 (Contact
established with TC204).
 To organize a TC214 workshop in 2012.
 To prepare a technical document on contributions of design
methods and technology issues related to foundations in soft
soils taking into account regional subsidence and seismic
amplifications (2013).
 To collect well documented case histories regarding
analysis, design, construction and behaviour of foundations
and earth structures built in difficult soft soils conditions
(2014).
 To review and evaluate new techniques and computer
software that have been developed for site characterization
and design of foundations in difficult soft soil conditions.
 Foster cooperation with technical committees: in-situ testing
(TC102), numerical methods (TC103), physical modelling
(TC104), earthquake (TC203), ground improvement (TC211),
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(TC204), soil-structure (TC207) and megacities (TC305).
 To organize informal meetings between members of the
committee and promote lectures in different countries.
TASK FORCES
 Soft soils characterization (Static and dynamic soft soils
properties for design of foundations)
 Numerical modelling of soft soils behaviour (F.E.
techniques, limit analyses, others…)
 Improvement of soft soils (Preloading, vertical drains,
other techniques…). Head: B. Indraratna.
 Design of foundations on soft soils (Technical solutions
for foundations of buildings and embankments. Design
criteria). Head: G. Auvinet.
 Instrumentation of foundations on soft soils
(Instrumentation and field-testing)
 Case Histories
TC215 - GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS
Chair: M. Manassero
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Objective 1: Disseminate knowledge and practice within the
TC’s subject area to the membership of the
ISSMGE
 Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and workshops.
 Organization of the 6ICEG November 8-12, New Delhi –
India and planning of the future ICEG editions.
 Organization of an International Workshop on Chemio-
Physical and Hydro-Mechanics Phenomena in
Environmental Geotechnics.
 Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-art
lectures including new technology, general reports for
conferences organized by the International Society, regional
conferences and conferences organized by Member
societies.
 Setting up of a Task Force for interaction with the
organizing and scientific committees of the different types
of ISSMGE related conferences in order to promote and
define the active contribution of the TC215 members for
each event.
 Develop ideas for broad participation of ISSMGE individual
members through for example prediction events, surveys, or
other means.
 Setting up of a Task Force for new initiatives devoted to
increasing participation in and visibility of the individual
TC215 members at local and global events related to geo-
environment aspects.
 Setting up of a Task Force for the preparation of technical
and scientific papers to be published in the ISSMGE
"International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case Histories"
and in other relevant journals.
Objective 2: Establish guidelines and technical
recommendations within the TC’s subject
area.
 Collect available standards and codes and translate non-
English ones into English if necessary.
 Prepare overview of the standards and codes.
 Evaluate the similarities and the differences.
 Make guidelines and recommendations for practice (can be
methodological ones for new complex problems and/or
technical ones for specific items).
 Setting up of a Task Force for the completion of Chapter n.
8 "Regulation and Technical Guidelines" of the TC215 CD-
Rom-Book "Geotechnical Aspect of Environmental
Engineering" (3rd Edition).
 Setting up of a Task Force to establish co-operation and an
exchange of knowledge with national and international
public institutions and government agencies to promote the
preparation and updating of laws and regulations.
Objective 3: Assist with technical programs of international
and regional conferences organized by ISSMGE
 Promote to present the findings of TC in main and
discussion session (see point c).
Objective 4: Interact with industry and overlapping groups
working in areas related to the TC’s specialist
area.
 Identify overlapping organizations and decide how to
interact with them.
 Setting up of a Task Force for interaction with IGS, IAEG,
ISRM and FedIGS and other possible interlocutors in order
to promote new initiatives and to include them within the
most important conference and symposia joint sessions with
ISSMGE-TC215 dealing with geo-environmental aspects.
TC216 - FROST
FROST GEOTECHNICS
Chair: A. Instanes
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The TC will continue the technical work of the previous period
(TC8). The TC will cooperate closely with TC202
Transportation Geotechnics.
Objective 1: Disseminate knowledge and practice
 Organization of conferences, symposium and workshops.
TC216 will participate in the organization of a specialty
conference during the period. We will investigate if it is
possible to re-vitalize the Ground Freezing Symposiums.
We will also look into organization of workshops in
connection with well-established conferences such as the
ASCE Cold Regions Engineering Conference (no date set
for the period 2010-2013), ICECORD and regional
conferences. In 2012 the International Permafrost
Association is organizing the 10th international conference
on permafrost in Tyumen, Russia. We will organize a
workshop during this conference.
 Key-note lectures, state-of-the-art lectures: Members will be
encouraged to initiate lectures related to frost topics.
 Participation of ISSMGE individual members: The TC will
carry out a survey among previous participants in
conferences and projects related to frost geotechnics. We
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 will also contact member societies to access new potential
(young) participants within the field.
 Generate a list of major publications on frost geotechnics.
Objective 2: Guidelines and technical recommendations
 Collection of available standards: European standardization
work has started under CEN-TC227/WG4, Task Group 5,
Frost susceptibility. Seppo Saarelainen participates in this
work. The TC will collect information from recent work in
USA (ASTM has a committee on Frozen soil and Rock),
Canada, Russia, China and Japan.
 Overview of standards, codes and guidelines will be
established during the period.
 Evaluation of similarities and differences will be carried out
during the period.
 Based on the previous items 1-3, guidelines and
recommenddations for practice will be discussed.
Objective 3: Assist with technical programs of international
and regional conferences organized by ISSMGE
The TC will contribute to this objective. At present time,
timetable is not available.
Objective 4: Interact with industry and overlapping
organizations
 Cooperate with International Permafrost Associations Work
Group for Permafrost Engineering. Several of the TCs
members are also member of this group. Re-establish
cooperation with organizations working on artificial ground
freezing.
TC301 - HISTORIC SITES
PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORIC SITES
Chair: C. Viggiani
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. Organization of a Symposium with the main aim to
exchange and compare experiences and to collect case
histories
2. Organization of the J. Kerisel Special Lecture during 2013
Paris ICSMGE
3. Collection of case histories
4. Compilation of relevant bibliography exploring the
opportunity to set up a dedicated library.
5. Preparation of guidelines on Conservation and Preservation
of Monuments and Historic Sites focused on the following
issues:
 collection of existing codes and recommendations;
 framing of the special requirements and constraints to be
considered in any rehabilitation intervention on
Monuments in order to preserve their cultural and
historical integrity;
 geotechnical methodologies suitable for the interventions
on Monuments and Historic sites.
6. Cooperation and exchange of experiences with the
Committees acting within TC-301 area and related fields
(structural engineering, hydraulic engineering, etc.)
TC302 - FORENSIC
FORENSIC GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Chair: V.S. Rao
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Introduction:
Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (FGE) deals with
investingating failures attributed to geotechnical origin, not
only from technical, but also from legal and contractual
viewpoint. Cases of remediated installations where the analysis
and evaluation of adopted remedial measures may be subjected
to legal scrutiny with regard to their effectiveness and
economy, as also Geotechnical based distress in structures due
to natural hazards including seismic damages fall under this
purview. The commonly adopted standard procedures of
testing, analysis, design, and construction may not be adequate
for forensic analysis. The test parameters and design
assumptions must simulate the actual conditions encountered at
site. The Forensic Geotechnical Engineer (FGEr), who is
different from the expert witness, should be able to justify the
selection of these parameters and test procedures in a court of
law. Hence, he has to be totally familiar with the investigative
protocol and the jurisprudence system of the country.
Objective:
 To prepare a guidance manual for forensic analysis of
geotechnical failures.
Scope:
The guidelines will be prepared under nine chapters as follows:
1) Collection of data,
2) Characterization of distress,
3) Diagnostic tests,
4) Back analysis,
5) Instrumentation and monitoring,
6) Development of failure hypothesis,
7) Reliability checks,
8) Legal Process and Jurisprudence, and
9) Case histories
Contents of chapters:
Ch. 1: Collection of data: This chapter will be mainly based on
desk study. A field reconnaissance survey of the project
will also have to be done to support the data. The
history of the project from the concept stage to the
execution stage will have to be studied. Interviews with
designers, representatives of the execution agencies,
etc, will have to be done. Meteorological data including
the seismic activity - if any- will also have to be
collected. In short all the data required for the final
analysis will have to be collected in this stage. (Provide
a check list?)
Ch. 2: Characterization of Distress : This chapter has to
include three aspects, viz: classification, geometry of
failure surface and progression of failure. Under
classification, the severity of the distress, as well as
whether it is a bearing failure or a deformation failure,
etc., will have to be assessed from the observation only.
The geometry of failure surface preferably in 3D format
will have to be developed. The progression of the
failure as observed in the site will also have to be
recorded. The records maintained by field engineers
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the history of the failure.
Ch. 3: Diagnostic Tests: Depending upon the failure pattern
and assessed probable causes of failure, both in situ and
laboratory tests will have to be performed to reconstruct
the soil behaviour. For ex. large size plate load tests or
footing tests may need to be performed in both
saturated and partially saturated conditions using load
increments representative of the actual construction
stage. Laboratory Shear tests using stress path method
might become necessary under stress increment type of
loading conditions, similar to consolidation tests. Pore
pressure measurements might also have to be done.
Selection of soil strength parameters for design of earth
retaining structures will have to be reviewed. Hence,
selection of tests and their procedures should have
correlation with the type of project and the failure
pattern.
Ch.4: Back Analysis: From the failure pattern, a back analysis
will have to be performed using the new parameters
evaluated from the diagnostic tests so that the original
assumptions regarding the behaviour of the soil -
structure system can be verified. Procedures to be
followed for different types of structures may be
illustrated.
Ch.5: Instrumentation and Monitoring: The instrumentation at
the site will have to be done in conjunction with the
diagnostic tests. This stage gains importance while
assessing the immediate danger that might occur as well
as the assessment of the rate of progress of failure.
Typical instruments for measurements of deformation,
forces, etc., including their limitations have to be
illustrated with case histories.
Ch.6: Development of Failure Hypothesis: With the
background of the characteristics of the failure, results
of the diagnostic tests and back analysis, the most
probable causes for the failure have to be developed.
These causes should be correlated to different
rheological models for soil as well as for soil-structure
system so that the most probable process of failure can
be identified. A comprehensive short description of the
different rheological models may be included in this
chapter.
Ch.7: Reliability Checks : Importance of reliability checks in
investigation process may be highlighted.
Ch.8: Legal Process and Jurisprudence: Technical. ethical and
legal Issues.
Ch.9: FGE Case Histories - identification, investigation,
remediation and litigation.
Task forces and their leaders:
TF1: Collection of data – P.W. Day
TF2: Characterization of distress. – David Starr
TF3: Development of failure hypothesis. – J. Mecsi
TF 4: Diagnostic tests - W.F. Lee
TF 5: Back Analysis - M. Popescu
TF6: Instrumentation -- Yoshi Iwasaki
TF7: Reliability – S.K. Babu
TF8: Legal Issues – D.S. Saxena
TF9: Case Histories- R. Hwang,
Program of activities:
With the approval and encouragement given by the President
ISSMGE, Prof. Briaud, the team commenced the work in
December 2009 itself. The activities planned are:
 A workshop on "Failures, Disputes, Causes, and Solutions in
Geotechnics" being organized by Prof. Mesci during 24-25,
September 2010, in Budapest.
 A symposium on "Forensic Approach to Analysis of
Geohazard Problems" on 14-14 December 2010 in Mumbai,
India.- Organized by V.V.S. Rao.
 Mr. David Starr, Prof. Lee , Prof. Popescu and Prof. Iwasaki
are planning to organize seminars/ Workshops during 2011
and 2012.
 The organizers of ARC 2011 have been requested to assist
in organizing a session on FGE.
 In the report on FGE compiled for TC40 (2004-2009) has a
number of case histories which will be sent to Prof. Zekkos.
TC303 - FLOODS
COASTAL AND RIVER DISASTER MITIGATION AND
REHABILITATION
Chair: Susumu Iai
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. General
Technical Committee 303 (TC303) ‘Coastal and River Disaster
Mitigation and Rehabilitation’ (short name ‘Floods’) is a new
Technical Committee (TC) of the ISSMGE created for the
period 2009-2013 under the wider theme of ‘Impact on
Society’. TC303 continues the work of the former TC39
‘Geotechnical Engineering for Coastal Disaster Mitigation and
Rehabilitation’, which was focused on tsunami risk following
the 2004 Sumatra earthquake in Indonesia. TC303 on Floods
will build on the work of TC39 by addressing disaster
mitigation and rehabilitation measures not only for tsunami but
also for other sources of catastrophic flooding including
hurricane, rainstorm and storm surge induced riverine and
coastal flooding events, such as the 2005 Hurricane Katrina
disaster in New Orleans, USA or Typhoon Morakot, which
devastated parts of Taiwan in 2009.
TC303 will provide a forum for active participation by
individual members of ISSMGE to improve understanding of
the geotechnical engineering issues surrounding catastrophic
flooding events. The TC will achieve this objective through
three task forces, which will assimilate and disseminate
geotechnical engineering knowledge relevant to coastal and
river disaster mitigation and rehabilitation through publications
and a major conference to be held in Indonesia in 2011.
2. Terms of Reference
1) Disseminate knowledge and practice on coastal and river
disaster mitigation and rehabilitation to the membership of
the ISSMGE.
2) Establish guidelines and technical recommendations on
coastal and river disaster mitigation and rehabilitation.
3) Assist with technical programs of international and
regional conferences organized by the ISSMGE through
promotion to present the findings of the TC in main and
discussion sessions.
4) Interact with industry and other relevant organizations
working on coastal and river disaster mitigation and
rehabilitation.
3. Task forces and deliverables (Tentative)
Task Force 1 Completion of a book on ‘Geo-disasters in
Coastal Areas: Processes, Rehabilitation and
Case Histories’, a continuing project from
TC39;
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Task Force 2 Preparation of guidelines and
recommendations for geotechnical engineering
practice in coastal and river disaster mitigation
and rehabilitation;
Task Force 3 Organisation of the 3rd International
Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for
Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation,
Semarang, Indonesia, May 2011.
TC304 - RISK
ENGINEERING PRACTICE OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND
MANAGEMENT
Chair: K.K. Phoon
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The goals of TC32 are to promote and enhance professional
activities and education in geotechnical and geo-environmental
engineering, in areas related to:
 Geostatistics and probabilistic site characterisation
 Quantification of uncertainties in performance prediction
 Reliability-based design
 Risk-based decision analysis
 Calibration of LRFD-type geotechnical design codes
 Project risk management
Task forces and task force leaders
TF1: Interaction with industry (Farrokh Nadim)
Deliverables: Coordinate/organise short courses for
practitioners
TF2: Compilation of guidelines and other technical resources
(Vaughan Griffiths)
Deliverables: Collect relevant guidelines and risk-
related international resources from
industry, government and academe.
TF3: Coordination with broader risk community: (Martin van
Staveren)
Deliverables: See proposal by Martin van Staveren;
final report with practical
recommendations for combining and
integrating discipline-based geotechnical
risk management with broader and more
generic project risk management in theory
and practice.
TF4: Communication/dissemination – (JY Ching)
Deliverables: TC304 website; Bibliography database;
Electronic meetings w/SKYPE
TF5: Conference coordination – (Ken Hong)
Deliverables:
 Special GEOSNet/TC304 session at 17th Southeast
Asian Geotechnical Conference, May 10-13, 2010
(organizers: JY Ching & KK Phoon)
 Collaborate with TC302 (Forensic Geotechnical
Engineering) on International Symposium on Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering, 14-15 Dec 2010, Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
 Special TC304 session at 14th Asian Regional
Conference, 23–27 May 2011 (organizers: LM Zhang
& Y Wang)
 Collaborate with TC303 (Coastal and River Disaster
Mitigation and Rehabilitation) on 3rd International
Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster
Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMAR 2011),
Semarang, Indonesia, 4-6 May 2011
 Collaborate with GEOSNet on 3rd International
Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR
2011), Munich, 2011 (under discussion)
ANNEX
TC304-TF3: COORDINATION WITH BROADER RISK
COMMUNITY
by Martin van Staveren, proposed TF3 Leader, 22 April 2010
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INTRODUCTION
Recently, TC32 has been renamed TC304. Prof. KK Phoon
chairs TC304 for the period 2009–2013 and proposed four
tentative task forces for TC304. One of these Task Forces, TF3,
aims to focus on coordination of geotechnical risk management
with the broader international risk community. This proposal is
a first outline about the possible main objective, activities,
deliverables and participants of TF3
Objective:
Over the last years, geotechnical risk management, as well as
project risk management, developed quite rapidly. However,
both complementary types of risk management are often still
separated in the day-to-day practice of construction projects.
This situation avoids catching all potential risk management
benefits, in terms of improved safety and quality, cost and time
savings, as well as improved reputations of large and smaller
construction projects.
The main objective of TF3 is contributing to the combination
and integration of discipline-based geotechnical risk
management with broader and more generic project risk
management, in theory and in practice. This should contribute
to more safety and quality, lower costs and faster completion of
all sorts of construction projects, worldwide.
Activities:
The main TF3 activities in order to contribute to the fore-
mentioned objective are:
 Establishing an international Task Force, TF3 (to be
completed by the end of September 2010);
 Drawing a TF3 Activities Plan by the TF3 members (to be
completed by the end of December 2010);
 Executing the TF3 Activities Plan and providing sub-
deliverables and the final deliverable (to be completed by
the end of December 2013).
Recently, in the Netherlands, the Geo-Impuls joint industry
development program has been launched, in which some 30
large clients, contractors, engineering consultants, universities
and institutes do participate.
The target of the Geo-Impuls program is halving geotechnical
failures by 2015. Realizing the Geo-Impuls objective will save
the Dutch community at least several hundreds of millions
Euros per year.
A core activity of the Geo-Impuls program is developing and
applying sound geotechnical risk management procedures
within construction projects. New knowledge is developed and
particularly existing knowledge will be better used, in a risk-
driven way. This requires a thorough integration of
geotechnical risk management with project risk management.
It is suggested to use the results and lessons of the Geo-Impuls
program within TF3, and to compare these results and lessons
with those of similar programs, elsewhere in the world.
Deliverables
The anticipated sub-deliverables are at least one paper per year,
written by TF3 participants and to be presented at an
international symposium that covers geotechnical risk
management.
The final deliverable is a TF3 report, which presents practical
recommendations for combining and integrating discipline-
based geotechnical risk management with broader and more
generic project risk management in theory and practice. Using
this report by practitioners should contribute to more safety and
quality, lower costs and faster completion of all sorts of
construction projects, worldwide.
TC305 - MEGACITIES
GEOTECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MEGA CITIES
AND NEW CAPITALS
Chair: A. Negro
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The main goal of this technical committee is to contribute to the
general practice of those working in a Mega City scenario, to
gather and share their experience on foundations, tunnels,
excavations, earthquake engineering, slope stability, soft soils,
environmental geotechnics, and others. Mega Cities demand a
General Practitioner Geotechnical Engineer and requires the
need for gathering and collating previous experience to
encourage technical development. Having this in mind, the
objectives of TC305 for the period 2010-2013 are as follows.
1. To stimulate interaction between infrastructure geotechnical
engineers for megacities, new capitals and twin (sister) cities
1.1. At an international level
- To promote a workshop during the 14th Asian
Regional Conference, Hong Kong, May 2011;
- To promote organization of the Twin Cities
Geotechnical Seminars (basic planning in annex)
in 2012;
- To promote a session or a workshop during the
next ICSMGE, Paris 2013;
- To encourage and stream the preparation of papers
from TC305 members to the ISSMGE International
Journal of Geo-Engineering Case histories.
1.2. At a regional level
- To organise regional workshops at the occasion of
large or challenging projects:
- To encourage the active participation (papers,
lectures, workshops) of TC305 members at
regional conferences.
2. To gather and collate geotechnical information
- To set up data and cartographic instrument specification;
- To establish access to public data;
3. Interact with other TCs and organisations concerned by
Geotechnical Infrastructure for Mega Cities:
- To establish or maintain contact with TCs having close
interests such as TC204 (Underground Construction in
Soft Ground), TC211 (Ground Improvement), TC212
(Deep Foundation), TC215 (Environmental Geotechnics).
- To cooperate with Deep Foundation Institute during the
4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing,
15-18 February 2012, New Orleans, LA, United States.
ANNEX
TC MEGACITIES 305 - TWIN CITIES GEOTECHNICAL
SEMINARS.
Background: it has been a tradition of the Sao Paulo branch of
the Brazilian Geotechnical Society (ABMS) to organize, every
ten to twenty years, a local seminar to gather and collate
summarized geotechnical and geological data related to Sao
Paulo City, conditioned mainly by sedimentary Paleocene stiff
and dense soils. Different contributors are invited to prepare
contributions, updating the knowledge on selected topics such
as local geology, hydro-geological conditions, soils micro-
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structures, strength and deformability of local soils,
performance of geotechnical structures as pavements, shallow
and deep foundations, natural and cut slopes, supported
excavations, tunnels, etc. A book is usually edited based on the
proceedings of the seminar, under the title "Soils of the City of
Sao Paulo". Published books resulted in noted editorial
successes within the local community. To increase national
coverage and interest on such publication, a second city was
invited to participate in the coming local seminar and the
natural choice was Rio de Janeiro with its residual soils
occurring highland and soft organic clays in the coastal sea
plane. The choice of Rio was twofold. Firstly it complements
the review of soils including older (Pre-Cambrian) and younger
(Quaternary) soils that also may occur in Sao Paulo. Secondly,
the Rio de Janeiro branch of ABMS has always been a
positively competing group to Sao Paulo’s and this is thought to
add flavour to a national event. The idea now is to spread out
internationally this type of meeting in the proposed format.
Tentative date: 2012.
Venues: local single day seminars, taking place in participating
countries, followed by a two or three day international seminar,
taking place at a convenient and selected low cost location. Sao
Paulo, Brazil has offered to host the international meeting.
Local Seminars: two or more local editors are requested to
invite local contributors to each selected topic. Editors are
expected to prepare an abridged draft of contents of the
contributions for the two selected cities. Moreover, editors
should review all contributions received to ensure technical
appropriateness and uniformity and to certify form
homogeneity. Contributions should be prepared both in the
local language and in English, preferably side by side in a two
columns page A4 format. A proficient English review is
recommended. A low cost hard cover proceeding, with no more
than 500 pages, plus a CD copy, is to be published in each
country, sponsored by the local National Society and under the
auspices of the TC Megacities 305-ISSMGE, with copyrights
provisions for duplication in an international volume edition.
Proceedings shall be published and distributed in the single day
local seminar, in which authors involved will present orally
their work, preferably in their home language. Costs of local
seminar organization shall be covered by the respective
National Society.
International Seminar: after completion of all national
seminars, an international seminar will be organized for cross
reviewing contributions from all participating countries.
Selected editors will be in charge of preparing a sum up volume
in English only, largely based on each country contribution.
This shall be published as a CD volume with a printed abridged
text of the contents. Costs of this production shall be covered
by the hosting country National Society. Eventually, all authors
of contributions from participating countries will be invited for
shorter presentations of their work, in English, during the
international seminar. Costs of organizing the international
seminar shall also be covered by the hosting country National
Society. The credits of the international seminar organization
and proceedings edition volume will be shared by the hosting
National Society and by TC Megacities 305-ISSMGE.
TC306 - GEO EDUCATION
GEO-ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Chair: A. Jaksa
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The overall aim of TC306 is to disseminate world’s best
practice in geotechnical engineering education and to achieve
this by engaging with educators, industry and students.
Objective 1:
 Disseminate knowledge and practice associated with Geo-
engineering Education to the membership of the ISSMGE.
 Organize International Geotechnical Education Conference
(to be held in Galway, Ireland, July 4-6, 2012. Planning is
underway.) Conference Organizing Committee: Chair:
Bryan McCabe, Members: David Airey, Mark Jaksa, Marina
Pantazidou, Declan Phillips. International Committee:
TC306.
Objective 2:
 Establish guidelines and recommendations associated with
Geo-engineering Education.
 Develop recommended curricula for geotechnical
engineering courses. Task Leader: John Atkinson.
 Develop a bibliography of useful geotechnical engineering
educational references. Task Leader: Marina Pantazidou.
 Facilitate the sharing and dissemination of geotechnical
engineering educational resources by means of a web portal.
Task Leader: Mark Jaksa.
 Establish an award, or series of awards, which recognizes
excellence in learning and teaching in geotechnical
engineering. Task Leader: Mark Jaksa.
 Develop resources to improve the educational efficacy and
resource efficiency of geotechnical engineering laboratory
classes. Task Leader: Mark Jaksa.
 Develop case studies from geotechnical projects that are
suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate instruction.
Task Leader: Marina Pantazidou.
 Develop and maintain a ‘map’ of geotechnical engineering
which incorporates the dynamic nature of our profession.
Task Leader: Marina Pantazidou.
 Develop guidelines for numerical modelling of geotechnical
problems. Task Leader: Vlasta Szavits-Nossan.
Objective 3:
 Assist with technical programs of international and regional
conferences organized by the ISSMGE.
 Facilitate sessions on geo-engineering education at ISSMGE
conferences, as requested. Task Leader: Marina Pantazidou
and Mark Jaksa.
Objective 4:
 Interact with industry and overlapping organizations working
in areas associated with Geo-engineering Education.
 Solicit involvement from industry in the development of
geo-engineering curricula. This task is aligned with Task 1.
Task Leader: John Atkinson.
 Survey results from employers on the efficiency of
geotechnical education in practice. Task Leader: Vlasta
Szavits-Nossan.
 (Tasks 11 and 12 are strongly aligned with Task 2.)
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TC101 - LABORATORY TESTING up to date? YES
LABORATORY STRESS STRAIN STRENGTH TESTING
OF GEOMATERIAL 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Date: May 30 2011 - International Symposium ISSeoul 2011 "Deformation
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 Characteristics of Geomaterials", September 2011, Seoul,
Prepared by: H. Di Benedetto, S. Shibuya & J. Koseki Korea
- Workshop on "thermal properties, geo-energy and labora-
Chair: Herve di Benedetto tory tests" planed in 2012 in EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Vice-Chair: Satoru Shibuya - Workshop on "advanced laboratory tests" in discussion
Secretary: Junichi Koseki Hong Kong 2012 or 2013
- Workshop on "laboratory tests and wave propagation" in
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference discussion UK 2013
to the TC members? YES
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
Hungary: Prof. Miklos Galos (miklos.galos@gmail.com) relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
Ecuador: Vicente Leon (vipaleto2004@yahoo.com)
Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans
Next TC group meeting Sept. 2011 To be discussed
Book cases history Book/2013
Bishop Lecture Prof. Tatsuoka F. To be done in ISSeoul Decide who to nominate
Next TC Int. Symp. To be fixed/2011 To be held in 2015
Liaison TC101 and Int.JGCH Erdin Ibraim (U. of Bristol)

Please list members of TC

Role Nominated by First Name Last Name Email
Chair Herve di Benedetto herve.dibenedetto@entpe.fr
Vice-chair S. Shibuya sshibuya@kobe-u.ac.jp
Member TOC Rune Dyvik rd@ngi.no
Member TOC Richard Jardine r.jardine@imperial.ac.uk
Secretary TOC Junichi Koseki koseki@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Member TOC M. Lipinsky miroslaw_lipinski@sggw.pl
Member Chair Matthew Coop mrcoop@cityu.edu.hk
Member Chair Victor Rinaldi rinaldiva@yahoo.com
Member Italy Anna D'Onofrio donofrio@unina.it
Member Italy Diego Lopresti diego.lopresti@dic.unipi.it
Member Australia David Airey david.airey@sydney.edu.au
Member Czech & Slovak Republics J. Boháč bohac@natur.cuni.cz
Member USA Thomas Brandon tbrandon@vt.edu
Member Kazakhstan D.Zh Bukenbayeva Bukenbayeva@mail.ru
Member Korea Choong-Ki Chung geolabs@snu.ac.kr
Member Hong Kong Philip Chung philipchung@cedd.gov.hk
Member France Christophe Dano christophe.dano@ec-nantes.fr
Member Netherlands Evert den Haan Evert.denhaan@deltares.nl
Member Spain Jose Estaire jose.estaire@cedex.es
Member Hungary Miklos Galos miklos.galos@gmail.com
Member UK A. Gasparre a.gasparre@gcg.co.uk
Member Greece Vassiliki Georgiannou vngeor@civil.ntua.gr
Member UK Erdin Ibraim erdin.ibraim@bristol.ac.uk
Member Iran Fardin Jafarzadeh fardin@sharif.edu
Member Korea Dong-Soo Kim dskim@kaist.ac.kr
Member Czech & Slovak Republics V. Kostkanová vladislava.herbstova@seznam.cz
Member Japan R. Kuwano kuwano@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Member Switzerland Lyesse Laloui lyesse.laloui@epfl.ch
Member Portugal Luis Lemos llemos@dec.uc.pt
Member USA Hoe Ling hil9@columbia.edu
Member Spain Antonio Lloret antonio.lloret@upc.es
Member Portugal Graça Lopes glopes@dec.isel.ipl.pt
Member Japan Satoshi Nishimura nishimura@eng.hokudai.ac.jp
Member India J.T. Shahu shahu@civil.iitd.ac.in
Member Poland A. Szymański alojzy_szymanski@sggw.pl
Member China Yangping Yao ypyao@buaa.edu.cn
Member Hong Kong Jian-Hua Yin cejhyin@polyu.edu.hk
Member Brazil Tacio Mauro Pereira de Campos tacio@puc-rio.br
Member Belgium An. Baertsoen an.baertsoen@mow.vlaanderen.be
Member Belgium D. Verastegui Ramiro.VerasteguiFlores@ugent.be
Member Ecuador Vicente Leon vipaleto2004@yahoo.com

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
TC102 - IN-SITU TESTING up to date? YES
GROUND PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION FROM IN- But could always use more updating of course. In particular,
SITU TESTS our e-mail listing requires an individual load up one-by-one
and to be honest, we do not have enough time to attend to
Date: 01 June 2011 that feature.
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: P.W. Mayne 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Chair: Paul W. Mayne (USA) - Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT'10); Hyatt
Vice-Chair: Antonio Viana da Fonseca (Portugal) Resort, Huntington Beach, California - 09-12 May 2010:
Secretary: Roberto Quental Coutinho (Brazil) www.cpt10.com
- The 4th International Conference on Site Characterization
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference (ISC-4) in Pernambuco, Brazil, September 2011: www.isc-
to the TC members? YES 4.com

2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
Frankly we have not heard from a good number of them comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
(particularly those that are merely assigned by their respec- vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
tive countries).

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Call for ISC-4 Roberto Coutinho/02 May
paper abstracts 2011/online submissions
Choose keynote Antonio Viana da Fonseca and
talks Roberto Coutinho & local ABSM
organizing committee/13 June 2011
Excellent, over 300 abstracts rec'd to Review abstracts and send out
date acceptance notices to authors
Dr. Peter K. Robertson has been
invited and has accepted to deliver
the 2012 JKM Lecture

Please list members of TC

Role First Name Last Name e-mail Member Society
Chair Paul Mayne paul.mayne@ce.gatech.edu USA
Vice chair Antonio Viana da Fonseca viana@fe.up.pt Portugal
Secretary Roberto Quental Coutinho rqc@ufpe.br Brazil
Core An-Bin Huang abhuang@mail.nctu.edu.tw Taiwan
Core Tom Lunne tlu@ngi.no Norway
Core John Powell jpowell@geolabs.co.uk UK
Core Fernando Schnaid fschnaid@gmail.com Brazil
Core Sebastiano Foti sebastiano.foti@polito.it Italy
Core Emoke Imre imreemok@hotmail.com Hungary
Core Barry Lehane lehane@civil.uwa.edu.au Australia
Core Zbigniew Młynarek hebo1@wp.pl Poland
Member N.T. Alibekova nt_alibekova@mail.ru Kazakhstan
Member Radhi Al-Zubaidy drraddi@yahoo.com Iraq
Member Marcos Arroyo marcos.arroyo@upc.edu Spain
Member George Athanassopoulos gaa@upatras.gr Greece
Member Augusto Barriga abarriga23@hotmail.com Ecuador
Member Herminia Cano herminia.cano@cedex.es Spain
Member Choong-Ki Chung geolabs@snu.ac.kr Korea
Member Ali Fakher afakher@ut.ac.ir Iran
Member Vasile Farcas vasile.farcas@yahoo.com Romania
Member Rui Freitas rf@coba.pt Portugal
Member Dimitris Gazelas dgazelas@hol.gr Greece
Member M. Karthikeyan karthi@surbana.com Singapore
Member I.V. Kashirsky kvi@grandgeo.ru Russia
Member Woojin Lee woojin@korea.ac.kr Korea
Member Mike Long mike.long@ucd.ie Ireland
Member Andras Mahler mahler@mail.bme.hu Hungary
Member Mamoru Mimura mimura@geotech.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp Japan
Member Jacques Monnet jacques.monnet@ujf-grenoble.fr France
Member Ernst Niederleithinger Ernst.Niederleithinger@bam.de Germany
Member J. Nuyens jean.nuyens@skynet.be Belgium
Member Edgar Oderbrecht edgar.g@terra.com.br Brazil
Member Joek Peuchen j.peuchen@fugro.nl Netherlands
Member Mario Quinta Ferreira mario.quinta.ferreira@gmail.com Portugal
Member G.V. Ramana India
Member Philippe Reiffsteck philippe.reiffsteck@lcpc.fr France
Member Victor Rinaldi vrinaldi@com.uncor.edu Argentina
Member Daniel Rom piedmontgeo@aol.com USA
Member Jørgen S. Steenfelt JOS@cowi.dk Denmark
Member H. Tanaka tanaka@eng.hokudai.ac.jp Japan

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Role First Name Last Name e-mail Member Society
Member Gauthier van Alboom gauthier.vanalboom@mow.vlaanderen.be Belgium
Member G. Venkatachalam gvee@civil.iitb.ac.in India
Member Yu Wang yuwang@cityu.edu.hk Hong Kong
Member Darren Ward darrenward@insitusi.com UK
Member Quentin Yue yueqzq@hkucc.hku.hk Hong Kong
Liaison Suzanne Lacasse suzanne.lacasse@ngi.no Norway

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT - 9th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degrada-
TC103 - NUMERICAL METHODS tion in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2011), May 23-26 2011,
NUMERICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS Porquerolles, France (Task leaders: Prof. François Nicot,
Prof K.T. Chau and Dr. Jidong Zhao)
Date: 20 May 2011 - The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 and Geotechnical Engineering (14th ARC 2011), May 23-
Prepared by: Jidong Zhao and K.T. Chau 27, 2011, Hong Kong, China (Task leaders: Dr. Jonny
Cheuk, Dr. S.W. Lee and Prof Akira Murakami)
Chair: K.T. Chau - 11th International Symposium on Landslides/2nd North
Vice-Chair: Richard Wan American Symposium on Landslides, June 3-8 2012,
Secretary: Jidong Zhao Banff, Alberta, Canada (Task leaders: Prof. Richard Wan
and Prof François Nicot)
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference - 3rd International Symposium on Computational Geo-
to the TC members? YES mechanics (ComGeo III), 2013 (Task leaders: Prof
François Nicot and Prof. Richard Wan)
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES - 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Yes, we have found that TC members from the following Geotechnical Engineering: Academia & Practice of Geo-
countries not responsive of our emails: Italy, Belgium, technical Engineering, Sept 1-5 2013, Paris, France (Task
Argentina and Netherlands. leaders: Prof K.T. Chau and Dr. Jidong Zhao)
- International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website Engineering to be held in Perth, Australia, 7th-9th Novem-
up to date? YES ber, 2011 (Task leaders: Dr. Mohamed Shahin and Mr.
Ting Zhang)
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold. 5. Please list the work task(s) you assigned to TC members
TC103 special sessions and/or mini-symposiums have been and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
planned in the following conferences relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s)

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Dr. Johnny Cheuk, Organizing special TC sessions at The organizing has been progress- A special report will be sum-
Dr. S.W. Lee & Prof. the 14th ARC (23-27 May 2011, ing well with two special sessions marized for the special sessions
Akira Murakami Hong Kong) being arranged in the conference. and be included in our news-
letter.
Prof. François Nicot, Organizing special TC103 sessions A total of four special sessions A report will be summarized. A
Prof K.T. Chau & Dr. at the upcoming 9th IWBDG confer- under the name of TC103 have possible special journal issue
Jidong Zhao ence (23-26 May 2011, France) been set up in the workshop. will be planned for selected
papers in the sessions.
Prof. Richard Wan & Special sessions in the > 11th Inter- The organizing has been progress- A report will be summarized. A
Prof. François Nicot national Symposium on Landslides/ ing well. possible special journal issue
2nd North American Symposium on will be planned for selected
Landslides (June 3-8, 2012, Canada) papers in the sessions.
Prof. Antonio Gens TC103 liaison officer for the Inter- Prof Gens has kindly agreed to act Prof. Gens will help us with this
national Journal of Geotechnical this role. for the term of this TC.
Case Histories (IJGCH)
Dr. Jidong Zhao TC103 Newsletter One issue has been sent off and To make it more regular.
more are coming.
Prof K.T. Chau and First TC103 committee meeting at The meeting has been planned and To discuss TC future plans and
Dr. Jidong Zhao the 9th IWBDG conference members have been encouraged to events.
attend.

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
K.T. Chau Chair cektchau@polyu.edu.hk Hong Kong
Richard Wan Vice-chair wan@ucalgary.ca Canada
Jidong Zhao Secretary jzhao@ust.hk Hong Kong
Francois Nicot Member of Executive Francois.nicot@cemagref.fr France
Akira Murakami Member of Executive akiram@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp Japan
Poul Lade Member of Executive lade@cua.edu USA
Radoslaw Michalowski Member of Executive rlmich@umich.edu USA
Fusao Oka Member of Executive Oka.fusao.2s@kyoto-u.ac.jp Japan
Sebastiano Rampello Member of Executive Sebastiano.rampello@uniroma1.it Italy
Lidija Zdravkovic Member of Executive l.zdravkovic@imperial.ac.uk UK
Alexander Puzrin Member of Executive Alexander.puzrin@igt.baug.ethz.ch Switzerland
Lars Andresen Member la@ngi.no Norway
R. Baimakhan Member brysbek@yandex.ru Kazakhstan
Dipanjan Basu Member dbasu@engr.uconn.edu USA
Georgios Belokas Member gbelokas@gmail.com Greece
Daniel Borin Member daniel@geosolve.co.uk UK
Robert Charlier Member robert.charlier@ulg.ac.be Belgium
Johnny Cheuk Member Johnny.cheuk@aecom.com Hong Kong

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Name Function e-mail address Country
Cosmin Chiorean Member cosmin.chiorean@mecon.utcluj.ro Romania
Marcin Cudny Member mcud@pg.gda.pl Poland
Marcio Muniz de Farias Member muniz@unb.br Brazil
V.P. Dyba Member saprosf@mail.ru Russia
Yasser El-Mossallamy Member y.el-mossallamy@arcadis.de Egypt
Keyvan Fotoohi Member Keyvanf@hotmail.com USA
Antonio Gens Member antonio.gens@upc.edu Spain
Jürgen Grabe Member grabe@tuhh.de Germany
Michael Hicks Member m.a.hicks@tudelft.nl Netherlands
Minna Karstunen Member minna.karstunen@strath.ac.uk UK
S.W. Lee Member Lsw@gcgasia.com.hk Hong Kong
R.E. Lukpanov Member rauan_82@mail.ru Kazakhstan
Kenichi Maeda Member maeda.kenichi@nitech.ac.jp Japan
Diego Manzanal Member diego.manzanal@gmail.com Argentina
João Maranha Member jmaranha@lnec.pt Portugal
David Mašín Member masin@natur.cuni.cz Czech & Slovak Republics
Philippe Mestat Member philippe.mestat@lcpc.fr France
Pablo Mira Member pmira@cedex.es Spain
Toshihiro Noda Member noda@civil.nagoya-u.ac.jp Japan
Achilleas Papadimitriou Member apapad@civ.uth.gr Greece
K. Rajagopal Member gopalkr@iitm.ac.in India
Ricardo Schiava Member rschiava@arnet.com.ar Argentina
Mohamed Shahin Member m.shahin@curtin.edu.au Australia
Oliver Stelzer Member oliver.stelzer@baw.de Germany
Donatella Sterpi Member sterpi@stru.polimi.it Italy
Claudio Tamagnini Member tamag@unipg.it Italy
L. Vincke Member leen.vincke@mow.vlaanderen.be Belgium
Ting Zhang Member ting.zhang@woodside.com.au Australia

ISSMGE Technical Committee TC103 - Terms of References
TC103 Numerical Methods in Geomechanics is one of the
technical committees of International Society for Soil Mechan-
ics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). TC103 aims to
provide a forum for all interested members of ISSMGE to
explore the using of computational tools and developing of
advanced numerical methods to solve problems relevant to soil
mechanics and geotechnical engineering.
TC103 will deal with the following important technical issues:
a) Constitutive modelling, calibrations of complex soil behav-
iour and engineering problems such as instability, strain
localization and progressive failure of soil or rock struc-
tures;
b) Advanced procedures for model validation and verification;
c) the development of accurate, robust and efficient numerical
methods for applications of varying needs;
d) Modelling of coupled phenomena that are useful across
geotechnical engineering, rock engineering, petroleum
engineering, geothermal engineering;
e) Assisting and promotion of exchange of knowledge be-
tween the academia and practicing engineers.
More specifically, TC103 will focus on the following thematic
topics relevant to soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering:
a) Investigation on effective predictive approaches to better
understanding of coupled behaviour in geomaterials (such
as thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupling), various in-
stabilities modes such as strain localization, liquefaction,
large deformation, underground water flow and contamina-
tion, erosion and rapid flow in geomaterials, thermo-related
geomechanics;
b) Development of advanced constitutive models to characterize
the complex behaviour of geomaterials, including elasto-
plasticity, visco-plasticity, hypoplasticity, cyclic-plasticity,
soil/rock degradation, strain softening, rate-dependency and
anisotropy;
c) Development of advanced predictive tools based on new
numerical and analytical techniques, such as Finite Element
Method (FEM), Extended Finite Element Method (X-
FEM), Boundary Element Method (BEM), Material Point
Method (MPM), coupled Discrete Element Method (DEM)
and FEM, Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method,
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method and
Multiscale Modelling (MM) method.
d) Numerical implementation and calibration of advanced soil
models using laboratory and field testing data; determina-
tion of model parameters using back analysis and homo-
genization of locally heterogeneous geomaterials.
e) Critical evaluation of existing prediction approaches among
the empirical methods, laboratory testing, simple elastic
and/or elasto-plastic methods and limit analysis and various
comprehensive numerical methods.
f) Transfer of new knowledge to and training practicing engi-
neers of the ISSMGE to address important engineering
issues in dealing with natural hazards; promotion of
exchange of ideas and experience between academics and
practitioners.
Over a term of four years from 2010 to 2013, TC103 will strive
to achieve the following objectives in line with the aforemen-
tioned major themes as well as the guideline provided by the
Technical Oversight Committee (TOC):
Objective 1:
Disseminate knowledge and practice to the member of
ISSMGE on employing advanced numerical methods to facili-
tate deeper understanding of fundamental behaviour of
geomaterials and to help solving difficult problems that are of
practical importance. In doing so, TC103 will
a) Organize or co-organize relevant workshops/symposiums/
conferences to encourage the exchange of ideas and
advances in computational geomechanics among academics
and practitioners. Specifically, the following conferences/
workshops have been tentatively identified as the occasions
that special sessions and/or mini-symposiums will be
planned under the name of ISSMGE TC103

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  9th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degrada-
tion in Geomaterials (IWBDG 2011), May 23-26 2011,
Porquerolles, France (Task leader: Prof. François Nicot)
 The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (14th ARC 2011), May 23-
27, 2011, Hong Kong, China (Task leader: Dr. Jonny
Cheuk)
 11th International Symposium on Landslides/2nd North
American Symposium on Landslides, June 3-8 2012,
Banff, Alberta, Canada (Task leaders: Prof. Richard Wan/
Prof François Nicot)
 3rd International Symposium on Computational Geo-
mechanics (ComGeo III), 2013 (Task leaders: Prof
François Nicot/Prof. Richard Wan)
 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering: Academia & Practice of
Geotechnical Engineering, Sept 1-5 2013, Paris, France
b) Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, introductory
lectures from TC103 on latest developments and new trends
on numerical methods with an emphasis on geomechanics.
In particular,
 We shall encourage all our members to take every chance
to promote the use of advanced computational methods
for geotechnical applications at international and regional
conferences and workshops
 Most executive members as well members recommended
from regional societies of TC103 are reputable experts in
their specific research areas within a broad field of
computational geomechanics. We are confident that many
of them will be invited from time to time by various inter-
national/regional conferences to deliver keynote lectures,
to teach for various workshop/summer schools and to
provide various technical inputs on practical problems.
These activities will be clearly documented in our news-
letter as well as annual report.
 Meanwhile, TC103 will also recommend appropriate
candidates from among our TC members to give these
speeches on occasions that we deem suitable, especially
those events organized by the overlapping organization as
will be listed in Objective 3.
 TC103 will also organize special issue publications in
some prestigious journals on thematic topics.
c) Develop various schemes to draw the active participation of
broad ISSMGE members. Typical examples of these in-
clude online survey of typical software packages used for
their research/work, challenging problems/difficulties they
have encountered or are facing in their daily work of
numerical analysis. Benchmark test competitions will also
be planned for all interested members to participate to test
the performance of their own packing/numerical schemes
on solving the same problem.
Objective 2:
TC103 will endeavour to provide full support for various inter-
national/regional conferences relevant to ISSMGE, to help on
organizing special sessions, calling for papers, recommending
keynote speakers, offering help on reviewing papers and on
seeking suitable sponsors. All members of TC103 will be
highly encouraged to contribute to these events and to present
their latest research developments on numerical modelling in
geomechanics. Specifically, we tentatively propose the follow-
ing thematic sessions be organized at the various conferences.
 A TC103 special session on "The Behavior of Material
Instabilities at Various Scales for Geomaterials" at the 9th
IWBDG (2010) (Task leader: Prof. François Nicot)
 Two parallel sessions for the upcoming 14th ARC-SMGE
(2010)-Hong Kong: one on recent progress in computational
geomechanics and the other on the current practice and issues
of numerical methods for engineering. (Task leader: Dr.
Jonny Cheuk)
 A session (to be confirmed) for the 11th International Sympo-
sium on Landslides/2nd North American Symposium on
Landslides, 2012, Canada (Task leader: Prof. Richard Wan/
Prof. François Nicot)
 A special session in 3rd International Symposium on Com-
putational Geomechanics (ComGeo III), 2013 (Task leaders:
Prof François Nicot/Prof. Richard Wan)
 TC103 Mini-symposium on "Challenges and Opportunities in
Computational Geomechanics" for the 18th ISSMGE Confer-
ence (2013)- France
TC103 will also organize special issues of thematic publica-
tions in such journals as Int. J. Analy. Numer. Meth. Geom.,
Soils and Foundations and Computers and Geotechnics, as
well as the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering
Case Histories if deemed as appropriate. Contribution to
these special issues will be based on invitation and/or in
connection with some of the above special conference ses-
sions.
Objective 3:
TC103 will actively seek every opportunity to interact with
geotechnical industry as well as other organization/society
relevant to computational geomechanics. Specifically:
a) We shall encourage all regional societies to recommend
experienced practicing engineering to join our technical
committee. We shall also encourage them to organize vari-
ous sessions with practice-oriented topics and discussion
sessions with academics involved. For example, in Hong
Kong area, we shall call for members from the Hong Kong
Institute of Engineers (HKIE) to join our TC, through
whom we shall regularly circulate conference/workshop/
seminar information to major consulting firms such as Ove
Arup, AECOM, Scott Wilson, governmental offices such
as GEO and contractors.
b) TC103 tentatively identities the following technical
committees of ISSMGE and other societies as potential
overlapping working bodies to interact with:
 TC105 Geomechanics from Micro to Macro of ISS-
MGE: the wide-spreading use of Discrete Element
Method for TC105 could offer invaluable information
for constitutive modelling of geomaterials at the contin-
uum level and help to shed light on the microscopic
mechanisms on various interesting phenomena such as
strain localization, liquefaction and progressive failure.
If possible, joint sessions can be proposed on suitable
occasions between TC103 and TC105.
 TC203 Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and
Associated Problems of ISSMGE: The earth appears to
enter another seismic active period and our memory is
still fresh on the extreme disasters several recent major
earthquakes have caused. Computational intensive tools
have been developed to evaluate the occurrence prob-
ability potential consequence of earthquake at many
locations of the world. We shall work closely with our
colleagues in TC203 on the recently findings by them
and from our TC103 and seek chances to interact with
them on such occasions as regional and international
annual earthquake conferences.
 TC106 Unsaturated Soils of ISSMGE: The understand-
ing of unsaturated soil behaviour remains a difficult
topic. One active research area in unsaturated soil is to
develop suitable constitutive models to describe the soil
behaviour and to implement them in numerical codes
such as Finite Element Method for practical predictions.
As the latter falls precisely to our main themes and
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 TC103 and TC106 could hereby build an area of
common interest. Interaction between TC103 and
TC106 could present in forms of joint workshops and
conference sessions.
 TC208 Stability of Natural Slopes of ISSMGE: Analy-
sis and prediction of stability of natural slopes are a
difficult task for both academics and practicing engi-
neers. In this regard, numerical methods have obvious
advantage over many other methods in dealing with the
complex boundary conditions such as rainfall infiltra-
tion/slope surface runoff/surface soil evaporation/
ground water flow and fluctuation and heterogeneous
soil properties. TC103 will encourage our members to
pay more attention on this topic and to exchange find-
ings with colleagues from TC208 regularly.
 ASCE Geotechnical Branch and ASME Geomechanics
Committee: The Chair of TC103 is meanwhile the
Chair of ASME Geomechanics Committee. He would
then be able to call for join conferences/workshop at
appropriate times to work on topics that are interesting
to peoples from both societies.
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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
TC104 - PHYSICAL MODELLING ties you have held or plan to hold.
PHYSICAL MODELLING IN GEOTECHNICS - The European Symposium on Centrifuge Modelling se-
ries was initiated as a quadrennial event in 2008 and host-
Date: 16/05/2011 ing of the 2012 event has been secured. The second Euro-
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 fuge will take place in Delft (Netherlands) the 23-24 April
Prepared by: Christophe Gaudin 2012. The symposium will continue to take place every four
years.
Chair: Christophe Gaudin - Following the same format, the first Asiafuge will take
Vice-Chair: Andy Take place in November 2012 in Goa (India).
Secretary: Dave White - Two special Physical Modelling sessions entitled "Roles
and influences of physical modelling on state of the art
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference and practice of geotechnical engineering" and "Roles and
to the TC members? YES influences of physical modelling on state of the art and
practice of geotechnical earthquake engineering" will be
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO held during GeoCongress 2012. The second session is co-
sponsored with the TC on Earthquake Geotechnical Engi-
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website neering.
up to date? YES - Preparations of the 8th International Conference on Physi-
In addition the TC will host his own website, replacing the cal Modelling in Geotechnics, to be held in Perth in Janu-
version established in 2006. The website is expected to be ary 2014 have started.
online by the end of June. Jonathan Black (Sheffield Uni-
versity) is the webmaster. 5. Please list the work task(s) you assigned to TC members
and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans
Scaling law Adam Bezuijen Working group constituted First draft to be ready for review
catalogue Updated scaling law catalogue to be deliv- Section of the catalogue to be mid 2012
ered ICPMG2014 updated identified
Centrifuge Jan Laue & Dan Wilson Contacts have been establi- First prototype to be tested by the
technology Develop alternative pore pressure trans- shed with a Swiss company end of 2011
sustainability ducer for centrifuge application -End 2012 and new design established
Centrifuge for Bernardo Caicedo Working group constituted Review of drawing and resources
teaching Develop miniature teaching centrifuge & Mechanical drawing in pro- mid 2012
associated teaching material-ICPMG2014 gress
Industry Aware- Ryan Philips Template developed Finalise template and circulate by
ness Develop best practice guide for interaction end of 2011
with industry ICPMG2014
Regional work- BVS Viswanadham Hosting of Eurofuge and Promote the two symposiums to the
shop and confer- Establish and secure regional workshop Asiafuge has been secured. geotechnical community
ences and conference Both are to be held in 2012
Communication Bruce Kutter Special Physical Modelling Website on line by July 2011. First
Dissemination Promote physical modelling, interact with sessions at Geocongress 2012 newsletter to be issued in July 2011
other TC, disseminate information Website upgrade in progress
1g physical Andy take Contact established with 1g Working group to be finalized
modelling Develop interaction between 1g and centri- modellers Clarify definition of 1g modelling
fuge modellers (as opposed to testing)

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country (adjust table as needed).

The information on the ISSMGE website is up to date (http://www.issmge.org/web/page.aspx?refid=667)

Name Function e-mail address Country
Christophe Gaudin Chair gaudin@civil.uwa.edu.au Australia
Andy Take Vice-chair andy.take@civil.queensu.ca Canada
Dave White Secretary white@civil.uwa.edu.au Australia
Colin Leung Member of Executive cvelcf@nus.edu.sg Singapore
Osamu Kusakube Member of Executive kusakabe@cv.titech.ac.jp Japan
Bruce Kutter Member of Executive blkutter@ucdavis.edu USA
Ryan Phillips Member of Executive ryan.phillips@c-core.ca Canada
Adam Bezuijen Member of Executive Adam.bezuijen@deltares.nl Netherlands
Bernardo Caicedo Member of Executive bcaicedo@uniandes.edu.co Colombia
Jan Laue Member of Executive jan.laue@igt.baug.ethz.ch Switzerland
Ma Xianfeng Member of Executive xf.ma@tongji.edu.cn China
Member
See ISSMGE website
Christophe Gaudin Corresponding member gaudin@civil.uwa.edu.au Australia

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC105 - GEO-MECHANICS
GEO-MECHANICS FROM MICRO TO MACRO
Date:-14 June 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: -MASAYUKI HYODO
Chair: Malcolm D. Bolton (until October 2010),
Masayuki Hyodo (from October 2010)
Vice-Chair: Mingjing Jiang (from October 2010)
Secretary: Masayuki Hyodo (until October 2010),
Kenichi Soga (from October 2010)
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members?
2. Are any TC members not responsive?
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date?
If not, please describe the target date for the revision.
Target date: July 31, 2011
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
January 2010: A short course on DEM theory and practice.
(Organisers: Japan National Committee for TC35).
- 12-14 October 2010: IS-Shanghai, International Sympo-
sium on Geomechanics and Geotechnics from Micro to
Macro, Tongji University, Shanghai China, (Organiser:
Professor Mingjing Jiang)
- May and June 2010: Geotechnique Special Issue(s)
Mechanics at Grain Scale (Editorial Chair Dr. B. Baudet).
Eighteen full papers and selected papers were presented
for discussion at IS-Shanhai.
YES - 14-15 December 2010: 7th UK Travelling Workshop,
Cambridge. (Organiser Prof. M.D. Bolton)
YES
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
NO vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Work task Responsible/deadline/ Progress Future plans

deliverable
IS-Cambridge Soga/2014 As a goal for the current TC105,
this symposium will be held in
2014
Methane Hydrate Workshop Hyodo/Soga/Santamarina The first workshop was held The workshop will be held once a
in Georgia Tech in Dec. 2010 year.
Bio-soil interaction workshop Soga/2011 Will be held in September
2011 at Cambridge
Homogenisation workshop Einav/2012 Einav will visit Cambridge in late
2011 to discuss about the progress
TC105 session at Paris Conference Viggiani/2013 During 13th ICSMFE Paris, TC
session will be held
Webpage creation McDowell/Hyodo
Develop DEM textbook Nakata/Jiang/McDowell
Round robin test on DEM code Viggiani
Development State of
art report on homogenization Einov/Soga
techniques
Develop education materials to Coop/Bardet
promote macro-micro soil
mechanics
ASCE Granular Material Commit- Guttierez
tee
ALERT (Europ) Viggiani
GM3 (UK) McDowell
National research committee Hyodo/Nakata
(Japan)
National research committee Jiang
(China)
National research committee Cho
(Korea)

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country

Name Function e-mail address Country

Masayuki Hyodo Chair hyodo@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp Japan
Mingjing Jiang Vice-chair mingjing.jiang@mail.tongji.edu.cn China
Kenichi Soga Secretary ks207@cam.ac.uk UK
Carlos Santamarina Executive member jcs@gatech.edu USA
Marte Gutierrez Executive member mgutierr@mines.edu USA
Mathew Coop Executive member mrcoop@cityu.edu.hk Hong Kong
Glenn McDowell Executive member Glenn.Mcdowell@nottingham.ac.uk UK
Beatrice Baudet Executive member b.baudet@ucl.ac.uk Hong Kong
Cino Viggiani Executive member cino.viggiani@hmg.inpg.fr France

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Name Function e-mail address Country
Gye-Chun Cho Executive member gyechun@kaist.edu Korea
Itai Einav Executive member itai.einav@sydney.edu.au Australia
Charlier, Robert Member robert.charlier@ulg.ac.be Belgium
Dijkstra, Jelke Member j.dijkstra@tudelft.nl Netherlands
Gens, Antonio Member antonio.gens@upc.edu Spain
Herle, Ivo Member Ivo.Herle@mailbox.tu-dresden.de Czech & Slovak Republics
Hettler, Achim Member achim.hettler@uni-dortmund.de Germany
Łydżba, Dariusz Member dariusz.lydzba@pwr.wroc.pl Poland
Mir Ghasemi, Ali Asghar Member aghasemi@ut.ac.ir Iran
Muir Wood, David Member d.muir-wood@bristol.ac.uk UK
Nakata, Yukio Member nakata@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp Japan
O'Neill, Mark Member Mark.O’Neill@scottwilson.com UK
Schanz, Tom Member tom.schanz@ruhr-uni-bochum.de Germany
Scharle, Peter Member Hungary
Unaibaev, B.Zh. Member u-danik@rambler.ru Kazakhstan
Verbrugge, J.-C. Member jverbrug@ulb.ac.be Belgium
Wang, Y.H. Member ceyhwang@ust.hk Hong Kong
Zhao, Jidon Member jzhao@ust.hk Hong Kong
Orense Rolando Member r.orense@auckland.ac.nz New Zealand
Hackmet, Joer Member hackmetj@ag.com.au Australia
Noriyuki Yasufuku Member yasufuku@civil.kyushu-u.ac.jp Japan

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC106 - UNSATURATED SOILS
UNSATURATED SOILS
Date: May 31, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: E. Alonso, P. Delage and G. Miller
Chair: Eduardo Alonso
Vice-Chair: Pierre Delage
Secretary: Gerald Miller
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? NO
This is posted on the web page. We will send it out as an
attachment with our next communication to the committee
(early June).
2. Are any TC members not responsive?
Not sure about this. Generally communication is one-way
for most members, unless they are actively planning an
event. We are in the process of reviewing the membership
list as mentioned below. This will become more apparent in
future months.
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
A couple of corrections are required for the membership list.
Note: the attached membership list is up to date (corrections
are shown in yellow). There was one name on the member
list that was a TOC selection that we were unsure of. The
name was "R. Rajardo" and no affiliation or contact infor-
mation was given. Earlier documents indicated "R.
Rajardo" was a member of SEAGS and from Singapore.
We assumed this was supposed to be "H. Rahardjo" from
Singapore (in yellow below). Please let us know if this is
correct. If not please send the complete contact information.
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
A list of TC106 activities can be found in our December
2009 committee report for the period 2005-2009. Some of
our more recently completed activities include:
- 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering, September 2009, in
Alexandria, Egypt. TC6 organized a workshop titled
"Applications of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in
Geotechnical Engineering". The workshop included pre-
sentations by nine distinguished TC6 committee members
focusing on case histories and practical applications.
- International Symposium on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
and Deep Geological Nuclear Waste Disposal (UNSAT-
WASTE 2009), Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
Issues, August 2009, in Shanghai, China
- 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils (AP-
UNSAT), November 2009, in Newcastle, Australia
- 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils
(UNSAT 2010), September 2010, in Barcelona, Spain
Upcoming events include:
- 5th AP-UNSAT (Asian-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated
Soils), November 14-16, 2011 in Pattaya, Thailand
(http://www.unsat.eng.ku.ac.th/)
- 2nd E-UNSAT (European Conference on Unsaturated
Soils), June 20-22, 2012 in Napoli, Italy
(http://eunsat2012.mgmcongress.org/)
- 1st PanAm UNSAT (Pan-American Conference on Un-
saturated Soils) – In the planning stages.
- 6th UNSAT 2014 (International Conference on Unsaturated
Soils) - July 2014 – Brisbane, Australia.
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Generally, we don’t assign and manage specific tasks to
this amount of detail. Members generally volunteer to
complete specific activities (e.g. conference planning) and
we assist to ensure successful outcomes. Most members
are active in unsaturated soil research and good ambassa-
dors in the promotion of unsaturated soil research and
practice in their own countries and abroad. Our main
activities include promotion of unsaturated soil mechanics
through conferences and publications. Our members have
a history of developing and hosting successful conferences
including the recurring international UNSAT series (just
held the 5th in Barcelona, 6th to be held in Brisbane,
Australia), European E-UNSAT series (1st in Durham in
2008, 2nd in Napoli in 2012) and the AP-UNSAT series
(most recent was in Newcastle, Australia in 2009, 5th will
be held in 2011 in Pattaya, Thailand). A new series will be
launched in the near future, the Pan-American UNSAT
series. We are also active at regional and international
conferences and our members are often featured speakers
at such events. For examples, at the last ISSMGE confer-
ence in Alexandria in 2009, we offered a successful work-
shop on unsaturated soil mechanics featuring high profile
members of our committee. There is no shortage of indi-
vidual members who volunteer for these activities – in fact
for most of recurring conferences member representatives
from various countries submit proposals to our committee
requiring an internal vote to finalize venue selection.
Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail
address and country

First Name Last Name Function E-mail Country

Eduardo Alonso Chair eduardo.alonso@upc.edu Spain
Pierre Delage Vice chair delage@cermes.enpc.fr France
Gerald Miller Secretary gamiller@ou.edu USA
Antonio Gens Member antonio.gens@upc.edu Spain
Cristina Jommi Member cristina.jommi@polimi.it Italy
David Toll Member d.g.toll@durham.ac.uk UK
Simon Wheeler Member s.wheeler@civil.gla.ac.uk UK
D.G. Fredlund Member Del_Fredlund@golder.com Canada
Seung-Rae Lee Member srlee@kaist.ac.kr Korea
Harianto Rahardjo Member chrahardjo@ntu.edu.sg Singapore

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 First Name Last Name Function E-mail Country
Michael Bardanis Member mbardanis@edafos.gr Greece
Huriye Bilsel Member huriye.bilsel@emu.edu.tr Turkey
Donald Cameron Member donald.cameron@unisa.edu.au Australia
Rafaela Cardoso Member rafaela@civil.ist.utl.pt Portugal
Arnaldo Carrillo Member acsac01@speedy.com.pe Peru
Pfander Cazar Member pfandercazar@andinanet.net Ecuador
Roberto Centeno Member centenow@cantv.net Venezuela
Geoff Chao Member gchao@enganalytics.com USA
Robert Charlier Member robert.charlier@ulg.ac.be Belgium
Yu Jun Cui Member cui@cermes.enpc.fr France
K. Garbulewski Member kazimierz_garbulewski@sggw.pl Poland
Ghassem Habibagahi Member habibg@shirazu.ac.ir Iran
Sandra Houston Member sandra.houston@asu.edu USA
Atsushi Iizuka Member iizuka@kobe-u.ac.jp Japan
Emoke Imre Member imreemok@hotmail.com Hungary
Suhail Idriss Khattab Member suhailkhattab@yahoo.com Iraq
Claudio Mancuso Member mancuso@unina.it Italy
Fernando A. Medeiros Marinho Member fmarinho@usp.br Brazil
David Mašín Member masin@natur.cuni.cz Czech & Slovak Republics
Farimah Masrouri Member farimah.masrouri@ensg.inpl-nancy.fr France
Oscar Mooijman Member o.mooijman@royalhaskoning.com Netherlands
Edward Murray Member ted@murrayrix.co.uk UK
Emanuel Maranha das Neves Member emn@civil.ist.utl.pt Portugal
Luciano Oldecop Member oldecop@unsj.edu.ar Argentina
E.E. Orasaly Member eorazaly@mail.ru Kazakhstan
Seong-Wan Park Member spark@dankook.ac.kr Korea
Tom Schanz Member tom.schanz@ruhr-uni-bochum.de Germany
Daichao Sheng Member Daichao.Sheng@newcastle.edu.au Australia
Giuseppe Sorbino Member g.sorbino@unisa.it Italy
Sarah Springman Member sarah.springman@igt.baug.ethz.ch Switzerland
S Sreedeep Member srees@iitg.ernet.in India
H.W. Sun Member hwsun@cedd.gov.hk Hong Kong
Hirofumi Toyota Member toyota@vos.nagaokaut.ac.jp Japan
Peter van Impe Member Peter.VanImpe@AGE-be.net Belgium
Sai Vanapalli Member Sai.Vanapalli@uottawa.ca Canada
Orencio Monje Vilar Member orencio@sc.usp.br Brazil
Changfu Wei Member cfwei@whrsm.ac.cn China
Liantong Zhan Member zhanlt@zju.edu.cn China

TERMS OF REFERENCE (TC106)

As Accepted at the TC6 Meeting May 7, 2003, London, 4. To promote benchmark exercises to establish the capabili-
England. Updated January 2006 to reflect changes in ISSMGE ties of current theoretical frameworks and prediction
Committees. methodologies in unsaturated soil mechanics.

1. To promote cooperation and exchange of knowledge in the
area of mechanics of unsaturated soils including, as exam-
ples, expansive, collapsible, residual, arid and compacted
soils and its relevance to the solution of engineering prob-
lems.
5. To promote TC6-sponsored sessions on unsaturated soils
at ISSMGE sponsored international and regional confer-
ences on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering and
to support special geotechnical and geoenvironmental
conferences on unsaturated soils.

2. To promote the exchange of information about testing of
unsaturated soils for geotechnical and geoenvironmental
purposes.
3. To participate actively in the technical program of the next
International Conference on Unsaturated Soils.
6. To cooperate actively with other technical committees
whose field of activity involves important questions re-
lated to unsaturated soils, for example, TC5 on Environ-
mental Geotechnics and JTC1 on Landslides.

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TC107 - LATERITIC SOILS 2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
LATERITES AND LATERITIC SOILS
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
Date: -21 May 2011- up to date? YES
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: -S.I.K. Ampadu 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Chair: S.I.K. Ampadu - We plan to hold our first physical meeting at the 15 th
Vice-Chair: --- African Regional Conference in Maputo in July 2011
Secretary: Kabeya Kany
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
to the TC members? YES vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Work task Responsible/deadline/ Progress Future

deliverable plans
 To produce a list and copies of available guidelines, standards, codes in soil Luciano Decourt NA Meeting at
mechanics and those in languages other than English to propose how to have it Philipe Reiffsteck 15th AfRC in
translated Celestina Allotey Maputo
 To produce a list of organizations working in laterites and lateritic soils Souley Harouna
Gianni Gulla
 To liaise with organizers of 15th African Regional Conference in Maputo and An-Bing-Huang NA Meeting at
organize a TC107 Meeting in Maputo in July 2011 Marcos Masso Futai 15AFRC in
 To promote the Key Note lecture by Dr. M.D. Gidigasu at the 15th AfRC as a Kabeya Kany Maputo
TC107 Activity Kofi Ampadu
 To propose other forthcoming conferences that can be used for dissemination

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country.
Name Function e-mail address Country
S.I.K. Ampadu Chair sikampadu@yahoo.co.uk Ghana
An-Bin Huang Task Force leader abhuang@mail.nctu.edu.tw SEAGS
Celestina Allotey Member celeafia@yahoo.com Ghana
Luciano Decourt Task force leader decourt@decourt.com.br Brazil
Marcos Massao Futai Member futai@usp.br Brazil
Souley Harouna Member sh_sultanother@yahoo.fr CTGA
Kabeya Kany Kanankoji Corresponding member kany.kabeya@jmksanctuary.co.za South Africa
Philippe Reiffsteck Member philippe.reiffsteck@lcpc.fr France
Gianni Gulla Member gulla@irpi.cnr.it Italy

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TC201 - DYKES AND LEVEES
GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DYKES AND LEVEES,
SHORE PROTECTION AND LAND RECLAMATION
Geotechnical Aspects of Dykes and Levees, Shore Protec-
tion and Land Reclamation - Newsletter April 2011
This is the first newsletter of the ISSMGE Technical Commit-
tee 201: geotechnical aspects of dykes and levees, shore protec-
tion and land reclamation. The intention of the newsletter is to
keep all members informed on coming activities of our TC.
Hopefully, this newsletter helps to improve the interaction and
cooperation between the TC members.
This edition is focused on the meetings we are planning, Delft
May 23rd 2011, Rostock May 31st 2012 and Paris September 1st
2013. Besides the meetings we would like to draw your atten-
tion to the table in section 6. The idea is that each member fills
out his/her main topics of interest (max 5 words) for the coming
years. In this way we intend to make an overview on who is
doing what and to see where links and common activities are
possible.
Meindert Van (Chairman TC201)
Cor Zwanenburg (Secretary TC201)
1. Terms Of Reference
During the coming Delft meeting we hope to update the Terms
of Reference for TC201. For now, the terms of reference are
stated as follows:
1. discussion state of the art and developing the science and
engineering in order to increase fundamental understanding
and modelling of strength, deformation and erosion behav-
iour of soils and failure processes of dikes, dunes, (under-
water) dams, reclaimed land, man-made islands and ports in
river and coastal zone.
2. contributions to the international congresses of the society
to increase the quality of design by including experience,
such as large scale tests, case histories, failures, measure-
ments, simulations and artificial knowledge
3. encouraging international collaboration of experts in multi-
disciplinary developments of new techniques for construct-
ing and maintaining safe and reliable protection works
4. producing technical reports and encouraging international
training and meeting in this research field and exchange
experience and ideas on improving communication to other
researchers, public and politics for more alertness and
awareness
2 Meeting Delft May 23rd 2011
The first meeting of TC201 will be held in Delft on May 23 rd.
The meeting is attached to the international course Under-
standing Dike Safety which will be held from May 24 th to May
27th. The international course is one of the TC activities started
in the previous period and is further explained in section 3.
The main focus of the first TC meeting is getting to know each
other. Once we have a good impression of each other’s work
field we can detect possible common activities. In the pro-
gramme of the meeting, see below, we reserved 20 minutes for
each attendant to explain the ongoing (building) projects or
research in his/her country and institute.
The meeting will be held at Deltares, location Stieltjesweg 2 in
Delft. How to reach the location is explained by
http://www.deltares.nl/en/contact. Please Note that Deltares has
two locations In Delft. The meeting will be held at the location
Stieltjesweg. The following programme is suggested:
10:00 10:30 coffee
10:30 10:45 Opening/introduction by Meindert Van
10:45 12:00 research activities/interest by chairman and
secretary
12:00 13:00 Lunch
13:00 14:00 research activities/interest by 3 attendants
14:00 14:15 break
14:15 15:15 research activities/interest by 3 attendants
15:15 15:30 break
15:30 16:30 research activities/interest by 3 attendants
16:30 16:45 break
16:45 17:30 wrap up; finalizing ToR and plans for the future
17:30 18:00 any other business
18:00 … drinks
3. International course Understanding Dike safety
From May 24th to May 27th the international course Under-
standing Dike Safety will be held in Delft. The course is one of
the TC activities started in the previous period and has been
held successfully on a yearly basis since 2007. More informa-
tion on the course can be found on http://www.deltares.nl/en/
cursus/205905/understanding-dike-safety. It should be noted
that people who are interested can still attend the course. The
above link describes how to register. The course programme is
also presented by the above given link.
4. Meeting at the Baltic Sea Conference 2012.
The 2nd committee meeting is planned during the Baltic Sea
Conference, Rostock Germany, May 31st to June 2nd 2012. Note
that the date for submission of papers has expired. We hope that
we get the opportunity to fill a session with TC201 related
topics during the conference. More information is found on
http://www.12bsgc.de/.
5. Meeting at the international soil mechanics conference in
Paris 2013
The 3rd committee meeting will be held during the 18th Interna-
tional Conference on Soil mechanics and Geotechnical Engin-
eering, Paris, 1-5 September 2013. A website with information
is
6. Fields of interest
The table below gives the present members, their e-mail
addresses and their fields of interest. For most members the
column "fields of interest" is still empty. The idea is that you all
provide the secretary in maximum 5 words the topics you will
be working on for the next 5 years. When we all know each
other’s current field or nearby future field of interest it should
be more easy to find common activities
Van Meindert.van@deltares.nl
Cor Zwanenburg Cor.zwanenburg@deltares.nl
Hang-Seok Choi hchoi2@korea.ac.kr
M.K. Sharp michael.k.sharp@usace.army.mil
Yuan Wang wangyuan@hhu.edu.cn
Yoichi Watabe watabe@ipc.pari.go.jp
Tarek Abdoun abdout@rpi.edu
Martin Achmus achmus@igbe.uni-hannover.de
Enrique Asanza easanza@cedex.es
R.K. Basilov bruslank@mail.ru
Jian Chu CJCHU@ntu.edu.sg
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Simonetta Cola simonetta.cola@unipd.it
Suraj de Silva suraj.desilva@aecom.com
Leen De Vos leen.devos@mow.vlaanderen.be
Robert Hutchison hutch-1@sky.com
M. Karthikeyan karthi@surbana.com
Arjen Kort arjen.kort@ngi.no
Hanlong Liu hliu@hhu.edu.cn
Patricia Lopez Acosta nlopeza@iingen.unam.mx
Kenichi Maeda maeda.kenichi@nitech.ac.jp
Patrick Menge menge.patrick@deme.be
Laszlo Nagy lacinagy@mail.bme.hu
A.H. Nooy van der
Kolff a.h.nooyvanderkolff@boskalis.nl
Fernando Núñez fenl64@hotmail.com
Malisa Pardini malisa.pardini@gmail.com
Dan Peluso danpeluso@yahool.com
Martin Pohl Martin.Pohl@baw.de
Bengt Rydell bengt.rydell@swedgeo.se
Philip Smith p.smith@royalhaskoning.com
Alessandro Tarantino tarantin@ing.unitn.it
J.A. Teeuw j.teeuw@teeuwgrondmechanica.nl
Seven Yau seven.yau@arup.com
7. Next Newsletter
The next newsletter will be send around at October 15th. Please
provide all available information to the secretary Cor
Zwanenburg, cor.zwanenburg@deltares.nl.
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TC202 - TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS
Date: 2011-05-31
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: A. Gomes Correia and Nobuyuki Yoshida
Chair: A. Gomes Correia
Vice-Chair: ---
Secretary: Nobuyuki Yoshida
Please also fill in the information sheet on page and please
append your Terms of References. (Just refer to the ISSMGE
website if the information can be found there).
http://www.issmge.org/web/page.aspx?refid=665
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? YES
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Reported above and at TC202 web page. More detail about TF
6. 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics
(2nd ICTG), Hokkaido, Japan, 10th to 12th September Feil!
Hyperkoblingsreferansen er ugyldig. Organized by Japanese
Geotechnical Society, under the auspices of ISSMGE, with the
support of Geo-Institute of ASCE, TRB, IGS from abroad. Co-
sponsored by twelve Japanese academies and organizations.
(i) Themes:
The major themes of 2nd ICTG are as follows:
1. Geotechnics for Pavement, Rail Track and Airfield
2. Geomaterial, including Nontraditional Materials
3. Asphalt Mixtures and Hydraulically-bound Materials
4. Earthworks for Transportation Facilities
5. Application of Geosynthetics
6. Laboratory Testing and In-situ Testing
7. Modelling and Numerical Simulations
8. Design, Construction and Maintenance
9. Performance Evaluation and Quality Control
10. Sustainability of Management and Rehabilitation
11. Risk Assessment and Environmental Issues
Please see the webpage at
http://congress.coop.hokudai.ac.jp/tc202conference/
(ii) Start with a named lecture in to honour an eminent
geotechnical engineer in the TC202 field: 2nd ICTG Local
Organizing Committee has not discussed this assignment
so far.
(iii) Workshops before or after the Conference: The following
three workshops are planned;
1.Intelligent Compaction Technologies in cooperation
with TF3.
2.Challenges for Transportation Geotechnics in Extreme
Climates in cooperation with TC216 Frost Geotechnics.
3.Geotechnical Challenges in Rail Track and its Transi-
tional Zones in cooperation with TF4.
The workshops will be held at the day before the 2 nd
ICTG (September 9, 2012), which is free of charge to
conference participants.
(iv) Proceedings of 2nd ICTG and special issue of Soils and
Foundations JGS Journal:
1.The conference proceedings with CDROM or USB will
be published on September, 2012. The conference pro-
ceedings include all the accepted papers, subjected to
the peer reviewing process of local organizing commit-
tee.
2. A limited number of selected papers can be considered
for publications in the special issue of Soils and Foun-
dations, subjected to the usual peer-reviewing process
set out by the JGS editorial committee. The special
issue will be published on June, 2013.
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
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FUTURE PLANS: are according schedule plan and deliver- Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail
ables of TC202 address and country:
See TC202 web page:
http://www.webforum.com/tc3/home/index.asp?sid=598&mid=1

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT - Second International Conference on Performance-Based
TC203 - EARTHQUAKE Design In Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Confer-
EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING AND ence Centre, TAORMINA (ITALY), May 28-30, 2012.
ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS - The International Conference on Earthquake Geotechni-
cal Engineering From Case History to Practice In honour
Date: May 30, 2011 of Prof. Kenji Ishihara, Luxor - Aswan, Egypt, 23-
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 25.1.2012.
Prepared by: K. Pitilakis and A. Anastasiadis - Sixth International Conference on Earthquake Geotechni-
cal Engineering (6ICEGE), Christchurch, New Zealand,
Chair: Kyriazis Pitilakis September, 2015.
Vice-Chair: Ross Boulanger
Secretary: Anastasios Anastasiadis Other activities (workshops) are under discussion.

1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
2. Are any TC members not responsive? See below.
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
- Fifth International Conference on Earthquake Geotechni-
cal Engineering, January 2011, 10-13, Santiago, Chile.
5. Please list the work assigned to TC members and comment
on progress and future plans. Include, where relevant,
target, deadline and deliverables.
The following table presents the initial Working Group
compositions as decided in Santiago Chile. Coordinators
should submit on May 2011 their final composition, to-
gether with a tentative working plan. In the table you may
find the progress until now (May 2011). We are expecting
their feedback in the coming week. On May 2012 during
the TC203 Second PBD conference in Taormina-Italy the
first evaluation of the actions will be presented and updated
if necessary.

Working Group Coordinator and membership Progress Future plans

Working Group: Prize for Young Research- E. Rathje, A. Ansal, G. Gazetas, First draft submitted To release the call
ers I. Towhata, M. Pender and it is under for candidatures
discussion for in few months
finalization
WG: Performance Based Design in Earth- St. Kramer, J. Bray, M. Maugeri
Still expected Not submitted
quake Geotechnical Engineering
WG: Liquefaction and associated phenomena R. Boulanger, M. Cubrinovski, K. Cettin >> >>
WG: Site characterization, Site Effects and R. Paolucci, E. Rathje
>> >>
Design ground motion
WG: Large Scale Facilities in Geotechnical A. Elgamal, I. Towhata
>> >>
Earthquake Engineering:
WG: Numerical and physical procedures: S. Yasuda, G. Gazetas, S. Kontoe, N.
>> >>
Yoshida, R. Uzuoka
WG: Seismic codes A. Pecker, I. Towhata, G. Bouckovalas >> >>
WG: Soil Structure Interaction K. Tokimatsu, G. Gazetas, J-F Semblat,
>> >>
Ch. Vrettos
WG: Links between research-academia and J. Bray, Pedro e Seco Pinto, R.
profession: Boulanger, E. Rathje, M. Cubrinovski,
>> >>
A. Ansal, F. Silvestri, G.
Athanasopoulos, K. Pitilakis
WG: Links between TC and construction J. Pappin, B. Ghosh, A. Pecker, A.
>> >>
industry: Kaynia, A. Uzdin, L. Wang, S. Yasuda
WG: Collaboration with other TCs: S. Yasuda, G. Athanasopoulos,
>> >>
E. Rathje, F. Silvestri, A. Anastasiadis
Sub-Committee for the publication by JGS of S. Yasuda, T. Kokusho, I. Towhata.
the manuals: "Manuals on Site Investigation,
>>
Model Tests and Numerical Analysis for
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering".

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Title Role Name email Country
Professor TC Chair Kyriazis Pitilakis kpitilak@civil.auth.gr Greece
Professor Vice Chair Ross Boulanger rwboulanger@ucdavis.edu USA
Lecturer Secretary Anastasios Anastasiadis anas@civil.auth.gr Greece
1 Professor Member Atilla Ansal ansal@boun.edu.tr Turkey
2 Professor Member M.U. Ashimbaev milanbi@mail.ru Kazakhstan
3 Professor Member George Athanassopoulos gaa@upatras.gr Greece
4 Mr Member Mehdi Bahrakazemi Mehdi.bahrekazemi@ncc.se Sweden
5 Prof. Member Arnaldo Barchiesi abarchi@uncu.edu.ar Argentina

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 Title Role Name email Country
6 Dr. Member Zbigniew Bednarczyk zbigniew.bednarczyk@igo.wroc.pl Poland
7 Professor Member (1) George Bouckovalas gbouck@central.ntua.gr Greece
8 Professor Member (4) Jonathan Bray bray@ce.berkeley.edu USA
9 Ing. Member Jan Willem Brouwer JBrouwer@vwsg.nl Netherlands
10 Professor Member Kemal Onder Cetin onder@ce.metu.edu.tr Turkey
11 Professor Member Deepankar Choudhury dc@civil.iitb.ac.in India
12 Professor Member Paulo Coelho pac@dec.uc.pt Portugal
13 Assoc. Prof. Member (1) Misko Cubrinovski misko.cubrinovski@canterbury.ac.nz New Zealand
14 Member Heriberto Echezuria nch12751@yahoo.com Venezuela
15 Professor Member (3) Ahmed Elgamal elgamal@ucsd.edu USA
16 Professor Member (2) Liam Finn finn@civil.ubc.ca Canada
17 Professor Member (3) George Gazetas gazetas@ath.forthnet.gr Greece
18 Ing. Member Bidjan Ghahreman bidjan7@hotmail.com USA
19 Dr Member Barnali Ghosh barnali.ghosh@arup.com UK
20 Assist.Prof. Member Rui Carrilho Gomes ruigomes@civil.ist.utl.pt Portugal
21 Professor Member (2) Izzat Idriss imidriss@aol.com USA
22 Prof. Member (2) Kenzi Ishihara ishihara.kenji@kiso.co.jp Japan
23 Dr. Member (1) Jörgen Johansson jjo@ngi.no, Jorgen.Johansson@ngi.no Norway
24 Professor Member Alpañés, J. L. Justo jlj@us.es Spain
25 Professor Member Amir M. Kaynia amk@ngi.no Norway
26 Professor Member (2) Takaji Kokusho kokusho@civil.chuo-u.ac.jp Japan
27 Lecturer Member Stavroula Kontoe stavroula.kontoe@imperial.ac.uk UK
28 Assist.Prof. Member A. Murali Krishna amurali@iitg.ernet.in India
29 Member Nicolas Lambert nicolas.lambert@technum-tractebel.be Belgium
30 Dr. Member Jan Laue jan.laue@igt.baug.ethz.ch Switzerland
31 Professor Member Michele Maugeri mmaugeri@dica.unict.it Italy
32 Professor Member Mitsu Okamura okamura@cee.ehime-u.ac.jp Japan
33 Professor Member (3) Roberto Paolucci paolucci@stru.polimi.it Italy
34 Lecturer Member Achilleas Papadimitriou apapad@civ.uth.gr Greece
35 Dr. Member Jack Pappin jack.pappin@arup.com Hong Kong
36 Assist. Prof. Member Du Hee Park dpark@hanyang.ac.kr Korea
37 Professor Member Alain Pecker alain.pecker@geodynamique.com France
38 Professor Member Michael Pender m.pender@auckland.ac.nz New Zealand
39 Professor Member (2) Pedro Seco Pinto pspinto@lnec.pt Portugal
40 Assoc.Prof. Member (3) Elen Rathje e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu USA
41 Professor Member Richard Ray ray@cec.sc.edu Hungary
42 Professor Member Mohamed A. Sakr mamsakr@yahoo.com Egypt
43 Professor Member Jean-Francois Semblat semblat@lcpc.fr France
44 Ing. Member Farzin Shahrokhi farzin.shahroki@hmulticonsult.no Norway
45 Professor Member Francesco Silvestri francesco.silvestri@unina.it Italy
46 Dr. Member Byung Woong Song songbw@dasan93.co.kr Korea
47 Assoc.Prof. Member Waldemar Świdziński waldek@ibwpan.gda.pl Poland
48 Professor Member Ikuo Towhata towhata@geot.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp Japan
49 Dr Member David Turi turi@mail.bme.hu Hungary
50 Professor Member Alexander Uzdin uzdin@mail.ru Russia
51 Professor Member Ryosuke Uzuoka uzuoka@ce.tokushima-u.ac.jp Japan
52 Dr. Member Xavier Vera-Grunauer xvg@geoestudios.com.ec Ecuador
53 Professor Member (4) Ramon Vertugo rverdugo@cec.uchile.cl Chile
54 Professor Member Christos Vrettos vrettos@rhrk.uni-kl.de Germany
55 Professor Member Lanmin Wang wlmyj@public.lz.gs.cn China
56 Member Dharma Wijewickreme dharmaw@civil.ubc.ca Canada
57 Member V. Whenham vw@bbri.be Belgium
58 Assoc.Prof. Member Jun Yang junyang@hku.hk Hong Kong
59 Professor Member (1) Susumu Yasuda yasuda@g.dendai.ac.jp Japan
60 Professor Member Jian-Min Zhang zhangjm@tsinghua.edu.cn China
(1): Nominated by TOC, (2): Appointed members Nominated by Chair, (3): Nominated by Chair, (4): Members of TOC

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
TC204 - UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION up to date? NO
UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION IN SOFT GROUND Vice chair has to be added, secretary replaced. Richard
Kastner, the previous chairman, is not on the list anymore.
Date: 3 June 2011 (how to organize this?)
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Richard Kastner/Adam Bezuijen 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Chair: Adam Bezuijen - TC28-Roma symposium, 16-18 May 2011
Vice-Chair: Chungsik Yoo - Plan to have a session at the 2013 Paris ISSMGE con-
Secretary: David Chapman gress
- TC204-Seoul symposium, May 2014
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES Some regional conference may be organized by TC members,
but this is not yet decided.
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Questionnaire Tunnelling
Data base
Guidelines for comparing field or Giulia Viggiani
physical modelling with numeri-
cal simulations
Round Robin numerical test on
the behaviour of tunnels under
seismic actions
Arsnenio Negro
Fabrice Emariault
Gianpiero Russo TC204
Francesco Silvestri TC203
Presented in Rome Paper in the proceedings of
Rome
finished To fill the database with project
data
First draft available Finish the work in 2011
First actions started. Joint working group TC104,
Probably ITA will join TC203 and TC204.
(Markus Thewes) Setup guidelines

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country

Name Function e-mail address Country

Adam Bezuijen Chair adam.bezuijen@deltares.nl NL
Chungsik Yoo Vice-chair csyoo@skku.edu S. Korea
David Chapman Secretary D.N.CHAPMAN@bham.ac.uk England
See further website Member of Executive

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TC205 - SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY
SAFETY AND SERVICEABILITY IN GEOTECHNICAL
DESIGN
Date: 17 June 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Brian Simpson
Chair: Brian Simpson
Vice-Chair: ---
Secretary: Colin Smith
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? YES
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
TC205 consider that there are already quite a lot of confer-
ences in the area of the TC’s remit, so we are not enthusias-
tic about organizing more. Members are very actively in-
volved in conferences, as listed below and TC205 is identi-
fied as a sponsor of these.
Most of the conferences are of a regional nature and the
same is true of much of the development of ideas. We
therefore see the main thrust of the TC to encourage global
interchange of ideas, principally using the internet.
1. Members from Europe, Asia and USA were heavily in-
volved in the GeoSNet conference in June -
http://www.isgsr2011.de
2. American members are involved in GeoRisk2011 -
http://content.asce.org/conferences/GeoRisk2011/
3. European members (and others) are involved in the
forthcoming Athens ECSMGE, especially preceding
workshops:
a. ERTC 7 – Numerical Methods in Geotechnical
Engineering & TC205 - Safety and Serviceability in
Geotechnical Design: "Limit State Design, Euro-
code 7 and Numerical Methods"
b. ERTC 3, ERTC 7, ERTC 10, ERTC 12 and TC205:
"Discussion among ERTC 3, ERTC 7, ERTC 10,
ERTC 12"
4. Some members plan to be involved in the 9th Inter-
national Conference of Testing and Design Methods for
Deep Foundations - http://www.is-kanazawa2012.jp/
5. Members will be involved in the next GeoSNet confer-
ence, in Boston, USA, 2014.
3
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail
address and country (adjust table as needed). Just refer to
the ISSMGE website if the information can be found there.
Please see http://www.issmge.org/web/page.aspx?refid=674
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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT The terms of reference are not on the website (the TC
TC206 - INTERACTIVE DESIGN membership is up to date). These were submitted in late
INTERACTIVE GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN 2010 – have they been approved by the Overview Commit-
tee? (Note from TOC. This was an oversight, TOR are now
Date: 1st June 2011 approved)
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Ken Been 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Chair: Ken Been The following were proposed in the Terms of Reference:
Vice-Chair: --- - Arrange a conference on "Case Histories and Applica-
Secretary: --- tions of Interactive Design" with published proceedings
- Include a short course, before or after the conference, on
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference the Observational Method
to the TC members? NO - Develop a short educational guide or brochure on the
If not, please do so immediately. observational, aimed at owners and other engineering
disciplines.
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES
If not, please name the persons not communicating so that Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail
ISSMGE can contact their national societies. address and country (adjust table as needed). Just refer to
Part of this is my problem – no need to go to the national the ISSMGE website if the information can be found there.
societies. (See ISSMGE website)

3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
up to date? NO comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
If not, please describe the target date for the revision. vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

This has not been done – I was waiting for feedback from the ISSMGE on "approval" of the Terms of Reference.

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TC207 - SOIL-STRUCTURE
SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AND RETAINING
WALLS
Date: 23 May 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Vladimir Ulitsky, Michael Lisyuk
Chair: Vladimir Ulitsky
Vice-Chair and Secretary Michael Lisyuk
Terms of Reference TC207
1. To promote co-operation and expertise exchange within the
area of soil-structure interaction and retaining walls
amongst the leading research and design institutes and
universities world-wide as well as amongst the largest
contractors with the objective to enhance overall engineer-
ing and research expertise within this area.
2. To identify examples of well-documented case histories
involving soil-structure interaction.
3. To analyze the case histories using various soil-structure
interaction models and to compare the results with the real
observations.
4. To serve as an organizational support in promoting and
advancement of new calculation methods in soil-structure
interaction, as well as in development of related interactive
monitoring and application of the observational method
with possibility of adjusting design decisions during the
construction process.
5. To organize workshops and conferences on soil-structure
interaction and further inclusion of related sections into
international (regional) scientific geotechnical conferences.
To report on the results of its activities at these conferences.
6. To prepare Guidelines giving recommendations for
practitioners’ approach to soil-structure interaction and
retaining walls problems.
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
Comment: the Terms of Reference are on the Website of
TC207
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES
If not, please name the persons not communicating so that
ISSMGE can contact their national societies.
G.A. Sultanov (Kazakhstan) milanbi@mail.ru (no replies at
all)
N. Petrovic (Croatia) nikifor.petrovic@strabag.com (stopped
responding)
G. Horodecki (Poland) ghor@pg.gda.pl (sent only 1 mes-
sage so far)
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
There are no Terms of Reference of TC207 on the ISSMGE
website, as of 22 May 2011. The Terms of Reference have
been approved recently.
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Since October 2009 the following conferences and work-
shops have been organized:
- International Geotechnical Conference "Geotechnical
Challenges of Megacities" (GeoMos-2010). Moscow,
Russia, 7-10 June 2010.
TC207 was a co-organizer of this conference, together
with NIIOSP Research Institute (Moscow) and Georecon-
struction Engineering Co (Saint Petersburg).
There were a Plenary and 3 Technical Sessions during the
Conference:
- Construction of congested urban conditions
- Preservation of existing structures with account of their
interaction with subsoil
- Geotechnical engineering in urban conditions.
Members of TC207 participated in a Plenary session and
two technical Sessions delivering 7 presentations at the
conference (2 Invited lectures, 2 General reports and 3
oral presentations).
The meeting of TC207 was held during the conference.
Members of TC207 and invited specialists participated in
the meeting.
The main topic of the meeting was behaviour of soft soils
and its account in SSI calculations. A fruitful discussion
these issues were held by TC members and invited guests
of the meeting.
At this meeting the following decisions have been made:
- To continue work on the Guidelines on Soil-Structure
Interaction
- To start work on developing the Website of TC207
- To form three Task forces
- To organize the meeting and workshop of TC207 in
October 2011, in Dubrovnik (Croatia).
- International Seminar "Soil-Structure Interaction and
modern methods of soil testing"
Venue: State Transport University, Saint Petersburg,
Russia, 31 January 2011.
Geotechnical Centre CERMES, Ecole des Ponts
ParisTech (ENPC), Laboratory Navier, Paris, 4 February
2011.
The topics of the workshop were:
Use of modern soil models in soil-structure interaction
analyses
Soil testing according to Eurocode 7
Latest trends in Engineering Geology.
11 lectures were delivered during the seminar.
The number participants of the of seminar was 57 people.
Planned meetings, workshops and seminars of TC207
- 5-8 October 2011 Meeting of TC207 and workshop on
Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining walls, in
Dubrovnik (Croatia).
Venue of the meeting and workshop: Valamar Dubrovnik
President Hotel.
Programme of the workshop
1. Organizational Session
Report of TC207 Activities and plans of actions of
TC207
Speakers: V. Ulitsky, M. Lisyuk
Report of leaders of 3 Task Forces
Task Force 1. C. Shashkin and C. Haberfield
Task Force 2. Yasser El-Mossallamy
Task Force 3. M. Lisyuk
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 Discussions. Plans for future work.
2. Scientific programme
Sessions:
(1) Aspects of soil-structure interaction in design of
buildings and geotechnical structures.
(2) Retaining walls and structures
(3) Failures of geotechnical structures.
Keynote speakers:
C. Haberfield, R. Katzenbach, K. Shashkin, V. Ulitsky
and others
The papers submitted by the Authors will be published
on CD. More detailed information can be found at
TC207 website
http://www.tc207ssi.org/files/01_Bulletin_Dubrovnik.doc
- Meeting of TC207 in Rostock, 2012, 31 May.
This meeting will be organized following kind sug-
gestion of the Organizing Committee of the 12 Baltic
Sea Geotechnical Conference (Rostock, Germany, on
31 May – 2 June 2012).
Administrative and strategic issues will be discussed
during the meeting.
In addition to that, we plan to hold another seminar on
soil-structure interaction in 2012.
- Seminar on Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining
Walls 2012
The seminar is planned to be held on October 2012.
The venue of the Seminar – State Transport Univer-
sity, St. Petersburg, Russia
Tentative scientific programme of the Seminar:
1. Site investigation and soil characterization for
soil-structure interaction analyses
2. Analyses of retaining walls and comparison of
computations with monitoring data.
3. Soil-structure interaction: case histories of con-
structional projects
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members
and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable()s)

Work task Responsible/deadline/ Progress Future plans

deliverable
Task Force 1. Develop- The leaders of Task Force 1 The draft Guidelines have been pro- The Guidelines will be discussed
ment of Guidelines on are: posed. It was discussed and approved in Dubrovnik in October 2011.
Soil-Structure Inter- Chris Haberfield with amendments by TC members. The Guidelines should be com-
action Konstantin Shashkin The final Guidelines will consist of 9 pleted by October 2013
Deadline for preparation – Sections.
October 2013.
Task Force 2. Retaining The leader of Task Force 2 is Case histories on retaining walls are The material on retaining walls
Walls. Yasser El-Mossallamy; being collected to be included into will be collected and discussed by
Deadline – October 2013. The the Guidelines on Soil-Structure TC members in Dubrovnik in
goal is to supply material on Interaction October 2011.
retaining walls for Guidelines
on Soil-Structure Interaction.
Task Force 3. Website The leader of Task Force 3 is The Website of TC207 has been The plans are 1) to introduce a
of TC207 Michael Lisyuk. launched on 3 May 2011. new Section of important con-
structional projects and 2) to
http://www.tc207ssi.org/ keep improving the website and
index.html making the various website sec-
tions more informative
Collection of case Responsible are Vladimir Six case histories have been collected To continue collecting histories
histories to serve as Ulitsky, Michael Lisyuk and so far. More relevant case histories on the retaining walls
illustrations to the Igor Sokolić will be collected for various sections
Guidelines on Soil- of the Guidelines on Soil-Structure
Structure Interaction Interaction

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
Vladimir Ulitsky Chair ulitsky.vladimir@gmail.com Russia
Michael Lisyuk Vice-chair and lisyuk@gmail.com Russia
Secretary
Chris Haberfield Member of Executive chaberfield@golder.com.au Australia
Konstantin Shashkin Member of Executive cshashkin@yandex.ru Russia
Yasser El-Mossallamy Member of Executive y.el-mossallamy@arcadis.de Egypt
William Van Impe Member of Executive william.vanimpe@ugent.be Belgium
Rolf Katzenbach Member of Executive katzenbach@geotechnik.tu- Germany
darmstadt.de
Werner Bilfinger Member werner@vecttor.com.br Brazil
Lars Andresen Member la@ngi.no Norway
Hugh St. John Member h.d.st.john@gcg.co.uk UK
Rich Finno Member r-finno@northwestern.edu USA
Fang Liu Member liufang@tongji.edu.cn China

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Name Function e-mail address Country
J. Kos Member jankos@fsv.cvut.cz Czech & Slovak Republics
Kari Avellan Member kari.avellan@kareg.com Finland
Catherine Jacquard Member catherine.jacquard@fondasol.fr France
James Sze Member james.sze@arup.com Hong Kong
Dr. Venkataram Balakumar Member vb_kumar2002@yahoo.com India
Dr. G. Madhavi Latha Member madhavi@civil.iisc.ernet.in India
Prof. N.K. Samadhiya Member nksamfce@iitr.ernet.in India
Omar al-Farouk Salem al-Damluji Member omaraldamluji@gmail.com Iraq
H. Hazarika Member hazarika@civil.kyushu-u.ac.jp Japan
Dr. Takashi Kiyota Member kiyota@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp Japan
Mandy Korff Member mandy.korff@deltares.nl Netherlands
G. Horodecki Member ghor@pg.gda.pl Poland
Prof. Florian Roman Member firmaarcon@yahoo.com Romania
Prof. Z.G. Ter-Martirosyan Member mgroif@mail.ru Russia
Victor CW Ong Member ong1@jproce.com Singapore
A.R. Walker Member alec.walker@worleyparsons.com Singapore
Paul Morrison Member paul.morrison@arup.com UK
Igor Sokolić Member isokolic@grad.hr Croatia
Marc Favre Member marc.favre@geos.fr France
Prof. Juan Manuel Fernández Vincent Member jmfvincent@gmail.com Argentina
Omer Bilgin Member bilgin@udayton.edu USA
Jan Couck Member jan.couck@mow.vlaanderen.be Belgium
Claudio di Prisco Member claudio.diprisco@polimi.it Italy
Guido Gottardi Member guido.gottardi@mail.ing.unibo.it Italy
Amir Kanya Member amk@ngi.no Norway
Balazs Moczar Member bmoczar@mail.bme.hu Hungary
Javier Moreno Member javier.moreno@cedex.es Spain
Pantelis Pantelidis Member pantelidisp@tee.gr Greece
Lars Vollmert Member vollmert@bbgeo.com Germany
G.A. Sultanov Member milanbi@mail.ru Kazakhstan
Nikifor Petrovic Member nikifor.petrovic@strabag.com Croatia
Corresponding member

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2. Are any TC members not responsive?
TC208 - LANDSLIDES This is a new TC, whose formation is recently established
STABILITY OF NATURAL SLOPES (SLOPE STABILITY and therefore it is premature to provide an answer this ques-
IN ENGINEERING PRACTICE) tion.

Date: 2 June 2011 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website

Period covered by this report: June 2010 – May 2011 up to date? NO
Prepared by: Jonathan Fannin but it will be done in June 2011

Chair: Jonathan Fannin 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Vice-Chair: Corey Froese ties you have held or plan to hold.
Secretary: Elisabeth Bowman
- 2012: We have a TC208-specific technical session
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference approved at the 11th Intl. Symp. on Landslides (ISL) and
to the TC members? NO the 2nd N. American Symp. on Landslides (NASL) that
but it will be done in June 2011 (and Terms of Reference will be held at Banff, Canada, 3-8 June 2012.
are attached separately, as requested).
5. Please list the work task(s) you assigned to TC members
and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

JTC1 liaison J. Fannin- ongoing Well-defined and distinct Task complete
terms of reference
11 ISL – 2 NASL liaison J. Fannin - ongoing Technical session assigned to Lead technical session at the
TC208 symposium

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Please refer to the ISSMGE website, with update of June 2011

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
TC209 - OFFSHORE ties you have held or plan to hold.
OFFSHORE GEOTECHNICS - Conferences:
a. Second International Symposium on Frontiers in Off-
Date: May 31, 2011 shore Geotechnics (ISFOG), 8-10 November 2010,
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 Perth, Australia.
Prepared by: Philippe Jeanjean b. 7th International Conference on Offshore Site Invest-
igation and Geotechnics, 12-14 September 2012,
Chair: Philippe Jeanjean London, U.K.
Vice-Chair: Mark Randolph - Workshops/Other:
Secretary: Bas van Dijk c. Hold specialty session on cyclic soil properties at the
18th International Conference for Soil Mechanics and
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference Geotechnical Engineering, 1-5 September 2013.
to the TC members? YES d. Prepare State-of-Practice lecture on Offshore Geo-
technics to be presented at the 2012 GeoCongress
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES conference, March 25-29, Oakland, CA.
A.A. Zhusupbekov (Kazakhstan) e. Prepare specialty session on Offshore Geotechnics for
T. Brzozowski (Poland) Renewable Energy at the 2012 Offshore Technology
Conference
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? YES 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Starting Named Lecture for
Offshore Geotechnics
Provide guidance document on
soil cyclic properties
Prediction event on jack-up spud- G. Yetginer, B. van Dijk/2013/
can penetration
Publish papers on offshore geo-
technics in Quarterly issue of
Australian Geomechanical
Society Journal
P. Jeanjean/2013/Deliver the first
Lecture.
Knut Andersen, Alain Puech,
Richard Jardine/2013/guidance
document
report analyzing predictions of
spudcan penetrations
P Watson/2013/a set of papers
The first McClelland lec-
turer was recently elected.
Work is on-going. Full
scale testing has started
Selection of relevant case
histories is on-going.
Selection of potential
papers from ISFOG 2010
conference for re-print is
on-going
Deliver the 1st McClelland
Lecture in Sept. 2012
Deliver key findings and
guidance in report.
Ask predictors to assess risk
of punch through and spud-
can penetration for given
sites.
Have one issue of Australian
Geomechanical Society
Journal devoted to offshore
geotechnics.

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
Philippe Jeanjean Chair Philippe.Jeanjean@bp.com USA
Mark Randolph Vice chair randolph@civil.uwa.edu.au Australia
Bas van Dijk Secretary b.vdijk@fugro.nl Netherlands
Knut Andersen Member kha@ngi.no Norway
Yun Wook Choo Member ywchoo@kaist.ac.kr Korea
Robert Gilbert Member bob_gilbert@mail.utexas.edu USA
Phil Watson Member philw@ag.com.au Australia
Richard Jardine Member r.jardine@imperial.ac.uk UK
Alan Young Member agyoung@f-e-t.com USA
J. S. Templeton Member jackt@sage-usa.com USA
Ed Clukey Member edward.clukey@bp.com USA
Andrew Barwise Member andy.barwise@gardline.com UK
Sylvie Bretelle Member sylvie.bretelle@Cathie-Associates.com France
P Brunning Member paul.brunning@acergy-group.com Singapore
T. Brzozowski Member tbrzo@pg.gda.pl Poland
German Burbano Member gburbanoj@dragados.com Spain
Ander Chow Member ander.chow@arup.com Hong Kong
Kenneth Gavin Member kenneth.gavin@ucd.ie Ireland
V.B. Glagovski Member glag@vniig.ru Russia
Jürgen Grabe Member grabe@tuhh.de Germany
Ole Hededal Member olh@byg.dtu.dk Denmark
Richard Jewell Member RJewell@fugro.be Belgium
Dirk Luger Member Dirk.luger@Deltares.nl Netherlands
Kauschik Mukherjee Member KMukherjee@mcdermott.com Singapore

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 Name Function e-mail address Country
Emilio Nicolini Member ge.ba@virgilio.it Italy
Jose Parra Member jparra@geohidra.com Venezuela
Alain Puech Member a.puech@fugro.com France
Andrea Richwien Member Andrea.Richwien@BremenPORTS.de Germany
Marc Van Den Broeck Member van.den.broeck.marc@deme.be Belgium
William Van Impe Corresponding member william.VanImpe@ugent.be Belgium
A.G. Yetginer Member yetginerg@rpsgroup.com UK
Jianhong Zhang Member cezhangjh@tsinghua.edu.cn China
A.A. Zhusupbekov Member kgs-astana@mail.ru Kazakhstan

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
TC210 - DAMS up to date? YES
DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS Note: we may need access password to upload updated
information on website.
Date: -May 28, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Prepared by: Zeping Xu ties you have held or plan to hold.
- TC210 will co-sponsor an International Symposium on
Chair: Zeping Xu Modern Technologies and Long Term Behavior of Dam
Vice-Chair: --- with Chinese National Committee on Large dams on
Secretary: Gang Wang Sept. 27-29, 2011.

1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
to the TC members? YES comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Prepare special issue on dam engi- Contribute papers/end of 2011 or 1 or 2 papers is prepar- Try to correct 2 or 3 more
neering for the "International May, 2012 ing papers
Journal of Geo-engineering Case
Histories" (TC210)
TC210 newsletters CVs of members, dam construction Collecting CVs of half Continue to edit newsletter 2
news, conference information/June of all members. Dam and 3. It may focus on a
or July news is editing. special subject.

TERMS OF REFERENCES  Arrange short courses and dam site visits

 Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and work-
TC210 Dams shops
Chair: Xu Zeping  Arrange TC210 sessions on ISSMGE Conferences

Terms of Reference MEMBERSHIP

 To promote co-operation and exchange of information con- Dong-Hoon Shin from Korea
cerning research and developments in geotechnical issues I.I. Bekbassarov from Kazakhstan
of dam design and construction among TC members and M. Bidasaria from India
ISSMGE member societies. Killian de Fries from Venezuela
 To encourage the application of the latest research results of Dimitris Gazelas from Greece
soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering in practices of Jörg Klompmaker from Germany
dam engineering. Bernhard Odenwald from Germany
 To summarize and share experiences on dealing with geo- Jose M. Martinez Santamaria from Spain
technical problems in dam construction practices. Encour- Laszlo Nagy from Hungary
age report and discussion on dam failure incidents and the Emanuel Maranha das Neves from Portugal
solutions for dams constructed under complex geological Lurdes Pimenta from Portugal
conditions. Luca Pagano from Italy
 To advance the above aims through collaboration with Jimmy Rivera from Ecuador
ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams). Abbas Soroush from Iran
Encourage TC members to join the activities of ICOLD. J.-F. Vanden Berghe from Belgium
Yoshikazu Yamaguchi from Japan
Activities Planned
 Knowledge dissemination on geotechnical issues of dam Note: Mr. A. Charles was retired. He’ll not join the activities of
engineering TC210.
 Publish case histories (with International Journal of Geo-
technical Case Histories)

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT - Lecture by Prof Jan Martens in Montevideo on "Analyti-
TC211 - GROUND IMPROVEMENT cal or empirical methods for ground improvement design.
GROUND IMPROVEMENT Done
- Lecture by Serge Varaksin in Perm Russia on invitation
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 of Prof Ponomarioff.
Prepared by: Serge Varaksin - Presentation and chairing of sessions by Serge Varaksin
at Semarang Gedmar conference in Indonesia, May 2011
Chair: Serge Varaksin - Presentations and organization of a TC211 ground
Vice-Chair: Prof Jan Maertens improvement Technical session at ARC 14 Asian confer-
Secretary: Noel Huybrechts ence, May 211 by Prof. Jan Maertens and Serge Varaksin.
- International symposium & short courses Recent Research,
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference Advances & Execution Aspects of Ground improvement
to the TC members? YES works 30 May–1 June 2012, Brussels, Belgium TC211
IS-GI Brussels 2012
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES
It may be somewhat rude to communicate names at this The main objective: is the organization of a Symposium on
stage. I propose to send them a reminder from the TC. Ground improvement in Brussels hosted by the Belgian soil
mechanics society, The comité Français de mécanique des
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website sols and organized by the BBRI, to be held on 30th of May
up to date? YES to 1st of June 2012; at this stage more than 100 abstracts
have been submitted.
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold. 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
From memory the activities and comments are. comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
- Survey of the field of knowledge of members Done vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Survey of interest Done Resend to non-responsive members
Newsletter Prof. Jan Maertens Done Prepare No. 2
Website Noel Huybrechts Keep it maintained. New website name:
www.bbri.be/go/tc211; when typing the link, this
will go directly to the actual TC211 website under
development
Symposium Brussels Serge Varaksinm Jan Maertens, Jan 2011 See below
Noel Huybrechts

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
TC212 - DEEP FOUNDATIONS
DEEP FOUNDATIONS 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? YES
Date: May 31, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Prepared by: Prof. Rolf Katzenbach and Prof. Deepankar ties you have held or plan to hold.
Choudhury - TU Darmstadt-Yonsei Joint Seminar on Piled Raft foun-
dation 2011, Darmstadt, Germany - 14 February 2011.
Chair: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach (Germany)
Vice-Chair: Prof. Sang Seom Jeong (Korea) 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
Secretary: Prof. Deepankar Choudhury (India) comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES NIL. But will plan for the same soon.

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Please see ISSMGE website for details (http://www.webforum.com/tc212)

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
TC213 - SCOUR AND EROSION up to date? YES
SCOUR AND EROSION
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Date: 2011-05-20 ties you have held or plan to hold.
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 - Fifth International Conference on Scour and Erosion,
Prepared by: M. Heibaum November, 2010, San Francisco, California, USA. For
printed proceedings available from the ASCE web-site:
Chair: Michael Heibaum http://www.asce.org/Product.aspx?id=12884902526
Vice-Chair: Fuping Gao - Sixth International Conference on Scour and Erosion 27.-
Secretary: Catherine Avila 31. August 2012, Paris, France, http://www.icse6-2012.com/

1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
to the TC members? YES comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
If not, please do so immediately. vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Establish new web-site M. Heibaum online in June 2011
deliver references to be listed on the web all active after launching the web-site dto
site
deliver photos all active after launching the web-site dto
prepare 6th conference (see below) J.-J. Fry, Ch. Chevalier under preparation

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
Heibaum Michael Chair michael.heibaum@baw.de Germany
Gao Fuping Vice-chair fpgao@imech.ac.cn China
Avila Cathy Secretary cavila@avilaassociates.com USA
Hoffmans G.J.C.M. Member gijs.hoffmans@deltares.nl Netherlands
Ruel Mario Member not on list Canada
Sassa Shinji Member sassa@ipc.pari.go.jp Japan
Shimamura M. Member m-shimamura@jreast.co.jp Japan
Annandale George Member george_annandale@golder.com USA
Fry Jean Jacques Member jean-jacques.fry@edf.fr France
Sumer B. Mutlu Member bms@mek.dtu.dk Denmark
Whitehouse Richard Member rjsw@hrwallingford.co.uk UK
Asanza Enrique Member easanza@cedex.es Spain
Basudhar P.K. Member pkbd@iitk.ac.in India
Bhagwan Jai Member jbhagwang@yahoo.com India
Bollaert Erik Member erik.bollaert@aquavision-eng.ch Switzerland
Cazzuffi Daniele Member cazzuffi@cesi.it Italy
Chevalier Christophe Member christophe.chevalier@lcpc.fr France
Delgado Fernando Member fdelgado@ugr.es Spain
Fell Robin Member r.fell@unsw.edu.au Australia
Hunt Beatrice Member Beatrice.Hunt@ stvinc.com USA
Jozsa Janos Member jozsa@vit.bme.hu Hungary
Melville Bruce Member b.melville@auckland.ac.nz New Zealand
Moraci Nicola Member nicola.moraci@unirc.it Italy
Popov V.N. Member kargiiz@yandex.ru Kazakhstan
Rakoczi Laszlo Member lrakoczi@t-online.hu Hungary
Sekiguchi Hideo Member h.sekiguch@gmail.com Japan
Wang Jui-Pen Member jpwang@ust.hk Hong Kong
Werth Katja Member kwerth@bbgeo.com Germany
Witt Karl Josef Member kj.witt@uni-weimar.de Germany
Wright Mike Member michael.wright@dar.com.hk Hong Kong

TC213 – Scour and Erosion
Terms of Reference 2010 - 2014
 Exchange information on scour and erosion processes from
the geotechnical point of view.
 Improve the mutual understanding of geotechnical and
hydraulic approaches to scour and erosion.
 Organize bi-annual international conferences on scour and
erosion
 Promote the improvement of calculation methods of scour
and erosion processes.
 Provide relevant information on the web to the geotechnical
and hydraulic community.

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC214 - SOFT SOILS
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING IN DIFFICULT SOFT SOIL
CONDITIONS
Date: May 30, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: José Luis Rangel Núñez
Chair: José Luis Rangel-Núñez
Vice-Chair: None
Secretary: Bogard Méndez-Urquidez
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES
Members not responsive: Fritz Nowacki (Norway),Gustavo
Armijo (Spain), Jean Pierre Magnan (France), Fleur de
Cock (Belgium), Berhane Gebreselassie (Germany),
Andrea Richwien (Germany), Richard Jardine (UK),
Angelo Garassino and Fabio Soccodato (Italy), Sayed
Mohammad Reza Imam (Iran), A. M. Sonin (Kazakhstan),
Zbigniew Lechowicz (Poland) and Rashid Abdullovich
Mangushev (Russia).
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
Our temporary webpage is on tc214.webs.com, it will trans-
ported to the ISSMGE website in June
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
- To develop and to update a website where information re-
garding all activities, scientific papers and publications
and membership of the TC-214 could be consulted.
(Done: June, 2010). Webpage tc214.webs.com.
- Co-sponsoring of the International Symposium on
Tunneling and Shaft Construction to be held in Mexico
City, Feb. 20-23, 2010. Themes discussed in this sympo-
sium will be related to tunnelling in soft soils in urban
areas, including effects of regional subsidence, seismic
loading, etc. (Done: Feb, 2010). Two major conferences
about tunnelling and construction shafts in soft soils).
- To participate in the 11th National symposium of Seismic
engineering (www.smis.org.mx/XI/index.html), Sept 23-
24, 2010. (Done: Sept, 2010). A conference was done on
seismic behaviour of shafts in soft soils.
- To organize a workshop as part of 8th International
symposium on land subsidence to be held in Querétaro-
México, Oct. 17 to 22, 2010 (www.eisols2010.com).
(Done: Oct, 2010). This workshop deals with Geotechni-
cal Engineering in areas affected by subsidence and soil
fracturing. Four specialist talked about origins, analysis,
monitoring and foundation solutions. There is a CD with
memories but papers will be published in a special edition
of the Mexican Geographic Association Bulletin.
- To participate in the 7th International symposium "Geo-
technical Aspects of Underground Construction in soft
grounds" (www.tc28-rome.org), May 16-18, 2011 (Done,
May 16). A keynote was give (The New Mexico City
deep sewerage system). We are preparing a writing version.

5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and

comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

To participate in the 7th International symposium Mario Aguilar (May 16, 2011) Done
"Geotechnical aspects of underground construction
in soft soils
TC-214 workshop "Extreme soils mechanics" Bogard Mendez (Oct, 2, 2011) In progress
Extreme Soils Mechanics (book on current state of José Luis Rangel. Pending to assign In progress
the art of foundation engineering on soft soils) book chapters coordinators (2012)
TC-214 Workshop (2013)

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
José Luis Rangel-Nuñez Chair jrangeln@correo.azc.uam.mx México
Bogard C. Méndez-Urquidez Secretary BMendezU@iingen.unam.mx México
Gabriel Y. Auvinet Guichard Member of Executive gaug@pumas.iingen.unam.mx Mexico
Minna Karstunen Member of Executive minna.karstunen@strath.ac.uk Scotland
Indraratna Buddhima Member of Executive indra@uow.edu.au Australia
Fritz Nowacki Member of Executive fritz.nowacki@ngi.no Norway
Gustavo Armijo Member garmijop@geocisa.com Spain
Jean Pierre Magnan Member of Executive jean-pierre.magnan@lcpc.fr France
Jean Michel Rescoussier Member jmrescoussier@arcadis-fr.com France
Fleur de Cock Member fdc@geobe.skynet.be Belgium
Berhane Gebreselassie Member Berhaneg@uni-kassel.de Germany
Andrea Richwien Member Andrea.Richwien@BremenPORTS.de Germany
Richard Jardine Member r.jardine@imperial.ac.uk UK
Angelo Garassino Member lucio.garassino@garassinosrl.it Italy
Fabio Soccodato Member soccodato@unica.it Italy
Yoshiaki Kikushi Member kikushi@pari.go.jp Japan
Jian-hua Yin Member cejhyin@inet.polyu.edu.hk Hong Kong
Ian Askew Member Ian.Azkew@gammonconstruction.com Hong Kong
Ryan Yan Member ryan@umac.mo Hong Kong
Singh Devendra Narain Member dns@civil.iitb.ac.in India

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Name Function e-mail address Country
Sayed Mohammad Reza Imam Member rezaiman@gmail.com Iran
Maosong Huang Member mshuang@tongji.edu.cn China
Alexandr M. Sonin Member Alexandr_Sonin@mail.ru Kazakhstan
Zbigniew Lechowicz Member zbigniew_lechowicz@sggw.pl Poland
Rashid Abdullovich Mangushev Member npk-cgt@yandex.ru Russia
Juan Paulín Member Paulin.juan@cimesa.net Mexico
Jorge Nuques Member cluque@nuquesyluque.com.ec Ecuador
Oscar Moreno Member morenoxt@speedy.com.ar Argentina
Marcus Peigas Pacheco Member Marcus_pacheco@terra.com.br Brazil

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2) the TC5 Report edited in 2006;
TC215 - GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL 3) the announcement of the next 7th International Congress
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS on Environmental Geotechnics (7ICEG), that will be
held in Melbourne, Australia, from 9th to 14th Novem-
Date: 30/05/2011 ber 2014.
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Mario Manassero and Andrea Dominijanni 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Chair: Mario Manassero
Vice-Chair: Malek Bouazza - 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics
Secretary: Andrea Dominijanni (6ICGE), New Delhi, India, 8-12 November 2010
(already held);
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference - Workshop on Chemo-Physical and Hydro-Mechanics
to the TC members? YES Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics, Ancona, Italy,
2012;
2. Are any TC member not responsive NO - 7th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics
(7ICEG), Melbourne, Australia, 9-14 November 2014.
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? YES 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
We uploaded on the TC webpage: comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
1) the TC Terms of Reference; vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country

Name Function e-mail address Country

Mario Manassero Chair mario.manassero@polito.it Italy
Malek Bouazza Vice-chair malek.bouazza@gmail.com Australia
Andrea Dominijanni Secretary andrea.dominijanni@polito.it Italy

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 Name Function e-mail address Country
Craig Benson Member of Executive chbenson@wisc.edu USA
Antonio Gens Member of Executive antonio.gens@upc.edu Spain
Kerry Rowe Member of Executive kerry@civil.queensu.ca Canada
Jean-Pierre Gourc Member of Executive gourc@ujf-grenoble.fr France
Edward Kavazanjian Member of Executive Edward.Kavazanjian@asu.edu USA
Charles Shackelford Member of Executive shackel@engr.colostate.edu USA
Peter van Impe Member of Executive Peter.VanImpe@AGE-be.net Belgium
D.N. Arnepalli Member arnepalli@iitm.ac.in India
Kazem Badv Member k_badv@yahoo.com Iran
John Black Member John.Black@WSPGroup.com USA
Maria E. G. Boscov Member meboscov@usp.br Brazil
Yunmin Chen Member chenyunmin@zju.edu.cn China
Hang-Seok Choi Member hchoi2@korea.ac.kr Korea
Roger Clark Member roger.clark@esgl.co.uk UK
Dimitris Coumoulos Member coumoulos@castorltd.gr Greece
John Cowland Member cowland@netvigator.com Hong Kong
Manoj Datta Member director@pec.ac.in India
Gemmina Di Emidio Member Gemmina.DiEmidio@ugent.be Belgium
Evelina Fratalocchi Member e.fratalocchi@univpm.it Italy
Georg Heerten Member gheerten@naue.com Germany
Liming Hu Member gehu@tsinghua.edu.cn China
S. Jeffries Member s.jefferis@surrey.ac.uk UK
Cristina Jommi Member cristina.jommi@polimi.it Italy
T Katsumi Member katsumi.takeshi.6v@kyoto-u.ac.jp Japan
Woon-Hyung Kim Member whkim@dasan93.co.kr Korea
E. Koda Member eugeniusz_koda@sggw.pl Poland
H. Komine Member hkomine@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp Japan
A.B. Konusbaev Member aidar.konusbayev@kazgor.kz Kazakhstan
Maria Lurdes Lopes Member lcosta@fe.up.pt Portugal
Desiree Marin Member desireemarin56@yahoo.com Ecuador
Catherine Mulligan Member mulligan@civil.concordia.ca Canada
V.G. Ofrikhter Member ofrikhter@mail.ru Russia
Marina Pantazidou Member mpanta@central.ntua.gr Greece
Fernando Pardo Santayana Member f.pardo.s@cedex.es Spain

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
TC216 - FROST up to date? NO
FROST GEOTECHNICS I will try to add some more information on the progress of
the work. I am planning to send out a "newsletter" to the
Date: May 27, 2011 members every 3rd month or so. See attached newsletter
Period covered by this report: September 2010 – May 2011 from April 2011. Newsletters could be posted on the web-
Prepared by: Arne Instanes site.

Chair: Arne Instanes 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Vice-Chair: Seppo Saarelainen ties you have held or plan to hold.
Secretary: Matthias Vogler The main challenge at the moment is that the technical
committee has not met yet. We plan to hold a meeting
Terms of References can be found on the ISSMGE website. during the 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering in September. We may
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference organize a workshop in Berlin in November 2011. This has
to the TC members? YES not been decided yet. We would like to re-vitalize the
"Ground Freezing Symposium" by 2013. This will be dis-
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES cussed during the meeting in Athens.
I have problems getting response from: Jean-Marie Konrad,
Canada, Young Uk Kim, Korea. 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
We also need members from USA and China in the group. comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
See also attached April 2011 newsletter.

Work task Responsible/deadline/ Progress Future plans

Guidelines and technical
recommendations
List of major publications
Organisation of confer-
ences, symposium and
workshops
Assist with technical pro-
grams of conferences
organized by ISSMGE
Interact with industry and
overlapping organizations
deliverable
Chair Good. Individual members have Collect and issue a synopsis
responded and given input. Still missing of the available standards by
Canada, USA, Russia and China end 2011.
Chair Good. Received input from individual Collect and issue a synopsis
members. of the major publications by
end 2011.
Chair Not so good. Difficult to agree on meet- See section 5.
ing dates and place
Individual members Good. Members are assisting at
several international confer-
ences
Individual members OK. Good contact with the International Involve artificial ground
Permafrost Association. Still have to freezing.
include the artificial ground freezing
industry

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country

List can be found on ISSMGE website.

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TC216 ANNEX NEWSLETTER
ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TC216 FROST GEO-
TECHNICS – NEWSLETTER APRIL 2011
ORGANISATION
TC Chair Arne Instanes, NORWAY (arne@instanes.no)
TC Vice chair Seppo Saarelainen, FINLAND
(ssaarel9@welho.com)
TC Secretary Mattias Vogler, GERMANY
(vogler@katzenbach-ingenieure.de)
Members:
Anne-Lise Berggren, NORWAY (alb@geofrost.no)
Teddy Fen-Chong, FRANCE (teddy.fen-chong@lcpc.fr)
Anna Maria Ferrero, ITALY (annamaria.ferrero@unipr.it)
Henry Gustavsson, FINLAND (Henry.Gustavsson@hut.fi)
Takeshi Ishizaki, JAPAN (ishizaki@tobunken.go.jp)
Young Uk Kim, KOREA (yukim@mju.ac.kr)
Sven Knutsson, SWEDEN (sven.knutsson@ltu.se)
Jean Marie Konrad, CANADA (jmkonrad@gci.ulaval.ca)
Tomasz Kozłowski, POLAND (tomkoz@tu.kielce.pl)
Sergey A. Kudryavtsev, RUSSIA (its@festu.khv.ru) at
Columbia University until January 2012
Takashi Ono, JAPAN (tono@hgu.jp)
Claudio Scavia, ITALY (claudio.scavia@polito.it)
Askar Zh. Zhusupbekov, KAZAKHSTAN (astana-
geostroi@mail.ru)
Two new members from Italy have added to the list of mem-
bers. They are professor Anna Mario Ferrero from the Univer-
sity of Parma and Professor Claudio Scavia from the Politec-
nico di Torino. They work on problems connected with alpine
permafrost degradation both in soil and in rock environment.
Professor Ferrero is working on the mechanical characterization
of frozen soil of glacial deposit for slope stability matters.
We have to have a meeting very soon in order to achieve
some progress related to the agreed "terms of reference
2010-2013" (see below). I will make an effort to contact
each member individually within the next 2-3 weeks and
that report back to the group.
MY EMAIL DATED 30 JANUARY 2011
In my email dated 30 January 2011 I asked for response from
the committee members on the following topics:
1. Technical issues that you find are the most critical or uncer-
tain when dealing with frost on existing or future engi-
neered structures
2. List of major publications on a given topic (your TC topic
or sub topic). This list would be very precious to those who
wish to know more about the topic. I am thinking about 20
to 30 main papers, state of the art report and web sites
3. Workshop or meeting in 2011
4. Codes, standards or similar that you use in geotechnical
design related to frost
I got response from 8 members presented below.
Technical issues that the members find most critical or uncer-
tain when dealing with frost
• Frost heave testing, standardization
• Frost susceptibility criteria
• Frost heave predictions and settlement during thaw
• Codes, standards, definitions and terminology
• Impact of climate change
• Transport limitations on minor roads during spring break-up,
thaw weakening period
• Long-term performance of insulation materials
• Response of clay/bentonite liners in freeze-thaw. They are
widely applied as hydroisolations in landfills, waste plants
etc.
These issues may be a basis for the focus of our committee
work for next 2 years.
List of major publications
I have received the following suggestions:
• Chamberlain, Edwin J. (December, 1981). Frost Susceptibil-
ity of Soil, Review of Index Tests. Hanover, NH: Cold
Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. ADA111752.
Contains 700-800 references, which one to recommend?
• Andersland, O.B. and Ladanyi, B. (2004). Frozen ground
engineering. John Wiley & Sons Inc. Published in coopera-
tion with American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Berggren, A.-L. (1983). Engineering creep models for frozen
soil behaviour. Dr.ing.-thesis, the Norwegian Institute of
Technology, Division of Civil Engineering.
• The Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research and the Public Roads Administration’s Committee
on Frost Action in Soils (1976). Sikring mot teleskader (Frost
damage protection). In Norwegian, parts translated to English
by CRREL.
• Conference and symposium proceedings.
I think we have to have a closer look at this list. I will discuss it
directly with Seppo Saarelainen and Mattias Vogler. I think we
will compile a list and send it out for your comments.
Work shop or meeting in 2011
I believe that we have to organize a meeting in 2011. The most
realistic meeting place will be in central Europe in the autumn.
The following dates and suggestions have been made.
• Barcelona, Spain, June 30 to July 2, 2011.
Mathias Vogler is organizing together with the Spanish rail-
way and the University of Catalonia UPC in Barcelona an
International Conference with the title: Enhanced Infrastruc-
ture for high-speed railways and metro lines
• Athens, Greece, September 12-15, 2011
Several members of the committee may attend the 15th Euro-
pean Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering, which will take place in Athens, Greece, 12-15
September 2011. So far I got a confirmation from Seppo
Saarelainen and Henry Gustavsson and maybe Takashi Ono.
• Berlin, Germany, December 6-8, 2011
Mathias Vogler also suggests the STUVA Conference on
Tunnelling in Berlin date 06.-08.12.2011
http://www.stuva.de/en/tagung.html.
The metroline U5 in Berlin is constructed using soil freezing
and the freezing works may be ongoing at that date that we
can organize a site visit.
• Frankfurt or Darmstadt, Germany
Mathias Vogler also suggests that he can organize a confer-
ence room at the Frankfurt airport conference centre or at
Darmstadt University of Technology, which can be reached
from Frankfurt airport within 40 min.
• Frankfurt or Darmstadt, Germany
Mathias Vogler also suggests that he can organize a confer-
ence room at the Frankfurt airport conference centre or at
Darmstadt University of Technology, which can be reached
from Frankfurt airport within 40 min.
• Mont Blanc – area, Italy
Professor Ferrero suggests that we could meet in the Mont
Blanc – area where she is carrying out her research together
with professor Scavia.
• Skype -meeting
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 I have had some technical problems but will now contact
each TC-member individually. Maybe we can manage to
organize a joint meeting via Skype in May 2011.
In my opinion, the most realistic alternatives for 2011 are
Skype-meetings, Athens in September or Berlin in December (a
visit to the metroline in Berlin in December sounds very
interesting). I will discuss this directly with each of you.
Codes, standards or similar used in geotechnical design related
to frost
I have received the following responses from members:
• EUROPEAN UNION: CEN-TC 227/WG4, Task Group 5,
Frost susceptibility. Seppo Saarelainen participates in this
work.
• GERMANY: RStO 01 Richtlinien für die Standardisierung
des Oberbaues von Verkehrsflächen (2001). In German.
• NORWAY: NTNF Sikring mot teleskader (1976). In Norwe-
gian.
• POLAND: Polish code PN-81/B-03020. Tomasz Kozłowski
reports that the polish code is not taking the correct physical
properties into consideration when estimating for example
frost depth.
• USA: ASTM D5918 - 06 Standard Test Methods for Frost
Heave and Thaw Weakening Susceptibility of Soils
I suppose that European Union code will apply to all mem-
bers of the European Union including Norway. We still have
to collect information from countries outside the European
Union: USA, Canada, Russia, Kasakhstan, Japan, Korea,
China.
Please find below the terms of reference 2010-2013 and my
comments on the progress of the work. I think we will agree on
that we have to have closer communication in order to achieve
the goals.
TERMS OF REFERENCE 2010-2013
Objective 1 Disseminate knowledge and practice
1. Organization of conferences, symposium and workshops.
TC216 will participate in the organization of a specialty
conference during the period. We will investigate if it is
possible to re-vitalize the Ground Freezing Symposiums.
We will also look into organization of workshops in
connection with well-established conferences such as the
ASCE Cold Regions Engineering. Conference (no date set
for the period 2010-2013), ICECORD and regional confer-
ences. In 2012 the International Permafrost Association is
organizing the 10th international conference on permafrost
in Tyumen, Russia. We will organize a work shop during
this conference.
2. Keynote lectures, state-of-the-art lectures
Members will be encouraged to initiate lectures related to
frost topics.
3. Participation of ISSMGE individual members
The TC will carry out a survey among previous participants
in conferences and projects related to frost geotechnics. We
will also contact member societies to access new potential
(young) participants within the field.
4. Generate a list of major publications on frost geotechnics
(suggestion by Jean-Louis Briaud).
STATUS OBJECTIVE 1
We have to aim at organizing a frost geotechnics conference,
symposium or workshop in 2013. During our committee-meet-
ing in 2011 we have to decide on an organizing committee and
location for this conference.
Objective 2 Guidelines and technical recommendations
1. Collection of available standards.
2. Overview of standards, codes and guidelines will be estab-
lished during the period.
3. Evaluation of similarities and differences will be carried out
during the period.
4. Based on the previous items 1-3, guidelines and recommen-
dations for practice will be discussed.
STATUS OBJECTIVE 2
We have made some progress here. Still need more input from
countries outside Europe.
Objective 3 Assist with technical programs of international
and regional conferences organized by ISSMGE
STATUS OBJECTIVE 3
Several members of the TC216 is on the international advisory
committee of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation
Geotechnics (ICTG), see
http://congress.coop.hokudai.ac.jp/tc3conference/.
I need some feed-back from you on other ISSMGE-conferences
that we should get involved in.
Objective 4 Interact with industry and overlapping
organizations
1. Cooperate with International Permafrost Associations Work
Group for Permafrost Engineering. Several of the TCs
members are also member of this group.
2. Re-establish cooperation with organizations working on
artificial ground freezing.
STATUS OBJECTIVE 4
We have good co-operation with IPA, but we have to get in-
volved with organizations working on artificial ground freez-
ing.
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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
TC301 - HISTORIC SITES
PRESERVATION OF MONUMENTS AND HISTORIC 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
SITES up to date? YES

Date: 2011-05-31 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 ties you have held or plan to hold.
Prepared by:C. Viggiani - On the occasion of the ICSMGE in Paris, either a special
session or a satellite conference;
Chair: Carlo Viggiani - Special session and Committee meeting at the forthcom-
Vice-Chair: Yoshimi Iwasaki ing ECSMGE in Athens
Secretary: Alessandro Flora
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
to the TC members? YES vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Web page and library Lancellotta, Flora Web page ready, library to be
filled with contributions
Exemplary case histories Burland, Viggiani Starting Extract general indications for
possible guidelines

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
C. Viggiani Chair viggiani@unina.it Italy
Y. Iwasaki Vice-chair yoshi-iw@geor.or.jp Japan
A. Flora Secretary flora@unina.it Italy
J. Burland Member of Executive j.burland@imperial.ac.uk UK
M. K. El Ghamrawy Member of Executive mkelg@ghamrawy.com Egypt
C. Tsatsanifos Member of Executive pangaea@otenet.gr Greece
V. Ulitsky Member of Executive Ulitsky.vladimir@gmail.com Russia
G. Calabresi Member of Executive g.calabresi@alice.it Italy
A. Khasanov Member of Executive Askar_hasanov@mail.ru Uzbekistan
E. Ovando Shelley Member of Executive eovs@pumas.iingen.unam.mx Mexico
N. Al-Sa'oudi Member namirks@yahoo.com Iraq
L. Aradi Member laradi@freestart.hu Hungary
C. Augarde Member charles.augarde@dur.ac.uk UK
K. Avellan Member kari.avellan@kareg.com Finland
J. Brendstrup Member jbr@cowi.dk Denmark
D. Egglezos Member degle@tee.gr Greece
N. Ilies Member nicoleta.ilies@cif.utcluj.ro Romania
R. Lancellota Member renato.lancellota@polito.it Italy
J. Launay Member jlaunay@vinci-construction.com France
M. Lisyuk Member mbl@georec.spb.ru Russia
M. Makarchian Member makarchian@yahoo.com Iran
S. Martinetti Member sandro.martinetti@libero.it Italy
M. Mimura Member mimura@geotech.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp Japan
D. Parry Member rhgparry@tiscali.co.uk UK
J. M. Rodriguez Ortiz Member info@gammageotecnica.e.telefonica.net Spain
C. Tanimoto Member tanimotochikaosa@gmail.com Japan
T. O. Zhunusov Member Zhunisov2008@mail.ru Kazakhstan

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT - TF 9: Case Histories. – Hwang.
TC302 - FORENSIC - TF 10: Technical vulnerabilities. – Rob Jessop
FORENSIC GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING All the task forces are active and their final reports are expected
to be completed by Dec. 2012.
Terms of Reference
Please list the conferences and workshops and other activities
Prepare a book either as a manual or as an introductory guide you have held or plan to hold.
on the forensic procedures to be followed in failure investiga- a. A workshop on "Failures, Disputes, Causes and Solutions
tions pertaining to geotechnical engineering. The book shall in Geotechnics" organized by Prof. Mesci during 24-25,
contain procedures for systematic scrutiny of every stage of September 2010, in Budapest.
planning, investigations (both field and laboratory), evaluation b. A symposium on "Forensic Approach to Analysis of Geo-
and selection of design parameters, analysis and design, hazard Problems" on 14-15 December 2010 in Mumbai,
construction techniques adopted, detailed documentation India, was Organized by V.V.S. Rao.
regarding quality control, problems encountered including c. A separate session on FGE is organized by Prof. Lee as a
meteorological conditions, etc. part of ARC 2011 in Hong Kong
d. An International symposium on "Backwards Problem in
To achieve the objective, the following task forces with their Geotechnical Engineering and Monitoring of Geo-
respective Leaders are constituted. These task forces have Construction" is organized in Osaka on July 14 & 15, 2011
worked during TC40 and hence partial work which has been by Prof. Yoshi Iwasaki
done will now be brought to completion: e. Prof. Babu is organizing a seminar in Kochi (India) during
- TF 1: Collection of data - P.W. Day Dec. 2011 on the theme of Forensic analysis of geosyn-
- TF 2: Characterization of distress. – David Starr thetic constructions.
- TF 3: Development of failure hypothesis. – J. Mecsi f. Prof. Popescu and Mr. David Starr are planning to hold
- TF 4: Diagnostic tests. – W.F. Lee seminars in USA and in Australia respectively, during
- TF 5: Back analysis – Popescu 2012.
- TF 6: Instrumentation. – Y. Iwasaki
- TF 7: Reliability aspects. – GLS Babu Technical Committee TC302 FORENSIC Geotechnical
- TF 8: Legal Issues – Jan Hellings Engineering
Name Function e-mail address Country
Dr. V.V.S. RAO Chair nagadivvs@gmail.com India
Prof. M.R. MADHAV Vice-chair madhavmr@gmail.com India
Prof. G.L.S. BABU Secretary and Leader, TF 7 gls@civil.iisc.ernet.in India
Mr. P.W. DAY Member of Executive, Leader, TF 1 day@jaws.co.za S. Africa
Mr. DAVID STARR Member of Executive, Leader, TF 2 david_starr@bigpond.com. Australia
Prof. J. MECSI Member of Executive, Leader, TF 3 jmecsi@gmail.com Hungary
Prof. W.F. LEE Member of Executive, Leader, TF 4 weilee@mail.ntust.edu.tw Taiwan
Prof. M. POPESCU Member of Executive, Leader. TF 5 Mihail.e.popescu@gmail.com USA
Prof. Y. IWASAKI Member of Executive, Leader, TF 6 Yoshi-iw@feor.or.jp Japan
Dr. JAN HELLINGS Member of Executive, Leader, TF 8 jan@janhellings.com UK
Dr. R. HWANG Member of Executive, Leader, TF 9 Richard.hwang@maaconsultants.com Taiwan
Mr. ROB JESSEP Member of Executive, Leader, TF 10 rob@jessep.net UK

MEMBERS:
ALAIN PECKER Alain.pecker@geodynamique.com France
AXEL NG Axel.ng@aecom.com Hong Kong
CICHY, W. wcic@pg.gda.pl Poland
DIRK LUGAR Dirk.lugar@deltares.nl Netherlands
ENRICO CONTE conte@dds.unical.it Italy
ENRIQUE DAPENA Enrique.dapena@cedex.es Spain
FILATOV, A.V. Niisp.karmeti@mail.ru Kazakhstan
GRANT MURRAY gmurray@skm.co.nz New Zealand
HIGHT, D. d.w.hight@dial.pipex.com UK
ITOH, K. k-ito@s.jniosh.go.jp Japan
MALEK BOAZZA Malek.bouazza@eng.monash.edu.au Australia
MARCO UZIELLI muz@georisk.eu Italy
PHOON, K.K. cvepk@nus.edu.sg Singapore
PUPPALA, ANAND anand@uta.edu USA
ROBERT, J. jrobert@arcadis-fr.com France
SURAJ de SILVA Suraj.desilva@aecom.com Hong Kong
VINCENZO CAPUTO caputo@unibas.it Italy
Tony Barry tbarry@evalueco.com UK

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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT https://sites.google.com/site/tc303issmge/home
TC303 - FLOODS The above website will provide the most up-to-date info,
COASTAL AND RIVER DISASTER MITIGATION AND including the newly available publication by TC303 on
REHABILITATION floods.

Date: May 20, 2011 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 ties you have held or plan to hold.
Prepared by: Susumu Iai - May 2011: The 3rd International Conference on
Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and
Chair: Susumu Iai Rehabilitation (GEDMAR), Semarang, Indonesia
Vice-Chair: --- - December 2010: International Symposium on Geotechni-
Secretary: R. Scott Steedman cal and Geosynthetics Engineering, Bangkok. Thailand
- March 2011: Forum on Large Scale Combined Hazards in
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference Coastal Areas, Kyoto, Japan
to the TC members? YES - March 2012 (tentative): Second Forum on Large Scale
See ISSMGE website. Combined Hazards in Coastal Areas, Kyoto, Japan
- November 2012: International Conference on Ground Im-
2. Are any TC members not responsive? provement with Special Reference to Natural Hazards
The following TC members nominated by TOC have not Mitigation and Transportation Infrastructure,
been responsive (TC303 has not been able to determine Wollongong, Australia
whether or not they wish to be TC members): - 2014: The 4th International Conference on Geotechnical
Don deGroot (USA) Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation
M. de Puy (USA) (GEDMAR), Kyoto, Japan

3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website 5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
up to date? comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
Please paste the link on ISSMGE website to the following vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
website of TC303 on floods:

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Book publication* Iai, S (ed) "Geotechnics and Earthquake Completed (a copy given to ISSMGE N/A
Geotechnics towards Global Sustainabil- president on May 18, 2011,
ity", Springer, March 2011* Semarang, Indonesia)
Book editing Chu Jian/2013/book on flood disaster Initial draft completed Continue to solicit
mitigation contributions
Guidelines and Koji Ichii/2013/archiving of flood disasters Plan underway Continue
recommendations
Primary Conference of S.P.R. Wardani/2011/3rd GEDMAR, Completed N/A
TC303 Semarang, Indonesia, May 2011
Other conferences (see 2012/2014 Plan underway Continue
the list in 5)
*http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/book/978-94-007-0469-5?changeHeader

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail

address and country https://sites.google.com/site/tc303issmge/home
The formal list of members can be found on ISSMGE website.
Additional list of members, including the correspondence mem-
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TC304 - RISK
ENGINEERING PRACTICE OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND
MANAGEMENT
Date: May 18, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Kok-Kwang Phoon and Jianye Ching
Chair: Kok-Kwang Phoon
Vice-Chair: Gordon Fenton
Secretary: Jianye Ching
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? NO
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
We have no current concerns about our TC membership.
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
Past activities
- Special TC304/GEOSNET session in 17th Southeast Asian
Geotechnical Conference (17th SEAGC, 10-13 May 2010,
Taipei, Taiwan)
Organizers: J Ching, JR Chen & KK Phoon
Contributions:
 Y. Honjo et al., level III reliability based design by
response surfaces: an embankment & level III reliability
based design by response surfaces: pad foundation
 J.H. Park et al., resistance factors calibration for driven
steel pipe piles using static load tests database
 M. Shirato et al., LRFD for the structural design of piles in
grouped-pile foundations
 K.-H. Yang & J. Ching, reliability-based design for external
stability of narrow mechanically stabilized earth wall
 T. Schweckendiek & E.O.F. Calle, a factor of safety for
geotechnical characterization
 B. K. Low, slope reliability analysis: some insights and
guidance for practitioners
 Z. Cao et al., probabilistic failure analysis of James Bay
Dyke
 S.-H. Wu et al., spatial variability impact on reliability-
based design for basal heave in an excavation
 A.M. Santoso et al., flow of water through spatially
heterogeneous soil
 J. Ching et al., reliability of slopes with weak seams
- International Symposium on Forensic Geotechnical Engineer-
ing (14-15 Dec 2010, Mumbai, India)
Supported by TC304
Collaborate with TC302 (Forensic Geotechnical Engineering)
- 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for
Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMAR 2011, 4-6
May 2011, Semarang, Indonesia)
Supported by TC304
Collaborate with TC202, TC203, TC211, TC213, TC302 and
TC303
- Special TC304 session in 14th Asian Regional Conference on
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (14ARC, 23-
27 May 2011, Hong Kong)
Organizers: Limin Zhang and Yu Wang
Contributions:
 J. Ching, model uncertainties for basal heave stability of
excavations in clays
 K. Kishor, investigation and monitoring of historical land-
slides in a part of Himalaya
 D.Q. Li, stochastic response surface method applied to
reliability analysis of slope stability
 Y. Wang, probabilistic failure analysis of the Shek Kip Mei
landslide in Hong Kong
 K.K. Phoon, probability models for SWCC and hydraulic
conductivity
 L.M. Zhang, assessment of risks of soil deposits formed
during Wenchuan earthquake
 S. Nishimura, spatial distributions of strength of a river dike
based on synthesis of sounding tests and surface wave
method
 T. Hui & K. Ho, review of risk tolerability criteria for
quantitative risk assessment
Ongoing activities
- 3rd International Symposium on Geotechnical Safety and
Risk (3rd ISGSR, 2-3 June 2011, Munich, Germany). Sup-
ported by TC304
 Keynote lecture by KK Phoon, J Ching & JR Chen on
"How Reliable Are Reliability-Based Multiple Factor Code
Formats?"
 Joint TC304/TC205 panel on "The basis for partial factors -
probability or experience?"
 Short course on "Reliability Analysis and Design in
Geotechnical Engineering", 1 June 2011, Munich, Germany
(Instructors: KK Phoon)
- Georisk 2011, ASCE (26-28 June 2011, Atlanta, USA)
 Joint Committee Meeting between Geo-Institute Technical
Committee on Risk Assessment and Management (GI-
RAM) and ISSMGE TC304, 26 June 2011.
 Keynote lecturers from TC304:
 John Christian & Greg Baecher "Unresolved Problems in
Geotechnical Risk and Reliability"
 Suzanne Lacasse & Farrokh Nadim "Learning to Live
with Geohazards: From Research to Practice"
 Sessions organizers from TC304:
 Quantitative risk analysis for embankments, dams and
slopes (organiser: Limin Zhang)
72 Probabilistic slope stability analysis of a 300 m high
embankment dam, by Qun Chen, Sichuan Univer-
sity and Li-Ying Chang, Sichuan University.
73 Identification of hazardous loose landslide deposits
and scars formed during the 2008 Wenchuan earth-
quake, by H.F. Zhao, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology and Limin Zhang, Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology.
132 Bounding the Probability of Failure for Levee Sys-
tems, by Justin Hollenback, University of California
Berkeley and Robb Moss, California Polytechnic
State University.
150 Breaching of Changkai Levee in June 2010 in
Jiangxi Province, China, by Ming Peng, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology and Limin
Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology.
177 Distinct Element Modelling for High Rock Slopes
in Static and Dynamic Conditions: A Case Study, by
Ganesh W. Rathod, Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, A.K. Shrivastava, Delhi Technological
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 University, Delhi and K.S. Rao, Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi.
183 Reliability analysis of stone columns for ground im-
provement, by Jose A. Alonso-Pollan, Dragados,
S.A. and Rafael Jimenez, Technical University of
Madrid.
 Limit state design in geotechnical engineering (organizer:
Yu Wang)
39 A Comparative Study of Drilled Shaft Design Using
LRFD and Expanded RBD, by Yu Wang, City
University of Hong Kong, Zijun Cao, City Univer-
sity of Hong Kong and Fred H. Kulhawy, Cornell
University.
61 Limit States Design of Pile Foundations in Clay
Under Combined Action of Transient Uplift Loads
and Frost Jacking, by Konstantin Ashkinadze, Eco-
Technica Inc.
62 Safety Margin in Design of Pile-Supported Struc-
tural Slabs for Frost Action, by Konstantin
Ashkinadze, Eco-Technica Inc.
67 Statistical Characterization And Stochastic
Simulation Of Load-Displacement Behavior of
Shallow Footings, by Marco Uzielli, Georisk
Engineering S.r.l. and Paul Mayne, Georgia Institute
of Technology.
88 Reliability based design of base heave stability in
wide excavations, by Shih-Hsuan Wu, National
Taiwan University of Science and Technology,
Chang-Yu Ou, National Taiwan University of
Science and Technology and Jianye Ching, National
Taiwan University.
180 Probabilistic analysis of shallow foundations on
rocks obeying Hoek-Brown failure criterion, by Nut
Mao, University of Nantes, Tamara Al-Bittar,
University of Nantes and Abdul-Hamid Soubra,
University of Nantes.
 Geotechnical Assessment, Characterization and Design
for Risk Management (organizers: Hongwei Huang &
Dianqing Li)
279 Active Risk Management in Geotechnical Engineer-
ing, by Allen Marr, Geocomp Corporation.
201 Risk Assessment of Success Dam, California: Flood
Related Potential Failure Modes, by Loren
Anderson, RAC Engineers and Economists, Michael
Ruthford, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vlad
Perlea, US Army Corps of Engineers, David
Serafini, US Army Corps of Engineers, Jack
Montgomery, US Army Corps of Engineers and
David Bowles, Utah State University.
146 Geotechnical Risk in the Peruvian Andes, by
Arnaldo Carrillo-Gil, Ricardo Palma University,
Lima, Peru and Arnaldo Jose Carrillo-Acevedo, AC
Ingenieros Consultores S.A.C.
204 Quantified Risk Assessment of Shield Tunneling
Effects on Urban Cement Concrete Pavement, by
Qunfang Hu, Tongji University and Hongwei
Huang, Tongji University.
196 Risk Assessment of Success Dam, California: Earth-
quake Induced Potential Failure Modes, by Michael
Ruthford, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vlad
Perlea, US Army Corps of Engineers, David
Serafini, US Army Corps of Engineers, Michael
Beaty, Beaty Engineering LLC, Loren Anderson,
RAC Engineers and Economists and David Bowles,
Utah State University.
198 A Parametric Study on Factors Affecting Ground
Vibrations during Pile Driving through Finite Ele-
ment Simulations, by Mo Zhang, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute and Mingjiang Tao, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.
184 Rockfall and Mitigation Evaluation With 3-D Dis-
crete Element Modelling, by Runing Zhang,
Metropolitan State College of Denver and Alan
Rock, Lodex Engineering.
211 GeoRisk in the Design Build Procurement Process,
by John Daoulas, Virginia Department of Trans-
portation.
262 Owner Involvement - Choosing Risk Factors for
Shallow Foundations, by Roger Failmezger, In-Situ
Soil Testing, L.C. and Paul Bullock, Tolunay-Wong
Engineers, Inc.
209 Model Test Study of Soil Variation Impact on
Shield Tunnel Segment Structure, by Hongwei
Huang, Tongji University, Dongming Zhang, Tongji
University, Qunfang Hu, Shanghai Institute of Dis-
aster Prevention and Relief and Jie Zhang, Tongji
University.
245 Mitigating Risk and Managing Foundation Cost &
Schedule on "Mega" Transmission Line Projects –
Beginning with the End in Mind, by Keith Yamatani,
Kleinfelder and Ashraf Jahangir, Kleinfelder.
258 Comparison Study on Computer Simulations for
Bridge Scour Estimation, by Xinbao Yu, Case
Western Reserve University, Junliang Tao, Case
Western Reserve University and Xiong Yu, Case
Western Reserve University
- Mini-symposium "Recent advances in geotechnical risk and
reliability", 11th International Conference on Applications of
Statistics and Probability in Soil and Structural Engineering
(ICASP11, 1-4 August 2011, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Organizers: KK Phoon, J Ching and Hsein Juang
Contributions:
 S.O. Akbas & F.H. Kulhway, reliability-based design of
shallow foundations in cohesionless soils under compres-
sion loading: ultimate limit state
 Y.F. Lee et al., evaluating model uncertainty of a CPT-
based model for earthquake-induced soil liquefaction
 S.-I. Nishimura et al., spatial distributions for strength of
embankments based on synthesis of sounding tests and sur-
face wave method
 J.H. Park et al., reliability analysis of axially loaded drilled
shafts socketed in weathered rock based on bidirectional
load test results
 D.V. Griffiths et al., application of random finite element
method to bearing capacity design of strip foundation
 T. Schweckendiek et al., on optimal site investigation for
piping
 E.M. Thompson & L.G. Baise, methods for incorporating a
variety of site response estimates into seismic hazard maps
 Y. Wang et al., back-analysis of the 1999 Shek Kip Mei
landslide in Hong Kong - a probabilistic approach
 Y. Watabe et al., development of a computer-based evalua-
tion system for soil parameters in the reliability design
method
 Ching et al., challenges in limit equilibrium based slope
reliability problems
- 5th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its
Applications (APSSRA 2012, 23-25 May 2012, Singapore)
 Sessions organizers from TC304:
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  Recent advancement in geotechnical reliability-based
design and analysis (organiser: J Ching, Yu Wang, & JR
Chen) – 15 papers
 Monte Carlo Methods and Engineering Applications
(organizer: Yu Wang & Ivan Au) – number of papers not
known yet
- Collaborate with TC205/ETC10 to develop reliability solu-
tions for ETC10 examples (http://www.eurocode7.com/etc10/)
(Liaisons: J Ching from TC304 and T Orr from TC205)
Future activities
- TC304 Workshop in conjunction with the 2nd National
Symposium on risk management and Insurance Research in
civil Engineering in Beijing, 2012 (proposed by Hongwei)
- TC304 Geotechnical symposium on "difficulties and chal-
lenges in landslide risk mitigation and management in hilly
areas, particularly in Himalayas" India, 2012 (proposed by
Kishor)
Meetings
- 1st TC304 meeting from 14 Oct to 22 Oct 2010 – for execu-
tive group only (BY EMAIL)
- 2nd TC304 meeting from 10 Nov to 17 Nov 2010 (by email)
- 3rd TC304 meeting, 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 25 May 2011
- 4th TC304 meeting, 3rd International Symposium on Geo-
technical Safety and Risk, 3 June 2011
- Joint Committee Meeting between Geo-Institute Technical
Committee on Risk Assessment and Management (GI-RAM)
and ISSMGE TC304, 26 June 2011.
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(

Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans

Task Force 1: 1. Email list of upcoming conferences and ask Work has started (Farrokh) The list will be dis-
Interaction with industry members for short course proposals (Farrokh cussed in the meeting
and education (coordi- Nadim) Topics and course materi- planned in Atlanta on 26
nated by Farrokh Nadim) 2. Develop of a 2-day geotechnical risk als (slides and book) are June and finalized
management course (Martin van Staveren) ready to use for 2-day shortly afterwards
3. Gather teaching resources (Mark Jaksa) "Professional Geotechnical (Farrokh)
4. Coordinate a short course with CISM Risk Management Course"
(Vaughan Griffiths) (Martin van Staveren) Making course models
5. Compile a list of short courses in near future country-specific with
for posting on TC304 website (Jianye Ching) interested members and
give the course in mem-
ber countries are con-
nected to conferences (in
2012) (Martin van
Staveren)
Task Force 2: 1. Collect relevant guidelines and risk-related Bibliography list under Status of list would be
Compilation of guide- international resources from industry, compilation. discussed during Atlanta
lines and other technical government and academe for TC304 website meeting, 26 June.
resources (coordinated by (Vaughan Griffiths):
Vaughan Griffiths)  Recommended reading list
 General reading list
2. Bibliography database (Vaughan Griffiths)
Task Force 3: 1. Translate practice guide on geotechnical risk Awaiting approval for Translating the guide in
Coordination with management published by Deltares in Dutch budget allocation for the English for dissemina-
broader risk community to English for dissemination (Martin van translation tion in the geotechnical
(Coordinated by Martin Staveren) community (as soon as
van Staveren) budget is provided)
2. Translate the generic risk management Is ongoing in the Dutch
principles of ISO-31000 into practical geo- GeoImpuls Failure Cost Publication of the geo-
principles (Martin van Staveren, Lars Olsson) Reduction Program principles and the ex-
periences with using
them in a journal or
conference paper (by
2012)
Task Force 4: 1. Set up TC304 website and circulate URL to TC304 website is hosted at Work with ETC10 on
Communication/dissemi- members (Jianye Ching) Webpage: http://jyching. "tutorial" examples
nation (Coordinated by 2. Establish benchmark "tutorial" examples twbbs.org/issmge/tc304.ht
Jianye Ching) (Jianye Ching) m
Task Force 5: 1. Special GEOSNet/TC304 session at 17th Events #1-#4 completed. Future events being
Conference coordination Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference, Events #5-#7 ongoing. considered #8-#9
(Coordinated by Ken Ho) May 10-13, 2010 (Jianye Ching, KK Phoon)
2. Collaborate with TC302 (Forensic Geo-
technical Engineering) on International
Symposium on Forensic Geotechnical Engi-
neering, 14-15 Dec 2010, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
3. Special TC304 session at 14th Asian Regional
Conference, 23–27 May 2011 (Limin Zhang,

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 Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans
Yu Wang)
4. Collaborate with TC303 (Coastal and River
Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation) on 3rd
International Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and
Rehabilitation (GEDMAR 2011), Semarang,
Indonesia, 4-6 May 2011
5. Collaborate with GEOSNet on 3rd Inter-
national Symposium on Geotechnical Safety
and Risk (ISGSR 2011), Munich, 2011
6. Mini-symposium "Recent advances in
geotechnical risk and reliability", 11th Inter-
national Conference on Applications of
Statistics and Probability in Soil and Struc-
tural Engineering (ICASP11), 1-4 August
2011, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
7. ASCE Georisk 2011 "Risk assessment and
management in geoengineering" Atlanta, GA,
June 26 - 28, 2011
8. TC304 Workshop in conjunction with the 2nd
National Symposium on risk management
and Insurance Research in civil Engineering
in Beijing, 2012 (Hongwei Huang)
9. TC304 Geotechnical symposium on "difficul-
ties and challenges in landslide risk mitiga-
tion and management in hilly areas, particu-
larly in Himalayas" India, 2012.
Task Force 6: 1. Coordinate development of risk analysis Ongoing Make a draft RBS
Risk analysis and soft- procedures (Lars Olsson) "frame" for comments
ware (Coordinated by 2. Develop framework for Risk Breakdown Ongoing by TC304 members
Lars Olsson) Structure (Lars Olsson) Create database based on
3. Compile list of software including a price Ongoing web-based survey within
estimate for TC304 website (Lars Olsson, ISSMGE
Jianye Ching)

Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail Webpage: http://jyching.twbbs.org/issmge/tc304.htm
address and country
http://www.issmge.org/web/page.aspx?refid=689 TC Chair: K. K. Phoon (cvepkk@nus.edu.sg)
TC Vice Chair: Gordon Fenton (Canada)
Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management (Gordon.Fenton@dal.ca)
Host Member Society: Singapore. Short name: Risk (TC304) - TC Secretary: JY Ching (SEAGS) (jyching@gmail.com)
Terms of Reference - to be approved
Dagang Lu (China)
Members Farrokh Nadim (Norway)
Y. Ashkey (Kazakhstan) Laszlo Nagy (Hungary)
Gregory Baecher (USA) Shin-ichi Nishimura (Japan)
Hansgeorg Balthaus (Germany) Ali Noorzad (Iran)
Robert Berkelaar (Netherlands) Lars Olsson (Sweden)
Laura Caldeira (Portugal) Nick Sartain (UK)
Paul Cools (Netherlands) Bernd Schuppener (Germany)
P. Ganne (Belgium) Timo Schweckendiek (Netherlands)
Anthony TC Goh (Singapore) V.I. Sheinin (Russia)
Vaughn Griffiths (USA) Kenichi Soga (UK)
Ken Ho (Hong Kong) Abdul-Hamid Soubra (France)
Hongwei Huang (China) M. Suzuki (Japan)
Mark Jaksa (Australia) Pavlos Tyrologou (Greece)
Leena Korkiala-Tanttu (Finland) Martin van Staveren (Netherlands)
Kishor Kumar (India) Yu Wang (Hong Kong)
Dianqing Li (China) Limin Zhang (Hong Kong)
B.K. Low (Singapore)

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TC305 - MEGACITIES
GEOTECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MEGA CITIES
AND NEW CAPITALS
Date: May 21, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Makoto Namba-
Chair: Arsenio Negro Jr
Vice-Chair: ---
Secretary: Makoto Namba
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? NO
The Terms of Reference will be distributed by May 31st.
2. Are any TC members not responsive? NO
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
- The second event programmed to 2011 (December) is the
Target date: June, 20 2011
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
- As the first event of 2011 and taking opportunity of the
14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering, to be held on 23 to 26 May in
Hong Kong, the committee will accomplish the Work-
shop on Recent Projects in Megacities and New Capitals.
The workshop was conceived and organized through the
efforts of Prof. Askar Zhusupbekov, from Kazakhstan,
Vice-President of ISSMGE for Asia, with a modest sup-
port of the TC305 Secretariat. The committee managed
the gathering of six leading geotechnical professionals
from Asia, to cover topics on Megacities projects ranging
from airports, metro systems, underground spaces and
other infrastructures. The Technical Program is as fol-
lows:
2011, May 26, 1st Session : 13:50–15:50
Chairman: Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov (Eurasian Na-
tional University, Kazakhstan, Vice Presi-
dent of ISSMGE for Asia)
Moderator: Mr. Makoto Namba (TC305 Secretary,
Bureau de Projetos, Brazil)
Secretary: Dr. Rauan Lukpanov (TC305 Member, KGS
Ltd, Kazakhstan)
1. Dr. Yoshinori Iwasaki (Prof. Dep. of World Heritage,
Cyber University/Executive Director Geo-Research
Inst., Japan), "Mega City above Hidden Active Fault"
2. Dr. John Chien Chung Li (CECI Engineering
Consultants - Taiwan), "Damages and
Rehabilitation of Morakot Typhoon Disaster in
Taiwan".
3. Dr. Eun C Shin (University of Incheon - Korea),
"Metro Construction Work in Incheon, Korea"
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable
Workshop at 14th ARC Askar Zhussupbekov/Makoto Namba
Sao Paulo - Rio de Janeiro Local Argimiro Ferreira/Makoto Namba; deadline: Delayed
Twin Cities Seminar organization Dez-2011
2nd Session : 16:20–17:50
Chairman: Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov (Eurasian Na-
tional University, Kazakhstan, Vice Presi-
dent of ISSMGE for Asia)
Moderator: Mr. Makoto Namba (TC305 Secretary,
Bureau de Projetos, Brazil)
Secretary: Dr. Rauan Lukpanov (TC305, KGS Ltd,
Kazakhstan)
4. Dr. Yoichi Watabe (Port and Airport Research Insti-
tute - Japan), "Development History of the Tokyo
International Airport".
5. Dr. Daman Lee (ARUP - Hong Kong), "Mega City –
Hong Kong Underground Space".
6. Dr. Askar Zhusupbekov (Eurasian National Univer-
sity - Kazakhstan), Dr. Viktor Popov (KaragandaGIIZ
and K, Ltd-Kazakhstan) and Dr. Talgat Baitassov
(Eurasian National University-Kazakhstan)
7. "Geotechnical Issues of Megaprojects on Problemati-
cal Soil Ground of Kazakhstan".
Twin Cities Seminar in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil (Term of Reference, in Annex 2). Until now it has
been defined topics and authors. Two books will be ed-
ited based on the proceedings of the seminar, under the
title "Soils of the City of Sao Paulo" and "Soils of the
City of Rio de Janeiro". The subjects and the authors for
Sao Paulo are as follows:
1. Geology of Great Sao Paulo, Claudio Riccomini,
Hugo Cássio Rocha
2. Hydrogeology of Great Sao Paulo, Ricardo Hirata,
Hugo Cássio Rocha
3. Shearing Resistance and Deformability of Sedimen-
tary Soils of Sao Paulo Basin, Faiçal Massad,
Fernando Marinho
4. Shearing Resistance and Deformability of Residual
Soils, Marcos Massao Futai, Carlos de Souza Pinto
5. Correlations Between Geotechnical Parameters,
Luciano Decourt, Arthur Quaresma Filho
6. Foundations, Frederico Falconi, Werner Bilfinger,
Waldemar Hachich
7. Natural Slopes, Claudio Michael Wolle, Eduardo
Macedo, Makoto Namba, Frederico Bohland Neto
8. Excavations, Jaime Marzionna, Ivan Grandis
9. Tunnels, Tarcísio Barreto Celestino, Marco Aurélio
Peixoto
10. Ground Contamination, Paulo Ivo Braga Queiroz,
Barbara Chiodeto de Paula Silva, Vivian Leme
Sanches
11. Proposal for Register of Subsurface Interferences,
Sérgio Pallazo, Nestor Tupinambá, Francisco Ribeiro
Neto
12. Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Landfills, Maria
Eugenia Boscov, Fernando Marinho
13. Site Investigation, Scandar Ignatius, Antonio Sérgio
Damasco Penna
Progress Future plans
As planned Makes available the presenta-
tions on the webpage
Collect the papers until the end
of September
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Name Function e-mail address Country
Arsenio Negro Jr Chair bureau@bureauprojetos.com.br Brazil
Vice-chair
Makoto Namba Secretary bureau@bureauprojetos.com.br Brazil
Hirokazu Akagi Core Member akagi@waseda.jp Japan
V.A. Ilyichev Core Member antc@antcraasn.com; rssmgfe@niiosp.ru Russia
Eric Leca Core Member e.leca@systra.com France
A.Zh. Zhusupbekov Member astana-geostroi@mail.ru Kazakhstan
Jim Cook Member jim@jimcook.net UK
T. Hashimoto Member hasimoto@geor.or.jp Japan
Habib Shahnazari Member hshahnazari@iust.ac.ir Iran
K. Komiya Member komiya.kazuhito@it-chiba.ac.jp Japan
Dr. Ashish Member ajuneja@iitb.ac.in India
Ammar Member ammar.dhouib@vinci-construction.fr France
Isabel Moitinho de Almeida Member imalmeida@fc.ul.pt Portugal
Manuel Matos Fernandes Member mfern@fe.up.pt Portugal
P. Ganne Member pga@bbri.be Belgium
Colin Eddie Member colin.eddie@morganest.com UK
Dr. Pal Gyorgy Member gyorgyek@t-online.hu Hungary
Argimiro Alvarez Ferreira Member argimiroaf@gmail.com; alvarez@metrosp.com.br Brazil
Dipanjan Basu Member dbasu@engr.uconn.edu USA
Edgar Mendez Sanchez Member emendezs@iingen.unam.mx Mexico
Moises Juarez Camarena Member mjuarezc@iingen.unam.mx Mexico
Ing. Luis Marin Member lmarin32@gmail.com Ecuador
Massimo Ramondini Member ramondin@unina.it Italy
Maurizio Sciotti Member maurizio.sciotti@gmail.com Italy
Corresponding member

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CITIES AND NEW CAPITALS
ANNEX 1
Terms of Reference
The main goal of this technical committee is to contribute to the
general practice of those working in a Mega City scenario, to
gather and share their experience on foundations, tunnels,
excavations, earthquake engineering, slope stability, soft soils,
environmental geotechnics and others.
Mega Cities demand a General Practitioner Geotechnical Engi-
neer and requires the need for gathering and collating previous
experience to encourage technical development.
Having this in mind, the objectives of TC305 for the period
2010-2013 are as follows.
1. To stimulate interaction between infrastructure
geotechnical engineers for mega cities, new capitals and
twin (sister) cities
1.1. At an international level
- To promote a workshop during the 14th Asian Regional
Conference, Hong Kong, May 2011;
- To promote organization of the Twin Cities Geotechni-
cal Seminars (basic planning in annex) in 2012;
- To promote a session or a workshop during the next
ICSMGE, Paris 2013;
- To encourage and stream the preparation of papers from
TC305 members to the ISSMGE International Journal
of Geo-Engineering Case histories.
1.2. At a regional level
- To organise regional workshops at the occasion of large
or challenging projects:
- To encourage the active participation (papers, lectures,
workshops) of TC305 members at regional conferences.
2. To gather and collate geotechnical information
To set up data and cartographic instrument specification;
To establish access to public data;
3. Interact with other TCs and organisations concerned
by Geotechnical Infrastructure for Mega Cities:
To establish or maintain contact with TCs having close
interests such as TC204 - (Underground Construction in
Soft Ground), TC211 - (Ground Improvement), TC212 –
(Deep Foundation), TC215 – (Environmental Geotech-
nics).
To cooperate with Deep Foundation Institute during the 4th
International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing,
15 - 18 February 2012, New Orleans, LA, United States.
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ANNEX 2
TC Megacities 305 - Twin Cities Geotechnical Seminars.
Background: it has been a tradition of the Sao Paulo branch of
the Brazilian Geotechnical Society (ABMS) to organize, every
ten to twenty years, a local seminar to gather and collate
summarized geotechnical and geological data related to Sao
Paulo City, conditioned mainly by sedimentary Paleocene stiff
and dense soils. Different contributors are invited to prepare
contributions, updating the knowledge on selected topics such
as local geology, hydro-geological conditions, soils micro-
structures, strength and deformability of local soils, perform-
ance of geotechnical structures as pavements, shallow and deep
foundations, natural and cut slopes, supported excavations,
tunnels, etc. A book is usually edited based on the proceedings
of the seminar, under the title "Soils of the City of Sao Paulo".
Published books resulted in noted editorial successes within the
local community. To increase national coverage and interest on
such publication, a second city was invited to participate in the
coming local seminar and the natural choice was Rio de Janeiro
with its residual soils occurring highland and soft organic clays
in the coastal sea plane. The choice of Rio was twofold. Firstly
it complements the review of soils including older (Pre-Cam-
brian) and younger (Quaternary) soils that also may occur in
Sao Paulo. Secondly, the Rio de Janeiro branch of ABMS has
always been a positively competing group to Sao Paulo’s and
this is thought to add flavour to a national event. The idea now
is to spread out internationally this type of meeting in the pro-
posed format.
Tentative date: 2012.
Venues: local single day seminars, taking place in participating
countries, followed by a two or three day international seminar,
taking place at a convenient and selected low cost location. Sao
Paulo, Brazil has offered to host the international meeting.
Local Seminars: two or more local editors are requested to
invite local contributors to each selected topic. Editors are
expected to prepare an abridged draft of contents of the
contributions for the two selected cities. Moreover, editors
should review all contributions received to ensure technical
appropriateness and uniformity and to certify form homogene-
ity. Contributions should be prepared both in the local language
and in English, preferably side by side in a two columns page
A4 format. A proficient English review is recommended. A low
cost hard cover proceeding, with no more than 500 pages, plus
a CD copy, is to be published in each country, sponsored by the
local National Society and under the auspices of the TC
Megacities 305-ISSMGE, with copyrights provisions for
duplication in an international volume edition. Proceedings
shall be published and distributed in the single day local semi-
nar, in which authors involved will present orally their work,
preferably in their home language. Costs of local seminar
organization shall be covered by the respective National
Society.
International Seminar: after completion of all national semi-
nars, an international seminar will be organized for cross
reviewing contributions from all participating countries.
Selected editors will be in charge of preparing a sum up volume
in English only, largely based on each country contribution.
This shall be published as a CD volume with a printed abridged
text of the contents. Costs of this production shall be covered
by the hosting country National Society. Eventually, all authors
of contributions from participating countries will be invited for
shorter presentations of their work, in English, during the inter-
national seminar. Costs of organizing the international seminar
shall also be covered by the hosting country National Society.
The credits of the international seminar organization and
proceedings edition volume will be shared by the hosting
National Society and by TC Megacities 305-ISSMGE.
Organizing committees: an international committee composed
by members of TC305 and by the secretary and editors of the
local seminars plus representatives of the hosting country
National Society shall be responsible for organizing the inter-
national seminar and for publishing the international proceed-
ing edition volume. This committee will also have the role of
supervising the organization of local seminars and publication
of proceedings volumes. Local seminars will be organized by
representatives of participating countries National Societies and
local editors.
Participating countries: any country accommodating prefera-
bly two megacities and/or new capitals and/or important urban
centres can participate in the seminars. Countries that have been
approached and reacted favourably to the invitation were:
Brazil (with Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Cities), Chile (with
Santiago and Valparaiso), Italy (cities not yet defined, possibly
Rome and Torino or Naples), China (with Shanghai and Hong
Kong), Kazakhstan (with Almaty and Astana), Russia (with
Moscow and St. Petersburg), Japan (Tokyo and Osaka) and
Portugal (Lisbon and O Porto). Additional prospective inter-
ested countries at this moment are USA and Korea.
Provisional organization: at international level by current TC
Megacities 305 members (Chaired by Dr. Arsenio Negro at
bureau@bureauprojetos.com.br
with Mr. Makoto Namba, TC305 appointed Secretary, also at
bureau@bureauprojetos.com.br).
At local levels: in Chile by Mr. Juan Carlos Pozo, in Italy by
Prof. Giulia Viggiani and Dr. Marco Barla, in China by Prof.
Huang Hongwei and Prof. Zhang Limin, in Kazakhstan Prof.
Askar Zhussupbekov and Dr. Rauan Lukpanov, in Russia by
Prof. Michael Lisyuk and Dr. Mikhail L. Kholmyansky, in
Brazil by Mr. Argimiro A. Ferreira and Prof. Ian Schumann, in
Portugal Prof. Manuel Matos Fernandes and Prof. Isabel M.
Almeida, in Japan by Prof. Hirokazu Akagi and Prof.
Yoshimichi Tsukamoto
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TC306 - GEO EDUCATION 3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
GEO-ENGINEERING EDUCATION up to date? YES

Date: 31 May, 2011 4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011 ties you have held or plan to hold.
Prepared by: Mark Jaksa - Shaking the Foundations of Geo‐engineering Educa-
tion 2012: The SFGE 2012 conference is the primary ac-
Chair: Mark Jaksa tivity of TC306 and is to be held at the National Univer-
Vice‐Chair: Mounir Bouassida sity of Ireland, Galway, Ireland from 4‐6 July 2012. Planning
Secretary: Bryan McCabe for the conference is progressing well with the first
announcement and call for papers to be issued shortly and
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference the keynote speakers and venue have been confirmed and
to the TC members? YES booked. A web site has been developed:
- http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/menu.asp?menu=6
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES 83&Conference=127

5. Please list the work task(s) you assigned to TC members

and comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).

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Appendix 8: Budget 2011 – 2013
M.C.R. Davies
iSSMGE VP for Australasia
1 GENERAL
The ISSMGE budget for the period 2011 to 2013 is presented in
the attached table. [N.B. The budget is presented in UK pounds
(£)]
The overall rationale for the budget is to permit the society
to function both effectively and professionally. Therefore, the
budget should facilitate the strategies developed by the
President and the Board together with the operational activities
proposed by the board level and presidential committees. In the
past these activities have been expressed in the ISSMGE budget
as the “Ordinary Budget” and the “Extraordinary Budget”.
However, because of the financial interaction between activities
allocated previously to these two budgets, it has been decided to
present the budget for the society as a single “Consolidated
Budget
2 RECEIPTS
2.1 Member Society subscriptions:
Since 2007 the fee structure has been based on a Basic Fee per
Capita discounted to allow for low Purchasing Power Parity
(PPP) and for large Member Societies. The budget for 2011 is
the same as the projected final position for 2010. For
subsequent years fees remain the same but an annual growth in
membership of 2% is assumed.
2.2 Corporate Associate Subscriptions:
For 2011 the fee for corporate membership of the Society has
been increased from US$400 to US$1500. A modest growth in
the number of Corporate Associates is projected. [N.B. the
membership designation of corporate organisations has been
renamed “Corporate Associates”]
2.3 Interest:
This is an estimate based on historical performance.
2.4 Conference Income:
Revenues from registration fees from conferences held under
the auspices of the ISSMGE.
3 EXPENDITURE
3.1 Secretariat:
3.1.1 Secretary General
Support for the Secretary General is based on the May 2010
proposal from the British Geotechnical Association to host the
secretariat.
3.1.2 President:
Administrative support and associated expenses are allocated
for the President. The President receives additional financial
support from the Geo-Institute of ASCE.
3.1.3 Conference support:
Includes support of Regional Young Geotechnical engineering
conferences. Support for the 5th International Young
Geotechnical Engineers' Conference is included in 2013.
3.1.4 List of members:
The Secretariat will not produce a list of members in 2011.
Council will be asked to decide what the future form of the list
of members should be, taking into account the difficulty in
obtaining comprehensive details from Member societies where
local privacy laws prevent dissemination of personal
information. A provision has been made for the list of members
in 2012 and 2013 should this be the will of Council.
3.1.5 Kevin Nash Gold Medal and Prizes:
Provision is made for the award of the Medal and Prizes at the
18th International Conference for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering.
3.2 Travel Expenses:
These expenses were agreed at the Board meeting in New Delhi
(November 2010) in order to bring these more closely into line
with actual expenditure.
3.3 Information Technology (web site)
3.3.1 Licensing fee/web maintenance:
Proposals to change management arrangements for the ISSMGE
website in 2012 are reflected in the budget.
3.3.2 Future developments:
In 2011 provision has been made for the redesign of the
ISSMGE website by Geoengineer.org (which will then manage
the site). A provision has been made also for the ISSMGE to
support the development of and become co-founder of a content
rich interactive website for geotechnical engineers that will
complement the ISSMGE website.
3.4 Other Activities
3.4.1 International Seminars:
To contribute to the travel for ISSMGE Board members and
speakers participating in these outreach activities.
3.4.2 Travel of ISSMGE officers to FedIGS meetings:
Provision is made to support travel expenses for the President
and Secretary General to attend meetings of the FedIGS Board.
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3.4.3 Initiatives: 4 CASH BALANCE

Provision is made for as yet unspecified initiatives that might
emanate from the Board.
3.4.4 Webinars:
Annual fee for WebEx video conferencing service.
3.4.5 Contingency:
A provision is made for a contingency. Any unused contingency
will be transferred to the ISSMGE Foundation at the end of
each year.
A modest surplus has been forecast for each year of this budget.
This results in the cash balance being forecast to increase by an
average of ~1% per year for the next 3 years. It is considered
prudent to conserve this reserve at present. This is because the
UK pound, the currency in which the ISSMGE operates, is
currently at a high level compared to the Swiss Franc, the
currency used to calculate membership subscriptions, and a
significant rise in the value of the UK pound would reduce the
income of the ISSMGE considerably.

ISSMGE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET 2011-2013

2011 2012 2013

£ £ £
RECEIPTS
Member Society Subscriptions 168,000 171,360 174,787
Corporate Associate Subscriptions 23,000 28,000 31,000
Interest 2,000 2,000 2,000
Conference Income 5,000 5,000 5,000

TOTAL INCOME 198,000 206,360 212,787

EXPENDITURE
Secretariat
President part time support 18,000 18,000 18,000
Secretary General support 32,000 37,000 39,000
Office expenses - President 5,000 5,000 5,000
Office expenses - Secretariat 6,000 6,000 6,000
Secretary General 22,000 22,000 22,000
Conference support 4,000 4,000 20,000
List of Members 2,500 2,500
Kevin Nash Gold Medal - - 2,000
Prizes 1,000 1,000 5,000
Sub total 88,000 95,500 119,500
Travel Expenses
President 14,000 14,000 14,000
Secretary General 10,500 10,500 10,500
Board members 29,000 29,000 29,000
Sub total 53,500 53,500 53,500
Audit Fees & Bank Charges 5,300 5,300 5,300

Corporation Tax 3,800 3,800 3,800

Information Technology (web site)

Licensing fee/web maintenance 7,200 8,704 9,000
Future developments 8,704 16,100 -
Sub total 15,904 24,804 9,000
Other Activities
International Seminars (e.g. travel) 5,000 5,000 5,000
Travel of ISSMGE officers to FedIGS meetings 2,000 2,000 2,000
Initiatives 5,000 5,000 5,000
Webinars 4,500 4,500 4,500
Contingency 5,000 5,000 5,000
Sub total 21,500 21,500 21,500
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 188,004 204,404 212,600
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 9,996 1,956 187
CASH BALANCE
Cash balance at 1st January 486,918 496,914 498,870
Cash balance at 31st December 496,914 498,870 499,057

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ENGINEERING
MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING
held at the Palais de Congrès, Paris, France
Sunday, 1st September 2013
PRESENT:
Professor Jean-Louis Briaud
Professor Samuel U. Ejezie
Professor Askar Zhussupbekov
Professor Michael C.R. Davies
Professor Ivan Vaniček
Professor Gabriel Auvinet Guichard
Dr Roberto Terzariol
Professor Pedro Sêco e Pinto
Professor R.N. Taylor
Professor Roger Frank
Professor Charles Ng
Professor Ikuo Towhata
Professor Kenji Ishihara
Professor Michele Jamiolkowski
Professor William Van Impe
Professor Paul Mayne
Professor Christophe Gaudin
Professor Pierre Delage
Professor António Gomes Correia
Dr Albert Ho
Professor Vladimir Ulitsky
Professor Zeping Xu
Professor Deepankar Choudhury
Professor Malek Bouazza
Professor Dipanjan Basu
Professor Frederic Pellet
Professor Fatma Baligh
Professor Mark Jaksa
Professor Antonio Gens
Member Society
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
- ISSMGE President
- ISSMGE Vice President Africa
- ISSMGE Vice President Asia
- ISSMGE Vice President Australasia
- ISSMGE Vice President Europe
- ISSMGE Vice President North America
- ISSMGE Vice President South America
- ISSMGE Immediate Past President
- ISSMGE Secretary General
- ISSMGE Board Member
- ISSMGE Board Member
- ISSMGE Board Member
- Past President ISSMGE
- Past President ISSMGE
- Past President ISSMGE
- Chair TC In-situ testing
- Chair TC Physical modelling
- Chair TC Unsaturated soils
- Chair TC Transportation
- Chair TC Interactive Design
- Chair TC Soil Structure
- Chair TC Dams
- Secretary TC Deep Foundations
- Vice Chair TC Geo-environmental
- Chair TC Sustainability
- Vice - President for Europe ISRM
- Vice President Elect Africa
- Vice President Elect Australasia
- Vice President Elect Europe
Voting Member Non-Voting Member
Professor Luljeta Bozo Ing. Geol. Skender Allkhja
Eng. Alejo O. Sfriso
Mr Graham Scholey Professor John Carter
Professor Heinz Brandl
Professor Sarwar Yasin
Professor Dmitry Sobolevsky Professor Oleg Popov
Ir. Maurice Bottiau
---
Professor Ivan Vrkljan*
Professor André Assis Dr Carlos Silva
Dr Andrey Totsev
Dr Richard Bathurst
Professor Ramon Verdugo
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Member Society Voting Member Non-Voting Member

China Professor Maosong Huang Professor Jianhong Zhang

Chinese Taipei Professor Yung-show Fang Professor Der-Wen Chang
Colombia Mr Graham Scholey*
Costa Rica Eng. David Yañez Santillan*
Croatia Professor Ivan Vrkljan Professor Predrag Kvasnička
CTGA Professor Ibrahim Khalil Cisse Dr Etienne Marcelin Kana
Cuba ---
Czech & Slovak Republics Professor Jana Frankovska Professor Josef Jettmar
Denmark Dr. Jørgen S. Steenfelt Mr Ander T. Andersen
Dominican Republic Professor Roberto Terzariol*
Ecuador ---
Egypt Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sakr
El Salvador Professor Cesar Sagaseta*
Estonia Mr Prit Ilves Eng. Mait Mets
Finland Professor Tim Länsivaara Professor Leena Korkiala-Tanttu
France Dr. Philippe Mestat Mr Jacques Robert
Georgia ---
Germany Professor Georg Heerten Dr Kirsten Laackmann
Ghana Dr Samuel I. K. Ampadu
Greece Professor Ivan Vaniček*
Hong Kong Professor George Tham Ir. Tony Cheung
Hungary Professor József Mecsi Mr Peter Görög
Iceland Mr Haraldur Sigursteinsson
India Dr Gautam Gandhi Professor G.L. Sivakumar Babu
Indonesia Dr Masyhur Irsyam Mr Idrus
Iran Professor Abbas Soroush Dr Fardin Jafarzadeh
Iraq Dr Omar al-Farouk Salem al-Damluji
Ireland Professor Trevor Orr
Israel Professor Ivan Vaniček*
Italy Professor Stefano Aversa Professor Mario Manassero
Japan Dr Toru Sueoka Dr Yoichi Watabe
Kazakhstan Dr Rauan E. Lukpanov Dr Victor Popov
Korea R Professor Seung-Ho Lee Professor Dong Soo Kim
Kyrgyzstan Professor Askar Zhussupbekov*
Latvia Associate Professor Kaspars Bondars
Lebanon Prof. Salah Sadek Prof. Muhsin Rahhal
Lithuania Professor Vincentas Stragys
Macedonia, FYR Mr Bojan Susinov
Mexico Eng. David Yañez Santillan Eng. Walter Paniagua
Morocco Dr Essadaoui El Moustafa
Mozambique Professor Carlos Quadros
Nepal Dr Rauan E. Lukpanov*
Netherlands Dr Mandy Korff
New Zealand Mr Gavin Alexander
Nigeria Mr Fidelis Ejikeme
Norway Mr Kristian Aunaas Mr Jan Holme
Pakistan Professor Askar Zhussupbekov*
Paraguay Professor Roberto Terzariol*
Poland Professor Zbigniew Lechowicz Professor Kazimierz Gwizdala
Portugal Prof José Luis Machado do Vale Dr Nuno Manuel da Costa Guerra
Romania Professor Sanda Manea Dr Ernest Olinic
Russia Professor V.A. Ilyichev
Serbia Professor Ivan Vaniček*
Singapore Mr T S Chua Professor C.F. Leung
Slovenia Dr Vijkan Dr Ana Petkovšek
South Africa Dr Nicol Chang Professor S.W. Jacobsz
S E Asia Dr Teik Aun Ooi
Spain Professor Cesar Sagaseta Professor Enrique Dapena
Sri Lanka Dr Asiri Karunawardena
Sudan Dr Elfathi M. Ali Dr Hussein Elarabi
Sweden Dr Gunilla Franzén Dr Håkan Garin Switzerland
Syria Dr Talal Awwad
Tajikistan Professor Rustam Usmanov
Thailand Dr Suttisak Soralump Dr Noppadol Peinwet
Tunisia Mr Slaheddine Haffoudhi
Turkey Professor Feyza Cinicioglu Professor Gokhan Baykal
Ukraine Mr Petro Kryvosheiev Mr Yuriy Slyusarenko
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Member Society Voting Member
USA Professor Robert Holtz
Uzbekistan Professor Askar Zhussupbekov*
Venezuela ---
Vietnam Mr Nugyen Min Hai
* Denotes Proxy vote
APOLOGIES:
Prof. Kok Kwang Phoon (Chairman TC304 – Risk)
1 OPENING REMARKS
The President opened the meeting by welcoming all delegates.
He went on to state that Council would need to consider the
eligibility of two Member Societies when votes were being
taken. Dominican Republic had sent an email stating that they
had paid their fees, but that payment was made after it was no
longer possible for the Secretary General to check the ISSMGE
account. The Syrian Geotechnical society had offered to settle
their arrears, but current banking sanctions prevented it from
doing so. The President asked if Council would allow these two
member societies to cast votes during the meeting. This was
agreed.
2 LIST OF DELEGATES AND OTHER PERSONS
PRESENT
The Secretary General presented a list of delegates who had
indicated their intention to attend the Council Meeting. All the
voting delegates present were noted and as were the Member
Societies who had transferred their voting rights by proxy.
3 QUORUM
A roll call was established. The complete list of delegates is
given at the beginning of these minutes. The Secretary General
confirmed that there were 81 Member Societies entitled to vote
and since the voting delegates (including proxies) exceeded two
thirds of this number, the meeting was declared quorate to deal
with all matters.
4 MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING IN TORONTO,
OCTOBER 2011
The Minutes of the Council Meeting in Toronto had been
redistributed with the Council Meeting papers. The President
asked if there were any comments or corrections to the Minutes,
and there were none. On a show of hands the Minutes were
approved with 77 votes in favour, 2 abstentions, and none
against.
5 MEMBERSHIP
The Secretary General presented an updated summary of the
present membership of ISSMGE (Appendix 1). He confirmed
that currently there are 87 member societies, with four new
Member Societies joining since the Toronto Council Meeting in
September 2011: Belarus (joined in July 2012), Bosnia &
Herzegovina (May 2013), Guatemala and Malaysia (September
2013). There had been no contact with the Georgian Society for
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering for more than
four years, and its membership has been suspended. Currently
there are 19800 individual ISSMGE members.
Non-Voting Member
Professor Jorge Zornberg
The current list of corporate sponsors is included in
Appendix 1. There had been a substantial increase in Corporate
Associates (currently 52 and an additional 7 who were
exhibitors at the Paris Conference and had taken up the offer of
the complementary offer of a year’s membership).
Regarding the ISSMGE List of Members and CD, the
Secretary General reported that by the time of the extended
deadline that the Member Societies had been given to submit
information, the Secretariat had received such a small response
that he took the executive decision to abandon plans for
producing the CD in 2013. He went on to report that Member
Society lists of members were updated on the ISSMGE website
whenever these were received and also the contact details of the
member societies themselves were kept up-to-date on the
website.
6 AMENDMENTS TO STATUTES AND BYLAWS RE
GENDER NEUTRALITY
The President introduced this item. One of his duties as
president was to choose the individual to deliver the Terzaghi
Oration. After consultation with Member Societies and Board
Members, the President invited Suzanne Lacasse to be the
Orator. He then noticed that the Statutes and Bylaws were not
gender neutral, and although a footnote appeared in the Statues
stating that “the use of the masculine gender in the Constitution
does not imply the position described is occupied by a male
person”, he felt that it was time that the Statutes were brought
up to date. He had asked the Secretary General to propose the
changes, and these had been reviewed by the Board prior to
inclusion in the Council Meeting Agenda.
The Secretary General stated that strictly speaking each
amendment to the Statutes and Bylaws should be considered
separately and voted on separately. However, since the changes
all related to the same issue he asked for Council’s approval that
all the amendments could be considered together. This was
approved nem con.
After a request by the President the motion was proposed by
Jorgen Steenfelt (Denmark) and seconded by Gautam Gandhi
(India). The President then asked for comments. Samuel
Ampadu (Ghana) asked for changes to Statute 10B to read “The
Secretary General may shall not ...”, and “...shall if necessary
resign ...” This amendment was approved. There were no
further comments, and the amended proposed changes to the
Statutes are given in Appendix 2. On a show of hands the
amendments were approved with votes as follows:
For: 68
Against: -
Abstain: 1
7 REGIONAL REPORTS BY VICE PRESIDENTS
The President invited the regional Vice-Presidents to present
their reports in turn. The reports are included in Appendix 3.
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Abstentions 3
The President introduced in turn the elected ISSMGE Regional
Vice-Presidents for 2013 - 2017. They are: Thus it was announced that the XIX ICSMGE 2017 would
be held in Seoul, South Korea. The result was greeted with
Africa Professor Fatma Baligh acclamation.
Asia Professor Ikuo Towhata
Australasia Professor Mark Jaksa
Europe Professor Antonio Gens 12 INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
North America Professor Paul Mayne
South America Professor Jarbas Milititsky The President invited Dimitrios Zekkos, chair of the IDC, to
present his report, the written version of which appears as
The announcement was greeted with acclamation. Appendix 4. Dimitrios Zekkos reported that the ISSMGE
website had been re-written and launched. The new website
had increased functionality and had new material made
9 ELECTION OF PRESIDENT FOR THE PERIOD 2013 – available such as the online ISSMGE Lexicon and webinar
2017 recordings. The IDC had initially proposed that ISSMGE offer
webinars. These have been received favourably and the
The President invited the three candidates to make their recordings of the webinars have subsequently been made
presentations. These were done in alphabetical order: available for viewing from the ISSMGE website. The ISSMGE
Lexicon is now also available from the ISSMGE website. The
Gabriel Auvinet geotechnical terms had been translated into twelve languages
Roger Frank and it was hoped that others would be added soon. In
Askar Zhussupbekov undertaking the translations for the lexicon, the IDC had
received considerable help from colleagues around the world,
Election papers were distributed and the results of the secret and Dimitrios Zekkos expressed his appreciation for their
ballot were: efforts. In addition, the IDC had been involved in developing a
professional networking site, GeoWorld. The GeoWorld
Votes website includes a special feature, GeoMap, which allows all
Gabriel Auvinet 11 members of GeoWorld to locate other members in their vicinity.
Roger Frank 47 The President thanked Dimitrios Zekkos for his report, and
Askar Zhussupbekov 22 for making the website more interactive. He asked Council for
any questions for Professor Zekkos, and there were none.
Thus Roger Frank was duly elected President of ISSMGE
for the period 2013 - 2017. This was greeted by acclamation.
13 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-ENGINEERING
CASE HISTORIES
10 VENUE FOR 2015 BOARD AND COUNCIL MEETINGS
Pedro Seco e Pinto, Editor-in-Chief of the IJGCH, presented his
The Secretary General reported that in accordance with the report (Appendix 5). The Journal remained published online
Statutes he had written to the organisers of the regional only, and free to all. Initiatives to improve recognition of the
conferences in 2015 in Africa, Asia and Europe. He had Journal included a “Best Paper Award”, and the introduction of
received one offer to host the Council meeting in Edinburgh on special themed issues in the future. The President commented
the occasion of the European Conference. On a show of hands, that the Journal was a very important resource of ISSMGE, and
Council agreed nem con for the Council meeting to be held in was very pleased that it was available free of charge which
Edinburgh in September 2015 allowed access to technical literature to geo-engineers in
developing countries.
Fidelis Ejikeme (Nigeria) asked if the journal would
11 SELECTION OF VENUE OF XIX ICSMGE 2017 consider papers relating to site investigation. Pedro Seco e
The President reported that three proposals for hosting the next Pinto replied that the Journal would consider any and all manner
international conference had been received from the of case histories. He went on to make a special plea to all
geotechnical societies in Australia, China and South Korea. Member Societies and Technical Committees that they submit
Representatives from these societies were invited to make a 10- papers to the Journal. This would improve the rates of
minute presentation to Council giving details of their bids. publication and in turn this would help the Journal’s rating.
Ballot papers were distributed and the votes cast were declared
as follows: 14 MEMBERSHIP, PRACTITIONERS AND
ACADEMICIANS COMMITTEE
First Round
Votes Harry Poulos presented his report which is given in Appendix 6.
Australia 24 An important change had been the renaming of the Corporate
China 23 Sponsors to become Corporate Associates. He was pleased to
South Korea 34 report a significant increase in Corporate Associate membership
which now exceeded 50 with 14 joining ISSMGE in the last two
In the absence of a clear majority, the least favoured months.
candidate was eliminated, and their second choice votes were The question was raised whether Civil Engineering
re-distributed to give the following result: Departments of universities could become Corporate Associates
of ISSMGE. Harry Poulos replied that this would be acceptable
Second Round since universities do have collaborations with industry, but it
Votes was less obvious that such Corporate Associates should be
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members of the Corporate Associates’ Presidential Group,
which has a very company-oriented perspective.
15 TECHNICAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Suzanne Lacasse presented her report which is included as
Appendix 7. She described the function of the committee,
which had focussed on creating and organising the Technical
Committees, ensuring there were sensible guidelines for the
TCs and developing the scheme of major ISSMGE Lectures
associated with the TCs and named after an important
individual associated with the work of a TC. The TCs had been
grouped into 3 categories Fundamentals (TC 100-107),
Applications (TC 201-216) and Impact on society (TC 301-
307). 20 TCs had continued from the previous Board, 1 had
been discontinued and 11 created. All 30 TCs had submitted an
administrative report for the past 4 year period and it had been
agreed that the lifetime of TCs should no longer be linked to the
Presidential period. It was hoped the TOC would continue and
that in future the TOC would take a major role in providing
nominations for the Outstanding TC Award along with others
knowledgeable of a TCs achievements. It was further hoped that
the future TOC would prepare guidelines and technical
recommendations for practice within a TCs subject area and for
archiving the work by the TCs on the web.
In discussion, Robert Holtz (USA) thought it would be
beneficial if there were close cooperation between national and
ISSMGE Technical Committees. Suzanne Lacasse saw no
problem with this and that Member Societies could have two
members common to both sets of committees. There followed
considerable discussion and comment on the membership of the
Technical Committees. The Guidelines, which are included in
Appendix 7, state that the TC chair can nominate 4 members of
a TC, the TOC can nominate 4 members, and the remaining
membership is made up of up to 2 nominees per member
society, plus other corresponding members. However, keeping
track of this was not a straightforward matter as correspondence
often did not pass through the Secretariat office. It was noted
that TCs no longer had to be renewed at the start of the
Presidential term, and provided the TC was active, it would
continue its work seamlessly. It was also noted that in general
terms the Chair of a TC would continue but that there should be
rotation of the Chair every approximately 8 years.
16 STUDENT AND YOUNG MEMBER PRESIDENTIAL
GROUP
Jennifer Nicks presented her report which is given in Appendix
8. She described the committee structure, its mode of operation
and gave details of the membership. Some of the achievements
of the group included a dedicated SYMPG Geo-World
webpage, liaisons with other committees including TCs, the
promotion of future young members’ activities and the
development of the Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer
Award. The President expressed his satisfaction for the work of
this group, and noted that it was led by women.
He asked Council for any questions for Jennifer Nicks, and
there were none.
17 CORPORATE ASSOCIATES’ PRESIDENTIAL GROUP
Michael Lisyuk presented his report which is given in Appendix
9. He noted that this group had been in operation for only two
years, but even so had made significant progress. The key
purposes of the group were to find out from practitioners what
activities and benefits they would like from ISSMGE and to
increase the number of Corporate Associates joining ISSMGE.
Several meetings by Skype conference call had been held, along
with an in-person meeting in St Petersburg.
18 AWARD COMMITTEE
François Schlosser presented his report which is given
Appendix 10. He was pleased to report that the Committee,
having considered awards offered by ISSMGE, had now
increased the range such that there were now more recipients
and for different activities. This had the benefit of awards
reaching a wider membership. The AWAC had developed
guidelines and specifications for the awards and had facilitated
the review of the nominations received. In general the process
had gone well, but it had been noted that in certain cases further
review of the specifications was required.
It was noted that the Awards for the Terzaghi orator and
Kevin Nash Gold Medal winner would be presented the first
morning of the 18ICMSGE, and that the remaining awards
would be presented at a special session starting at 12:00 noon
Tuesday 3rd September.
19 PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Marc Ballouz presented his report which is given in Appendix
11. The PRC had defined its objectives and formed task forces
to deal with each of them. The achievements of the committee
included:
• A publicity brochure, and roll-up banner, which
would be available from the ISSMGE booth in the
18ICSMGE;
• A new website whatisgeoengineering.com:
• A short publicity film promoting the aims and
objectives of ISSMGE;
• An article “Hidden treasures of Geotechnics”
published by Science Omega Review Europe.
• A time capsule, which would contain items
representing the current state of Geotechnics
(suggestions, please!), to be opened in 150 years.
In discussion it was noted that ideas were welcomed for
what items could be placed in the time capsule and all delegates
to the conference were invited to submit their suggestions at the
ISSMGE booth. The publicity film had been shown earlier and
was met with approval. A number of delegates offered their
help in subtitling the film into other languages. It was further
noted that attempts could be made to distribute the film to
universities and other institutions.
The conference organisers commented that the CFMS had
been active in developing a museum exhibit (Les dessous des
grands travaux) at the Musée des arts et métiers, which had
recently opened and they recommended all delegates should
visit it. The intention was that this would become a permanent
exhibition at the museum. Heinz Brandl (Austria) commented
that the issue of an ISSMGE Heritage Museum had been
considered for some time and that there was an exhibition at the
Technical University in Vienna illustrating its close cooperation
with Terzaghi.
20 THE ISSMGE FOUNDATION
Harry Poulos gave a short presentation (Appendix 12) on the
outcome of the foundation, referring to recipients, donors and
resources. He noted that the President was at the head of the list
of donors, and acknowledged that the President was thus
demonstrating his full commitment, financial and otherwise, to
the Foundation. Applications for funding now followed a well-
defined procedure, with applicants required to complete a
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detailed application form, and a subcommittee had been
established to review and rank the applications. The President
commented that grants were typically USD1500, and he
suggested that the limit should be now USD2000. There was no
restriction on age of applicants, though there was the
expectation of cost sharing which needed to be made clear on
the application form.
The Secretary General reported that the ISSMGE
Foundation was gaining momentum, and that the Board had
decided that it should be formalised. In the UK, this required
setting up the ISSMGE Foundation as a registered charity. This
process had been initiated and it was anticipated that the
application to the UK Charities Commission would be approved
in the coming days.
21 CONFERENCE MANUAL
The Secretary General reported that the Conference Manual had
been updated and the new version uploaded to the ISSMGE
website (Appendix 13). The key changes made were as
follows:
• Limiting the conferences making a financial
contribution to the ISSMGE to only the main
international and regional conferences;
• Clear description of how and when to use the
ISSMGE logo;
Chris Menkiti (UK) asked when the organisers of a regional
conference would be obliged to pay their percentage
contribution. The Secretary General replied that this could be
after the conference had finished and the organisers were
finalising their accounts.
22 TASK FORCE – COPYRIGHT
The President reported that Rainer Massarsch in conjunction
with the SGF had developed guidelines concerning copyright of
published material (Appendix 14). This was in response to
concerns raised on the ability of authors to make use in more
than one publication of figures they had produced. The
Guidelines recommended that authors should retain copyright
while giving publishers permission to use their material. Roger
Frank commented that for papers submitted to the 18ICSMGE
authors had indeed retained copyright but had given permission
for their work to be published in the proceedings and later on
the website. Chris Menkiti (UK) enquired if this policy had any
repercussions from the publishers in charging more for
producing conference proceedings. Roger Frank replied that
there had been no such repercussions for the 18ICSMGE.
Samuel Ampadu (Ghana) enquired if there was a list of
publishers subscribing to the ISSMGE policy. The President
replied that there was no such list, but he hoped that the
guidelines would help authors when dealing with publishers.
23 INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
Pedro Seco e Pinto presented his reported included here as
Appendix 15. The Seminars were designed to disseminate the
current state-of-the art or practice amongst geotechnical
engineers especially from developing countries. In the last 3
years, 17 International Seminars had been given in Africa, Asia
and Central and South America. These had been very successful
and it was pleasing that probably over 1000 geotechnical
engineers had benefitted from the Seminars during this
Presidential period.
24 ISSMGE BULLETIN
Ikuo Towhata gave a verbal report on the Bulletin. There were
now 6 issues published annually. The Bulletins had become
quite lengthy and included sections on messages from the
ISSMGE Board and Committees, conference reports, case
histories, reminiscences, corporate associates, etc. He
expressed his deep appreciation for his team of editors. He
went on to ask member societies to ensure they distributed the
Bulletin, and also to submit suitable articles. A 75th
Anniversary of ISSMGE issue was in preparation and would be
published soon. This would contain some very interesting
articles relating to the history and development of ISSMGE.
25 XVIII ICSMGE, PARIS
Jacques Robert gave a presentation on behalf of the organising
committee. There were 1800+ delegates, and 170
accompanying persons registered for the conference, from
approximately 100 countries. The proceedings contained 800
papers, 240 of which would be presented as posters. The
organisers appreciated the financial support they had received
from partners and other sponsoring organisations. The total
conference budget was approximately 1.4 M Euros. The first
two days of the conference would comprise plenary sessions,
and in the second two days 28 discussion sessions had been
arranged with a 168 verbal presentations. Nineteen technical
committees were actively involved in these parallel sessions.
26 RELATIONSHIPS WITH SISTER SOCIETIES
The President expressed his strong support for cooperation with
the Sister Societies and the Federation of International
Geoengineering Societies. He noted that as geotechnical
engineers all ISSMGE members are involved with ground
engineering and that it was necessary to recognise the
importance of engineering geology in our work. Frederic Pellet
(ISRM VP for Europe) agreed that FedIGS was an important
association which facilitated the cooperation and collaboration
of the Sister Societies. Jorge Zornberg (IGS President) was
pleased that his organisation had been able to join and he
welcomed the opportunity of being able to work with FedIGS.
The President went on to acknowledge the very valuable
contribution of William Van Impe in establishing FedIGS,
which had evolved to being an association with a light
administrative structure and good cooperation. He noted that
there would be a FedIGS session during the ICSMGE and a
formal meeting of the members on the 6th September.
27 PRESENTATION OF AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2011, 2012
The Secretary General drew the Council’s attention to the
accounts that had been circulated in advance of the meeting
(Appendix 16). He noted that the Budget presented at the
Council meeting in Toronto had been modified slightly by
Michael Davies, Chairman of the Finance and Budget
Committee, which would include the additional income from
member societies received in 2011 (a Council Meeting year)
and costs of Board Meetings especially in 2012.
The Appendix includes a comparison of the revised budgets
and actual income and expenditure for the years 2011, and
2012. In 2011, Member Society subscriptions were higher than
forecast largely because of some arrears payments which often
occurs in a run-up to a Council Meeting. Also, the income from
the Regional Conferences was greater than anticipated. The
total cost of running the Secretariat was close to the budgeted
figures. In 2011, the decision was taken to improve and
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enhance the ISSMGE website, and to support the development Meeting delegates to promote the conference to their
of the GeoWorld communication platform. This led to greater membership.
than forecast expenditure in Information Technology, but this Heinz Brandl (Austria) commented that after the death of
was largely offset by reduced expenditure in other initiatives. Professor Terzaghi, he started the Danube European
In 2012, the budgeted income and expenditure was largely as Conference, and that the 50th anniversary event would be held
forecast. The Corporate Association subscription rate had been in Vienna from the 8-11 September 2014. He hoped that
raised to USD1500 per annum, which had increased receipts. In Council delegates would promote this Jubilee conference to
Expenditure there were savings relative to Budget under the their membership.
headings of Other Initiatives and Information Technology. Gautam Ghandhi (India) requested that in future, supporting
The Secretary General asked Council to approve the member societies should not be included on the ballot paper for
accounts for the two years separately. For the 2011 accounts, ISSMGE paper. The Secretary General agreed to this change
Michael Davies (VP Australasia) proposed the accounts be for the future.
accepted, and was seconded by Fidelis Ejikeme (Nigeria), while Toru Sueoka (Japan) stated that after the Toronto Council
for the 2012 accounts, acceptance was proposed by Georg Meeting the Japanese Geotechnical Society had distributed a
Heerten (Germany) and seconded by Trevor Orr (Ireland). On a special volume concerning the Great East Japan Earthquake.
show of hands, both sets of accounts were accepted by The JGS had recently published articles on the earthquake in
unanimity. Soils and Foundations. These were available with open access
and a brochure concerning this was available from the JGS.
28 BUDGET 2013 - 2015, FORECAST TO 2017
30 DATE AND VENUE OF NEXT MEETING
Michael Davies presented the proposed ISSMGE budget for
2013 to 2015, and forecast through to 2017, which is given in The next Council Meeting would be held on Sunday 13th
Appendix 17. A 2% growth from member society subscriptions September 2015 in Edinburgh.
was envisaged and allowance made for the increase in The Secretary General expressed his deep appreciation to
Corporate Associates joining ISSMGE. Changes to the the Member Societies for their cooperation in making the
Conference Manual meant that there was now income from meeting run smoothly and in particular thanked Yvonne Hanna,
Conferences only in the years of the main International and and Violaine Gauthier, for their help. The President thanked the
Regional conferences of ISSMGE. There were to be no Council Delegates and the Board members for their
changes to costs for the Secretariat and Board, except to allow contributions and support in developing ISSMGE activities, and
for inflation. An allowance had been made to Future closed the meeting, expressing his gratitude to the CFMS for its
Developments in Information Technology in 2014 and 2017. In hospitality and help in organising the meeting.
initiatives, ISSMGE had made a contribution to the
Geotechnical exhibition at the Musée des arts et métiers. Even
with a small contingency this resulted in a forecast annual
surplus of approximately GBP50,000, and it was proposed that
this should be transferred to the ISSMGE Foundation.
In discussion, John Carter (Australia) supported the annual
transfer of surpluses to the ISSMGE Foundation, but suggested
that rather than maintain an annual cash balance of
GBP500,000, the retained balance should be increased annually
to allow for inflation. Samuel Ampadu (Ghana) wondered if
setting a budget today would give too many constraints to the
new ISSMGE President. Michael Davies replied that this was
just a budget rather than actual expenditure and that the Statues
included a cause that specifically permitted the president to
authorise expenditure. It was further noted that the budget
applied only up to 2015, the remainder of the proposal being an
estimate of what may happen in the subsequent two years.
Council was asked to approve the budget: John Carter
(Australia) proposed acceptance, and this was seconded by
Jorgen Steenfelt (Denmark). On a show of hands, the budget
was accepted by unanimity.
Michael Davies went on to summarise the present financial
position of the ISSMGE Foundation. The current balance was
in the order of GBP75,000, and a number of awards would be
paid soon after the Paris Conference. There was obviously
insufficient capital to allow for awards only to be made from
annual investment income, and there would be a need for
ongoing donations to the Foundation. The President confirmed
that payment of Foundation awards were made after the event
and on production of receipts.

29 ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Georg Heerten (Germany) commented that the 10th

International Conference on Geosynthetics and the 33rd
Baugrundtagung would be combined and held in Berlin from
the 21-26 September 2014. He had offered to host a FedIGS
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Appendix 1 : Membership – Member Societies, Corporate Associates

R. Neil Taylor
Secretary General

1 MEMBER SOCIETIES Dongha Geological Engineering Co. Ltd

Fundamentstroyproekt
The accompanying Table indicates that the present ISSMGE Fugro N.V.
membership is nearly 20,000 in 86 Member Societies, Geoizol
(information correct as of 20th May 2013). The following Geoteknik SA
societies have shown a significant change in membership when Georeconstruction Engineering Co
compared to the report produced for the Toronto Council Geostroy, ZAO
Meeting: Australia (now 1033 up from 873), Belgium (331 up GHD Pty, Ltd.
from 231), China (606 up from 368), Hong Kong (169 down Golder Associates Inc
from 266), Iran (95 down from 220). Japan (1155 down from Hayward Baker
1329), Korea (up 395 from 314); New Zealand (557 up from Huesker Ltda
443), Russia (down 266 from 319), Singapore (194 down from Huesker Synthetic GMBH
270), South Africa (up 461 from 345), Turkey (236 up from International I.G.M.
167), Ukraine (down 67 from 100), USA (up 3294 from 3133) Jan de Nul N.V.
The Georgian Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical JSC "Kazakhstan Highway Research Institute
Engineering, as well as the Geotechnical Division of the Order JSC KazNISSA
of Syrian Engineers and Architects are deemed to have been KGS Astana Ltd
suspended. These suspensions are in addition to those reported LLC Geoizol
at the Toronto Council Meeting in 2011 (the member societies Monolit-Stroy2011
of the Azerbaijan Republic, Kenya, and Zimbabwe). Naue GmbH Co KG
Two new Member Societies have joined since the Toronto Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Council Meeting in September 2011: Belarus (joined in July Construtora Norberto Odebrecht
2012, Bosnia & Herzegovina (May 2013). Officine Maccaferri SPA
Saegil Engineering and Consulting Co Ltd
Siemens Energy
2 CORPORATE ASSOCIATES Soilmec SpA
There are 46 current Corporate Associates (up from 29 reported Soletanche Bachy SA
at the Toronto Council Meeting). S.N. Apageo S.A.S.
Taisei Corporation
AECOM Asia Company Ltd Tecnogeo Engenharia e Fundações Ltda
Ove Arup & Partners Ltd TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS
LLC "Bazis Design Academy" Tensar International Ltd
Bauer Maschinen GmbH Terre Armée Internationale
Bentley Systems Tractebel Development Engineering SA
Brasfond Fundacoes Especiais SA A.P. van den Berg
Coffey Geotechnics Pty Ltd Vibropile Australia
Dasan Consultants Co. Ltd Zetas Zemin Teknolojisi AS
Deltares

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION AS AT 20 MAY 2013

Number of North South

Member Society Africa Asia Australasia Europe
members America America
Albania 31 31
Argentina 74 74
Australia 1033 1033
Austria 95 95

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Number of North South

Member Society Africa Asia Australasia Europe
members America America
Bangladesh 33 33
Belarus 37 37
Belgium 331 331
Bolivia 25 25
Bosnia & Herzegovina 19 19
Brazil 872 872
Bulgaria 61 61
Canada 726 726
Chile 74 74
China 606 606
Chinese Taipei 100 100
Colombia 26 26
Costa Rica 30 30
Croatia 114 114
CTGA 100 100
Cuba 30 30
Czech & Slovak
49 49
Republics
Denmark 345 345
Dominican Republic 32 32
Ecuador 44 44
Egypt 130 130
El Salvador 30 30
Estonia 26 26
Finland 194 194
France 492 492
Germany 616 616
Ghana 21 21
Greece 125 125
Hong Kong 169 169
Hungary 115 115
Iceland 10 10
India 249 249
Indonesia 130 130
Iran 95 95
Iraq 40 40
Ireland 22 22
Israel 32 32
Italy 305 305
Japan 1155 1155
Kazakhstan 40 40
Korea 395 395
Kyrgyzstan 30 30
Latvia 31 31

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Number of North South

Member Society Africa Asia Australasia Europe
members America America
Lebanon 60 60
Lithuania 40 40
MACEDONIA - See The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia below
Mexico 265 265
Morocco 28 28
Mozambique 37 37
Nepal 22 22
Netherlands 714 714
New Zealand 557 557
Nigeria 43 43
Norway 361 361
Pakistan 85 85
Paraguay 53 53
Peru 25 25
Poland 319 319
Portugal 205 205
Romania 159 159
Russia 266 266
Serbia 39 39
Singapore 194 194
Slovenia 88 88
South Africa 461 461
South East Asia 131 131
Spain 335 335
Sri Lanka 34 34
Sudan 37 37
Sweden 761 761
Switzerland 193 193
Tajikistan 23 23
Thailand 35 35
Tfyr Macedonia 35 35
Tunisia 40 40
Turkey 236 236
Ukraine 67 67
UK 1130 1130
USA 3274 3274
Uzbekistan 33 33
Venezuela 32 32
Vietnam 18 18

TOTAL 19774 897 3677 1590 7998 4265 1347

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Appendix 2 : Amendments to Statutes and Bylaws, re gender neutrality

R. Neil Taylor
Secretary General

1 BACKGROUND 14 International Conferences

15 Regional conferences, meetings and symposia
In a review of the governing constitution of the Society, the 16 Committees
Board considered that it was timely for the Statutes and Bylaws 17 Register of members
to be revised with a view to making then gender neutral. The 18 Amendments to the constitution
Statutes contain the statement “The use of the masculine gender 19 Dissolution or liquidation
in the Constitution does not imply the position described is Referring Bylaws are indicated in brackets after each statute
occupied by a male person”. Nevertheless, the Board felt that item.
modern practice used gender neutral language and that the
Statutes and Bylaws should be modified accordingly.
STATUTES

2 OUTCOME 1 NAME AND CONSTITUTION

1A The name of the Society is: International Society for Soil
The Statutes and Bylaws have been reviewed and the proposed Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). In
modifications follow this introduction. Changes are proposed in French: Société Internationale de Mécanique des Sols et de
the following: la Géotechnique (SIMSG). It is hereinafter referred to as the
Statutes: 3D, 4F, 6C, 8A, 8D, 8E, 8F, 9A, 9C, 9F, 10B, 'International Society'.
10G, 12D 1B The Constitution of the International Society comprises
Statutes accompanied by Bylaws and Resolutions of the
Bylaws: 4F.2, 5A.4, 8A.1, 8A.2, 8E.1, 9A.1, 9A.3, 9E.1, Council. (1B.1)
10B.4, 10F.2, 12K.1, 13A.1, 14A.2, 14A.3, 14D.2 1C The Statutes and any interpretation thereof shall be
All the Statutes and Bylaws are given for completeness and governed by the law of the country within which resides the
the proposed deletions and additions are shown in red cross-out official headquarters of the International Society.
and red underlined text respectively.
2 AIM
2A The aim of the International Society is the promotion of
3 REQUIRED ACTIONS international cooperation amongst engineers and scientists
for the advancement of knowledge in the field of
The proposed changes will be taken as a whole since making geotechnics and its engineering applications.
some rather than all changes would defeat the object of the 2B The International Society will promote its aim by holding
exercise. Council will be asked to consider the changes and to periodic International and Regional Conferences and
agree the proposed wording. The motion will be put to Council Symposia, through the work of Committees, by exchange of
information, by cooperation with other organisations whose
that the changes are approved and a vote will be taken. The aims are complementary to those of the International
changes include modification to the Statutes and therefore the Society and by encouraging the formation of new Member
assent of at least three-quarters of those voting is required Societies.
(Statute 12I).
3 LANGUAGES
3A The official 1anguages of the International Society are
ISSMGE Statutes and Bylaws (English only) English and French.
3B Statutes, Bylaws, and official Minutes of Council Meetings
CONTENTS shall be published in English and French.
3C Should a difference in meaning arise between the English
1 Name and Constitution and French versions of the documents referred to in 3B the
2 Aim valid version shall be that in which the written motion was
3 Languages moved.
4 Membership 3D The official languages shall be used in the proceedings and
5 Finances plenary technical sessions of an the International
6 Regions Conference.
7 Officers 3E At Regional Conferences and International Symposia held
8 President under the aegis of the International Society at least one of
9 Vice-Presidents the official languages shall be used. (3E.1)
10 The Secretariat
11 The Council 4 MEMBERSHIP
12 Council Meetings 4A The International Society is composed of Member Societies
13 The Board accepted into membership. (4A.1)

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4B A Member Society is generally a National Society but may
also represent two or more nearby countries. A country may
not have more than one Member Society.
4C Each Member Society is composed in part or in full of
individual members who are designated Individual members
of the International Society. An Individual Member of the
International Society may belong to more than one Member
Society.
4D In order to create a Member Society in a country or group of
countries, individuals interested in furthering the fields of
geotechnics and its engineering applications must first
create a Society with this aim. The Society must have:
(i) A Constitution or Statutes
(ii) A President or Chairman
(iii) A Secretary and Treasurer
(iv) An address for its Secretariat.
4E Once the Society has been brought into existence a letter
should be sent (in English or French) signed by the
President or Chairman and the Secretary of that Society to
the Secretary General of the International Society formally
applying for membership on behalf of the Society. The
letter should contain a declaration that if accepted the
Member Society will do its best to further the aim of the
International Society and abide by its Constitution and
should enclose (in English or in French):
(i) The Constitution or Statutes of the applicant Society
(ii) The name of its President or Chairman and
Secretary
(iii) The address of its Secretariat
(iv) The names, occupations and addresses of its
members designate of the International Society.
4F If tThe Secretary General is satisfied shall check that the
application is in order, and after consultation with the
appropriate Regional Vice-President, he shall shall include
it in the agenda of the next Board meeting for approval.
The Secretary General shall report Societies accepted into
membership to the next Council Meeting. No entrance fee is
payable. (4F.1, 4F.2)
4G A Member Society may be affiliated to other engineering
and scientific societies
4H A Member Society shall fulfil its obligations to the
International Society which include: active engagement in
initiatives aimed at the advancement of knowledge in the
field of geotechnics and its engineering applications, at the
local or international level, payment of the annual
subscriptions, keeping the Secretary General regularly
informed about changes of its statutes, address of its
Secretariat, names of its officers, and names and addresses
of designated Individual Members of the International
Society. (4H.1, 4H.2, 4H.3)
4I A Member Society which has failed to abide by Statute 4H
and its Bylaws for four consecutive years shall cease to
receive the benefits of membership of the International
Society and its membership shall be deemed to be
suspended. (4I.1)
4J A Member Society which has resigned its membership may
apply to rejoin the International Society by means of the
procedure set out in Statutes 4D and 4E. If accepted the
Council shall decide what entrance fee, if any, shall be
payable.
4K The Council has the right to suspend the membership of any
Member Society by a simple majority vote and to terminate
the membership of any Member Society by a two-thirds
majority vote.
4L Supporting membership of the International Society is open
to individuals, private firms and other organisations. These
Supporting Members shall not have specific representation
on the governing bodies of the International Society. (4L.1)
5 FINANCES
5A The International Society is a non-profit organisation
supported by the subscriptions of the Members, royalty
revenues from publications, in accordance with policies laid
down by the Council, unrestrictive grants and other sources
accepted by the Council. (5A.1, 5A.2, 5A.3, 5A.4, 5A.5,
5A.6)
5B For the purposes of meeting the expenses incurred by the
International Society for its operation each Member Society
shall pay its subscription to the International Society in
accordance with Statute 4H. (5B.1)
5C At any time the subscription shall be computed on the basis
of the number of designated Individual Members of each
Member Society and on the basis of a Basic Fee per Capita
adjusted by discounts most recently agreed at a meeting of
the Council. (5C.1)
5D No Officer or Member, other than the staff of the General
Secretariat, shall receive any remuneration from
International Society funds. However, the reimbursement of
certain direct expenses may be authorised. (5D.1)
5E Only the President or the Secretary General may authorise
expenditure. (5E.1)
6 REGIONS
6A The International Society shall operate through the
following six Regions: Africa; Asia; Australasia; Europe;
North America; South America.
6B Each Member Society shall be allocated to one Region only,
in accordance with geographical and technical
considerations deemed most beneficial to furthering the aim
of the International Society and preferably in accordance
with the wish of the Member Society subject to ratification
by the Council.
6C A Member Society may seek a change of its Regional
allocation. If the President of the International Society is
satisfied that such a change is in the interests of the
International Society, then after consultation with the
appropriate Regional Vice-Presidents, the he* change may
be accepted the change subject to ratification by the
Council.
* The use of the masculine gender in the Constitution does not
imply the position described is occupied by a male person.
7 OFFICERS
7A The Officers of the International Society are:
(i) The President
(ii) The Vice-Presidents
(iii) The Secretary General
8 PRESIDENT
8A The prime duty of the President shall be to foster the aim of
the International Society. The President He shall preside at
the International Conference and at meetings of the Council
and Board. The President He shall be responsible, in
collaboration with the Vice-Presidents and the Secretary
General, for the conduct of the affairs of the International
Society. (8A.l, 8A.2)
8B The term of office of the President shall normally be from
the end of one International Conference to the end of the
next International Conference. This is normally a period of
four years.
8C About one year before the expiry of the term of office of the
President, the Secretary General shall invite each Member
Society to submit its nomination of an Individual Member
for the next President, the nominating Member Society
having first ascertained that its nominee is willing to serve if
elected. After confirming each nominee's willingness to
stand for election, the Secretary General shall then send to
each Member Society a list of all the candidates and the
Council shall be asked to vote on these names at its next
meeting which will normally be just prior to the next
International Conference. (8C.1, 8C.2)
8D As soon as the President-elect has been chosen the decision
will be announced publicly at the earliest suitable occasion.
During the International Conference at the end of which the
President-elect the takes office the President-elect he will
participate in this capacity as President-elect in all
administrative, technical and social functions.
8E The President may be substituted by the First Vice-
President (Ref. Statute 9D) in any and all of the President’s
his duties. In the event of the resignation or death of the
President the first Vice-President shall act as President for
the unexpired term of office. (8E.l)
8F The President shall not be eligible for re-election on
completion of the his term of office.
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9A One Vice-President shall represent each Region. The prime
duty of the a Vice-Presidents shall be to foster the aim of
the International Society amongst the Member Societies
within his their regions. The Vice-President's’ authority and
duties shall be to act as the President's representative in their
his respective Regions. In particular they shall preside at the
Regional Conferences. (9A.1, 9A.2, 9A.3)
9B The term of office for the Vice-President shall normally be
from the end of one International Conference to the end of
the next International Conference. This is normally a period
of four years.
9C About one year before the expiry of the term of office of the
Vice-President, the Secretary General shall invite each
Member Society within the Region to submit its nomination
of an Individual Member from within the Region for the
next Vice-President, having first ascertained that the
nominee is willing to serve if elected. After confirming each
nominee's willingness to stand for election the Secretary
General shall prepare a ballot paper for each Region and
shall invite each Member Society in that Region to return to
him the ballot paper duly completed by a specified date. The
names of the successful candidates shall be reported to the
next meeting of the Council. Should two or more candidates
tie in the election, the President, after consultation, shall
have a casting vote. (9C.1, 9C.2, 9C.3)
9D One of the six Vice-Presidents shall be elected by the
President and Vice-Presidents as the First Vice-President.
The term of office will be about four years, from the end of
one International Conference to the end of the next
International Conference.
9E In the event of impediment, resignation or death of a Vice-
President, a successor shall be appointed by the President
for the unexpired term of office. (9E.l
9F A Vice-Presidents shall not be eligible for re-election on
completion of his their term of office.
10 THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE
SECRETARIAT
10A The official headquarters of the International Society
shall be the seat of its Secretariat.
10B The Secretary General shall be appointed by the
President in consultation with and on terms agreed by the
Board. The Secretary General may shall not be If at the time
of appointment he is an elected officer of the International
Society and he shall if necessary resign from such an that
office on appointment. (10B.1, 10B.2, 10B.3, 10B.4)
10C The Secretary General shall be directly responsible to
the President. (10C.1, 10C.2)
10D The Secretariat shall consist of the Secretary General
and administrative and clerical personnel engaged by the
Secretary General. (10D.l, 10D.2)
10E The Secretary General shall impartially conduct all
correspondence and business of the International Society as
laid down by the Statutes, Bylaws and Council Resolutions
and as determined by the President. (10E.1, 10E.2, 10E.3)
10F The Secretary General is responsible for the conduct of
the finances of the International Society and for all fisca l
and legal requirements imposed by the country wherein is
established the headquarters of the International Society.
(10F.1, 10F.2, 10F.3)
10G The Secretary General shall not represent any Member
Society during his term of while in office.
11 THE COUNCIL
11A The ultimate control of the International Society rests
with the Council and all major matters of policy require its
approval.
11B The Council shall consist of the Officers of the
International Society, the past President, the three appointed
members of the Board and up to two Delegates from each
Member Society currently in membership.
11C Other persons may be invited by the President to attend
all or part of a Council meeting but they will not be entitled
to vote.
11D Council meetings shall be held:
(i) immediately before each International Conference
and
(ii) at a suitable time about mid-term between
International Conferences, preferably at a Regional
Conference or International Symposium sponsored
by the International Society.
11E In addition, having consulted with the Board and
reasonable notice having been given, the President shall be
authorised to call a special meeting of the Council to discuss
urgent matters. (11E.l)
12 COUNCIL MEETINGS
12A The Council meeting held at the time of the
International Conference shall be at the venue of that
Conference.
12B Any invitation to act as host for Council meetings held
between International Conferences should be sent to the
Secretary General six months before the preceding Council
meeting so that it can be placed on the agenda of that
meeting. Provision should be made for a Board Meeting
preceding the Council meeting. If an invitation is received
from more than one Member Society the final selection will
be made by secret ballot. (12B.1)
12C Member Societies must submit to the Secretary General
not less than six months before a Council meeting any item
which they wish to have placed on the agenda. Three
months before the meeting the Secretary General shall send
the agenda to all Member Societies, Officers, past
Presidents and appointed members of the Board. (12C.1)
12D The meeting shall be chaired by the President, or, in his
if absentce, the first Vice-President or one of the Vice-
Presidents nominated by the President.
12E Delegates shall address the chair at all times and the
entire meeting shall be conducted in accordance with the
Statutes and Bylaws and according to accepted efficient
practices. (12E.1)
12F Each Member Society entitled to the benefits of
membership having a delegate present at the meeting shall
have one vote. Other members of the Council and other
persons present are not entitled to vote. (12F.1)
12G A Member Society which is not able to have a delegate
present may transfer its voting rights either to its own Vice-
President or to the delegate of another Member Society
having notified this in writing to the Secretary General
before the Council Meeting. No delegate may carry more
than two such proxy votes, with the exception of the
ISSMGE Vice-Presidents who may carry three such proxy
votes.
12H The Chairman shall not have a vote except in the event
of an equality of votes when the Chairman shall have a
casting vote.
12I Motions shall be carried by a simple majority of those
voting, except for those motions altering the statutes or
terminating membership, for which the assent of at least
three-quarters of those voting is required. (12I.1)
12J Voting shall normally be by a show of hands. However,
for the selection of the President, for the selection of the
venue of the next International Conference or Council
Meeting and for other matters specified at the time by the
Chairman, voting shall be by secret ballot. (12J.1)
12K For the valid constitution of a Council meeting the
quorum shall be: at least one-third of the Member Societies
entitled to the benefits of membership when voting on
Resolutions, Bylaws or suspending membership; and at
least two-thirds when voting on Statutes or terminating
membership. (12K.l)
13 THE BOARD
13A The Board shall consist of the President, the immediate
Past President, the Vice-Presidents, three Individual
Members of the International Society appointed by the
President, and the Secretary General. (13A.1, 13A.2, 13A.3,
13A.4, 13A.5)
13B The role of the Board is to assist the President in the
interpretation and implementation of Council Resolutions
and in the effective administration of the affairs of the
International Society.
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14A International Conferences shall be held approximately
every fourth year in a country to be decided upon by the
Council. (14A.1, 14A.2, 14A.3)
14B An invitation from a Member Society to act as host for
an International Conference and the associated Council and
Board Meetings shall be sent to the Secretary General
sufficiently far in advance for it to be placed on the agenda
of the Council meeting four years in advance of the
International Conference. Invitations may be considered at
earlier Council Meetings. (14B.l, 14B.2)
14C If four years before an International Conference is due
to take place no invitation has been received, the President
in consultation with the Board is authorised to make
arrangements for one to be held.
14D All individual and Supporting Members of the
International Society are entitled to attend an International
Conference. (14D.1, 14D.2, 14D.3, 14D.4, 14D.5)
15 REGIONAL CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND
SYMPOSIA
15A Regional Conferences shall normally be held about mid-
term between International Conferences, but, in addition,
Member Societies are encouraged to organise International
and Regional Symposia. (15A.1, 15A.2)
15B At such Regional Conferences delegates from Member
Societies of the Region may hold a meeting, chaired by the
Vice-President, to discuss matters of mutual interest. (
15B.1)
15C An invitation from a Member Society to act as host for a
Regional Conference shall be submitted to the Vice-
President of the Region and the Secretary General about six
months prior to the previous Regional Conference. The
invitation shall, after consultation with the Secretary
General, specify the time, place and subject of the Regional
Conference. (15C.1, 15C.2)
15D If by the time of the previous Regional Conference no
invitation has been received, the Vice-President (or Vice-
President elect) after consultations with Member Societies
within the Region and the Secretary General is authorised to
make arrangements for one to be held.
16 COMMITTEES
16A In order to further the aim of the International Society
the President may appoint Committees. Such appointments
shall be reported at the next Council meeting
16B Technical Committees shall have an international
membership and shall deliberate on technical or
professional matters which are of international interest and
relevance. The responsibility for each Technical Committee
shall be assumed by a specific Member Society which shall
provide the chairman, secretary and the necessary
administration. (16B.1, 16B.2, 16B.3, 16B.4)
16C The President is authorised to set up Committees to
deliberate on administrative and policy matters which are of
interest and relevance to the International Society. (16C.1,
16C.2)
16D Regional Committees may be set up by a Vice-President
in consultation with the President and Secretary General to
deliberate on technical or professional matters which are of
interest and relevance to that Region. (16D.l)
17 REGISTER OF MEMBERS
17A Each year each Member Society shall send to the
Secretary General and the Vice-President an up to date list
of its designated Individual Members, in the form set out in
Bylaw 17A.1.
17B The Secretary General shall assign a membership
number to each Individual Member in accordance with
Bylaw 17B.1. The list of the names and membership
numbers of Individual Members from each Member Society
shall be dispatched to that Member Society. (17B.2)
17C Upon receipt of the list referred to in 17B, the Member
Society can compile membership cards and distribute a card
to each Individual Member. (17C.1 and 17C.2)
17D The Secretary General shall compile a list of Individual
Members grouped according to Member Society and shall
make this list available to Members of the Society in a form
directed by Council. (17D.1)
18 AMENDEMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
18A Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by
any Member Society. Such amendments shall be sent in
writing to the Secretary General sufficiently in advance of a
Council Meeting to have them included as an item on the
circulated agenda. (18A.1)
18B An amendment to the Statutes may be passed by a
qualified majority of three-quarters of Council, voting in
accordance with Statute 12K and Bylaw 12.K.1.
18C Amendments to the Bylaws shall require a simple
majority of the Council.
19 DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION
19A The dissolution or liquidation of the International
Society can be effected only by a majority of at least two-
thirds of all Member Societies entitled to the benefits of
membership. (19A.l)
19B The Council shall decide on the distribution of all the
remaining assets of the International Society after settling
all debts and liabilities.
19C Such assets shall be disposed of only to non-profit
organisations whose primary interests are similar to those of
the International Society. The Council shall have the right to
delegate to the Board detailed decisions on the distribution
of any remaining assets of the International Society if
appropriate.
BYLAWS
1 NAME AND CONSTITUTION
1B.1 The set of Bylaws supplementing the Statutes are cross-
referenced to the relevant Statute. (See statute 18D)
3 LANGUAGES
3E.1 One or more additional languages chosen by the host
country may be used at Regional Conferences or
International Symposia. Abstracts in at least one of the
official languages must be provided.
4 MEMBERSHIP
4A.1 The Secretary General shall maintain a list of Member
Societies grouped according to Region
4F.1 The membership of the new Member Society shall not
become effective until it has received the decision of the
relevant ISSMGE meeting in which the application has been
accepted and payment of the first subscription has been
received by the international society.
4F.2 A Society coming to membership part way through a
year (1st January-31st December) shall pay a pro rata
subscription for that year.
4H.1 Subscriptions are due annually in advance on 1st
January each year and must be paid within nine months of
that date.
4H.2 A Member Society should inform the Secretary General
in advance if it expects to be unable to pay its subscription
by the due date and explain the reason.
4H.3 Engagement in the aims of ISSMGE could include
organisation of technical meetings, lectures, workshops,
seminars, conferences, submission of papers to geotechnical
conferences, participation in Technical Committees, and
other international liaisons. A Member Society must keep
the regional Vice-President informed by means of an
activity statement due six months before each Council
Meeting.
4I.1 A suspended Member Society may be reinstated on
conditions agreed by the Regional Vice-President and the
Secretary General, which shall include a reinstatement fee
of no less than three years of subscription.
4L.1 Applications for Supporting membership should be
made to the Secretary General who will consult with the
President or Regional Vice-President as appropriate
5 FINANCES
5A.1 The financial year is the calendar year.
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5A.2 Independently reviewed financial statements of receipts
and expenditure shall be presented to each meeting of the
Council for the period since the previous Council Meeting.
5A.3 The Council shall adopt a budget for the period to the
next Council Meeting.
5A.4 The President, in consultation with the Board, shall
appoint a 'Finance and Budget Committee' to assist him in
the management of the finances of the International Society.
The Committee should meet at least once a year.
5A.5 A financial statement of receipts and expenditures shall
be presented to each Board Meeting.
5A.6 The proposed budget, including a four year forecast,
prepared by the Finance and Budget Committee and
approved by the President shall be circulated to the Board to
be discussed at the Board Meetings when appropriate.
5B.1 The Secretary General shall send to each Member
Society in advance an annual account of its subscription and
other revenues owing.
5C.1 The Basic Fee per Capita is set to meet the budgetary
needs of the Society. Discounts agreed by Council are
applied to allow for low Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and
for large Member Societies.
5C.2 The minimum subscription fee payable by a Member
Society shall be based on 30 members.
5D.1 An allowance shall be made in the budget specifically to
assist the President, Vice-Presidents and Members of the
Board in their travel expenses on International Society
meetings, workings of Technical Committees and other
such activities.
5E.1 The Secretary General has the prime responsibility for
authorising payments within the budget approved by
Council. In exceptional circumstances the President may
authorise expenditures beyond the budget. Such
expenditures shall be reported by the President to the next
Council Meeting.
8 PRESIDENT
8A.1 In carrying out all executive actions it will be the
President's obligation to interpret at his with due discretion
the Statutes and the Bylaws and the Resolutions of the
Council. When appropriate he the President should seek the
views of the Board either collectively or as individuals for
the purposes of formulating or interpreting policy. Such
actions shall be reported and minuted at the next meeting of
the Council.
8A.2 The President shall not represent any Member Society
or Region during his term of while in office.
8C.1 Nominations must be received by the Secretary General
at least three months before the Council meeting at which
the vote will be taken. The Secretary General shall then
circulate the list of nominees to all Member Societies.
8C.2 Voting for the President shall be by secret ballot and a
simple majority. (Ref. BL 12J.1)
8E.1 The President can appoint a Vice-President or other
member of ISSMGE to act in his stead as a representative.
9 VICE-PRESIDENT
9A.1 A Vice-President shall not represent any Member
Society during his term of while in office.
9A.2 A Vice-President shall encourage the holding of
symposia and conferences within the Region and endeavour
to coordinate the themes and dates of such National and
Regional conferences.
9A.3 At meetings of the Council the Vice-President shall
report on activities within the Region and, where authorised
by a Member Society, shall vote as that Society would wish
him to vote. (Ref Statute 12G)
9C.1 Each Member Society shall be required to return the
ballot paper for Vice-President at least 16 weeks before the
next meeting of the Council.
9C.2 (i) If just one valid nomination has been received, the
candidate will be declared elected unopposed.
(ii) If two nominations have been received, Member
Societies will indicate the candidate of their choice.
The candidate with the highest number of votes will
become Vice-President of the Region.
(iii) If three or more nominations have been received,
Member Societies will mark on the ballot paper the
candidates 1, 2, 3, etc. in order of preference. The
primary votes (marked with 1) shall be counted first
and if one candidate receives the absolute majority
of all primary votes that candidate shall be declared
elected. If there is no absolute majority, the
candidate with fewest primary votes shall be
excluded from the election. In the case that two or
more candidates are found in this situation, the one
with less secondary votes (marked with 2) shall be
excluded from the election. The voting papers for
that candidate will be recounted and those particular
secondary votes shall be given primary status and
distributed to the remaining candidates. This
procedure is to be repeated until one candidate has
more than one half of the total number of votes.
9C.3 In Regions with less than five Member Societies the
Vice-President may be decided by agreement between the
Member Societies. The agreed name should be forwarded to
the Secretary General by the Vice-President for the Region
with supporting letters from a majority of Member Societies
in the Region.
9E.1 In appointing a successor the President shall consult
with past Vice-Presidents of the Region and Presidents or
Chairmen of Member Societies of the Region and others at
his discretion as appropriate.
10 THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE
SECRETARIAT
10B.1 About 18 months before the office of the Secretary
General becomes vacant, the current President will invite
Member Societies to submit proposals for filling the post.
Each proposal should include the name of the person
recommended for the post, together with the location and
structure of the Secretariat and an estimated budget plan for
its operation. The President shall set up an Appointment
Committee made up of 3 Board Members selected by the
President, plus the immediate Past President and the
President who will chair this Committee. The candidate for
the new Secretary General elected by the Committee,
together with the proposed location and structure of the
Secretariat, will be put to the Board and must be supported
by its majority.
10B.2 The terms of appointment of the Secretary General shall
be decided by the President in consultation with the Finance
and Budget Committee. The period of appointment will be 8
years from mid-term to mid-term of the ICSMGE. The
name of the incumbent Secretary General could be included
in the above mentioned proposal and discussed in the
Appointment Committee along with other proposals. The
incumbent Secretary General may be reappointed, but their
extended term of office should be four years only.
10B.3 In the event of impediment, sudden resignation or death
of the Secretary General, his duties shall be undertaken by
the Liaison Officer appointed by the Host Member Society
pending the appointment of a new Secretary General. (Ref.
BL 10D.2)
10B.4 The Secretary General cannot be a candidate for
President or Vice-President before three years have elapsed
from the end of his service as Secretary General.
10C.1 The duties of the Secretary General shall include the
conduct of all correspondence and current business of the
International Society, the preparation and distribution of the
Agenda of Board and Council meetings together with other
required documentation and the preparation and
maintenance of minutes of such meetings and reports
thereon.
10C.2 The Secretary General shall ensure that a draft record of
the decisions taken at Council meetings is available for
distribution within two days after the meeting. Full draft
minutes of Council, Board and other special meetings
should be circulated within two months after the meeting.
The minutes will be presumed to be confirmed if there are
no written objections within six months.
10D.1 The Host Member Society should undertake to act on
behalf of the President as the Custodian of the Secretariat
with responsibility for supporting the Secretariat and
ensuring its efficient and economic operation.
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10D.2 To assist in carrying out its responsibilities the Host
Member Society after consultation with the President shall
appoint a Liaison Officer, who will be familiar with the
'modus operandi' of the Secretariat.
10E.1 The Secretariat will maintain filed records of all
correspondence officially transacted for an appropriate
period of time.
10E.2 The Secretariat will endeavour to maintain a complete
library of all the Proceedings of International, Regional and
Specialty Conferences and Symposia held under the
auspices of the International Society. (Ref. BL 14D.5)
10E.3 The Secretary General is responsible for the
reproduction and distribution of the list of Members (Ref.
BL 4A.1), and similar documents, in accordance with the
Statutes and Bylaws or as decided by the Council.
10F.1 The Secretary General shall send to each Member
Society an annual account of the dues owing (Ref. BL 5B.l)
and shall ensure that all contributions and dues paid to the
International Society are placed in a separate account and
that a record is kept.
10F.2 The Secretary General is responsible for keeping the
accounts of the International Society; for the preparation of
the annual account of receipts and expenditures and for
payments for the International Society up to the limit of the
approved budget. (Ref. BL 5A.4). He shall acknowledge all
All money received shall be acknowledged. Only he the
Secretary General or the President may authorise
expenditure. (Ref. S 5E)
10F.3 The Secretary General shall prepare financial statements
of receipts and expenditures (Ref. BL 5A.2 and BL 5A.5)
and shall justify expenses incurred when requested.
11 THE COUNCIL
11E.1 Reasonable notice of a Special Council Meeting is
deemed to be not less than forty days.
12 COUNCIL MEETINGS
12B.1 In voting on the venue for a future Council meeting a
simple majority of delegates of Member Societies present or
represented shall suffice. (Ref. BL 12I.1)
12B.2 With a view to distributing meetings evenly among the
Regions, Member Societies from a Region that has recently
hosted a mid-term Council Meeting (i.e. a meeting held
between International Conferences) shall refrain from
offering to host the next two mid-term Council meetings
unless no acceptable invitation is received from the
remaining Regions.
12C.1 The Agenda will normally cover the following items:
(i) Minutes of the previous meeting: matters arising.
(ii) Election of new Member Societies.
(iii) Audited Financial Statements for preceding period
and draft budget for ensuing period.
(iv) Reports of President and Vice-Presidents.
(v) Business raised by President, Member Societies, or
from other sources.
(vi) Selection of venue for future International
Conference (if applicable). Ref. S. 14B.
(vii) Report(s) from Organising Committee(s) for
forthcoming International Conference(s).
(viii) Election of next President (if applicable).
(ix) Names of new Vice-Presidents {if applicable).
(x) Invitations for holding the next Council/Board
Meetings (if applicable).
(xi) Reports of technical and administrative Committees.
(xii) Matters arising from Board meetings.
(xiii) Items submitted after preparation of Agenda,
subject to agreement of Chairman.
(xiv) Any other business.
12E.1 In order to facilitate the conduct of business the
following procedures should be observed:
(i) Motions will be printed on the agenda and no other
motions will be discussed except by agreement with
the Chairman. Minor matters may be raised under
'Any Other Business'.
(ii) A motion for which no seconder can be found
cannot be discussed or put to the vote. It falls to the
ground, and cannot be reconsidered during the
meeting. Motions by the Chairman require no
seconder.
(iii) In discussing a motion no member may speak more
than once, except at the invitation of the Chairman.
The mover, however, will be given the right of reply
at the end of the discussion.
(iv) After the discussion the Chairman will read the
motion to ensure that the meeting knows exactly
what it is voting on, and a vote will be taken.
(v) If the motion is passed, it becomes a Resolution.
Neither a Resolution nor a failed motion may be
reopened during the current session of the Council.
(vi) An amendment is an alteration made by adding,
changing, substituting or omitting a word, phrase or
sentence of a motion. It may partially change the
meaning of the motion, but must never contradict it.
Amendments should be passed to the Chairman in
writing.
(vii) A member who has spoken on a motion cannot
move an amendment, but he may speak on an
amendment moved by another.
(viii) If there are several amendments to a motion,
they will be considered successively, so that an
amendment to alter the first part of the motion
comes first, etc.
(ix) Each amendment must be moved, seconded,
discussed and voted on separately. Only one
amendment may be discussed at the time.
(x) When the amendments have been separately
disposed of, the Chairman will put the motion as
amended clearly to the meeting. Further discussion
may arise before the vote is taken.
(xi) There is no right of reply for the mover of an
amendment. If, however, his amendment has been
carried and materially alters the sense of the motion,
the amended motion will become the substantive
motion, and the right of reply will devolve from the
mover of the original motion to the mover of the
amendment.
12F.1 Member Societies must inform the Secretary General in
writing the names of their voting delegate and non-voting
delegate.
12I.1 When more than two choices are available and none of
the choices receives a majority of votes on the first ballot
count, that choice or choices receiving the fewest votes shall
be deleted, and a second ballot conducted. The procedure
shall be repeated successively until one of the choices
receives a majority of votes. Should a tied situation occur
the Chairman shall exercise a casting vote.
12J.1 (i) If there are two options, Member Societies will
indicate their choice on the ballot paper.
(ii) If there are three or more options, Member Societies will
mark on the ballot paper their choices 1, 2, 3, etc. in order of
preference. The primary votes (marked with 1) shall be
counted first and if one option receives the absolute
majority of all primary votes, i.e. half the votes cast plus 1,
it shall be declared successful. If there is no absolute
majority, the option with fewest primary votes shall be
excluded from the ballot. In the case that two or more
options are found in this situation, the one with less
secondary votes (marked with 2) shall be excluded from the
ballot. The voting papers for that option will be recounted
and those particular secondary votes shall be given primary
status and distributed to the remaining options. This
procedure is to be repeated until one option has more than
one half of the total number of votes.
12K.1 Proxy votes formalised in accordance with Statute 12G
shall be counted in determining the quorum.
13 THE BOARD
13A.1 The President shall chair meetings of the Board. In the
absence of the President his absence one of the Vice-
Presidents shall be appointed to do so by the President to
chair the meeting.
13A.2 The three Individual Members of the Board shall be
appointed by the President after consultation to ensure
appropriate representation of Member Societies and their
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interests on the Board. At least one of the three Individual
Members shall belong to the European Region.
13A.3 An Individual Member of the Board's term of office
shall be the same as that of the President.
13A.4 The President shall be entitled to fill any vacancy
occurring on the Board, after consultation, by co-option.
13A.5 Individual Members of the Board will not be eligible for
reappointment to the Board except in the capacity of
President or Vice-President.
13B.1 The Board shall normally meet once a year, but
consultation may also take place by correspondence. A
Board Meeting shall precede the Council Meeting normally
at the same venue. (Ref. S. 12B)
14 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
14A.1 A Conference Advisory Committee shall be set up by
the President. Normally the Committee shall comprise the
President, the Vice-President of the Region in which the
Conference is to be held, the Secretary or Chairman of the
Organising Committee for the previous International
Conference, two members of the Organising Committee of
the Host Country and the Secretary General. It shall be
responsible for advising on the conference programme but
is not concerned with the detailed organisation of the
Conference which is the responsibility of the Member
Society hosting the International Conference.
14A.2 The presentation of honours, awards or other
recognitions for services to the International Society
or to geotechnical engineering shall normally be
made at the International Conference.
(i) The Terzaghi Oration - is to be delivered at each
ISSMGE International Conference as a tribute to
Professor Karl Terzaghi, first President of the
International Society. This Oration shall be given at
each International Conference and shall be accorded
a position of importance in the programme of
events. The Terzaghi Oration should preferably
cover case histories, derived from professional
activities and explore the dynamic interaction
between consulting work, teaching, research and
publication. It should exemplify Prof. Terzaghi's
intellectual approach to engineering and geology
and to the observational method both for improving
design and for the advancement of knowledge. The
Orator shall have made be a person of distinction
distinctive and outstanding in his contributions to
geotechnical engineering. The President shall be
responsible for selecting the Terzaghi Orator after
consulting with Member Societies and Board
Members.
(ii) The Kevin Nash Gold Medal - awarded in memory
of Professor Kevin Nash, Secretary General of the
International Society (1965-1981). The medal
should be awarded to a person who, through his
distinction as an engineer, through his international
contributions to engineering practice and education,
through his contributions to international good will,
and through his service to the International Society
has made a major contribution to fostering the ideals
and goals of the International Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
throughout the world.
The recipient is to be selected by a committee composed
of the Past Presidents of the International Society,
chaired by the immediate Past President, and the
announcement will be made at the opening of each
International Conference. Presidents and Past
Presidents are not eligible to receive the Award.
The committee of Past Presidents should ask the
Secretary General to invite nominations from
Member Societies. The choice need not be restricted
to those nominated in this way.
14A.3 The Conference Organising Committee set up by the
host country will take responsibility for the administration,
detailed organisation and financing for the International
Conference in consultation with the President and the
Secretary General. Important decisions on these matters
must, however, be approved by the Conference Advisory
Committee. (Ref. BL 14A.1) In particular, these include
conference format, timetable and bulletins, proposed
facilities for the conference and associated meetings,
publishing arrangements for the Proceedings and the
registration fee. Organisation of the Conference shall be in
accordance with the Manual for ISSMGE Conferences
available from the Secretary General.
(i) The technical programme and session arrangements
will be agreed by the Conference Organising
Committee and the Conference Advisory
Committee. The Conference Advisory Committee
will be responsible for the selection of session
leaders (i.e. Chairmen, General Reporters,
Discussion Leaders, etc.). These will be chosen after
receiving nominations from Member Societies.
(ii) The Conference Advisory Committee shall decide
the allocation of pages in the Conference
Proceedings to Member Societies in accordance
with the Resolutions of the International Society.
(iii) The Technical programme of an the International
Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering will have a number of plenary sessions
at which there will be simultaneous translation in
English and French, plus concurrent discussion or
specialty sessions, some of which will have
simultaneous translation. A number of specialty
sessions maybe run by Technical Committees of the
International Society. Poster sessions may be
arranged to give authors an opportunity to present
their papers.
(iv) The Conference Organising Committee should also
advise the Conference Advisory Committee of its
proposals regarding technical visits and the social
programme for the Conference.
14B.1 The Secretary General shall be satisfied that the inviting
country has:
(i) a meeting place with appropriate facilities;
(ii) suitable hotel accommodation for members and
accompanying persons;
(iii) sufficient of interest in the country for technical and
other visits;
(iv) agreed to follow the Conference rules laid down by
the Council.
14B.2 An invitation from a Member Society must be
accompanied by a solemn undertaking by the Officers of
that Member Society guaranteeing the organisation and
financing of the International Conference and agreeing to
abide by the principles, rules and procedures for the
International Conference as set out in the Statutes and
Bylaws in existence at the time that the invitation is
accepted.
14B.3 With a view to distributing International Conferences
evenly among the Regions, Member Societies from a
Region that has recently hosted an International Conference
shall refrain from offering to host the next two International
Conferences unless no acceptable invitation is received
from the remaining Regions.
14D.1 An invitation from a Member Society must be
accompanied by a statement signed by the officers of that
Member Society setting out what current restrictions (if
any) are imposed against the entry of foreign nationals by
the Government of the inviting country.
14D.2 If, after an invitation has been accepted, the said
Government adversely alters its restrictions, the President
shall seek the opinions of all the Member Societies as to
whether the International Conference should be hosted by
another country, or whether the official status of the
International Conference should be withdrawn. After
consultation with the Board, he the President shall act in the
best interests of the International Society.
14D.3 Participation in the International Conference is intended
for bonafide members of the International Society and their
accompanying persons only. Other persons approved by the
Conference Organising Committee may also attend, with
the payment of a 10% surcharge, which will be remitted to
the International Society.
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14D.4 A surcharge of 5% is added to the registration fee of the
International Conference and the revenue accruing from this
surcharge remitted to the International Society.
14D.5 Two copies of the Proceedings of each International
Conference and other publications arising from the
Conference are to be donated to the Secretariat (Ref. BL
10E.2) and one copy of the Proceedings to each of the
Secretariats of the International Society for Rock
Mechanics, the International Association of Engineering
Geology and the Permanent Coordinating Secretariat.
15 REGIONAL CONFERENCES, MEETINGS AND
SYMPOSIA
15A.1 The Bylaws for the International Conference shall with
due regard to the character of the Regional Conference, also
apply to a Regional Conference as agreed at the time the
invitation is accepted.
15A.2 The endorsement of the International Society will only
be granted to International and Regional Symposia if the
time, place and subject have been approved by the President
(in the case of International Symposia) or appropriate Vice-
President (in the case of Regional Symposia), both in
consultation with the Secretary General. Organisation of the
Conference shall be in accordance with the Manual for
ISSMGE Conferences available from the Secretary General.
15A.3 A Conference Advisory Committee (CAC) shall be set
up by the Vice- President at the time of acceptance of the
host Member Society invitation. This Vice-President shall
chair the CAC until the name of the new Vice- President is
known, when that person shall take the chair, but the
retiring Vice-President will remain on the CAC. Other
members of the CAC will be the Secretary or Chairman of
the Organising Committee for the previous Regional
Conference, two members of the Organising Committee of
the Host Country and the Secretary General. Normally, one
or two other senior people should be invited to join the
CAC. The Regional CAC shall be responsible for advising
on the conference programme but is not concerned with the
detailed organisation of the conference, which is the
responsibility of the Member Society hosting the Regional
Conference.
15B.1 The Vice-President shall ensure that a record of the
meeting is written and a copy sent to the Secretariat and to
Member Societies within the Region.
15C.1 If only one invitation is received the Vice-President
may, after appropriate consultation (normally with the
Member Societies within the Region and the Secretary
General), approve its designation as a Regional Conference
of the International Society.
15C.2 If two or more invitations are received the Vice-
President shall convene a Regional Meeting at the time of
the previous Regional Conference to discuss the invitations.
The choice shall be determined by a simple majority in a
secret ballot (Ref. BL 12J.1). The Vice-President shall not
have a vote except in the event of an equality of votes when
he shall have a casting vote.
International Conference or other venue approved by the
President before final publication.
16C.1 Members of Administrative Committees shall normally
be appointed by the President after consultation with the
Secretary General and the Board to insure an input from
several countries and an appropriate representation of
Member Societies.
16C.2 Administrative Committees shall report to the President
who may submit the report, with amendments, to the
Council. Normally such reports will be subjected to open
discussion at a Council meeting before acceptance and, if
appropriate, publication.
16D.1 The responsibility for each Regional Committee will be
assumed by a specific Member Society which will provide
the chairman, secretary and the necessary administration.
17 REGISTER OF MEMBERS
17A.1 The list shall be in a form as requested by the Secretary
General. It shall include the name and permanent address of
the secretary of the Member Society and of its officers
where appropriate.
17B.1 The membership number shall reflect the year of
membership, the Member Society to which the Individual
Member belongs and a unique membership number.
17B.2 The list of names and membership numbers shall be
distributed to the Member Societies in an electronic format
suitable for the compilation of membership cards.
17C.1 The layout and wording of the Membership Card shall
be in a form prescribed by the Secretary General. The card
can be distributed in a form deemed appropriate by the
Member Society.
17C.2 The membership card, if issued, shall remain valid for
the year of issue plus the period extending into the
following year specified in Bylaw 4H.1 as the period within
which fees are to be paid.
17D.1 The list shall be in electronic format and subject to the
approval of the Member Society shall be posted in an
appropriate section of the Society’s web site.
18 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
18A.1 Proposals for amendments to the Constitution must be
received at least six months before a Council meeting.
19 DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION
19A.1 In seeking a decision from Member Societies on the
dissolution or liquidation of the International Society duly
authenticated postal votes shall be accepted in addition to
those cast at the Council meeting.

16 COMMITTEES
16B.1 Technical Committees may be instituted at the request
of a group of members interested in a specific topic and
with the knowledge and agreement of the President and
Secretary General. Suggestions of topics for the work of
Technical Committees should be submitted by Member
Societies to the Secretary General six months before the
President takes office.
16B.2 A short administrative Report summarising the work of
each Technical Committee shall be submitted by the
Committee Chairman to the Secretary General six months
before the next International Conference for presentation at
the Council meeting. The incoming President has the
authority to decide if the work of any Technical Committee
should continue and which Member Society shall have
responsibility for it.
16B.3 Technical Committees may be called upon to organise
specialty sessions at an International Conference. (Ref. BL
14A.3 (iii)).
16B.4 If appropriate, technical reports of a Technical
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Appendix 3
REPORT FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ISSMGE, AFRICA
TO ISSMGE COUNCIL MEETING, PARIS, 1st September 2013
Prof. Samuel U. Ejezie
ISSMGE Vice-President, Africa (2009-2013)
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Port Harcourt
Nigeria
1 INTRODUCTION
This report presents an overview of the state of ISSMGE in
Africa Region and highlights both the progress recorded and the
setbacks encountered in the advancement of ISSMGE ideals in
the Region since the last quadrennial International Conference
held in Alexandria, Egypt in October 2009.
Although Geotechnical engineering problems abound in the
continent, an unbiased assessment of the practice of the
profession world-wide easily reveals that the level here is still
below expectation. The continent is endowed with a rich
diversity of landforms which, naturally, are associated with a
wide variety of geotechnical engineering challenges capable of
attracting public attention and arousing strong interest in the
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering profession.
Presently however, opinions differ on the level to which this
interest has been enkindled. An attempt has been made in this
report to objectively assess this using the relative impact of
ISSMGE in the Region as the main parameter.
2 STATE OF ISSMGE IN AFRICA REGION DURING
2009 – 2013
a) Member Societies
During the period, 2009 – 2013, the number of potential
member societies identified in Africa Region was about 17
while the maximum number of existing active societies
recorded at any given time was 11. This does not seem
impressive considering the diversity and large number of
independent countries in the Region. However, judging from the
high level of political and social instability plaguing the
continent one may not hesitate to declare that these numbers are
relatively satisfactory. Some countries in the Region never
knew peace throughout the four year period, while some that
AFRICA
were initially peaceful later got engulfed in political upheavals.
These conditions militated against meaningful professional
activities. As a result, rather than record a boom in the number
of active member societies the number was fluctuating most of
the time in consonance with the political situation in the
countries.
At present, the member societies include:
 Egypt – Egyptian Geotechnical Society (EGS),
 Tunisia – Tunisian Society for Soil Mechanics (ATMS),
 Sudan – Sudanese Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (SSSMGE),
 Nigeria – Nigerian Geotechnical Association (NGA),
 Ghana – Ghana Geotechnical Society (GGS),
 South Africa – Geotechnical division of the South African
Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE),
 Francophone Sub-Saharan West and Central Africa
(Cameroon, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Chad, Upper
Volta, Niger, Benin, Togo, DR Congo) – Comité
Transnational des Géotechniciens d’Afrique (CTGA),
 Mozambique – Mozambican Geotechnical Society (SMG),
 Kenya – Kenyan Geotechnical Society (KGS),
 Morocco – Moroccan Geotechnical Society,
 Zimbabwe
A few among these have been inactive but are currently on
the verge of springing back into active mode. In addition, there
are positive indications that Ethiopia, Libya, Uganda, and some
of the countries in the Francophone league are warming up to
form their national societies. This is highly desirable and needs
to be facilitated.
It is pertinent to note here that altogether, African member
societies account for less than 1000 of the ISSMGE’s 19000
members. This, without doubt, is on the low side and
underscores the necessity for aggressive membership drive in
the Region.
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b) Key achievements and Successes
The challenges of low membership enrolment highlighted in the
previous section notwithstanding, some remarkable
achievements were recorded in the Africa Region of ISSMGE
during the period, 2009 – 2013.Chief among these is that closer
cooperation has been successfully forged among African
member societies. From East to West and North to South the
Region resonated as one body and the dichotomy that existed in
the past vanished. ISSMGE member societies were motivated
and encouraged to participate in events organised by sister
African member societies. The benefits of this cooperation have
already manifested across the Region in the form of wide
geographical spread of participants frequently recorded in
events organised by member societies in recent times.
Another achievement worthy of note is that an appropriate
platform for member societies to work together in the Region
has been created. At present, this is represented by the
International Technical Committee of ISSMGE domiciled in
Africa. This is the very first time such an opportunity is placed
within the reach of members in Africa Region. The Committee
is named “TC 107” (Technical Committee on Laterites and
Lateritic Soils). It is serving as an ideal platform for studying
and proffering solutions to engineering challenges related to the
problem soils that abound in Africa. The host country is Ghana,
and ISSMGE member societies in the Region have been
encouraged to embrace the opportunity created by the
Committee and work together on common African geotechnical
engineering problems.
c) Highlights of Activities within the Region
Africa Region witnessed a relatively high level of ISSMGE
activities during 2009 – 2013 despite the challenges posed by
unfavourable socio-political environment. This is a drastic
departure from the past when many member societies were
known for protracted inactivity. Without doubt, the 17th
ICSMGE held in Alexandria, Egypt was a major factor which
spurred member societies in the Region into action.
Some selected major Regional and International events that
took place in Africa during the period include (in chronological
order):
 ISSMGE International Seminar in Pretoria, South
Africa, 29–30 July 2010.
This was well-attended and enjoyed the patronage of the
ISSMGE President, the Secretary General, the Immediate Past
President, the Vice-President for Africa, the Immediate Past
Vice-President for Africa as well as his predecessor as resource
persons.
 2nd International Geotechnical Engineering
Conference (ICGE’10), Hammamet City, Tunis,
Tunisia; 25 – 27 October, 2010.
This was very successful and attracted about 100 participants
from 25 different countries as paper contributors. The ISSMGE
President and the Vice-President for Africa were there as
keynote speakers. The appointed Board member for Europe was
also there as well as other keynote speakers. The occasion
afforded the Vice-President and the President opportunity to
hold a sensitisation meeting with interested participants on the
new TC 107 “Laterites and Lateritic Soils”.
 French Maghrebin Conference in Geotechnical
Engineering (December, 09-11, 2010)
This was held in Tunis, and was the first conference of the
series titled: “French Maghrebin Conference”, organized by
the Geotechnical Maghrebin Group to boost the activities
between Maghrebin GE with the assistance provided by the
UISF (UNESCO). Indeed, this event latter gave rise to three
Maghrebin groups, among which is the Geotechnical Maghrebin
Group, under the label “Science and technology for the
Development of Maghreb”.
 15th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (15 ARC), Maputo
Mozambique; 18 – 21 July, 2011.
The Theme of the Conference was: “Resources and
Infrastructure Geotechnics in Africa: Putting theory into
practice”. The vision or motivation for this title was to explore
how advances in Geotechnical Engineering can provide
solutions to the challenges facing infrastructure development in
the continent. The Conference was very successful and well-
attended. The ISSMGE President, Secretary General and
Immediate past President were all there. The president of the
Republic of Mozambique attended in person and performed the
opening ceremonies. He was also part of the closing ceremony
as he was represented by the Minister for works and Transport
and the Governor of Maputo.
A total of 328 participants registered for the Conference and
this represents the highest number of participants in any
Regional Conference in Africa in recent times. There were more
than 50 exhibitors in attendance. A total of about 100 papers
and three invited lectures were published in the book of
proceedings. The conference also featured technical visits and
short courses.
 International Seminar On Soil Identification And
Geotechnical Parameters « Param’12 » 15-16 MARCH
2012, TUNISIA
This event was attended by one Hundred and seventy
participants, coming from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France,
Congo, Mali, Niger, Germany, UK, Togo, Italy and Mauritania.
Thirteen professional institutions exhibited their latest products
in geotechnical engineering. The proceedings of this seminar
comprised twenty five papers (25) including eight keynote talks
given by experts: Jean-Pierre Magnan, Hocine Ejjaaouani,
Ramdane Bahar, Patrick Berthelot, Moulay Zerhouni, Philippe
Reiffsteck, Michel Bustamante and Richard Jardine.
 ISSMGE Board meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, 29th April
2012; In conjunction with International Geotechnical
Engineering Symposium on “New Trends and
Developments in Geotechnical Engineering”, 28 April –
1st May, 2012.
The Nigerian Geotechnical Association (NGA) organised the
two-day symposium in the form of a technical workshop. It was
well attended by NGA members, geotechnical engineering
students and other stake holders in the ground engineering
sector of the academia, the foundation construction industry,
and government departments and parastatals. The President of
the Nigerian Society of Engineers was ably represented by the
Deputy President. The ISSMGE Board members participated in
the Workshop as the main resource persons and presented the
lead papers. Each used the opportunity to showcase his latest
research findings and breakthroughs in Geotechnical
Engineering. Some Nigerian geotechnical engineers and
researchers also presented papers at the Workshop.
The Workshop papers were divided into three major areas
of recent developments in ground engineering and construction
namely:
(i) Underground Constructions;
(ii) Case Histories in Slope Failures, Land
Reclamation and related Problems;
(iii) Problem Soils of Nigeria.
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 CTGA Scientific Seminar on “African Infrastructure
for the New Millennium”, In conjunction with CTGA
General Assembly , Kribi; 25th – 29th June 2012.
The general theme of the seminar was: "Infrastructures
africaines du nouveau millénaire" (African infrastructure for the
new millennium).
About 52 papers were received by the scientific committee,
but only 30 were accepted. 16 papers and 5 major lectures were
presented, divided in three sub themes namely:
(i) Specific geotechnical innovations in road
techniques;
(ii) Building materials: characterization, innovation,
maintenance;
(iii) Impact of geotechnical engineering on constructions:
cases histories;
About 150 participants attended.
Prior to this, the CTGA held the following events in 2010
and 2011:
(i) A colloquium from 17th to 18th February 2010 in
Yamoussoukro, (Ivory Coast) which was well-
attended by participants from Franco-phone countries
in Sub-Saharan Africa. The theme of the colloquium
was: “Foundations of infrastructures in Sub-Saharan
Africa – Design and Case Histories”. About 50
delegates from 9 countries attended.
(ii) Training courses in laboratory and in-situ testing by
the Cameroonian CTGA national group (CNGC) in
April 2010.
(iii) Technical colloquium on the theme: “Soil stability
and its impact on construction in Sub-Saharan
Africa”, in March 2011, in Bujumbura (Burundi).
Almost 70 experts from 9 countries attended this
colloquium.
 3rd African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference
(3AyGEC), Cairo, Egypt; 11 – 14th November 2012.
The Conference was well-organised and very successful. It
provided an atmosphere conducive for vibrant, mutually
beneficial, and scientific interaction and discussion among
young geotechnical engineers, researchers and graduate students
within Africa Region. The programme incorporated five
outstanding keynote lectures delivered by renowned senior
professional geotechnical engineers on the first two days. The
Young Geotechnical engineers also were given ample
opportunity to present their research works on a variety of
geotechnical engineering topics. The accompanying question
and answer sessions were very enlightening; and so also was the
technical visit to the site of an on-going Multi Storey Garage
project below El-Tahrir Square, which took place on the third
day. The Conference recorded an impressive number of
participants. The enthusiasm was so high that at the end they
unanimously craved for the conference to hold in Africa at least
once every one or two years instead of the present quadrennial
cycle.
 3rd International Geotechnical Engineering
Conference, Hammamet, Tunis; 21st – 23rd February
2013.
The Conference had as its Theme: “New Developments in
Analysis, Modelling and Design” and was organized by the
Geotechnical Engineering Research Team of the National
Engineering School of Tunis. It was very successful like the
preceding 2nd International Conference and attracted a large
number of participants.
 3.
 ISSMGE International Seminar, Khartoum, Sudan;
29th June – 1st July, 2013. Theme: “Construction on
Weak Rocks”.
This event was organized under the auspices of the Sudanese
Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(SSSMGE) in conjunction with ISSMGE. It was intended to
resurrect the Sudanese Society and to spotlight the importance
of the society in solving the major geotechnical problems in
Sudan. This seminar was very well-organised and attracted 184
participants. It was graced by international experts who served
as resource persons, including Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud
(ISSMGE President), Prof. Pedro S. Pinto (ISSMGE Immediate
Past President), Prof. Samuel Ejezie (ISSMGE Vice- President
for Africa), Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov (ISSMGE Vice-
President for Asia) and Prof. Antonio Bobet of Purdue
University, USA.
The Government of Sudan was fully involved and
represented as attested to by the presence, at the opening
ceremony, of His Excellency the Vice – President of Sudan, Dr.
Eng. Elhaj Adam Yousif. Also present was a representative of
the Governor of the State of Khartoum – Minister of Physical
Planning and Infrastructure Eng., Alrasheed Osman Fageery.
A round-table discussion took place on the second day on
the theme, “Construction on Weak Rocks – Challenges and
solutions.” The third day offered the guests a field visit
sponsored by the Dams Implementation Unit (DIU) to the Dam
Complex of Upper Atbara and Setit which is currently under
construction.
Detailed reports of these events have already been released by
the organisers in the various countries. As summarised above,
each of them was resoundingly successful and adequately
reflected the rekindled zeal in ISSMGE member societies of
Africa Region.
To conclude the discussion on the activities in the Region I
wish to accord special recognition to the respective member
societies which were instrumental to our success story. They
succeeded in ensuring that Africa Region remained visible even
in the face of serious challenges. Additional reports on the
activities of individual member societies, as submitted by them,
are attached herewith as appendix.
3 CHALLENGES AND ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE
ISSMGE IN AFRICA REGION DURING 2009 – 2013
The ISSMGE in Africa Region faced various challenges and
issues of serious concern which constituted stumbling blocks to
efforts made to promote the profession in the continent. These
problems needed to be tackled for meaningful progress to be
made. Unfortunately however, they are still very much there as
can be inferred from the summary itemised subsequently.
1. During the period under review the ISSMGE in Africa
Region was confronted with problems related to
membership. The ratio of the number of national member
societies to the number of independent nations in the
Region remained slightly less than 20%. Concerted efforts
to improve on this have not yet yielded the desired result.
The struggle therefore continues.
2. Communication barrier imposed by linguistic dichotomy in
the Region has adverse impact on ISSMGE activities. This
is so pronounced that all the Francophone countries in Sub-
Saharan Africa have decided to lump themselves together
into one single member society, even when some of them
are potentially capable of existing independently.
Internal movement in the Region is hampered by lack of
adequate road and air travel links. This hikes the cost of
transportation to a level that is almost unaffordable by
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private individuals. In other words, without corporate

sponsorship, a member may find it difficult to attend an
ISSMGE event taking place in a member society next door.
Most times the airfare to a neighbouring country may be
much higher than the fare to a destination in another
continent by the same airline.
4. General lack of corporate sponsorship for members in
Africa Region, including leaders of member societies,
constitutes a big setback to ISSMGE activities and is
responsible for the poor representation of the Region
commonly witnessed in international events.

4 CONCLUSION

This report has revealed an important latent strength of

ISSMGE Africa Region namely, the capacity to cope with the
enormous challenges confronting it. Ordinarily, one would have
been tempted to predict “low key” for the activities in the
Region, but far from that! As catalogued in this report, the
Region was vibrant all through the four-year period. Members
were able to navigate the challenges and kept ISSMGE profile
high. All corners of the Region have experienced high doses of
the impact of the Society. The awareness level is very good. It is
expected that the benefits of the sensitisation perfected in the
last four years will fully manifest within the term of the in-
coming administration. A durable foundation has been laid and
it is our hope that the growth process will be unhindered.
All in all, the period 2009 – 2013, was very successful for
ISSMGE Africa Region.

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APPENDIX
RECENT REPORTS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL
MEMBER SOCIETIES IN AFRICA REGION
1. SUDAN
NEWS ON RECENT CONFERENCE:
THE INTENATIONAL SEMINAR ON CONSTRUCTION
ON WEAK ROCKS
By:
Dr. Hussein Elarabi – Secretary of SSSMGE
Eng. Mohamed A. Bagi Mahmoud Taha – Member of SSSMGE
The Sudanese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (SSSMGE) was established in Sudan in 1986 to
promote cooperation among engineers and scientists for the
advancement of Knowledge in the field of soil mechanics and
its practical applications.
Sudan has experienced considerable development during the
last two decades and several large civil engineering projects
have been executed in the country. The projects included dams
on the River Nile and its tributaries, thousands of kilometres of
highways, bridges across the Niles and industrial projects
including oil exploration and export facilities. All these projects
required intensive geotechnical investigations, material searches
and evaluation and consultancy in the related fields. Local
experts were involved in most of these projects and a great deal
of experience was gained from these projects. It is interesting to
mention that most of the challenges regarding compliance with
scheduled construction time, performance and cost were related
to the geotechnics of the mentioned projects. Many of these
projects were founded on weak rocks (sandstone, mudstone and
calcareous deposits). The challenges of design and construction
on these formations is known and realized worldwide.
The idea of organizing this seminar was initiated during the
17th ICSMGE2009 in Alexandria by Prof Pedro Pinto. Then,
the idea was given the utmost attention by the Geotechnical
Department of Building and Road Research Institute, University
of Khartoum and the members of SSSMGE for the sake of
resurrecting the SSSMGE and spotlights the importance of the
society in solving the major geotechnical problems in Sudan
among which is the construction on weak rocks. This seminar is
intended to improve our understanding on this topic.
The International Seminar on Construction on Weak Rocks
took place in the city of Khartoum from July 29th to July 1st.
This event was organized under the auspices of the Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (SSSMGE) in
conjunction with ISSMGE in which Prof. Pedro S. Pinto played
major roles. It was intended to resurrect the Sudanese Society
and to spotlight the importance of the society in solving the
major geotechnical problems in Sudan. This seminar attracted
184 participants. The event was organized and advised by the
following committees:
The ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairman: Dr. El Fatih M. Ali, President of SSSMGE,
General Manager of Engineering Service and Design,
Khartoum, Sudan
Secretary: Dr. Hussein Elarabi, Secretary of SSSMGE,
Head of Geotechnical Engineering Department, BRRI,
University of Khartoum, Sudan.
Members: Dr. Ahmed M. Elsharief, Dr. Mohamed A.
Osman, Dr. Abdel Kareem M. Zein, Eng. Omer Gurham, Eng.
Adil Abdalla, Eng. Rasha Abu Elgasim, Eng. Bashir Osman,
and Eng. Moh. ElBaiyhagi Elgizoli.
The ADVISORY COUNCIL
Prof. J.L. Briaud, ISSMGE President
Prof. Pedro S. Pinto, ISSMGE Past President
Prof Samuel Ejezie, ISSMGE Vice President for Africa
Prof Fatma Baligh ISSMGE incoming Vice President for Africa
The opening ceremony commenced with recitation of few
versus from Holly Quran. Afterwards, a speech was given by
President Jean. L. Briaud, followed by Prof. Pedro S. Pinto
(ISSMGE Immediate Past President) and Prof. Samuel Ejezie
(ISSMGE Vice President for Africa). Then a welcoming speech
was given by the President of the Sudanese Society, Dr. Eng.
Elfatih Mohamed Ali. Also, a speech was given by the
representative of the Governor of State of Khartoum – Minister
of Physical Planning and Infrastructure Eng., Alrasheed Osman
Fageery. Later, his Excellency the Vice – President of Sudan
Dr. Eng. Elhaj Adam Yousif gave his speech, in which he
mentioned the vital role of soil mechanics and geotechnical
engineering in the construction industry. At the end, a speech
was given by Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov and his Excellency the
Vice – President of Sudan Dr. Eng. Elhaj Adam Yousif
exchanged gifts with the foreign experts and posed with them
for group photo.
The invited lectures were delivered as what follows;
1. Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud (President of ISSMGE) “Unsaturated
soil behaviour for the practicing engineer” and “Shrink –
swell soils and the design of foundation for light building”
2. Prof. Pedro S. Pinto (Past President of ISSMGE) “Railway
old station building: enlargement and underpinning” and
“Lessons learned from two landslide case histories”
3. Prof. Samuel Ejezie (Vice President of ISSMGE for Africa)
“Behaviour of lateritic soils in engineering construction
tropical Africa” and “Vibration transmission in lateritic soils
of the tropical region of Africa”
4. Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov (ISSMGE Vice President for
Asia) “Geotechnical construction on weak rock ground of
new capital Astana Kazakhstan” and “Analyses of the
settlement of pile foundations under weak rock conditions
of Astana”
5. Prof. Antonio Bobet (Purdue University, USA) “Deformation
and failure of soft rocks: a model for shales” and
“Propagation and coalescence of frictional discontinuities”
6. Prof. Fatima Baligh (ISSMGE forthcoming Vice President
for Africa) "Deep vibratory compaction method "
7. Dr. Mohamed A. Osman (Past Director of the Building and
Road Research Institute, University of Khartoum, Sudan)
“Weak rocks in Sudan origin, distribution and some
geotechnical properties”
8. Dr. Ahmed M. Elsharief (Treasurer of SSSMGE, Director of
Building and Road Research Institute, University of
Khartoum) “Design and construction practices of piers in
Nubian Sandstone Formation”
A round-table discussion took place on the second day on
“Construction on Weak Rocks – Challenges and solutions.” The
third day offered the guests a field visit sponsored by the Dams
Implementation Unit (DIU) to the Dam Complex of Upper
Atbara and Setit which is currently under construction. All site
visitors assembled at Khartoum International Airport where a
twin engine Foker plane was ready to departure. The plane took
off from Khartoum with 50 Passengers on board at 7:00am and
the flight took about 50 minutes to reach Alshowak airstrip.
Many presentations were given to the visitors at site. These
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followed by a visit to all ongoing construction activities in the
site. The visit lasted for three hours where the participants
expressed great pleasure and joy to witness a project with such
magnitude.
Photographs taken during the conference are presented below.
Photo 1 Reception of ISSMGE members
Photo 2 Session on-going
ii) NIGERIA
NIGERIAN GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATION (NGA)
(A Division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers)
WORKSHOP ON NEW TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS
IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, April 29-30 2012
The Nigerian Geotechnical Association (NGA) recently hosted
the Board Meeting of the International Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) in Nigeria
– a rare opportunity and first time ever in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In conjunction with this highly esteemed Board meeting the
NGA mounted a Technical Workshop titled: “New Trends and
Developments in Geotechnical Engineering”. The event took
place at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos. The
ISSMGE Board members fully participated as the main resource
persons. Each used the opportunity provided by the forum to
showcase his latest research findings and breakthroughs in
Geotechnical Engineering.
In attendance to listen to the presentations of the ISSMGE
Board members and other supporting resource persons at the
workshop were the entire NGA Executive and members, as well
as Civil and Geotechnical Engineering post graduate students
and other stake holders in the Ground Engineering sector of the
academia, Foundation Construction Industry, Geo-
environmental practice, and Governmental agencies and
departments.
The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE)
was represented by the Deputy President, Engr. Isaac A.
Olorunfemi.
The ISSMGE Board members present included the
President of ISSMGE, Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud, the Secretary
General of ISSMGE, Prof. Neil Taylor, and the Vice-Presidents
for Asia, North America and South America Regions in the
persons of Professors Askar Zhussupbekov, Gabriel Auvinet,
and Roberto Terzariol respectively. Also in attendance were the
ISSMGE appointed Board Members namely, Professors Roger
Frank, Ikuo Towhata, and Charles W. Ng. Not left out and of
course, very actively involved in the Workshop, are the
Chairman of ISSMGE Public Relations Committee, Professor
Marc Balouz and the Vice President for Africa Engr. Professor
Samuel U. Ejezie (the host).
On behalf of the Nigeria Geotechnical Association (NGA),
the Chairman, Prof. S. U. Ejezie welcomed all the ISSMGE
Board members and other participants to the technical
workshop.
After Prof. Ejezie’s welcome address/opening remarks a
Keynote paper was delivered by the President of ISSMGE
titled, “Soil Compaction: Recent Developments”. Thereafter,
other technical papers were presented by the Vice Presidents
and Appointed Board members of ISSMGE. Some Nigerian
geotechnical practitioners and researchers also made
presentations.
Altogether, there were eleven technical papers and
presentations, divided into three major thrust areas of recent
developments in ground engineering and construction thus: (i)
Underground Constructions; (ii) Case Histories in Slope
Failures, Land Reclamation and other Recent Findings; (iii)
Problem Soils of Nigeria and other Soft Soils. In all, Nigerian
geotechnical engineers and researchers contributed five out of
the eleven papers.
At the end of the deliberations, the following important
conclusions and points were made:
• In recent times, Nigeria is acclaimed to be the country with the
largest investment in new infrastructure (competing favourably
with Brazil). This surge in investment by both government and
private institutions in infrastructure development opens a
window of opportunity for geotechnical engineering
professionals to partner with professionals in other disciplines
and ensure that this aspect of ground engineering is practised to
meet design specifications and acceptable standard.
• The road failures and building collapses being experienced all
over the country are not acceptable. All geotechnical
engineering practitioners must come together to fight this
menace by being more active in reporting any default observed
during quality control of construction materials and ground
engineering works.
• Three zonal offices should be opened immediately, each in the
Northern, Eastern and Western zones of the country so as to
promptly furnish NGA and NSE reports on aspects of ground
engineering and materials quality control in road failures and
building collapses.
• There is need for collaboration between Nigerian and
international professionals in ground engineering for a mutually
beneficial relationship and exchange of relevant ideas on recent
developments in ground engineering.
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• NGA will collaborate with the construction industry clients

and other consultants to ensure that major
construction/engineering projects in the country are executed
strictly with full involvement of Nigerian ground engineering
professionals.

• NGA will become proactive and collaborate with the Federal

Ministry of Works and Housing to ensure that competent
geotechnical and materials quality control consultants are
involved in all their major projects with special emphasis on
road construction and monitoring.

• The dearth of ground engineering professionals in the country

must be urgently addressed by encouraging young and bright
civil engineers to choose a career in geotechnical engineering
and instituting post-graduate scholarship scheme through NGA
grants to such deserving graduate students.

• NGA will henceforth seek for research grants and donations

from partner organisations, Corporate Associates and
companies to equip our Universities with modern laboratory and
field equipment to enhance and encourage geotechnical
engineering research in the country.

• There is need for geotechnical engineers to prepare a database

of all major problem soils of Nigeria and also propose
engineering solutions.

• Presently, over 90% of the goods and commodities are hauled

via road transportation. Most of these trucks are overloaded and
contribute to road failure being experienced across the country.
There is urgent need for NGA to recommend the installation of
weigh bridges along all major roads to guard against excessive
axle loading and road collapse.

• Continuous education, training and re-training of all practising

geotechnical engineers is encouraged to enable them offer best
services in ground engineering.

Recommendations:
1. The enthusiasm with which geotechnical practitioners and
students embraced the theme of the Technical sessions needs to
be sustained by ensuring that similar Technical sessions,
covering topical issues, are organised more frequently.
2. Considering the benefits accruable to the construction
industry if ground engineering specialists and professionals are
involved in major construction projects, such as durability,
longer lifespan of infrastructures and cost savings and value-for-
money, it is seen as service to the nation for all ground
engineering professionals to get involved immediately to ensure
that investments by private and government organisations are
not wasted.

3. A Bill should be sent to the National Assembly on the need

for qualified Geotechnical engineers and Materials QC
specialists to be involved in all major infrastructure projects in
Nigeria to arrest Road and Building collapse phenomenon.

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iii) MOZAMBICAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY
FOR ISSMGE, MAY – 2012
Reported in May, 2013 by Saturnino Chembeze (Secretary)
SMG – Associação Moçambicana de Geotecnia: Av. 25 de
Setembro nº 2526
Telef. 213221 85 Fax 21322186, Maputo – Mozambique
1. INTRODUCTION
The Mozambican Geotechnical Society (SMG) is a scientific
association of individual and collective persons, hereon
designated as Society, with headquarters in Maputo. The
Mozambican Geotechnical Society was founded in 2007 and
has a mandate to promote and facilitate the advancement,
exchange and transfer of knowledge, skills and experience in
the relevant field of Geotechnical Engineering for the benefit of
members and the profession.
General objectives of the Society:
to provide members opportunities to upgrade and update
their professional-knowledge and skills;
to present results of their professional activities, by
organizing events and activities to facilitate knowledge,
experience and information transfer and exchange;
to promote co-operation among researchers and
practitioners inside and outside of the country;
to organize meetings at the national and international levels
and study visits;
to promote the publication of works, papers, journals and
bulletins;
to promote national representation in the international
institutions and specialized congresses; and
yearly publish a report about the activities carried out by
the Society during the previous year and with suggestions about
actions to be undertaken.
The Society has been developing many activities in the
promotion of their face in the last years. After a successful 15th
African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (15ARC), hosted in Maputo,
Mozambique, from 18th to 21st July 2011, the society has noted
a significant development, in terms of activities and impact of
its influence in the civil engineering field and in the national
society.
Relationships with other professional organizations have
been developed during these last years allowing some support
for the society. SMG considers that, the relationship with
ISSMGE is a privilege, so this organization is alwais available
to support the society.
SGM is also commited to promote and involve young
engineers and students, to be active in the Geotechnical
Engineering. Cooperation with universities is also one of
important actions that has been carried out throught these years.
The society have been supported Faculty of Engineering with
Geotechnical books for libraries, via sponsor of local companies
to increase the level of students in the faculties, invites studets
for workshops, conferences and other events with total or
reduced fees. It is important to refer that a very useful local
partner company, Tecnica, Engenheiros Consultores, which
always is avaible to support SMG events.
2. Membership Information
SMG members, at the time of completing their membership
form and during the year, are given the opportunity to choose
different areas of interest as their preferences for colaboration.
General Meetings of the Society are not always attended by all
members eventhough promotions, including e-mail reminder,
phone calls, and providing snacks to encourage attendance. The
Society have now 37 members affiliated with the International
Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(ISSMGE), against 32 in the last year. All fees of members are
paid for this year. SMG has his own finances coming from
sponsors from local companies and feeds membership dues
directly to ISSMGE every year.
3. Activities
To achieve their objectives, the society has been disseminating
results of several researches and always invites engineers to
present and discuss with local technicians their experiences. The
main field of action is Soil Mechanics and Foundations,
although other areas like Rock Mechanics, Geoenvironmental
Engineering, Geosynthetics, Engineering Geology, and others
are discussed.
The core of the Society is to promote classical geotechnical
engineering, to promote the documentation of case histories and
experience of practicing engineers, and to promote and facilitate
the continuing education of our members. This occurs through
the regular technical workshops at the local level, through short
courses, symposia, and interaction with the International
Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
During the last few years, the Society organized some
workshops with support of local companies. Some of these
works are indicated below:
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Peter Assinder, form Germany company HUESKER Synthetic
GmbH, 01 de November 2012.
Theme: Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering
This presentation was well attended. There were several
questions at the end of the presentation which indicated that the
audience had a keen grasp on the contents of the presentation.
The society realized that, Geosynthetics could be a very
important area of attention for next years in Mozambique. This
presentation included several slides on geotechnical/erosion
problems around Maputo and presented on potential
geosynthetic solutions to these problems.
Two presentations were prepared by Silva Cardoso - Vice-
Rector and Professor of Geotechnics in Porto University,
Portugal - 15 and 21 June 2012
Presentation 1: Stability of Excavations
Presentation 2: Evaluation of Safety in Geotechnics
These two presentations was attended by more than 100 people
Ricardo Nicolas - geotechnical Engineer, from company
RODIO - Portugal, operating in Mozambique - 28 September
2011
Cases of Errors in Execution of Geotechnical Works - Pile
Walls, Piled Foundation, Jet Grouting and Type Solutions.
The presentation was attended by many civil
engineers, designers, site supervisors of projects,
academics and other interested people.
Some other actions were done, supported by SMG.
Companies from Portugal, Germany, South Africa have
interacted with SMG and presented their communications in
workshop or seminars in Maputo. These companies are not
limited on geotechnics, but in structures, hydrogeology,
geosynthetics, etc.
SMG also encourage and support young engineers to follow
geotechnics and their participation in the national and
international events. The society is supporting the participation
of young engineers in the Conference of Paris for Young
Geotechnical Engineers, this year. Promotes also the
participation of senior engineers and encourage all to research
and present their conclusions in conferences financed by society
via sponsored packages from companies.
4. Perspectives and Vision for the Future and Last
Remarks
The main issue to improve the Society is promotion and
shows the advantages of membership and affiliation.
Promotional workshops are very necessary, there still many
people who don't understand the importance of Geotechnics.
Contractors, designers and other intervenient in civil
engineering must be called to disseminate the importance of this
knowledge. Mobilization is always in course to achieve this
objective.
Arrangements for conferences and short courses are very
important for actual stage in Mozambique.
At the moment, in north and centre of Mozambique there are a
lot of new big projects, mainly in coal and gas. Environmental
aspects will be very important on these projects and SMG
should be in good position to approach to this side. A lot of
slopes, excavations and other geotechnical structures will be
executed there.
Slowly, people are understanding the advantages and
important of Geotechnics in Mozambique. SMG is planning to
support the participation of a small delegation to the 8th
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering from September 2 to 6th 2013, Paris (France).
A great expectative is in mind to discuss with other societies
and colleagues, the way to improve cooperation in geotechnical
Engineering.
iv) GHANA
REPORT ON ENGAGEMENTS OF GHANA
GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY (GGS) 2012
Membership
During the past years, membership of GGS has seen fairly
good increase over the past years. Currently total number of
members in our books stands at fifty-four (54). However about
twenty (20) could be said to be active.
International Seminar
In March 2012, GGS provided the platform to the
International Geosynthetic Society (IGS) for the organization of
international geosynthetic workshop in Ghana. The event
attracted satisfactory attendance of forty-eight (48). Technical
sessions were handled by three IGS council officers. After this
workshop GGS initiated the formation of a local chapter of IGS
and it will be hosting the African Conference on geosynthetics
termed GeoAfrica 2013 starting 18th November 2013.
Executives
GGS had its mandated executives in place during the 2012
annual general meeting (AGM). The following members, as
stipulated by the constitution, were elected to manage GGS for
the 2012 to 2014 period:
• President Prof. S.I.K Ampadu
• Secretary Joseph Oddei
• Treasurer Kweku Mensah-Solomon
• Member Dr. Simon K. Gawu
• Member John Kemeh
MEETINGS
The GGS held a meeting on June 5th 2012. The meeting
saw the need for a committee to look into ethics in geotechnical
practice in Ghana. An ethics committee under the chairmanship
of Dr. Akayuli was set up. The committee presented its report
during the AGM on 31st July 2012. The committee
recommended that the Ghana Geotechnical society follows the
general professional practice and ethics of the Ghana Institution
of Engineers. In addition, the following ISSMGE documents
were reviewed: Guidelines for Professional Practice (March
2004), Appointment of a Geotechnical consultant (Feb 2005),
Geotechnical Ground Investigation (Feb 2005). A committee to
compile a database of geotechnical subsurface profiles in Ghana
was put in place. All members were requested to deposit copies
of their geotechnical investigations with the committee.
v) TUNISIA
ACTIVITIES LED BY THE TUNISIAN SOCIETY FOR
SOIL MECHANICS (ATMS) SINCE 2010
Main activities led the ATMS are summarized below. The
programme consisted of several national technical
meetings/seminars and international Seminars.
1. French Maghrebin Conference in Geotechnical
Engineering (December, 09-11 2010)
Held in Tunis, it was the first conference of series “French
Maghrebin Conference” organized by the Geotechnical
Maghrebin Group to boost the activities between Meghrebin GE
with the assistance provided by the UISF* (UNESCO). Indeed,
this latter launched three Maghrebin groups, among which the
Geotechnical Maghrebin Group, under the label “Science and
technology for the Development of Maghreb”.
2. Technical education in geophysics applied to
geotechnical engineering 27 may 2011 in tunis.
3. Technical education in jet grouting, 25 May 2012
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4. International seminar on soil identification and
geotechnical parameters « param’12 » 15-16 march
2012
This event was attended by Hundred and seventies
participants, coming from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France,
Congo, Mali, Niger, Germany, UK, Togo, Italy and Mauritania.
Thirteen professional institutions exhibited their latest products
in geotechnical engineering. The proceedings of this seminar
comprised twenty five papers (25) including eight keynote talks
given by experts: Jean-Pierre Magnan, Hocine Ejjaaouani,
Ramdane Bahar, Patrick Berthelot, Moulay Zerhouni, Philippe
Reiffsteck, Michel Bustamante and Richard Jardine.
5. Technical education on landslides held in tunis on
28-29 january 2013
First day comprised keynotes talks and oral presentations. A
site visit was organized during the second day for the project of
landslide repairing in National Road 17 in Jendouba’s
Governorate located North-West of Tunisia.
6. ATMS committee supported the 3rd International
Conference on Geotechnical Engineering as organized
by the Geotechnical Engineering Research Team
(National Engineering School of Tunis).
A report on this international event is to be sent to the
ISSMGE secretariat.
From the end of April 2013, ATMS committee started the
preparation of the next African Regional Conference to be held
in Hammamet on April 27-30, 2015. Firs bulletin of this event
will be distributed during the ICSMGE, Paris 2013.
End of report prepared by Prof. Mounir Bouassida and Dr.
Samia Boussetta, June 24, 2013.
vi) SOUTH AFRICA
GEOTECHNICAL DIVISION
South African Institution of Civil Engineering
CHAIRMAN: SECRETARY:
Dr Michelle Theron Dr Nicol Chang
Rust Geotechnical Esorfranki Geotechnical
Consultants 2052 PO Box 39075
PO Box 302 GALLO BRAMLEY 2018
MANOR
Tel: (011) 234 4198 (011) 531 2715
Fax: (011) 088 234 4198 (086) 504 5936
e-mail: michelle@rustgeotechnical.co.za,
nicol.chang@esorfranki.co.za
Home page: http://www.geotechnicaldivision.co.za
List of Past Activities of the Geotechnical Division of the
South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE):
Short courses
The Geotechnical Division of SAICE presented a two day
course on Site Investigation. The course was presented by Prof
C.R. I. Clayton of the University of Southampton and
prominent South African speaker during March 2013.
Awards
• The Gold medal is awarded to an individual who, in the
unanimous opinion of the Division Committee, has made a
significant contribution to furthering the art and science of
geotechnical engineering in South Africa.
Winner: Gavin Wardle
• Jenning award is presented for the best paper relevant to
geotechnical engineering by a member of the Geotechnical
Division published either in SA or elsewhere.
Winner: G. Smit and C.R.I. Clayton for their paper on “The
Behaviour of Modern Flexible Framed Structures Undergoing
Differential Settlemen ”.
• Barry van Wyk Award is presented annually to the author of
the best final year dissertation on a geotechnical topic at a South
African University or University of Technology.
Winner: C. Warren-Codrington (University of Cape Town)
for dissertation on “An Investigation into the Stability of
Structures adjacent to Bulk Excavations for the University of
Cape Town’s New Engineering Building.”
Planned Activities:
• Evening lecture on “Plate load testing” By H. Barnard.
• Jennings Lecture on “Statistical Characterisation of
Geotechnical Parameters” by K. K. Phoon (University of
Singapore) presented at the University of Pretoria and the
University of Cape Town during July.
• Short course on Reliability Analysis & Design in Geotechnical
Engineering by K.K. Phoon (University of Singapore),
presented on 26 July in Midrand.
• AGM November 2013.
• Revision of lateral support codes.
vii) EGYPT
EGYPTIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY (EGS)
Progress Report October 2009 – August 2013
Although the political situation in Egypt was unstable since
January 2011, the Egyptian Geotechnical Society (EGS) was
able to arrange many activities in different directions. Some of
these activities can be summarized as follows:
• Organizing of the Third African Young Geotechnical
Engineers Conference (3AyGEC’12), from 1214 November
2012, Cairo – Egypt. Twenty eight researchers participated from
Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria and Yemen.
The conference is primarily for the benefit of young
geotechnical engineers – where they present their work, discuss,
exchange ideas and interact with their fellow researchers in the
presence of senior chairpersons in their fields. The program
included four keynote lectures, six paper sessions and a
technical visit. The conference was chaired by Prof. Fatma
Baligh (Egypt).
• Organizing the International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering – from Case History to Practice
(ICEGECHP), 1719 June 2013, Istanbul – Turkey. This
conference was initially planned to be in Aswan – Egypt but
due to the unrest, it was moved to Istanbul. The conference was
chaired by Prof. Mohamed Sakr (Egypt) and Prof. Attila Ansal
(Turkey).
• Members of the society contributed in the continuous updating
and adding of new volumes to the Egyptian code of Practice for
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design. This code of Practice is
also implemented in the Arab countries.
• Organizing a series of lectures by EGS members and Egyptian
Professors who work in different foreign countries.
Mohamed A. Sakr; Professor, Ph. D., P.E., MASCE
Board Member & Secretary General, EGS
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The report about activity of Asian Geotechnical Societies in ISSMGE
Askar Zhussupbekov
Vice-President of ISSMGE for Asia
ABSTRACT: This paper included of report of activity .of Asian Geotechnical Societies in ISSMGE (2009-2013),
especially since 2011 till 2013 after Council Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
KEYWORDS: society, conference, symposium, seminar, workshop.
1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Active Asian Geotechnical Societies, which organized several
international conferences, symposiums, workshops, seminars,
etc. are: Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong,
SEAGS, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nepal, Singapore,
Iraq, Lebanon, China, CTGS, Syria, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka,
Tajikistan. Thailand, Kyrgyzstan had some activity and will
organize conferences of end of year. In the following slides
you can find the present activity of Asian Geotechnical
Societies
1.1 The distribution of Asian geotechnical societies
(see Figure 1)
Figure 1. The Asian Region of ISSMGE includes 23 Asian
geotechnical societies
2 CHINESE INSTITUTION OF SOIL MECHANICS
AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING –CHINA
CIVIL ENGINEERING SOCIETY (CISMGE)
2.1 International Conference, seminars:
1.International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for
High-speed Transportation Infrastructure. May 2012,
Hangzhou China, 80 participants
2.Constitutive modeling of Geomaterials – Advance and New
Application (IS-Model2012), October 2012, Beijing China,
90 participants
3.International Symposium on Earthquake-induced
Landslides, November 2012, Kiryu, Japan. 70 participants
4.2012 Forum on Urban Geoenvironment & Sustainable
Development, Hong Kong China, December 2012, 120
participants
5.Geosynthetics 2013, April 2013. Long beach USA.
Participants (NA)
Memorandum of understanding (MOU): CISMGE has MOU
with JGS (2006), ASCE (2009)
Hosting ISSMGE TC: TC-210 Dams and Embankments
(Chairman Dr. XuZeping, China Institute of Water Resources
& Hydropower Research). Holding annual symposiums,
workshops, seminars, shot courses
2.2 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2011Fall the 11th National Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering, Lanzhou China. 1199
participants
• 2011Fallthe 10th National Conference on Pile foundation,
Kaifeng China. 559 participants
• 2011 Fall the 3rd National Conference on Environmental
Geotechnics and Geosynthetics, China. Shanghai 240
participants
• 2012 Spring the 15th Huang Wen Xi Lecture, Nanjing
China, 500 participants
• 2012 Spring National Symposium on Ground Improvement
of Dredger Fill,Wuhan, China. 200 participants
• 2012 Fall The first Geotechnical Forum for Young
Engineers, Beijing, China. 50 participants
• 2012 Fall the First National Conference on Multi-field
Interaction and Environmental Geotechnics, Hanghzou,
China, 170 participants
• 2013 Spring the 16th Huang Wen Xi Lecture, Beijing China,
500 participants
• 2013 Spring The 4th Symposium on Geosynthetics for Soil
Reinforcement
2.3 The periodical journals (2011-2013):
• Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (in Chinese) –
12 times per year (200 papers published)
• Chinese Journal of Earthquake Engineering(in Chinese), 6
times per year (15 papers published)
3 CHINESE TAIPEI GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY
3.1 International Conference, seminars:
1. Symposium in Honor of Prof. Jose M. Roesset (Texas
A&M U). October 17, 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan. 10 papers
from Prof. Roesset and former students were collected and
presented at NTUST at this event.
2. The 5th Taiwan-Japan Joint Workshop on Geotechnical
Hazards from Large earthquakes and Heavy Rainfall (5th
ATC3). November 12~15, 2012 delivered at National Cheng
Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
3. Engineering Numerical Analysis and BEM Taiwan 2013.
March 20, 2013 delivered at National Chung-Hsing U., Prof.
Steven L. Crouch (U. of Minnesota) as the Keynote.
4. Organizing 1st Taiwan-Kazakhstan Joint Workshop in
Geotechnical Engineering. May 27, 2013 to be delivered in
TKU Taipei campus. 19 papers to be presented. 12 delegates
from Kazakh Geotechnical Society, 3 delegates from Japan
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and 9 delegates from Taiwan are sharing and exchanging 3.7 Delegates:
experiences on techniques and educations. • Prof. K.H. Yang, NTUST, 7AYGEC, Tokushima U.,
5. The 15th Conference on Current Researches in Japan.
Geotechnical Engineering in Taiwan. September 11-13, 2013, • Dr. C.C. Lu, Sinotech Consulting Inc. 5iYGEC’13
Yunlin, Taiwan. Profs. CH Juang, James K. Mitchell, F. (see Figure 2).
Tatsuoka, Prof. Robert Y. Liang, Prof. CC Huang, Dr. HS
Hsieh and Dr. Barry Chen will deliver keynote lectures.
3.2 Geotechnical Seminars:
2012.02.29/ ISSMGE VP Asia Lecture delivered at TKU,
Taipei, Taiwan by Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov
Lecture 1: Geotechnical Issues of Megaprojects in
Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan
Lecture 2: Geotechnical and Structural Experiences of
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Disaster (Ukraine, 1986)
2012.05.09/ Lecture: Contributions of Field Case Histories to
Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering delivered at NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan by Prof.
I.M. Idriss
2012.06.20/ 7 lectures were delivered on Advanced FEM
Analysis on Underground Engineering Works by different
CTGS society members at NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan.
2012.06.21/ 2 lectures were delivered on Bored Pile Figure 2. Visiting of CTGS, Taiwan,China,2011
Construction and Analysis by Dr. Steven Dapp, and Dr. H.S.
Hsieh at NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan 4 HONG KONG
2012.10.19/ Seminar lectures on Unsaturated Soils held at
NTUST, Taipei, Taiwan 4.1 Hosting ATC/TC: One-day Seminar on “The Observation
2012.11.23/ 2 lectures delivered by Prof. C.Y. Chin on Method and Its Applicability to Hong Kong” (4 Feb 2012 -
Reliability Based Design and Prof. Malcolm Bolton on jointly organized by HKGES, HKIE-GD, AGS and TC206)
Performance-Based Design in Geotechnical Engineering- 4.2 International Conferences, Seminars: Joint Workshop of
2012 Rankine Lecture. ISSMGE TC101-TC105 on “Experimental Micromechanics
Memorandum of understanding (MOU): TAF (Taiwan) ~ for Geomaterials” on 23-24 May 2013 at the University of
2012.03.17 Hong Kong.
Newsletter publications: Vol. 15 No.3, Vol. 16 No.1~2 (in 4.3 Local Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
Chinese) • Half-day seminar on “Initiatives and Geotechnical Issues
Site reconnaissance (geology tours): Fei-Tsuei Dam Field on Land Supply for Future Development” on 24 March 2012
Trip (75 persons) • Annual Seminar on “Geotechnical Aspects of Tunneling
3.3 Journal Award (2012 Spring CTGS Convention): for Infrastructure Development” on 25 May 2012
• Distinguished Paper - Reliability-Based Robust and • Reprise of the 52nd Rankine Lecture was held on 30
Optimal Design of Shallow Foundations in Cohesionless Soil November 2012 at HKUST. The lecture was organised jointly
in the Face of Uncertainty – by C.H. Juang, L. Wang, S. by HKGES, HKIE-GD and HKUST.
Atamturktur and Z. Luo • Half-day workshop on “Ground Improvement and Slope
• Best Paper – Failure Mechanism of Granular Soil Slopes Engineering” was held on 8 Dec 2012. The workshop was
under High Intensity Rainfalls – by R.H. Chen, K.J. Kuo and jointly organised by HKGES, HKIE-GD and the Indonesian
W.N. Chien Society of Geotechnical Engineering.
• Best Paper – Secondary Compression Behavior in One- • Annual Seminar on “Geotechnical Aspects of Tunneling
Dimensional Consolidation Tests – by T. Takeda, M. for Housing Supply and Development” on 31 May 2013
Sugiyama, M. Akaishi and H.W. Chang (see Figure 3).
• Best Paper – CWT Techniques for Low-Strain Intensity
Testing of Deep Drilled Shafts – by S.H. Ni, W.M. Isenhower
and Y.H. Huang
3.4 CTGS Award (2012 Spring CTGS convention):
• Technical Award - CECI、Sinotech Engr. 、DRTS, TCG
• PhD Thesis Award - Dr. S.H. Wu at NTUST and Dr. C.C.
Liao at NCKU
• MS Thesis Award – Mr. CY Chen at NCTU, Mr. Y.B. Lu at
NCU, Mr. H.H. Juang at NTU
3.5 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2011 Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Taiwan 450
participants
• 2013 Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Taiwan 600
participants
3.6 Periodical journals (2011.10-2013.02):
• Journal of GeoEngineering (in English, EI), Vol. 6 No.4,
Vol. 7 No. 1~4 (23 papers) Figure 3. The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil
• Sino-Geotechnics (in Chinese), Vol. 130, Vol.131~134 Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong,
(65 papers) China, 2011.

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5 INDONESIA
5.1 International Conference, seminars: 1) International
Workshop on Modern Pile Testing Method “PILE
DYNAMICS 2012” 12-13 November, Bandung, Indonesia.
37 participants; 2) International Workshop on Modern Pile
Testing Method “PILE DYNAMICS 2012” 22-24 November,
Wuhan, China. 170 participants.
MOU: ISGE has MOU with Institute of Rock and Soil
Mechanics IRSM, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China
2010).
2st ISGE Award (2012 award for contribution to develop
geotechnical engineering in Indonesia):
Ir. Soekrisno Rammelan; Prof. DR. Ir. A. Aziz Djajaputra; Ir.
PB. Kumara
5.2 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2011 Workshop and Certification for license as
geotechnical expert, Jakarta Indonesia. 31 participants.
• 2011 15th Annual National Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, Jakarta, Indonesia. 380 participants
• 2011 Workshop and Certification for license as
geotechnical expert, Jakarta Indonesia. 37 participants.
• 2012 Workshop and Certification for license as
geotechnical expert, Bandung Indonesia. 32 participants.
• 2012 Workshop and Certification for license as
geotechnical expert, Jakarta Indonesia. 26 participants.
• 2012 National Seminar on Design and Construction
Challenges in Problematic Soil, Surabaya, Indonesia. 90
participants.
• 2012 16th Annual National Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, Jakarta, Indonesia. 320 participants.
• 2012 One-Day Workshop on Ground Improvement for
Infrastructure, Jakarta, Indonesia. 320 participants.
• National Seminar on Building Failure due to Ground
Movement Phenomenon, Pontianak, Indonesia. 120
participants.
• 2012 Workshop and Certification for license as
geotechnical expert, Semarang Indonesia. 23 participants.
• 2012 Workshop and Certification for license as
geotechnical expert, Jakarta Indonesia. 36 participants.
6 IRAQ
6.1 International Conferences, Workshops and Seminar
participations:
• Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics,
San Diego, California, USA, May 24-29, 2010.
• International Symposium, TC 211, IS-GI, Brussels 2012.
• 3rdInternational Conf. on New Development in Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 20-30 June 2012,
Near East University, Nicosia, North Cyprus.
• IVthCentral Asian Geotechnical Symposium, 21- 23 Sept.
2012,Samarkand.
• International Symposium on Sustainable Geosynthetics
and Green Technology for Climate Change (SGCC) held
from 20 to 21 June 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.
• International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering.
Feb. 2013 Hammat-Tunisia.
• 18th International Conference of Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering, Paris, 2013.
• Workshop Of the International Technical Committee on
Soil-Structure Interaction - TC207, Paris, September, 2013.
6.2 National Conferences, Workshops and Seminars:
• Scientific Conference of the Ministry of Construction and
Housing of Iraq, March, 2010.
• Comprehensive Engineering Conference for University
Research Theses – May 2012.
• 1st International Conference for Geotechnical and
Transportation Engineering, Department of Building and
Construction Engineering, University of Technology,
Baghdad, April 3-4, 2013.
• Workshop on Sustainability of Higher Education
Infrastructures, University of Baghdad, College of
Engineering, December 2012
6.3 Periodicals and Journals:
• Al-Handassa Engineering Journal, College of
Engineering, University of Baghdad.
• Engineering and Technology Journal, University of
Technology.
• Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal, University of Mosul.
• Kufa University Engineering Journal.
• Scientific Journal of Tikrit University, Engineering
Sciences.
• Nahrain University College Engineering Journal.
• Al-Muhandis Journal of the Iraqi Society of Engineers.
• Participation in the second international symposium on
Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments
and Historical sites Napoli 30-31. 2013, TC301
7 IRAN
7.1 International Conferences and Seminars:
• Co-organizing the 1st International and 3rd National
Conference on Dams and Hydropower, Feb. 2012, Tehran,
Iran
• Sponsoring the 1st Asian and 4th National Conference on
Tunneling.
7.2 National Conferences and Seminars:
• Co-organizing the 3rd national conference on
Geotechnical Problems of Irrigation and Drainage Networks,
June 2012, Karaj, Iran
7.3 New National Technical Committees:
• Professional Committee, January 2012
• Provincial Committee, June 2012
• Young Members Branch, January, 2013
• Holding monthly meetings of “Geotechnical Directing
Committee”, including geotechnical experts from industry
and academy.
7.4 Project and Site Visits:
• Tehran Metro Line, (Under Construction)
• Niyayesh Urban Tunnel, Tehran, (Under Construction)
Admission of New Members:
• 76 Individual members and 16 incorporate members
7.5 Periodical journals and Bulletins:
• Iranian Geotechnical Journal (in English), 1st issue to be
published soon.
• Quarterly Bulletin for IGS Members, in Persian.
Translation of Lexicon to Farsi (Persian), available in the
ISSMGE website
7.6 New Office for IGS :
• An office for IGS in the heart of Tehran was purchased
with the donations provided by IGS members.
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8 INDIA
Seminars/Workshops (2011):
IGS-Thanjavur Chapter: One day Workshop on Ground
Improvement Techniques (15th Oct.2011).
IGS-Visakhapatnam Chapter: One day Workshop on Soil
Retaining by Reinforcing Techniques (Oct.22, 2011).
Indo-Japanese Workshop: Conducted One day Joint
Workshop in association with Japan Geotech. Society on 14
Dec. 2012.
Annual National Conference by IGS-Kochi Chapter:
Hosted the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC-2011), 15-
17 Dec. 2011. Prof. Askar, V.P. Asia and delegates from
Japan attended.
IGS-Indore Chapter: National Level Paper Presentation
Competition GEOCONCEPT on 14th Oct. 2011.
Seminars/Workshops (2012):
IGS-Ahmadabad Chapter: One day National Seminar on
Engineering for Ground Improvement and Rehabilitation of
Old Structures on 10th March 2012.
IGS-Guntur Chapter: One day Workshop on Green
Infrastructure Projects on 07th April 2012.
IGS-Hyderabad Chapter: First Young Geotech. Engineers
Conference of the State on 31st March 2012.
IGS-Bhubaneswar Chapter: One day Seminar on
Geotechnical Aspects of Infrastructure Projects on August 22,
2012.
IGS-Ludhiana Chapter: One day Seminar along with
Opening of Chapter on 06 July 2012.
IGS-Shimla Chapter: One day Seminar on Critical State Soil
Mechanics along with Opening of Chapter on May 30, 2012.
IGS Election 2012: Conducted Election for New Office
Bearers of IGS for 2013-2014.
IGS-Kakinada Chapter: One day National Seminar on Soil
Problems Related to Indian Terrain and Environment on 30th
Sept. 2012.
IGS-Kochi Chapter: Lecture in memory of Mr. Praphulla
Kumar on 22 Sept. 2012.
IGS-Visakhapatnam Chapter: One day Workshop on
Significance of Rock Mechanics in Civil Engineering on 01-
02 October 2012.
IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration 2012: A prestigious Oration
by Prof. Kerry Rowe, Queens University, Kingston, Canada
on 05th October 2012.
7th AYGEC, Tokushima, Japan: One Young Geotechnical
Engineer Dr. B.Manna participated.
IGS-Ludhiana Chapter: One day Workshop on Reinforced
Soil and Geosynthetics Engineering on 16th Dec. 2012.
Indo-Korean Workshop: Conducted One day Joint
Workshop in Association with IIT-Delhi and Korean
Geotechnical Society on 12th Dec. 2012.
Annual National Conference Indian Geotechnical
Conference, IGC-2012 hosted by IGS-Delhi Chapter in
association with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi from
Dec. 13-15, 2012. Prof. Askar, V.P. Asia and delegates from
Korea attended.
Seminars/Workshops (2013):
IGS-Bhubaneswar Chapter: One day Seminar on Relevance
of Geotechnics in Construction Practices on 27th Jan. 2013.
IGS-Guntur Chapter: One day Workshop on Problems in
Earthquake Prone Areas and Remedies on 23rd Feb. 2013.
IGS-Chennai Chapter: One day Seminar on Embankments:
Design & Construction on 09 March 2013.
IGS-Ludhiana Chapter: Two day National Conference on
Geotechnical and Environmental Aspects of Wastes and their
Utilization on 15-16 Feb. 2013.
Name of ISSMGE TC Society hosted: TC 302 Forensic
Geotech. Engg. (10-12 January, 2013 at Bangalore)---Chair:
Dr. V.V.S. Rao; Secretary: Prof. G.L. Sivakumar Babu; Prof.
G.N. Gandhi, President, IGS attended; Prof. Askar
Zhussupbekov, Vice President, Asia attended.
18th ICSMGE 2013, Paris, France (Sept. 02-05, 2013): IGS
has submitted 13 full length papers for the proceedings of this
Conference. A large number of delegates are expected to
attend the Conference.
8.1 Periodical Journal:
The Indian Geotechnical Society publishes a quarterly Journal
“Indian Geotechnical Journal”. The current Volume No. is 43
of which one issue in January has been published. The
Journal publishes papers both from Research and Field
covering the whole spectrum of geotechnical engineering.
The Journal is printed and published by M/s Springer. The
Journal is accessible ONLINE to all IGS Members.
8.2 Quarterly Newsletter:
Indian Geotechnical Society also publishes a quarterly
Newsletter “IGS NEWS” for the benefit of all its members.
The Newsletter carries features and Chapters’ Activities,
Geotechnical Calendar, Special Teachnical Papers on
Tsunami, Earthquake etc. for the benefit of its members. The
Newsletter is featured on website of IGS (see Figure 4).
Figure 4. International Symposium on Forensic
Geotechnical Engineering, Bangalore, India, 2013
9 JAPAN
9.1 International Conference, seminars:
• The 2nd International Symposium on Transportation
Geotechnics, IS-Sapporo 2012, 10-12September, 2012, Japan.
243 participants from 30 countries. 140 papers.
• International Symposium on Testing and Design Methods
for Deep Foundations, IS-Kanazawa 2012, 18-20September,
2012. 232participants, 165 are from 11 countries in Asia, 48
from 17 countries in Europe, 12 from 3countries in North and
South America, and 5 from Australasia.108 papers.
• The 7thAsian Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference,
7AYGE, 12-14 September 2012, Tokushima, Japan. 65
participants (35 young participants)
9.2 Hosting ATC:
• ATC1(new): Geotechnical Mitigation and Adaptation to
Climate Change-induced Geo-disasters in Asia -Pacific
Regions Chair: Prof. Deness Bergado (Asian Institute of
Technology)
• ATC3: Geotechnology for natural hazards. Chair: Prof.
Ikuo Towhata (The University of Tokyo)
• ATC10: Urban geo-informatics Chair: Dr. Mamoru
Mimura (Kyoto University)
• ATC19: Geo-engineering for conservation of heritage
monuments and historical sites. Chair: Dr. Yoshinori Iwasaki
(Geo-Research Institute)
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9.3 National Conferences:
• 2010 National Geotechnical Conference, Matsuyama.
1,637 participants
• 2011National Geotechnical Conference, Kobe. 1,742
participants
• 2012National Geotechnical Conference, Hachinohe.
1,540 participants
9.4 The periodical journals (2009-2011):
Soils and Foundations (International Journal), 6 issues per
year
1 Japanese Geotechnical Journal (National Journal, in
Japanese, WEB only), 4 issues per year
2 Geotechnical Engineering Magazine (formerly "Tsuchi-
to-Kiso", Journal of Japanese Geotechnical Society, in
Japanese), 12 issues per year
MOU:
• JGS has MOU with GI-ASCE(2003), CISMGE: China
(2006), KGS: Korea (2008), IGS: India (2011)
• Japan-China Geotechnical Symposium 2010 in Okinawa,
Japan
• Japan-US Geotechnical Workshop 2011 at Kyoto, Japan
• Japan-Korea Geotechnical Workshop 2011 at Kobe,
Japan
• Indo-Japan Geotechnical Workshop 2011 at Kochi, India
• China-Japan Geotechnical Symposium 2013 at Chengdu,
China
• Korea-Japan Geotechnical Workshop 2013September
KGS (Korea) Fall Conference, Korea (see Figure 5).
Figure 5. International Symposium on Backwards Problem
in Geotechnical Engineering and Monitoring of Geo-
Construction, Osaka, Japan, 2011
10 KAZAKHSTAN
10.1 International Conference, seminars:
Kazakhstan Geotechnical Society is initiator of established at
TC305 “Megacities and new capitals” and regarding of this
case this society KGS organized per year 10 international
geotechnical Workshops in Kazakhstan (Astana) with
inviting geotechnical experts from leader societies of
ISSMGE (to full number of seminars since 2009-2013 is 30).
• 1st Kazakhstan-Korean Joint Geotechnical Seminar,
Astana, Kazakhstan, 21-22 July 2010
• KGS and KGS Workshop, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2010
• Kazakhstan-USA Joint Geotechnical Seminar, 1 July,
2011, Astana, Kazakhstan
• Kazakhstan-Taiwan Joint Geotechnical Seminar, 8
September, 2011, Astana, Kazakhstan
• 2nd Kazakhstan-Korean Joint Geotechnical Seminar, 20-
23 August 2012, Incheon, Korea
• Kazakhstan-Singapore Joint Geotechnical Seminar,
Astana, Kazakhstan, 10 April, 2013
• Kazakhstan-Estonia Joint Geotechnical Seminar, Astana,
Kazakhstan, 18 April, 2013
10.2 MOU: KGS has MOU with Korean Geotechnical
Society (2011), German Geotechnical Society, 2013
(centered, see Figure 6).
Figure 6. Eurasian Summit, Eurasian National University,
Astana, Kazakhstan, 2012.
11 KOREA
11.1 International Conference, seminars:
1. The 5th Int. Symposium on Deformation Characteristics
of Geomaterials, September 2011, Seoul, Korea. 350
participants
2. Korea(KGS)-Russia(AIIS) Geotechnical Workshop, May
2012, Incheon, Korea. 60 participants
3. Korea-Kazakhstan Joint Geotechnical Seminar, August
2012, Incheon, Korea, 60 participants
4. International Joint Symposium on Urban Geotechnics for
Sustainable Development, 2012, Seoul, Korea. 100
participants
MOU: KGS has MOU with JGS (2008), CGES (2009), KGS
(2009), ASCE (2009), VGS (2009), 2010 (PWRI, Japan),
IGS(2011), AIIS(2012), TNC(2012)
11.2 Hosting ATC:
• ATC-7 Thick Deltaic Deposits (Chairman Nam-Jae
Yoo, Prof., Kanwoon National University, Secretary: Prof.
Yun-Tae Kim, Pukyong National University): Holding annual
symposiums, workshops, seminars, shot courses; Special
Session of ATC-7 during of 14th ARC (Hong Kong)
• ATC 18: Chairman: Prof. Myoung-Mo Kim, Seoul
National University, Secretary: Sang-Seom Jeong, Yonsei
University: 4th Asian Workshop on ATC 18 (Mumbai, India,
September 2010); 5th Asian Workshop on ATC 18 during of
14 ARC 2011, Hong Kong
1st KGS Award (2011 Spring KGS convention):
• Dr. Suzanne Lacasse (Norwegian Geotechnical
Institute)
• Prof. Sangchul Bang (South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology)
2nd KGS Award (2012 Spring KGS convention):
• Prof. Nicholas Sitar(Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Berkeley)
• Prof. Chris Clayton (University of Southampton)
3rd KGS Award (2013 Spring KGS convention): Prof. Neil
Taylor(City University London)
11.3 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2011 Spring Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea. 450 participants
• 2011 Fall Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea.400 participants
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• 2012 Spring Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea. 400 participants
• 2012 Fall Geotechnical Engineering Conference, Korea.
400 participants
• 2013 Spring Geotechnical Engineering Conference,
Korea. 400 participants
11.4 The periodical journals (2011-2013):
• Journal of KGS (in Korean) – 12 times per year (110
papers published)
• International Journal of Geo-Engineering, 4 times per
year (20 papers published)
• Korean Geotechnical Society Newsletter, 4 times per year
• Jiban (Geotechnical Engineering) in Korean, 12 times per
year.
12 LEBANON
12.1 LGES Meetings /Elections:
• A total of 18 Regular Meetings in period from September
2011 to April 2013
• General Assembly 12/2/2013 – Elections were held to fill
the four remaining seats on the LGES council. A new cabinet
was elected as follows from amongst council members: Salah
sadek, President; Muhsin Rahal, Vice President; Jean Pierre
Seoud, General Secretary; Elie rafie, Treasury.
12.2 Seminars and Lectures:
• August 4, 2011 "Hydraulique des fouilles urbaines" given
by Elie Rafie
• September 15, 2011 "Behavior of Large Mats under High
Loads: Two case histories’ given by the ISSMGE's President
Professor J.L. BRIAUD.
• February 12, 2013 “Initiatives and proposals for
regulating the Geotechnical Engineering profession” Mr. Paul
El Hage, Presdient 1st Banch Order of Engineers and
Architects. Beirut.
12.3 Conference Participation:
• Participation in the ISSMGE Toronto Conference: Dr.
Muhsin Rahal, Vice President LGES, 2012
• Participation in the Young Geotechnical Engineers Asia
Conference 2012 Japan : Mr. Samer Hassan-LGES member
• Three Papers submitted and accepted to the upcoming
ISSMGE Paris Congress
• Three young LGES members nominated/accepted to the
young engineers conference, ISSMGE. Papers submitted.
13 NEPAL
13.1 National Conferences, Seminars, Workshops:
• 2009.08 Talk Program: Geotechnical Challenges in Road
Sector of Nepal
• 2010.11 International Talk Program (Two Japanese
Professors)
• 2012.05 NGS Disaster Seminar: Geotechnical
Engineering in Natural Disasters
• 2012.11 One-day Seminar: Geotechnics and Geohazards
14 SOUTHEAST ASIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY
14.1 International Conferences, seminars, Simposia: During
the period 2011 to 2013, the symposia and conferences in the
member countries are:
1. AGSSEA, SEAGS & ISSMGE Touring Lectures and
International Seminars Far Field Seismic Design, Unsaturated
Soils & Soil Improvements on 31 July, 1 & 2 August 2011 in
Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
2. The Third International Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation 2011
(GEDMAR 2011), 17 – 20 May 2011, Semarang, Indonesia.
3. New Challenges in Geotechnical Engineering, 4 August
2011, Cambodia.
4. Geotechnical Engineering for Geo-Disasters and Climate
Change, 8 August 2011, Laos, PDR.
5. Geotechnical Engineering for Landslides, Deep
Foundations and Urban Tunneling, 10 August 2011, Yangon,
Myanmar.
6. Sustainable Mitigation of Geo-Diasters due to Climate
Change and Remedial of Earth Reinforced Wall Using
Combination, 12 August 2011, De La Salle University,
Manila, Philippines.
7. Recent Developments of Deep Cement Mixing (DCM)
Method and Remedial of Earth Reinforced Wall Using
Combination Method on 12 August 2011 in Mapua Institute
of Technology, Manila, Philippines.
8. Sustainable Mitigation of Geo-Disasters Due to Climate
Change and Remedial of Earth Reinforced Wall Using
Combination Method on 12 August 2011 in De La Salle
University, Manila, Philippines.
9. World Tunnel Congress 2012 (WTC2012) and 38th
General Assembly of ITA-AITES, 18 – 23 May 2012,
Bangkok, Thailand.
10. Retirement International Symposium for Professor
Dennes Bergado on “Sustainable Geosynthetics and Green
Technology for Climate Change”, 20 & 21 June 2012,
Thailand.
11. Seminar on Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering, 10
– 16 November 2012, Philippines.
12. Dam Design, Construction, Safety Evaluation &
Associated Problems,7-22 November 2012.
13. Fifth Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics 2012
(Geosynthetics 2012, Asia 2012) 10 to 14 December 2012,
Bangkok, Thailand.
14. 1-Day Soil and Foundation International Seminar, 21
February 2013, Bangkok, Thailand.
15. Visits and Touring Lectures – The 2-day seminar, the
National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in Hanoi
on 18th and 19th February 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Participation in international society affairs
The Society has three distinct groups: Engineering Geology,
Soil Engineering, and Rock Mechanics. These groups are
affiliated with the International Association of Engineering
Geology (IAEG), the International Society for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), and the
International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM),
respectively. The following major activities are as follows:
The 18th Southeast Asian Geotechnical and Inaugural
AGSSEA Conference will be held in Singapore on 29 – 31
May 2013.
14.2 Society journal and newsletters:
Three issues of the Geotechnical Engineering Journals of the
SEAGS are published annually. For the current year 2013
Volume 44, No. 1 to No. 4 will be published. Two SEAGS
Newsletters are distributed annually in February and August.
The Journals and SEAGS Newsletters are circulated to the
members of SEAGS free of charge. Dr. Noppadol Phienwej
of the Asian Institute of Technology and Dr. Ooi Tiek Aun,
IEM, Malaysia are the current Editor of the Journal. The
SEAGS Newsletter is edited and published by Dr. Ooi Tiek
Aun and IEM Team from Malaysia, the SEAGS Secretary-
General.
14.3 Membership status:
The Society Membership Status in the member countries is of
great concern. The recent economic situation has had an
adverse effect on the membership status. The collection of
membership fees was extremely difficult. SEAGS made every
effort to promote Soil Engineering in the region and beyond
through membership drive and professional activities.
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Moreover, several member countries have now formed their
own national societies and joined ISSMGE such as Hong
Kong, Singapore, and Thailand. There is a current campaign
to recruit members from other member countries in ASEAN
such as Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. Touring Lectures
among these countries were done by Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud,
ISSMGE President and Prof. Dennes T. Bergado, Secretary-
General of SEAGS. The Touring Lectures were held from 18-
21 February 2013.
15 SRI LANKA
15.1 Geotechnical Forums:
To keep its members and the interested public informed of
latest developments in geotechnical engineering, SLGS in
January 2005 had formalized a monthly interactive event of
1½ hr duration, referred to as the “Geotechnical Forum”.
• Geotechnical Forum on “Slope Instability and Early
Warning Systems”, 12th December 2011. The lecture was
delivered by a world renowned personality in the field, Prof.
Ikou Towhata of the University of Tokyo.
• Geotechnical Forum on “Landslides, Why is it still so
difficult to Predict?” 26th November 2012. The lecture was
delivered by Dr. Gamini Jayathissa, Scientist, Landslide
Studies and Services Division, National Building Research
Organization, Sri Lanka.
• Geotechnical Forum on “Use of Limit State Design in
Foundation Engineering”, 14th March 2013. The lecture was
delivered by Prof. Ashok Peris, Dean/Faculty of Engineering,
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.
15.2 SLGS Annual Conference:
The Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society organised and
successfully held its annual conference at Wimalasurendra
Auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka on 29th
September 2012 preceding the last General Meeting. Three
presentations on contemporary topics were made as follows:
a) Stabilization of Highway Cut Slopes – Prof. S A S
Kulathilaka, Department of Civil Engineering, University of
Moratuwa
b) Analysis of the settlement monitoring data to assess the
long term performance of the soft soil deposits subjected to
surcharging – Prof. Saman Thilakasiri, Department of Civil
Engineering, University of Moratuwa
c) Ground Improvement for Road Projects-Australian
Experience – Dr Jayantha Ameratunga, Senior Principal
Coffey Geotechnics, Australia
15.3 SLGS Newsletters:
The Newsletter of SLGS has been published in a new format
since July 2005. The following issues of the Newsletter were
published during the above period.
• SLGS Newsletter, November 2012 Issue
• SLGS Newsletter, February 2013 Issue
15.4 SLGS Geotechnical Journal:
• SLGS Geotechnical Journal, Volume 5: Number 1 issue
of the SLGS Geotechnical Journal in August 2012. The issue
includes four articles of which the first one is on the
development of high capacity torsional shear apparatus for the
measurement of small strain deformation properties of soils.
The second and third articles related to rain-triggered
landslides while the last one establishes empirical correlations
for Sri Lankan peaty soils.
Geotechnical Seminar
Seminar on Geotechnical Finite Element Analysis using
Plaxis Programs, 22nd February 2013 by Dr. William Cheang
who is currently a Principal Geotechnical Consultant in Plaxis
AsiaPac. Pte. Ltd.
15.5 SLGS Project Day:
The Society organises this event comprising of commendable
undergraduate projects in Geotechnical Engineering in Sri
Lankan Universities. This is an annual event of SLGS and is
organised with the objective of promoting research among
undergraduates and young engineers. They are required to
submit a four page paper and to make a 20 minutes
presentation. The best project is presented with an award.
• 27th September, 2012. Six young presenters
15.6 Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference:
This event is specifically intended for young practicing
engineers involved in the field of geotechnical engineering
encouraging them to share their experience in problem
solving.
• The first event of this kind took place on 02nd April 2013.
The proceedings included 8 papers from Young Geotechnical
Engineers
15.7 18th ICSMGE and Representation of SLGS:
The 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering organized by the International
Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering is
scheduled to be held during 2-6 September 2013 in Paris,
France. SLGS submitted three abstracts which were
eventually reviewed and accepted. Full papers have also been
submitted accordingly.
16 SINGAPORE
International Geotechnical Seminar with BCAA and support
from ISSMGE
Recent Developments, Construction Challenges and Forensic
Investigation of Geotechnical Works, 24th & 25th October
2012
Jack-in Piling – Environmental Friendly Piling System by
CSC Holding, 7th Nov 2012. 52nd Rankine Lecture by Prof
Malcolm Bolton, 4th December 2012. 5th AGM, 4th December
2012. GeoSS 2012 Awards: Outstanding Geotechnical
Engineers and Outstanding Geotechnical Entrepreneurs, 4th
December 2012
GeoSS – BCA Industry Learning Trip to Taiwan 17th -20th
March 2013 and networking with Taiwan Geotechnical
Society
17 SYRIA
• Organization and participation national meeting related
with Reconstruction of old foundation of historical
monuments. Damascus, 2011.
• 21-22/11/2011 attendance and participation of the 51th
Science Week at Damascus University, Damascus, 2011.
• Attendance and participation of the Sixth Conference of
water management, energy and waste. (Investment in
sustainable energy and water), in Paradise Tower Hotel,
Damascus. March, 2012.
• Organization and participation of symposium
“engineering tests reality and prospects”. At Engineers
Syndicate, Damascus. May, 2012.
• Organization and participation national workshop
related with Earthquake Geotechnical engineering, Higher
Institute for Earthquake Researches and Studies (HIERS)
Damascus University, May , 2012.
18 TAJIKISTAN
18.1 International conference, symposiums:
• 14th Asian Regional Conference on soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering. Hong Kong, China, 2011.
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• All-Russian scientific and technical conference
«numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, SPBGASU,
2011..
• IV Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium "Geo-
Engineering for Construction and Conservation of Cultural
Heritage and Historical Sites (Challenges and Solution)" –
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 21-23 September. 2012.
• Тhe annual scientific Conference of the Faculty and staff
of the Tajik Technical University (Geotechnical section). –
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2011-2013 biennium.
19 VIETNAM
19.1 International Conferences, seminars, courses:
• 1st International conference on Geotecnics for
Sustainable Development Geotec Hanoi 2011, 6-7 October,
2011, Hanoi, Vietnam. 450 participants from 25 countries.
• Short course on Tunneling in Soft Soil, given by Prof.
Alain Guilloux and Prof. Pierre Duffaut (France) in Hanoi 10
October, in Da Nang 12 October and in Ho Chi Minh City 13
October 2011.
• Vietnamese Geotechnical Day 16 May 2012 in Hanoi, 22
May 2012 in Da nang City, and 25 May 2012 in Ho Chi Minh
City.
• Seminar Geotechnical Engineering for Green
Development GEGD2013, 18-19 January 2013, Hanoi
(Lecturing tour by Prof. Jaen-Louis Briaud, ISSMGE
President).
19.2 The periodical journals (2011-2013):
Vietnamese Geotechnical Journal (VGJ) releases four issues
per year. During 2 October 2011 till 15 April 2013, the
following issues have been published:
• VGJ issue December 2011
• VGJ issue March 2012
• VGJ issue June 2012
• VGJ issue September 2012
• VGJ issue December 2012
(see Figure 7).
Figure 7. The 1st International Conference on Foundation
and Soft Ground Engineering Challenges in Mekong Delta
20 CONCLUSION
1. Asian Technical Committees are more concentrated in
JGS (Japan), KGS (Korea) and KGS (Kazakhstan). There
must be also other Asian technical committees to open door
in other Asian regions with focusing on local geotechnical
specifics and challenges.
2. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are newly joined
members and probably need to establish international
geotechnical seminars such as Touring Lectures.
3. Board of ISSMGE and also Asian Council Members must
systematically work for opening of new Asian geotechnical
societies (Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, UAE, Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Philippines, Cambodia,
Jordan and other countries in Asian Region).
4. Asian Technical Committees must be prepare their term
of references for including to website of ISSMGE
5. Asian Geotechnical Societies must be also increasing
members of CAes and Foundation Donors of ISSMGE for
supporting of young geotechnical generation for attending
international and regional geotechnical conferences.
6. Important issues in present: to establish an Asian
Emergency Task Force Teams to study natural geohazards
including earthquakes, tsunami and landslides, and to make
recommendations for mitigating these hazards; to develop
more interactions between practice and academic partners /
sectors within the member societies and also to connect to
international organizations including UNESCO, ISO and UN.
21 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want express deep thanks for each Presidents and General
Secretaries of Asian Geotechnical Societies for their great
efforts of development activity of Asian Region of ISSMGE.
I would like say special thanks for ISSMGE Board (2009-
2013): Prof. Neil Taylor, Prof. Pedro Simão Sêco e Pinto,
Prof. Samuel Uche Ejezie, Prof. Michael C.R. Davies, Prof.
Ivan Vaníček, Prof. Gabriel Auvinet, Prof. Roberto Terzariol,
Prof. Roger Frank, Prof. Charles Ng, Prof. Ikuo Towhata for
work together 4 years under and with our President of
ISSMGE Prof. Jean-Louis Briaud (2009-2013), who maked
great revolution in structure of ISSMGE.
I want also express of my appreciations to my secretariat in
Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan: Dr. Assel
Tulebekova, Ms. Bibigul Abdrakhmanova, who help me at
during time of my duty as VP for Asia.
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REPORT FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ISSMGE FOR AUSTRALASIA

Rapport du vice-président de SIMSG pour l'Australasie

M.C.R. Davies
ISSMGE Vice-President for Australasia

ABSTRACT: This report contains a summary of the highlights of the activities of the ISSMGE Member Societies in Australasia – the
Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) and the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) - for the period since the last Council
meeting in Toronto in October 2011.

RÉSUMÉ : Ce rapport contient un résumé des points saillants des activités des SIMSG Sociétés Membres en Australasie –
l’Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) et la New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS) - pour la période depuis la dernière
réunion du Conseil à Toronto en octobre 2011.

KEYWORDS: Regional report, Australasia.

to engineers on both sides of the Tasman Sea – which separates

1 MEMBER SOCIETIES
Australasia is the smallest ISSMGE region in terms of the
number of Member Societies. However, in terms of its
membership – which at 1590 in 2013 represents some 8% of the
ISSMGE membership - Australasia ranks 4th out of the 6
ISSMGE regions. Australia and New Zealand are not highly
populated counties and the current membership of the region
represents 89 ISSMGE members per million of the population
(46 for Australia and 132 for New Zealand), Figure 1. This
compares to an overall average of 11 ISSMGE members per
million of the population for the Society as a whole. These
statistics reflect not only the high level of interest in the
ISSMGE by engineers in the region but also the level of
geotechnical engineering activity taking place.
the two countries – New Zealand is located at the boundary of
the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates and has, therefore, a
much higher risk of major earthquake hazards than Australia,
which is not located on any major tectonic plate boundaries.
Australia has an extensive mining industry that requires the
expertise of geotechnical engineers. This industry is
contributing to a relatively strong economy in Australia and the
growth in its population. This, in turn, has resulted in major
opportunities for infrastructure development. There is a demand
in both counties, therefore, for practitioners with a wide range
of expertise across the range of geotechnical engineering;
including engineering geology, rock mechanics and soil
mechanics. It is not surprising, therefore, that both the AGS and
the NZGS are the national societies for the IAEG and the ISRM
as well as the ISSMGE. Although in both cases ISSMGE
members represent the largest group.

Figure 1. ISSMGE Members per 106 of the population. (After data

presented by Professor Roberto Terzariol, Vice President for South
America, in ISSMGE Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2011)

To some extent the importance of geotechnical engineering
in both Australia and New Zealand is for similar reasons but
there are specific national conditions that prevail. For example,
in both countries there is a requirement to deal with natural
hazards that have large scale detrimental effects on society.
However, whilst slope stability presents geotechnical challenges
Figure 2. Australian Geomechanics Society - membership
Since the beginning of the current ISSSMGE presidency in
2009 the membership of both the AGS and the NZGS as grow
significantly. The AGS is the largest Technical Society within
Engineers Australia and its membership currently stands at

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1,743 (1,276 in 2009); of these members 1,033 (800 in 2009)
are affiliated to ISSMGE, Figure 2. This represents a growth of
29% in ISSMGE membership since 2009. The NZGS now has a
membership of 982 (731 in 2009) of whom 575 (421 in 2009)
are ISSMGE members, Figure 3. The increase in ISSMGE
membership being 37% over the period 2009-2013.
Figure 3. New Zealand Geotechnical Society - membership
In October 2011 Sam MacKenzie was elected as AGS
National Chair and Darren Paul as Vice Chair & Treasurer.
Since 2009 Professor Mark Jaksa has served on the National
Committee as AGS Liaison Officer for the ISSMGE and he will
be succeeding me as ISSMGE Vice-President for Australasia. In
2011 David Burns became Chair of the NZGS Management
Committee with Gavin Alexander as Vice-Chair & Treasure. In
2012 Gavin Alexander succeeded as the Chair with Charlie
Price becoming the Vice-Chair & Treasurer.
ISSMGE members from the region serve on many of the
ISSMGE Technical Committees and the ANZ hosts two TCs,
viz. Physical Modelling (TC104) and Geo Education (TC306).
These two TCs are chaired by Professor Christophe Gaudin and
Professor Mark Jaksa, respectively. Members of AGS also serve
as officers of TCs, i.e. Professor David White (Secretary of
TC104) and Professor Mark Randolph (Vice Chair of TC209).
Dr Elisabeth Bowman of the NZGS is the Secretary of TC208
(Slope Stability).
2 ACTIVITIES
The Australian Geomechanics Society and the New Zealand
Geotechnical Society are both highly vibrant member societies
of the ISSMGE. Because of the geographical spread of their
membership both societies organise their activities through
Chapters (AGS) or Branches (NZGS). In addition to regular
technical meetings both societies have a very active
programmes of special events, as can be seen in the appendices
to this report. These include Young Geotechnical Professional
activities, specialist seminars and lectures from distinguished
speakers. In addition, both societies have a number of prizes and
awards to recognise the achievements of their members.
Australian Geomechanics is the “official” journal of the
AGS, which is published quarterly, in March, June, September
and December, by the Institution of Engineers Australia. It is
edited and produced by the Australian Geomechanics Society
and is distributed to all members of the AGS. Over the last few
years Australian Geomechanics has published special issues
concentrating on the geotechnics in regions of the country
together with a special issue (in June 2011) on Landslide risk
management (see Appendix A). The New Zealand Geotechnical
Society publishes a biannual bulletin, Geomechanics News, for
its members in June and December of each year. Each issue of
the bulletin publishes special features (see Appendix B) most
notable of these in the period of this report is the June 2011
issue, which contained a series of articles about the February
2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence.
In addition to the regular publications produced by AGS and
NZGS both societies also publish technical guides. Whilst the
NZGS has been involved in developing geotechnical earthquake
engineering advice for many years the Christchurch earthquake
sequence has increased the requirement for this and the NZGS
has responded by accelerating the process of preparing a series
of Modules for its Seismic Design Guidelines series.
The member societies in the Australasia region have
continued during the last presidential period to organise and
sponsor a significant number of seminars, symposia and
conferences. These are detailed in the appendices. Most notable
of these was the ISSMGE Australasia regional conference,
ANZ 2012, held in Melbourne during July 2012. This
conference, which attracted 558 delegates from around the
world, was universally acclaimed as a great success both from
its technical content and the standard of organisation. This
demonstrated that the AGS was not only capable of organising a
world class conference but it could also attract delegated to it
from around the globe.
There are a number of major ISSMGE conferences being
planned to be held in the region in the next few years. The 5th
International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical
Engineering (TC203) to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand
in 2015. Four ISSMGE conferences will be taking place in
Australia: 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling
in Geotechnics (TC104), Perth 2014; 7th International Congress
on Environmental Geotechnics (TC215), Melbourne 2014; 6th
International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (TC106),
Brisbane 2014; 5th International Conference on In-situ Testing
and Geophysical Characterisation (TC102), Brisbane 2016.
Having demonstrated its ability to host a major international
conference the AGS formed a committee, headed by former
AGS Chair Graham Scholey, which prepared a very strong bid
to host the 19th Conference of the International Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) in Sydney
during September 2017, Figure 4. Despite the strong support for
the ISSMGE in Australia and New Zealand the ICSMGE has
not been held in the Australasia region in the history of the
Society. In the hope of redressing this anomaly the AGS bid for
the 19th ICSMGE was supported strongly by the NZGS.
However, in the vote taken at the Paris council meeting the
AGS bid lost out to the proposal from South Korea and the 19th
ICSMGE is to be held in Seoul in 2017. Although very
disappointed by the result of the vote, the AGS has indicated
that it wishes to bid to host the 20th ICSMGE.
Figure 4. Logo for AGS bid to host the 19th ICSMGE
As will be seen from this report, although the ISSMGE
Australasia region has only two member societies, the high
quality of research and practice in geotechnical engineering in
the region together with the energy of the membership and
management committees of the AGS and the NZGS result in the
region being highly active. It is, therefore, exceptionally
pleasing that one of the two societies, the NZGS, has been
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recognised by the ISSMGE for its vitality by being selected for Conferences organised by AGS as the main organising organisation
the inaugural Award for the Outstanding Member Society. (held since 2011)
From a personal perspective, it has been a privilege to serve
as the Vice-President of the ISSMGE for Australasia and to  ANZ 2012 – Ground Engineering in a Changing World, 15 to 18
July 2012, Melbourne
represent such an active region on the Board of the ISSMGE. I
 [the ISSMGE regional conference – this attracted 588 delegates]
have enjoyed working with both the AGS and NZGS, which are
 9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, 11 to 14
exemplary in their activities for their members as well as for the July 2012, Melbourne (organised jointly by ANZ and NZGS)
profession and society as a whole. I am confident that both
Australasian ISSMGE Member Societies will continue to be Seminars organised (held since 2011)
highly active and successful.
 Landslide Risk Management Roadshow, March-June 2011, Various
locations in Australia
3 APPENDIX A - AUSTRALIAN GEOMECHANICS  Various technical talks and seminars - about 6 to 10 talks a year in
SOCIETY (AGS) each of the 7 chapter locations
 Sydney Symposium – Recent Advances and Past Experiences, 13
This appendix contains a summary of the highlights of the November 2013 (in Conjunction with Engineers Australia
activities of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS). Structural College)
 Brisbane Symposium – Geotechnical Challenges and Lessons
Membership statistics Learned, 3 October 2013
 Engineering Geology of Western Australia, 9 November 2012,
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Perth
AGS 1,275 1,368 1,484 1,790 1,743
ISSMGE 800 873 873 963 1,033 Conferences co-sponsored (held since 2011)

Young Geotechnical Professional Activities  International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground
Control: Transport Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazards
 9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, 11 to 14 Mitigation, 30 Oct to 2 November 2012, Wollongong [Co-sponsors:
July 2012, Melbourne (organised jointly by ANZ and NZGS) University of Wollongong, ISSMGE (TC202, TC211, TC303), igs,
Geo-Institute]
Publications
International and other distinguished speakers (since 2011)
Australian Geomechanics - published 4 times per year (editor: Patrick
MacGregor). Special issues were: Name Date of visit Title of talk or Comments
 Victorian Geotechnics – March 2010 seminar
 Tasmanian and South Australian Geomechanics – September 2010 Professor Oct 2011 Geohazards and 2009
 West Australian Geomechanics – December 2010 Tom Large Rankine
 Landslide Risk Management – June 2011 O’Rourke Geographically Lecture
 Illawarra Geotechnics – March 2012 Distributed Systems
 Sydney Geotechnics – September 2012 Dr Robert February 2012 Reinforced Soil 2010
 Queensland Geotechnics – March 2013 Holtz Technology: From Terzaghi
 Western Australia Geotechnics – June 2013 Experimental to the lecture
Familiar
 Offshore Geotechnics – December 2013
Dr Nick July 2012 Sustainable
O'Riordan Resilient Ground
Technical reports/ professional advice
Engineering
Professor October & Geotechnical design
 Details of reports produced or planned. Dissemination of
Brian November 2012 with reference to
information via web or other means (e.g. workshops):
Simpson Eurocode EC7
 Illustrative Sections Depicting Landslide Susceptibility of the
Professor 2012 Geotechnical 51st
Illawarra Escarpment (2012) – on AGS web page.
Scott Sloan Stability Analysis Rankine
 Landslide Risk Management – “Risky Roadshow” seminars Lecture
delivered in 2011 around Australia.
Professo September & Performance-based 52nd
 Landslide Risk Management – Education Empowerment Website Malcolm October 2013 design in Rankine
delivered in 2011. Bolton geotechnical Lecture
 Landslide Risk Management - Australian GeoGuides – Education engineering
Empowerment Website Professor June 2013 Geocharacterization
 Review of Australian Standard AS1726 Geotechnical Site Paul Mayne in the Year 2013
Investigations - AGS have applied to Standards Australia to and Beyond
commence revision of this important standard. A draft has been Professor Ian November 2013 Geotechnical John Jaeger
prepared by AGS and we await a response from Standards Australia Johnson Education lecture
on the projects acceptance. The process is likely to take two years.
 AGS have been lobbying the NSW government regarding the
licensing of ‘test bores’ in order to gain clarification for its
members on when a groundwater well needs to be licensed. The
issue is primarily about protection of groundwater resources and the
distinction been a groundwater extraction well and a geotechnical
standpipe for groundwater monitoring.
 AGS are making a push to raise the awareness of AGS with similar
organisations in Australia such as: Australian Institute of
Geoscientists, AusIMM, Eastern Australia Ground Control Group,
Ground Control Group (WA).
 AGS are commencing a project on documenting its history.
 AGS are exploring the issues associated with formulating an AGS
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Conferences and seminars being planned in next few years (with AGS Prizes and awards (National only)
as main or co-sponsor)
Award Year of Winner
Title Date(s) and Name of organising award
location of organisation and EH Davis Memorial 2011 Dr Mark Cassidy
conference or other co-sponsor (if Lecture (biennial)
seminar any) Geotechnical 2012 Gary Chapman
19th ICSMGE 2017 ISSMGE Practitioner of the
Sydney [Bid made at Paris Year Award (biennial)
Council meeting but D.H. Trollope Medal 2012 Dr Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
not successful] Design procedure for vertical
5th International 4-6 December International drains considering a linear
Conference on Problematic 2013 Association of variation of lateral
Soils Melbourne Engineering permeability within the smear
Geologists zone
(Commission 18, John Jaeger Memorial 2012 Professor Ian Johnston
Collapsible Soils), Award
RMIT AGS – Don Douglas 2012 David Lacey
8th International January 2014 ISSMGE (TC104) Youth Fellowship
Conference on Physical Perth The Australian 2011 Dr W.S. Kaggwa and Dr Y.L.
Modelling in Geotechnics Geomechanics Award Kuo. Probabilistic Techniques
7th International Congress 9-14 November ISSMGE (TC215) in Geotechnical Modelling –
on Environmental 2014 Which One Should You Use?
Geotechnics Melbourne AG Vol 46 28 No 3 September
6th International July 2014 ISSMGE (TC106) 2011
Conference on Unsaturated Brisbane 2012 Peter C Stone - Landslide
Soils (UNSAT 2014) impacts on the South Coast
10th ANZ Young 2014 NZGS Railway During the 1988-90
Geotechnical Professionals Brisbane El Nino Event
Conference Engineers Australia Sir 2011 Andrew Leventhal
5th International 2016 ISSMGE Technical John Holland Civil
Conference on In-situ Brisbane Committee TC102 Engineer of the Year
Testing and Geophysical
Characterisation

Training courses etc. 4 APPENDIX B - NEW ZEALAND GEOTECHNICAL

Title of course Date(s) and Name of organising
location organisation and other co-
sponsor (if any)
AGS Geology for Bi-Annual course Delivered by Dr Fred
Engineers Course since 2008 Baynes, Baynes Geologic,
Adelaide Mark Eggers, Pells Sullivan
Meynink and Dr Phil
Flentje, University of
Wollongong Faculty of
Engineering for the AGS as
a CPD Course.
AGS Engineering 22-30 September Delivered by Dr Fred
Geology Course 2012 Baynes, Baynes Geologic,
Wollongong Mark Eggers, Pells Sullivan
Meynink and Dr Phil
Flentje, University of
Wollongong Faculty of
Engineering for the AGS as
a CPD Course.
Soil & Rock August 2012 Delivered by Dr Fred
Logging Course – Melbourne Baynes, Baynes Geologic,
AS1726 August 2013 for the AGS as a CPD
Geotechnical Site Adelaide Course.
Investigations
SOCIETY (NZGS)
This appendix contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS).
Membership statistics
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
NZGS 731 756 759 884 982
ISSMGE 421 440 443 506 575
Young Geotechnical Professional Activities
 9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, 11 to 14
July 2012, Melbourne (organised jointly by ANZ and NZGS)
 2011 NZGS Student Awards, 20 October 201, Auckland
 2012 NZGS Student Awards Poster Competition, 27 November
2012, Auckland (main) / Hamilton (video streamed) / Christchurch
(video streamed)
Publications
NZ Geomechanics News – published 2 times per year (editors Hamish
Maclean and Camilla Gibbons)
 Featured articles:
 June 2011 Issue – Special feature with articles on Christchurch
earthquake of February 2011
 December 2011 – Geology of the Auckland Urban Area –
Revisiting Kermode (1992) and the Manukau Fault
 June 2012 – Special feature containing past articles of Life
Members of NZGS
 December 2012 – Geotechnical Engineering and Hydrogeology-
Driving the Victoria Park Tunnel Project
 June 2013 – Includes a Technical Article on the ‘Liquefaction
Severity Number,’ a new Christchurch specific liquefaction damage
index based on correlations with extensive damage observations
and geotechnical investigations

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Technical reports/ professional advice International and other distinguished speakers (since 2011)

Details of reports produced or planned. Dissemination of information Name Date of visit Title of talk or Comments
via web or other means (e.g. workshops): seminar
 Video presentations from branch meetings on website at Professor Scott April 2013 Geotechnical Institution of
http://www.nzgs.org/about/presentations.htm W Sloan Stability Civil
 Fact Sheets: Why Buildings Respond Differently to Earthquakes; Analysis Engineers
Canterbury (Lyttelton) Earthquake (UK) and
 Geotechnical Engineering Practice – Module 1 – Guideline for the NZGS
identification, assessment and mitigation of liquefaction hazards, Presentation of
published July 2010 and freely available from our website.
the 51st BGA
 Electronic transfer of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data
Rankine
(AGS4 NZ v1.0)developed and released 2012
Lecture
 NZGS Seismic Design Guidelines: “Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering Practice” Professor November Plant Root
 Module 1: Identification, assessment and mitigation of liquefaction Michael 2012 Reinforcement of
hazards - review underway in light of recent seismic events, release Davies Slopes
planned for Q3 2013 Dr Brian November Numerical
 Module 2: Foundations – draft being circulated for comment, Simpson 2012 Analysis in
release planned for Q3 2013 Geotechnical
 Module 3: Retaining Walls – under development Design – don’t
 Workshops are planned for August 2013 in several centres to forget the soil
launch Modules 1 and 2. mechanics!
 N.B. Christchurch earthquakes have dominated the geotechnical Professor October 2012 Building Near
engineering community since 2010 Jonathan D. Faults
 Formal submission to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Bray
Commission (CERC) on geotechnical matters around formal
Professor Nick July 2012 Seismic stability
guidance following the Christchurch earthquake sequence.
O’Riordan of deep
 Formal submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment (MBIE) on the Earthquake Prone Buildings policy excavations in
following the Christchurch earthquake sequence. dense urban
 Contribution to the Engineering Reference Group established by areas
MBIE to provide a governance role in relation to government’s Professor Jean- July 2012 Unsaturated Soil
response to the CERC recommendations. Louis Briaud Behaviour for
 Contributing to the NZSEE Building Assessment Guidelines the Practicing
Review (there is an NZGS representative on the study group) Engineer
Dr Gopal April 2011 Seismic Design
Conferences organised by NZGS (held since 2011) Madabhushi of Pile
Foundations
 9th ANZ Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference, 11 to 14
July 2012, Melbourne (organised jointly by ANZ and NZGS) Conferences and seminars being planned in next few years (with NZGS
as main or co-sponsor)
Seminars organised (held since 2011)
Title Date(s) of Name of
 Quantitative Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering – conference or organising
Professor D.V. Griffiths -3 July 2013 seminar organisation and
 Short Course on In Situ Testing: Use and application of the CPT for other co-sponsor (if
Geotechnical Engineering Practice - Prof Peter Robertson - August
any)
2012
 Short Course on In Situ Testing: CPT (Cone Penetration Test) 19th New Zealand 20-23
DMT (Flat Dilatometer Test) and Tee-bar - Ernst Wassenaar and Geotechnical Society November 2013
Diego Marchetti - July and August 2012 Symposium Hanging by a Queenstown
 Seismic stability of deep excavations in dense urban - Professor thread? Lifelines,
Nick O’Riordan - July 2012 Infrastructure and Natural
disasters
Training courses etc. 10th ANZ Young 2014 AGS
Geotechnical Brisbane,
Title of Date(s) and Name of Comments Professionals Conference Australia
course location organising ANZ 2015 - The 2015 AGS [the 12th
organisation Changing Face of the Wellington ISSMGE regional
and other co- Earth: Geo-Processes & conference for
sponsor (if any) Human Accelerations Australasia]
Field Mapping April 2012 University of Delivered by 6th International 13-16 ISSMGE (TC203)
Course Auckland Auckland Dr Warwick Conference on September 2015
Prebble and Earthquake Geotechnical Christchurch
Paul Salter Engineering
Ground December University of Delivered by
Behaviour 2010 Auckland Professor John
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Prizes and awards (National only)

Award Year of Winner

award
Young Geotechnical 2012 Catherine Tatarniuk, Andy
Professionals Hope, Frances Neeson, Luke
Conference Awards Storie, Erica Cammack, Karly
Shields, Leon Gerrard,
Richard Heritage, Jason
Anderson, Jason Kelly
New Zealand 2011 Mohammad Jawad Arefi
Geotechnical Society
Scholarship
New Zealand 2011 Dr David Bell, Geo-Logic and
Geotechnical Society the art of Geotechnical
Geomechanics Lecture Practice
New Zealand 2012 Richard Heritage/Andrew
Geotechnical Society Holland
Young Geotechnical
Professionals
Fellowship
New Zealand 2012  Xiaoyang Qi [Co-author:
Geotechnical Society Wai Man Cheung] - A
Student Awards numerical and
experimental study of SSI
using a lamina box on a
shake table, University of
Auckland.
 Julian Lees [Co-author:
Rowan Ballagh] - CPT
Analysis of Liquefaction
and Re-liquefaction,
University of Auckland.
 Michael Cunningham -
Geotechnical changes
inherent in the breakdown
in structure of sensitive
rhyolitic soils in the
Tauranga/Bay of Plenty
region, University of
Waikato.
2011  Saskia de Vilder - An
Engineering Geological
Investigation of the Tutira
Landslide Dam, Hawke's
Bay, New Zealand,
University of Auckland.
 Sam Harris - A Site
Specific Warning System
for Rainfall Induced
Landslides, University of
Auckland.

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Report from the Vice-President of ISSMGE for Europe
I.Vaníček
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Eng.
1 INTRODUCTION.
This report contains a summary of the highlights of the
activities in Europe for the period since the Council Meeting in
Alexandria, in October 2009, after the election of new ISSMGE
Board for the tenure 2009 – 2013.
My advantage during this tenure was the fact that two last
vice-presidents for Europe Prof. P.Seco E. Pinto and Prof.
Roger Frank were also members of ISSMGE Board so I had
chance to discuss some problems directly with them.
2 EUROPEAN SOCIETIES – CONTACTS AND
FEEDBACKS
During my tenure I had chance to speak nearly with all
representatives of individual countries to be informed about
their activities, about manners how they are leading society on
the national level. I collected from them many different
comments and recommendations with respect to the society
activities and improvements. Some of these meetings can be
mentioned, as:
- Meeting of the European societies during XV European
Conference in Athens 2011;
- Meeting with representatives of societies from the Danube
river-basin – during Danube-Geotechnical Conference in
Bratislava, 2010;
- Meeting with representatives of societies around Baltic Sea
–during Baltic-Sea Geotechnical Conference in Rostock, 2012;
- Meeting with representatives of Nordic societies – during
Nordic Geotechnical Meeting in Copenhagen, 2012;
- Meeting with individual members during activities of the
European regional technical committees, ELGIP platform,
National Conferences, etc.
Very useful feedback I obtained from the replies to the
questionnaire which I distributed to the European societies at
the end of the last year.
From all these contacts I obtained very good overview what
is going on in individual countries and what are their opinions
about the ISSMGE activities and what they are proposing for
the improvement in the future.
2.1 National European Societies
At the moment 37 ISSMGE National Societies are in
Europe, it means 3 more than at the beginning in 2009. During
last period Israel Society asked to be part of the European
region and this application was approved during the last Council
Meeting in Toronto. Two new members are Belorussian
Geotechnical Society and Bosnia and Herzegovina –first one
from new independent states of the former Soviet Union and the
second one from the former Yugoslavia. Small increase can be
expected also in the future as not all new independent states are
our members (e.g. Moldavia, Armenia). Situation is stable;
many activities are spread between nearly all national societies.
The exception is Georgia, where is practically zero contact.
Some societies were not so active at the beginning of tenure
however their activities are increasing with time, as e.g. in
Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia and Iceland. Very positive is
fact that many new countries after political separation are still
strongly cooperating on technical and scientific levels. Typical
example is Czech and Slovak national society. First contacts
started also with Cyprus but the situation there is very
complicated right now. Also first contact started with
Azerbaijan, the interest is there very strong; however the
problems are given by distance, language and visa barriers.
2.2 Individual members
Total number of individual members from Europe is little bit
higher than 8000, what is between 40 and 50 % of all ISSMGE
members. Even when we are in a period of some financial,
economical problems, still there is a tendency for small steady
increase. Very good examples are here from Norway (having
continuous increase of individual members: 2008 - 411; 2009 –
415; 2010 – 442; 2011 – 454) and Turkey. For Turkey there is
not only increase of the individual members, but also with
corporate members.
2.3 Corporate members
With respect to the above mentioned economical problems in
Europe the number of corporate members is going up slowly
with higher potential in countries where this impact is not so
great, as e.g. in Russia (with 3 new corporate members) or with
above mentioned Turkey (2 members). According to the
questionnaire there is now relatively low potential for CM
increase in Europe. Some potential corporate members are
strongly connected with production, e.g. with special machines
for foundation engineering or for tunnelling, and in this case
they prefer to be connected with international societies
orientated more practically as EFFC or ITA/ITES.
2.4 Most sensitive problems in Europe
Between most sensitive problems it is possible to incorporate
the following ones:
- Prestige of our profession;
- Risk connected with our profession;
- European codes - namely EC 7 - Geotechnical design;
- Geotechnical engineering education.
The first two points have general validity and are sensitive
for all of our community. Therefore both items were discussed
very widely not only during European conference in Athens, but
also during European Young Geotechnical Engineering
Conferences and as well during ISSMGE Board Meetings and
also in the ISSMGE Bulletin, e.g. 2010 (Vol. 4), issue 3.
Nevertheless with respect to Europe our profession has a
specific position among structural Eurocodes as Eurocode 7 –
“Geotechnical design” is not only a material code as codes for
concrete, steel, timber, masonry structures, but also a general
code, as ground is in the interaction with all other structures and
also with the help of EC 7 the action applied from the ground on
the other structures can be determined. However some other
arguments in favour of our profession can be mentioned as well:
- Our profession can help to improve the quality and safety
of old structures as the interaction with ground is the most
sensitive place.
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- Our profession, with respect to the above mentioned point,
can help to protect our cultural heritage, especially historical
buildings, mainly with respect to the foundation ageing or
bedrock deterioration.
- Geotechnical Engineering is falling under the limited group
of professions which to the high extent are able to react not only
on classical construction problems but also on new society
demands, namely with respect to:
- Protection against natural hazards – floods, landslides,
earthquakes….
- Energy savings – especially with respect to
Geothermal energy, e.g. energy piles or diaphragm walls;
- Raw materials savings – with high potential for waste
and recycled material utilization, e.g. ash, slag,
construction and demolition waste etc.
- Protection of greenfields – as GE is playing significant
role in the field of “Construction on brownfields”;
- Environmental protection in general – especially when
solving the problem of waste deposition or problems
associated with old ecological burdens.
On the other hand our profession is connected with
relatively high risk, which is much higher than for other
structures as we can test only an extremely low part of the
ground or constructed geotechnical structure (earth
structures), let us say one millionth, even when the
expected non homogeneity is very high. Very often the
quality checking of a geotechnical structure is going
indirectly with limited possibility to control properties
which are having dominant role on the structure safety.
However this risk is not only connected with definition of
geological model, geotechnical model and with numerical
model, but also with the selection of the most appropriate
method of construction technology which is able to react
on unexpected changes of ground conditions. Main
problem here is that society demands only solutions which
are able to guarantee 100 % safety. This condition can not
be fulfilled - as in principle we are counting with
acceptable risk – we are accepting some probability of
failures – as it is basic approach of construction design
(limit state approach). Brief conclusion to this point - risk
acceptance and sharing will have a positive impact on the
prestige of the geotechnical engineering profession.
The general discussion to these points started already
and some positive examples can be mentioned, as:
- ISSMGE Bulletin publishes many interesting
examples of practical problems, similarly as the
International Journal of Geoengineering Case
Histories (IJGCH);
- TV Discovery Science Channel under the
headline "Building the Biggest" is presenting many
specific projects where our profession is playing very
important role, e.g. Busan-Geoje Project, Oresund
Bridge and tunnel, tunnel under Amsterdam railway
station, tunnel in Singapore under existing metro
station, foundation of bridge over narrow sea in
Greece with very strong seismic attack etc.
- „Geotechnical – geological way” areal was opened in
Vienna, describing e.g. activities of Prof. K. Terzaghi
or Dr. O.K. Frohlich and affiliated the name of the
specific way to them.
- The Geo-Impuls program started in the Netherlands,
in which some 30 large clients, contractors,
engineering consultants, universities and institutes do
participate. The target of the Geo-Impuls program is
halving geotechnical failures by 2015 – with expected
savings around 500 Mil. EUR. But there are another
positive examples (e.g. from Sweden) of good
cooperation of 3 main partners (client- owner-investor
+ designer + contractor) who are sharing the risk with
the main aim to decrease potential risk and to
decrease bidding price.
However to be more successful at these 2 points we have to
combine our forces. Namely on
a) Information level - two positive examples were
mentioned already (ISSMGE Bulletin and IJGCH
journal). With respect to the questionnaire to the
European societies – most of them positively
evaluated ISSMGE webinars, but up to now they are
reserved with respect to the other ISSMGE changes as
are new web pages and GeoWord network as these
activities are still at the opening phase. Nevertheless
also the intention of this report should be to help to
improve the information level.
b) Professional level – namely on the level of the sister
learned societies as IAEG and ISRM or on the level of
the sister practical societies as ITA/ITES –
International Tunnelling Association, IGS –
International Geosynthetic Society, EFFC – European
Federation of Foundation Contractors – in Europe).
This cooperation is very good at the national level.
German Geotechnical Society can be mentioned as
positive example, which has sub-committees working
in close contact with these sister societies. Therefore
some international activities are arranged together
with these sister societies. Again few examples:
ITA/AITES Congress in Finland, Helsinki, 2011 or
EuroGeo – geosynthetics, in Spain, Valencia, 2012.
However the cooperation at the international level still
needs some improvement.
c) Academic and research level - with the main aim to
achieve higher recognition of geo-engineered subjects
at the university level or to achieve higher recognition
of our research activities. All our achievements which
are published in different journals, proceedings, books
should be evaluated and registered on some official
lists (e.g. on the list of Thomson Reuters) or we can
create the new one much more close to our profession.
d) National level – not only on the level of our profession
but also on the level of National Civil Engineering
Institutes, different government department,
information media and policy makers. Activities on
our professional level will be described further as are
most important part of our activities.
For Europe a specific problem is connected with common
European codes. Eurocode 7 – “Geotechnical design” is playing
there most important role and is subject of many discussions.
ERTC (European Regional Technical Committee) No.10 –
Evaluation of Eurocode 7 – UK + Ireland – Andrew Bond,
Trevor Orr – did in this field many positive steps. Very
interesting was workshop in Athens during European
conference, where also problem of numerical methods applied
for the geotechnical design according to EC 7 was discussed.
Nevertheless it is recommended for each national society to
have some representative on the level of CEN/TC 250/SC7.
Many national representatives are also working at many
different “Evolution groups” of SC 7 the aim of which is to find
some common approach to the new version of EC 7 which is
expected to be prepared roughly in 2019.
Geotechnical education is discussed under the umbrella of
ERTC 16 – Education and Training – Romania (Greece) –
Iacint Manoliu (Marina Pantazidou). The main aim is to define
basic demands for different levels of study according to the
Bologna agreement. Just to help to increase student (and later
on engineer) mobility, to be sure that students from each
country will know basic principles on which other activity can
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be based in all Europe. But for an individual country very
important question is how to attract best students to study our
profession. In this way some activities of ISSMGE can be used,
namely with respect to the professional prestige. The proposal
to prepare database of short presentations about extremely
important projects in which our profession is playing most
important role obtained very strong support in replies to the
above mentioned questionnaire. These short presentations
(about 5-7 minutes) can be used at the first course level of
geotechnical engineering education.
2.5 Activities on the national level
Many important activities are arranged on the level of the
individual National Societies, giving a great chance to all
members of the National Committee to be directly involved in
ISSMGE actions. It is not my intention to give the overview of
detailed activities of each National Society just to show on
selected examples how wide these activities are.
Most common activity is connected with national
conferences. Very often these conferences are combined with
some other activity as invited lecture, selection of best lecture of
young engineers etc. Three examples connected with different
anniversaries are selected:
- 31st Baugrundtagung – Munich, Germany , November
2010 – on the occasion of the 60 anniversary of the
DGGT – German Geotechnical Society – more than
1000 attendees and enormous number of exhibitors;
- 32nd Foundation Days Stockholm, Sweden, March
2011 – with 650 participants and 60 exhibitors. Small
notes to Nordic countries which cooperate very
closely - Nordic Board Meeting was held in Helsinki
(the 25th of March, 2011) connected with celebration
of 60 anniversary of Finland Geotechnical Society.
- 40th National Conference Foundation Engineering
Brno, Czech Republic, November 2012 – where 8
European national presidents or past-presidents
presented invited lectures.
Such activity is connected in most cases with declaration of
the best paper (work) of the young geotechnical engineers or
with prize for young geotechnical engineer – e.g. in the Czech
and Slovak society it is Prof. Zaruba prize or Prof. Bazant prize.
Very often during this activity young engineers are nominated
as national representatives for European or International
conferences of young geotechnical engineers.
Smaller national societies are trying to invite some
colleagues from abroad and to open proposed action also to the
foreign colleagues and to declare their activity as multilingual.
Therefore in some cases this activity is connected with strictly
defined subject. The examples are:
- Symposium on Landslides – Iasi, Romania, 2009;
- Symposium on Landslides and Geo-environment –
Tirana, Albania, 2011;
- Baltic Piling Days, Tallinn, Estonia, 2012.
Most of the European countries are arranging a Special
(named) Lecture, which is presented by invited very well known
foreign expert. Again only few of the “Special Lectures” are
mentioned:
- London, UK - Rankin Lecture;
- Vienna, Austria – Terzaghi (Vienna) Lecture;
- Prague, Czech Republic – Prague Geotechnical
Lecture ;
- Budapest, Hungary – Széchy Memorial Lecture
- Ljubljana, Slovenia – Šuklje Memorial Lecture
- Portugal - Manuel Rocha Lecture – or Victor de
Mello Lecture together with Brazilian society
- Norway - Bjerrum Lecture
Many European societies are distributing Bulletin about
society activities. In better case it is society journal combining
information with very serious scientific papers, which are
reviewed. Example is e.g. Germany with journal “Geotechnik”
or Romania with “Romanian Journal of Soil Mechanics and
Foundations” resp. Czech and Slovak with “Geotechnika”.
Portugal society publishes two journals, in association with
ABMS (Brazil): “Revista Geotecnia” (in Portuguese) and “Soils
and Rocks” (in English). All papers are reviewed. In many other
countries papers are published in civil engineering journals.
Again the example, now from Spain - the main journal for
Geotechnical publications is “Ingeniería Civil”, issued quarterly
by CEDEX. Also, the journals “Revista de Obras Públicas” and
“Informes de la Construcción” publish papers about
Geotechnical aspects. All of them are published in Spanish, and
the last one is indexed in JCR. Top level journal is from UK “
Géotechnique” with relatively high impact factor. But even
some smaller societies have its own journal with impact factor
as e.g. Slovenia with journal “Acta Geotechnica Slovenica”.
3 ACTIVITIES AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL
3.1 International Conference ISSMGE
18th International Conference is just now arranged in
France, Paris, between September 1st and September 6th
2013.
Main theme:
“Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics”.
Proposed format and proposed themes were defined in very
early stage of preparation and approved by Council Meeting in
Alexandria. The French Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering was working very hardly on, first of
all members of the Executive Committee Dr. Alain Guilloux,
Prof. Pierre Delage and Dr. Philippe Mestat. Prof. Roger Frank
is playing very important coordinative role. Nevertheless during
the phase of preparation and specification of conference
programme played also extremely important role ISSMGE
President J.L. Briaud, who recommended a certain change of
the classical structure and proposed to give larger space for
members who are active in ISSMGE Technical Committees.
Therefore Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 September will be devoted
to plenary sessions including the Terzaghi Oration, seven
Honoured Lectures, three Special Conferences and a Forum
devoted to "Challenges and Innovation in Geotechnical
Engineering”. Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 September will be
devoted to parallel sessions including both the Discussion
Sessions and the Workshops organised in relation with the
ISSMGE Technical Committees.
All conference participants will have chance to compare this
new approach with classical one.
3.2 European Conferences
XV European Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering
was held between September 12– 15, 2011 in Athens, Greece.
Main theme
“Geotechnics of Hard Soils – Weak Rocks”.
Organizing committee, headed by triumvirate composed
from Professors Anagnostopoulos, Tsatsanifos and Pachakis
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was working very hardly. Into main technical programme two
Keynote lectures were included (Prof. Robert Mair and Prof.
Antonio Gens), as well one Heritage Lecture by Prof. Th.
Tassios. One hour was also devoted to the 75th Anniversary of
our society. The main programme consisted from the Main
Sessions followed by Discussion Sessions:
-Investigations, Classification and Testing;
-Selection of Parameters Modelling;
-Foundations and Ground Improvement;
-Embankments and Dams – Slopes and Landslides;
-Excavations and Tunnelling;
-Role of Geotechnics for the Protection of the Environment.
Very interesting Workshops, combining activities of
individual European Regional Technical Committees were
organized on Sunday, September 11.
Even when the conference was arranged nearly at the top of
economic crisis the conference was very well attended and the
participants were going back at home not only with new
technical information but also with nice memory on pleasant
conference atmosphere and hospitality. Only the number of
participants from Greece was little bid lower than organizers
expected. The state of the preparation of the next European
Conference of ISSMGE was presented at the end of the closing
ceremony.
XVI European Conference ISSMGE in Edinburgh,
Scotland from 13th to 17th September 2015
The BGA prepared bid for this conference just in time,
before May 31st, 2011. No other European Society asked for, as
probably accepted hard work of the BGA, which prepared the
first proposal in 2006.
The BGA bid has been put together by a small sub-
committee led by co-Chairmen Dr. Mike Winter (Transport
Research Laboratory, Edinburgh) and Mr Derek Smith (Coffey
Geotechnics Ltd.). Main theme:
“Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and
Development”
Many supporting organisations have expressed a wish to
assist on the Organising Committee. Conference venue -
Edinburgh Convention Bureau, first proposal of the Technical
programme and Conference Budget are specified in details.
More details will be presented during IC in Paris and you
can check the conference development on web page:
http://www.xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk/
3.3 European Regional Conferences
Danube European conferences
14th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, June 2nd-4th 2010, Bratislava, Slovakia
After thirty-three years the Danube-European Conference on
Geotechnical Engineering had came back to Bratislava, the
capital city of Slovak Republic. The 14th conference took place
in the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of
University of Technology, the organizers composed from
triumvirate Prof. P.Turcek, J. Hulla and J.Frankovska. The main
topic of the conference was
"From Research to Design in European Practice".
The topic was discussed in one keynote lecture session and
during seven sessions:
• Session 1: Ground characterization and new development
in soil mechanics,
• Session 2: Case studies using Eurocode 7,
• Session 3: Specific problems for environmental
consideration,
• Session 4: Design methods for geotechnical structures,
• Session 5: Monitoring and supervision of geotechnical
considerations,
• Session 6: Numerical and physical models in geotechnical
design,
• Session 7: Interactive design and other problems in
geotechnical practice,
Despite to the world wide economical crises and thanks to
the prestigious reputation of Danube – conferences in history,
this conference was again attended by many world leaders of
the geotechnical engineering: Prof. J.L. Briaud from USA
(President of ISSMGE), Prof. P. Seco E.Pinto from Portugal
(former President of ISSMGE), Prof. I.Vaníček from the Czech
Republic (Vice - President of ISSMGE for Europe), Prof. R.
Frank from France (former Vice - President of ISSMGE for
Europe), Prof. H. Brandl from Austria and many others.
According to the feed-back reactions from participants and
ISSMGE representatives, the conference was successful.
The conference was attended by 245 participants from 38
countries of the world. Their papers were published in the
proceedings containing the main lectures and abstracts. The full
papers were published in an electronic form on CD. The
proceedings contain 175 papers of which 68 were presented
orally in one of the conference sessions. More details are in
ISSMGE Bulletin, Volume 4, Issue 4.
15th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, September 9-11, 2014, Vienna, Austria –
jubilee conference – 50 anniversary of Danube-European
Conferences on Geotechnical Engineering.
Main theme:
“Geotechnics and Roads and Railways”
Chairman of the Organizing committee is Prof. Brandl who
attended the first one 50 years ago and vice-chairman is Prof. D.
Adam from Technical University Vienna, contact:
decge2014@tuwien.ac.at. More details can be obtained on web
page: www.decge2014.at
16th Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering will be arranged in Serbia, Belgrade in 2018, as
proposed by the chairman of the Serbian society Prof. M.
Maksimovic.
Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conferences
XII Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference was arranged in
Germany. Rostock, 31 May–2 June 2012.
Main theme of the conference:
“Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Region”
The German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and the
University of Rostock under the chairmanships of Prof. G.
Heerten and Prof. F. Saathoff were responsible for this activity,
which obtained more than 150 papers from 23 countries. Part of
the programme was Mercer Lecture presented by Dr.-Ing.
Michael Heibaum, BAW (Federal Waterways Engineering and
Research Institute), Karlsruhe, Germany, with title:
“Geosynthetics for waterways and flood protection structures –
controlling the interaction of water and soil”.
2 Keynote Lectures were presented by N.Nolte from
Germany (“Offshore wind energy”) and by J.Kammer from
Denmark (“Fehmarn Belt Project”). Six main sessions were
focused on: Traffic infrastructure, Research and development
projects, Constructions in soft subsoil, Harbour construction,
Coast protection and Foundations for offshore wind energy
plants.
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Also this European Regional Conference approved the idea together with very good summary of NGM2012, where not only
of cooperation in our profession in region where are solved very technical aspects were emphasized, by also different cultural
similar problems. More details can be found in ISSMGE activities. Part of the NGM 2012 was also a visit to the Metro
Bulletin, Vol. 6, issues 5 – October 2012. City Circle (MCC or, in Danish, Cityringen). The MCC is a
Also a special meeting of interested persons was held there new metro line with 17 underground stations in Copenhagen.
to discuss the future and the final decision and recommendation
was: 17 Nordic Geotechnical Meeting – NGM 2016 will be
- to arrange next XIII Baltic-Sea Geotechnical arranged in Reykjavik, Iceland, 25-28th of May, 2016. Contact:
Conference in Lithuania, Vilnius in 2016, but the www.ngm2016, e-mail: ngm2016@road.is.
exact day to discuss with colleagues from Iceland who
are responsible for the next Nordic Geotechnical Day 3.4 European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conferences
(Meeting) in 2016 in Reykjavik (May 25-28)
- in future – in 2020 - to think about the possibility to 20th EYGEC, Brno, Czech Republic, 2010
join both of these activities (e.g. in Helsinki 2020).
From May 30 to June 1, 2010, the Brno University of
Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conferences Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of
Geotechnics, hosted the 20th European Young Geotechnical
XII Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference was arranged in Conference co-organized by the Czech and Slovak Committee
Germany. Rostock, 31 May–2 June 2012. for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Mr. Jiří
Main theme of the conference: Boštík and Mrs. Věra Glisníkova were most important persons
“Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Region” of the Organizing committee.
The conference was attended by 48 geotechnical engineers
The German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and the of age up to 35 from 28 European countries nominated by their
University of Rostock under the chairmanships of Prof. G. respective National Societies for Soil Mechanics and
Heerten and Prof. F. Saathoff were responsible for this activity, Geotechnical Engineering.
which obtained more than 150 papers from 23 countries. Part of The papers were published in the conference proceedings
the programme was Mercer Lecture presented by Dr.-Ing. “GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 20, View of Young
Michael Heibaum, BAW (Federal Waterways Engineering and European Geotechnical Engineers, Brno 2010“. Presentations of
Research Institute), Karlsruhe, Germany, with title: the conference delegates were classified into three main
“Geosynthetics for waterways and flood protection structures – sessions:
controlling the interaction of water and soil”. 1. Ground Investigation
2 Keynote Lectures were presented by N.Nolte from 2. Geomechanics
Germany (“Offshore wind energy”) and by J.Kammer from 3. Geotechnics
Denmark (“Fehmarn Belt Project”). Six main sessions were 3.1 Foundation Engineering, 3.2 Earth Structures, 3.3
focused on: Traffic infrastructure, Research and development Underground Structures, 3.4 Environmental Geotechnics.
projects, Constructions in soft subsoil, Harbour construction,
Coast protection and Foundations for offshore wind energy
plants.
Also this European Regional Conference approved the idea
of cooperation in our profession in region where are solved very
similar problems. More details can be found in ISSMGE
Bulletin, Vol. 6, issues 5 – October 2012.
Also a special meeting of interested persons was held there
to discuss the future and the final decision and recommendation
was:
- to arrange next XIII Baltic-Sea Geotechnical
Conference in Lithuania, Vilnius in 2016, but the
exact day to discuss with colleagues from Iceland who
are responsible for the next Nordic Geotechnical Day
(Meeting) in 2016 in Reykjavik (May 25-28)
- in future – in 2020 - to think about the possibility to
According to the guidelines the sessions were “chaired by
join both of these activities (e.g. in Helsinki 2020).
friendly, professional engineers” – John Atkinson (Emeritus
Professor of Soil Mechanics, City University London), Jean-
Nordic Geotechnical Meeting
Louis Briaud (President of ISSMGE, Texas A&M University,
USA) and Ivan Vaníček (Vice President ISSMGE for Europe,
16 Nordic Geotechnical Meeting - NGM 2012, 9th -12th
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic).
May 2012, Tivoli Congress Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Besides delegate’s presentations, four keynote lectures were
delivered. John Atkinson delivered his lecture on “How to do
255 delegates participated in the 16th Nordic Geotechnical
research”. Jean-Louis Briaud talked about “ISSMGE, research,
Meeting, organized by the Danish Geotechnical Society (DGF),
and education”. Jiří Műhl (Technical Director of Foundation
when triumvirate composed by M. A. Jørgensen, A.T.S.
Engineering Inc., Prague, Czech Republic) and Jan Šperger
Andersen and J.S.Steenfelt was responsible for this activity.
(Foundation Engineering Inc., Prague, Czech Republic)
Two Keynote Lectures were presented by Prof. P.W.Mayne
presented “Modern foundation technologies”. Finally, Miloš
(“Site investigation in the year 2012”) and by Dr. B.Simpson
Polenka (GEOtest Brno, Inc., Czech Republic) delivered his
(“Eurocode 7 –Fundamental issues and some implications for
lecture on “The removal of rocky environment and groundwater
users”). 95 papers and two keynotes papers were accepted and
contamination – GEOtest Brno case studies”.
presented during the proceedings. They were also provided on a
The days of hard work were accompanied by more relaxing
USB key, which was included in the conference bag. The
evening programmes: the sightseeing, dinner with live dulcimer
presentations by Paul W. Mayne, Brian Simpson, Ivan Vaníček
and 49 others were available as pdf files at www.ngm2012.dk.,

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music and closing technical excursion – construction of city
road tunnels in Brno.
More details and photos are in ISSMGE Bulletin Vol. 4,
Issue 4.
21st EYGEC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September
4th – 7th, 2011
Organizing committee chaired by Mandy Korff from
Deltares collected 53 papers coming from 30 national societies.
Except of representatives of the ISSMGE – Profs. J.L. Briaud
and I. Vaníček, organizers invited also other specialists – Prof.
L. Caldeira from Portugal and Dr. T. Chapman from UK - to
present keynote lectures and to lead discussion when young
colleagues presented their papers. For the publication the same
system was proposed as for Brno conference. More information
can be found on www.kiviniria.net/EYGEC2011.
22nd EYGEC, Sweden, Gothenburg, 2012
Stefan Aronsson, President of the Swedish Geotechnical
Society, when visiting 20th EYGEC in Brno, declared his
intention to arrange another one in Sweden in 2012. This fact
speaks about respected significance of such activities in Europe.
The conference was organized by the Swedish Geotechnical
Society with Ms. Victoria Svahn doing a great job as the
chairwoman. A great acknowledgement should be given to the
whole organizing committee for their effort in organizing this
conference. 52 delegates from 26 different countries were
represented. Apart from the 52 delegates the conference was
attended by Swedish specialists, the leaders of eight different
sessions - Site investigation and laboratory testing, Design
parameters and modelling, Shallow and deep foundations, Deep
excavations and retaining structures, Tunnelling and
underground structures, Slope stability and landslides,
Infrastructure projects, and Ground improvement. The
conference also offered three keynote lectures presented by
Professor Ivan Vaníček (Vice President of ISSMGE Europe,
Czech Technical University), Professor Stefan Larsson (Royal
Institute of Technology) and Professor Minna Karstunen
(Chalmers University of Technology). Apart from the very
interesting presentations and lectures, the delegates also joined
together in appreciated social activities in the Gothenburg area.
The conference papers have been published in the proceedings
which, for example, can be found through the website of the
Swedish Geotechnical Society www.sgf.net.
23 rd
European Young Geotechnical Engineers
Conference will be held in Spain, Barcelona in 2014.
Candidate for the next in 2015 is UK, which would like to
combine the European Conference in Edinburgh with EYGEC
in close vicinity.
Signal of interest is coming also from Romania. It means
that these conferences are very well established and there is a
great effort, not only to arrange such activities, but also to
attend them, as the selection of candidates from some countries
have to be arranged.
5th International Young Geotechnical Engineer
Conference
According to the accepted rules, the International YGEC will
be arranged in Paris, France, on the occasion of International
conference SMGE , 2013. Each European society had chance to
nominate 2 regular candidates on this conference.
3.5 European Regional Technical Committees
After International conference in Alexandria all existing
European Regional Technical Committees declared their wish
to continue in their work:
- ERTC 10 – Evaluation of Eurocode 7 – UK + Ireland
– Andrew Bond, Trevor Orr;
- ERTC 12 Geotechnical Evaluation and Application of
the Seismic Eurocode 8 – Italy – Michele Maugeri;
- ERTC 7 – Numerical methods in geotechnical
engineering - Spain – Cesar Sagaseta;
- ERTC 3 - Piles – Belgium – Noel Huybrecht
(Maurice Bottiau);
- ERTC 16 – Education and Training –
Romania(Greece) – Iacint Manoliu (Marina
Pantazidou).
All ERTC accepted invitation to join European conference in
Athens and common workshops were arranged on this occasion.
A special position has ERTC 7 which is responsible for the
European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnics
(NUMGE). The last one was arranged in Trondheim, Norway in
2010 and the next one (8NUMGE2014) will be arranged in the
Netherlands, in Delft in 2014, chaired by Prof. M. Hicks, from
Delft University. The Preliminary Announcement brochure was
distributed in September 2011. Website:
www.numge2014.org.
For a great significance of the Regional TC the new ones
were proposed to establish in Europe, as:
- Geothermal energy
- Utilization of large volume waste in geotechnical
applications
- Ageing of earth structures in transport engineering
- Land subsidence
Up to now the first one – Geothermal Energy - was
established, chaired by Prof. R.Katzenbach from Darmstadt
University, Germany. First meeting was arranged there during
summer holidays in 2012. As typical problem of these TC is
financial one, how to pay for all activities which are proposed
for, the main idea is to propose this new ERTC in agreement
with research activity supported from EU. Cooperation with
ELGIP platform is also proposed. Meanwhile the colleagues
working on the proposal of COST project decided to establish
ERTC Land subsidence and colleagues from Deltares, the
Netherlands expressed their wish to take care about this ERTC.
The discussion about two other proposals is still going on; main
problem is connected with leaders of these ERTC.
3.6 International Technical Committees activities in Europe
TC´s on the international level were newly rearranged, with
new numbers, see ISSMGE Bulletin Volume 4, Issue 4,
December 2010. Technical Oversight Committee established
by ISSMGE president (chaired by Dr. S.Lacasse) presented 29
Technical Committees from which 15 have host country in
Europe. As the report for ISSMGE Council Meeting in Paris
about TC activities will be independent, only brief overview of
TC´s activities in Europe is presented even when they create
one of the most important activities in this region:
- 2010
- 5th Int. Conf. Unsaturated Soils –Barcelona, Spain;
- Inter. Conference Geotechnical Challenges in Megacities –
GeoMos2010-Moscow, Russia, 5 different TC.
- 7th Int. Conf. on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Zurich,
Switzerland
- TC40 Workshop on Failures, Disputes, Causes and Solutions
in Geotechnics; Budapest, Hungary
-2011
- 7th Int. Symp. Underground Construction in Soft Ground;
Roma, Italy
- 2nd Int. Symp. On Computational Geomechanics (ComGeo II);
Dubrovnik, Croatia;
- Railway Geotechnical Engineering; Paris, France;
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- 9th Int. Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in

Geomaterials, Porquerolles, France;
- 3rd Int. Symp. on Geotechnical Safety and Risk; Munich,
Germany;
- 11th Int. Conf. on Computational Plasticity, Barcelona, Spain;
- TC207 Workshop on Soil-structure Interaction and Retaining
Walls, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
- 2012
- TC 203 – 2nd Int. Conf. on Performance-Based Design in
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering; Taormina, Italy
- Int. Conf. on Geotechnical Eng. Education; Galway, Ireland,
- 6th Int. Conf. on Scour and Erosion; Paris, France
- TC 211 – Int. Symp. Ground Improvement; Brussels, Belgium
- 2nd Europ. Conf. on Unsaturated Soils – E-UNSAT2012 –
Napoli, Italy
- 7th International Conference on Offshore Site Investigation
and Geotechnics: Integrated Geotechnologies, Present and
Future - London, United Kingdom, TC209.
- 2013
- Second International Symposium on Geotechnical
Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic
Sites. Napoli, Italy, TC 301.
- TC215 ISSMGE - International Symposium on "Coupled
Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics (CPEG) - from
theoretical and experimental research to practical applications".
Torino, Italy, TC 215.

4 CONCLUSION

When looking back and summarizing the most important

activities in Europe it is nearly unbelievable how many
activities were done by National Societies and by individual
members under the umbrella of ISSMGE. Positive statement is
that:
- Number of societies is going up;
- Differences between individual parts of Europe are
decreasing;
- There is a great interest from the side of young
geotechnical engineers;
- Enthusiasm to work mostly as volunteers in different
TC or ERTC is very high and has growing tendency.
On the other side we have still many steps in front of us
mainly connected with our effort to increase the prestige of our
profession. Nevertheless even there some very positive steps
forward were done. We have to speak on different levels about
our activities to receive a higher recognition. We have to speak
about the risk with which our profession is connected. We need
to speak about risk sharing as this sharing, or cooperation with
different partners which are involved in the design and
performance of geotechnical structures will help us to decrease
the risk with positive impact on our profession.

At the end of this report please allow me to express my deep

thanks for the chance to work and discuss with so many
professional colleagues. Many thanks for your support and help,
for your new ideas, which I had a chance to learn from you. It
was really a great experience for me. I will try to pass all these
experiences on new elected Vice-President of ISSMGE for
Europe – on Prof. Antonio Gens. I believe that you will support
him as well as me in his work and I wish him a great success.

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REPORT FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ISSMGE FOR NORTH AMERICA
Gabriel Auvinet
ISSMGE Vice-President for North America
1 INTRODUCTION.
This report contains a summary of the activities of the North
American Region from October 2009 to September 2013.
During this period, ISSMGE Vice-Presidency for North
America was first occupied by M.P. Romo, as established in the
ISSMGE Council Meeting during the 17th ICSMGE held in
Alexandria in October 2009. G. Auvinet, former president of
Mexican Society of Geotechnical Engineering, took over after
M.P. Romo resigned for personal reasons in December 2009.
Progress reports on activities in the region were presented
by G. Auvinet to the ISSMGE Board during the following
meetings:
- Board meeting in Moscow, June 6th, 2010
- Board meeting in New Delhi, November 8th, 2010
- Board meeting in Hong Kong, May 22nd, 2011
- Board meeting in Toronto, Oct 1rst, 2011
- Board meeting in Lagos, Apr 29th, 2012
- Board meeting in Melbourne, July 15th, 2012
- Board meeting in College Station, Apr 27th, 2013
2 THE NORTH AMERICAN REGION
The North American region includes only three member
countries: Canada, USA and Mexico, a small number when
compared to other regions such as South America, Asia and
Europe. The individual membership in the ISSMGE represents
however close to 20% of the grand total membership
(approximately 18,000) of all Member Societies around the
globe. It has already been pointed out in the past that the impact
of the three votes of the region (out of more than 80 countries)
in the major issues under consideration on the floor at Council
Meetings is far from proportionate to the number of individual
members and their fee contributions.
The three member societies of the region are extremely
active and have a strong presence and influence in the
engineering community and the society in general in their
respective country as well as internationally.
Detailed information regarding the activities of each of the
three Member Societies can be found on their excellent
individual web sites:
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS, Canada):
www.cgs.ca
GeoInstitute (GI, USA): www.geoinstitute.org
Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Geotécnica (SMIG,
Mexico): www.smig.org.mx
Only the main activities of the period will thus be presented
in the appendix.
3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
During the period, formal international relations between the
three member countries were encouraged. Contacts were also
established in an informal manner taking advantage of personal
relations. Typical were the lectures given in Mexico by Jorge
Zornberg (G-I) on Geotextiles and by Serge Leroueil (Canada)
on Compacted soils.
An agreement of cooperation was signed between G-I
(USA) and SMIG (Mexico) on October 7th, 2009 in Alexandria,
Egypt. To follow up on this agreement, Juan de Dios Alemán,
SMIG President, and G. Auvinet, ISSMGE VP for North
America, were invited to attend the G-I board of governors
meeting in Dallas (March 12th 2011). A proposal to organize a
joint technical event in 2014 on “Geotechnical Hazards” is
being evaluated.
G. Auvinet, ISSMGE VP for North America, was also
kindly invited to attend the board of governors meeting of CGS
in Calgary, on September 12th, 2010.
Invitation of ISSMGE Vice President for North America to
National Conferences should become a systematic practice to
reinforce the contacts between the three countries.
4 PAN-AMERICAN COMMITTEE MEETINGS
4.1 Gramado Meeting
To promote a wide participation in the Pan-American
conference, a special meeting of the Pan-American Committee
was organized in Gramado, Brazil (during COBRAMSEG2010,
August 17-22 2010) with participation of delegates from 15
member countries. Professor Giovanni Cascante, co-chair of the
14th PCSMGE organizing committee, presented the advances in
the Toronto Conference organization.
President of ISSMGE Jean-Louis Briaud and Past President
Pedro Sêco e Pinto, attended this meeting. The North American
region was represented by Giovanni Cascante (Canada), Robert
Holtz (USA), Walter Paniagua (Mexico) and G. Auvinet
(ISSMGE VP for North America).
To foster participation of members of all countries of the
continent, including some that may not be able to attend the
Conference, and respecting a tradition inherited from previous
Pan-American Conferences, the Organizing Committee kindly
agreed to include all accepted papers in the Proceedings.
However, only duly registered members by July 2011 were
considered for oral and poster presentations.).
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4.2 Toronto Meeting 4.3 Cancun Meeting

A meeting of the Pan-American committee was organized in
Toronto during the 14th Pan-American Conference.
An important topic of this meeting was the presentation and
discussion of a new “Agreement for the Pan-American
Committee meeting”. This document was approved and is now
available on the ISSMGE website.
To promote a wider participation of ISSMGE members in the
15th Pan-American Conference to be held in Buenos Aires in
2015, a special meeting of the Pan-American committee was
organized in Cancun, Mexico during the 26th SMIG National
meeting (November 14-16, 2012). This meeting, held on
November 14, was attended by delegates from several Member
Societies of the continent, namely: CGS (Canada), SAIG
(Argentina), SSG (El Salvador), ABMS (Brazil) and SCG
(Chile).

5 TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

TC Official TC Short Host Members Nominated TOC

Category TC # TC Chair
Name Name Country by TOC (4) Liaison
Fundamentals

F. Schnaid (Brazil)
Ground Property
An-Bin Huang (Taiwan)
TC 102 Characterization from In-Situ Testing USA P. Mayne A. Wissa
Tom Lunne (Norway)
in-situ tests
John Powell (UK)

Albert Ho (Hong Kong)

Interactive Interactive Dennis Becker (Canada) D. Jamiol-
TC 206 Canada K. Been
Geotechnical design Design G. Scarpetti (Italy) kowski
Alain Pecker (France)

Lee, Seung Rae (S-Korea)

Stability of Natural F. Nadim (Norway)
TC 208 Landslides Canada J. Fannin Hongsung
Applications

Slopes H.N. Wong (Hong Kong)

Denis Demers (Canada)

Chu, Yun Wook (S-Korea)

P.Watson (Australia)
TC 209 Offshore Geotechnics Offshore USA P. Jeanjean S. Lacasse
K.H. Andersen (Norway)
R. Gilbert (USA)
Foundation
Fritz Nowacki (Norway)
Engineering for
TC 214 Soft Soils Mexico J.L. Rangel B. Indraratna (Australia) Sherif Wissa
Difficult Soft Soil
J.P. Magnan (France)
Conditions

All committees have been working satisfactorily as described in

their reports to the Technical Oversight Committee TOC. Direct
information flow from TCs chairs to the North America V.P.
should be considered essential for a better coordination of their
activities in collaboration with the TOC.
ISSMGE TC 214 organized two successful workshops, one
of them during the “8th International Symposium on Land
Subsidence” on October 17th 2010 in Querétaro, Mexico. A
second workshop on “Extreme Soil Mechanics” was held on
May 23th, 2013 in D.F., Mexico, with participation of very
important international and national geotechnical engineers (D.
Hight, F. Mooser, J. J. Schmitter, E. Ovando, G. Auvinet, E.
Santoyo, W. Paniagua, J. L. Rangel, among others).
Acknowledgment is due to Dr. Patricia Lopez Acosta for her
assistance in the preparation of regional reports during this
period.
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Report from the Vice-President of ISSMGE for South America

Roberto Terzariol
ISSMGE Vice-President for South America

1 INTRODUCTION. Table 1 - List of Societies of SA Region

The ISSMGE Vice President for South America is Professor Society Denomination President Period
Roberto Terzariol. His terms end in 2013. Currently is Dean of
Sociedad Argentina de Ing.
the School of Engineering at the National University of A. Sfrisso 2013-2015
Geotecnica
Córdoba. He is also Leading Professor at the National
Technological University where he taught Foundation Asociación Boliviana de Geotecnia R. Barrientos s/d
Engineering. Teaches courses of geotechnical engineering for Asociacao Brasileira de M. dos
A. Asis 2013-2014
Masters and Doctoral degree from several universitys in Solos
Argentinan and in an active consultant on Geotechnical Sociedad Chilena de Geotecnia R. Verdugo 2011-2013
Engineering projects. Sociedad Colombiana de Geotecnia C. Torres 2012-2014
Asociación Costarricense de
M. Tapia 2011-2013
2 SOUTH AMERICAN REGION Geotecnia
Com. Tec. Nac. de M. de Suelos y
R. Armas N. s/d
It is necessary to explain where we are, who we are, where we Geot. Cuba
fit into the ISSMGE, which is our present, and which are the Soc. Dominicana de Geotecnia y
L. Carpio M. 2007-2013
future challenges. Mat.
Soc. Ecuat. de M. de Suelos y Rocas D. Stay Coello 2013-2015
2.1 Where we are Sociedad Salvadoreña de Geotecnia L. Pineda 2012-2014
The South American Region is located from the Central to the Sociedad Paraguaya de Geotecnia R. Mena 2011-2013
Southern part of the American continent. The region includes Sociedad Peruana de Geotecnia C. Torres 2010-2014
countries from Central America, Caribbean and South America,
Sociedad Venezolana de Geotecnia A. Benarroch 2012-2013
both speaking Spanish and Portuguese. The distance to the other
regions ranges between 8.500 and 18.000 kms, and the
maximum distance from one end to the other of the region is The average in South America is 3.5 members per million
8.000 km. This is a problem that hinders communication and inhabitants and in the whole ISSMGE this ratio is 11 approx. In
exchange between the member Societies. Our region is the only one sense this index measures the degree of geotechnical
one split between two continents. engineering development of a particular region, but it needs to
be linked to the maximum and minimum of that region to
2.2 Who and how many we are balance the asymmetries between different countries. The
following table shows the regional averages and their maximum
The region has more than 1300 members in the ISSMGE, and and minimum.
they contributed approx. 6% approx. of the total ISSMGE`s
subscriptions in 2009. Members of the region, from Argentina, Table 2 - Average, maximum and minimum in each region
Brazil, Chile and Peru, work in more than ten TCs, such as
“Unsaturated soils”, “Laboratory testing”, “Underground Members per million habitants
construction” and others, with a significant involvement in each REGION COUNT.
Average Minimum Maximum
one. The chair of “Megacities” TC, is located in the region New
(Prof. A. Negro of Brazil). Prof. Victor de Mello, President of AUSTRALASIA 2 64 Australia 40
Zealand
88
the Brazilian Society and formerly VP for South America, was
EUROPA 32 20 Russia 2.2 Iceland 77
one of the more representative presidents of the ISSMGE. The
region is composed of 13 member Societies representing as NORTH
3 11 Mexico 2.5 Canada 21
many countries. Some of them are very old, such as the AMERICA
Argentinian Society which is 62 years old, and some very SOUTH
13 3.5 Peru 0.9 Paraguay 9.5
recent, e.g. the Dominican Society created just 3 years ago. AMERICA
There are now three countries that have shown interest in ASIA 6.0* Singapore 42
joining the ISSMGE. Guatemala has already completed the (**Without
22 China 0.26
paperwork and became a new member. The table shows a list of Singapore and 2.7** Japan 10.6
the constituted Societies, their name, and the authorities of each Hong Kong)
one. AFRICA 11 1.6 Nigeria 0.26 Tunisia 4.0

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The table shows also that Mexico and Russia in the North
American and European region, are similar to the South
American countries, and Canada in North America similar to
the European countries. On other hand, countries with a small
population, like Iceland, Singapore or Paraguay, have a great
influence in the media values. With all these considerations SA
is located in an area between highly developed countries and the
most delayed ones, and has a large asymmetry with its neighbor
of NA.
3 CHALLENGES IN THE PAST 3 YEARS
The following table summarises the situations, issues, and
achievements of Member Societies in the SA regions.
Situation Issues Achievements
Pan Am Conference Low participants from 3 PanAm Committee
(the only Regional the non host region. Meeting in August
Conf. with 2 regions) Economic asymmetries 2010, September 2011
and December 2012
Poor interaction Overlay of Conferences. Build up a calendar of
between Societies of Not optimized itinerant events. Improve
the region seminars and courses personal contact.
Regional events &
TC´s.
Lack of Misunderstanding and 2 Meetings of
communication wariness among societies Presidents of South
between authorities American Societies in
August 2010 and
October 2012.
No official web page Poor interaction between Web page, with
VP and member societies information, calendar
of events, reports of
TC members, etc.
Unbalanced Some Societies are not Promote societies.
participation in TC´s aware of these activities Publish reports of
Committees TC´s members
Countries not Many Geotechnical Promote the creation
members ISSMGE Engineers not integrated of local societies
(SGG-SUG-CPG)
4 REGIONAL ACTIVITY
The following were the main regional activities between 2010
and August 2013:
• 10 National Conferences (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia,
Venezuela, Chile, Costa Rica)
• 3 International Conferences (Brazil, Chile)
• 15 International Seminars and Courses (Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Sto. Domingo,
Costa Rica)
• >30 National Seminars and Courses (Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Sto. Domingo, Venezuela)
• 2 Chile`s Earthquake Report (SoChiGeo-GREE /
CICCba-SAIG Argentina)
• 1 International Publication (Soils & Rocks in English
and Portuguese) + 8 Local Publications (hard copy and
electr. in Spanish) ( Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Perú, Venezuela)
• 3 Meetings of the Panamerican Committee (Brazil,
Canada, Mexico)
• 2 Meetings of Societies from South America (Brazil)
All this shows the strength and the maturity of the
Geotechnical Engineering in the region and the efforts of each
Member Society. In the 2 meetings of SA societies in August of
2010 and October of 2012, all the representatives of the member
societies could discuss their issues, and possibly found solutions
by working together. The three meetings of the Pan Am
Committee were very important because we were able to define
the by-laws and agreements of the Pan Am Committee board,
and for the organisation of future the Pan Am Conferences.
5 ACTIVITY OF VICE-PRESIDENT.
5.1 Meetings of the presidents of the national societies of the
South American region
August 2010, in Gramado (RS, Brazil): 12 societies over 13,
participated in the meeting of representatives from the
geotechnical national societies in the region.
Together with the ISSMGE Vice President Roberto
Terzariol (Argentina), there were delegates from Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Paraguay, Perú, Venezuela. Unfortunately, Luis
Carpio (Dominican Republic) has an accident which made it
impossible travel to Brazil for this meeting. Additionally
included the presence of Alvaro Gutierrez (Uruguay) as an
observer as future National Society member. The meeting was
held in Serrano Hotel just before the XV Brazilian National
Conference on Geotechnical Engineering.
September of 2012, in Porto de Galinhas (Recife, Brazil):
10 of the 13 Members Societies participated in the meeting of
representatives.
Besides the ISSMGE Vice President Roberto Terzariol
(Argentina), there were representatives from Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica y El Salvador. Walter Paniagua
(Mexico) attended as an observer from North America Region.
The meeting was held just before the XVI Brazilian National
Conference on Geotechnical Engineering.
In both meetings, Prof. Roberto Terzariol welcomed all
delegates. He acknowledged the Organizing Committees of the
National Conferences for hosting the meetings. Each
representative spoke about the history, number of members,
local issues and events to be held in each country. The
performance in each Society was different, but in general it can
be seen that all are preparing National Conferences, Seminars
and Courses with local and international character. The journals
and bulletins of each society are designed such as to provide a
means of communicating news and research articles. As a result
in all the regional societies, with few exceptions, are developing
activities, which, through the participation of its members show,
the strength of geotechnics in the different countries. There
followed discussions based on the Meeting Agenda.
5.2 MEETINGS OF THE PANAMERICAN COMMITTEE
August 2010, in Gramado (RS, Brazil): during the XV Brazilian
Conference of Geotechnical Engineering. In attendance were
Prof. Jean Louis Briaud, President of the ISSMGE, Prof. Pedro
Seco e Pinto former President of the ISSMGE, the Vice
President for South America, 12 representatives of South
American Societies, 3 delegates from the North American
societies, and the Vice President from North America, Gabriel
Auvinet.
September 2011, in Toronto (Canada): during the XI Pan
American Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering. In attendance were Prof. Jean Louis Briaud,
President of the ISSMGE, Prof. Pedro Seco e Pinto former
President of the ISSMGE, the Vice President for South
America, 9 delegates from South American Societies, 3
delegates from the North American societies, and the Vice
President from North America, Gabriel Auvinet.
December 2012, in Cancun (Mexico): during the Mexico´s
National Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering. In attendance were the Vice President for South
America, 8 delegates from South American Societies, 3
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delegates from the North American societies, and the Vice
President from North America, Gabriel Auvinet.
In the three meetings Prof. Terzariol and Prof. Auvinet
opened the meetings by welcoming all delegates. They
acknowledged the presence of the various authorities and all
participants. An informal introduction of all delegates was
made, emphasizing the fact that most countries of the continent
were represented. Dr. Gabriel Auvinet presented a brief report
concerning the North American Region. Highlights in
conferences, seminars and other events were mentioned. Prof.
Roberto Terzariol briefly discussed the importance of SA
Societies within the ISSMGE, with 13 active countries and 2
more in formation (Uruguay and Guatemala). After that the
participants discussed the agenda, in particular the the
organization of the next Pan American Conference and the
Bylaws of the Committee.
6 CREATION OF THE WEBPAGE FOR THE
VICEPRESIDENCY
A webpage was created so as to improve the communications
between member societies and the vicepresident, and establish
an agenda of regional events, was created a webpage with the
following address:
www.issmge-savp.blogspot.com
Following is a sample of the page:
7 ACTIVITES IN EACH NATIONAL SOCIETY
7.1 ARGENTINE SOCIETY FOR GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING - SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE
INGENIERIA GEOTECNICA (SAIG):
The Argentine Society is the oldest in the region, and has more
than 80 members. There were 10 main events in Argentina in
the period 2010-2013. The SAIG organized the following
events in the period:
• Seminar on “Pile Design for Building and
Infrastructure”. There were 3 lectures, given by Prof.
Eduardo Nunez, Juan Fernandez Vincent and Tomas
Van Cauwelaert on “Design and Construction of CFA
Piles”.
• The “International Symposium on Landslides and
Associated Risks” organized together between SAIG
and the Argentine Association for Engineering Geology
and Environment (ASAGAIA). The Seminar had 3 main
lectures given by Prof. Pedro Seco e Pinto, Dr. Raul
Sarra Pistone (Portugal) and Prof. Roberto Terzariol
(Argentina).
• The “XX National Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering – CAMSIG2010” in
Mendoza. With 5 international lectures given by Carlos
Santamarina (Georgia Tech – USA), Carlos Costa
(Univ. of San Luis, Argentina), Luis Ortuño
(Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain), Pedro
Ortigosa (Chile) and Oscar Varde (Argentina).
• The “International Course on Advanced Numerical
Geomechanics – PLAXIS” was held in Buenos Aires,
with participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. There were lectures
given by Dr. Esteban Hormazabal (SRK Consulting),
Dr. Raul Bertero (Argentina), Cesar Sagaseta Millán
(Spain), Juan Pestana Nascimento (USA), Alejo Sfrisso,
Juan Fernadez Vincent and Jorge Laiún (Argentina),
and Dennis Waterman & Alfonso Alvarez Manilla
(PLAXIS VB).
• The “Seminar on Excavations, Braced Cuts, and
Underpinning”, organize together between SAIG and
the Association of Structural Engineers. With lectures
given by Prof. Alejo Sfriso.
• The “Symposium on Geotechnical Problems in the
Design and Construction of Mountain Roads” in
Tucumán, together with the Association for Engineering
Geology (ASAGAIA).
• In Córdoba, together with the local Councils of
Engineers and Architects be made two courses
regarding geotechnical implications in construction
management.
• The “XXI National Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering – CAMSIG2012” in Rosario.
With 5 international lectures given by Gabriel Auvinet
(UNAM, Mexico), Charles Ng (Hong Kong), Pedro
Pinto (Portugal), and Roberto Terzariol (Argentina).
• The Seminar about “Deep Foundations” in Buenos
Aires, with lectures given by Eduardo Nuñez and Alejo
Sfrisso.
• Three short courses in San Juan, given by Marcelo
Sanchez (USA) and Luciano Oldecop (Argentina).
Additionally the Argentine Society continues, as it did in
2010, participating in developing the Argentine standards in
geotechnical tests (IRAM) and for the civil construction
(CIRSOC).
7.2 BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOIL MECHANICS
AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - ASOCIACAO
BRASILERA DE MECANICA DOS SOLOS E
ENGENHARIA GEOTECNICA (ABMS)
The Brazilian Society is one of the more active in the region
with more than 700 members, divided in Regional Chapters for
the different states in the country, and has a continuous
participation in the ISSMGE´s Technical Committees and
Conferences.
• The Conference “Ecos da Sardenha”, about urban solid
waste treatment and deposition.
• A lecture of Tribute to Professor Milton Vargas a
emeritus member of ABMS and past president. The
ABMS authorities presented a document on Natural
Disasters in Brazil.
• The Regional Conference “GEOSUL2010”, was held in
Foz do Iguacu (PR), organized by the Regional Chapter
of Paraná/Santa Catarina.
• The Center and West Chapter of ABMS, held a Course
for Bore Hole Operators, and awarded qualifications to
29 individuals.
• The same chapter organized the “Symposium on soft
Soils” in Guarujá (SP).
• The 9º International Conference on Geosynthetics. This
conference took place also in Guarujá and was
organized together with the International Geosynthetics
Society (IGS). There were 7 keynote and special
lectures, given by S. Sandroni (Brazil), J. Giroud
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(USA), R. Holtz (USA), H. Brandl (Austria), D.
Cazzuffi (Italy), S. Perkins (USA), A. Fourie
(Australia), and Jorge Zornberg President of IGS and
member of ISSMGE.
• In Cuiabá, Professor Roberto Quental Coutinho gave the
“6ª Conference on “Management of Urban Landslides
Risks”, organized together for the Regionals Chapters
from, Cuiabá, Salvador, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo,
Paraná-Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio do
Janeiro and Nordeste.
• The “XVI Brazilian Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering – COBRAMSEG2010”, and
“Geojoven” for young geotechnical engineers. The
event held the “Victor de Mello Lecture”, given by
Professor Harry Poulos (Australia), with an introduction
by Professor John Burland (UK).
• The “Luso-Brazilian Symposium” together with the
Portuguese Geotechnical Society.
• The Nordeste Chapter of ABMS, organized the “1º
North East Symposium on Geotechnics” in Recife (PE).
• ABMS presented the “Soils and Rocks Prize”, in a
ceremony which included the participation of Dr Laura
Caldeira (SPG), Prof. Arsenio Negro (ABMS), Prof.
Henio Palmeira (IGS) and Dr. Heloisa Frasca
(ABGEE).
• The second Course for Bore Hole Operators, and
awarded qualifications to 40 technicians.
• The “XVII Brazilian Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering – COBRAMSEG2012”. The
event held the “Victor de Mello Lecture”, given by the
Prof. Michelle Jamiolkowski (Italy), with an
introduction by Prof. Roberto Terzariol (Argentina).
• Three National Courses on “Deep Foundations”
• National Seminars on “Soft Soils” and “Non saturated
soils”
• The 4th International Conference on Geotechnical and
Geophysical Site Characterization (ISC'4) that will be
held in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco – Brazil. With
the presence of Profs. P. Maine and R. Salgado (USA),
P. Robertson (Canada) and S. Forti (Italy).
• The 3erd Brazilian Congress on Tunnels and
Underground Structures, in Sao Paulo.
7.3 CHILEAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY - SOCIEDAD
CHILENA DE INGENIERIA GEOTECNICA (SOCHIGE)
The Chilean Society is an important society in the region
especially on issues of geotechnical earthquake engineering and
mining geotechnics, with more than 70 members. Professor
Ramón Verdugo is President of SOCHIGE and also member of
the ISSMGE Earthquake Technical Commitee.
The city of Santiago de Chile held the “5º International
Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering”, presided
by Professor Ramón Verdugo and sponsored by the TC04 of the
ISSMGE. Jean Louis Briaud, as president of the ISSMGE,
Pedro Seco e Pinto past president, and Roberto Terzariol
currently ISSMGE Vice President for South America attended
the conference. During the conference Prof. Ricardo Dobry
(USA) was honoured with the Ishihara Lecture.
There were:
• 10 Special Sessions led by F. Leyton, J. Bray, C.
Ledezma, D. Frost, S. Yasuda, R. Verdugo, B. Bradley,
M. Cubrinovski and R. Saragoni.
• 7 State of the Art Sessions, coordinated by Ikuo
Towhata, An-Bin Huang, F. Chavez, R. Boulanger, S.
Kramer, P. Secco e Pinto and G. Gazetas.
• 12 Theme lectures, given by J. Bray, P. Ortigosa, L.
Valenzuela, K. Pilitakis, R. Villagra, M. Cubrinovski,
R. Verdugo, A. Elgamal, E. Ovando Shelley, J.
Kuwano, S. Yasuda and K. Stokoe.
•3 Workshops led by Professors Jorge Troncoso, Takaji
Kokusho and Atila Ansal, respectively.
The National Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering was organized by the SOCHIGEO, with very
important lecturers from Chile and other countries of the region.
7.4 COLOMBIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY -
SOCIEDAD COLOMBIANA DE GEOTECNIA (SCG)
The SCG is a strong society which includes the Societies for
Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics.
• The SCG organized the XIII Colombian Geotechnical
Conference and the VII Colombian Seminar on
Geotechnics, the later about Mining Geology, in
Manizales. The lectures were offered by Laurence
Wesley (New Zealand), Daniel Salcedo (Venezuela),
Tarsicio Celestino (Brazil), Antonio Samaniego (Peru),
Gianfranco Perri (Venezuela) and Jaime Suárez, Juan
Montero y Alvaro Correa (Colombia).
• “International Seminar-Course on Petrologic and
Climates Aspects in the Behavior of Aggregates”. The
lecturers were Antonio Gomes Correia (Portugal-
ISSMGE), Chris Rogers (Canada), Dar Hao Chen
(USA) and Juan Montero, Sandra Campagnoli, Octavio
Coronado and Diego Sánchez de Guzmán from
Colombia.
• “V Academic Seminar on Rock Engineering -
Theoretical and Applied Rock Mechanics for Tunnels
and Slopes”. The event was organized together with the
Research Group on Rock Engineering, with the support
of the SCG´s Rock Engineering Commission.
• The International Seminar on Landslides and Erosion, in
Medellin, with lectures given by Prof. Mora (Costa
Rica), P. Salva (Colombia) and R. Terzariol
(Argentina).
• VII Colombian Geotechnical Seminar
• International Seminar of the Regional Technical
Committee on Landslides and erosion.
7.5 COSTA RICA GEOTECHNICAL ASSOCIATION –
ASOCIACION COSTARRICENSE DE GEOTECNIA
(ACG)
The ACG is 30 years old and is very active in the region.
Professor Marlon Jimenez, the president of ACG, is pro-ctive
and recognized in the Central American and Caribbean
geotechnical communities.
• In the University Auditorium, Professors Luis González
de Vallejo and Mercedes Ferrer, from Spain, give a
lecture on “Geotechnical Risks and Impact in Civil
Facilities and Environment”.
• The “Strategic Workshop of ACG´s Technical
Committees” in this event discussed the following
issues:
• Geotechnical Engineering Teaching
• Rock Mechanics
• Foundations Standards
• Landslides
• 2nd Geotechnical Colloquium, on “Geotechnical
Characterization of Material from a Cut” given by the
Eng. Alejandra Morice, during the annual Assembly of
ACG.
• Professor Nick Barton (Norway) led the Regional
Geotechnic Course “Latest techniques and experiences
in the design and stabilization of excavations in rock for
civil works in complex geology”.
• The ACG in collaboration with the National Emergency
Committee, the Justice Secretary, the Presidency of the
Republic and the CFIA, carries out inspections and
assistance in many civil facilities and projects, such as
the San José-Caldera Road, and a slope in the Women
Penitentiary “Buen Pastor” of San José.
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• The XI National Conference on Geotechnical
Engineering, in San Jose, with lecturess given by G.
Pierri (Venezuela), R. Terzariol (Argentina), and M.
Tapìa (Costa Rica).
• The II South American Symposium on Rock
Excavation, with lectures given by N. Barton (Norway).
M. Jimenez (Costa Rica) and M. Romana (Spain).
7.6 CUBAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF SOIL
MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICS - COMITÉ
TECNICO NACIONAL DE MECANICA DE SUELOS Y
GEOTECNIA DE CUBA (CTNMSG)
The Cuban Society is under the direction of Professor Rolando
Armas Novoa from the National University of Cuba “José
Antonio Echevarria” and is part of the National Union of
Architects and Engineers of Cuba (UNAICC).
• “9º Symposium on Structures, Geotechnics and
Materials” during November 23-26, 2010, in Santa
Clara, Cuba. Besides the Cuban professionals taking
part in this symposium, there were delegates from
Colombia, Mexico, Spain and Brazil. Professor Rolando
Armas Novoa gave the main lecture entitled “Causes of
catastrophic failure in earth dams: Priority and
Sequences”.
• Short courses about “Foundation of structures” and
“Excavations”
7.7 DOMINICAN SOCIETY FOR GEOTECHNICS,
FOUNDATIONS AND MATERIALS - SOCIEDAD
DOMINICANA DE GEOTECNIA, FUNDACIONES Y
MATERIALES (SODGYM)
The SODGYM is led by Professor Luis Carpio, and is one of
the newest societies in the region, only 3 years old. Nevertheless
Professor Carpio has set a very particular dynamic to the
Society.
• The Society created a handbook entitled “Behavior of
Citizens under Earthquakes”, and undertook the
translation of the “Soils Laboratory Handbook” from
Professor Braja M. Das (USA).
• Together with the ISSMGE, the SODGYM organized a
series of technical tours, seminars and courses.
• Organisation of a trip to Puerto Principe, Haiti, with
Professors Briaud and Seco e Pinto, ISSMGE president
and past president respectively of ISSMGE, and Prof. B.
M. Das, in order to see the damage left by the Haitian
Earthquake, in January, 2010, which had hundreds of
thousands of victims and destroyed the city of Port-au
Prince.
• The seminar on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
in Santo Domingo. The Seminar was part of the Touring
Lecturs sponsored by the ISSMGE and participate also
Prof. M. Mauggeri (Italy).
• Professor Braja M. Das gave a lecture entitled “Poverty
does not justify Mediocrity” in the auditorium of the
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo.
• The “Presentation of the conclusions of the “1st.
International Seminar on Earthquake Geotechnical
Engineering and related problems in the Caribbean
Dominican Republic”.
7.8 ECUATORIAN SOCIETY OF SOIL MECHANICS AND
ROCKS - SOCIEDAD ECUATORIANA DE MECANICA
DE SUELOS Y ROCAS (SEMSIR)
The SEMSIR was founded on May 10, 1961. Is a Scientific,
non-profit and nongovernmental society dedicated to the
promotion of Science and Technology in Earth Sciences, linked
to Civil Engineering, Geology and Environment.
• SEMSIR organize a series of Lectures on "Landslide
and Slope Stability". The lecturers were:
• Mr. Stalin Benitez: Landslides in the city of
Guayaquil.
• Mr. Xavier Vera G.: Analysis and geotechnical
designs for mitigation in unstable banks of via
Sabanetilla and Zaruma sector.
• Mr. Miguel Chávez: Sliding hillside slopes, and soft
soils/rocks of Ecuadorian coast.
• Lectures were "Introduction to Flexible Pavements".
The lecturers were:
• Mr. Alejandro Velasco Fili: Features, quality
control and failure modes.
• Mr. Victor Nuques: Design of the asphalt pavement
structure.
• The third Lecture Series on "Earthquake and its Impact
on Guayaquil", were given by:
• Mr. Stalin Benítez Coast: Geology and Seismicity in
Guayaquil.
• Mr. Xavier Vera Grunauer: Performance and
dynamic response of subsurface in the city of
Guayaquil.
• Mr. Alex Villacrés Sanchez: Structural vulnerability
in the city of Guayaquil.
• Seminar on “Dynamic Methods for Testing and
Analysis of Deep Foundations”, - the speaker was Mr.
Camilo A Álvarez.
• The last series of Lectures on "Geotechnical Aspects
and Construction Processes on Bridges and Roads"
were given by the following professors:
• Mr. Nelson Caicedo Aspinall (CPR) and Mr. Victor
Bastidas Serra (CPR): Foundations: Evaluation
results regarding the design procedure by dynamic
test results on-site application in the San Vicente
Bridge.
• Mayor Fausto Erazo (CIE): Bridges System and
Roads in Esmeraldas.
• Mr. Marcelo Romo and Colonel Pedro Mosquera
Burbano (ICE): Project on Chone River estuary, San
Vicente Bay Bridge.
• Session in the auditorium of the University of
Guayaquil, in tribute to 50 SEMSIR and 75 anniversary
of the ISSMGE.
• Second Conference of Geotechnical and Environmental
Engineering Students and Young Engineers
• The V Ecuadorian Congress of Soil Mechanics. Quito
and Guayaquil.
7.9 SALVADOR GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY - SOCIEDAD
SALVADOREÑA DE GEOTECNIA (SSG)
Professor Luis Pineda, the president of the SSG, takes part in
the Pan American and South American representatives
meetings.
• Colloquium about OPAMSS changes to the regulations
of Slope Stability.
• Support the Ministry of Public Works for Post-Graduate
Course on Slope Stability.
• Symposium on “Security Recommendations for
Excavations”.
• Course on “Slope Stability in Soils and Rocks”, held in
the Salvadorian Association of Engineers and
Architects.
• Roundtable: “Recommendations for the Regulation of
Foundations and Slope Stability in El Salvador”.
• Lecture Series on Geotechnical Engineering
Experiences.
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7.10 PARAGUAYAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY - members of the Society and discuss various topics of
SOCIEDAD PARAGUAYA DE GEOTECNIA (SPG) interest for the public.
The Paraguayan Geotechnical Society (SPG) is involved in 7.12 VENEZUELA GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY - SOCIEDAD
important internal changes. They are undertaking a review of VENEZOLANA DE GEOTECNIA (SVG)
the list of members, and working hard to involve new
generations of geotechnical engineers. SPG had a significant The SVG is an historic Society in our region. This Society has
history in the ISSMGE South American Region: they organised hosted the Pan American Conference twice, once in Caracas
the Panamerican Conference in Foz de Iguacu, together with (1967) and the second in Isla Margarita (2007), as well as one
Argentina and Brazil, and held the First Meeting of Presidents of the regional Vice President of the region (Prof. Hiedra
of Geotechnical Societies of Mercosur, during 2003 in Lopez).
Asunción. The society has organised many conferences and They are involved in a series of courses for the associated
seminars in the Sub Region, and Professor Bosio Ciancio was and engineers in general in order to improve the industry in
ISSMGE Vice President for South America for the period 2001- geotechnical issues.
2005.  The XIX and XX Venezuelan Seminar on Geotechnics.
The Seminar´s central issue was the study and solutions
• Through a series of lectures the SPG have taken of practical cases. The event had mains lectures in
advantage of the construction of a “Waterfront Avenue” honour to Gustavo Perez Guerra and Juan Francisco
in Asuncion to present to the entire engineering Lupini, given by Prof. N. Rodriguez and I. Contreras
community the newest technology that is being used. both from Venezuela.
• "The Formation of Asuncion Bay"
• " Dispersive Soils”
• "Occurrence of soft rock in the Metropolitan Area 8 MAIN REGIONAL CONFERENCES
of Asunción “
• "Waterfront Avenue in Asuncion” The following Regional Events were organized in Toronto
• The SPG works closely with the National Secretary for (Canada), with the support of the ISSMGE and the advice of
Emergencies looking technical responses to floods in Panam Committee, together with the 2 Vice Presidents from
coastal cities along the Paraguay River. North America (Dr. G. Auvinet) and South America (Prof. R.
• The SPG has prepared a Handbook of Procedures for Terzariol):
the Conservation of Retaining Walls of these coastal  14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and
cities. Geotechnical Engineering.
• The SPG has also organised local Symposiums, Courses  5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and
and Seminars. Learning of Geotechnical Engineering.
 5 Short courses of interesting topics regarding,
7.11 PERUVIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY - SOCIEDAD Foundations, Excavations, Geosinthetics, Dams, etc.
PERUANA DE GEOTECNIA (SPG)  2 International Seminars named Casagrande and Hardy.
 The Casagrande Lecture given by Dr, Kerry Rowe.
The SPG historically was a very active society, hosting the Pan-
American Conference on Geotechnical Engineering in 1979.
Activity has declined in recent years.
• ISSMGE Touring Lecture - Lima, Perú, 6 - 7 January
"International Seminar on Earthquake Geotechnical
Engineering and Unsaturated Soils", with the following
lectures:
• Jean Louis Briaud (USA) – President ISSMGE:
“Unsaturated Soils: Some Fundamentals and Some
Applications”
• Victor Rinaldi (Argentina) : “Effect of the Structure
and Partial Saturation in the Deformational
Behavior of Soils"
• Nasser Khalili, (Australia): “Application of
Effective Principle to Mechanics of Unsaturated
Soils”
• Roberto Terzariol (Argentina) - V.P South America
ISSMGE: “Aspects of Earthquake Resistant of
Shallow and Deep Foundations, and Retaining
Walls - New Criteria and Standards in Argentina
2010”.
• Jorge E. Alva Hurtado (Perú) & Zenon Aguilar
Bardales (Perú): “Advances in the Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering Study of the 2007 Peruvian
Earthquake”
• Susumu Yasuda (Japan): “Damage to Structures
Due to Soil Liquefaction”
• Pedro Seco e Pinto (Portugal) – Past President
ISSMGE: “Eurocode 8 – Design Of Structures For
Earthquakes Resistance-Geotechnical Aspects”
• The “Geotechnical Thursdays”, held at the Council of
Engineers of Peru. These conferences are given by
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Appendix 4. Innovation and Development (IDC) Committee

D. Zekkos
Chairman, IDC Committee

1 MEMBERSHIP more generally all the Technical Committees (TC) is

expected.
1.1 Board and Liaisons g. Develop the Lexicon into an electronic tool available on
the web site.”
Chair: Dimitrios Zekkos (USA) zekkos@geoengineer.org
Primary Liaison: Charles Ng (Hong Kong) cecwwng@ust.hk
Other liaison: Mike Davies (New Zealand) 3 TASKS
michael.davies@auckland.ac.nz
Based on the terms of reference and conference calls among the
1.2 Members (alphabetically) members of the IDC, the committee divided the tasks in two
main categories:
James Blatz (Canada) blatzja@cc.umanitoba.ca • “Innovate by Action” (IBA) items: IBA items are activities
Chung-Tien Chin (Taiwan) ctchin@cogen.com.tw that are valuable to the Profession and can be realized in the
Pierre Delage, (France) delage@cermes.enpc.fr short term (6 months – 3 yrs). IDC can start work on these
Kok-Kwang Phoon (Singapore) kkphoon@nus.edu.sg activities almost immediately and the ISSMGE board will easily
Mohamed Al-Gharleb Sakr (Egypt)mamsakr@yahoo.com support them.
Fernando Schnaid (Brazil) fschnaid@gmail.com • “Innovate by Vision” (IBV) items: IBV items are activities
Devendra Singh (India) dns@civil.iitb.ac.in that require much longer time to be realized, (>2 yrs) and may
Sarah Stallebrass (UK) S.E.Stallebrass@city.ac.uk encompass a number of IBA activities. Although the IDC can
Ulrich Trunk (Germany) U.Trunk@kellerholding.com start working on these items too, many times they require
Eduard Vorster (South Africa) moving the organization in a new direction, and thus
Eduard.Vorster@af.aurecongroup.com). deliberations by the ISSMGE Board and final approval is
required. Most of them are expected to last beyond this
1.3 Additional Members who Retired from the IDC to Assume Committee’s appointment. However, these activities are more
other ISSMGE Leadership Positions: likely to have a lasting impact to the Profession.
Marc Ballouz (Lebanon)MBallouz@i-g-m.com (Vice Chair of The IBA and IBV items that were identified by the IDC
IDC from 2009-2011) – Became Chair of the Public Relations members as priority activities are shown in the Table below.
Committee The third column lists the tasks that were completed in the
Michael Lisyuk (Russia) lisyuk@gmail.com – (Member of IDC 2009-2013 tenure of this committee that contributed towards the
from 2009-2011) Became Chair of the Corporate Associated IBA and IBV items.
Presidential Group (CAPG)
Table 1: Identified IBA and IBV items and related completed tasks that
contributed towards addressing these items
2 TERMS OF REFERENCE 2009-2013
IBA/IBV Item Topic
Related Task
The following terms of reference have been provided by the IBA Item #1 Innovator of the Year Award Task 1
ISSME President and Board: IBA Item #2 Electronic Lexicon Task 2
“The IDC will be the think tank of ISSMGE. Its task will be IBA Item #3 Webinars Task 3
to think of ways to make ISSMGE progress in a manner which
IBV Item #1a ISSMGE website Task 4
will increase its usefulness to the members and provide
Information Technology in
excitement for the future of geotechnical engineering in IBV Item #1b Task 5
Geoengineering
ISSMGE. Among the possible tasks are:
Integrate ISSMGE – International
a. Develop innovations to better serve our members and to IBA Item #4 Journal of Geoengineering Case Task 6
increase the impact and influence of ISSMGE and the Histories
Geotechnical Engineer in the world.
Explore/provide new tools/services Tasks 2, 3, 4, 5
b. Develop ways to enhance the value of the web site as a IBV Item #2
to ISSMGE members and 6
technical resource worldwide.
c. Develop ways for individual members to communicate Increase awareness of ISSMGE
with each other in a very easy fashion. IBV Item #3 among students and young Tasks 3, 4, and 5
geoengineers
d. Initiate the webinar series
e. Create and select the recipient for a best innovator of the IBV Item #4 Support developing Countries Task 4, 5, and 6
year award. This award will be given yearly. The award Not explicitly
will consist of a certificate which will be given to the pursued; item part
ISSMGE member receiving the award. IBV Item #5 Encourage industry sponsorship of the MPAC
f. Strengthen and bring to a steady state the International Board-level
Journal on Geoengineering Case Histories. Cooperation Committee
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Figure 1 Schematic of categorization of IDC Activities.
4 2009-2013 COMPLETED TASKS
In the 2009-2013 period, the IDC Committee and its ISSMGE
Liaison members held six conference calls using Skype. The
purpose of the conference calls was to evaluate progress made
on ongoing tasks and initiate new ones. In many cases, due to
the significant local time difference among the committee
members, deliverables and outcomes were commonly evaluated
by e-mail exchanges among committee members.
The Committee started by addressing one-by-one the IBA
and IBV items. For each task, an informal task force that
consisted of members of the IDC as well as occasionally
individuals that are nom members of the IDC was formed.
4.1 Task 1: Innovator of the Year Award
Following the request by the President, the IDC prepared a
proposal outlining the objective, description, rules, and
submission requirements for this award. As outlined in the
description “The ISSMGE Award for innovation in
Geoengineering is awarded bi-annually to individuals or groups
(researchers, consultants, contractors) in recognition of
innovations in Geoengineering that have a pronounced impact
on geoengineering practice, research and education. The term
innovation is used broadly to describe any major unprecedented
achievements that led to a major advancement in our Profession
and ideally, covers the entire spectrum from fundamental
science to application and implementation in
construction/practice.”
The IDC submitted its proposal to the President of the
ISSMGE on August 23 2010. A Board-level Awards Committee
was formed by the President and is chaired by Prof. François
Schlosser and the IDC’s role on this award was completed. The
Awards Committee is now responsible for this and other
awards.
4.2 Task 2: Development of an Electronic Lexicon
Per the President’s request, IDC was charged with creating an
electronic version of the ISSMGE Lexicon that was originally
published in printed format in 1981 and included a total of 1592
terms in eight languages (English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish).
First, the 1981 Lexicon was made available as a pdf file.
This task was completed with the assistance of President Briaud
and the pdf file is currently available on the ISSMGE website.
Subsequently, the IDC, in collaboration with Geoengineer.org,
developed an online platform for the electronic Lexicon. The
Electronic Lexicon is one of the new Resource items in the
ISSMGE website. The direct web address is:
http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/lexicon. The application
allows users to search and select any term of the lexicon in any
language. It outputs the translations of this term in all available
languages. The application was designed so that it is
expandable, i.e., more terms and additional languages can be
added in the future.
The current version of the Lexicon (as of August 2013)
includes a translation of the 1593 terms in a total of 13
languages. This included the digitization of the 1981 languages,
and specifically, English, Spanish, Russian, German,
Portuguese, Swedish, and French. The only language that has
not yet been digitized from the 1981 lexicon is the Italian
language. This work is ongoing by the Italian Geotechnical
Society. In addition, the electronic Lexicon was expanded to
include the following new languages: Turkish, Chinese and
Chinese Simple, Japanese, Farsi (Persian), and Finish. Note that
the translation of these terms is the outcome of the work by a
large number of volunteers and Member Countries and all of
them are acknowledged online. At least two more languages are
currently being prepared: Arabic, and Greek.
4.3 Task 3: Webinars
Per the President’s request, the ISSMGE Board expressed an
interest in developing Webinars that would become available to
its Member Countries and professionals worldwide. The IDC
was charged with exploring the options available to the
organization to achieve this and perform a feasibility study.
The IDC task force performed an extensive research of
available webinar services. A set of recommendations were
documented in a Webinar Services report and submitted to the
ISSMGE Board in March 2011. To ensure the quality of the
webinar services, a significant investment cost was deemed
necessary to operate them. Following a request of the Board, a
business plan was prepared and submitted to the Board for
discussion on April 20th 2011. The Board proceeded with the
recommendation. The company Webex was selected to provide
the service for the webinars. To date, a total of 12 webinars
were hosted with a large number of attendees worldwide. Upon
completion of the webinars, the recorded lectures are made
available through the new ISSMGE website at this direct web
address: http://www.issmge.org/en/resources/recorded-
webinars. This database of webinars represents a major
contribution of the ISSMGE to geo-education worldwide. The
website data collected to date indicate that the webinars are the
most popular content on the ISSMGE website.
4.4 Task 4: Development of new ISSMGE Website
Architecture
The IDC spent considerable effort in developing a vision for the
ISSMGE website and then proceeding with its upgrading. The
focus of the IDC, per the ISSMGE Board request, was not on
developing a new design for the website, but to upgrade the
technical capabilities of the ISSMGE website to support new
content. The new website is a step forward towards improving
the content and impact of the ISSMGE website (term of
reference “b”). The previous ISSMGE website did not have the
capability to support webinars, the electronic lexicon and other
online resources. With support from Geoengineer.org, the new
website was launched in January 2013. In addition to including
all previously available content, the new website:
 supports new, web-based, interactive tools, such as the
Lexicon;
 has a first-level integration with the GeoWorld
professional networking platform;
 makes available new resources such as webinars and
recorded lectures, as well as other files. Presently, in
addition to the 12 webinars, the ISSMGE website has
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made available the 1st McLelland lecture organized by
TC209 on Offshore Geotechnics;
 has an announcement board on the main page with
“featured” content, that allows visitors of the website to
quickly identify updates on the website;
 has links and announcements related to the ISSMGE
International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories;
 has an updated, easy-to-use conference and events
database;
 has resources related to the ISSMGE foundation;
In addition, ISSMGE started collecting data about the
visitors of its website. This data can be used for future
assessments of popular website content and resources. Fig. 2
below illustrates the number of visitors of the ISSMGE website
during the last year. It indicates that the ISSMGE website traffic
has increased significantly. The most popular content is the
webinars. In addition, GeoWorld (see Task 5) brings the most
traffic to the ISSMGE website (excluding search engines).
Figure. 2: Number of website unique visitors from July 1st 2013 to June
30th 2013. The new website was launched in January 2013.
In addition, the new ISSMGE website has the capacity to
provide free space to all its committees that wish to use it.
Currently, it already hosts the new website of the Corporate
Associates Presidential Group.
Note that ISSMGE, as part of a signed partnership with
Geoengineer.org has access to Information Technology staff (up
to 8 hrs per week) to support the maintenance and potential
upgrade of the ISSMGE website in the future. A printscreen of
the new ISSMGE website is provided in Fig. 3.
Fig. 3: A print screen of the ISSMGE website on August 7 2013.
4.5 Task 5: Development of GeoWorld, a Networking
Platform for Geoprofessionals
The IDC recognized the need for ISSMGE to better use information
technology tools in geotechnical engineering. This need is also the
underlying theme behind terms of reference a, b and c. In addition,
feedback from the Student and Young Members Presidential Group
(SYMPG) indicated the need for online networking and web-based
interaction among professionals. The IDC proposed the development of
a modern IT platform that can support the efficient information
dissemination in geotechnical engineering, will facilitate professional
networking at a global scale and will allow ISSMGE to promote its
activities, committees and resources. This platform, has been a work-in-
progress for Geoengineer.org. The IDC proposed to support this
platform and modify it to support ISSMGE’s needs. Following the
President’s recommendation and the Board’s vote, this platform was
partially funded by ISSMGE. ISSMGE and Geoengineer.org are thus
the co-founders of GeoWorld, with ownership and liability remaining
with Geoengineer.org.
GeoWorld http://www.mygeoworld.info was announced by the
President in November 2011. In the less than two years since its launch,
the platform has been enthusiastically supported by Professionals and
already has more than 3,100 members. GeoWorld allows professionals,
companies and organizations, to have an easy-to-use professional
webpage at no-cost and use that to network with professionals at a
global scale. All users can post announcements, publications, photos,
videos, host a blog without any programing skills. A promotional video
of GW can also be found on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRYA-mMSGCw
ISSMGE has also created a GeoWorld (GW) profile page
(available here: http://www.mygeoworld.info/profile/ISSMGE) that is
used to promote news of the organization as well as announce new
content added on the ISSMGE webpage. Members of GeoWorld have
been subscribing to ISSMGE’s GW page and have been automatically
receiving updates from ISSMGE. This strategy has proven very
successful. According to the website statistics of the ISSMGE website,
GeoWorld has been the largest website traffic contributor to the
ISSMGE website (not including search engines).
ISSMGE has also created group pages for each of its Technical
Committees. Members of GW can subscribe to these pages and receive
updates from the Technical Committee. However, few committees to
date, have used their GW page to promote TC activities. The primary
reason is probably that the leadership of the TC has not yet had the time
to realize the usefulness of the TC GW groups. Thus, IDC released in
August 2013 a guide for TC Chairs on why and how to use the
GeoWorld TC Groups (Fig. 4).
Figure. 4: View of the cover of the Guide for ISSMGE Technical
Committees on GeoWorld Groups published in August 2013.
In addition to the unique networking opportunities provided by
GW, there are some additional features that are really unique and
valuable to Geo-professionals. One of them is GeoMap. GeoMap is an
online mapping tool that allows registered guests to:
a) See the location of all members of GeoWorld;
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b) See the location of all upcoming geotechnical engineering
events;
c) See the location of all case histories published in the ISSMGE
International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories;
Figure. 5: Print screen of GeoMap showing all members, news, events and case histories.
In addition, in July 2013, forums were developed in GW. The
forums facilitate the exchange of technical discussions. Members can
ask technical questions and receive responses from other members of
GeoWorld. This feature was one of the requests of the SYMPG that is
now supported by GeoWorld.
The IT opportunities created by GeoWorld are endless. Currently
GeoWorld is being expanded to include a job opportunities section.
Additional IT tools can be created and incorporated to GeoWorld to
make a valuable contribution to the Profession.
4.6 Task 6: Integrate ISSMGE – International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories
The IDC was charged with supporting the International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories (terms of reference f). To that end, the
IDC initiated efforts to interwove the journal with the ISSMGE
activities. The journal has now a presence on the ISSMGE website and
the ISSMGE Bulletin. Also, the IDC contacted each TC and requested
to identify a representative who will operate as the tie between the
journal and the TC and will support the journal. The "TC appointed
representative" may help also support special issues on case histories
related to the interests of the TCs. Currently about half of the Technical
Committees have appointed representatives, although this list will need
to be updated and expanded. These efforts need to be continued and
expanded.
d) See the location of recent geotechnical news, as announced by
the Geoengineer.org news center.
A print screen of GeoMap is shown in Fig. 5.
5 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE WORK
The work by the IDC is anything but complete. With continuous
technological advances, IDC has to play a key role in pushing-forward a
technologically forward-looking agenda for the International Society.
An example list of initiatives that the IDC can take is provided below:
 The Electronic Lexicon can and should be upgraded.
Additional terms need to be added and more language
translations can be incorporated. In addition, at this stage, the
IDC did not focus on incorporating the translations of the
various symbols and notation, that was included in the 1981
Lexicon. These can be incorporated also. The Electronic
Lexicon can play a key role in establishing official translations
of technical terms among various languages and, in that
manner, support international collaborations in geotechnical
engineering.
 GeoWorld can be expanded with even more members and
incorporate new features. Needs of the professional related to
networking and online collaborations can be supported by this
platform.
 A new ISSMGE website may be designed. As discussed
earlier, per the ISSMGE Board’s instruction, the focus of the
IDC was on improving the capabilities of the ISSMGE website
without significantly affecting the ISSMGE website layout and
design. As more content is continuously being added on the
ISSMGE website, a re-design of the ISSMGE website may be
warranted. Geoengineer.org staff will be available to assist in
such re-design.
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 The integration of GeoWorld with the ISSMGE website can be

taken to the next level. Geotechnical engineers should be able
to use their GeoWorld accounts to provide feedback on the
ISSMGE website. Technical Committees have GeoWorld
profile pages that properly used can help them outreach to the
Profession.
 The IDC needs to continue to find better and improved
strategies to integrate the International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories with the ISSMGE organization,
by involving ISSMGE-sponsored conferences, the ISSMGE
Member Countries, and professionals and using its resources
such as GeoWorld and the ISSMGE website. The journal can
be better integrated with the ISSMGE organization.

6 CLOSURE
The work of IDC will never be completed. Additional innovations will
create efficiencies in the professional activities of geotechnical
engineers. They will create new opportunities, new ideas and new
needs. These needs are global and ISSMGE is the premier organization
to address them. It is our hope that this IDC committee has carved a
new exciting direction for ISSMGE that will help the organization make
lasting contributions to the profession. Subsequent IDC Committees can
help the organization proceed in this direction. It has been our privilege
to serve ISSMGE.

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Appendix 5: International Journal of Geotechnical Case Histories
P. Sêco e Pinto
ISSMGE Immediate Past President
On March 2009 ISSMGE Board has taken the decision to
consider IJGCH a journal of ISSMGE.
A volume was issued on September 2009 and a second
volume on December 2009,
From January 2010 to the middle of 2012 IJGCH was not so
active.
Following my appointment for IJGCH Editor-in-Chief, on
the 2nd semester of 2012, I am trying to activate the Journal.
The Editorial Board was refreshed with new members covering
different topics of Geotechnical Engineering and looking for a
better geographical distribution and balance between males and
females.
In addition a letter was sent to TCs chairpersons, as I
believe that the role of the Technical Committees is important
for the success of IJGCH.
IJGCH can be a space of scientific interaction, sharing of
experiences and launching of innovative ideas to open new
avenues.
It is my hope that the spirit of cooperation fostered by
International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories will
encourage additional projects and will contribute to the
advancement of the state-of-art and state-of-practice of
geotechnical engineering, following Yeats message “The
intellect of man is found to choose perfection of the life or the
work”.
As this world is moving in the direction of a global village
there is a need of a universal knowledge and a permanent
update and renewing.
Communication, transfer of experiences and information,
discussions of the methodologies and results are the key words.
In this geotechnical world that always change and progress we
are facing new challenges. The scientific truth is not definitely
achieved, demands from all of us a permanent and continuous
effort.
A link was established between ISSMGE website and
International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories and the
following information is given:
Mission and Areas of Interest
Characteristics of the Journal
Procedures for review and publication of submitted manuscripts
Editorial board membership
Present impact to the Professional.
This journal can make a difference to the profession since it
is a non-profit effort and is suited to the needs of geo-
professionals worldwide. It is a high quality, refereed
publication, and is available at no cost online so that it can be
easily accessible globally by practicing and research engineers
that may not afford another journal subscription. The journal
also focuses on the practice of the profession and the promotion
of useful field data that typically do not get published. It allows
the use of colour photos, and papers are accompanied by digital
data and online supplemental databases. Finally all projects are
included in a google earth database. The journal is also indexed
by the Georef database.
IJGCH is an opportunity for the Technical Committees to
communicate their work to all individual members. Also
ISSMGE should endeavour to increase the benefits to individual
members of ISSMGE. This e-journal, without carrying any
costs, can be easily accessed by all ISSMGE individual
members and can contribute for a synergy between academic
and industrial research and will implement co-operation
between scientific and technological actors and companies to
develop research projects with strong innovation effects.
It is important to communicate, to share experiences, to
compare methodologies and to monitor the results. The benefits
of an open dialogue between the academicians, the researchers,
the practitioners, contractors and owners are huge.
This IJGCH is an opportunity for the Technical Committees
to communicate their work to all individual members. Also
ISSMGE should endeavour to increase the benefits to individual
members of ISSMGE. This e-journal, without carrying any
costs, can be easily accessed by all ISSMGE individual
members.
Guest Editors were appointed and are responsible for
special issues of IJGCH.
The support from the President, Regional Vice Presidents
and TCs Chairpersons is crucial for the success of the Journal.
.Joining our efforts we will reach our goals and targets and
contribute for the success of IJGCH and certainly for the unity
and strength of ISSMGE.
Thanking in advance for your co-operation I would like to
transmit a message of hope remembering the lines of Aristotle.
“We are what we do
Consistently,
So the excellence
Is not an act
But a practice.”
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Appendix 6: Report on Membership, Practitioner and Academic Committee (MPAC)

Report de la Comite Practitioner et Academique (MPAC).

H.G. Poulos
Chair MPAC

1 MEMBERSHIP should work on the basis that it is a privilege for a

company to be asked to be a corporate member.
Harry Poulos – Chair (Australia): b) Develop a list of benefits that ISSMGE will provide to
harry_poulos@coffey.com Corporate members. These will focus largely (but not
Luiz Guilherme de Mello - Vice Chair (Brazil): entirely) on extensive publicity (via ISSMGE
lgmello@vecttor.br publications and conferences),and networking
Peter Day – Secretary (South Africa): opportunities through Corporate Member interaction.
day@jaws.co.za MPAC will be asked to suggest other means of
Brian Simpson - (UK) “inducement”.
brian.simpson@arup.com c) President and Chair of MPAC to develop an invitation
Manfred Nussbaumer - (Germany): letter setting out the Terms and Conditions for
Manfred.Nussbaumer@zublin.de Corporate Membership.
Marcellin Kana - (Cameroon): d) This Corporate Group will be a source of funding for
emk2cm@yahoo.fr the ISSMGE Foundation.
Za Chieh Moh – (Taiwan):
zachieh.moh@maaconsultants.com 3.2 Procedures for ISSMGE Conference “Bursaries”
Dennis Becker- (Canada):
Dennis_Becker@golder.com a) Decide on range of conferences for which bursaries will
Francois Baguelin – (France): be awarded. Will they be only for International
francois.baguelin@fondasol.fr Conferences, or regional Conferences within the region
Madhira Madhav – (India): of the recipient, or will they extend to any ISSMGE-
madhavmr@gmail.com sponsored conference?
Jorgen Steenfelt – (Denmark): b) Develop criteria for selection of members to receive
JOS@cowi.dk financial assistance (bursaries) to attend ISSMGE-
Kenji Ishihara – (Japan): sponsored conferences.
ke-ishi@po.iijnet.or.jp c) Develop guidelines for selection of Member Societies
that will be invited to nominate individual members for
Board Liaison: bursaries.
Askar Zhussupbbekov; Samuel Ejezie d) Communicate with those Member Societies and receive
feedback on the proposed scheme before procedures are
finalized.
2 TERMS OF REFERENCE
3.3 Develop a Corporate Associates Presidential Group
To stimulate interaction and cooperation between
academics and practitioners within ISSMGE and to a) Arrange for members of Corporate Associates to
increase the participation of practitioners in ISSMGE represent their organization on a group (CAPG) that has
activities. direct access to the President.

3 STATED OBJECTIVES 4 PROGRESS TOWARDS OBJECTIVES

3.1 MPAC Membership 4.1 MPAC Membership

a) Develop a list of significant geotechnical (and other)
companies that will be approached by the President and
the MPAC Chairman to join as Corporate Members of
ISSMGE. Each member of MPAC will be asked to
provide names of suitable companies, and if possible,
identify the most appropriate person to approach. We
 Corporate Members have been re-titled as “Corporate
Associates”.
 We now have a total of 43 Corporate Associates, up
from 21 prior to the formation of MPAC.
 A list of the current Corporate Associates (CAs),
together with their logos and country of origin, is given
in Appendix A to this report. Also shown are the

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Corporate Associates at the time of the Council Meeting

in Alexandria in 2009.
 Our target is 50 CAs by the end of the current
Presidential term.

4.2 Conference Bursaries

 The formation of the ISSMGE Foundation has enabled
these bursaries to be provided for several younger
ISSMGE members from developing countries and from
countries where conference funding is difficult to
obtain.
 Each recipient has to file a report on their experiences
and learning from the conference attended. These
reports are published in the ISSMGE Bulletin.
 Guidelines for bursary recipients have been developed,
including the requirement that a recipient shall normally
be a financial member of ISSMGE.
 A sub-committee of MPAC has been formed to assess
the applications and make recommendations for bursary
funding.
 Thus far, 42 applications have been received, and 34
conference bursaries have been granted. This represents
a success rate of about 80%.
 Further details of the ISSMGE Foundation, its donors,
and the bursary recipients are given in Appendix B.

4.3 Corporate Associates Presidential Group

 This CAPG group has been formed, and has met, in
person and via teleconference, on a number of
occasions.
 The group is a means by which Corporate Associates
can directly offer their opinions and advice on issues
related to geotechnical practice and education, and on
ways in which ISSMGE can advance the profession.
 This group is organizing a Plenary Session at the Paris
conference.

5 FUTURE PLANS FOR MPAC

 MPAC should continue to try and increase the number

of Corporate Associates to reach the target of 50 by the
end of this Presidential term
 It should make efforts to increase the recognition of
Conference Bursaries among the younger ISSMGE
members.
 It should further encourage practitioners to participate in
ISSMGE conferences and events.
 It should extend into the next Presidential term, and
review its objectives and its mode of operation.

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Appendix 7: Technical Oversight Committee Report to Council - Period from

October 2009 to August 2013

S. Lacasse
Chair TOC
M. Jamiolkowski, K. Karlsrud, K. Soga

1 TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR TOC

The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has the mandate to 2 COMPOSITION OF TOC
oversee the technical activities of ISSMGE. President Jean-
Louis Briaud created the TOC as a Board Level Committee. For The members of the TOC are representatives from six regions
the period 2009-2013, the TOC liaised with the ISSMGE Vice- of the ISSMGE. The TOC is composed of an executive with
Presidents, Professor Gabriel Auvinet and Professor Ivan four members and eight additional members. Originally, there
Vaniček. The TOC reports to the ISSMGE Board. The ISSMGE were nine members on the TOC, but Dr. Anwar E.Z. Wissa
President ratifies most of the decisions by the TOC. Figure 1 (USA/Egypt, from Ardaman & Associates, Orlando Florida
illustrates the TOC and the TCs in the ISSMGE organization USA) unfortunately passed away mid-term. The TOC decided
and the lines of communication. not to replace Dr. A.E.Z. Wissa.
The activities overseen by the TOC include:
• The ISSMGE Technical Committees (TCs): TOC Table 1. Composition of the ISSMGE Technical Oversight Committee
recommends the formation and dissolution of TCs, (2009-2013).
suggests TC Chairs and four key members on each TC
to the ISSMGE President, and makes a decision on the Name Function Country Affiliation
Terms of Reference proposed by each TC Chair. The Norway /
TOC has the responsibility to evaluate the work of the Suzanne Lacasse Chair NGI
Canada
TOC on a yearly basis. Kjell Karlsrud Co-Chair Norway NGI
• ISSMGE conferences, in particular the quadrennial
International Conference, and other ISSMGE con- Politecnico di Torino/
ferences via a liaison person, with purpose to work Michele Jamiolkowski Vice-chair Italy Studio Geotecnico
closely with the organizing committee of the con- Italiano
ference to provide assistance on the quality of the Kenichi Soga Secretary UK / Japan Cambridge University
technical contributions and, where possible, to in-volve National Engineering
the TCs in the program of the conference. Mounir Bouassida Member Tunisia
School of Tunis
• Any other oversight effort dealing with the technical Univ. California
activities of ISSMGE. Jonathan Bray Member USA
Berkeley
The primary mission of the TOC is to maintain/confirm the Univ. of Western
quality of the TCs' composition, work plans and results. Mark Cassidy Member Australia
Australia
Antonio Gomes
Member Portugal University of Minho
Correia
Hungsung S. Lee Member South Korea Hyundai Co.
Ramon Verdugo Member Chile University of Chile
Port and Airport
Yoichi Watabe Member Japan
Research Institute
Univ. of Cairo / Dar
Sherif Wissa Agaiby Member Egypt Al-Handasah
Consultants

3 ACTIVITIES PRIORITIZED BY TOC

The TOC concentrated its efforts on the following aspects:

Figure 1. Technical Oversight Committee (2009-2013) in ISSMGE
organization
• Creation and organization of TCs
• Revision of Guidelines for ISSMGE Technical Committees
• Simplifying the initialization of the TCs with each incoming
ISSMGE President
• Quality of TCs and TC work
• Periodical evaluation of the work by TCs
• System for Honours Lectures established by the TCs

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• System to liaise between TOC and organization/scientific
committees of ISSMGE conferences
• Recommendation on whether future ISSMGE Board should
have a TOC
4 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF TOC
4.1 Creation and organization of TCs
There are 30 Technical Committees per 2013-08-01. In early
2010, the TOC organized the Technical Committees in three
categories:
• TCs on Fundamentals (7 committees),
• TCs on Applications (16 committees),
• TCs on Impact on Society (7 TCs)
Appendix A lists the TC's and respective chairs as of 2013-
08-01. Each TC was also assigned a Liaison from the TOC. The
chairs, and therefore the hosting Member societies, belong to all
of ISSMGE regions.
Based on feedback from the TC chairs and ISSMGE
members of the TCs, the new categories and new numbering
seemed to please the ISSMGE members and made the
understanding of the technical content of each TC more
accessible to everyone. Several expressed the desire to keep the
past and new numbering for describing the TCs. For this reason,
the old TC numbering can still be found in some of the reports
of the TCs.
Twenty TCs were continued from the earlier ISSMGE
presidency term: TC101 Laboratory testing, TC102 In situ
testing, TC103 Numerical methods, TC104 Physical modelling,
TC105 Geomechanics, TC106 Unsaturated soils, TC202
Transportation, TC203 Earthquake, TC204 Underground
construction, TC205 Safety and serviceability, TC206
Interactive design, TC207 Soil-structure interaction, TC211
Ground improvement, TC212 Deep foundations, TC213 Soil
erosion, TC214 Soft soils, TC215 Geo-environmental, TC301
Historic sites, TC302 Forensics and TC304 Risk. Eight of these
TCs had new chairs from 2010.One TC was discontinued:
"Dealing with sea level changes and subsidence" (no country
was willing to host the TC, and no chair could be found).
In 2010, TOC created, or reinstated after a lapse of 4 or 8
years, nine TCs: TC107 Lateritic soils, TC201 Dykes and
levees, TC208 Stability natural slopes, TC209 Offshore
geotechnics, TC210 Dams, TC216 Frost, TC303 Hurricanes and
floods, TC305 Megacities and TC306 Geo-education. A tenth
TC was created in 2012, TC 307 "Sustain-ability in
Geotechnical Engineering".
During the period 2009-2013, the TOC had to change the
Chair of four TCs, due to chairs resigning because of health
reasons or changing employer. Otherwise, all the chairs
assigned in early 2010 continued in their functions. Medio
August, the Chair of TC302-Forensics, Dr V.V:S. Rao (India)
recommended passing on the Chair of his TC to Professor GLS
Babu, who is presently secretary of TC 302. The host Member
Society remains India. The TOC approves of this change.
In August 2013, came a proposal to form a new TC. TOC
approves of this new TC and recommends its creation. Then
new TC would be TC 217 "Energy Geotechnics". The new TC
was proposed by Professor Marcelo Sanchez from Texas A&M
University, who would also act as the Chair of the new TC. The
TC would be hosted by the US Member Society. The new TC
will be tabled for approval at the ISSMGE Board meeting on
31st August 2013.
4.2 Revision of Guidelines for ISSMGE Technical
Committees
The revised guidelines can be found in Appendix B. The main
changes, relative to earlier guidelines, include:
• The activities of the TCs and the Chair of the TC continue
their work independently of the election of the ISSMGE
president. The Chair continues his work through the change
in ISSMGE President, until otherwise directed by the
President. The ISSMGE President retains the power to
create or dissolve a TC, but the life of a TC is disconnected
from the term of the ISSMGE presidency (see also next
section).
• A new TC can be proposed by ISSMGE members and/or
Member Societies at any time, and not just at the start of a
new ISSMGE presidency.
• The TC does not have core members, but rather an
executive and persons responsible for the Task Forces
defined in the TC's Terms of References. The Chair
nominates up to four members of the TC, and the ISSMGE
President can nominate up to four members.
• Corresponding members having exceptional competence are
allowed on the TCs, even if they are not member of the
ISSMGE.
• The Terms of References for the TC have been summarized
in four objectives (details in Appendix B):
1. Disseminate knowledge and practice within the TC’s
subject area to the membership of the ISSMGE.
2. Establish guidelines and technical recommendations
within the TC’s subject area.
3. Assist with technical programs of international and
regional conferences organized by the ISSMGE.
4. Interact with industry and overlapping groups working
in areas related to the TC’s specialist area.
• The Chair is encouraged to develop Task Forces for specific
activities and assign the responsibility to TC members to
lead these activities.
• The term of a TC Chair is 4 years, and can be renewed once
or twice. An out-going Chair makes a recom-mendation for
the next Chair to the ISSMGE President.
• The TC has responsibility to synthesize the knowledge in its
area in a form easily accessible to the ge-otechnical
profession and ISSMGE members. There should be a
balance between the academic research and the translation
of research findings into practice.
• Procedures were established for the follow-up of non-
responding members on the TC.
• The TC shall establish a system to save its work on the web,
with links to the ISSMGE and GeoWorld sites..
4.3 Simplifying the initialization of the TCs with each
incoming ISSMGE President
An enormous amount of work was required for the start-up of
the TCs after the election of the ISSMGE President in 2009.
The TCs had lost their momentum, there were endless
discussions about Chairs, and the selection of members on the
TCs and the communication with the Member Societies took a
long time. It took 8 months to restart the TCs in 2009/2010.
To reduce the uncertainty between presidents, and the loss
of valuable ”technical” time, the TOC recom-mended and the
ISSMGE Board made the decision in 2011 that the TCs would
continue to operate ”between” Presidents. The TCs continue
during the President transition and until the President chooses to
terminate a Chair or a TC or both.
The ISSMGE President retains the authority to change
Chair, discontinue a TC or create new TCs at any time.
However, without specific action from ISSMGE, the TC Chair
and the TC continue their work. In the TC guidelines (Appendix
B), one can read: "The activities of the TCs and the Chair of the
TC continue their work independently of the election of the
ISSMGE president. The Chair continues his work through the
change in ISSMGE President, until otherwise directed by the
President. The ISSMGE President has the power to create or
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dissolve a TC, but the life of a TC is disconnected from the term
of the ISSMGE presidency."
4.4 Quality of TCs and TC work
As mentioned in the Terms of References above, the TOC's
primary mission is to maintain quality of the TC exec-utive,
work plan and the work done by the TCs. Before 2009, one
ISSMGE Board member had the responsibility to ensure the
quality of the TC work. The change brought on by the TOC
contributed to set focus on the objectives and work plans of
each TC, and the quality of the products of the TCs, as well as
increasing the visibility of the TCs. The TOC believes that this
effort should be sustained.
The TCs are one of the important ISSMGE tools to reach its
members. The TCs contribute to the technical, administrative
and outreach development of its members and to advancing the
state of knowledge in the subject area of the TC. In a sense, the
TOC was created to free the ISSMGE Board from the
responsibility of quality control of the TCs, even though the
TCs are one of the most important instruments of the ISSMGE.
The TOC perceives, although this is based on the TOC
members' opinion, that the existence of TOC has led to an
increased incentive on the TC's to produce results. The TOC
suggests that an oversight committee à la TOC is key to
continuing improvement of the technical contributions through
the ISSMGE TCs. TOC does not believe, however, that it is
necessary to have a large committee to do this. It is therefore
necessary to reflect on the number of people who would be
required to do the quality control of the TC.
4.5 Periodical evaluation of the work by TCs
During the term of the TOC mandate, evaluation of the progress
of the TOC was done in 2010 and late 2011, and lastly in
connection with the ranking of candidate for the Best TC
Award. Each TC was also asked to report its progress by June
2013 in time for the Paris Council meeting in September 2013.
All TCs were required to have a web site.
During the 4 years, one TC Chair had to be warned because
of lack of progress.
Otherwise, the very large majority of the TCs worked very
well, conducted successful conferences and produced excellent
overview papers and documents. Only a few of the TCs had
limited activities, and the role of the TOC in this respect was
limited, except in the start-up of the TCs.
4.6 System for Honours Lectures established by Technical
Committees
On initiative from several Technical Committees, the ISSMGE
established nine Honours Lectures. The following Honours
lectures exist per 2013-08-01 (eight will be presented at the 18th
ICSMGE in Paris):
TC101 - Bishop Lecture (Lab testing)
TC102 - Mitchell Lecture (In situ testing)
TC104 - Schofield Lecture (Physical modelling)
TC203 - Ishihara Lecture (Earthquake)
TC204 - Fujita Lecture (Underground construction)
TC209 - McClelland Lecture (Offshore)
TC211- Ménard Lecture (Soil improvement)
TC211 - Kerry Rowe Lecture (Geo-environmental)
TC301 - Kérisel Lecture (Historic sites)
The TOC recommended that the creation of the Honours
Lectures and the selection of the Honours Lecturer be a
transparent process. TOC established guidelines for the naming
the Honours Lectures and for the selection of the Honours
Lecturer to ensure that the ISSMGE and TCs have the same
understanding of the process and selection criteria. The
guidelines are included in the Guidelines for ISSMGE
Technical Committees (Appendix B).
4.7 System to liaise between TOC and organization/scientific
committees of ISSMGE conferences
Assigning Liaisons from the TOC to the Organising/Scientific
Committees of smaller ISSMGE Conferences proved to be less
successful than originally expected. In most cases, the
conferences managed very well without external help from the
TOC. The purpose of these Liaisons was to increase a culture
for involving ISSMGE and the TCs. The involvement of the
TCs is much more recognised in 2013 than in 2009, also thanks
to the 18th ICSMGE in Paris and the technical program
developed. The TOC does not see the need for continuing with
ISSMGE conference Liaisons. ISSMGE has already conference
manuals and guidelines, and experience shows that the
conferences are, in general, well run.
5 RECOMMENDATIONS
• The TOC function should be used in the future as an
assistance to the ISSMGE Board to contribute to maintaining
the quality of the work of the Technical Committee. Given the
newly adopted continuity of the Technical Committees, the
amount of work required of the TOC should be lighter than it
was in the period 2009-2011.
• The Executive of the TOC could consist of a group of
one person from each of the ISSMGE regions, so ide-ally two
persons from the Americas, one from Europe, one from Asia,
one from Africa and one from Australasia. A few additional
persons should be associated to the TOC with the specific
purpose of following-up a limited number of TCs, e.g. 4 TCs
per person. Alternatively, the follow-up of the TCs could be
assumed by the 6 carefully selected and technically able persons
on the Executive (meaning about 5 TCs per person to follow
up).
• The TOC should continue to report to the ISSMGE
President.
• The ISSMGE Vice-Presidents (VP) for each region
should become members ex officio of the TOC to be kept
abreast of the activities of the TCs in their region. The ISSMGE
Regional VPs would come in addition to the Executive, but
would not have the same TC follow-up responsibility as the
other Executive members.
• The reporting function from the TCs to TOC and the
ISSMGE Board should be taken over by the ISSMGE
Secretariat. TOC would provide an input to the contents of the
progress report. Reporting to ISSMGE should be kept biennial.
The TOC Executive members should do their liaison and
progress monitoring work with the TCs at approximately every
4 to 6 months.
• The TOC Chair was one of the members evaluating the
candidates for the ISSMGE Best TC Award. The se-lection of
the best TC Award should be based on nominations from the
TOC, the ISSMGE Board or persons having close knowledge of
the achievements of a TC. The nomination process, as done
today, initiated by the TC Chair and sent off by the hosting
Member Society, is bureaucratic and requires much time from
the TC Chairs who are already giving much free time to the
ISSMGE. The process has also an inward aspect that proved
unappealing to many Chairs, including the Chairs of some of
the best TCs.
• An archiving system for the work by the TCs (technical
and administrative) should be included in its web site and linked
to the ISSMGE web site. This is not done sufficiently today and
should be a priority for the next period. Dissemination of
information on the TCs and technical achievements should be
included in the Geo World platform.
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• Based on experience with TC208-Stability of natural
slopes, the TCs should consider holding, if appropriate, "public
meetings" at relevant well-attended international conferences
with delegates from different spheres of the geosciences to
discuss issues of common interest. Such an initiative nurtures
new ideas for the TC and favours a wider circle of influence for
the TC work.
• The Liaison function to ISSMGE conferences run by
TCs established by TOC should not be continued.
• The new numbering and categorisation of the TCs
according to content should be adopted throughout, and the old
TC numbers should not be used any more
• The main recommendations made to the ISSMGE
Counci in August 2013, in succinct form, are presented in
Appendix C.

Appendix A List of ISSMGE TC's, Chairs and Liaisons per 2013-08-01

TC Number TC Short Name TC Chair Host country TOC Liaison

CATEGORY FUNDAMENTALS
TC 101 Laboratory Testing H. di Benedetto France Watabe
TC 102 In-Situ Testing P. Mayne USA Lacasse
TC 103 Numerical Methods K.T. Chau Hong Kong Soga
TC 104 Physical Modelling C. Gaudin Australia Cassidy
TC 105 Geo-Mechanics M. Bolton/M. Hyodo UK/Japan Cassidy
TC 106 Unsaturated Soils E. Alonso Spain Correia
TC 107 Lateritic Soils K. Ampadu Ghana Bouassida
CATEGORY APPLICATIONS
TC 201 Dykes and Levees M.A. Van The Netherlands Karlsrud
TC 202 Transportation A. Gomes Correia Portugal Sherif Wissa
TC 203 Earthquake K. Pitilakis Greece Bray
TC 204 Underground construction R. Kastner/A.Bezuijen The Netherlands Karlsrud
TC 205 Limit State B. Simpson UK Sherif Wissa
TC 206 Interactive Design K. Been/A. Ho Canada/Hong Kong Jamiolkowski
TC 207 Soil-Structure interaction V. Ulitsky Russia Bray
TC 208 Stability natural slopes J. Fannin Canada Hongsung
TC209 Offshore Geotechnics P. Jeanjean USA Lacasse
TC 210 Dams Xu Zeping China Lacasse
TC 211 Ground Improv’nt S. Varaksin France Correia
TC 212 Deep Foundations R. Katzenbach Germany Jamiolkowski
TC 213 Soil Erosion M Heibaum Germany Bouassida
TC 214 Soft Soils J.L. Rangel Mexico Sherif Wissa
TC 215 Geo-Environmental M. Manassero Italy Soga
TC 216 Frost A. Instanaes/M. Vogler Norway/Germany Karlsrud
CATEGORY IMPACT ON SOCIETY
TC 301 Historic Sites C. Viggiani Italy Jamiolkowski
TC 302 Forensic V.V.S. Rao India Sherif Wissa
TC 303 Hurricanes and Floods Susumu Iai Japan Bray
TC 304 Risk K.K. Phoon Singapore Cassidy
TC 305 Megacities A. Negro Brazil Verdugo
TC 306 Geo-Education M. Jaksa Australia Soga
TC-307 Sustainability D. Basu Canada Lacasse

*TC 308 (Energy Geotechnics) was created by the ISSMGE

Board, 31 August 2013.

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Appendix B GUIDELINES FOR ISSMGE TECHNICAL
COMMITTEES
(September August 2013)
The guidelines provide a framework for the functioning of
Technical Committees (TCs) within the ISSMGE. They should
be read in conjunction with ISSMGE statutes and by-laws,
extracts from which are given at the end of this document. The
ISSMGE has between twenty and thirty technical committees,
each dealing with specific subject areas in the field of
geotechnical engineering.
The mission of the technical committees is to provide a
forum for active participation by the individual mem-bers of
ISSMGE, and to promote the objectives, activities and results of
the technical committees throughout the ISSMGE membership.
The committees are a meeting arena for discussing, developing
and applying specialist geotechnical knowledge related to the
behaviour of geo-materials, geotechnical engineering and
engineering for society..
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of a technical committee are to:
Objective 1: Disseminate knowledge and practice within the
TC’s subject area to the membership of the ISSMGE.
Objective 2: Establish guidelines and technical
recommendations within the TC’s subject area.
Objective 3: Assist with technical programs of international
and regional conferences organized by the ISSMGE.
Objective 4: Interact with industry and overlapping groups
working in areas related to the TC’s specialist area.
CREATION AND DISSOLUTION OF TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE
Technical committees are created at the behest of the President
of the ISSMGE. At the commencement of the Presidential term,
the President reviews the list of technical committees and may
create of dissolve some of the committees. The topics and
number of TCs are set to meet the perceived needs within the
geotechnical community. ISSMGE members may also request
the President to consider the formation of a new technical
committee.
The activities of the TCs and the Chair of the TC continue
their work independently of the election of the ISSMGE
president. The Chair continues his work through the change in
ISSMGE President, until otherwise directed by the President.
The ISSMGE President has the power to create or dissolve a
TC, but the life of a TC is disconnected from the term of the
ISSMGE presidency.
A new TC can be proposed by ISSMGE members and/or
Member Societies at any in time, and not just at the start of a
new ISSMGE presidency.
The ISSMGE President may elect to dissolve any technical
committee whose mandate has been fulfilled or one that is
perceived as being inactive.
MEMBERSHIP
All office bearers and members of TCs must be members of the
ISSMGE and must remain in good standing throughout their
term of service. Exceptions can be made in cases where
particular expertise outside of soil mechanics and geotechnical
engineering is required for continued knowledge development
of a TC. Such exceptions must be approved by the TOC.
An ISSMGE member can belong to more than one TC.
TC Chair and Secretary
When creating a TC, the President invites a Member Society to
take responsibility for the specific committee and will normally
suggest who should chair the committee. The TOC suggests to
the President the host country and the chair for each committee.
The Member Society takes responsibility for providing the
Chair and the necessary administration to ensure efficient
operation of the committee. The ISSMGE President will
consider regional rep-resentation in the choice of the host
country.
The choice of a suitable Chair is crucial to the good
operation of the committee. The chair should have suffi-cient
knowledge of the subject area, should be well respected in the
geotechnical community and should have a firm commitment
and the necessary capacity to organize the activities of the TC.
The term of a chair is 4 years, and can be renewed.
Normally, the number of terms is limited to two or three. At the
end of the term of a Chair, the Member Society hosting the TC
can propose to the President a new chair from its country. An
out-going Chair, the TC’s Chair is to suggest to the TOC and
the ISSMGE President one or several candidates to take over
the TC chairmanship.
The Chair selects the Secretary for the TC. The Chair can
nominate the Secretary and/or a Co-Chair from an-other
Member Society.
In some instances, it may become necessary to appoint a
new Chair partway during the term of a ISSMGE President. The
ISSMGE President and the TOC should be advised of such
circumstances as soon as they become apparent.
The TOC may suggest to the ISSMGE President to replace
a Chair who is “not active”. Only the President can replace a TC
Chair. The Host Member Society may also be changed by the
President. The term “not active” means one not responding to
queries by the ISSMGE President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary
General or the TOC, not showing satisfactory progress, not
following the guidelines for the TC’s or not responding within
agreed deadlines.
Membership
The Chair can nominate up to four members of the TC, and the
TOC can nominate up to four members. The Chair and the TOC
submit the nominations to the President for approval. The
Secretary General then invites each Member Society to
nominate up to two (2) members to serve on the TCs.
Nominations should be sent to the Secretary General
accompanied by a brief (maximum one (1) page) CV and
confirmation by the Member Society that the nominee is a
member of the ISSMGE. Only those Member Societies in good
standing with the ISSMGE may submit nominations.
The Chair of the TC reviews the list of nominees and invites
individual members to join the TC. Reasonable effort should be
made to include one nominee from each Member Society unless
the Chair regards the nominee as unsuitable.
The Chair submits the list of TC members to the Secretary
and President of the ISSMGE. The President may intervene if
he/she regards the selection of members to be inappropriate.
The Chair then sends an invitation to each TC member to
confirm their availability and their willingness to join the TC.
Thereafter, the Chair advises the Secretary General of the final
composition of the TC. The process of forming the TC should
generally be completed within three months of the appointment
of the Chair. The Secretary General advises all Member
Societies of the composition of each of the TCs.
The TCs can have Corresponding Members. A
Corresponding Member of a TC is a member appointed by the
TC Chair solely to help the TC to execute technical activities.
The member will have a specific task defined by the TC. Once
the task is completed, the Corresponding Member will be
removed from the status of the corresponding member. The
Corresponding Members can attend TC meetings but do not
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have voting right. Considering that some of the TC’s deal with
multidisciplinary problems, the chair, exceptionally, can appoint
a non-ISSMGE Corresponding Member, provided he/she is an
internationally recognized expert able to contribute significantly
to the TC activities.
The TC members have the duty to respond when asked to
do so and to carry out delegated activities as agreed. The TC
Chair may suggest to the ISSMGE President to remove or
replace TC members who are not “active”. Only the President
can remove or replace a TC member. The term ”not active”
refers to non-responsive members within the time frame set by
the Chair unless good reasons exist for the lack of response.
In the case of non-responding members on the TC, the chair
should have follow-up with three steps: Chair first contacts
member itself; if no response, Chair contacts Member Society,
asking Member Society to verify status and, if necessary, to
replace member.
Involvement of Industry
The ISSMGE caters for the needs of all members of the
geotechnical community. The composition of TCs should
ensure a mix of academics, researchers and practitioners on the
committee appropriate to the subject area of the TC. As a
guideline, practitioner involvement should preferably exceed
25% on any TC increasing to 50% or more in the case of TC of
a mainly practical nature.
The Chair of the TC should likewise be drawn from a sector
of the profession appropriate to the subject area of the
committee.
ACTIVITIES OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
Terms of Reference and Task Forces
At the commencement of the TC’s activities, the Chair submits
the Terms of Reference (work plan and proposed deliverables)
to the TOC for approval. The TOC consults with the ISSMGE
President on the scope of work and reverts to the Chair with
comments. Once approved, the Terms of Reference are
circulated to the TC membership by the Chair. The Secretary
General will advise Member Societies of the Terms of
Reference of all TCs and update the ISSMGE website as they
become available.
The Term of Reference should include activities
contributing to achieving the following aims:
Objective 1
Disseminate knowledge and practice within the TC’s subject
area to the membership of the ISSMGE:
1. Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and
workshops.
2. Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-art
lectures including new technology, general reports for
conferences organized by the International Society, regional
conferences and conferences organized by Member
societies.
3. Develop ideas for broad participation of ISSMGE individual
members through, for example, prediction events, surveys,
or other means.
Objective 2
To establish guidelines and technical recommendations within
the TC’s subject area:
1. Collect available standards, codes, and guidelines, and
translate non-English ones into English if necessary.
2. Prepare overview of the standards, codes, and guidelines.
3. Evaluate the similarities and the differences.
4. Make guidelines and recommendations for practice (can be
methodological ones for new complex problems and/or
technical ones for specific items).
Objective 3
Assist with technical programs of international and regional
conferences organized by the ISSMGE:
1. Promote to present the findings of the TC in main sessions
and discussion sessions.
Objective 4
Interact with industry and overlapping organizations working in
areas related to the TC’s specialist area:
1. Identify overlapping organizations and decide how to
interact with them.
The work of the TC commences as soon as possible after
approval of the Terms of Reference by the Technical Overview
Committee and the President. Both the TOC and the President
can require changes to the terms of references.
The Chair is encouraged to develop task forces for specific
activities and assign the responsibility to TC members to lead
these activities. These TC members will be called “Leader” of
the “titled” Task Forces of that TC. The Leaders of the Task
Forces of a TC together with the Vice Chair and the Secretary
form the Executive of the TC.
The Chair is to submit a list of proposed TC meetings to the
TOC. Although these meetings may change, it is important to
notify the general membership at an early stage of potential
meetings to allow for appropriate planning and coordination of
ISSMGE events.
Responsibilities of TC
A TC is responsible for discussing, advancing and developing
knowledge in its specialist subject area. Wherever possible, it
should seek to synthesize this information into a form that is of
use to the geotechnical profession and to disseminate it to the
membership of the ISSMGE. There should be a balance
between the advancement of academic research and the
translation of appropriate research findings into practice.
Activities
Technical Committees may use a variety of means for
achieving their objectives. Typically these would include
specialist discussions, symposia, academic/practitioner forums,
specialty conferences, surveys, etc. Active involvement by the
TC in International and Regional Conferences organized by the
ISSMGE is strongly encouraged.
All conferences, symposia etc organized under the auspices
of the TC must adhere to the principles set out in the ISSMGE
conference manual. The TC shall seek approval from the
President and Secretary General before it gives official
endorsement to any conference or activity organized by bodies
outside the ISSMGE.
The TC shall establish a system to save its work on a web
site. Links should be made with the ISSMGE and the GeoWorld
sites.
Deliverables
The terms of reference of the TC should include tangible
deliverables such as reports, seminars and proceedings or other
visible output. Particular emphasis should be placed on co-
ordination of research efforts and the translation of research
findings into practice.
Each TC is required to submit two reports to the ISSMGE
Board: an interim report in time for the mid-term Council
meeting, and one administrative report six months prior to the
International Conference for presentation at the Council
meeting. Both reports are to be submitted to the TOC and to the
Secretary General. In addition, a short progress report to the
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TOC is required once a year, as required for reporting to the
ISSMGE Board. The format for the two administrative reports
and the annual progress report will be provided by ISSMGE.
HONOURS LECTURES ESTABLISHED BY TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE
with the proposed Lecturer, he/she shall propose one or several
alternative candidates to the TC Chair. If agreement is not
reached between the TC and the ISSMGE President, the TC
makes the final decision.
ISSMGE AWARD FOR BEST TC

Criteria and process for creating and naming Honours Lectures
The initiative for establishing an Honours Lectures should
normally come from a TC. If a new Honours Lecture is
proposed by others to ISSMGE, the President is to select a TC
to deal with the matter.
The TC proposing an Honours Lecture shall have the
support of at least 75 % of its Members for creating the Lecture
before it can send the proposal to the ISSMGE President. In that
process, the TOC shall have the possibility of providing its
opinion before the President and the Board approves or rejects
the proposal.
As part of establishing an Honours Lecture, a decision will
be made on the frequency (yearly, biennially or at other
intervals), as well as the venue for the lecture. The venue shall
be within a regular conference arranged by a TC and/or the
ISSMGE. The criteria for selecting the Topic and Name of the
Honours Lecture include:
1. The Topic of the Honours shall lie within the topic of
the TC.
2. The Honours Lecture shall contribute to enhance the
knowledge dissemination within the field of a TC.
3. The Name of the Honours Lecture shall be the name of
a person (or several persons) who contributed
significantly and undisputedly to the field of the Topic.
This person should also have played an active role in
disseminating his/her works through publications and
lectures. The person may be alive or dead.
4. The TC should prepare a list of three alternative Names
for the Lecture. The proposed Name shall be decided by
simple majority by the TC members. The proposed
Names shall be let known to the TOC and the ISSMGE
President. The President may propose other Names
based on input from the Board and the TOC. The TC
shall be informed about the alternative names, and have
the opportunity to comment. The final decision on the
Name of the Honours Lecture lies with the President.
The lifespan of an Honours Lecture shall be a minimum of 8
years. If extended beyond that, it shall be dealt with as a new
Honours Lecture. If a TC s discontinued, the Honours Lecture is
also discontinued.
The ISSMGE established a "best TC award" to be presented at
the quadrennial International Conference. It is the responsibility
of the Member Society to apply for the award on behalf of the
TC and to present the achievement of the TC in light of the
criteria for the Award (see Awards Committee for application
and award criteria).
FUNDING OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
In agreeing to host the TC, the host Member Society accepts the
responsibility of providing the necessary administrative support
for the operation of the TC. Members’ costs are borne by the
members or their sponsoring organizations or Member
Societies.
Under special circumstances, application for funding or
other resources for specific activities may be made to the
Member Societies.
OMBUDSMAN
The TOC is the first point of contact for matters related to the
ISSMGE Technical Committees. If a Member Society disagrees
with the decision of TOC and wishes to appeal the case, the
President will serve as the ombudsman and will have final
decision authority.
JOINT TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
Joint Technical Committees (JTCs) are sponsored by the
ISSMGE, ISRM and/or the IAEG are formed where the subject
area of the TC extends into the fields of interest of the Sister
Societies. The rules governing the formation and the operation
of Joint Technical Committees are agreed among the Sister
Societies.
Appendix C MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS TO ISSMGE
COUNCIL 1ST SEPTEMBER 2013.

Criteria and process for the selection of the Honours Lecturer

The TC recommends the name of the Lecturer. In that process,

the TC shall consider at least three alternative candidates. All
TC members can propose candidates. The TC members shall
rank the candidates. All TC members shall have the opportunity
to vote via e-mail on 2-week notice. The selected candidate
shall have the support of at least 50 % of the TC Members.
The Lecturer shall be a member of the ISSMGE and be
recognized as a national or international expert within the field
of the Topic. This would normally mean that the Lecturer has
published several papers, books or other publications on the
Topic. Alternatively, the Lecturer may have made a recent
major contribution to the Topic.
The selection criteria shall not include Nationality of the
Lecturer, i.e. a Lecturer may come from the same country or
continent as the previous Lecturer. Males and females are
equable eligible. There are no requirements to education or
position. Practicing engineers and persons from the academia
are equally eligible.
The TC Chair shall inform first the ISSMGE President of
the name of the selected Lecturer. If the President disagrees

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Appendix 8: Board Level Committee Progress Report: SYMPG

Comité de haut niveau du Conseil Rapport d'étape: SYMPG

J.E. Nicks
Chair, SYMPG

ABSTRACT: The Student and Young Member Presidential Group (SYMPG) was initiated in 2009 by the 2009-2013 ISSMGE
President, Professor Jean-Louis Briaud. It consists of 18 members from 6 regions (3 from each region) who were nominated by the
regional Vice Presidents of ISSMGE based on their interest and involvement in the ISSMGE and their national societies. The mission
of the SYMPG is to increase the attractiveness of the ISSMGE for the next generation of geotechnical engineers and get more
students and younger members (S/YM) involved in their professional family. Over the four year term of the the first group of SYMPG
members, many products were implemented, including development of a web-based survey, the new “Outstanding Young
Geotechnical Engineer Award”, a database of known international and regional younger member events, unlimited corresponding
members on technical committees for younger members, and inclusion of young member events at the 19ICSMGE, among others.

RÉSUMÉ : Le Groupe présidentielle étudiants et les jeunes membres (SYMPG) a été lancé en 2009 par l'2009-2013 ISSMGE
Président, le Professeur Jean-Louis Briaud. Il se compose de 18 membres provenant de six régions (3 par région), qui ont été nommés
par les vice-présidents régionaux de ISSMGE en fonction de leur intérêt et leur implication dans la ISSMGE et leurs sociétés
nationales. La mission de l'SYMPG est d'accroître l'attractivité de la ISSMGE pour la prochaine génération d'ingénieurs
géotechniques et obtenir plus d'étudiants et de jeunes membres (S / YM) impliqués dans leur famille professionnelle. Au cours de la
période de quatre ans du premier groupe de membres SYMPG, de nombreux produits ont été mis en œuvre, y compris le
développement d'un sondage en ligne, la nouvelle "Ingénieur prix Outstanding Young géotechnique", une base de données des
événements connus de membres plus jeunes internationales et régionales, illimité membres des comités techniques pour les membres
les plus jeunes, et l'inclusion des jeunes événements des membres à la 19ICSMGE, entre autres correspondant.
KEYWORDS: students, young members, SYMPG, BLC

1 TERMS OF REFERENCE  Leonardo DORADOR, Chile

 Silvia GARCIA, Mexico
The Student and Young Member Presidential Group (SYMPG)  Trevor GREEN, South Africa
was initiated in 2009 as an ISSMGE Board Level Committe  Marcelo HEIDEMANN, Brazil
(BLC) by the 2009-2013 ISSMGE President, Professor Jean-  Erdin IBRAIM, UK
Louis Briaud. The mission of the SYMPG is to increase the  Daniel JIRÁSKO, Czech Republic
attractiveness of the ISSMGE for the next generation of  Young-Hoon JUNG, Korea
geotechnical engineers and get more students and younger  Xiaojun LI, China
members (S/YM) involved in their professional family. This is  Marcos MONTORO, Argentina
accomplished through the cooperation and exchange of ideas  Jennifer NICKS, USA
from students and younger members across the world.  Imen SAID, Tunisia
 Brendan SCOTT, Australia
2 MEMBERSHIP  Yonghui SONG, USA
The SYMPG includes 18 members from 6 regions (3 from each 2.1 SYMPG Leadership
region) who were nominated by the regional Vice Presidents of
ISSMGE based on their interest and involvement in the Professor Jean-Lous Briaud appointed Jennifer Nicks as the
ISSMGE and their national societies. The term of reference for Chair of the SYMPG. Elections within the group determined the
the original members was four years; however, note that other members of the SYMPG leadership team. Mahnoosh
SYMPG membership has changed throughout its term, with 5 Biglari was selected as Vice-Chair and Silvia Garcia was
of the original members either resigning of being removed due selected as Secretary. Meetings were held via internet phone
to inactivity. They were subsequently replaced with services and correspondence occurred via e-mail. The first face-
corresponding members from the same region, nominated by to-face meeting for the SYMPG was on August 30, 2013 before
SYMPG leadership and approved by the Regional Vice the iYGEC and ICSMGE events.
President. The final list of SYMPG membership as of 2013 is
(in alphabetical order): 2.2 Corresponding Members
 Felix AYEH, Ghana
 Mahnoosh BIGLARI, Iran In addition to the full members, the SYMPG also has many
 Joost BREEDEVELD, Netherlands more corresponding members from around the world. There are
 Lucy COE, New Zealand 77 corresponding members total; 8 from Africa, 13 from Asia, 5
 Colin DICKSON, Australia from Australasia, 39 from Europe, 5 from North America, and 7

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from South America.Corresponding members are kept informed
of the work and progress of the SYMPG and can contribute
accordingly, but are not allowed to formally vote on any
initiatives.
Based on the activity level of the corresponding members,
there is the opportunity for them to be nominated for full
membership when a position opens up on the SYMPG. Out of
the 18 full SYMPG members at the end of the 2013 term, 5
were formerly corresponding members. This helps provide
some incentive to join the corresponding members group. While
the SYMPG is limited to 18 full members, the number of
corresponding members is unlimited.
3 TASKS
To begin, each member and corresponding member was asked
to provide three ideas that they thought would help achieve the
SYMPG mission. Ideas were grouped and then ranked by the
members, with the four top high priorities moving forward
initially. Subgroups were developed to handle each of these
tasks. Each subgroup consisted of 3-5 SYMPG members
working towards the defined goal based on an established
statement of work. Upon completion or resolution of each task,
additional tasks were added based on the priority list
established.
The following are the tasks that the SYMPG undertook
throughout the course of the past four years:
1) Improve the ISSMGE website: The work involved
identifying website issues related to content,
functionality, and ease of use communication and
providing suggestions to improve them.
2) Improve communication between the ISSMGE and
younger members: The work involved identifying
methods to improve communication between the
ISSMGE and students and young members in order to
attract them to society activities.
3) Increase TC involvement for young members: The work
involved identifying ways to increase the involvement of
young ISSMGE members in various activities of the
ISSMGE Technical Committees.
4) Create S/YM Membership: The work involved
establishing a separate student and young professional
(SYP) membership classification within ISSMGE.
5) Improve knowledge of and consistency for young
geotechnical engineers’ conferences (YGECs): The
work involved refining the current guidelines for
organization of iYGECs, and developing standard
guidelines for regional YGECs.
6) Develop motivation mechanisms: The work involved
identifying and implementing mechanisms to motivate
and increase participation of young members in the
ISSMGE.
7) Develop student and young member activities at the
ISSMGE quadrennial conference: The work involved
designing competitions and networking opportunities for
students and young members at the quadrennial
International Conference for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE).
8) Collaborate with industry/academia: The work involved
identifying devices to bridge the gap between industry
and academia. (Ongoing)
In addition, a second call for initiatives was performed at the
end of 2012 to generate new ideas; members and corresponding
members contributed. From this list, three general categories
were identified:
1) Financial support: The work will involve identifying
sponsorship opportunities to provide support and
assistance for S/YMs to attend rYGECs and iYGECs.
2) Advertising: The work will involve developing
mechanisms to highlight S/YM activities within
ISSMGE, such as a SYMPG webinar, forum on Geo-
World, YM Bulletin, etc.
3) Science Divulgation: The work will involve creating and
establishing an International Journal for YM to provide
access for YMs to publish and bridge the gap between
research and practice.
Because of the time limitations with the terms of reference, it
was decided by the SYMPG to wait on these new initatives until
the next group of SYMPG members began their term in 2013;
however, because it is different membership with different
ideas, the list is subject to change.
4 PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Seven of the eight initial tasks have been completed or
retired based on Board feedback. The following deliverables
and results were achieved, in order of Tasks from Section 3,
above:
1) Two liaisons from the SYMPG to the IDC were
named to ensure that student/young member (S/YM)
interests were represented and included in
developments of GeoWorld. In addition, a specific
SYMPG page was created on GeoWorld.
2) A web-based survey of young members (and potential
future members) from different parts of the world was
developed and will be uploaded to GeoWorld. The
aim of this survey is to determine how (and/or if)
current young members of the ISSMGE are receiving
information from the ISSMGE; changes or
improvements that young members would like to see;
what can be done to attract more younger members;
and determine what percentage of youth in member
societies are active ISSMGE members. In addition, a
flyer was developed outlining the SYMPG.
3) The ISSMGE instituted the grade of corresponding
members for each TC with unlimited participation
from YMs.
4) A survey of member societies was completed and
recommendations were submitted to the Board for a
S/YM classification; however, the idea could not
move forward within ISSMGE since it is a society of
societies, not individual members (only national
societies can have SYP designations). As such, the
task was retired.
5) A database of known iYGECs and rYGECs was
developed. In addition, updated iYGEC and new
rYGEC guidelines were drafted and submitted to the
Board for approval. A minimum of bi-annual rYGECs
was given with Board help needed to encourage
member societies. The Board approved the
recommendation to have additional representatives,
up to three, nominated by the regional VP for
rYGECs.
6) A new YM award was developed: “Outstanding
Young Geotechnical Engineer Award.” The first
award will be presented at the 18th ICSMGE in Paris,
France.
7) A proposal on a S/YM competition was presented
along with networking opportunities (e.g.
CAPG/SYMPG meet-and-greet, S/YM reception,
career fair, etc.) for the quadrennial conferences. Due
to the time constraints for the 18th ICSMGE, each of
the three potential candidates for the 19th ICSMGE
was contacted with our proposal; all are including
S/YM activities in their own proposals.
8) Communication with the CAPG president on
proposed methods to collaborate with industry and
academia has occurred. Work continues on this task,
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which will likely be rolled into the new initiative on

science divulgation.

5 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE PLANS

Because of the success of the SYMPG in developing tangible

products and increasing awareness of the ISSMGE to students
and young members, it is recommended that the incoming
elected President and Board continue to support this group. A
new rotation of leadership and membership is suggested to
generate renewed interest and enthusiasm. Members can be
selected from the current corresponding member list or
developed during the 5th iYGEC, subject to approval from the
regional VPs.

6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The SYMPG would like to acknowledge Professor Jean-Louis

Briaud for having the vision and leadership to create a new
group centered on student and young member involvement. In
addition, the SYMPG is grateful for the work of the Regional
Vice Presidents in identifying and nominating great members.
The members of the Board have also been very helpful in
providing feedback on our work and giving us a clear direction.
As Chair, I am especially thankful for all of the members and
corresponding members that volunteered their time to serve on
the group and contribute to the ISSMGE.

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Appendix 9: CORPORATE ASSOCIATES PRESIDENTIAL GROUP (CAPG)
M. Lisyuk
Chair CAPG
1 INTRODUCTION.
The Corporate Associates Presidential Group (CAPG) was
created in 2011 following the initiative of ISSMGE President
Prof. J.-L. Briaud.
“I would like CAPG to achieve two things:
1. Tell me what ISSMGE can do for you; what benefits can
ISSMGE provide to you?
2. Grow significantly the number of Corporate Associates of
ISSMGE”.
Prof. J.-L. Briaud, ISSMGE President.
2 COMPOSITION OF CAPG
Representatives from 43 companies (19 countries)
Chair: Michael Lisyuk (Georeconstruction Engineering Co,
Russia)
Vice-Chairs: Dennis Becker (Golder Associates, Canada),
Sukumar Pathmanadavel (Coffey Geotechnics, Australia)
AECOM Asia Company Ltd, Hong Kong , Axel KL Ng
A.P. van den Berg, The Netherlands, Wim Hassing
Bauer Maschinen GmbH, Germany, Erwin Stoetzer
LLC “Bazis Design Academy”, Kazakhstan, Danil R.
Akhmetshakirov
Brasfond Fundacoes Especiais SA , Brazil, Armando Caputo
Bentley Systems, USA, Samantha Langdeau
Coffey Geotechnics, Australia, Sukumar Pathmanadavel
Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, Brazil, Dante Venturini de
Barros
Dasan Consultants Co. Ltd, Korea, Kim Jeong Ho
Deltares, The Netherlands, Peter van den Berg
Dongha Geological Engineering Co., Korea, Jeong Gyeong
Hwan
Fugro N.V., The Netherlands, René Ligtvoet
Georeconstruction Engineering Co, Russia, Michael Lisyuk
Geoizol LLC, Russia, Elena B. Lashkova
Geostroy ZAO, Russia, Anatoly Osokin
Geoteknik SA, Turkey, Turfan Durgunoglu
GHD Pty Ltd, Australia, Kim Chan
Golder Associates, Canada, Dennis Becker
Hayward Baker Inc., USA, James Hussin
Huesker Synthetic GMBH, Germany, Andreas Elsing
Huesker Ltda, Brazil, Flavio Teixeria Montez
International I.G.M., USA/Lebanon, Marc Ballouz /Charles
Radi
Jan de Nul N.V., Belgium, Dirk Westelinck
JSC “Kazakhstan Highway Research Institute“, Kazakhstan,
Bagdat Teltayev
KazNIISA, Kazakhstan, Abakanov Mirken
KGS-Astana, Kazakhstan, Azamat Zhussupbekov
Naue GmbH Co KG, Germany, Lars Vollmert
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway , Suzanne Lacasse
Novatecna Consolidações e Construções S/A, Brazil , Giorgio
Guatteri
Officine Maccaferri SPA, Italy, Francesco Ferraiolo
Ove Arup & Partners Ltd, UK, Nick O’ Riordan
Saegil Engineering and Consulting Co, Korea, Kim Duck-Yong
Siemens Energy, Germany, Gabriele M. Zapf
SOILMEC S.p.A, Italy, Sanzio Vaienti
Soletanche Bachy SA, France, Stéphane Monleau
S.N. Apageo S.A.S., France, Claire Bailhache
Taisei Corporation, Japan, Nobuhiro Akisato
Tecnogeo Engenharia e Fundações Ltda, Brazil, Geraldo
Guedes de Andrade
TenCate Geosynthetics France SAS, France, Anne-Sophie
Quellec
Tensar International Ltd, UK, Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby
3 CAPG ACTIVITY IN 2011-2013
In May – September 2011 the CAPG put forward 28 creative
suggestions on improving their position and visibility in
ISSMGE. These were subject to a vote, and the 6 best ideas
were identified as follows:
1. Create an award for outstanding geotechnical project
worldwide
J.-L. Briaud, ISSMGE President
2. For Regional Conferences, the Organizing Committee
should strive to increase industry/practitioner membership and
lead roles such as Chair and the like. Keynote lecturers should
be given as appropriate by industry. Emphasis on case records
should be given in ISSMGE related publications.
D. Becker, Golder Associates
3. Corporate Associates should have a possibility to make
presentation of their work at the International and Regional
Conferences.
M. Lisyuk, Georeconstruction
4. Allow full page advertisement for CAs in the bulletin on a
rotating basis.
J.-L. Briaud, ISSMGE President
5. Open up the case studies database to public view and enable
CA’s to add their case studies in a pre-approved and consistent
format
Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby, Tensar Intl Ltd
6. ISSMGE can organize workshops/seminars for CA on
practical aspects of geotechnical engineering, during meetings
of CAPG.
M. Lisyuk, Georeconstruction
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4 THE FIRST CAPG MEETING The task force has decided that the development of Streams
1 & 2, as outlined below, will be the main focus in the short to
The first meeting of the CAPG was organized in Yusupov medium term.
Palace, St. Petersburg State Transport University, on the 2nd
July 2012. Stream 1 – Improvement in Education and Research
When teaching students, improve Improve the relevance of
the knowledge of the portion of research to practice – solving
uncertainty/non-accuracy typical of existing problems
geotechnics – maths as a tool and
not a certainty when used in
geotechnics; use one’s common
sense

Stream 2 – Improvement in Client Perception

Be able to better Have structured Improve profile of Improve the

assess quality of overview/database geotechnical profile of the
geotechnical of available engineering in contractor’s
consultants, consultants, community, but geotechnical
contractors, contractors, specifically engineer to the
Yusupov Palace of St. Petersburg State Transport University – venue of manufacturers in manufacturers and amongst the asset client/consultan
the first CAPG meeting international their capabilities owner/decision t in such a way
markets (quality makers that he also can
Three Task Forces were formed at the meeting, based on the label, database of have a relevant
best ideas selected previously by the CAPG members. performed projects weight in
1. Interaction academician/consultants/contractors/ including rating of making joint
manufacturers/clients. performance, etc.) decisions from
Research list – practice/academicians a practical and
Task Force leader: Sukumar Pathmanandavel (Geotechnics, site-specific-
Australia) feedback point
2. Open up the case studies database to public view and of view
enable CA’s to add their case studies in a pre-approved and
consistent format The task force’s next steps are
Publish separate brochures (in electronic form) on the most a. To clearly articulate the benefit for CAPG members to
important constructional projects of Corporate Associates. join our active committee and help develop the above 2
These brochures can be written by the Corporate Associate and streams.
put on the ISSMGE Website. Then prominent geotechnical b. To broaden the number of CAPG members participating
experts can give their analyses and opinion of the projects. in the regular meeting calls
Task Force leader: Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby (Tensar, c. To arrive at focussed and practical activities for Streams 1
UK) & 2 to which the CAPG and ISSMGE can direct their
3. For Regional Conferences, the organizing Committee efforts.
should strive to increase industry/practitioner membership and
lead roles such as Chair and the like. Keynote lecturers should Task Force 2. Open up the case studies database to public view
be given as appropriate by industry. Emphasis on case records and enable CA’s to add their case studies in a pre-approved and
should be given in ISSMGE related publications (this has been consistent format
happening as well). In summary, industry/practitioners need to Leader: Chaido (Yuli) Doulala-Rigby (Tensar, UK)
become more “visible” in the ISSMGE and associated
conferences /seminars/workshops, etc. A cover letter and the format for the Case Study (CS) was
Corporate Associates should have a possibility to make prepared by Yuli Doulala-Rigby. The cover letter explains in
presentation of their work at the International and Regional brief what CAPG is and also outlines the expected content of
Conferences. Of course, these should be scientific lectures, not the CSs to be submitted (up to 5 CSs per CA per year) – a good
advertising. balance between technical and commercial information.
In addition to “participation”, practitioners should be The cover letter and CS template was circulated to the
leading (Chairing) a significant number of TCs and have a CAPG active members (as per Sukumar’s email) including
stronger presence/membership on the ISSMGE Board. Philippe Henry, who has offered to help Yuli in this task, and
Task Force Leader: Dennis Becker (Golder, Canada) Dimitris Zekkos who will help with publishing the CSs
During the meeting in Saint Petersburg Dennis Becker The cover letter and CS template was amended to the
(Golder, Canada) was appointed as Vice Chairman of CAPG. circulation group’s comments
The second CAPG meeting will take place in Paris during An email with cover letter and CS template was sent to all
the 18th ICSMGE in September 2013. CAs on 4/4/2013
Deadline for receipt of CAs CSs was set at May 31st, 2013
5 BRIEF REPORTS ON THE WORK OF THE TASK Planned activity:
FORCES Depending on the CAs response, we might have to extend
the May deadline
Task Force 1 on Interaction/academician/consultants Collect all CSs received, review and circulate to a group of
/contractors/manufacturers/clients people to scrutinise suitability of CSs for publishing, i.e. not too
Research list – practice/academicians heavily commercial or too technical
Leader: Sukumar Pathmanandavel (Coffey, Australia) Once scrutinised, forward the CSs to CAPG Chairman for
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Send notification email to ISSMGE members informing

them of the new facility and including the CAPG web link of
where they can find the CAs’ CSs.

6 CORE MEMBERS

A core team of members was formed to advance the

development of the CAPG task forces.
The core team is: Sukumar Pathmanadavel (Coffey
Geotechnics, Australia), Kim Chan (GHD), Australia, Karel
Allaert (Jan de Nul), Belgium, Gabriele Zapf & Nils Guhl
(Siemens), from Germany, Yuli Doulala-Rigby (Tensar), UK,
Michael Lisyuk (Georeconstruction), Russia.
Four regular meetings have been held (by telephone) at
about 6 weekly intervals and have been well contributed by the
CAPG active members.

7 CAPG WEBSITE (LINKD TO THE ISSMGE WEBSITE)

7.1 PROPOSED CONTENTS OF THE WEBSITE:

- CAPG Aims and Goals
- Composition of CAPG
- Progress of Task Forces
- Section on Task Force on Interaction
academician/consultants/contractors/manufacturers/clients
(Task Force 1)
- Section with published geotechnical case studies (Task Force
2)
- Information about CAPG meetings (next meeting in Paris,
September 2013)
- Information about conference calls – schedule and agenda.
- Brief reports on the CAPG meetings – conference calls.

7.2 SCHEDULE OF WORK ON THE WEBSITE:

May 2013 – Discussions of the Website contents with CAPG
members
June 2013 – Final approval of the website contents
June-July 2013 – Design of the CAPG Website
July 2013 – Launching the CAPG Website

The contents of the CAPG Website have been discussed,

modified and approved by the core members group of
CAPG.
The CAPG Website is supported by Georeconstruction
Engineering Co (St. Petersburg, Russia)

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Appendix 10: ISSMGE Awards Committee: Report on activities 2011-2013

Comité de la SIMSG pour l’attribution des prix : rapport sur l’activité 2011-2013
F. Schlosser
Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, Marne-la-Vallée, France
S.W. Jacobsz
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

ABSTRACT: On the initiative of the President, an ISSMGE Awards Committee was established to carry out a review of existing
awards offered by the ISSMGE to its member and to introduce a number of new awards in addition to those previously offered. The
Awards Committee was responsible for documenting the introduction of the new awards, drafting of guidelines for nomination and
criteria for evaluation of nominations received. In addition, the committee managed the call for nominations after receiving
nominations via the office of the Secretary General. The new awards were presented at the 18th quadrennial conference in Paris in
September 2013.

RÉSUMÉ : A l’initiative du Président de la SIMSG, il a été créé un comité pour l’attribution des prix aux membres de la SIMSG afin
de faire le point des prix jusqu’à présent attribués et d’introduire en plus de nouveaux prix. Le comité a eu la responsabilité de définir
avec précision ces nouveaux prix, d’établir un projet pour la nomination de candidats et de définir des critères de sélection. En outre le
comité a été chargé de gérer l’ensemble des candidatures reçues pour les prix par l’intermédiaire du Secrétariat Général. L’attribution
des prix a eu lieu lors du 18ème congrès international de la SIMSG à Paris en septembre 2013.

KEYWORDS: awards

2.2.1 Task 1: Study of current award status

1 INTRODUCTION
This report summarises the activities of the ISSMGE Awards
Committee (AWAC) for the period September 2010 to April
2013. The report was presented by Francois Schlosser, the
AWAC chairman, at the Board and Council meetings in
September 2013 at the quadrennial conference held in Paris.
2 AWARDS COMMITTEE
In September 2010 Prof Jean-Louis BRIAUD established and
ISSMGE Awards Committee (AWAC) with Prof Francois
Schlosser as chair person and Prof Esve Jacobsz as secretary.
2.1 Committee composition
The first task of the awards committee was to carry out a review
of the existing status of awards offered by the ISSMGE to its
members. The review comprised the following tasks:
a) Review the current awards offered by the society. The
review included the three ISSMGE Young Member Awards
which at present are made at the Quadrennial International
Conference.
b) Gather basic data on the ratio between number of members
and awards for a few notable professional societies.
c) Recommend a reasonable number of awards including their
definition, frequency and process. In various discussions the
Board initially considered a frequency of every two years to
be reasonable. A frequency of every four years has since
been decided. The Board considered the following potential
awards:

The AWAC comprised the following members:  Outstanding technical committee

a) one chair person
b) six members (approximately)
The members are appointed by the President after
consultation with the ISSMGE Board and are appointed for one
year renewable. A member of the ISSMGE Board is chosen as
the liaison with the AWAC. The Board has the right to
discontinue the membership of an AWAC member in case of
poor performance.
c) one ISSMGE Board member liaison.
2.2 Assigned tasks
The Task of the AWAC consist of overseeing the awards given
by the ISSMGE, except for the Terzaghi Oration which the
ISSMGE President decides and the Kevin Nash Gold Medal
which the Immediate Past President decides. The activities of
the newly created ISSMGE Awards Committee included the
following:
 Outstanding geotechnical project
 Outstanding innovator individual member or team
 Outstanding member society
 Outstanding paper in the International Journal of
Geo-Engineering Case Histories
d) A proposal was sent to the Board by 31 April 2011. The
ISSMGE Board met in Hong Kong on 22 May 2011.
2.2.2 Task 2: Nomination and selection
After the Board had accepted the proposal of the Awards
Committee, the Awards Committee proceeded with the
following tasks:
a) The AWAC announced the awards in the ISSMGE Bulletin,
the ISSMGE web site, the President’s monthly progress
reports and other means of communication.
b) The AWAC collected the nominations for each award (via
the Secretary General) and evaluated them.
c) The AWAC recommend two names for each award to the
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d) The ISSMGE Board made the final decision as to the
winners.
3 MEETINGS
The following guideline for holding of AWAC meetings was
initially proposed by the President: It was proposed that the
AWAC meet four times a year by teleconference or in person.
An in-person meeting once a year is strongly encouraged.
Expenses for the meetings will be the responsibility of the
Member’s country. All awards would be given at the
quadrennial ICSMGE conference.
AWAC was able to conducts its business via email and no
in-person meetings took place prior to the Paris conference with
the exception of presentations made to the ISSMGE Board by
Prof Charles Ng.
4 EVALUATION OF COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
orders of magnitude lower than the award frequency offered
by comparable organisations.
3) The introduction of the five new awards mentioned in the
AWAC charge (Outstanding Technical Committee,
Outstanding Geotechnical Project, Outstanding Innovator
(individual member or team), Outstanding Member Society,
Outstanding paper in the International Journal of Geo-
Engineering Case Histories) was recommended which
would increase the award frequency to 1 award to 5 429
members per year. This is still low compared to other
organisations and scope exists to institute further awards.
It was recommended that a common approach be adopted for
the following procedures related to each award:
 Call for nominations:
 Receipt of nominations (including deadlines)
 Evaluation committee
 Evaluation of nominations
 Presentation of the Award

Each year the AWAC will prepare a short report to brief the For each award the purpose, the award frequency, the
Board on the status of the committee. conditions (eligibility), the nomination of candidates and the
award format are specified.

5 MEMBERS Table 1. Timetable for 2013 Awards

Date Event or Key Milestone
The eight Award Committee members selected by the President Personnel
were : Sept Secretary General Member Societies invited to
2012 nominate candidates
 Francois Schlosser, France (Chair) Feb Member Societies Deadline for nominations; receipt
(schlosserfr@wanadoo.fr) 2013 of manuscripts for ICSMGE
 Esve Jacobsz, South Africa (Secretary), representing Africa May Award Committee Report to Board members with
(Sw.Jacobsz@up.ac.za) 2013 recommendation; final decision
 WilliamMarcuson,USA, representing North America made by ISSMGE Board
(William.F.Marcuson@erdc.usace.army.mil) Sept Council Meeting Report
 Eugeniusz Dembicki, Poland, representing Europe
2013
(hademb@wp.pl)
Sept ICSMGE (Paris) Presentation
 Werner Bilfinger, Brasil, representing South America
2013
(werner@vecttor.com.br)
 Indraratna Buddhima, Australia, representing Australasia
The ISSMGE Board accepted the AWAC recommendations
(indra@uow.edu.au)
 Tadatsugu Tanaka, Japan, representing Asia of this April 2011 draft report
(tad.tanaka@gmail.com)
 Charles NG, ISSMGE Board member liaison 7 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - PROCEDURES AND
GUIDELINES (JAN-MARCH 2012)
6 TASK 1 & 2 REPORT (APRIL 2011) At the beginning of January 2012 the ISSMGE President
The President requested AWAC to compile a report for requested that all nominations have to be done by the Member
presentation to the ISSMGE Board outlining the finding from Societies. For instance, if a Technical Committee (TC) wants to
make a nomination, it has to be done by the Member Society of
TASK 1 (i.e. a study of the current ISSMGE award status). The
report comprised: the TC Chairman.
On 2012/01/20 Esve Jacobsz, the AWAC secretary,
proposed a draft document “Call for nominations for ISSMGE
 a brief review of current awards offered by the ISSMGE,
 the award frequency per member per year and comparison awards” which gave all requirements and guidelines for
with award frequencies of National Member Societies and submitting nominations for the five new awards. After
discussions and some modifications the final document was
other comparable organisations, and
 proposed new awards. agreed by the President and placed on the ISSMGE website on
2012/03/12.
A summary of the awards is as follows:
1) The awards previously offered by the ISSMGE were :
 To award TC members or a TC as a whole for outstanding
 The Terzaghi Oration nominated by the President. work.
 Outstanding Geotechnical Project. To award a project that
 The Kevin Nash Gold Medal nominated by the
immediate Past President. best illustrates superior geotechnical engineering skills and
 Three Young Member Awards nominated by the represent significant contributions to geotechnical
engineering.
Member Societies.
 Outstanding Innovator. To award individuals or groups in
These awards were all offered at a frequency of every four recognition of innovations in Geo-Engineering with a
pronounced impact on practice, research and education.
years.
2) The current ISSMGE award frequency amounts to about 1
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Table 2. The composition of sub-committees responsible for the evaluation of the various ISSMGE awards
Award AWAC Member AWAC Core
member
Technical Eugeniusz Dembicki Werner BILFINGER Suzanne Lacasse
Committee
Geotechnical Bob Holtz* Werner BILFINGER Michael Lisyuk
Project
Innovator Werner BILFINGER Bob HOLTZ*
Member Budhima Indraratna Bob HOLTZ
Society
Case Histories Tadatsugu Tanaka Budhima Indraratna
Journal
YGEC (3) Yujun Cui Budhima Indraratna
 *Replaced by Dr Peter Day (South Africa) due to conflict of interest
 ** Replaced by Prof Charles Ng (China – Hong Kong) due to conflict of interest
 Outstanding Member Society. To award the most
outstanding Member Society and to encourage young and
smaller Member Societies to be active.
 Outstanding Paper. To award the most outstanding paper in
the International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case
Histories.
The initial deadline for the nominations was 31 August 2012
for the five new awards and 28 February 2013 for the Young
Member awards. The deadline for nominations for the new
awards was, however, extended to 31 January 2013.
At the Board meeting in Lagos on 29 April 2012, a summary
of AWAC activities and progress was presented by Charles Ng
using a presentation prepared by Esve Jacobsz.
8 SELECTION OF SUBCOMMITTEES (MAY-JULY 2012)
Since the establishment of AWAC, each member in, addition to
the secretary and chair, was responsible for one new award as
listed below:
 Outstanding Technical Committee: Eugeniuz Dembicki
 Outstanding Geotechnical Project: William Marcuson
 Outstanding Innovator : Werner Bilfinger
 Outstanding Member Society :Budhima Indraratna
 Outstanding Paper in the I.J.G.E. Case Histories: Tadatsugu
Tanaka
At the request of the Board, sub-committees were
established to evaluate all nominations received and to
recommend two potential recipients per award to the Board who
would decide on the final award recipients.
The President requested that the following key persons be
included in the various sub-committees: Suzanne Lacasse,
Michael Lisyuk, Dimitri Zekkos, Neil Taylor, Jonathan Bray
(replaced by Pedro Pinto) and Jennifer Nicks (for the three
Young Geotechnical Engineer Awards).
AWAC decided on the following generic composition for
each award sub-committee (five members each):
 AWAC member responsible for the award,
 Invited Board member,
 Core AWAC member,
 AWAC Secretary,
 AWAC Chair.
Table 2 above presents the composition of the AWAC
selection sub-committees. It must be noted that William
Marcuson who resigned from AWAC was replaced by Prof
Robert Holtz (USA).
Invited ISSMGE AWAC Secretary AWAC Chair
Member
Esve Jacobsz Francois Schlosser
Esve Jacobsz Francois Schlosser
Dimitrios Zekkos** Esve Jacobsz Francois Schlosser
Neil Taylor Esve Jacobsz Francois Schlosser
Pedro Pinto Esve Jacobsz Francois Schlosser
Jennifer Nicks Esve Jacobsz Francois Schlosser
In his thirty days Progress Report of 9 June the President
called for award nominations, listing the following deadlines:
2012/08/31 for the five new awards and 2013/02/28 for the
three Young Geotechnical Engineer Awards.
9 NOMINATIONS RECEIVED AND SELECTION OF
AWARD RECIPIENTS (SEPT 2012 – APRIL 2013)
Due to some delays in receiving nominations, the deadline for
the five new awards was extended to the end of September
2012. In October the AWAC chair received the nominations
from the ISSMGE Secretariat General. The sub-committees
responsible for the evaluation of nominations began its work.
The following nominations were received:
 Eight nominations for an Outstanding Technical
Committee Award.
 Eight nominations for an Outstanding Geotechnical
Project Award.
 Five nominations for an Outstanding Member Society
Award.
 Three nominations for an Outstanding Innovator
Award
In the case of the award for Outstanding papers in the Case
Histories Journal, the Editorial Board members of this journal
were requested to send nominations to the Secretary General.
Only two nominations were received which were sent directly
sent to the Board for a decision.
The selection of two nominees per award required some time
due to the high quality of the nominations received, but also
because AWAC faced some conflicts of interest due to
committee and sub-committee members sometimes being
nominated for awards. These members had to be replaced by
other ISSMGE members. AWAC was for instance grateful to
Dr Peter Day and Prof Charles Ng for accepting to replace for
certain core members.
In February 2013 the President informed AWAC about two
additional awards:
 Outstanding Public Relation Award for awarding an
individual or a group (preferably ISSMGE members)
who has contributed to public knowledge of the
ISSMGE.
 Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award for
awarding an engineer or a team who has made
outstanding contributions to practice and research in
the geotechnical field.
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This last award is different from the three YGEC awards

mentioned above in the AWAC selection subcommittees.
Finally, AWAC managed to evaluate the nominations for
now seven new awards and sent the President a letter with their
recommendations after having evaluated all the nominations.
AWAC was pleased to provide the Board with two nominations
for each award as required by the President in the AWAC
charge.

10 CONCLUSIONS

An ISSMGE Awards Committee (AWAC) was established to

carry out the compilation of guidelines for nominations for new
awards and to carry out the adjudication of nominations
received. Representatives from each continent serve on the
committee.
Evaluation of the awards offered by the ISSMGE prior to
2013 to its members indicated a very low award frequency
when compared to similar organisations. The introduction of
new awards as proposed by the President was therefore found to
be justified. The following new awards were instituted:

 Outstanding Technical Committee

 Outstanding Geotechnical Project
 Outstanding Innovator
 Outstanding Member Society
 Outstanding Paper in the I.J.G.E. Case Histories
 Outstanding Public Relation Award
 Outstanding Young Geotechnical Engineer Award

The introduction of the new awards increased the award

frequency by an order of magnitude, but scope still exists for
the introduction of further award to bring the ISSMGE in line
with award frequencies offered by comparable organisations to
their members.

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Appendix 11: Public Relations Committee

M. Ballouz
Chair PRC

1 MEMBERS
2.2.1 Website
1.1 ISSMGE Board Members supervising PRC a. An educational and informative website will be created on
the World Wide Web, as a reference to anybody who likes
Jean-Louis BRIAUD, USA, ISSMGE President to know what geotechnical engineering is. The website will
Ikuo TOWHATA, Japan, ISSMGE Board Liaison use simple definitions and explanations describing different
Ivan VANICEK, Czech Republic, geotechnical engineering aspects and activities, with some
pictures, videos and animations. It will be complementing
1.2 PRC Members the Wikipedia presentation and will include crucial links to
Marc BALLOUZ, Lebanon, Chair many geotechnical societies and associations around the
Valérie BERNHARDT, France, Secretary world for the visitor to pursue his quest if needed.
Jie HAN, USA
Georg HEERTEN, Germany 2.2.2 News media
Mark JAKSA, Australia b. Identify the best way to interact with the written press
Wei LEE, Chinese Taipei, c. Identify the best way to interact with the television media
Hoe LING, USA d. Identify how to best interact with film makers and special
Edyta MALINOVSKA, Poland programs such as The Discovery Channel, National
Jarbas MILITITSKY, Brazil Geographic, The Science Channel, and so on (e.g.:
Walter PANIAGUA,Mexico documentary on the most impressive geotech project in the
Giulia VIGGIANI, Italy world).
Sherif WISSA, Egypt e. Send a proposal to the ISSMGE Board by mid November
Gang ZHENG, China 2011.
Diana ZREIK, Lebanon
2.2.3 The Public
f. Identify the best way to interact with the public in general
2 ORIGINAL CHARGES (e.g.: pamphlets and trifolds on home owners geotech
problems)
The following charges were the original founding tasks around g. Identify the best way to interact with the schools (pre
which PRC was created and in the objective of which it was university)
launched. h. Identify the best way to interact with government officials.
i. Identify advertising agencies which may help in enhancing
2.1 COMPOSITION our public image
The PRC will be composed of the following members j. Prepare a time capsule to be opened in 500 years.
a. one Chair k. Interact with science and engineering museums to propose
b. 6 Members (approximately) displays.
The members will be appointed by the President after l. Send a proposal to the ISSMGE Board by mid November
consultation with the ISSMGE Board and will be appointed for 2011.
1 year renewable. An effort will be made to represent all
continents. A member of the ISSMGE Board will be chosen as 2.2.4 Disaster response
the liaison with the PRC. The Board will have the right to m. Identify ways to help our fellow geotechnical engineers
discontinue the membership of a PRC member in case of poor when they are subjected to natural disasters related to
performance. A Vice-Chair and a Secretary will be selected by geotechnical engineering.
the PRC Chair after consulting with the ISSMGE president and n. Identify ways to help the general public when they are
the PRC committee members. subjected to natural disaster related to geotechnical
engineering.
2.2 TASK o. Send a proposal to the ISSMGE Board by mid November
2011.
The Task of the PRC will consist of being the link between p. The following is a list of ideas from the ISSMGE
ISSMGE and the general public including the written news membership at large collected since May 2011.
media, the video news media, and response to natural disasters 1. Offer reduced or free registration to our conferences
with geotechnical content. The activities of the ISSMGE Public to disaster victims for one year.
Relations Committee will include: 2. Supports RedR - Register of Engineers for Disaster
Relief (http://www.redr.org.uk).

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3. Open a special fund for disaster victims, raise money
4. Offer to host families of disaster victims for a while
5. Develop guidelines for nuclear power plants
protection against tsunamis.
6. Develop guidelines on geotechnical aspects of post-
earthquake-disaster activities (investigation, back
analysis, reconstruction).
7. Develop guidelines for civilian behavior during and
after disasters
8. Organize conferences on what was learned from a
disaster in the city of the disaster to help their
economy.
9. Help to educate the public on the risk it faces. Zero
risk does not exist.
10. Help raise the quality control of the work in
developing countries
11. Provide full support to member societies in need of
what ISSMGE can do for them (technical support).
12. Organize groups of volunteers to go to the site of the
disaster and be technical advisors
13. Support GEER, the Geotechnical Extreme Event
Reconnaissance (http://www.geerassociation.org/)
2.2.5 Awards
q. An award to be given to a reporter who distinguished
himself or herself in reporting and/or promoting
geotechnical activities. Similar to other committees, it is
planned to give 1 Award every 2 years, or 2 Awards every
ISSMGE conference. 1 Award would be presented in the
coming Paris Conference in 2013.
3 MEETINGS
The PRC will meet 4 times a year by teleconference or in
person. An in person meeting once a year is encouraged.
Expenses for the meetings will be the responsibility of the
Member’s country.
4 EVALUATION
Each year the PRC will prepare a short report to brief the Board
on the status of the committee.
5 MEMBERS
a. Chair:
b. Vice-Chair
c. Secretary
d. Members: Approximately 6 or 7
e. ISSMGE Board member liaison:
6 TASK FORCES
In order to achieve the main 5 objectives in a timely and
organized manner, the PRC members were divided in Task
Forces as shown
7 ACHIEVEMENTS
From the list of objectives listed in the Charges above, the
following achievements have been accomplished since PRC
was created 2 years ago:
7.1 What is Geotechnical Engineering – The Movie
The movie is titled “What is Geotechnical Engineering”. This
movie was sponsored by ISSMGE and explains the history of
Geotechnical engineering and ISSMGE. It also explains in
regular language about what is geotechnical engineering as a
profession. It is about 6min long and was produced by a
professional production company. The script and guidance were
made by the PRC task force. The movie is aired on Youtube and
can also be accessed via hot links on the ISSMGE website and
the PRC website.
7.2 www.whatisgeotech.org
This is a new website that was created by PRC as the Public
Relations website t the main ISSMGE website. It exposes and
describes what we do as geotechnical engineers in a nice
webpage format with major links to important information that
the user can access easily:
 Technical Committees
 Country Members
 The Movie
 Main Website
 …and other...
7.3 What is Geotechnical Engineering – The Brochure
A brochure about geotechnical engineering was created by the
PRC task force who hired a professional graphic designer. This
brochure targets all people including engineers of different
disciplines. It stresses on the importance of the profession and
its beauty. These brochures could and should be distributed in
conferences, schools and universities.
7.4 What is Geotechnical Engineering – The Roll-Up Banner
The Roll Up banner was developed for the Paris conference and
future conferences. Also to be exposed in any lecture that talks
about geotechnical engineering. It complements and follows the
design of the brochure.
7.5 “The Hidden Treasures of Geotechnics” – Article
This article talks about the history of geotechnical engineering
and the creation of ISSMGE. It also describes what geotechnical
engineers do, and the impact of the profession on society. This
article was developed in 2 versions. The short version was
published in the Science Omega Forum magazine, a new
scientific magazine in Europe/England. The long version was
used as the script for the “What is Geotechnical Engineering”
Movie.
7.6 Geotechnical Engineering Time Capsule
The time capsule is a PRC idea and achievement. It consists of a
container, the size of a small barrel (large trash can), where
every member society (country) is allowed to insert his
object/idea that best describes how geotechnical engineering is
applied nowadays. It can be a book , a movie in some format, a
tool or lab equipment, or others… This time capsule will be
locked and labeled as the ISSMGE time capsule and preserved
in a scientific museum, only to be opened in 150 years!
7.7 Outstanding Public Relations Award
The PRC committee with its task force helped organize and
nominate candidates for the Public Relations award to be given
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at the Paris conference in Sept. 2013. The Award committee

chose to give the Outstanding PR award to the chair of PRC Dr.
Marc Ballouz from Lebanon.

8 CONCLUSION
The PRC committee with its task force helped organize and
nominate candidates for the Public Relations award to be given
at the Paris conference in Sept. 2013. The Award committee
chose to give the Outstanding PR award to the chair of PRC Dr.
Marc Ballouz from Lebanon.

9 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE WORK

Even though the PRC considers that a lot has been done in a
limited time, there are still a lot of objectives to be achieved and
a lot of ideas to be developed. To name a few of them:
- Distribute brochures in all institutions around the globe with
the help of country members
- Promote and market continuously the new PRC movie and
website at every occasion and electronically
- Contact major news media, TV channels, and radio to talk
about geotechnical engineering, guided by the article and
movie produced.
- Organize the means to help the general public, fellow
engineers and governmental organizations when a natural
disaster occurs in a specific region of the world
This is just the beginning… hoping that the PRC committee will
continue to thrive!

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Appendix 12: Report on the ISSMGE Foundation
Report de la fondation ISSMGE
H.G. Poulos
Chair, MPAC
1 PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION
The Foundation of the International Society for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) was
created to provide financial help to geotechnical engineers
throughout the world who wish to further their geotechnical
engineering knowledge and enhance their practice through
various activities which they could not otherwise afford.
These activities include attending conferences, participating
in continuing education events, purchasing geotechnical
reference books and manuals. The financial assistance is in
the form of a “bursary” which the successful applicant can
use to pay registration costs, and travel and accommodation
expenses.
Only applications from current members of ISSMGE are
considered.
2 FOUNDATION FUNDING
Funding for the ISSMGE Foundation will be generated
from companies and individuals who care about the well-
being of less fortunate geotechnical engineers in the world.
The funding levels are as follows:
 Diamond: $50,000 and above
 Platinum: $25,000 to $49,999
 Gold: $10,000 to $24,999
 Silver: $1000 to $9,999
 Bronze: $0 to $999
The names of the donors are recognized with the
corresponding levels on the ISSMGE web site under the
page dedicated to the ISSMGE Foundation, in the
ISSMGE Bulletin on the page dedicated to the ISSMGE
Foundation. They will also be recognised at future
International Conferences on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering.
To date, a total of US$ 161,336 has been contributed
by 21 organizations and individuals. Donor details are
listed at the end of this report.
3 PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING BURSARIES
The following procedure has been developed to assess
applications for ISSMGE Foundation bursaries:
a. Applications can be submitted four times yearly (at
3-month intervals) on a standard form, to the
Secretary General of ISSMGE;
b. These applications are sent to a sub-committee of
the ISSMGE Membership, Practitioner, and
Academicians Committee (MPAC);
c. The sub-committee will assess the applications of the
basis of the following criteria:
i. Demonstration of need;
ii. Quality of the activity;
iii. Cost-sharing;
iv. Potential impact of the activity on the career
progress of the individual and of his or her Member
Society.
d. Decisions are made and communicated within the two
months following the application round.
e. After the successful applicant has completed
his/her nominated activity, they provide a written
report to the Chair of MPAC stating the benefits
that they and their Society have gained from the
award of the bursary.
The sub-committee for the period up to September
2013 is as follows:
Professor Harry Poulos (MPAC Chair)
Dr. Luiz Guilherme de Mello
Dr. Marcellin Kana.
4 AWARDS TO DATE
To date, there have been a total of 42 applicants, and 34
bursaries, totalling US$42400, have been awarded, a success
rate of just over 80%.
The details of the grants are set out in Table 1below.
The reports of the awardees that have attended
conferences up to and including 2011 have appeared in
previous issues of the ISSMGE Bulletin, starting with
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2010.
5 IMPACT OF THE FOUNDATION
It has become very clear that the financial assistance
provided by the ISSMGE Foundation has started to have a
very positive impact on the individuals receiving the
bursaries and also on their Member Societies. In particular,
two awards of the awards have influenced the formation of a
new Member Society, Cuba.
As recognition of the awards becomes more widespread,
we are seeing an acceleration in the rate of applications,
th
especially for the forthcoming 18 International
Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering, and the associated International Young
Engineers Geotechnical Conference, both in Paris.
Thus, the ISSMGE Foundation is already fulfilling its
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objectives provide financial help to geotechnical engineers 6.2 Organizations

throughout the world who wish to further their knowledge and
practice through activities which they could not otherwise ASCE-Geo-Institute
afford. California Geotechnical Engineers Association
Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical
Engineering
6 LIST OF DONORS Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society
Deep Foundations Institute
(as at May 2013, in alphabetical order) East China Architectural Design & Research Co.
International IGM
6.1 Individuals ISSMGE
ISSMGE TC Forensic Geotechnical Engineering
Dr. M. Ballouz Japanese Geotechnical Society
Prof. & Mrs J-L Briaud Korean Geotechnical Society Nagadi Consultants
Prof. Z. Chen Yonsei University
Prof. Yoshinori Iwasaki
Prof. Anand Puppala
Prof. J. Schmertmann
Prof. Ikuo Towhata
Prof. M. Tumay
Prof. Askar Zhussupbekhov

Table 1 Grants Awarded (to August 2013)

Grant
APPLICANT Country Event
USD

Internat Conf Environmental Geotechnic,

Imen SAID EP GRAIET Tunisia 350
New Delhi, India, Nov 2010
5 Internat Conf on Earthquake Geotechnical
Juan Luis AYALA TORRES Chile 250
Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Jan 2011

5 Internat Conf on Earthquake Geotechnical

Mauricio JARA ORTIZ Chile 250
Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Jan 2011
5 Internat Conf on Earthquake Geotechnical
Pablo GACITUA CARCAMO Chile 250
Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Jan 2011

Nadeej Hansaraj PRIYANKARA Sri Lanka 14 Asian Reg. Conf. SMGE, Hong Kong, May 700
2011
Gilberto QUEVEDO Cuba Pan-Am/CGS 2011, October 2011 900
SOTOLONGO
Yoermes GONZALEZ
Cuba Pan-Am/CGS 2011, October 2011 900
HARAMBOURE

Advanced Course on Computational

Zoran BERISAVLJEVIC Serbia 1000
Geotechnics, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2012
Russian Geotechnical Conference, St
Nurgul ALIBEKOVA Kazakhstan 1300
Petersburg, Feb 2012

C OGBODO MUNACHISO Nigeria 3 African YGEC, November 2012 1540

Faith Etunem OSEGI Nigeria 3 African YGEC, November 2012 1600

7 Asian YGEC, Tokushima University, Japan, Sept,

Ching HUNG China 1400
2012

Baribeop KABARI Nigeria 3 African YGEC, November 2012 2000

7 Asian YGEC, Tokushima University, Japan, Sept,

Mohsin Usman QURESHI Pakistan 1800
2012
7 Asian YGEC, Tokushima University, Japan, Sept,
Erdi MYFTARAGA Albania 2000
2012

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Grant
APPLICANT Country Event
USD

Geo-Congress Conference 2013, March 3-6, San

Abdolreza OSOULI USA Diego, CA 1400

Abir MEJRI Tunisia 3 African YGEC, November 2012 400

Mohamed Elbyhagi Third international conference for geotechnical

Sudan 1500
Elfadil MOHAMED engineers, Tunisia, February, 2013
7 Internat Conf Case Histories in GE and
Ali Hefdhallah Ali AL-BATTAL Egypt Symposium in Honor of Clyde Baker, April 29 - 2000
May 4, 2013, Chicago, Illinois
5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 18ICSMGE, Sept.
Marcos Alexis MONTORO Argentina 920
2013,

Olsi KORETA Albania 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 1000

Ani KOSHO Albania 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013 1500

Heba KAMAL Egypt 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 1800

Ghassan AKROUCH Lebanon 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 1000

Stacey TUCKER USA 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 1000

Taras KALIUKH Ukraine 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 420

Sergey POKLONSKY Ukraine 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 420

Assem ISSINA Kazakhstan 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 1250

Layal MADDAH Lebanon 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 1250

Hai Minh NGUYEN Vietnam 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 2000

Serge Aurelian B. NYOGOG Cameroon/CTGA 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 1350

Suganya KUPPUSAMY India 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 1000

Jeanne F. Tsala NOMO Cameroon/CTGA 18ICSMGE, Sept. 2013 1350

Yelbek UTEPOV Kazakhstan 5iYGEC Aug 31 – Sept 2013, 1500

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Appendix 13: ISSMGE Conference Manual
R. Neil Taylor
Secretary General
INTRODUCTION.
In his progress report issued on 9 November 2012, the President
announced changes to the ISSMGE Conference Manual to be
implemented in January 2013. The main changes concerned the
surcharge to be added to conference registration fees for
ISSMGE events and the use of the ISSMGE logo in
promotional material. The revised ISSMGE Conference Manual
can be found on our website and is also attached herewith.).
1 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS
AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS
ENDORSED BY THE ISSMGE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
The ISSMGE is the pre-eminent professional body representing
the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics and
Contractors all over the world that actively participate in
geotechnical engineering. It has a long- standing tradition of
involvement in conferences, symposia, workshops and other
meetings to provide forums for discussion on a wide range of
topics of direct relevance to the geotechnical engineering
profession. The ISSMGE is noted as being involved with
conferences of high quality which is signified by the use of its
logo on publicity material associated with events. Accordingly,
it is expected that all events endorsed by the ISSMGE will
adhere to the guidelines on conference organisation.
1.2 ENDORSEMENT OF CONFERENCES,AND THE
USE OF THE ISSMGE LOGO
The organisers of various geotechnical conferences, symposia
and events may wish to make use of the ISSMGE logo for
publicity purposes and quality assurance. The circumstances
under which the ISSMGE logo may be used, the associated
wording and any other requirements are described in Appendix
A as follows:
A1 Conferences organised under the auspices of ISSMGE
(ISSMGE Quadrennial, ISSMGE Regional and
ISSMGE Technical Committee conferences
A2 Specialist Conferences not organised by Technical
Committees but with support requested from TCs
A3 Conferences organised by ISSMGE Member Societies
and FedIGS Sister Societies (IGS, ISRM and IAEG)
A4 Other geotechnical conferences
1.3 Conference Organisation
The ISSMGE has a long-standing reputation of delivering high
quality conferences dedicated to the advancement of
geotechnical engineering and involving many of its members
who contribute to the ISSMGE Technical Committees that are
very well established within the geotechnical community. This
combined extensive experience has led to the general guidelines
on conference organisation given in Appendix B.
Appendix A: GEOTECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND
EVENTS MAKING USE OF THE ISSMGE LOGO
A1 Conferences organised under the auspices of ISSMGE
A1.1 ISSMGE conferences
Quadrennial International Conference
The Quadrennial International Conference is the premier
conference central to the International Society. As well as the
conference sessions, a number of meetings take place during the
event including those of the ISSMGE Board and Council. Many
of the ISSMGE Technical Committees will also take the
opportunity to organise meetings and/or workshop sessions. The
general organisation is covered by the ISSMGE Statutes and
By-laws and the venue of the International Conference is
normally decided by vote at a Council meeting.
Regional Conferences
There are five Regional Conferences: African, Asian, Australia
– New Zealand, European and Pan-American. These are held on
a four-year cycle roughly mid-way between successive
International Conferences. An ISSMGE Council meeting takes
place at one of these conferences. The conferences provide an
opportunity to discuss a wide range of geotechnical issues,
generally with a regional bias. Representatives of the Member
Societies for the region meet during their Regional Conference
and select the venue for the next conference.
Technical Committee Conferences
The ISSMGE has a number of Technical Committees that
coordinate initiatives in specialist areas of geotechnical
engineering. These committees often organise conferences that
serve to coordinate the dissemination of their findings to the
wider geotechnical community. The conferences may be one-off
events though some of the more long-standing Technical
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Committees have established conferences held usually on a 3 or
4-year cycle.
A1.2 Publicity and use of the ISSMGE Logo
Conferences organised “under the auspices of ISSMGE” should
be publicised by using the Society’s logo (below) on all
publicity, printed material, conference proceedings and websites
dedicated to the conference. The normal size of the logo is
height 3cm and width 3.7cm though this can be reduced to up to
50% provided the aspect ratio is maintained. Wording on
printed and internet publicity should indicate that the conference
is organised under the auspices of ISSMGE.
The logo can be obtained from the ISSMGE Secretariat
email: secretariat@issmge.org
A1.3 Registration Fees
ISSMGE conferences are intended mainly to benefit the
geotechnical community and should be organised on a non-
profit basis. Conference fees should cover the normal expenses
including hire of an appropriate venue, publication of the
proceedings, technical visits relevant to the conference,
provision of appropriate translation facilities, some
refreshments etc. ISSMGE members should be the main
beneficiaries of the conference and non-ISSMGE delegates
should be subject to a 10% surcharge on their registration fee.
Attendance by students and young engineers is to be
encouraged by provision of a discounted registration rate.
Details of registration fees etc. should be made available as
soon as possible in advance of the conference. Any special
financial conditions, for example the required attendance of
authors at the conference, should be stipulated when the
conference is announced.
A1.4 Remittances to ISSMGE
A proportion of the registration fee income for the International
Conference and the Regional Conferences provides a source of
income for the ISSMGE. The percentage of registration fee
income remitted to the ISSMGE in respect of these conferences
is set out in the table below:
Conference Percentage of registration
fee income remitted to
ISSMGE
Quadrennial International 5%
Conference
Regional Conference 3%
A1.5 Support in kind to ISSMGE
ISSMGE Officers are often invited to attend the Quadrennial
International, Regional and Technical Committee conferences.
It is normal to offer some support in kind, usually in the form of
waived registration fees.
A1.6 Special arrangements when hosting ISSMGE Council
and Board meetings
Council Meetings: These are organised every 2 years and take
place in conjunction with the International Conference and one
of the Regional Conferences. The Council Meeting is normally
preceded by a Board Meeting. In addition to the provision of a
suitable room for the meetings and associated facilities etc. it is
expected that the Conference Organisers will also host the
President, Secretary General and other officers of the ISSMGE.
This will normally involve waived registration fees and
assistance with accommodation and should be discussed with
the Secretary General.
Board Meetings: The Board meets every 6 – 12 months and
meetings are usually held at the venue of an ISSMGE event.
Conference organisers normally host the Board on these
occasions and it is expected that all Board members will be
invited to the associated conference and their registration fees
waived. Normally, some assistance with accommodation is
provided. Details should be discussed with the Secretary
General.
A2 Specialist Conferences not organised by Technical
Committees but with support requested from TCs.
Chairs of Technical Committees are approached frequently by
international technical groups and organisations that organise
conferences and symposia asking for their support, cooperation
and involvement. Technical Committee Chairs have no
authority to “badge” such conferences and all such requests
must be forwarded to the ISSMGE Secretariat for consideration.
The Secretary General may, after consultation with the
ISSMGE President, request that the ISSMGE be represented on
the organising committee for the conference by a member (or
members) of an appropriate Technical Committee. It will be a
condition of the support of the ISSMGE that it shall be made
clear on all publicity material, at the conference venue and in
any printed proceedings, that the meeting is supported by the
ISSMGE. The ISSMGE logo, shown below, should appear on
all publicity materials. The normal size of the logo is height
3cm and width 3.7cm though this can be reduced to up to 50%
provided the aspect ratio is maintained. The logo can be
obtained from the ISSMGE Secretariat email:
secretariat@issmge.org
ISSMGE Officers or other prominent individuals are often
invited to attend these conferences. It is normal to offer some
support in kind, usually in the form of waived registration fees.
A3 Conferences organised by ISSMGE Member Societies and
FedIGS Sister Societies (IGS, ISRM and IAEG)
ISSMGE Member Societies and FedIGS Sister Societies (IGS,
ISRM and IAEG) are permitted to use the ISSMGE logo on
publicity materials. However, permission to do so must first be
obtained from the ISSMGE Secretariat. The Secretary General
may, after consultation with the ISSMGE President, request that
the ISSMGE be represented on the organising committee for
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conferences organised by FedIGS Sister Societies as a condition
of its permission to use the ISSMGE logo. It will be a condition
of the support of the ISSMGE that it shall be made clear on all
publicity material, at the conference venue and in any printed
proceedings, that the meeting is supported by the ISSMGE. The
ISSMGE logo, shown below, should appear on all publicity
materials. The normal size of the logo is height 3cm and width
3.7cm though this can be reduced to up to 50% provided the
aspect ratio is maintained. The logo can be obtained from the
ISSMGE Secretariat email: secretariat@issmge.org
ISSMGE Officers or other prominent individuals are often
invited to attend these conferences. Whenever possible, some
support in kind should be offered, usually in the form of waived
registration fees
Appendix B: CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
B.1 Introduction
There is a wide range of conferences organised “under the
auspices of ISSMGE”. In order for this to have meaning it is
necessary to adhere to a minimum set of requirements as
regards the organising committee, any advisory committees,
refereeing of papers, setting fees, etc. As a general requirement,
it is expected that all members of advisory and organising
committees will be members of the International Society for
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
B.2 Organising Committee
The conference organising committee takes responsibility for
the administration, detailed organisation and financing of a
conference. Thus the Organising Committee comprises mainly
individuals local to the host country. Others may be involved,
and in particular the organising committee should consult with
appropriate officers of the ISSMGE. For the International
Conference, these necessarily include the President and
Secretary General and for the Regional Conferences the relevant
Vice-Presidents must be involved. The organisers of specialist
conferences should keep informed the Vice-President for the
Region acting as host to a Technical Committee and the
Secretary General.
B.3 Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee is responsible for such issues as the
technical programme, keynote speakers, session leaders etc. For
the International Conference the committee normally comprises
the President, the Vice-President of the region in which the
conference is to be held, the secretary or chairman of the
Organising Committee for the previous International
Conference, two members of the Organising Committee for the
current conference and the Secretary General. Comparable
arrangements should be made in respect of other conferences.
For example, for the Regional Conferences the Vice-Presidents
will have a primary role though the President may also be
invited to contribute. For specialist conferences core members
from the relevant Technical Committees should be involved.
B.4 Papers
The strength of ISSMGE conferences lies in the quality of the
published papers and it is the responsibility of the conference
organisers to ensure that high standards are maintained. It is
expected that the Abstracts and Papers will be reviewed and
refereed to ensure that they fall within the scope of the
conference and are of an appropriate standard both in terms of
technical and presentational quality. The conference organisers
will need to establish an appropriate team of referees who are
members of ISSMGE and who are knowledgeable of the
requirements for the critical review of technical literature. For
the International and Regional conferences, refereeing of
Abstracts and Papers is normally delegated to the relevant
Member Societies though it is expected that members of
Technical Committees will be involved. A list of referees
involved should normally be printed in the conference
proceedings.
B.5 Publication
ISSMGE conferences should result in referable technical
literature. There must be a clear statement in the Preface or in
some other appropriate place that the published papers have
been refereed and giving details of the referee process.
Publications have normally been in the form of printed
proceedings though alternative forms of publication media can
be considered provided that the proceedings can be available for
reference in the long-term. A copy of the published proceedings
must be sent to SGI-line for inclusion in their Geotechnical
Literature Database.
B.6 Involvement of Technical Committees
The Technical Committees perform an important function for
ISSMGE. The committees have members who are both
enthusiasts and specialists in their area. They meet regularly to
exchange new ideas on technical developments and to develop
publications on new guidelines or state-of-the-art reports etc. It
is therefore expected that key Technical Committee members
will be involved in the organisation and delivery of conference
sessions that are directly related to their technical expertise.
B.7 Involvement of practitioners
The ISSMGE aims to cater for the needs of all members of the
geotechnical community. Conference organisers are encouraged
to ensure a balance between the involvement of academics,
researchers and practitioners in the organisation of the
conference and in the conference programme. The extent of
practitioner involvement will vary depending on the nature of
the conference. As a guideline, practitioner involvement in
general conferences should preferably not be less than 25%
increasing to 50% in the case of practical speciality conferences.
B.8 Exhibitors and sponsorship
It is quite normal for conferences to include a technical
exhibition related to the theme of the conference. This is to be
encouraged. Conference organisers should recognise that
individuals or companies paying for exhibition space often
guarantee the financial viability of a conference. The venue for
the exhibition should be chosen to be as near to the conference
halls as practicable and care should be taken to ensure that
delegates have the opportunity and occasion to visit the
exhibition. A particularly successful arrangement has been to
organise the coffee breaks etc. within the exhibition area. Also,
there should normally be an official opening ceremony for the
exhibition followed by a period when delegates can visit the
exhibition with no other planned conference activities.
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Appendix 14: ISSMGE Task Force on Copyright – Proposal on Publishing and
Copyright
K. Rainer Massarsch
Chair
Bengt H. Fellenius
Vice-Chair
1 INTRODUCTION
The ISSMGE Board decided to establish a Task Force to study
the current copyright practice and to develop a formal position
for ISSMGE. By letter dated May 14, 2012, the President
appointed K. Rainer Massarsch (Sweden) as Chair and Bengt H.
Fellenius (Canada) as Vice-Chair and outlined steps to
implement the work. The President expected final
recommendations from the Task Force before the end of 2012.
The Swedish Geotechnical Society endorsed the work of the
Task Force and accepted to sponsor the work of the chairman.
The following members accepted to contribute to the work
of the Task Force: Dimitrios Zekkos, USA and Andrew Bond,
United Kingdom.
After an initial exchange of information between the
members of the Task Force, different participants of the
publishing process were contacted by the chairman. These
contacts included representatives of libraries, publishers of
books and journals, organizing committees of ISSMGE
conferences and organisations working with copyright issues.
Publishers of geotechnical books and journals were
contacted and a meeting was held with one major publisher to
discuss copyright issues from their perspective. The present
report is based on this information and documents available on
the Internet.
During the progress of the work, members of the Task Force
and the President were kept informed about the steps taken.
2 ISSMGE AND THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
The publishing industry is undergoing rapid changes, due to
new, efficient ways of compiling information, producing
publications, digital publishing and/or printing and
dissemination of information, for instance on the Internet.
Copyright for articles or books plays a central role in
protecting the creator of intellectual property. Therefore, the
author of an article or book needs to be—but often is not—
aware of the consequences when transferring copyright to a
publisher.
In this context, ISSMGE as the umbrella organisation of
geotechnical and geo-environmental engineers world-wide, has
an important function as:
• organizer of conferences and symposia which are
documented by proceedings in print and/or digital
format;
• sponsor of conferences organized by ISSMGE
Technical Committees;
• publisher of technical information on the ISSMGE Web
site and elsewhere; and
• representative of the interests of geo engineers world-
wide.
In addition, members of ISSMGE contribute as authors,
reviewers, and presenters at conferences and meetings to the
dissemination of geotechnical and geo-related information.
Therefore, ISSMGE should assist its members in their effort of
publishing articles, to protect their interest and those of the geo-
profession.
Publishers of journals, books, and other publications have
been eager to protect their interests by requiring acceptance of
extensive copyright conditions from authors. Authors of articles
are frequently not aware of the consequences of transferring
exclusive copyright to a publisher. For instance, by transferring
exclusive copyright to a publisher the authors may require
permission from the publisher to use and further develop
contents of their own article (text, figures, tables, or images).
A publisher, who has been awarded exclusive copyright, can
restrict the author’s reproduction of text, figures, tables, or
images. Publishers sometimes charge significant fees from the
author for reproducing of even limited information (e.g., figures
or images) from publications.
Considering the often ambiguous implications of transferring
copyright (exclusive or non-exclusive), it is in the interest of the
author to give the publisher only exclusive publishing rights. In
this way, the author retains many of the important rights of
disseminating the information contained in the work.
3 ISSMGE PUBLISHING POLICY PROPOSAL
ISSMGE cannot directly change the attitude of publishers of
journals or books. However, as organizer of conferences and
symposia, ISSMGE can state requirements in negotiations with
publishers. ISSMGE conference organizers are frequently not
aware of the implications when negotiating publishing
contracts, and of the consequences to authors.
A draft of an ISSMGE Publishing Policy is outlined in the
attached document “ISSMGE Publishing Policy and Terms of
Use”. Attached is also a draft “Exclusive Publication
Agreement” which can be used by authors when negotiating
with publishers. It is based on an evaluation of guidelines
applied by publishers of journals but considers also the
legitimate interests of authors.
4 RECOMMENDATIONS
The Task Force submits to the ISSMGE Board the following
recommendations:
1. This proposal is intended for publications (proceedings
of conferences and symposia), which are published
within the ISSMGE domain including international and
regional conferences as well as other events organized
by ISSMGE Technical Committees.
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2. According to the recommendations in the “ISSMGE
Publishing Policy and Terms of Use”, authors of
publications shall retain full copyright. Publishers are
given the right of exclusive publication.
3. An Exclusive Publication Agreement form has been
prepared, based on the Publishing Policy document. If
endorsed by the ISSMGE Board, this form could be
used as guidance document by ISSMGE members when
negotiating with publishers of journals.
4. If deemed appropriate, the ISSMGE Board may wish to
discuss the Publishing Policy document with ISSMGE
APPENDIX A
ISSMGE PUBLISHING POLICY AND TERMS OF USE
1 GENERAL
It is the intention that readers have access to the widest possible
range of content and that this content can be shared to enable
the most effective research, study, teaching, and practice of
geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering and associated
fields of application. Efficient dissemination of published
information is in the interest of the geo-engineering profession.
The three main players have – sometimes – conflicting
interest in the publication and information dissemination
process. The primary interests are briefly outlined below:
Author  Retain full copyright to published material
 Publication by reputed publisher, giving exclusive
publishing right
 Review of manuscript prior to publication
 Publication in print and in electronic format
 Permission to post his/her manuscript on own web
site
 Partial re-use of his/her published information in
subsequent publications
 Ability for others to use excerpts of published
information (figures, tables, text excerpts) at no cost
and without administrative burden
 Obtain complete and exclusive copyright to
Publisher
publication
 Limit cost for producing publications
 Restrict free access to information
(commercialization)
 Sale of publications (books, journals etc.) in printed
and - increasingly also - electronic format
 Avoid duplicate publication
Geo-  High quality of publication assured by review
profession process
 Facilitate dissemination of information
 Limit cost for producing publications
 Limit cost for acquiring publications
 Ability to reproduce published material
 Avoid duplicate publication
The author(s) of a manuscript is usually not aware of the
rights and limitations when submitting manuscripts to
publishers.
This document outlines the Publishing Policy endorsed by
ISSMGE and intended to provide a compromise for producing
future publications.
sister societies in order to harmonize the publication of
technical information.
The present report by the Task Force has addressed
publication of articles within the ISSMGE domain.
It is proposed that the Terms of the Task Force are extended
to address in the next phase how ISSMGE can contribute
actively to the electronic publication of journals or books.
This report is respectfully submitted by the ISSMGE Task
Force on Copyright.
Bromma, June 27, 2013
2 RIGHTS OF AUTHOR
The rights of Author(s) are intended to help in their academic
and professional work and are subject to the following
conditions:
a. these rights may not be used for commercial purposes;
b. these rights should not be used in a way that involves
duplicate publication that will compete with the
Publisher’s own publications; and
c. each use must contain an acknowledgement to the
journal/book as the original source of publication in the
form: “[Journal/Book] [Volume/Publication Year]
[URL of the item as published by Publisher] [Year].”
Ownership of the copyright contained in the Manuscript
(“the Material”) remains with the Author(s) who retain the
following rights:
1. to post copy of their submitted Manuscript (Pre-print)
on their own Web site, an institutional repository, or
their funding body's designated archive;
2. to post copy of their accepted Manuscript (Post-print)
on their own Web site, an institutional repository, or
their funding body's designated archive. Authors who
archive or self-archive accepted Publications must
provide a hyperlink from the manuscript to the Journal's
Web site;
3. Authors and any academic institution where they work
at the time may reproduce their Manuscript for the
purpose of course teaching;
4. to reuse – as stated in paragraph 3 - part of the
Manuscript in other works created by the Author(s),
provided the original publication is acknowledged
through a note or citation in a format acceptable to the
Publisher;
5. to prepare derivative works from the publication.
Permission must be sought for uses other than those defined
above. Other than the use outlined above no publication may be
captured or downloaded electronically into any format without
the Publisher's and Author’s specific written permission.
3 PUBLISHING CONDITIONS
The Author(s) retain copyright but assigns the Publisher the
exclusive right to publish the Material.
The substantial investment made by the Publisher in
protecting and enhancing the quality of the content is
recognised. It is necessary, therefore, to impose the following
conditions on the use of published Material.
3.1 General Rights
Corresponding Author and contributing Authors grant full and
exclusive publishing rights of their Material to the Publisher. In
assigning exclusive publishing rights, the Author is not
forfeiting the rights to use the contribution as stated in
paragraph 2.
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3.2 Patent and Trademark Rights 3.4 Re-use of Material by Others

The right to be identified as the Author(s) (i.e. by asserting
Authors’ rights under copyright law).
3.3 Re-use of Material by Author(s)
In assigning publication permission, the right of the Author to
use parts of his or her Material elsewhere are retained. Figures,
tables, and other limited extracts may be used without
permission as long as they represent less than 20 % of the new
work. However, republishing the whole article, or a substantial
part of it, requires the permission of the Publisher.
The Publisher shall maintain a firm policy against duplicate
publication unless there are exceptional circumstances.
The re-use of three figures, tables or text extracts less than 100
words by third parties is free of charge and permitted without
the Author’s or Publishers permission. In all case proper credit
must be clearly given as stated above.
All requests to reproduce or re-use the whole or a substantial
part of the Material in another publication will be conditional
upon the Authors’ consent and subject to the Publisher’s
approval.
The party seeking permission will be instructed to write to
the Publisher and to obtain the Authors’ consent.

APPENDIX B
EXCLUSIVE PUBLICATION AGREEMENT

Exclusive Publication Agreement
Publisher: ___ ________________________________________________________________
Publication Title: _____________________________________________________________
Article: _____________________________________________________________________
Article reference no: __________________________________________________________
Corresponding Author’s name and address:
1. Statement of rights and acceptance of conditions of publication by the Corresponding Author on
behalf of all authors of the article
The Author(s) hereby asserts to be identified as the Author(s) of the Work.
The Author(s) warrant(s) that the Manuscript is based on his/her/their original work, that the
Manuscript has not been published before, and is not currently under consideration for publication
elsewhere, and that it contains no libellous or unlawful statements and that it in no way infringes the
rights of others.
The Publisher is empowered to make such editorial changes as may be necessary to make the work
suitable for publication in printed and electronic form. The Corresponding Author will be consulted if
substantive changes are required. No changes to the work may be made after the date of first
publication, whether in print or digitally, other than for gross factual errors, breach of third party
copyright, or content that is defamatory or otherwise unlawful.
2. Assignment of Exclusive Publishing Right
(a) Name and address of owner of copyright owner:
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
NOTES
Rights of Authors(s)
The Rights of Author(s) are described in detail in the attached document: “Publishing
Policy and Terms of Use” (Publishing Policy).
Publishing Conditions are detailed in Section 3 of the attached Publishing Policy
document.
Author(s) right to use material
In assigning publication permission, the right of the Author to use parts of his or her
Material elsewhere are retained. Figures, tables, and other limited extracts may be
used without permission. However, republishing the whole article, or a substantial
part of it, requires the permission of the Publisher. The Publisher shall maintain a firm
policy against duplicate publication unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Requests from third parties
The re-use of three figures, tables or text extracts less than 100 words in length by
third parties is free of charge and permitted without the Author’s or Publishers
permission. In all case proper credit must be clearly given.
All requests to reprint the Material, or a substantial part of it, in another publication
will be subject to Publisher’s approval. The party seeking permission will be
instructed to submit the request in writing to the Publisher. The Author(s) shall be
informed by the Publisher thereof.
Employers as copyright holder
In some cases copyright will be held by the Author’s employer. If so, the Publisher
requires non-exclusive permission to deal with requests from third parties, on the
understanding that any requests it receives from third parties will be handled as
outlined above (i.e., the author and not the author’s employer will be asked to approve
the proposed use).

(b) The owner hereby grants the Publisher exclusive permission to publish the Manuscript in paper,
electronic, and facsimile formats, and for electronic capture, reproduction, and licensing in all formats,
in whole or in part, in the original and also grants non-exclusive rights to deal with requests from third
parties.
An employer may use material from the Material in reports and elsewhere, but must
not republish the whole article or a substantial part of it without permission. The
employer must abide by the Publisher terms and conditions for posting of PDFs.
Posting material on to servers

Signature: _________________________________________________ Reference is made to terms and conditions of the Publishing Policy Statement.

Date: ____________________________________________

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Appendix 15: ISSMGE International Seminars

P. Sêco e Pinto
ISSMGE Immediate Past President

The Touring Lectures Program was planned by ISSMGE to
disseminate the current state-of-the art/practice amongst
geotechnical engineers involved in the design and practice in
developing countries.
ISSMGE International Seminars (Touring Lectures) have
the following purposes:
 To address a topic selected by the Host Society;
• To address the interests of practitioner engineers;
• To attract young geotechnical engineers;
• To incorporate a good mix of routine and modern soil
mechanics and to cover case histories;
• To allocate after each lecture a period for discussions, in
order to stimulate questions and to share experiences
from the participants;
• To have a strong local support;
• To have the support of the Industry;
• 2 days of lectures delivered by 4 international experts
appointed by the Co-ordinator and 2 lecturers appointed
by the Host Society;
• In the 3rd day a technical visit (optional)
All the written versions of the lectures should be sent to the
Host Society with 2 months in advance in order to be prepared a
Seminar Volume/CD-Rom.
The first Touring Lecture took place in Lagos, 2001 and the
second one in St. Petersburg, in 2004.
During the period (2005-2009) 21 Touring Lectures –
International Seminars were organized namely in Chile, in
Paraguay, in Tunisia, in Vietnam, in Albania, in Croatia, in
Costa Rica, in El Salvador, in Indonesia, in China, in Sri
Lanka, in Nigeria, in Ecuador, in Pakistan, in Makedonia, in
Cambodia, in Laos, in Myanmair, in Hungary, in Ghana and in
Mozambique.
During the period (2009-2013) 17 Touring Lectures –
International Seminars were organized namely in:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Host
Member Societies, the Technical Committees, the President, the
Regional Vice Presidents, the Invited Lecturers and the
Sponsors for their contributions and support
I will summarize this rich experience in the following
words:
• There is still much darkness in the world. But trust me,
there is also more light in it than ever. So many people
have come to realize that you can curse the darkness or
you can have the courage to be one who lights a candle.
• We want all of you to make part of our community, to
promote your growth and to make you feel that you are
contributing for our dream come true.
• Interaction with people is important, because I believe
this experience will help us with new ideas and
interesting insights.
Last but not least I would like to address to all of you a
word of praise and gratitude for your contributions and a
message of hope that this Seminar will allow us to develop a
feeling of universal responsibility and to create the ambition to
serve better our Society, quoting T.H. Huxley’s memorable
lines
The known is finite
The unknown is infinite
Intellectually we are in the middle of an islet
Surrounded by an immense ocean of inexplicability.
Our business in each generation is to
Reclaim a little more land
To add something to the extent and solitude of our
possessions”. (1856).
Haiti/Dominican Republic

• In 2010 in Dominican Republic, Philippines (Manila),

South Africa (Pretoria), Argentine (Cordoba) and
Bangladesh (Dacca)
• In 2011 in Peru (Lima), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Laos
(Vientiane), Cambodia (Penhom Penh) and Myanmar
(Yangoon and Mandalay)
• In 2012 in Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur),
Philippines ( Los Angeles and Puerto Princesa), Laos
(Vientiane) and Cambodia (Pnhom Penh)
 In 2013 in North Sudan (Karthoum)

From the collected experience to organize a Touring

Lecture/International Seminar there is a need of 4-6 months of
preparation and to exchange around 60 e.mails with the Host
Society and the Lecturers.

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South Africa/Pretoria Cambodia/Phnom Penh

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Cambodia/Phnom Penh

Myanmar/Yangon/Mandalay
Philippines/Palawan

North Sudan/Karthoum

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Appendix 16: Presentation of audited accounts, and comparison with budget 2011 -
2012

R. Neil Taylor
Secretary General, ISSMGE

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Totals Variance
Revised 2011
£
RECEIPTS

Member Society Subscriptions             168,000 206,663.52 38,663.52

Corporate Associate Subscriptions               23,000 22,265.71 ‐734.29
Interest                   2,000 1,787.62 ‐212.38
Conference Income                   5,000 16,946.49 11,946.49
Total             198,000 247,663.34 49,663.34

EXPENDITURE

Secretariat
President part time support               18,000 18,000.00 0.00
Secretary General support               32,000 36,116.42 ‐4,116.42
Office expenses ‐ President                   5,000 5,000.00 0.00
Office expenses ‐ Secretariat                   6,000 1,705.18 4,294.82
Secretary General                22,000 22,000.00 0.00
Conference support                   4,000 4,000.00
List of Members                       ‐ 0.00
Kevin Nash Gold Medal                       ‐ 0.00
Prizes/Awards                   1,000 1,000.00
Total               88,000 82,821.60 5,178.40

Travel, accommodation etc
President               14,000 14,000.00 0.00
Secretary General               10,500 6,795.03 3,704.97
Board               29,000 28,751.66 248.34

Total               53,500 49,546.69 3953.31

Audit Fees & Bank Charges                  5,300 3,155.98 2,144.02

Corporation Tax                  3,800 353.64 3,446.36
Information Technology (web site)
Licensing fee/web maintenance                   7,200 3,505.52 3,694.48
Future developments                   8,704 25,786.66 ‐17,082.66
Total               15,904 29,292.18 ‐13,388.18

Other Initiatives
 International Seminars (e.g. travel)                   5,000 2,334.87 2,665.13
Travel of ISSMGE Officers to FedIGS Mee                   2,000 518.52 1,481.48
Initiatives                   5,000 0.00 5,000.00
Webinars                   4,500 2,353.53 2,146.47
Contingency                   5,000                    ‐ 5,000.00
Total               21,500          5,206.92 16,293.08

Grand Total            188,004 170,377.01 17,626.99

SURPLUS/DEFICIT 9,996 77,286.33 32,036.35

Opening balance     487,421.15
Closing balance 564,707.48

Swiss Franc Account (in CHF) CHF 106 477.27

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Totals Variance
Revised 2011
£
RECEIPTS

Member Society Subscriptions              171,360 167,436.23 ‐3,923.77

Corporate Associate Subscriptions                28,000 40,721.85 12,721.85
Interest                  2,000 4,311.63 2,311.63
Conference Income                  5,000 1,393.35 ‐3,606.65
Total              206,360 213,863.06 7,503.06

EXPENDITURE

Secretariat
President part time support 18,000 18,000.00 0.00
Secretary General support 37,000 38,276.80 ‐1,276.80
Office expenses ‐ President 5,000 5,000.00 0.00
Office expenses ‐ Secretariat 6,000 1,819.26 4,180.74
Secretary General  22,000 22,000.00 0.00
Conference support 4,000 5,781.90 ‐1,781.90
List of Members 2,500 0.00 2,500.00
Kevin Nash Gold Medal 0 0.00 0.00
Prizes/Awards 1,000 0.00 1,000.00
Total                95,500 90,877.96 4,622.04

Travel, accommodation etc
President                14,000 14,000.00 0.00
Secretary General                10,500 8,400.76 2,099.24
Board                29,000 38,098.09 ‐9,098.09

Total                53,500 60,498.85

Audit Fees & Bank Charges                  5,300 2,329.32 2,970.68

Corporation Tax                  3,800 370.11 3,429.89

Information Technology (web site)
Licensing fee/web maintenance                  8,704 0.00 8,704.00
Future developments                16,100 8,592.54 7,507.46
, ,
Total                24,804 8,592.54 16,211.46

Other Initiatives
 International Seminars (e.g. travel)                  5,000 1,687.13 3,312.87
Travel of ISSMGE Officers to FedIGS Meetings                  2,000 1,251.29
Initiatives                  5,000
Webinars                  4,500 5,238.84 ‐738.84
Contingency                  5,000 0.00 5,000.00
Total                21,500           8,177.26

Grand Total   ‐            204,404  ‐ 170,846.04 33,557.96

SURPLUS/DEFICIT 1,956 43,017.02

Opening balance      564,204.43

Closing balance 607,221.45

Notes
CHF Account ‐ closing balance: 106,475.44

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APPENDIX 17: NOTES ON ISSMGE BUDGET FOR 2013-2015, WITH FORECAST

TO 2017
Notes sur SIMSG budget pour 2013-2015, avec une prévision à 2017

M.C.R. Davies
ISSMGE Treasurer, First Vice President and VP Australasia

ABSTRACT: This report presents the budget for the ISSMGE for the period 2013 to 2015, together with a forecast budget to 2017.

RÉSUMÉ : Ce rapport présente le budget de la SIMSG pour la période 2013 à 2015, avec un budget prévisionnel pour 2017.

KEYWORDS: Budget.

1 GENERAL
The ISSMGE budget for the period 2013-2015, together with a
forecast to 2017 is presented in the attached table. For the first
year of the Budget (2013) Table 1 (Receipts) and Table 2
(Expenditure and Balance) contain both the budget agreed at the
Toronto Council meeting in 2011 and a revised budget to reflect
the projected income and expenditure for the year (as of May
2013). [N.B. The budget is presented in UK pounds (£)]
The overall rationale for the budget is to permit the society
to function both effectively and professionally. Therefore, the
budget should facilitate the strategies developed by the
President and the Board together with the operational activities
proposed by the board level and presidential committees. Whilst
prior to 2011 (when the current President and Board took office)
these activities were expressed in the ISSMGE budget as the
“Ordinary Budget” and the “Extraordinary Budget”, because of
the financial interaction between activities allocated previously
to these two budgets, the budget for the society in now
presented as a single “Consolidated Budget”.
2 RECEIPTS
2.1 Member Society subscriptions
Since 2007 the fee structure has been based on a Basic Fee per
Capita discounted to allow for low Purchasing Power Parity
(PPP) and for large Member Societies. The budget for 2014 is
the same as the projected final position for 2013. For
subsequent years fees remain the same but an annual growth in
membership of 2% is assumed.
2.2 Corporate Associate Subscriptions
In 2011 the fee for corporate membership of the Society was set
at US$1,500. It is assumed that this fee level will not increase.
However, the Policy of the Board is for the number of
Corporate Associates to grow in the coming years and hence an
increase in revenue is projected during the period of this budget
and forecast.
2.3 Interest
This is an estimate based on historical performance.
2.4 Conference Income
Revenues from registration fees from conferences held under
the auspices of the ISSMGE. Following a change in Board
policy in 2012 the ISSMGE now requires a proportion of the
registration fee income from only the International Conference
and the Regional Conferences (5% and 3% of registration fee
income, respectively). Prior to this all conferences held under
the auspices of, or supported, by the ISSMGE were expected to
pass on a proportion of the registration fee to the Society.
Conference income is, therefore, only expected in the years
when the International Conference and the Regional
Conferences take place.

Table 1. ISSMGE budget for 2013-2015, with forecast to 2017 – Receipts

20131 20132 2014 2015 2016 2017

£ £ £ £ £ £
RECEIPTS
Member Society Subscriptions 174,787 210,000 210,000 214,000 218,000 222,000
Corporate Associate Subscriptions 31,000 37,000 37,000 40,000 45,000 50,000
Interest 2,000 3,500 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Conference Income 5,000 22,000 5,000 20,000
TOTAL INCOME 212,787 272,500 249,000 261,000 265,000 294,000
Notes: 1. Budget agreed at the Toronto Council meeting in 2011.
2. Revised budget to reflect the projected income and expenditure for the year (as of May 2013).

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Table 2. ISSMGE budget for 2013-2015, with forecast to 2017 – Expenditure and Balance

20131 20132 2014 2015 2016 2017

£ £ £ £ £ £
EXPENDITURE
Secretariat
President part time support 18,000 18,000 18,600 19,100 19,600 20,200
Secretary General support 39,000 39,000 40,200 41,400 42,600 43,800
Office expenses - President 5,000 5,000 5,100 5,200 5,300 5,400
Office expenses - Secretariat 6,000 6,000 6,200 6,300 6,400 6,500
Secretary General 22,000 22,000 22,700 23,300 24,000 24,800
Conference support 20,000 20,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000
List of Members 2,500 500 500 500
Kevin Nash Gold Medal 2,000 3,100 3,500
Prizes 5,000 2,000 5,000
Sub total 119,500 115,600 97,800 100,800 102,900 129,700

Travel Expenses
President 14,000 14,000 14,500 14,500 14,500 14,500
Secretary General 10,500 10,500 10,500 10,500 10,500 10,500
Board members 29,000 34,700 34,000 34,000 34,000 34,000
Sub total 53,500 59,200 59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000

Audit Fees & Bank Charges 5,300 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000

Corporation Tax 3,800 600 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000

Information Technology (web site)

Licensing fee/web maintenance 9,000 8,700 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Future developments - - 5,000 - - 5,000
Sub total 9,000 8,700 15,000 10,000 10,000 15,000

Other Activities
International Seminars (e.g. travel) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Travel of ISSMGE officers to FedIGS 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
meetings
Initiatives 5,000 18,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Webinars 4,500 4,500 4,600 4,700 4,800 4,900
Contingency 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000
Sub total 21,500 35,000 21,600 21,700 21,800 26,900

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 212,600 222,100 197,400 195,500 197,700 234,600

SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 187 50,400 51,600 65,500 67,300 59,400

TRANSFER TO ISSMGE FOUNDATION - 49,270 51,600 65,500 67,300 59,400

CASH BALANCE
Cash balance at 1 January 498,870 498,870 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
Cash balance at 31 December 499,057 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000
Notes: 1. Budget agreed at the Toronto Council meeting in 2011.
2. Revised budget to reflect the projected income and expenditure for the year (as of May 2013).

subject to an annual increase of 3% and 2%, respectively, to

3 EXPENDITURE
3.1 Secretariat
3.1.1 Secretary General
Support for the Secretary General is based on the May 2010
proposal from the British Geotechnical Association to host the
secretariat. Employment costs and operating expenses are
subject to an annual increase of 3% and 2%, respectively, to
reflect expected increases in these costs.
3.1.2 President
Administrative support and associated expenses are allocated
for the President. Employment costs and operating expenses are
reflect expected increases in these costs. N.B. This budget does
not include the costs of additional support that might be
provided to the President by their host Member Society or from
other sources.
3.1.3 Conference support
Includes support of Regional Young Geotechnical engineering
conferences. Additional funding to support the 5th and 6th
International Young Geotechnical Engineers' Conferences are
included in 2013 and 2017, respectively.
3.1.4 List of members
A provision has been made for the list of members in years
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3.1.5 Kevin Nash Gold Medal and Prizes
Provision is made for the award of the Society’s Gold Medal
and Prizes at the 18th and 19th International Conference for Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
3.2 Travel Expenses
Special provision is made in 2013 to support the possible
expenses incurred should the incoming Board wish to hold a
meeting prior to the end of the year. This increases Board travel
from £29,000 (agreed at the Toronto Council meeting in 2011)
to £34,700. A modest increase in the normal budget for Board
travel is made from 2014.
3.3 Information Technology (web site)
3.3.1 Licensing fee/web maintenance
In 2012 hosting of the website was transferred to
Geoengineer.org from Webforum. Provision for the
maintenance fee payable to Geoengineer.org is included in the
budget.
3.3.2 Future developments
In both 2014 and 2017 provision has been made for significant
changes or upgrades to the website (or other IT developments)
to reflect initiatives created by the incoming President and
Board.
3.4 Other Activities
3.4.1 International Seminars
To contribute to the travel for ISSMGE Board members and
speakers participating in these outreach activities.
3.4.2 Travel of ISSMGE officers to FedIGS meetings
Provision is made to support travel expenses for the President
and Secretary General to attend meetings of the FedIGS Board.
3.4.3 Initiatives
Provision is made for as yet unspecified initiatives that might
emanate from the Board.
3.4.4 Webinars
Annual fee for WebEx video conferencing service. The current
Board has agreed that these costs should be absorbed by the
Society rather than passed on to members. Therefore the budget
does not contain a credit in respect of fees for members to
access this service.
3.4.5 Contingency
Provision is made for a contingency.
4 TRANSFER TO ISSMGE FOUNDATION AND CASH
BALANCE
In recent years the growth in income to the Society from
Member Society subscriptions has been enhanced considerably
by beneficial exchange rates. This is because the UK pound, the
currency in which the ISSMGE operates, has weakened
considerably compared to the Swiss Franc, the currency used to
calculate membership subscriptions. If current favourable
exchange rates are maintained for the period of the budget the
Society will be able to conduct its business for its members
effectively and professionally whilst creating a surplus.
However, a strengthening in the value of the UK pound in the
coming years would reduce the income of the ISSMGE
considerably. Therefore, in the current climate of global
financial uncertainty, it is considered prudent to maintain
activities at the levels of expenditure proposed in the current
budget and not commit the Society to major new investments.
It is also considered prudent to maintain the Society’s
reserves (i.e. Cash Balance) at the current level. This, however,
presents the opportunity to grow the ISSMGE Foundation by
transferring annual surpluses from the Consolidated Budget to
the Foundation whilst maintaining the Cash Balance at
£500,000. The amount transferred to the Foundation in any year
would be contingent on the financial outcome of the Society.
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The 5th international Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference - iYGEC 2013

Le 5ème Congrès International des Jeunes Ingénieurs Géotechniciens - iYGEC 2013

Yu-Jun CUI

1 REPORT

The fifth international Young Geotechnical Engineers’

Conference – iYGEC 2013 was held on 31st of August and 1st
of September, 2013, at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)
under the auspices of the French Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) and the International Society
for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
The Organising Committee was composed of: Yu-Jun Cui
(Chair), Fabrice Emeriault (Co-chair), Séverine Beaunier, Fahd
Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel,
Michael Reboul and Anh Minh Tang. The contribution of the
following volunteer PhD students is greatly appreciated: Rawaz
Muhammed, Trong Vinh Duong, Hamza Menaceur, Sadok Feia,
Linh Quyen Dao, Simona Saba, Jean-François Bruchon and
Radja Elandaloussi. In Fig. 1 some of these volunteers can be
identified, working at registration desk.

Figure 2. At opening ceremony

The president of the French Society of Soil Mechanics and

Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) - Philippe Mestat - opened
the Conference, and the Director of Ecole des Ponts ParisTech -
Armel de la Bourdonnaye and the President of the Student and
Young Member Presidential Group (SYMPG) - Jennifer Nicks
delivered warm addresses (see Fig. 2). The former ISSMGE
President, Jean-Louis Briaud especially prepared a piece of
video for an encouraging address.
The iYGEC conference series aims at bringing together
young people who may be studying for a PhD or Msc or at the
early stage of their career in industry or academia, and enables
them to communicate with each other and to share their
experience in their academic and professional activities.
Traditionally, the participants are selected by their respective
ISSMGE Member Society – i.e., two nominees per Member
Figure 1. Registration with the help of volunteer PhD students
Society. For this fifth edition of iYGEC, in order to further

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promote the exchanges, the participation was extended to all

geotechnical engineers of less than 35 years old on 31st
December 2013. This was done without losing the iYGEC’s
tradition – maintain the excellence of iYGEC with the selected
nominees. Thereby, the mixed format with nominees and non-
nominees characterised this iYGEC edition.
A total of 164 young engineers participated in the event,
with a distribution as 60% nominees and 40% non-nominees,
55% academia and 45% practitioners, and 70% men and 30%
women. 57 countries were represented with a distribution by
continent shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 is a picture of all the
participants.

Figure 6. At a parallel session

In order to prepare the general report for the plenary session

Figure 3. Distribution by continent
devoted to iYGEC inside the 18th International Conference on
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering – Paris 2013, 18
reporters were mobilised for the various parallel sessions: Sara
Amoroso (Sudan), Cécilia Bohn (France), Yuepeng Dong (UK),
Leonardo Dorador (Egypt), Richard Heritage (New Zealand),
Anna Karatzetzou (Greece), Hatice Kaya (Germany), David
Lacey (Australia), Frederick Levy (UK), Layal Maddah
(Lebanon), Marcos Montoro (Argentina), Tejas Murthy (India),
Gaston Quaglia (Argentina), Sylvie Raymackers (Belgium),
Sean Rees (United Kingdom), Daniel Vandenberge (USA),
Kristine Vandenboer (Belgium) and Marek Zalesky (Czech
Republic). Fig. 8 is a picture with 16 of them.

Figure 4. Picture of all participants

The papers received were peer-reviewed by experts in the

field of geotechnical engineering. A total of 143 papers was
accepted and published in the proceedings (see the cover in Fig.
7).
As for the Conference programme, after the keynote lecture Figure 7. Proceedings
delivered by Alain Puech (see Fig. 5) on “Gassy soils: a
challenging issue in offshore geotechnical engineering”, 128
oral presentations were organised in 8 parallel sessions (three
running at the same time), on the following topics: laboratory
testing, in-situ testing, slope stability, soil behaviour, ground
improvement, modelling, earthquake and geodynamics,
foundations, earthworks, tunnel and underground structure,
retaining structure. Fig. 6 illustrates the hardworking and
concentrated young people at a parallel session.

Figure 8: Reporters

At the end of the Conference, the reporters worked together

to prepare the general report and to elect two representatives for
the oral presentation in the iYGEC Session of 18 ICSMGE -
Figure 5. Keynote lecture by Alain Puech Paris 2013. The two brilliant young geotechnical engineers

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elected were David Lacey from Australia and Gaston Quaglia

from Argentina.
It is important to note that two outstanding presentations
were selected by the Organising Committee to be presented at
the iYGEC Session of 18 ICSMGE - Paris 2013:
- Francesca Ceccato (Italy): Effect of wood degradation and
soil creep on the behavior of wooden pile foundation in Venice;
- Antonio Correia (Portugal): An innovative deep foundation
macro-element model for seismic analysis of pile/column
supports.
The performance of our two general reporters and the quality
of the two outstanding presentations were greatly appreciated by
the participants of Paris 2013 Conference. On behalf of the
Organizing Committee, I would like to renew our thanks to
David and Gaston for their excellent general report and our
congratulations to Francesca and Antonio for their success. Figure 9. Exchanges during breaks
The main objective of the fifth iYGEC was to promote
exchanges. This objective was greatly achieved. Indeed, during I would like to finish my report with the kind and
the whole Conference exchanges were everywhere, at the encouraging words from Professor Jean-Louis Briaud, our
sessions, during the coffee breaks and also during the banquet in former ISSMGE President:
the famous Parisian restaurant “Le Procope”. Fig. 9 illustrates
these exchanges during breaks. Dear Yu-Jun,
You and your team deserve a lot of compliments for this
magnificent success. You had more young people participating
in this conference than any time in the history of ISSMGE. I
heard nothing but praise about the event and I wish I could find
a way to reward all of you for this devotion and unselfishness. I
am afraid that I do not have the right answer but you should
pride yourself to have made a difference, to have had an impact
on the future generation and to have created an unforgettable
moment in the mind of many. It is this kind of tremendously
successful effort with nothing but a hand shake or a pat on the
back at the end which makes life worth living and which allows
us to fall asleep at night with a smile on our face.

Happy dreams, Jean-Louis

2 RAPPORT

Le cinquième Congrès International des Jeunes Ingénieurs

Géotechniciens - iYGEC 2013 a été organisé du 31 août au 1er
septembre 2013 à l’Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), sous les
auspices du Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique (CFMS) et de la Société Internationale de
Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique (SIMSG). Le Comité
d’Organisation était composé de : Yu-Jun Cui (Président),
Fabrice Emeriault (Co-président), Séverine Beaunier, Fahd
Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo, Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel,
Michael Reboul et Anh Minh Tang. La contribution des
doctorants bénévoles suivants est très appréciée : Rawaz
Muhammed, Trong Vinh Duong, Hamza Menaceur, Sadok Feia,
Linh Quyen Dao, Simona Saba, Jean-François Bruchon and
Radja Elandaloussi. Sur la Fig. 1, quelques bénévoles peuvent
être identifiés, concentrés sur les inscriptions.

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Figure 1. Inscriptions avec l’aide des doctorants volontaires
Figure 2. A la cérémonie d’ouverture
Le Président du Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et
de Géotechnique (CFMS) - Philippe Mestat, a ouvert le congrès,
et le Directeur de l’Ecole des Ponts ParisTech - Armel de la
Bourdonnaye et la Présidente du Groupe Présidentiel des
Etudiants et Jeunes Membres (SYMPG) –Jennifer Nicks ont
délivré de chaleureuses allocutions (Fig. 2). L’ancien Président
de la SIMSG, Jean-Louis Briaud, a spécialement préparé une
vidéo pour une allocution d’encouragement.
Le congrès iYGEC vise à rassembler les jeunes qui sont soit
en préparation de leur thèse de doctorat ou de master, soit au
début de leur carrière dans l’industrie ou dans l’académie, pour
qu’ils se communiquent entre eux et partagent leurs expériences
acquises dans les activités professionnelles et académiques.
Traditionnellement, les participants sont sélectionnés par leurs
Sociétés Membres respectives – soit deux nominés par Société
Membre. Pour cette cinquième édition d’iYGEC, afin de
promouvoir davantage les échanges, la participation a été
élargie à tous les jeunes ingénieurs géotechniciens de moins de
35 ans au 31 décembre 2013. Ceci a été fait sans perdre la
tradition d’iYGEC : maintenir l’excellence d’iYGEC avec les
nominés sélectionnés. Ainsi, Cette édition d’iYGEC a été
caractérisée par un format mélangé avec les nominés et les non-
nominés.
Au total, 164 jeunes ingénieurs ont participé à cet
événement, avec une répartition de 60% de nominés pour 40%
de non-nominés, de 55% d’académiques pour 45% de
praticiens, de 70% d’hommes pour 30% de femmes. 57 pays ont
été représentés avec une répartition par continent illustrée sur la
Fig. 3. La Fig. 4 montre une photo des participants.
Figure 3. Répartition par continent
Figure 4. Photo des participants
Les articles soumis ont été relus par des spécialistes dans le
domaine de la géotechnique. Au total, 143 articles ont été
acceptés et publiés dans le compte-rendu (voir la couverture sur
la Fig. 7).
En ce qui concerne le déroulement du congrès, après une
conférence « keynote » donnée par M. Alain Puech (voir Fig. 5)
portant sur « Gassy soils: a challenging issue in offshore
geotechnical engineering », 128 présentations orales ont été
organisées en 8 sessions parallèles (soit trois sessions
simultanées) sur les thèmes suivants : essais en laboratoire,
essais in-situ, stabilité des pentes, comportement des sols,
amélioration des sols, modélisation, séismique et
géodynamique, fondations, terrassement, tunnel et travaux
souterrain, soutènements. La Fig. 6 illustre la concentration des
jeunes participants pendant une session parallèle.
Figure 5. Keynote par Alain Puech
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Figure 6. Dans une session parallèle
Afin de préparer le rapport général pour la session plénière
consacrée à iYGEC au sein du 18ème Congrès International de
Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique, 18 rapporteurs ont été
mobilisés pour les différentes sessions parallèles : Sara
Amoroso (Soudan), Cécilia Bohn (France), Yuepeng Dong
(Angleterre), Leonardo Dorador (Egypte), Richard Heritage
(Nouvelle-Zélande), Anna Karatzetzou (Grèce), Hatice Kaya
(Allemagne), David Lacey (Australie), Frederick Levy
(Angleterre), Layal Maddah (Liban), Marcos Montoro
(Argentine), Tejas Murthy (Inde), Gaston Quaglia (Argentine),
Sylvie Raymackers (Belgique), Sean Rees (Angleterre), Daniel
Vandenberge (Etats Unis), Kristine Vandenboer (Belgique) and
Marek Zalesky (République Tchèque). 16 d’entre eux sont
présents sur la photos de la Fig. 8.
Figure 7. Compte-Rendu
Figure 8: Rapporteurs
A la fin du congrès, les rapporteurs ont travaillé ensemble
pour préparer le rapport général ainsi que pour élire deux
représentants chargés de la présentation orale dans la session
d’iYGEC du Congrès principal Paris 2013. Les deux jeunes
ingénieurs géotechniciens brillamment élus étaient David Lacey
(Australie) et Gaston Quaglia (Argentine).
Il est important de noter que deux présentations ont été
sélectionnées par le Comité d’Organisation pour être présentées
dans la session iYGEC du Congrès principal :
- Francesca Ceccato (Italie): Effect of wood degradation and
soil creep on the behavior of wooden pile foundation in Venice;
- Antonio Correia (Portugal): An innovative deep foundation
macro-element model for seismic analysis of pile/column
supports.
La performance de nos deux rapporteurs généraux et la
qualité des deux présentations distinguées ont été grandement
appréciées par les participants du Congrès principal. Au nom du
Comité d’Organisation, je voudrais renouveler nos
remerciements à David et Gaston pour leur excellent rapport
général, et nos félicitations à Francesca et Antonio pour leur
succès.
L’objectif principal du 5ème iYGEC était la promotion des
échanges. Cet objectif a été largement atteint. En effet, tout au
long du congrès, les échanges ont eu lieu : pendant les sessions,
pendant les pauses, et pendant le banquet dans un prestigieux
restaurant parisien « Le Procope » bien sûr. La Fig. 9 illustre
des échanges durant des pauses.
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Figures 9. Echanges pendant des pauses

Je voudrais terminer mon rapport avec quelques mots

sympathiques et encourageants du Professeur Jean-Louis
Briaud, notre ancien Président de la SIMSG :

Dear Yu-Jun,
You and your team deserve a lot of compliments for this
magnificent success. You had more young people participating
in this conference than any time in the history of ISSMGE. I
heard nothing but praise about the event and I wish I could find
a way to reward all of you for this devotion and unselfishness. I
am afraid that I do not have the right answer but you should
pride yourself to have made a difference, to have had an impact
on the future generation and to have created an unforgettable
moment in the mind of many. It is this kind of tremendously
successful effort with nothing but a hand shake or a pat on the
back at the end which makes life worth living and which allows
us to fall asleep at night with a smile on our face.

Happy dreams, Jean-Louis

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Paris, France
18th International
Conference on Soil
Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering

18ème Congrès International

de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique

> www.paris2013-icsmge.org

CHALLENGES & INNOVATIONS IN GEOTECHNICS

Défis et innovations en géotechnique

PROGRAM / PROGRAMME

Partners / Partenaires :
September 2-6, 2013
Organising secretariat:
Secrétariat d’organisation :
 Paris, France
the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering
> September 2-6, 2013

Monday September 2, 2013

Exhibition Great Amphitheater

09h00
10h40 Opening session

10h40 Coffee break

11h25
Chair: J.-L. Briaud (USA)
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2

11h25 Terzaghi oration - S.Lacasse (Norway)

12h10
12h10 Ishihara lecture - G.Gazetas (Greece)
12h50
12h50
Exhibition

Lunch break
14h35
Chair: I. Vanicek (Czech Republic)

14h35 Menard lecture - J.-L. Briaud (USA)

15h15
15h15 Singapore metro works - Bugis station & tunnels
15h55 A. Sim (France)
15h55 Coffee break
16h25
Chair: I. Towhata (Japan)

16h25 Bishop lecture - R.Jardine (UK)

17h05
17h05 French Innovations in Geotechnics - F. Schlosser (France)
17h45
17h45 Accompanying persons coming
18h00
18h00
19h00 Cultural Event « Paris en Musique »
19h00
21h30 WELCOME RECEPTION

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Lundi 2 Septembre 2013

Exposition Grand Amphithéatre

09h00 Session d’Ouverture
10h40
10h40 Pause café
11h25
Président : J.-L. Briaud (USA)

11h25 Allocution Terzaghi - S.Lacasse (Norvège)

LUNDI 2 SEPTEMBRE

12h10
12h10 Conférence Ishihara - G.Gazetas (Grèce)
12h50
12h50
Exposition

Déjeuner
14h35
Président : I. Vanicek (République Tchèque)

14h35 Conférence Ménard - J.-L. Briaud (USA)

15h15
15h15 Travaux du métro de Singapour :
15h55 station Bugis et tunnels - A. Sim (France)
15h55 Pause café
16h25
Président : I. Towhata (Japon)

16h25 Conférence Bishop - R.Jardine (UK)

17h05
17h05 Innovation Française en géotechnique
17h45 F. Schlosser (France)
17h45 Entrée des personnes accompagnantes
18h00
18h00
19h00 Evénement culturel « Paris en musique »
19h00
21h30 RECEPTION DE BIENVENUE

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the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering
> September 2-6, 2013

Tuesday September 3, 2013

Exhibition Great Amphitheater

Chair: P. Mestat (France)
09h00 Kerisel lecture: G.Calabresi (Italy),
09h40
09h40 McClelland lecture: M.Randolph (Australia)
10h20
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3

10h20 Coffee break

10h50
Chair: P. Seco e Pinto (Portugal)
10h50 Kerry Rowe lecture: C. Shackelford (USA)
11h30
Exhibition

11h30 Geotechnical issues for «Grand Paris»

12h05 automatic metro: V. Fluteaux (France)
12h05 Awards ceremony
12h35
12h35 Lunch break
14h05
Chair: S. Ejezie (Nigeria)
14h05 Schofield lecture: M.Bolton (UK)
14h45
14h45 iYGEC: Report and Presentations
15h25
15h25 Coffee break
16h00
16h00 Forum Research, Innovation & Practice
18h00
18h00
20h00
20h00
24h00 GALA DINNER - PAVILLON DAUPHINE
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Mardi 3 Septembre 2013

Exposition Grand Amphithéatre

Président : P. Mestat (France)
09h00 Conférence Kerisel : G.Calabresi (Italie)
09h40
09h40 Conférence McClelland : M.Randolph (Australie)
10h20
10h20
MARDI 3 SEPTEMBRE

Pause café
10h50
Président : P. Seco e Pinto (Portugal)
10h50 Conférence Kerry Rowe : C. Shackelford (USA)
11h30
Exposition

11h30 Les enjeux géotechniques du projet de métro

12h05 automatique du Grand Paris : V. Fluteaux (France)
12h05 Cérémonie de remise des prix
12h35
12h35 Pause déjeuner
14h05
Président : S. Ejezie (Nigeria)
14h05
14h45 Conférence Schofield : M.Bolton (UK)
14h45 iYGEC : Rapports et présentations
15h25
15h25 Pause café
16h00
16h00 Forum Recherche, Innovation et Pratique
18h00
18h00
20h00
20h00
24h00 DÎner de Gala - PAVILLON DAUPHINE
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the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering
> September 2-6, 2013

Wednesday September 4, 2013 / Mercredi 4 Septembre 2013

Exhibition Blue Amphitheater Room Maillot Room 242 A Room 242 B

09h00 Discussion Session TC 101 - 1 Discussion Session TC 207 - 1 Workshop TC 303 Workshop TC 306
Laboratory testing of geomaterials I: time Soil-Structure Interaction How to meet catastrophic Geo-Education: active learning and F
effects and other peculiar observations and Retaining Walls flooding events? new educational initiatives
Chair: H. Di Benedetto (France) Chair: V. Ulitsky (Russia) Chair: S. Iai (Japan) in Geo-engineering
10h30
General Reporter: E. Ibraim (UK) General Reporter: W. Bilfinger Chair: M. Jaksa (Australia)
(Brazil)
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4

Exhibition & Posters display

10h30 Coffee break

11h00
11h00 Discussion Session TC 101 - 2
Laboratory testing of geomaterials II:
strength properties and treated soils
Chair: S. Shibuya (Japan)
12h30 General Reporter: D.S. Kim (Korea)
Discussion Session TC 207 - 2 Discussion Session TC 205
Soil-Structure Interaction Safety and serviceability
and Retaining Walls in geotechnical design
Chair: W.F. Van Impe (Belgium) Chair: B. Simpson (UK)
General Reporter: R. Salgado (USA)
Discussion Session TC 307
Sustainability F
in Geotechnical Engineering
Chair: A. Puppala (USA)
General Reporter: D. Basu (Canada)

12h30 Lunch break

14h00
14h00 Discussion Session TC 203 - 1 Discussion Session TC 103 - 1 Workshop TC 205 Workshop TC 307
Experimental characterization and analysis Numerical Methods in Geomechanics Safety and serviceability Sustainable Challe
of soil behaviour under earthquake loads Chair: A. Gens (Spain) in geotechnical design: Geotechnical Practices a
Chair: K. Pitilakis (Greece) General Reporter: K.T. Chau debates on current and future issues Chair: D. Basu (Canada)
15h30
General Reporter: F. Silvestri (Italy) (Hong-Kong, China) Chair: C. Smith (UK)

15h30 Coffee break

16h00
16h00 Discussion Session TC 203 - 2 Discussion Session TC 103 -2 Workshop TC 304 Discussion Session TC 307+212
Seismic response of soils, foundations Numerical Methods Handling Uncertainties in Modern Thermal Geomechanics
and geotechnical structures in Geomechanics Geotechnical Design Codes of Practice Chairs: D. Basu (Canada),
Chair: A. Pecker (France) Chair: F. Nicot (France) Chairs: G.A. Fenton (Canada) - R. Katzenbach (Deutschland) Gene
17h30
General Reporter: J.F. Semblat (France) M. Hicks (The Netherlands) Generals Reporters: A. Puppala (USA),
D. Choudhury (India)

CNAM Museum Geotechnical Exhibition

Exposition Amphithéatre bleu Salle Maillot Salle 242 A Salle 242 B

09h00 Session technique TC 101 - 1
Essais de laboratoire sur les géomatériaux I :
effets différés et autres observations
Président : H. Di Benedetto (France)
10h30
Raporter Général : E. Ibraim (UK)
MERCREDI 4 SEPTEMBRE
Discussion Session TC 207 - 1
Interaction sol-structure
et murs de soutènements
Président : V. Ulitsky (Russie)
Raporter Général : W. Bilfinger
(Brésil)
Atelier TC 303
Comment faire face aux innondations
catastrophiques ?
Président : S. Iai (Japon)
Atelier TC 306
Formation en géotechnique :
l’apprentissage actif et les nouvelles P
initiatives pédagogiques en géotechnique
Président : M. Jaksa (Australie)

10h30
11h00 Pause café
11h00
Exposition & Posters

Session technique TC 101 - 2
Essais de laboratoire sur les géomaétériaux II :
résistance et sols traités
Président : S. Shibuya (Japon)
12h30 Raporter Général : D.S. Kim (Corée)
Session technique TC 207 - 2
Interaction sol-structure
et murs de soutènements
Président : W.F. Van Impe (Belgique)
Session technique TC 205
Sécurité en état de service dans le
dimensionnement géotechnique - 1
Président : B. Simpson (UK)
Raporter Général : R. Salgado (USA)
Session technique TC 307
Développement durable
en Géotechnique P
Président : A. Puppala (USA)
Raporter Général : D. Basu (Canada)

12h30 Déjeuner
14h00
14h00 Session technique TC 203 - 1 Session technique TC 103 - 1 Atelier TC 205 Atelier TC 307
Caractérisation expérimentale et analyse Méthodes numériques Sécurité en état de service dans le Développement Durable Les d
du comportement du sol sous chargement en géomécanique dimensionnement géotechnique - 2 : en Géotechnique e
sismique Président : A. Gens (Espagne) débats sur les enjeux actuels et futurs Président : D. Basu (Canada) P
15h30
Président : K. Pitilakis (Grèce) Raporter Général : K.T. Chau Président : C. Smith (UK)
Raporter Général : F. Silvestri (Italie) (Hong-Kong, Chine)
15h30 Pause café
16h00
16h00 Session technique TC 203 - 2 Session technique TC 103 -2 Atelier TC 304 Session technique TC 307+212
Réponse sismique des sols, des fondations Méthodes numériques Prise en compte des incertitudes Géotechnique et géothermie
et des structures géotechniques en géomécanique dans les règles de dimensionnement Présidents : D. Basu (Canada), P
Président : A. Pecker (France) Président : F. Nicot (France) modernes en Géotechnique R. Katzenbach (Allemagne) Rapor
17h30
Raporter Général : J.F. Semblat (France) Président : G.A. Fenton (Canada) - Raporter Général : A. Puppala (USA),
M. Hicks (Pays-Bas) D. Choudhury (India)

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Room 252 A
and Franco-Chinese Workshop - 1
Chairs: M. Huang (China)
Y.J. Cui (France)
Franco-Chinese Workshop - 2
g Chairs: M. Huang (China),
Y.J. Cui (France)
ada)
Workshop TC 207
Challenges of soil-structure interaction
and retaining walls analyses
Chairs: V. Ulitsky (Russia),
M. Lisyuk (Russia)
2 Discution Session CFMS
Shallow foundations
Chair: B. Demay (France)
) General Reporter: M. Zerhouni (France)
USA),
Salle 252 A
: Atelier franco-chinois - 1
elles Présidents : M. Huang (Chine),
hnique Y.J. Cui (France)
e)
Atelier franco-chinois - 2
Présidents : M. Huang (Chine),
) Y.J. Cui (France)
ada)
Atelier TC 207
Les défis en interaction sol-structure
et ouvrages de soutènement
) Présidents : V. Ulitsky (Russie),
M. Lisyuk (Russie)
2 Session technique CFMS
e Fondations superficielles
), Président : B. Demay (France)
Raporter Général : M. Zerhouni (France)
USA),
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Room 252 B Room 243 Room 253
Discussion Session TC 209 Discussion Session TC 214 ISP6 - 1
Advances in Offshore Geotechnics: Foundation Engineering in difficult Workshop
Wind Farms and Pipelines Soft Soil Conditions on Pressuremeter
Chair: P. Jeanjean (USA) Chair: J.L. Rangel-Núñez (Mexico) Chair: J.L. Briaud (USA)
General Reporter: R. Jewell (Belgium) General Reporter: E. Ovando-Shelley
(Mexico)
Coffee break
Workshop TC209 Workshop ATC 7 ISP6 - 2
Design for cyclic loading: Geotechnical Issues Workshop
piles and other foundations in Thick Deltaic Deposits on Pressuremeter
Chair: R. Jardine (UK) Chair: K.Y. Lee (South Korea) Chair: M. Gambin (France)
Lunch break
Discussion Session TC 104 Discussion Session TC 204 Workshop ATC 19
The contribution of physical modelling Underground Constructions Role of Geo-Engineering
to geotechnical engineering Chair: A. Bezuijen (Belgium) for Conservation of World Heritage
Chair: C. Gaudin (Australia) General Reporter: T. Dias (Brazil) Chair: Y. Iwasaki (Japan)
General Reporter: D. White (Australia)
Coffee break
Workshop TC 104+204 Workshop TC 302
Physical modelling: Forensic Analysis Asian Geotechnical Societies
tool for underground construction of Geotechnical Failures Chair: A. Zhussupbekov
Chair: M. Davies (New-Zealand) Chair : V.-V.-S. RAO (India) (ISSMGE VP for Asia)
CNAM Museum Geotechnical Exhibition
Salle 252 B Salle 243 Salle 253
Session technique TC 209 Session technique TC 214 ISP6 - 1
Progrès en géotechnique offshore : Ingénierie des fondations en conditions Atelier
éoliennes et pipelines difficiles de sols compressibles sur le pressiomètre
Président : P. Jeanjean (USA) Président : J.L. Rangel-Núñez (Mexique) Président : J.L. Briaud (USA)
Raporter Général : R. Jewell (Belgique) Raporter Général : E. Ovando-Shelley
(Mexique)
Pause café
Atelier TC209 Atelier ATC 7 ISP6 - 2
Conception sous charges cycliques : Enjeux géotechniques dans les zones Atelier
pieux et autres fondations de delta alluvionnaires sur le pressiomètre
Président : R. Jardine (UK) Président : K.Y. Lee (Corée du sud) Président : M. Gambin (France)
Déjeuner
Session technique TC 104 Session technique TC 204 Atelier ATC 19
La contribution des modèles physiques Ouvrages souterrains Le rôle des géo-sciences dans la
à l’ingénierie géotechnique Président : A. Bezuijen (Belgique) conservation du patrimoine mondial
Président : C. Gaudin (Australie) Raporter Général : T. Dias (Brésil) Président : Y. Iwasaki (Japon)
Raporter Général : D. White (Australie)
Pause café
Atelier TC 104+204 Atelier TC 302
Modèles physiques : des outils Expertise et retour d’expérience Sociétés Géotechniques Asiatiques
pour les ouvrages souterrains des ruptures géotechniques Président : A. Zhussupbekov
Président : M. Davies (Nouvelle-Zélande) Président : V.-V.-S. RAO (Inde) (ISSMGE VP pour l’Asie)
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> September 2-6, 2013

Thursday September 5, 2013 / Jeudi 5 Septembre 2013

Exhibition Blue Amphitheater Room Maillot Room 242 A Room 242 B

09h00 Discussion Session TC 211 Discussion Session TC 102 Discussion Session TC 201+210 Workshop TC 103
Ground Improvement In-situ Testing Dykes, Levees and Dams Reviews on problems and challenges En
Chair: S. Varaksin (France) Chair: A. Viana da Fonseca Challenges and Innovations in computational geomechanics
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5

General Reporter: N. Huybrecht (Belgium) (Portugal) Chair: M. Van (The Netherlands) Chair: K.T. Chau (Hong Kong, China) Gener
Exhibition & Posters display

10h30
General Reporter: H. Giacheti (Brazil) General Reporter: Z. Xu (China)
10h30 Coffee break
11h00
11h00 Discussion Session TC 212 - 1 Workshop TC 102 Discussion Session TC 106 Discussion Session TC 202
Deep Foundations Dilatometers and pressuremeters Unsaturated Soils Transportation Geotechnics Repo
Chair: R. Katzenbach (Germany) for soil characterization Chair: D. Fredlund (Canada) Chair: A. Gomes Correia adv
General Reporter: D. Choudhury (India) Chair: J. Monnet (France) General Reporter: C. Jommi (Italia) (Portugal)
12h30 General Reporter: B. Indraratna (Australia)

12h30 Lunch break

14h00
14h00 Discussion Session TC 212 - 2 Discussion Session TC 208 Workshop TC 106 Workshop TC 202
Deep Foundations Slope stability in engineering practice Advances in Unsaturated Soils Transportation Geotechnics Chai
Chair: D. Choudhury (India) Chair: F. Nadim (Norway) Chair: E. Alonso (Spain) Chairs: A. Gomes Correia
General Reporter: D. Chang (Taiwan) Generals Reporters: E. Bowman (UK) (Portugal) and E. Tutumluer (USA)
15h30 and J. Fannin (Canada)

15h30 Accompanying persons coming

16h00
16h00
17h00 Closing ceremony
CNAM Museum Geotechnical Exhibition

Exposition Amphithéatre bleu Salle Maillot Salle 242 A Salle 242 B

09h00 Session technique TC 211 Session technique TC 102 Session technique TC 201+210 Atelier TC 103
Amélioration des sols Essais In-situ Digues, levées et barrages - Revue des problèmes Géo
Président : S. Varaksin (France) Président : A. Viana da Fonseca défis et innovations et défis du calcul géotechnique Pr
Raporter Général : N. Huybrecht (Belgique) (Portugal) Président : M. Van (Nouvelle Zélande) Président : K.T. Chau (Hong Kong, Raport
10h30
Raporter Général : H. Giacheti (Brésil) Raporter Général : Z. Xu (Chine) Chine)
JEUDI 5 SEPTEMBRE

10h30 Pause café

11h00
11h00 Session technique TC 212 - 1 Atelier TC 102 Session technique TC 106 Session technique TC 202
Fondations profondes Dilatomètres et pressiomètres Sols non saturés Géotechnique des transports - 1 Rappo
Exposition

Président : R. Katzenbach (Allemagne) pour la caractérisation des sols Président : D. Fredlund (Canada) Président : A. Gomes Correia & pr
Raporter Général : D. Choudhury (Inde) Président : J. Monnet (France) Raporter Général : C. Jommi (Italie) (Portugal) Pré
12h30
Raporter Général : B. Indraratna (Australie)
12h30 Déjeuner
14h00
14h00 Session technique TC 212 - 2 Session technique TC 208 Atelier TC 106 Atelier TC 202
Fondations profondes Stabilité des pentes pour la pratique Avancées dans les sols non saturés Géotechnique des transports
Président : D. Choudhury (Inde) de l’ingénieur Président : E. Alonso (Espagne) Présidents : A. Gomes Correia
Raporter Général : D. Chang (Taïwan) Président : F. Nadim (Norvège) (Portugal) and E. Tutumluer (USA)
15h30 Raporter Général : E. Bowman (UK)
and J. Fannin (Canada)
15h30 Entrée des personnes accompagnantes
16h00
16h00
17h00 Cérémonie de clôture

Exposition « Les Dessous des Grands Travaux » au Musée du CNAM

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Room 252 A Room 252 B Room 243 Room 253

Discussion Session TC 215 Workshop TC 203 Discussion Session TC 105
nges Environmental Geomechanics Geotechnical Issues in the Recent Geo-Mechanics from Micro to Macro International Geosynthetics
ics Chair: M. Manassero (Italy) World Earthquakes: Chair: M. Hyodo (Japan)
hina) General Reporter: M. Bouazza (Australia) Lessons and Mitigation Measures General Reporter: C. Viggiani (France) Society
Chairs: K. Pitilakis (Greece), A. Ansal (Turkey)

Coffee break

Workshop TC 211 Discussion Session TC 301 Workshop TC 105

Report from IS-GI Brussels 2012 & latest Monuments, historic sites Geotechnics and geomechanics International Geosynthetics
advances in Ground Improvement and case histories from micro to macro
Chairs: S. Varaksin (France), Chair: J. Burland (UK) Chair: M. Jiang (China) Society
stralia) J. Maertens (Belgium) General Reporter: A. Flora (Italia)

Lunch break

FedIGS Workshop Workshop TC 204+305 Discussion Session TC 206

Chairs: Van der Merwe (South Africa) Uncommon underground Interactive Geotechnical design
constructions solving mega-city problems Chair: K.T. Chang (Korea)
USA) Chairs: A. Bezuijen (Netherlands), General Report: A. Ho
A. Negro (Brazil) (Hong Kong, China)

Accompanying persons coming

Closing ceremony
CNAM Museum Geotechnical Exhibition

Salle 252 A Salle 252 B Salle 243 Salle 253

Session technique TC 215 Atelier TC 203 Session technique TC 105
Géotechnique de l’environnement Enjeux géotechniques dans les récents Géomécanique de micro à macro Société Internationale
ue Président : M. Manassero (Italie) séismes mondiaux : Président : M. Hyodo (Japon) des Géosynthétiques
ng, Raporter Général : M. Bouazza (Australie) leçons et maitrise des risques Raporter Général : C. Viggiani (France)
Présidents : K. Pitilakis (Grèce), A. Ansal (Turquie)

Pause café

Atelier TC 211 Session technique TC 301 Atelier TC 105

-1 Rapport du congrès IS-GI Bruxelles 2012 Monuments et sites historiques, Géotechnique et géomécanique Société Internationale
a & progrès en renforcement des sols études de cas de micro à macro
Présidents : S. Varaksin (France), Président : J. Burland (UK) Président : M. Jiang (Chine) des Géosynthétiques
ustralie) J. Maertens (Belgique) Raporter Général : A. Flora (Italie)

Déjeuner

Atelier TC 207 FedIGS Atelier TC 204+305 Session technique TC 206

s Présidents : Van der Merwe Ouvrages souterrains exceptionnels en Méthode observationnelle
a (South Africa) réponse aux problèmes des mégacités en géotechnique
USA) Présidents : A. Bezuijen (Pays-Bas), Président : K.T. Chang (Corée)
A. Negro (Brésil) General Report: A. Ho (Hong Kong)

Entrée des personnes accompagnantes

Cérémonie de clôture

Exposition « Les Dessous des Grands Travaux » au Musée du CNAM

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> September 2-6, 2013

Friday September 6, 2013

Musée du Café des

CNAM Techniques
08h00

10h00
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6

10h00
Technical visits

14h00
14h00 Evénement
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et partage
17h15 des savoirs

17h15 Visite de
l’exposition « Les
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18h00 travaux »

18h00 French
Cocktail speaking event
cocktail
20h00

CNAM Museum Geotechnical Exhibition

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Vendredi 6 Septembre 2013

Musée du Café des

CNAM Techniques
08h00
VENDREDI 6 SEPTEMBRE

10h00

10h00
Visites techniques

14h00
14h00 Evénement
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Géotechnique
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enseignement
et partage
17h15 des savoirs

17h15 Visite de
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dessous des grand
18h00 travaux »

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CONTENTS / SOMMAIRE

WELCOME TO THE 18TH ICSMGE / BIENVENUE AU 18EME CIMSG p. 14-17

COMMITTEES / COMITES p. 19

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS / REMERCIEMENTS AUX SPONSORS p. 20

GENERAL INFORMATION & CONDITIONS / INFORMATIONS GENERALES ET CONDITIONS p. 25

PRACTICAL INFORMATION / INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES p. 26

SOCIAL EVENTS / PROGRAMME SOCIAL p. 29

PLENARY SESSIONS PROGRAM / PROGRAMME DES SESSIONS PLENIERES

Monday 2 September 2013 / Lundi 2 septembre 2013 p. 31

Tuesday 3 September 2013 / Mardi 3 septembre 2013 p. 35

PARALLEL SESSIONS PROGRAM / PROGRAMME DES SESSIONS PARALLELES

Wednesday 4 September 2013 / Mercredi 4 septembre 2013 p. 39

Thursday 5 September 2013 / Jeudi 5 septembre 2013 p. 77

POSTERS LIST / LISTE DES POSTERS

Wednesday 4 September 2013 / Mercredi 4 Septembre 2013 p. 104

Thursday 5 September, 2013 / Jeudi 5 septembre 2013 p. 112

TECHNICAL VISITS / VISITES TECHNIQUES p. 121

EVENEMENT FRANCOPHONE p. 123

CNAM EXHIBITION / EXPOSITION DU CNAM p. 124

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WELCOME TO THE 18 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOIL

MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Distinguished Colleagues, Dear Friends,

We are in Paris to celebrate the progress of our profession and to learn from each other in an
atmosphere filled with class, with fellowship, and with fun. While it is a coincidence that our
quadrennial conference would take place in the country where I was born, you can imagine that
for me it will add to the fact that our quadrennial conference is always very special. France is a remarkably beautiful
country and Paris a wonderful city to be in for the most important event that we organize every four years.
We must first thank the organizers who have worked so hard to make sure that this event will take place with a
minimum number of problems. I keep being amazed that geotechnical engineers across the world continue to
compete for hosting this event at no cost to the participants. Indeed if we had to pay for the hours spent by all the
people who have volunteered their time to serve the rest of us, the registration fee would be many times higher
than it is. For the Paris conference, the group of volunteers on the organizing committee were both experienced
and dedicated; I called them “The Dream Team”. They include Philippe Mestat, Jacques Robert, Valerie Bernhardt,
Yu-Jun Cui, Alain Guilloux, Pierre Delage, Jacques Desrues, Alain Puech, François Schlosser, Claude Plumelle, Philippe
Gotteland, Stéphane Monleau. I do not want to forget my colleague and friend Roger Frank who was the ISSMGE
Board liaison to the conference. On behalf of ISSMGE 89 countries and 19000 members, I thank you all for your
remarkably unselfish gift to our profession.
This conference is a gigantic success. Some Board Level Committees will meet on Friday August 30, 2013. The ISSMGE
Board meeting will take place on Saturday August 31, 2013 and the ISSMGE Council meeting on Sunday 1 Sept 2013;
this is where the election of the next President and the location of the 19th ICSMGE will be decided. The International
Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference will take place on Saturday and Sunday 31Aug and 1Sept 2013 at Ecole
Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés. The plenary sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday (September 2 and
3, 2013). They include the Terzaghi oration by Suzanne Lacasse, 7 other honor lectures organized by TCs, 3 special
lectures organized by the French Society CFMS, a report and presentations from the Young Members and a discussion
forum on innovations. The concurrent sessions will take place on Wednesday and Thursday (4 and 5 Sept 2013). In
addition to the 28 TC-organized discussion sessions, there are 19 workshops also organized by TCs, a Franco-Chinese
workshop, a symposium on pressuremeters-ISP6, 2 sessions organized by the International Geosynthetics Society. A
total of 772 papers have been received and accepted. About 200 will be presented orally and 240 through posters.
Friday is devoted to the technical visits and to a francophone event at the CNAM Museum (where a geotechnical
exhibition will be staged starting in June 2013). On the social side, the welcome reception will be on Monday night,
The Awards luncheon on Tuesday at noon, and the Gala Dinner on Tuesday evening.
I had asked the organizers to ensure that the Technical Committees had a significant impact on the program and
they achieved that very well. I wish that future ISSMGE quadrennial conferences will see a similar influence of our
Technical Committees. This conference is a wonderful occasion to get together, to exchange opinions about the
past, the present, and the future of geotechnical engineering. I truly hope to be able to visit with every one of you.

Jean-Louis Briaud
President of ISSMGE

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BIENVENUE AU 18 EME CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DE MECANIQUE

DES SOLS ET GEOTECHNIQUE
Chers Collègues, Chers Amis,

Nous sommes à Paris pour célébrer les progrès de notre profession et pour apprendre les uns des
autres dans une atmosphère remplie de classe, de camaraderie et de joie. C’est une coïncidence
que notre congrès quadriennal ait lieu dans le pays où je suis né. Vous pouvez imaginer ce que
cela ajoute pour moi au fait que notre congrès quadriennal est toujours une chose très spéciale. La France est un
pays particulièrement beau et Paris est une ville magnifique pour accueillir l’événement le plus important que nous
organisons tous les quatre ans.
Nous devons d’abord remercier les organisateurs qui ont travaillé dur pour s’assurer que cet événement ait lieu dans
les meilleures conditions possibles. Je suis toujours étonné que les géotechniciens à travers le monde continuent à
concourir pour accueillir cet événement, sans que cela ne coûte rien aux participants. En effet, si nous devions
payer pour les heures passées par toutes les personnes qui ont donné de leur temps pour servir les autres, les frais
d’inscription seraient beaucoup plus élevés qu’ils ne le sont. Pour le congrès de Paris, le groupe de bénévoles du
comité d’organisation est à la fois expérimenté et dévoué; je l’ai appelé «Le Dream Team». Il comprend Philippe
Mestat, Alain Guilloux, Valérie Bernhardt, Jacques Robert, Pierre Delage, Jacques Desrues, Alain Puech, François
Schlosser, Yu-Jun Cui, Claude Plumelle, Philippe Gotteland, Stéphane Monleau. Je ne veux pas oublier mon collègue
et ami, Roger Frank, qui a assuré la liaison avec le Bureau de la SIMSG. Au nom des 89 pays et des 19.000 membres de
la SIMSG, je vous remercie tous pour votre cadeau remarquablement généreux à notre profession.
Ce congrès est un énorme succès. Certains Comités au niveau du Bureau se réuniront le vendredi 30 août 2013. La
réunion du Bureau de la SIMSG se tiendra le samedi 31 août 2013 et la réunion du Conseil de la SIMSG le dimanche
1er septembre ; c’est là que se déroulera l’élection du prochain président et que le lieu du 19ème CIMSG sera décidé.
Le Congrès International des Jeunes Géotechniciens se tiendra samedi 31 août et dimanche 1er septembre à l’Ecole
Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Les sessions plénières auront lieu lundi et mardi (2 et 3 septembre 2013). Elles
comprennent l’Allocution Terzaghi donnée par Suzanne Lacasse, 7 autres conférences honorifiques organisées par
les Comités Techniques (CTs), 3 conférences spéciales organisées par le Comité Français CFMS, un rapport et des
présentations des Jeunes Géotechniciens et un forum de discussion sur l’innovation. Les sessions parallèles auront
lieu mercredi et jeudi (4 et 5 septembre 2013). En plus des sessions de discussion organisées par les CTs, il y a 19
ateliers également organisés par les CTs, un atelier Franco-Chinois, un symposium sur le pressiomètre-ISP6 et 2 sessions
organisées par le Comité International des Géosynthétiques. Au total 772 contributions écrites ont été acceptées.
Environ 200 seront présentées oralement, et 240 sous la forme de posters. Vendredi est consacré aux visites techniques
et à un événement francophone au Musée du CNAM (où une exposition géotechnique se déroule depuis juin 2013).
Sur le plan des activités sociales, la réception de bienvenue aura lieu lundi soir, le déjeuner de remise des Prix aura lieu
Mardi et le Dîner de Gala mardi soir.
J’avais demandé aux organisateurs de s’assurer que les Comités Techniques aient un rôle important dans la
programmation et ils ont très bien atteint cet objectif. Je formule le souhait que les congrès futurs de la SIMSG
comportent une influence semblable de la part de nos Comtés Techniques. Ce congrès est une occasion unique
d’être ensemble, d’échanger nos opinions sur le passé, le présent et le future de la géotechnique. J’espère
sincèrement pouvoir m’entretenir avec chacun d’entre vous.

Jean-Louis Briaud
Président of ISSMGE

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Welcome to the 18 TH International Conference on Soil

Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Ladies, and Gentlemen
Dear Colleagues,
Distinguished Guests,
Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I want to express our sincere thanks to all of you for coming to the 18th
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering here in Paris.
Since 2007, the French Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) prepared the organization of
this Conference after the 5th conference in 1961 already In Paris.
I express my thanks to President Alain Guilloux, Past President of French society, to support this project from the
beginning to now.
Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference will be held the last week. The program of the this Conference is based on
a new format and consists of two days of Plenary Sessions, (Terzaghi Oration, Heritage Young Geotechnical Engineers
report, Conference Lectures, honour lectures of technical Committee (it is new)), forum on the topics of “Challenges
and Innovations”, and two days of parallel activities (Discussion Sessions, Workshops). In addition, a Technical Exhibition
entitled “challenges and innovations” is located in front of the great amphitheater.
I would quote an historical quotation of General Pershing in 1917 and say: “Concorde Lafayette nous voilà !” Concorde
Lafayette we are here !). Indeed we are here and now. Concorde Lafayette is the ancient name of the Hyatt hotel
near the Conference Center. The show is yours now. The concept of the conference is new. Our President, Jean-Louis
Briaud, has implicated the technical committees in the organization of the plenary and parallel sessions.
Many thanks to the committees which have done a very good work. This conference program is the final result of their
work. I think that is a great success and very interesting program.
This innovation is good for a conference whose the main topics is “Challenges and innovations”.
In conclusion I express my thanks and sincere appreciation to Jacques Robert, Valérie Bernhardt, Vice-Presidents of
the French Society, to Roger Frank, François Schlosser, Pierre Delage, Jacques Desrues, Frédéric Rocher-Lacoste, and
Alain Puech, of course and to all the members of committees involved in the organization. Thanks to Violaine Gauthier
and Séverine Beaunier for your professional support.
And please don’t forget to go to the geotechnical exposition in the Musée des Arts et Métiers of Paris (you have in
your bag, an invitation -free ticket- for this). This exposition is in French and in English. You can go and understand all!

Philippe Mestat
President of the French Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical engineering (CFMS)
President of the organizing committee of the18 conferences ICSMGE, Paris, 07-15-2013
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BIENVENUE AU 18 EME CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DE MECANIQUE

DES SOLS ET GEOTECHNIQUE
Cher(e)s Collègues
Messieurs les Présidents, Medames les Présidentes,
Cher(e)s Ami(e)s,

C’est pour moi un grand plaisir que de m’adresser à vous pour vous souhaiter très cordialement
la bienvenue à l’occasion de l’ouverture officielle du dix-huitième Congrès International de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique.
Cet événement constitue l’aboutissement d’un travail collectif considérable entrepris dès l’année 2007, quand le Comité
Français de Mécanique des Sols (CFMS) a commencé à envisager la candidature de la France pour organiser cette
grande réunion quadriennale, après avoir organisé celle de 1961… Je remercie Alain Guilloux, ancien président du CFMS,
mon prédécesseur, qui a cru à cette candidature et a soutenu ce projet depuis le dossier de candidature jusqu’à la
réalisation d’aujourd’hui.
Je pourrais paraphraser un mot historique du général américain Pershing prononcé en 1917 en disant : « Concorde
Lafayette ! nous voilà ! ». Nous voilà, en effet : nous sommes ici. Le Concorde Lafayette est l’ancien nom de l’hôtel qui
s’élève à côté du Palais des Congrès. Le spectacle est désormais entre vos mains. Nous avons adopté un nouveau format,
sous l’impulsion de notre dynamique président de la Société Internationale Jean-Louis Briaud, l’implication des comités
techniques dans l’organisation a été remarquable et tout s’est bien passé. Cette première est, je crois, une vraie réussite.
Vous nous direz votre sentiment. Cette innovation dans l’organisation est en phase avec un congrès dont le thème majeur
est l’innovation. Donc deux journées de séances plénières dans cette grande salle et deux journées de sessions en parallèle
dans des salles situées autour de cet amphithéâtre.
Je voudrais profiter de l’occasion qui m’est offerte pour exprimer mes remerciements au directeur de l’Ecole Nationale
des Ponts et Chaussées et à la directrice de l’IFSTTAR (Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de
l’Aménagement et des Réseaux) qui ont permis à certains de leur personnel de passer du temps à ce projet, et qui ont
soutenu financièrement cette organisation.
Un grand merci au professionnalisme de nos partenaires : Le Public Système et Ponts Formation Conseils qui nous ont aidé
pour l’organisation matérielle, notamment l’organisation de l’exposition technique.
Enfin, nous ne serions pas en mesure de vous offrir un programme et des actes de qualité sans le travail méticuleux et
rigoureux de la commission scientifique dirigée et animée par François Schlosser, Jacques Desrues, Pierre Delage et Alain
Puech.
Je remercie également chaleureusement Christine Felce, des Presses des Ponts, pour son travail inlassable de mise en
forme des actes.
Je remercie également toutes les personnes qui se sont investies dans notre organisation à un niveau ou un autre
notamment Valérie Bernhardt et Jacques Robert, vice-présidents du CFMS et co-présidents du comité des sponsors et de
l’exposition technique, Frédéric Rocher-Lacoste, (notre aimable trésorier), Pierre Delage, Alain Puech et Roger Frank, bien
sûr, et les relecteurs des communications, que je salue ici, ils devraient se reconnaître.
Merci aussi à Jean-Louis Briaud et à notre secrétaire général, Neil Taylor, pour leur soutien et leurs conseils.
Nos partenaires Le Public Système (LPS) et Ponts Formation Conseil (PFC) ont fait un formidable travail : le budget
prévisionnel a été tenu sans dérapage, ni déficit, c’est important surtout en cette période économiquement trouble de
voir que l’on peut tenir les dépenses sans perdre en qualité du service, le site internet pour le chargement des résumés
et des communications a bien fonctionné. Merci à Violaine Gauthier, Merci à Séverine Beaunier, et à leurs collègues. Par
ailleurs, la mobilisation des sociétés nationales et des comités techniques a été excellente et partout nous avons rencontré
des interlocuteurs passionnés et constructifs.
Enfin merci aux auteurs, merci à vous, qui nous avez fait confiance pour la promotion de vos idées et découvertes, merci
aux orateurs pour leur présentation à venir et aux comités techniques qui ont accepté la tache supplémentaire demandée
par le président Jean-Louis Briaud. C’était une excellente idée et cela a bien fonctionné. Merci encore, Jean-Louis pour
ton aide et ton soutien actif.
Voilà, le congrès est maintenant entre vos mains. Faites en un bon usage, qu’il vous soit profitable. Profitez de Paris aussi, il y
a plein de choses à voir et à comprendre. Bonne visite, bon séjour à Paris.
Merci encore une fois aux vice-présidents du CFMS, Valérie Bernhardt et Jacques Robert, sans leur dévouement et leur forte
implication, sans l’aide aussi de Roger Frank, rien n’aurait été possible, je les remercie du fond du cœur , ils ne pouvaient
pas me faire de plus beau cadeau lorsque je suis sorti de l’hôpital (suite à un Accident Vasculaire- Cérébral) que d’avoir
continué et amplifié ce qui avait été initié.
Je vous rappelle enfin que notre collègue et ami Claude Plumelle a mené à bien le projet d’une exposition géotechnique
finement intitulée « Les dessous de la géotechnique » que vous pourrez découvrir en ce moment au Musée des Arts et
Métiers, vous avez une invitation pour y aller dans votre sacoche. Cette exposition présente une série de grands travaux
réalisés par les entreprises françaises en France et à l’Etranger, peut-être chez vous, donc ? C’est également une réussite,
je vous invite à y aller, vous ne serez pas déçus. L’exposition est bilingue. Vous pouvez y aller ! vous n’avez pas d’excuses !

Philippe Mestat
Président of the french society of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering (CFMS)
Président of the Organizing committee 18th conference s ICSMGE, Paris, 2013-07-15
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Committees / Comités
Conference Advisory Committee (ICSMGE) /
Comité Consultatif (SIMSG)
President: Jean-Louis Briaud (ISSMGE President)
Members: Ivan Vanicek (Vice President Europe),
Neil Taylor (General Secretary), Mamdouh
Hamza (17ISSMGE Chairman), Pedro Seco e Pinto
(ISSMGE Immediate Past President), Suzanne
Lacasse (President of the Technical Oversight
Committee), Roger Frank (18ISSMGE President of
the Strategic Advisory Committee), Philippe Mestat
(18ISSMGE President of the Conference Organizing
Committee), Alain Guilloux (18ISSMGE Vice President
of the Conference Organizing Committee).
Conference Organizing Committee /
Comité d’Organisation du Congrès
President: Philippe Mestat
Vice President: Alain Guilloux
Members: Séverine Beaunier, Valérie Bernhardt,
Nathalie Borie, Laurent Briançon, Yu-Jun Cui, Pierre
Delage, Jacques Desrues, François Depardon,
Philippe Gotteland, Pierre Habib, Roger Frank,
Philippe Liausu, Stéphane Monleau, Claude
Plumelle, Alain Puech, Jacques Robert, Frédéric
Rocher Lacoste, David Remaud, Françoise Ropers,
François Schlosser.
Strategic Advisory Committee /
Comité Stratégique Consultatif
President: Roger Frank
Vice President: Alain Puech
Scientific Committee / Commission Scientifique
President: François Schlosser
Vice President: Jacques Desrues
Vice President: Pierre Delage
Members: Dietmar Adams, Dominique Allagnat,
Eduardo Alonso, Gabriel Auvinet, Mounir Bouassida,
Malek Bouazza, Sylvie Bretelle, Denys Breysse,
Bernardo Caicedo, Robert Charlier, Christophe
Chevalier, Alain Corfdir, Michael Davies, Peter Day,
Hervé Di Benedetto, Claudio Di Prisco, Rich Finno,
Etienne Flavigny, Bertrand, François, Roger Frank,
Jean-Jacques Fry, Christophe Gaudin, Antonio
Gens, Antonio Gomez-Correia, Roland, Gourvès,
Yves Guerpillon, Pierre Yves Hicher, Robert Holtz,
Catherine Jacquard, Richard Jardine, Richard
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Kastner, Jean-Bernard Kazmierczak, Zoubeir Lafhaj,
Serge Lambert, Eric Leber, Serge Leroueil, Michael
Lisyuk, Juan Martinez, Farimah Masrouri, Hormoz
Modaressi, Arezou Modaressi, Franz Molenkamp,
David Muir Wood, Charles Ng, Fusao Oka, Trevor
Orr, Olivier Pal, Anne Pantet, Manolo Pastor, Alain
Puech, Françoise Ropers, Pierre Schmitt, Bruno
Simon, Claudio Tamagnini, Jean-François Thimus ,
Luc Thorel, Christos Tsatsanifos, Serge Varaksin,
Laurent Vulliet.
* The Scientific Committee acknowledges the
contribution of the following persons to the edition of
the Proceedings: P. Bésuelle, M. Boulon, S. Burlon,
J. Canou, C. Chevalier, G. Combe, J.C. Dupla,
S. Hemmati, O. Jenck, A. Le Kouby, O. Plé, A. Pouya,
S. Salager, J. Sulem.
Committee for the French-Speaking World /
Commission pour la Francophonie
President: Jean-Pierre Magnan
Vice President: Claude Plumelle
Vice President: Mounir Bouassida
Committee for Sponsors and Exhibition /
Commission pour les sponsors et l’exposition
President: Valérie Bernhardt
Vice President: Jacques Robert
Organizing Committee for the 5th Young
Geotechnical Engineers Conference (5th iYGEC) /
Comité d’Organisation du 5ème
Congrès des jeunes géotechniciens (CIJG)
President: Yu-Jun Cui
Vice President: Fabrice Emeriault
Members: Fahd Cuira, Siavash Ghabezloo,
Jean-Michel Pereira, Hugo Ravel, Michael Reboul,
Anh Minh Tang, Séverine Beaunier.
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Thanks to our sponsors / Remerciements sponsors

Our Partners / Partenaires

Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

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Exhibitors

ASSOCIATIONS French
PROFESSIONNELLES BONAR universités

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CONFERENCE VENUE MAP / PLAN DU PALAIS DES CONGRES

EXHIBITION MAP / PLAN D’EXPOSITION

Cloakroom/
Vestiaire

Great Amphitheater/Grand Amphithéâtre

01 02
09 10
03 04 07 08
05 06
18 11
35 24 19 17 12
34 32-33 31 30 29 28 27 26 25
36 38-39 40 41 42 43 44 23
20 16 13
37 22
56 55 54 52-53 49-50-51 48 47 46 45 15 14
57 21
58-59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

79 78 77 71 70 69
87-88 80 72 73
92 76
Lunch Area/ 93 89 86 81
75 Welcome Area/
Espace Déjeuner 90 85 82 Room Maillot/
94 74
Salle Maillot Accueil
95 91 84 83

96 97

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EXHIBITORS LIST / LISTE DES EXPOSANTS

A. P. VAN DEN BERG 55 Ischebeck France 18

ACE Geosynthetics 10 ISSMGE 97
GROUPE ALIOS / SOL-ESSAIS 71 ITASCA 75
Allnamics Pile Testing Experts 70 ITECH 35
Andra 73 JEAN LUTZ SA 91
Antea Group 77 KELLER FONDATIONS SPECIALES 72
APAGEO - GEOMATECH 28 Keynetix Ltd 47
ARCADIS 25 LIEBHERR 80
ASSOCIATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES 96 LUSAS 90
Bentley Systems 84 TEXINOV GEOTEXTILES 64
BONAR 74 Measurand - SITES 20
CAMBRIDGE INSITU Limited 1 MENARD 58-59
Cathie Associates 56 NAUE 4
French universités 81 PLATIPUS ANCHORS LTD 15
CONTROLAB 19 PINTO 46
CONTROLS 45 PLAXIS BV 5
DECAGON DEVICES 82 FAYAT FONDATIONS 24
Deltares 86 PROFUND BV 54
Durham Geo Slope Indicator 65 Rincent BTP Services 21
EDICO BETOCONCEPT 26 Rocscience Inc. 43
EGIS GEOTECHNIQUE 62 ROCTEST 48
ENCARDIO-RITE 68 SDMT - MARCHETTI 23
Fiberweb 11-12 SEDIDRILL 40
Fine s.r.o 36 SIGICOM 63
FONDASOL 42 SIREG 16
Foraloc / Technidrill 9 SISGEO Srl - Italy 85
FORDIA EUROPE 38-39 SOL SOLUTION 49-50-51
FREYSSINET 60 SOLDATA 79
FUGRO GEOTECHNIQUE 87-88 SOLS MESURES 31
GDS Instruments 32-33 SOLETANCHE BACHY 57
GEOBRUGG AG 14 SPIE FONDATIONS 44
Geokon Inc 76 «Taylor & Francis » 37
Geomil Equipment 7 The Institution of Engineering and Technology 17
Groupe Géotec 66 TENCATE GEOSYNTHETICS FRANCE SAS 29
GINGER GROUPE 2 TENSAR INTERNATIONAL 6
G-OCTOPUS 83 TERRASOL - SETEC 34
GTS 41 TERRE ARMEE INTERNATIONALE 61
HERRENKNECHT AG 8 TNO DIANA BV 67
HUESKER 3 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING 78
HYDROGEOTECHNIQUE 94 URETEK 69
IFSTTAR 22 USG 95
«COFRA-LANKELMA-KOOP» 52-53 VJ TECH 30
Int’l IGM 89 WILLE GEOTECHNIK 92-93
IPC GLOBAL 27

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GENERAL INFORMATION & CONDITIONS
DATES
The Conference will be held from Monday 2nd
September 2013 to Friday 6th September 2013.
Le congrès se tiendra du 2 au 6 septembre 2013.
VENUE / LIEU
The Palais des Congrès (Paris Convention Centre)
is located in the western part of the city, only 10
minutes from the Champs Elysées, the Arc de
Triomphe or the Eiffel Tower.
Access / Accès :
By local city bus / en bus
(lines: 82. 73 . 43 .244 .PC)
By metro (line 1)
or by RER (Paris Suburban Express Metropolitan
Network, line C)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE / LANGUE OFFICIELLE
The 18th ICSMGE is an international conference; the
official languages are English & French. Les langues
officielles du congrès sont le Français et l’Anglais.
A simultaneous translation is available during the
plenary sessions and the parallel sessions held in
room Maillot and Blue Amphitheater. Les sessions
plénières ainsi que les sessions des salles Maillot et de
l’amphithéâtre Bleu bénéficieront de la traduction
simultanée.
CONFERENCE OFFICE /
SECRETARIAT D’ORGANISATION
Before and after the Conference:
LE PUBLIC SYSTEME PCO
38 rue Anatole France
92594 Levallois-Perret Cedex – France
Tel.: + 33 (0)1 70 94 65 00
Fax.: + 33 (0)1 70 94 65 01
BADGES
After your registration, a name badge will be
provided.
For security and regulation purposes, the badges
have to be worn at all time.
Les badges sont nominatifs et sont remis à
l’accueil du congrès. Pour des raisons de sécurité
il est obligatoire de porter son badge pendant le
congrès et les activités associées.
CHALLENGES & INNOVATIONS
IN GEOTECHNICS
The badges color codes are:
Participants-GREEN / Participants-VERT
Exhibitors-BLUE / Exposants-BLEU
Accompanying person–PINK /
Personnes accompagnantes-ROSE
iYGEC Member-ORANGE /
Membres du 5e CIJG-ORANGE
REGISTRATION / INSCRIPTION
The Welcome desk is located at level 2 of the
conference venue, in front of the escalator.
The welcome desk is open from 8:00 to 18:00 the
whole conference.
And from 16:00 to 19:00 on Sunday.
Registration fees for participants include /
Les frais d’inscription comprennent :
• Attendance to all scientific sessions /
L’accès aux sessions
• Opening Session Cultural event & Welcome
Reception /
La session d’ouverture
Evénement culturel et Réception de bienvenue
• Daily lunches and coffee /
L’accès aux pauses café et aux déjeuners
• Access to the Exhibition area /
L’accès à l’exposition
Registration fees for accompanying persons
includes:
• Opening session Cultural event & Welcome
Reception / La session d’ouverture, Evénement
culturel et Réception de bienvenue
• Access to the Exhibition area /
L’accès à l’exposition
• Access to One Paris city tour /
Une visite touristique de Paris en bus
Lost badges
For any loss of badge a new registration will be
required.
Pour toute perte de badge une nouvelle inscription
vous sera demandée.
PROCEEDINGS
For people who ordered the conference
proceedings, a pick-up area will be held next to the
cloakroom. The conference proceedings will also
be available on ISSMGE web site.
Les actes du congrès sont disponibles pendant le
congrès pour tous ceux qui les auront commandés.
Ils seront également disponibles sur le site de l’ISSMGE
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
ATM / DISTRIBUTEUR DE BILLET
An ATM (cash machine) is located on LEVEL A of
the Palais des Congrès and several ones in the
surrounding area.
Les distributeurs de billets sont situés au niveau
A du Palais des Congrès ainsi que dans les rues
avoisinantes.
CATERING FACILITIES / REPAS
Coffee breaks and lunches are included in the
registration fees for all the participants’ restaurants
are located in the Conference Centre and in the
surrounding area.
Les pauses café et les déjeuners sont proposés
aux participants inscrits au congrès, de nombreux
restaurants sont à votre disposition dans l’enceinte
du Palais des Congrès et aux alentours.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE /
CERTIFICAT DE PRESENCE
A certificate of attendance will be provided to all
pre-registered and on-site registered participants.
Un certificat sera remis à tous les participants.
CLOAKROOM / VESTIAIRE
A cloakroom is located near the Conference
Welcome Desk (level 2).
Please make sure that no personal belongings are
left after the closing. Opening hours are the same
as the Conference ones.
Un vestiaire est mis à la disposition des participants
dans le cadre du congrès. Veillez à retirer vos
affaires chaque jour avant l’heure de fermeture.
Les horaires sont ceux du congrès.
DISABLED PERSONS ACCESS /
PERSONNES A MOBILITE REDUITE
A lift for disabled people is available at each floor in
the Palais des Congrès.
If you need any further assistance, please contact
a staff person.
Un ascenseur est mis à la disposition des personnes
à mobilité réduite. Pour toute assistance
complémentaire n’hésitez pas à contacter une
personne de l’organisation
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EXHIBITION / EXPOSITION
The exhibition is open to all registered participants
and is held on the level 2 of the Palais des Congrès
Exhibition opening hours:
Monday 2 September 2013 from 9 am to 6 pm
Lundi 2 septembre de 9h à 18h
Tuesday 3 September 2013 from 9 am to 6 pm
Mardi 3 septembre de 9h à 18h
Wednesday 4 September 2013 from 9 am to 6 pm
Mercredi 4 septembre de 9h à 18h
Thursday 5 September 2013 from 9 am to 6 pm
Jeudi 5 septembre de 9h à 18h
INTERNET ACCESS / ACCES INTERNET
A free wifi connexion is available in the exhibition
area.
Dans le cadre du congrès Une connexion Wifi
gratuite est à votre disposition dans la zone
d’exposition.
POSTERS
The poster area is located close to the parallel
session’s area.
After collecting your badge from the Conference
Welcome Desk, please report to the Scientific
Secretariat where you will be provided with the
instructions and the exact location and time of your
poster display.
We remind you that poster display duration is
limited to the day of your corresponding discussion
session. Please check on your poster confirmation
to see on which day your poster must be displayed.
Schedule for installation and removal each day:
Posters must be installed from 8:30am to 9:00am
Posters must be removed within one hour after the
end of all the day’s sessions / Les posters sont à
retirer dans l’heure qui suit la clôture des dernières
session du jour.
The Organizers are not responsible for loss or
damage to those posters which are not removed by
authors within the times of dismantling as indicated
above. Posters not removed by their authors at the
stated time, will be automatically destroyed.
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POSTERS
La zone d’affichage est située à proximité de
la zone d’exposition dans le couloir des sessions
parallèles. Dès votre arrivée, après avoir recueilli
votre badge à l’accueil du Congrès, n’hésitez pas à
vous rendre au Secrétariat Scientifique pour obtenir
les informations concernant l’emplacement exact
de votre poster et le jour de son affichage. Nous
vous rappelons que l’affichage de votre poster
est limité au jour de votre séance de discussion
correspondant.
Pour l’installation et l’enlèvement chaque jour : Les
posters doivent être installés entre 08h30-09h00 et
retirés après la fin des sessions.
Les organisateurs ne sont pas responsables des
pertes ou dommages des posters qui ne seraient
pas retirés par les auteurs dans les périodes de
démontage indiquées ci-dessus.
SMOKING POLICY /
INSTRUCTIONS POUR LES FUMEURS
Please note that smoking is prohibited by law within
the Conference premises.
Il est interdit de fumer dans l’enceinte du Palais des
Congrès.
Bicycles
Paris provides you with an excellent Self Service «
bike hire » system available 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week.
Un service de vélo en libre-service est à votre
disposition 24h / 24.
AIRPORT ACCESS / ACCES AUX AEROPORTS
Access to Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (North
of Paris), terminals 1 and 2:
- By RER Express train, from “Châtelet” or “Gare du
Nord” Stations, line B
- By AIR France coach: departure beside the Palais
des Congrès
Access to Orly airport (South of Paris), terminals
West and South:
- From “Denfert Rochereau” station lines 4 and 6:
by RER Express train, line B or by Orly bus
- By AIR France coach: departure from “Invalides”
Station

CITY TRANSPORTATION / TRANSPORTS URBAINS

Metro
The metro is probably the best and fastest way to
travel across the city.
Timetable: it operates from 5h30 to 0h30.
Information about the Metro are available on the
RATP website: www.ratp.com
Le métro fonctionne de 5h30 jusqu’à 0h30.
Informations sur www.ratp.com
Bus
Local bus service is also available, the RATP buses
are frequent from 8:00 am to 20:00.
Un service de bus est à votre disposition autour du
Palais des congrès de 8h à 20h.
Cars
A car park is available under the Conference
Centre with direct access to the meeting.
Le parking est situé sous le Palais des Congrès

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The social program of the Conference is an
important part of the event itself. It provides the
opportunity for participants from different countries
to meet outside the busy scientific sessions!
Session, Cultural Events and Welcome Reception /
Session d’ouverture, Evénement Culturel et
Réception de Bienvenue
Monday September 2, 2013 / Lundi 2 Septembre
2013 at the Conference Center / au Palais des
Congrès
• 9:00-10:40 Opening session /
Session d’ouverture
• 18:00-19:00 Cultural Event held in the Great
Amphitheater / Evènement Culturel au Grand
Amphithéâtre
• 19:00-21:30 Cocktail « Wine &
Cheese » in the exhibition area /
Réception de Bienvenue au sein
de l’exposition.
Cultural event will be held in the
Great Amphitheater from 18:00.
Right after the Cultural event, all
delegates, accompanying persons
and exhibitors are cordially invited
to join the Welcome Reception (Wine and Cheese
Cocktail) which will be held in the exhibition area.
This get-together will allow you to meet colleagues
and friends as well as make new contacts in a
convivial atmosphere. Join in!
L’Evénement Culturel se tiendra dans le Grand
Amphithéâtre et sera suivie de la Réception de
Bienvenue dans l’espace d’exposition.
CHALLENGES & INNOVATIONS
IN GEOTECHNICS
Gala Dinner / Diner de Gala
Tuesday September 3, 2013 /
Mardi 3 septembre 2013
From 20:00 at Pavillon Dauphine /
Au Pavillon Dauphine
Registration required – limited tickets /
Inscription obligatoire – places limitées
The Pavillon Dauphine was built on the edge of the
Bois de Boulogne at the bottom of Avenue Foch,
at the beginning of last century. The initial purpose
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same time, numerous receptions and balls were
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officielles arrivant par le train à la gare de la porte
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PLENARY SESSIONS PROGRAM

Monday September 2, 2013
PROGRAMME DES SESSIONS PLENIERES
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09:00 - 21:30 – Great Amphitheater

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

9:00 - 10:40 Opening session / Session d’ouverture :
Welcome from the President of the Conference / Discours du Président du Congrès
P. MESTAT (France)
From Paris 1961 to Paris 2013 / De Paris 1961 à Paris 2013 - P. HABIB (France)
State of the Society by ISSMGE President / Etat de la Société par le Président de la
SIMSG - J.-L. BRIAUD (USA)
Kevin Nash Award / Prix Kevin Nash
Musical interlude / Interlude Musical
Exhibition Opening / Ouverture de l’Exposition - V. BERNHARDT, J. ROBERT (France)

10:40 - 11:25 Coffee Break / Pause café

Chair / Président : J.-L. Briaud (USA)

11:25 - 12:10 Terzaghi Oration / Allocution Terzaghi - S. Lacasse (Norway)
Protecting society from landslides - the role of the geotechnical engineer
La gestion de l’aléa glissements de terrain et le rôle de l’ingénieur géotechnicien
12:10 - 12:50 Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Ishihara lecture - G. Gazetas (Greece)
Soil - Foundation - Structure systems beyond conventional seismic failure thresholds
Les systèmes sol - fondation - structure, au-delà des limites de la rupture parasismique
conventionnelle

12:50 - 14:35 Lunch break / Pause déjeuner

Chair / Président : I. Vanicek (Czech Republic)

14:35 - 15:15 Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Ménard lecture - J.-L. Briaud (USA)
The presuremeter test: expanding its use
L’essai pressiométrique : élargissement de son utilisation
15:15 - 15:55 Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale - A. Sim (Singapore)
The New Bugis Station & Tunnels for the Singapore Metro
Métro de Singapour : la nouvelle station Bugis et les tunnels associés

15:55 - 16:25 Coffee Break / Pause café

Chair / Président : I. Towhata (Japan)

16:25 - 17:05 Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Bishop lecture - R. Jardine (UK)
Advanced laboratory testing in research and practice
L’utilisation des essais en laboratoire de pointe dans la recherche et dans l’industrie
17:05 - 17:45 Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale - F. Schlosser (France)
French Innovations in Geotechnics: the National Research Projects
Innovations Françaises en Géotechnique : les Projets Nationaux de Recherche
17:45 - 18:00 Accompanying persons coming / Entrée des personnes accompagnantes

18:00 - 19:00 Cultural Event « Paris en Musique » / Evénement culturel « Paris en Musique »,
Ensemble Bonsai

19:00 - 21:30 Welcome Reception / Réception de bienvenue

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Geotechnical Engineering

18ème Congrès International

de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique

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PLENARY SESSIONS PROGRAM

Tuesday September 3, 2013
PROGRAMME DES SESSIONS PLENIERES
Mardi 3 Septembre 2013
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09:00 - 20:00 – Great Amphitheater

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

9:00 - 9:40 Chair / Président : P. Mestat (France)
Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Kerisel lecture - G. Calabresi (Italy)
The role of Geotechnical Engineers in saving monuments and historic sites
Le rôle des Ingénieurs Géotechniciens dans la sauvegarde des monuments et des sites
historiques
9:40 - 10:20 Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Mc Clelland lecture - M. Randolph
(Australia)
Analytical contributions to offshore geotechnical engineering
Contributions des méthodes analytiques à la géotechnique offshore

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break / Pause café

Chair / Président : P. Sêco e Pinto (Portugal)

10:50 - 11:30 Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Kerry Rowe lecture - C. Shackelford (USA)
The role of diffusion in environmental geotechnics
Le rôle de la diffusion en géotechnique environnementale
11:30 - 12:05 Special Lecture / Conférence spéciale - V. Fluteaux (France)
Geotechnical issues for « Grand Paris Express » automatic metro
Enjeux géotechniques pour la construction du métro automatique « Grand Paris
Express »

12:05 - 12:35 Awards Ceremony by ISSMGE President - J.-L. BRIAUD (USA)

12:35 - 14:05 Lunch break / Pause déjeuner

Chair / Président : S. Ejezie (Nigeria)

14:05 - 14:45 Honour Lecture / Conférence honorifique - Schofield lecture - M. Bolton (UK)
Centrifuge modelling: expecting the unexpected
Modélisation physique en centrifugeuse : prévoir l’imprévisible
14:45 - 15:25 iYGEC: Report and Presentations - Y.-J. Cui (France)
General report
Rapport général

15:25 - 16:00 Coffee Break / Pause café

16:00 - 18:00 Forum Research, Innovation & Practice / Forum Recherche Innovation & Pratique
Co-Chairs / Présidents: D. Zekkos (USA), M. Lisyuk (Russia)
Speakers / Intervenants: J.-L. Briaud (USA), S. Springman (Switzerland),
S. Pathmanandavel (Australia), S. Borel (France)

20:00 Gala Dinner / Dîner de Gala

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Conference on Soil
Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering

18ème Congrès International

de Mécanique des Sols et de
Géotechnique

> www.paris2013-icsmge.org

CHALLENGES & INNOVATIONS IN GEOTECHNICS

Défis et innovations en géotechnique

PARALLEL SESSIONS PROGRAM

Wednesday September 4, 2013
PROGRAMME DES SESSIONS PARALLELES
Mercredi 4 Septembre 2013
 Paris, France
the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering
> September 2-6, 2013

Discussion session 09:00 - 10:30 – Blue Amphitheater

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 101 – Laboratory Stress Strain Strength Testing of

Geomaterials - Session 1
Laboratory testing of geomaterials: time effects and other peculiar
observations / Essais de laboratoire sur les géomatériaux : effets différés
et autres observations

Chair / Président : H. Di Benedetto (France)

Secretary / Secrétaire : J. Canou (France)

TC 101-GR1 General report / Rapport général : E. Ibraim (UK)

TC101-1-1 Creep characteristics of clay in one-dimensional compression with unloading /

reloading cycles
Propriétés de fluage des argiles en compression unidimensionnelle avec cycles
de charge / décharge
S. Kawabe, F. Tatsuoka (Japan)

TC 101-1-2 Misconceptions about experimental substantiation of creep hypothesis A

Les idées fausses justifiant l’hypothèse A de fluage au laboratoire
S. Degago, G. Grimstad, H.-P. Jostad, S. Nordal (Norway)

TC 101-1-3 Electro-osmotic consolidation: laboratory tests and numerical simulation

Consolidation Électro-osmotique : les tests de laboratoire et simulation
numérique
L. Hu, H. Wu, Q. Wen (China)

TC 101-1-4 Engineering properties of expansive soils

Propriétés mécaniques d’un sol gonflant
S. Azam, M. Ito, R. Chowdhury (Canada)

TC 101-1-5 Size effects due to grain crushing in rockfill shear strength

Effets d’échelle dus à la rupture des grains sur la résistance au cisaillement
d’enrochements
E. Frossard, C. Ovalle, C. Dano, P.-Y. Hicher , S. Maiolino (France), W. Hu (China)

TC 101-1-6 Comparison of Stress-Strain Behaviour of Carbonate and Silicate Sediments

Comparaison de la réponse contrainte-déformation de sédiments carbonatés
et siliceux
S. Safinus, M.-S. Hossain, M.- F. Randolph (Australia)

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Discussion session 09:00 - 10:30 – Room Maillot

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 207 – Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining Walls
Session 1
Interaction sol-structure et murs de soutènements

Chair / Président : V. Ulitsky (Russia)

Secretary / Secrétaire : P. Gotteland (France)

TC 207-GR General report / Rapport général : W. Bilfinger (Brazil)

TC 207-1-1 Design, modelization and monitoring for a very large excavation in Monaco
Conception, modélisation et auscultation d’une très grande excavation à
Monaco
A. Guilloux, M. Porquet, P. De Lavernée, P. Lyonnet, P. Roman (France)

TC 207-1-2 Design and Construction of Inclined-Braceless Excavation Support Applicable

to Deep Excavation
Dimensionnement et Construction du Support d’Excavation Incliné Sans Butons
Applicable à une Excavation Profonde
Y. Shimada, T. Maeda, S. Takahashi, Y. Sakahira (Japan)

TC 207-1-3 Innovative solutions for supporting excavations in slopes

Solutions innovantes pour le soutien d’excavations situées dans des terrains en
pente
H. Schweiger, R. Lüftenegger, R. Marte (Austria)

TC 207-1-4 Deformation behaviour of clay due to uploading and the consequences on

construction projects in inner cities
Etude du comportement en déformations de l’argile suite à un retrait de charge
et conséquences lors de projets de constructions en zone urbaine
S. Leppla, R. Katzenbach (Germany)

TC 207-1-5 Response of piled buildings to deep excavations in soft soils

Déformations des bâtiments liées aux excavations profondes dans les sols mous
M. Korff, R.-J. Mair (The Netherlands)

TC 207-1-6 An anchored retaining wall in CSM

Un Soutènement Ancré en CSM
A. Gomes Correia, J. Tinoco, A. Pinto, R. Tomásio (Portugal)

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> September 2-6, 2013

WORKSHOP 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 242 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 303 – Coastal and river disaster mitigation and

rehabilitation
How to meet catastrophic flooding events?
Comment faire face aux inondations catastrophiques ?

Chair / Président : S. lai (Japan)

2011 Earthquake and tsunami disaster in Eastern Japan

K. Ichii (Japan)

2009 Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan

M.-L. Lin (Taiwan)

Prepared discussers:

Effect of precedent rainfall on seismic stability of embankment

M. Okamura (Japan)

Roles of technical standards

S. Steedman (UK)

Site investigation and characterization

S. Sawada (Japan)

New mitigation measures

H. Liu (China)

Ground improvement techniques

J. Chu (USA)

Landslides
Maugeri (Italy)

General comment
D. Wanatowski (UK)

General comment
H. Ohta (Japan)

General comment
L. Nagy (Hungary)

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WORKSHOP 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 242 B

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 306 – Geo-Engineering Education
Active learning and new educational initiatives in Geo-engineering
L’apprentissage actif et les nouvelles initiatives pédagogiques

Chair / Président : M.-B. Jaksa (Australia)

TC 306 WK-1 Active Learning in the Classroom

M. Jaksa (Australia), D. Phillips (Ireland)

TC 306 WK-2 Flipped Classes

B. McCabe, D. Phillips (Ireland)

TC 306 WK-3 Geo-engineering Educational Initiatives

M. Jaksa (Australia)

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WORKSHOP 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 252 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Franco-Chinese Workshop – Session 1

Atelier Franco-Chinois – Session 1

Chair / Président : M.-S. Huang (China), Y.-J. Cui (France)

Fr-Ch WK-1 General presentation of Eurocode 7 on ‘geotechnical design’

R. Frank (France)

Fr-Ch WK-2 Application and development of soil improvement techniques in highway

engineering in China
S.-Y. Liu (China)

Fr-Ch WK-3 New definition for the coupling parameter used in Bishop effective stress
J.-G. Qian (China)

Fr-Ch WK-4 DEM simulation on cyclic simple shear behaviors of granular materials
J.-G. Qian (China)

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Discussion session 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 252 B

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 209 – Offshore geotechnics
advances in offshore geotechnics: wind farms and pipelines
Progrès en géotechnique offshore : éoliennes et pipelines

Chair / Président : P. Jeanjean (USA)

Secretary / Secrétaire: A. Puech (France)

TC 209-GR General report / Rapport général : R. Jewell (Belgium)

TC 209-1 Geotechnical exploration for wind energy projects

Campagnes Géotechniques Destinées aux Parcs Éoliens
J. Ben Hassine, D.-V. Griffiths (USA)

TC 209-2 Cyclic loading of caisson supported offshore wind structures in sand

Chargement cyclique d’ éoliennes offshore fondées sur dans caissons à
succion dans du sable
H. Versteele, R. Charlier, B. Stuyts, D. Cathie (Belgium)

TC 209-3 Design of hybrid monopile - footing foundations for offshore wind turbines
Modélisation du système de semelle de fondation monopile sur les structures
extracôtières dans les sols pulvérulents
H.-S. Arshi, K.-J.-L. Stone, M. Vaziri, R.-N. Taylor, R.-J. Goodey, T.-A. Newson,
M. El-Marassi (Canada)

TC 209-4 Shallow foundations for offshore wind towers

Fondations superficielles pour installations d’éoliennes marines
M. Arroyo, D. Abadías, J. Alcoverrro, A. Gens (Spain)

TC 209-5 Numerical investigation of dynamic embedment of offshore pipelines

Etude numérique sur ancrage dynamique de pipelines offshore
S. Dutta, R. Phillips, B. Hawlader (Canada)

TC 209-6 A large deformation finite element analysis solution for modelling dense sand
Une solution d’analyse en grandes déformations pour modéliser les sables
denses
X. Li, Y. Hu, D. White (Australia)

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Discussion session 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 243

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 214 – Foundation Engineering for Difficult Soft Soil
Conditions
Ingénierie des fondations en conditions difficiles de sols compressibles

Chair / Président : J.-L. Rangel-Nuñez (Mexico)

TC 214-GR General report / Rapport général : E. Ovando-Shelley (Mexico)

TC 214-1 Characterisation of Sensitive Soft Soil for the waterview Connection Project,
New Zealand
Caractérisation des sols mous sensibles pour le Projet de Raccordement
Waterview, Nouvelle-Zélande
D. Bobei, J. Locks (New-Zealand)

TC 214-2 The Application of a Novel Design approach for construction over soft soils: The
Hybrid Undrained-Drained model
Application d’une nouvelle approche pour la construction sur des sols mous :
modèle hybride drainé / non drainé
D. Espinoza, C. Li (USA)

TC 214-3 Aspects on the modelling of smear zones around vertical drains

Aspects de la modélisation de la zone remaniée autour des drains verticaux
H.-S. Arshi, K.-J.-L. Stone, M. Vaziri, R.-N. Taylor, R.-J. Goodey, T.-A. Newson,
R. Müller, S. Larsson (Sweden)

TC 214-4 Prediction of and countermeasures for embankment-related settlement in

ultra-soft ground containing peat
Prédiction et contre-mesure sur les tassements de remblais dans les sols ultra
meubles contenant de la tourbe
M. Tashiro, M. Inagaki, A. Asaoka (Japan)

TC 214-5 Case Study on X-section Cast-in-place pile-supported Embankment over Soft

Clay
Étude de Cas pour Un Remblais sur l’argile molle renforcé par Pieux à Section
en X Coulés en Place sur l’Argile Molle
H. Lui, G.-Q. Kong, X.-M. Ding, T. Yu, G. Yang (China)

TC 214-6 Estimation of undrained shear strength of soft soil obtained by cylinder vertical
penetration
Estimation de la résistance au cisaillement d´un sol mou en conditions non
drainées obtenue par la pénétration verticale d´un cylindre
L. Equihua, M. Orozco-Calderon (Mexico)

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> September 2-6, 2013

symposium 9:00 - 10:30 - Room 253

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

International Symposium on Pressuremeters ISP6 - Session 1

Symposium International sur le pressiomètre ISP6 - Session 1

Chair / Président : J.-L. Briaud (USA)

ISP6 WK-1 Opening and General Report

P. Reiffsteck (France)

Type of Tests and Theory

ISP6 WK-2 How to Measure Lateral Stress in Glacial Material

J. Hughes (Canada)

ISP6 WK-3 Analysis of SBP tests in a sensitive clay of Quebec

V. Silvestri, C. Tabib (Canada)

ISP6 WK-4 A method for describing the stress and strain dependency of stiffness in sand
R. Whittle, L. Liu (UK)

ISP6 WK-5 Is it possible to determine the soil shear strength and deformation from PMT
J. Mecsi (Hungary)

Soil Properties / Soil Classification

ISP6 WK-6 Pressiorama, Application of PMT to Classify Soils in Various Greek Areas
A.Ritsos, A. Basdekis (Greece), M. Gambin (France)

ISP6 WK-7 Ménard EM and Young Modulus Relationship for Cohesionless Soils
G. Sedran (Canada), R. Failmezger (USA), A. Drevininkas (Canada)

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Discussion session 11:00 - 12:30 – Blue Amphitheater

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 101 – Laboratory Stress Strain Strength Testing of
Geomaterials - Session 2
Laboratory testing of geomaterials: properties and treated soils
Essais de laboratoire sur les géomaétériaux II : résistance et sols traités

Chair / Président : S. Shibuya (Japan)

Secretary / Secrétaire: E. Flavigny (France)

TC 101-GR2 General report / Rapport général : D.-S. Kim (Korea)

TC 101-2-1 Anisotropy and plasticity index of natural clays

Etude de la relation entre l’anisotropie et l’indice de plasticité des argiles
naturelles
J.-Y. Won (USA)

TC 101-2-2 Correlation between drained shear strength and plasticity index of undisturbed
overconsolidated clays
Corrélation entre la résistance au cisaillement des sols drainés et l’indice de
plasticité des argiles sur consolidés non perturbées
K. -K. Sorensen, N. Okkels (Denmark)

TC 101-2-3 Evaluation of sample disturbance due to the exsolution of dissolved gas in the
pore water of deep lake bottom sediments
Évaluation du remaniement des échantillons dû à l’exsolution de gaz dissous
dans les eaux interstitielles des sédiments de fond de lacs profonds
S. Yamashita, R. Miura, S. Kataoka (Japan)

TC 101-2-4 Mechanisms of binder interactions and their role in strengthening kuttanad clay
Les mécanismes d’interactions d’un liant et leur rôle dans le renforcement de
l’argile de Kuttanad
K. Suganya, P.-V. Sivapullaiah (India)

TC 101-2-5 Strength properties of densely compacted cement-mixed gravelly soil

Propriétés de résistance des graves cimentées fortement compactées
A. Ezaoui (France), F. Tatsuoka, S. Furusawa, K. Hirao, T. Kataoka (Japan)

TC 101-2-6 Comparison of permeability testing methods

Comparaison de différentes méthodes des tests de perméabilité
A. Mahler, L. Nagy, A. Takács, T. Huszák, G. Varga (Hungary)

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Discussion session 11:00 - 12:30 – Room Maillot

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 207 – Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining Walls

Session 2
Interaction sol-structure et murs de soutènements
Chair / Président : W.-F. Van Impe (Belgium)
Secretary / Secrétaire: P. Schmitt (France)

TC 207-2-1 Instrumentation of the diaphragm wall of the Blanc-Mesnil Basin : retro-analysis

and calibration of calculation models
Instrumentation de la paroi moulée du bassin de Blanc-Mesnil : retro-analyse et
calage des modèles de calcul
P. Schmitt, I. Gutjahr, M. Doucerain, S. Heumez, C. Maurel (France)

TC 207-2-2 Modeling edge effects at the periphery of a rigid inclusion reinforced soil
volume
Prise en compte des effets de bord dans un massif renforcé par inclusions
rigides
F. Cuira, B. Simon (France)

TC 207-2-3 The Deep Excavation of the Odéon Tower in Monaco: The four outstanding
elements in its design
La Fouille de la Tour Odéon à Monaco : les quatre éléments remarquables de
sa conception
R. Salgado (USA), D. Loukidis (Cyprus)

TC 207-2-4 Active earth thrust on walls supporting granular soils: effect of wall movement
La pression active des terres sur des murs soutenant sols granulaires: l’ effet du
mouvement du mur
R. Salgado (USA), D. Loukidis (Cyprus)

TC 207-2-5 Design and construction of high bermless geogrid walls in a problematic

mountainous seismic region in Bulgaria
Conception et construction de murs renforcés par des géogrilles de grande
hauteur et sans risberme dans une région montagneuse sismique
problématique en Bulgarie
D. Alexiew, H. Hangen (Germany)

TC 207-2-6 Managed remediation of a large Victorian gravity quay wall

Stabilisation d’un grand mur de quai de l’époque Victorienne, en utilisant la
méthode d’observation.
M.-J. Turner, N.-A. Smith (UK)

TC 207-2-7 Deep excavation in Irish glacial deposits

Excavation profonde des dépôts glaciaires Irlandais
M. Long, F. O’Leary, M. Ryan, M. Looby (Ireland)

TC 207-2-8 Unusual geotechnical solutions at the Leixões Cruise Terminal

Solutions Géotechniques originales au Terminal de Croisières de Leixões
A. Pinto, X. Pita, M. Neves, J. Vaz (Portugal)

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Discussion session 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 242 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 205 – Safety and serviceability in geotechnical
design
Sécurité et état de service dans le dimensionnement géotechnique
Chair / Président : B. Simpson (UK)
Secretary / Secrétaire: R. Frank (France)

TC 205-GR General report / Rapport général : R. Salgado (USA)

TC 205-1 Slope stability with partial safety factor method

Stabilité des pentes à l’aide de la méthode de sécurité partielle
T. Länsivaara, T. Poutanen (Finland)

TC 205-2 Assessment of embankment stability on organic soils using Eurocode 7

Évaluation de la stabilité des pentes dans les sols organiques sous l’Eurocode 7
Z. Lechowicz, G. Wrzesiński (Poland)

TC 205-3 Comparison of the safety concepts of soil reinforcement methods using

concrete columns
Comparaison des concepts de sécurité pour les méthodes de renforcement de
sol avec colonnes en béton
F. Katzenbach, C. Bohn, J. Wehr (Germany)

TC 205-4 European Practice in ground anchor design related to the framework of EC7
Pratique Européenne pour le dimensionnement des tirants d’ancrage en
application de l’EC7
C. Merrifield, B. Simpson (UK) O. Møller (Denmark), E. Farrell (Ireland)

TC 205-5 Deep Excavation in Hong Kong – Cantilever Bored Pile Wall Design Using CIRIA
Report No. C580
Excavation profonde à Hong Kong - La Conception d’un Mur Cantilever à Pieux
Forés sur la base du Rapport Réf CIRIA Report n ° C580
A. Ho, M. Wright, S. Ng (Hong-Kong)

TC 205-6 Geotechnical missions standard, the foundation of risk management for a

project
La norme sur les missions d’ingénierie géotechnique, clé de voûte du
management des risques géotechniques de tout projet
J. Robert (France)

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Discussion session 11:00 - 12:30 – 242 B

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion session TC 307 - Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering

Développement durable en Géotechnique

Chair / Président : A. Pupala (USA)

Secretary / Secrétaire: A. Corfdir (France)

TC 307-GR General report / Rapport général : D. Basu (Canada)

TC 307-1 Characterization of recyclable materials for sustainable construction

Caractérisation des matériaux recyclés pour la construction durable
T.-B. Edil (USA)

TC 307-2 The use of recycled aggregates in unbound road pavements

L’utilisation d’agrégats recyclés en revêtements de chaussée sans liant
D. Cameron, M.-M. Rahman, A.-M. Azam, R. Andrews (Australia)
A.-G. Gabr (Egypt)

TC 307-3 Mechanics of manufactured soil using powder wastes

Mécanique des sols fabriqués à partir de déchets de poudre
G. Baykal (Turkey)

TC 307-4 Experimental reinforced soil walls built with recycled construction and
demolition waste (RCDW).
Murs expérimentaux de sol renforcé construits avec résidus de construction et
démolition recyclés
E. Santos, E.-M. Palmeira (Brazil), R.-J. Bathust (Canada)

TC 307-5 Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sediments

Gestion durable des sédiments contaminés
G. Holm, K. Lundberg, B. Svedberg (Sweden)

TC 307-6 La réutilisation des fondations existantes dans les projets de réhabilitation de

constructions anciennes
Reuse of existing foundations for the rehabilitation of old buildings
A. Guilloux, H. Le Bissonnais, L. Saussac, T. Perini (France)

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WORKSHOP 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 252 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Franco-Chinese Workshop – Session 2
Atelier franco-chinois – Session 2

Chairs / Présidents : I. Djeran-Maigre (France), G.-X. Chen (China)

Fr-Ch WK-5 Soil reinforcement by rigid inclusions in the case of concrete water tanks:
monitoring and numerical modeling
U.-S. Okyay, R. Manirakiza, L. Briançon (France)

Fr-Ch WK-6 Micromechanics based model from sand to clay

Z.-Y. Yin (China)

Fr-Ch WK-7 Beyond the standards: how to use physical properties to examine a civil
engineering structure behavior – example of a mixed foundation analysis
D. Durot, J. Diab, F. Neugue (France)

Fr-Ch WK-8 Introduction of a new pile foundation technology in China

X.-M. Ding (China)

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WORKSHOP 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 252 B

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC209 – Offshore Geotechnics

Design for cyclic loading: piles and other foundations
Conception sous charges cycliques : pieux et autres fondations

Chair / Président : R. Jardine (UK)

TC209 WK-1 Cyclic resistant geotechnical design and parameter selection for offshore
engineering and other applications
K. Andersen (Norway)

TC209 WK-2 Advances in axial cyclic pile design: contribution of the SOLCYP project
A. Puech (France)

TC209 WK-3 Advances in lateral cyclic pile design: contribution of the SOLCYP project
J. Garnier (France)

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WORKSHOP 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 243

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop ATC 7 – Geotechnical issues in Thick Deltaic Deposits
Enjeux géotechniques dans les zones de delta alluvionnaires

Chair / Président : K.-Y. Lee (South Korea)

Vice Chair / Président : D.-H. Jung (South Korea)
Secretary General / Secrétaire Général : Y.-T Kim (South Korea)

ATC7 WK-1 Simplified prediction of long-term consolidation based on the isotache concept
Y. Watabe, S. Leroueil (Japan)
ATC7 WK-2 Time dependence of PVD well resistance of Busan clay
R. Kim, W. Lee (Korea)
ATC7 WK-3 Field performance of pipe-jacking in the soft deposit of Xiangshui, Jiangsu,
China
S.-L. Shen, Q.-L. Cui, Y.-S. Xu, Z.-Y. Yin (China)
ATC7 WK-4 Ground improvement in soft deltaic deposits - Some case studies
K. Bandyopadhyay, N.-N. Som (India)
ATC7 WK-5 Underwater behaviors of lightweight air foamed soils using small-scaled
simulator
G. Yoon, S. Kim, J. Joo, S. You, B. Kim, K. Y. Lee (South Korea)
ATC7 WK-6 Simulation of deep excavations in soft cohesive soils using FE Method
C. Hung, H. Ling and V. Kaliakin (USA)

ATC7 WK-7 Pile foundations for bridge piers in the river-bed in clay deposits
J. Frankovska, P. Turcek (Slovakia)

Posters
ATC7-P1 1-G shaking tables tests on seismic foundation isolation system
J.-M. Kim, H.-W. Jeon, M. Safdar, S.-K. Shin, J.-S. Park, S.-Y. Park, M.-H. Oh, S.-W.
Son (South Korea)
ATC7-P2 Dewatering effect on surroundings during deep excavation in soft deposit of
Tianjin, China
Y.-X. Wu, Y.-S. Xu, S.-L. Shen, Z.-Y. Yin (China)
ATC7-P3 A case study on the abutment displacement in marine soft clay
J.-H. Seong, S.-M. Hong, S.-H. Park, D.-S. Bang (South Korea)
ATC7-P4 Effect of environmental factors on the property of lightweight soil
T.-H. Kim, Y. Choi, K.-Y. Lee, Y.-T. Kim (South Korea)
ATC7-P5 Leaching effects on consolidation behavior of Busan thick marine clay
Y.-T. Kim, T.-H. Do, D.-H. Jung, K.-H. Kim, T.-H. Kim (South Korea)
ATC7-P6 Effect of the lenght of geogrid gayers in the bearing capacity ratio of strip
footing resting on granulated blast furnace slag reinforced with geogrids
L. Yadu, R.-K. Tripathi (India)
ATC7-P7 Field performance of vacuum consolidation method using PVDs subjected to
individual vacuum pressure
D.-H. Jung, K.-Y. Lee, D.-H. Kim, J.-S. Lee (South Korea)
ATC7-P8 Geotechnical problems in varved clays
M. Mets, J. Mussatova, R. Raudsepp, V. Leppik (Estonia)
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symposium 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 253

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

International Symposium on Pressuremeters ISP6 – Session 2

Atelier sur le pressiomètre – Session 2

Chair / Président : M. Gambin (France)

Soil Properties / Soil Classification

ISP6 WK-8 Mechanical characterization of soils by the pressuremeter test

J. Monnet (France)

Special Soils and Rock Testing

ISP6 WK-9 Rock Modulus from PMT and from Laboratory Tests
L.-F. Cao, S.-M. Peaker, A. Sirati (Canada)

ISP6 WK-10 Correlation between PMT Deformation Modulus and RMR Index in Gibraltar
Flysch
M. Menéndez (Spain)

Foundation Design and Acceptance Tests

ISP6 WK-11 Settlement of foundations, calculation, comparisons and correlations

C. Bohn,(Germany), R. Frank, S. Lambert (France)

ISP6 WK-12 A Case Study: an Instrumented Pile Load Test

E. Güler (Turkey)

ISP6 WK-13 Analysis of Menard Pressuremeters in O-cell Pile Load Tests

N.-M. Hai, D.-H. Dao, N.-T. Tien (Vietnam)

ISP6 WK-14 The Use of PMT for Soil Improvement Acceptance Tests
S. Varaksi, B. Hamidi (France)

ISP6 WK-15 PMT for Stone Columns Quality Control in SEA

J.-M. Debats, N. Pardessus (France)

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Discussion Session 14:00 - 15:30 – Blue Amphitheater

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 203 – Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and
Associated Problems – Session 1
Experimental characterization and analysis of soil behaviour under
earthquake loads
Caractérisation expérimentale et analyse du comportement du sol sous
chargement sismique – Session 1
Chair / Président : K. Pitilakis (Greece)
Secretary / Secrétaire : I. Stephanou (France)

TC 203-GR General report / Rapport général : F. Silvestri (Italy)

TC 203-1-1 In situ assessment of the nonlinear dynamic properties of municipal solid waste
Évaluation in situ du module non linéaire de cisaillement des déchets solides
municipaux
D. Zekkos, A. Sahadewa, R. Woods, K. Stoko, N. Matasovic (USA)

TC 203-1-2 Liquefaction characteristics of crushable pumice sand

Caractéristiques de liquéfaction des sables de pierre ponce sensibles à
l’écrasement
R. Orense, M.-J. Pender (New Zealand)

TC 203-1-3 Accumulated stress based model for prediction of residual pore pressure
Étude et développement du modèle pour le pronostic sur l’excès de pression
hydrostatique interstitielle causé par les contraintes accumulées
D. Park, J.-K. Ahn (South Korea)

TC 203-1-4 Shaking model tests on mitigation of liquefaction-induced ground flow by new

configuration of embedded columns
Essais sur table vibrante pour la prévention de l’écoulement des sols sous l’effet
de la liquéfaction par une nouvelle configuration de colonnes enterrées
N. Takahashi, A. Derakhshani, R. Rasouli, I. Towhata, S. Yamada (Japan)

TC 203-1-5 Pseudo static analysis considering strength softening in saturated clays during
earthquakes
Analyse pseudo statique considérant la force de ramollissement dans l’argile
saturée lors des tremblements de terre
C. Tsai, L.-H. Mejia, P. Meymand (USA)

TC 203-1-6 Seismic design of retaining wall considering the dynamic response

characteristic
Conception sismique des murs de soutènement compte tenu des
caractéristiques de réponse dynamique
K. Watanabe, J. Koseki (Japan)

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Discussion Session 14:00 - 15:30 – Room Maillot

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 103 – Numerical Methods in Geomechanics -
Session 1
Méthodes numériques en géomécanique

Chair / Président : A. Gens (Spain)

Secretary / Secrétaire : N. Droniuc (France)

TC 103-1 GR General report / Rapport général : K.-T. Chau (Hong Kong)

TC 103-1-1 The material point method: a promising computational tool in geotechnics

La methode du point matériel : un outil prometteur de calcul en géotechnique
A. Yerro, E. Alonso, N. Pinyol (Spain)

TC 103-1-2 3D simulation of overtopping erosion on embankment by shallow water

approximation
Simulation 3D d’une érosion par débordement sur des remblais avec
approximation en eau peu profonde
K. Fujisawa, A. Murakami (Japan)

TC 103-1-3 Undrained bearing capacity of spatially random clays by finite elements and
limit analysis
Capacité portante non drainée des argiles aléatoires spatialement par
éléments finis et analyse limite
J. Huang, A.-V. Lyamin, D.-V. Griffiths, S.-W. Sloan, K. Krabbenhoft, G.-A. Fenton
(Australia)

TC 103-1-4 On the geometry of plastic potential surfaces and isochoric stress paths
Sur la géométrie des surfaces potentielles plastiques et des chemins de
contraintes isochores
A. Biru, T. Benz, S. Nordal (Norway)

TC 103-1-5 Analysis of ultimate bearing capacity of single pile using the artificial neural
networks approach: a case study
Analyse de la capacité portante ultime de pile unique à l’aide de la méthode
artificielle Réseaux de neurones : une étude de cas
S.-P.-R. Wardani, N.-S. Surjandari, A.-A. Jajaputra (Indonesia)

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> September 2-6, 2013

WORKSHOP 14:00 - 15:30 – Room 242 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 205 - Safety and serviceability in geotechnical design:

debates on current and future issues
Sécurité en état de service dans le dimensionnement géotechnique :
discussions sur les enjeux actuels et futurs

Chair / Président : C. Smith (UK)

TC 205 WK-1 What would your ideal design code look like in 2050?
K. Lesny (Germany), H. Huang (China), P. Day (South Africa)

TC 205 WK-2 Are we happy with how we deal with SLS at the moment? How do people do it
without FE modelling?
C. Vrettos (Germany), S. Burlon (France), M. Bolton (UK)

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WORKSHOP 14:00 - 15:30 – Room 242 B

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 307 – Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering
Sustainable Geotechnical Practices
Développement Durable en Géotechnique

Chair / Président : D. Basu (Canada)

TC 307 WK-1 Introductory Remarks

D. Basu (Canada)

TC 307 WK-2 Some sustainability principles related to geotechnical engineering – an ASCE

perspective
J.-R. Keaton (USA)

TC 307 WK-3 Reducing risk: sustainability through multidisciplinarity

S. Lacasse (Norway)

TC 307 WK-4 Sustainability Research and Practice in China

R. Chen (China))

TC 307 WK-5 Resilience and legacy in geotechnics - the UK perspective

H. Pantelidou (UK)

TC 307 WK-6 EFFC-DFI carbon calculator working group

M. Lasne (Norway)

TC 307 WK-QAD Question / Answer / Discussion

A.-J. Puppala (USA)

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WORKSHOP 14:00 - 15:30 – Room 252 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 207 – Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining Walls

Challenges of soil-structure interaction and retaining walls analyses
Les défis en interaction sol-structure et ouvrages de soutènement

Chairs / Présidents : V. Ulitsky (Russia), M. Lisyuk (Russia)

TC 207 WK-1 Analyses of subsoils, foundations and superstructures: challenges and solutions
V.-M. Ulitsky, A.-G. Shashkin, K.-G. Shashkin, V.-A. Vasenin, M.-B. Lisyuk (Russia)

TC 207 WK-2 Analysis of tall tower footing systems

C. Haberfield (Australia)

TC 207 WK-3 Deep pit excavation inspecial geotechnical conditions

Y. El-Mossallamy, A. Wahbi, M. Farouk, W. Ibrahim (Egypt)

TC 207 WK-4 Soil-Structure interaction during earthquake and tsunami – Two case studies
from the latest disaster in Japan
H. Hazarika, T. Hara, H. Furuichi (Japan)

TC 207 WK-5 Differential earth pressure against combined sheet pile walls: Full-scale tests and
numerical simulations
F. Liu, M. Jiang, W. Zhou, H. Nakayama (China)

TC 207 WK-6 Soil-structure-interaction of large storage constructions

R. Katzenbach, S. Leppla (Germany)

TC 207 WK-7 Numerical modelling of anchored retaining structures in medium stiff to stiff soils
I. Sokolić (Croatia)

TC 207 WK-8 Pullout characteristics of geocells Embedded in gravelly soil backfil

X. Han, T. Kiyota, F. Tatsuoka (Japan)

TC 207 WK-9 Analysis of lateral earth pressures on anchored sheet pile walls using
conventional and finite element methods
O. Bilgin (USA)

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Discussion Session 14:00 - 15:30 – Room 252 B

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 104 – Physical Modelling in Geotechnics
The contribution of physical modelling to geotechnical engineering
La contribution des modèles physiques à l’ingénierie géotechnique
Chair / Président : C.Gaudin (Australia)
Secretary / Secrétaire : L. Thorel (France)

TC 104-GR General report / Rapport général : D. White (Australia)

TC 104-1 Analysis of an adaptive foundation system for embankments on soft soils by

means of physical and numerical modeling
O. Detert, T. Schanz, D. Alexiew, D. König (Germany)

TC 104-2 Dynamic centrifugal model test for unsaturated embankments considering

seepage flow and the numerical analysis
Expérimentation en centrifugeuse et modélisation numérique de la réponse aux
séismes de remblais non saturés en prenant en compte l’écoulement
Y. Higo, C.-W. Lee, T. Doi, F. Oka, S. Kimoto, T. Kinugawa (Japan)

TC 104-3 Development of pore water pressure around a stone column

Développement des pressions interstitielles autour d’une colonne ballastée
J. Gautray, J. Laue, S.-M. Springman (Switzerland), M. Almeida (Brazil)

TC 104-4 The influence of the g-level for anchor tests in sand

L’influence du niveau de g pour les tests d’ancrage en sable
A. Bezuijen, Rob Zwaan, Haike van Lottum (The Netherlands)

TC 104-5 Experimental study on compaction grouting method for liquefiable soil using
centrifuge test and X-ray tomography
Etude expérimentale sur la CPG pour le sol liquéfiable par centrifugation et
tomographie à rayons X
D. Takano, S. Nishimura, K. Takehana, Y. Morikawa (Japan)

TC 104-6 Centrifuge modelling of bored piles

Modélisation par centrifuge de pieux forés dans le sable
M.-G. Williamson, M.-Z.-E.-B. Elshafie, R.-J. Mair (UK)

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> September 2-6, 2013

Discussion Session 14:00 - 15:30 – Room 243

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 204 – Underground Construction in Soft Ground

Ouvrages souterrains en terrain meuble
Chair / Président : A. Bezuijen (Belgium)
Secretary / Secrétaire : F. Emeriault (France)

TC 204-GR General report / Rapport général : T. Dias (Brazil)

TC 204-1 Effect of pre-ground improvement method during shallow NATM tunnel

excavations under unconsolidated conditions
Effets de la méthode d’amélioration préalable des sols durant l’excavation de
tunnel peu profond utilisant la nouvelle méthode autrichienne (NATM) dans un
sol non-consolidé
Y. Cui, K. Kishida (Japan)

TC 204-2 Finite element modelling of construction processes of the modular approached

tunnelling method
Modélisation par éléments finis du processus de construction de la méthode
modulaire pour les tunnels
K. Komiya (Japan)

TC 204-3 Cutting tool wear prognosis and management of wear-related risks for Mix
shield TBM in soft ground
Prévision d’usure des outils de coupe et management des risques liés à l’usure
pour Mix-Shield TBM en terrain meuble
F. Köppl, K. Thuro (Germany)

TC 204-4 Effect of brittle failure on deep underground excavation in eastern Taiwan

Effet de la rupture fragile sur l’excavation souterraine profonde dans l’est de
Taiwan
F.-Y. Hsiao, S.-Y. Chi (Taiwan)

TC 204-5 An elastic continuum model for interpretation of seismic behavior of buried

pipes as a soil-structure interaction
Un modèle de continuum élastique pour l’interprétation du comportement
sismique de conduites enterrées comme une interaction sol-structure
J. Tohda, H. Yoshimura, K. Maruyoshi (Japan)

TC 204-6 Engineering inspection and monitoring of tunnels and underground stations of

urban metro systems
Inspection et surveillance des tunnels et stations de métro souterraines
S. Leppla, R. Katzenbach (Germany)

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WORKSHOP 14:00 - 15:30 – Room 253

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop ATC 19 - Role of Geo-Engineering for Conservation of World Heritage
Le rôle des géo-sciences dans la conservation du patrimoine mondial
Chair / Président : Y. Iwasaki (Japan)

ATC19 and World Heritage Centre, UNESCO

[ATC19: Asian Regional Technical Committee for Cultural Heritage and Historical Site]

Part I at Conference Centre Paris / Partie I au Palais des Congrès de Paris

ATC 19 WK-1 World Heritage in Danger in Asian and Pacific Region

Mr. Fang Jing, Chief Asia and Pacific Unit, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO

ATC 19 WK-2 Overview of short summary presentations of Part II : Satellite Workshop:

World Heritage.

Part II Satellite Workshop overview:

World Heritage Center UNESCO, Paris - Time 10:00-17:00 Friday September 6, 2013

ATC 19 WK-3 Characteristic elements of authenticity of heritage structures and conservation

for integrity in geotechnical engineering - Y. Iwasaki (Japan)

ATC 19 WK-4 Reconstitution of foundation platform of Prasat Suor prat by compaction of

original soil with slaked Lime, Angkor Ruins, Cambodia - Y. Akazawa (Japan)

ATC 19 WK-5 The role of Soil improvement for conservation of Syrian historical monuments
T. Awwad (Syria)
ATC 19 WK-6 Conservation of St.John’s Church of Tartu, Estonia, by drilled Spiral Piles
K. Avellan (Finland)

ATC 19 WK-7 Florence and Its floods: anatomy of an hazard - M. Coli (Italy)

ATC 19 WK-8 Conservation of heritage structures in Saint Petersburg with provisions for Soil
Structure Interaction - M. Lisyuk (Russia)

ATC 19 WK-9 Moisture condition with Salinity in the ground behind the Dunhuang Mogao
Grottoes by electrical resistivity Method - K. Oda, K. Koizumi (Japan)

ATC 19 WK-10 Characterization of geotechnical properties for reconstitution of Archaeological

Excavations -case Study of Higashinomiya Tumulus - M. Sawada (Japan)

ATC 19 WK-11 Current state of the Borobudur after 30 Years of restoration – Investigation and
Further Intervention Recommendations - I. Shimoda (Japan)
ATC 19 WK-12 Geotechnical assessment for the restoration of Garandoya tumulus with the
naked stone chamber - M. Yoshimura (Japan)

ATC 19 WK-13 Conservation of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City

E.-O. Shelley (Mexico)

ATC 19 WK-14 Effect of changes of Geological environment on Architectural monuments

integrity and Its remedies - A. Zhussupbekov (Kazakhstan)

ATC 19 WK-15 Geotechnical behaviors of Historic Buildings - M. Mets (Estonia)

ATC 19 WK-16 The rock mechanical and geophysical characterization of Moai statues
Rapa Nui Easter Island (Chile) - C. Margottini (Italy)
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Discussion Session 16:00 - 17:30 – Blue Amphitheater

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 203 – Earthquake geotechnical engineering and

associated problems – Session 2
seismic response of soils, foundations and geotechnical structures
Caractérisation expérimentale et analyse du comportement du sol sous
chargement sismique – Session 2
Chair / Président : A. Pecker (France)
Secretary / Secrétaire : F. Ropers (France)

TC 203-GR2 General report / Rapport général : J.-F. Semblat (France)

TC 203-2-1 Effect of Seismic waves with different dominant frequencies on the delayed
failure behavior of a soil structure-ground system
Effets des ondes sismiques de fréquence dominante différente sur le
comportement de rupture retardée de structures en terre et de systèmes de sol
R. Shimizu, S. Yamada (Japan)

TC 203-2-2 Effectiveness of In-soil seismic isolation taking account of Soil-Structure

Interaction
Efficacité d’Isolement sismique dans le Sol tenant compte de l’interaction du Sol
avec la Structure
A. Tsatsis, I.-C. Anastasopoulos, F.-L. Gelagoti, R.-S. Kourkoulis (Greece)

TC 203-2-3 Simplified seismic wall stability analysis

Méthode simplifiée de calcul d’une paroi sous séisme
J.-F. Serratrice (France)

TC 203-2-4 Seismic stability assessment of a steel plate fabricated column constructed on

liquefiable grounds with different soil-layer profiles
Évaluation de la stabilité sismique d’une colonne en plaques d’acier construite
sur des sols liquéfiables avec différents profils de sol
K. Nakai, T. Takaine, B. Xu (Japan)

TC 203-2-5 Possibilities and limitations of the Prevost model for the modeling of
cohesionless soil cyclic behavior
Possibilités et limitations du modèle de Prevost pour la modélisation du
comportement cyclique des sols sans cohésion
B. Cerfontaine, R. Charlier, F. Collin (Belgium)

TC 203-2-6 Seismic Slope stability of earthen levees

La stabilité sismique des talus de digues en terre
A. Athanasopoulos-Zekko, R.-B. Seed (USA)

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Discussion Session 16:00 - 17:30 – Room Maillot

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 103 – Numerical Methods in Geomechanics – Session 2
Méthodes numériques en géomécanique – Session 2
Chair / Président : F. Nicot (France)
Secretary / Secrétaire : S. Hemmati (France)

TC 103-2-1 Large deformation and post-failure simulations of segmental retaining walls

using mesh-free particle method (SPH)
Simulations de grandes déformations et post-rupture des murs de soutènement
segmentaires utilisant la méthode des mailles-libres (SPH)
H. Bui, J. Kodikara, R. Pathegama, A. Bouazza, A. Haque (Australia)

TC 103-2-2 Numerical analysis on prediction for residual deformation of earth structure

using rigid plastic dynamic deformation analysis
La méthode à prévoir la déformation résiduelle de structure de la terre l’aide le
analyse déformation dynamique basée sur le modèle rigide plastique
T. Hoshina, K. Isobe (Japan)

TC 103-2-3 Modelling of wave-induced nonlinear dynamic soil response in vertical

breakwaters foundation
Une modélisation de la réponse dynamique non linéaire du sol de fondation en
digues verticales induite par le mouvement des vagues.
M.-M. Stickle, P. de la Fuente, C. Oteo (Spain)

TC 103-2-4 Development of excess pore-water pressure in thawing process of frozen

subgrade soils: based on analytical solutions and finite element method
Dégel des sols et variation de la pression d’eau interstitielle : application de
méthodes analytiques et des éléments finis.
G.-Y. Yesuf, I. Hoff (Norway)

TC 103-2-5 An elastic-viscous-plastic modeling of time-dependent behavior of

overconsolidated clays
Un modèle élasto-visco-plastique pour les argiles surconsolidés
Y.-P. Yao, L.-M. Kong (China)

TC 103-2-6 Validation of computational liquefaction in plane strain

Validation de liquéfaction simulée en déformation plane
D. Wanatowski, D.-A. Shuttle, M.-G. Jefferies (UK)

TC 103-2-7 Simulation of delayed failure in naturally deposited clay ground by soil-water

coupled finite deformation analysis taking internal forces into consideration
Simulation de rupture différée d’un sol d’argile naturelle sédimentaire à l’aide
de l’analyse des déformations finies de squelette couplé eau-sol en tenant
compte de la force d’inertie
S. Yamada, T. Noda (Japan)

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WORKSHOP 16:00 - 17:30 – Room 242 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 304 – Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and
Management
Handing Uncertainties in Modern Geo-technical Design Codes of Practice
Prise en compte des incertitudes dans les règles de dimensionnement
modernes en Géotechnique

Chairs / Présidents : G.-A. Fenton (Canada) - M. Hicks (The Netherlands)

TC 304 WK-1 Lessons learned from LRFD calibration of reinforced soil wall structures
Les leçons tirées de calibration LRFD des structures de murs en sol renforcé
R. Bathurst (Canada)

TC 304 WK-2 Implementation of Eurocode 7 in French practice by means of national

additional standards
La mise en œuvre de l’Eurocode 7 dans la pratique française par le biais de
normes nationales supplémentaires
J.-P. Magnan (France)

TC 304 WK-3 Implementing Eurocode 7 to achieve reliable geotechnical designs

La mise en œuvre de l’Eurocode 7 pour obtenir des plans géotechniques fiables
T. Orr (Ireland)

TC 304 WK-4 Dealing with uncertainties in EC7 with umphasis on determination of

characteristic soil properties
Faire face aux incertitudes dans l’EC7 avec l’accent sur la détermination des
propriétés du sol caractéristiques
H. Schneider (Switzerland)

TC 304 WK-5 British choices of Geotechnical design approach and partial factors for EC7
Choix britanniques de l’approche de conception géotechnique et coefficients
partiels pour les EC7
B. Simpson (UK)

TC 304 WK-6 Target reliabilities and partial factors forflood defenses in the Netherlands
Fiabilités cibles et facteurs partiels pour les défenses contre les inondations dans
les Pays-Bas
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session TC 307 + 212 - Thermal Geomechanics

Géotechnique et géothermie

Chairs / Présidents : D. Basu (Canada), R. Katzenbach ( Germany)

Secretary / Secrétaire : A.-M. Tang (France)

TC 307+212-GR General report / Rapport général : A. Puppala (USA), D. Choudhury (India)

TC 307+212-1 Development of predictive framework for geothermal and geotechnical

responsesin cold regions under climate change
Développement d’un cadre conceptuel pour les réponses géotechniques et
géothermales dans une zone polaire sous l’influence du changement
climatique
S. Nishimura, R.-J. Jardine, C.-H. Fenton, S. Olivella, A. Gens (UK)

TC 307+212-2 Thermal pressurization in Boom clay

Pressurisation thermique dans l’argile de Boom
M. Monfared, P. Delage, J. Sulem, M. Mohajerani, A.-M. Tang (France)

TC 307+212-3 Geothermal Heat pipe Borehole heat-exchangers computational simulation

and analysis of measurement Data
Echangeurs thermiques à principe thermosiphon utiliseés en géothermie -
Simulation numérique et analyse des mesures
F. Clauss, R. Katzenbach (Germany)

TC 307+212-4 Thermo-mechanical strain distributions in full-Scale energy foundations

Comportement Thermomécanique des Pieux Energétiques
J. McCartney, K.-D. Murphy, M.-A. Stewart (USA)

TC 307+212-5 Field investigation of a geothermal energy pile: Initial observations

Essai sur site d’un pieu géothermique : Observations initiales
B. Wang, A. Bouazza, R.-M. Singh, D. Barry-Macaulay, C. Haberfield,
G. Chapman, S. Baycan (Australia)

TC 307+212-6 Performance of piled foundations used as heat exchangers

Performance des fondations sur pieu utilisées comme échangeurs thermiques
F. Loveridge, W. Powrie (UK)

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Discussion Session 16:00 - 17:30 – Room 252 A

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Discussion Session CFMS – Shallow Foundations
Fondations superficielles
Chair / Président : B. Demay (France)
Secretary / Secrétaire : C. Jacquard (France)

TC SF-GR General report / Rapport général : M. Zerhouni (France)

TC SF-1 Settlement velocity measured over nine years in major-scale shallow

foundations on a preloaded 20-m thick silty alluvial layer
Vitesse de tassements mesurées sur neuf ans, d’ une fondation superficielle de
grandes dimensions, sur une couche alluviale limoneuse de 20 m d’épaisseur
pré-chargée
E. Dapena, F. Román, F. Pardo de Santayana, V. Cuéllar (Spain)

TC SF-2 Characterization of model uncertainty in immediate settlement calculations of

spread footings on clays
Caractérisation de l’incertitude des calculs du modèle de tassement immédiat
des semelles de répartition reposant sur les sols argileux
A. Stuedlein, A.-W. Strahler (USA)

TC SF-3 Bearing capacity of shallow foundation under eccentrically inclined load

Capacité portante d’une fondation superficielle sous une charge inclinée
excentrique
C. Atalar, C.-R. Patra, B.-M. Das (North Cyprus)

TC SF-4 Estimating settlements of footings in sands – a probabilistic approach

Estimation des tassements de semelles dans les sables – une approche
probabiliste
F.-C. Bungenstab, N. Aoki , K.-V. Bicalho, R.-C.-H. Ribeiro (Brazil)

TC SF-5 Combined massive and plate foundations under machines with dynamic
loadings
Fondations combinées à blocs et plaques pour des machines avec les charges
dynamiques
Y. Kirichek, V.Bolshakov (Ukraine)

TC SF-6 Predicting Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Cohesionless Soil Using

Nonlinear Dynamic Soil Properties
Prédictions des tassements des fondations superficielles sur des sols granulaires
en utilisant des propriétés non linéaires dynamiques
K. Stokoe, J.Van Pelt, O. Kacar (USA)

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 104+204 – Physical Modelling: Tool for underground construction

Modèles physiques : des outils pour les ouvrages souterrains
Chair / Président : M. Davies (New-Zealand)

TC 104+204 WK-1 Physical modelling tools for underground construction

A. Bezuijen (The Netherlands)

TC 104+204 WK-2 Centrifuge modeling of seismic soil-structure interaction and lateral earth
pressures for large near-surface underground structures
Dashi (USA)

TC 104+204 WK-3 Nationale interpretation of tunnelling considering existing tunnel and building
loads
Shahin (Australia)

TC 104+204 WK-4 Centrifuge modelling of tunnelling affects on pile foundations

R. Mair (UK)

TC 104+204 WK-5 Physical modelling used to investigate the interaction between sequentially
constructed, closely spaced, tunnels
S. Divall (UK)

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WORKSHOP 16:00 - 17:30 – Room 243

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Workshop TC 302 – Forensic analysis of geotechnical failures
Expertise et retour d’expérience des ruptures géotechniques
Chair / Président : V.-V.-S. Rao (India)

TC 302 WK-1 Forensic geotechnical engineering (FGE)-overview

V.-V.-S. Rao (India)

TC 302 WK-2 Role of collection of data in FGE

P.-W. Day (South Africa)

TC 302 WK-3 Observation method of performance evaluation

Y. Iwasaki (Japan)

TC 302 WK-4 Controversial and contradictory evaluations in analyses of ground vibrations

from pile driving
M.-R. Svinkin (USA)

TC 302 WK-5 Some technical aspects of the tailing dam failure at the ajka red mud reservoirs
J. Mecsi (Hungary)

TC 302 WK-6 Role of reliability in forensic geotechnical engineering

G.-L. Sivakumar Babu(India)

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SOCIETIES MEETING 16:00 - 17:30 – Room 253

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Asian Geotechnical Societies Meeting

Réunion des Sociétés Géotechniques Asiatiques

Chair / Président : A. Zhussupbekov (Kazakhstan)

General report / Rapport général : H.-L. Giacheti, R.-P. Cunha (Brazil)

AGS-1 Meeting of CAC of the 15th Asian Regional Conference, Fukuoka, Japan
(only invited participants)

AGS-2 Opening remarks

A. Zhussupbekov (Kazakhstan)

AGS-3 Short report about activity of each Asian Geotechnical Societies

Representatives of each Asian Society

AGS-4 Short report of ATCs

AGS-5 Report of next 15ARC in Fukuoka, Japan

J. Otani (Japan)

AGS-6 Discussion about next term of geotechnical activity of Asian Region

I. Towhata (Japan)

AGS-7 Other business

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PARALLEL SESSIONS PROGRAM

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
PROGRAMME DES SESSIONS PARALLELES
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Discussion Session 09:00 - 10:30 – Blue Amphitheater

Discussion Session TC 211 – Ground Improvement

Amélioration des sols
Chair / Président : S. Varaksin (France)
Secretary / Secrétaire : P. Liausu (France)

TC 211-GR General report / Rapport général : N. Huybrechts (Belgium)

TC 211-1 Large-scale piled raft with grid-form deep mixing walls on soft ground
Comportement en vraie grandeur d’une fondation mixte radier-pieux établie
dans un sol meuble amélioré par quadrillage de mélange profond de sol
K. Yamashita, S. Wakai, J. Hamada (Japan)

TC 211-2 Prediction of the unconfined compressive strength in soft soil chemically

stabilized
Prévision de la résistance à la compression non confinée dans sols mous
chimiquement stabilisées
A.-A.-S Correia, P.-J. Venda Oliveira, L.-J.-L. Lemos (Portugal)

TC 211-3 Initial investigation into carbonated MgO for soil stabilisation

Premières investigations sur la carbonatation de MgO utilisé pour la stabilisation
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

des sols
Y.-L. Yi, M. Liska, C. Unluer, A. Al-Tabbaa (UK)

TC 211-4 Standardization of the molding procedures for stabilized soil specimens as used
for QC / QA in Deep Mixing application
Normalisation des procédures pour la production d’essais de sol stabilisées
utilisées dans les processus de QC / QA associés à des applications Deep
Mixing
M. Grisolia, E. Leder, I.-P. Marzano (Italy)

TC 211-5 Improvement of soft fat clay using rigid inclusions and vertical drains
Amélioration d’une argile grasse molle utilisant des inclusions rigides et drains
verticaux
J. Kirstein, N. Wittorf (Germany)

TC 211-6 Performance and prediction of vacuum consolidation behaviour at Port of

Brisbane
Avantages et prédictions de comportement de la consolidation sous vide au
port de Brisbane
B. Indraratna, C. Rujikiatkamjorn, X. Geng (Australia)

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Discussion Session 09:00 - 10:30 – Room Maillot

Discussion Session TC 102 – Ground Property Characterization from In-Situ

Tests
Caractérisation des sols à partir d’Essais In-situ
Chair / Président : A. Viana da Fonseca (Portugal)
Secretary / Secrétaire : J. Monnet (France)

TC 102-GR General report / Rapport général : H. Giacheti (Brazil)

TC 102-1 Obtaining the Ménard ά Rheological Factor in a Pressiorama® Diagram

Détermination du coefficient rhéologique ά de Ménard dans le diagramme
Pressiorama®
J.-P. Baude, M. Gambin (France)

TC 102-2 Practical reviews on co2 sequestration in korean sedimentary basins and

geophysical responses of co2-injected sediments
Analyse pratique de cas de la séquestration du CO2 dans les bassins
sédimentaires coréens et responses géophysiques de CO2 injectées sédiments
G. Cho, T.-H. Kwon, I.-H. Chang, A.-R. Kim (South Korea)

TC 102-3 Use of penetration testing for determination of soil properties in earth dam

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Emploi des essais de pénétration pour déterminer les propriétés de sol pour
barrages en terre
M. Mulabdic (Croatia)

TC 102-4 Site characterization of the HZM immersed tunnel

La Caractérisation de site pour le HZM tunnel Immergé
S. Steenfelt, S. Yding, A. Rosborg (Denmark), J.-G. Hansen (USA), R. Yu (China)

TC 102-5 Multi-Sleeve Axial-Torsional-piezo friction penetration system for subsurface

characterization
Système de pénétromètre à manchons multiples (axial, torsionnel et
piezométrique) pour la caractérisation du sous-sol
D. Frost, A. Martinez (USA)

TC 102-6 Stability of Chilean’s Tailings dams with the Panda® penetrometer. Experiences
of the last 10th
Dix ans d’études de la stabilité des barrages de résidus miniers chiliens à l’aide
du pénétromètre Panda®
R. Espinace, G. Villavicencio A, J. Palma (Chile), P. Breul, C. Bacconnet,
M.-A. Benz N., R. Gourvès (France)

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Discussion Session TC 201+210 – Dykes, Levees and Dams: Challenges

and Innovations
Digues, levées et barrages : défis et innovations
Chair / Président : M. Van (The Netherlands)
Secretary / Secrétaire : J.-J. Fry (France)

TC 201+210-GR General report / Rapport général : Z. Xu (China)

TC 201+210-1 Prediction of the behavior of very high CFRD using a 3D modelling

Prédiction du comportement de barrage en enrochement de grande taille à
l’aide d’une modélisation tridimensionnelle
Y. Chen, J.-J. Fry, F. Laigle, E. Vincens, F. Froiio (France)

TC 201+210-2 Hydraulic failure of flood protection dykes

Défaillance du circuit hydraulique des levées de protection contre les
inondations
H. Brandl, M. Szabo (Austria)

TC 201+210-3 Full scale field tests for strength assessment of peat

Essais in situ à large échelle pour évaluer la résistance d’une tourbe
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

A. Zwanenburg, M.-A. Van (The Netherlands)

TC 201+210-4 The design of filter materials and their importance in geotechnical engineering
La conception de matériaux filtrants et leur importance en géotechnique
S. Messerklinger (Switzerland)

TC 201+210-5 Some technical aspects of the tailing dam failure at the Ajka red mud reservoirs
Quelques aspects techniques de la rupture d’une digue de retenue de boues à
Ajka
J. Mecsi (Hungary)

TC 201+210-6 Predicting long-term settlements of coastal defences for the safeguard of the
Venetian Lagoon
Évaluation des tassements de consolidation secondaire des structures côtières
de protection pour la sauvegarde de la lagune de Venise
L. Tonni, P. Simonini, M.-F. García Martínez (Italy)

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WORKSHOP 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 242 B

Workshop TC 103 – Numerical Methods in Geomechanics

Reviews on problems and challenges in computational geomechanics
Revue des problèmes et défis du calcul géotechnique
Chair / Président : K.-T. Chau (China)

TC 103 WS-1 Monitoring guided constitutive modelling for landslide analysis

A. Puzrin (Swiss)

TC 103 WS-2 Stability of methane hydrate bering soil during the dissociation
F. Oka, S. Kimoto, H. Iwai (Japan)

TC 103 WS-3 Data assimilation in geomechanics / Announcement of special issue in soils

and foundation
A. Murakami (Japan)

TC 103 WS-4 Multiscale modeling in soil mechanics

F. Nicot (France)

TC 103 WS-5 Computation of erosion and recent advances

K. Fujisawa (Japan)

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

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Discussion Session TC 215 – Environmental Geomechanics

Géotechnique de l’environnement
Chair / Président : M. Manassero (Italy)
Secretary / Secrétaire : J.-P. Gourc (France)

TC 215-GR General report / Rapport général : M. Bouazza (Australia)

TC 215-1 Novel bentonites for containment barrier applications

Bentonites novatrices pour des applications comme barrières de confinement
C. Shackelford, G. Bohnhoff, M. Malusis, J. Scalia, C. Benson, T. Edil (USA), G. Di
Emidio (Belgium), T. Katsumi (Japan), F. Mazzieri (Italy)

TC 215-2 Geo-environmental problems in landfills of MSW with high organic content

Problèmes géo-environnementaux dans les sites d’enfouissement de déchets
solides municipaux à hautes teneurs organiques
Y. Chen, L.-T. Zhan, X.-B. Xu, H.-L. Liu (China)

TC 215-3 Measurement of NAPL saturation distribution in whole domains by the Simplified

Image Analysis Method
Mesure de la distribution de la saturation de liquide en phase non-aqueuse
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

couvrant tout le spectre de l’étude par la méthode simplifiée d’analyse d’image

G.Flores, T. Katsumi, T. Inui, A. Takai (Japan)

TC 215-4 Use of thermal desorption for removing in-situ floating oil layers
Utilisation de la désorption thermique pour l’élimination in situ des couches
flottantes d’hydrocarbures
H. Saadaoui, C. Cédou, J. Haemers, P. Denecheau (France)

TC 215-5 A System of dehydration, purification, and reduction for dredged soil – Release
inhibition of nutrient salts from bed mud using natural zeolite
Un système de déshydratation, d’épuration et de réduction de sols dragués -
libération de l’inhibition de sels nutritifs de lits de boue à l’aide d’une zéolite
naturelle
T. Umezaki, T. Kawamura (Japan)

TC 215-6 Geoenvironmental approach to restoration of agricultural land damaged by

tsunami
Approches géo-environmentale pour la restauration de terres agricoles
endommagées par un Tsunami
K. Omine, A. Moqsud, H. Hazarika (Japan)

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Workshop TC 203 – Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Associated

Problems
Geotechnical issues in the recent world earthquakes, Tohuku (Japan),
Christchurch (New Zealand) and Emilia-Romagna (Italy): lessons and
mitigation measures
Enjeux géotechniques dans les récents séismes mondiaux : leçons et
maitrise des risques

Chair / Président : K. Pitilakis (Greece), A. Ansal (Turkey)

TC 203 WS-1 Can engineering manage a gigantic disaster? Liquefaction-induced serious

damage by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
S. Yasuda (Japan)

TC 203 WS-2 “Liquefaction-induced damage in the 2010-2011 Christchurch (New Zealand)

Earthquakes”
M. Cubrinovski (New Zealand)
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

TC 203 WS-3 “The 2012 Emilia-Romagna Earthquake: lessons and mitigation measurements”
M. Maugeri (Italy)

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Discussion Session 09:00 - 10:30 – Room 243

Discussion Session TC 105 – Geo-Mechanics from Micro to Macro

Géomécanique de micro à macro
Chair / Président : M. Hyodo (Italy)
Secretary / Secrétaire : S. Salager (France)

TC 105-GR General report / Rapport général : C. Viggiani (France)

TC 105-1 Grain-scale experimental investigation of shear banding in sand

Un rêve devenu réalité : explorer une bande de cisaillement à l’échelle des
grains
E. Ando, J. Desrues, P. Bésuelle, G. Viggiani, S. Hall (France)

TC 105-2 Microscopic observation on compacted sandy soil using micro-focus X-ray CT

Observation microscopique par micro-tomographie à rayons X de sables
compactés
J. Otani, D. Takano, B. Chevalier, T. Mukunoki (Japan)

TC 105-3 Shear strength and deformation of methane hydrate bearing sand with fines
Résistance de cisaillement et déformation de sable avec fines contenant
hydrate de méthane

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

M. Hyodo, J. Yoneda, N. Yoshimoto, A. Kato (Japan)

TC 105-4 A simplified contact model for sandy grains cemented with methane hydrate
Un modèle simplifié pour les contacts entre grains de sable cimentés par
hydrates de méthane
M. Jiang, F. Liu, F. Zhu, Y. Xiao (China)

TC 105-5 Particulate Modelling of the Sand-slurry Flow Retardation

Modélisation à un niveau particulaire du retard d’écoulement d’une boue
sableuse
I. Tomac, M. Gutierrez (USA)

TC 105-6 Macro- and micro-FE modelling of wellbore damage due to drilling and core
processes
Macro-et micro modélisation par éléments finis dû aux dégâts et aux carottage
dans un puits de forage
H. Khoa, L. Grande, H.-P. Jostad (Norway)

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Workshop IGS - International Geosynthetics Society– Session 1

Société Internationale des Géosynthétiques – Session 1

IGS WK-1 Introduction: policy and actions of Comité Français des Géosynthétiques (CFG)
Introduction : la politique et les actions du CFG
J.-P. Magnan (France)

IGS WK-2 Ingenuity in geotechnical design using geosynthetics

Innovation dans le domaine de la conception géotechnique utilisant des
géosynthétiques
J. Zornberg (USA)
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Discussion Session 11:00 - 12:30 – Blue amphitheater

Discussion Session TC 212 – Deep Foundations – Session 1

Fondations profondes – Session 1
Chair / Président : R. Katzenbach (Germany)
Secretary / Secrétaire : F. Rocher-Lacoste (France)

TC 212 - GR General report / Rapport général : D. Choudhury (India)

TC 212-1-1 A design method for piled raft foundations

Une méthode de conception pour les fondations de radier sur pieux
V. Balakumar (India), E. Oh, M. Bolton, A.-S. Balasubramaniam (Australia)

TC 212-1-2 Improved safety assessment of pile foundations using field control methods
Évaluation améliorée de la sécurité des fondations sur pieux à l’aide de
méthodes de contrôle in situ
W. Bilfinger, M.-S. Santos, W. Hachich (Brazil)

TC 212-1-3 Identification of test pile defects in a super-tall building foundation

Identification des défauts dans un pieu test pour fondation d’une super grande
tour
H.-G. Poulos, F. Badelow, R. Tosen, Abdelrazaq, S.-H. Kim (Australia)

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

TC 212-1-4 Skyscrapers of «Moskva-City» business centre - tests of bored piles
Gratte-Ciels du centre d’affaires de “Moskva-City”– essais des pieux fores
O.-A. Shulyatiev, I.-G. Ladyzhensky, P.-I. Yastrebov (Russia)

TC 212-1-5 Difficulty execution of large diameter deep piles in soft soils

Difficultés d’exécution d’un pieu grand diamètre dans des sols mous
K. Zaghouani, A. Chouikha, S. Haffoudhi (Tunisia)

TC 212-1-6 Behavior of vertical piles embedded in sand under inclined loads near ground
slope
Comportement de pieux verticaux ancrés dans une couche de sable à
proximité d’une pente
M. Sakr, A.-M. Nasr (Egypt)

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Workshop TC 102 – Ground Property Characterization from In-Situ Tests

Dilatometers and pressuremeters for soil characterization
Dilatomètres et pressiomètres pour la caractérisation des sols

Chair / Président : J. Monnet (France)

DMT and SDMT

ISP6 WK-1 Recent developments on using (S)DMT to evaluate liquefaction

P. Monaco (Italy)

ISP6 WK-2 Specific aspects, not widely known, of (S)DMT

S. Marchetti (Italy)

ISP6 WK-3 DMT-based French regulation on cyclic liquefaction in France

B. Dumolard, S. Amoroso (France)

ISP6 WK-4 c - approaches to DMT

N. Cruz, A. Viana da Fonseca (Portugal)
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

SBPT and PMT

ISP6 WK-5 Self-Boring Pressuremeter – lateral stress and beyond

J. Benoît (France)

ISP6 WK-6 Project ARSCOP (Nouvelles Approches de Reconnaissance des Sols et de

Conception des Ouvrages géotechniques avec le Pressiomètre)
P. Reiffsteck (France)

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Discussion Session 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 242 A

Discussion Session TC 106 – Unsaturated Soils

Sols non saturés
Chair / Président : D. Fredlund (Portugal)
Secretary / Secrétaire : F. Masrouri (France)

TC 106-GR General report / Rapport général : C. Jommi (Italia)

TC 106-1 New devices for water content measurement

Les nouveaux appareils pour la mesure de la teneur en eau
D. Toll, A.-A. Hassan, J.-M. King, J.-D. Asquith (UK)

TC 106-2 Dynamic shear modulus and damping of compacted silty sand via suction
controlled resonant column testing
Propriétés dynamiques d’un sable limoneux par des tests en colonne de
résonance sous aspiration contrôlée
L. Hoyos, J.-A. Cruz, A.-J. Puppala, W.-A. Douglas, E.-A. Suescún (USA)

TC 106-3 Study on mechanism of two-phase flow in porous media using X-ray CT Image
Analysis
Etude sur le mécanisme de flux biphasé au travers d’un matériau poreux par

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

l’utilisation d’analyse d’imagerie aux rayons
T. Mukunoki, M. Mikami (Japan)

TC 106-4 Impact of the hygrometry on the swelling soil cracking

Etude de l’impact de l’hygrométrie sur la fissuration d’un sol gonflant
R. Auvray, F. Masrouri, S. Rosin-Paumier, A. Abdallah (France)

TC 106-5 One-dimensional cracking model in clayey soils

Modèle unidimensionnel de la fissuration des sols argileux
A. Ledesma, G. Ávila, A. Lloet (Spain)

TC 106-6 Evolution of microstructure during desiccation and consolidation of oil sands

fine tailings
Evolution de la microstructure au cours de la dessiccation et de la consolidation
des résidus de sables bitumineux
T. Bajwa, P. Simms (Canada)

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Discussion Session TC 202 – Transportation Geotechnics

Géotechnique des transports
Chair / Président : A. Gomes Correia (Portugal)
Secretary / Secrétaire : Y. Guerpillon (France)

TC 202-GR General report / Rapport général : B. Indraratna (Australia)

TC 202-1 Assessing the effectiveness of rolling dynamic compaction

Évaluation de l’efficacité du compactage dynamique roulant
Y.-L. kuo, M.-B. Jaksa, B.-T. Scott, A.-C. Bradley, C.-N. Power, A.-C. Crisp,
J.-H. Jiang (Australia)

TC 202-2 Seismic retrofit technique for asphalt concrete pavements

Technique de réhabilitation sismique pour la chaussée en béton d’asphalte
H. Ohta, T. Ishigaki, N. Tatta (Japan)

TC 202-3 Recent developments in pavement foundation design

Développements récents dans la conception des fondations des chaussées
S.-F. Brown, N.-H. Thom (UK)
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TC 202-4 Characterization of Soil-Geosynthetic Interaction under Small Displacements

Conditions
Caractérisation de l’Interaction sol-géosynthétique sous les conditions de petits
déplacements
J. Zornberg, G.-H. Roodi, R. Gupta, J. Ferreira (USA)

TC 202-5 Performance assessment of synthetic shock mats and grids in the improvement
of ballasted tracks
Évaluation de la performance des tapis synthétiques d’absorption des chocs et
des grilles pour l’amélioration des vois ballastées
B. Indraratna, T. Neville, D. Christie, S. Nimbalkar, C. Rujikiatkamjorn (Australia)

TC 202-6 Deformation performance and stability control of multi-stage embankments in

ireland
Performance en déformation et contrôle de stabilité des remblais construits en
plusieurs phases en Irlande
F. Buggy (Ireland)

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WORKSHOP 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 252 A

Workshop TC 211 – Ground Improvement

Report from IS-GI Brussels 2012 & latest advances in Ground Improvement
Rapport du congrès IS-GI Bruxelles 2012 & progrès en renforcement des sols
Chairs / Présidents : S. Varaksin (France), J. Maertens (Belgium)

TC 211 WS-1 Marine ground improvement

F. Maucotel (France), B. Lietaert (Belgium)

TC 211 WS-2 Deep mixing

N. Denies, G. Van Lysebette (Belgium)

TC 211 WS-3 Rigid Inclusions & reinforced soil

J. Verstralen (Belgium), F. Cuira (France)

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Discussion Session TC 301 – Preservation of Historic Sites

Monuments, historic sites and case histories
Monuments et sites historiques, études de cas
Chair / Président : J. Burland (UK)
Secretary / Secrétaire : J. Launay (France)

TC 301-GR General report / Rapport général : A. Flora (Italia)

TC 301-1 Geotechnical assessment for the restoration of Garandoya tumulus with the
naked stone chamber
Evaluation géotechnique de la restauration du tumulus de Garandoya et grottes
à pierres nues
M. Mimura, M. Yoshimura (Japan)

TC 301-2 Reconstitution of foundation platform of Prasat Suor Prat by compaction of

original soil with slaked lime, Angkor Ruins, Cambodia
Reconstitution de la plate-forme de la fondation de Prasat Suor Prat par
compactage du sol original avec de la chaux de laitier, Ruines Angkor,
Cambodge
Y. Akazawa, M. Fukuda, Y. Iwasaki, J. Nakazawa (Japan)
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TC 301-3 The preservation of Agrigento Cathedral

La conservation de la Cathédrale d’Agrigente
C. Valore, M. Ziccarelli (Italia)

TC 301-4 Geotechnical aspects in sustainable protection of cultural and historical

monuments
Aspects géotechniques dans la protection durable du patrimoine culturel et
historique
V. Sesov, J.Cvetanovska, K.Edip (Macedonia)

TC 301-5 Geotechnical Features of sochi olympic facilities project designs

Les singularités géotechnique de la conception des installations olympiques à
Sochi
V. Petrukhin, I.-V.Kolybin, V.-G.Budanov, O-N. Isaev, B.-F. Kisin,
I.-A. Bokov. (Russia)

TC 301-6 Modern methods of geotechnical defense of buildings in the difficult geological

conditions of Ukraine
Méthodes modernes pour la protection géotechnique de bâtiments dans les
conditions géologiques difficiles de l’Ukraine
Y. Slyusarenko, Y. Chervinskyy, Y. Karpenko, S. Dvornik, S. Malikov,
G. Rozenvasser, I. Lavshuk (Ukraine)

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Workshop TC 105 – Geotechnics and Geo-Mechanics from Micro

to Macro
Géotechnique et géomécanique de micro à macro
Chair / Président : M. Jiang (China)
Discussion leader / Animateur : K. Soga (UK)

TC 105 WS-1 Granular mechanics in planetary science and engineering

T. Matsushima (Japan)

TC 105 WS-2 Double scale FEMxDEM modelling of geomaterials

J. Desrues (France)

TC 105 WS-3 Macro-scale manifestations of some pore-and-particle scale processes

C. Santamarina (USA)

TC 105 WS-4 Archi-texture of geomaterials

F. Radjai (France)
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WORKSHOP 11:00 - 12:30 – Room 253

Workshop IGS - International Geosynthetics Society - Session 2

Société Internationale des Géosynthétiques - Session 2
Chair / Président : N. Touze-Foltz (France)

IGS WS-3 The sustainability case for using geosynthetics: case studies
N. Dixon (UK)

IGS WS-4 Recent insight regarding the performance of GCLs in bottom liners and covers
R.-K. Rowe (Canada)

IGS WS-5 Encapsulation of contaminated soils in damn construction for roads

K. Von Maubeuge (Germany)

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Discussion Session 14:00 - 15:30 – Blue amphitheater

Discussion Session TC 212 - Deep Foundations - Session 2

Fondations profondes - Session 2
Chair / Président : D. Choudhury (India)
Secretary / Secrétaire : J.-P.Volcke (France)

TC 212-2-1 Performance of piled-raft system under axial load

Performance du système raft piled sous charge axiale
El Naggar (Canada), A. Alnuiam (Saudi Arabia)

TC 212-2-2 Pseudo-static pile load test: experience on pre-bored and large diameter piles
Pseudo-statique test de charge de piers: expérience sur pieux pré-perforé et de
grand diamètres
V.-A. Rinaldi, R. Viguera (Argentina)

TC 212-2-3 Interactive 3-D Analysis method of piled raft foundation for high-rise buildings
Méthode d’analyse 3D-Interactive de fondations de radiers sur pieux pour des
tours de grande hauteur
S. Jeong , J. Cho, J. Ko, J. Lee (South Korea)

TC 212-2-4 Bored pile response from seismic cone tests

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Réponse de pieux forés à partir d’essais au sismo cône

P. Mayne (USA), D.-J. Woeller (Canada)

TC 212-2-5 Semi-Analytical solutions for laterally loaded piles in multilayered soils

Solutions semi-analytiques pour pieux chargés latéralement des sols
multicouches
M. Prezzi, R. Salgado, D. Basu, F.-S. Tehrani (USA)

TC 212-2-6 Ground displacements related to deep excavation in Amsterdam

Déformations du sol liés aux excavation profondes à Amsterdam
M. Korff, R.-J. Mair (The Netherlands)

TC 212-2-7 Research on the load-bearing behaviour of bored piles with different enlarged
bases
Recherche sur la capacité portante de pieux fores avec diverses bases élargies
R. Herrmann, M.Löwen, S. Krumm (Germany)

TC 212-2-8 Model loading tests in large soil tank on group behavior of piles
Essais de chargement modèle en grande cuve afin d’étudier le comportement
de groupes de pieux
S. Goto, S. Aoyama, B. Liu, I. Towhata, A. Takita, A.-A. Renzo (Japan)

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Discussion Session 14:00 - 15:30 – Room Maillot

TC 208 – Slope stability in engineering practice

Stabilité des pentes pour la pratique de l’ingénieur
Chair / Président : F. Nadim (Norway)
Secretary / Secrétaire : J. Rescoussier (France)

TC 208-GR General report / Rapport général : E. Bowman (UK), J. Fannin (Canada)

TC 208-1 Characteristics of ground motion on colluviums slope induced by natural

disasters
Caractéristiques du déplacement du sol sur la pente de colluvions induit par
des catastrophes naturelles
C.-J. Jeng, D.-Z. Sue (China)

TC 208-2 Progressive failure of slopes with sensitive clay layers

La rupture progressive des pentes comportant des couches d’argile sensible
R. Dey, K. Soga, R. Phillips, B. Hawlader (Canada)

TC 208-3 Deformation and water seepage observed in a natural slope during failure
process by artificial heavy rainfall
Déformation du sol et infiltration d’eau observées le long d’une pente naturelle

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pendant le processus de rupture du à de fortes pluies artificielles
T. Uchimura, L. Wang, S. Nishie, I. Seko, G. Gizachew (Japan)

TC 208-4 Model prediction of flow slide triggering in shallow sandy slopes

Une méthodologie pour l’évaluation de susceptibilité à la liquéfaction dans les
pentes sableuses
G. Buscarnera, A.-J. Whittle (USA)

TC 208-5 Landslide Risk assessment: gps instrumentation and remote sensing study of
slow moving landslides in the eastern San Francisco Bay Hills, California, USA
Instrumentation GPS et télédétection de glissements de terrains lents dans les
collines Est de la Baie de San Francisco, Californie, USA
J. Cohen-Waeber, R. Bürgmann, N. Sitar (USA)

TC 208-6 Assessment of landslide run-out by Monte Carlo simulations

Évaluation de la dynamique des glissements de terrain par des simulations de
Monte Carlo
J. Cepeda, B. Quan Luna, F. Nadim (Norway)

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Workshop TC 106 – Unsaturated Soils

Advances in unsaturated soils
Avancées dans les sols non saturés
Chair / Président : E. Alonso (Spain)

TC 106 WS-1 Unsaturated soils and engineering practice

D.-G. Fredlund (Canada)

TC 106 WS-2 Interpretation of the Bearing Capacity and Settlement Behavior of Unsaturated
Sands from Laboratory and Field Investigations
S. Vanapalli (Canada)

TC 106 WS-3 Desiccation Cracks in Soils: Recent Advances in Experimental and Numerical
Techniques
M. Sanchez (USA)

TC 106 WS-4 Behavior of Natural Loess from Northern France

P. Delage (France)

TC 106 WS-5 Unsaturated soil modeling from pore and grain scale perspectives
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

G. Habibagahi (Iran)

TC 106 WS-6 Evaluation of constitutive models for small strain stiffness of unsaturated soils
D. Masin (Czech Republic)

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Workshop TC 202 – Transportation Geotechnics

Géotechnique des transports
Chairs / Présidents : A. Gomes Correia (Portugal), E. Tutumluer (USA)

TC 202 WS-1 Non traditional materials in embankments and structural layers

M. Winter (UK), T. Edil (USA)

TC 202 WS-2 Earthworks: design, technology and management

J.-P. Magnan (France), A. Gomes Correia (Portugal)

TC 202 WS-3 Reinforcement of geomaterials in pavement and rail track

B. Tutumler (USA)

TC 202 WS-4 Rail track substructures

V. Powrie (UK), K. Muramoto (Japan)

TC 202 WS-5 Subsurface sensing

S. Nazarian (USA), C. Lai (Italy), A. Loizos (Greece)

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FedIGS Workshop
Chair / Président : N. Van der Merwe
Co-Chairs / Co-Présidents : J. Sulem (France), F. Pellet (France)

FedIGS WS-1 J.-L. Briaud (ISSMGE)

FedIGS WS-2 X.-T. Feng (ISRM)

FedIGS WS-3 C. Delgado (IAEG)

FedIGS WS-4 J. Zornberg (IGS)

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Workshop TC 204+305 Uncommon underground constructions solving

mega-city problems
Ouvrages souterrains exceptionnels en réponse aux problèmes des
mégacités
Chairs / Présidents : A. Bezuijen (The Netherlands), A. Negro (Brazil)

TC 204-305 WS-1 Introduction

A. Bezuijen (The Netherlands), A. Negro (Brazil)

TC 204-305 WS-2 Cross-rail project in London

J. Standing (UK)

TC 204-305 WS-3 Geotechnical aspects of underground construction in problematical soils of

Saint -Petersburg (Russia) and Almaty (Kazakhstan)
A. Zhussusbekov (Kazakhstan)

TC 204-305 WS-4 Compensation grouting with shallow and deep foundations – case study from
the metro b1 in Rome

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Kummerer (Austria)

TC 204-305 WS-5 Geotechnical engineering in subsiding Mexico City

G. Auvinet (Mexico)

TC 204-305 WS-6 A decade of construction works on your doorstep - evaluation of the

Amsterdam North South Line’s impact
M. Korf (The Nederlands)

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Discussion session TC 206 – Interactive Geotechnical design

Méthode observationnelle en géotechnique
Chair / Président : K.-T. Chang (South Korea)
Secretary / Secrétaire : F. Depardon (France)

TC 206-GR General report / Rapport général : A. Ho (Hong Kong)

TC 206-1 SWOT analysis observational method applications

Analyse FFOM à l’implémentation de la méthode observationnelle
M. Korff, E. de Jong, T.-J. Bles (The Netherlands)

TC 206-2 Comparison of monitoring techniques for measuring deformations in an

excavation
Comparaison de techniques d’auscultation pour la mesure de déformations
dans une excavation
De Vos, G. Van Alboom, K. Haelterman, W. Maekelberg (Belgium)

TC 206-3 Experimental analyses on detection of potential risk of slope failure by

monitoring of shear strain in the shallow section
Analyses expérimentales sur la détection d’un risque potentiel de rupture de
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

pente par la surveillance de la contrainte de cisaillement dans une section peu

profonde
S. Tamate, C. Mikuni, N. Suemasa, T. Hori (Japan)

TC 206-4 New Sensing technology and new applications in geotechnical engineering

Nouvelle technologie de détection et nouvelles applications dans la
géotechnique
Y.-H. Wang, G.-L. Ooi, Y. Gao (Hong Kong)

TC 206-5 Monitoring earthwork foundations by fibre optic sensors

Auscultation des fondations d’un ouvrage en terre par des capteurs à fibre
optique
O. Artieres (France)

TC 206-6 The role of fibre optic instrumentation in the re-use of deep foundations
Le rôle d’une instrumentation en fibre optique pour la réutilisation de fondations
profondes
A. Bell, K. Soga, Y. Ouyang, J. Yan, F. Wang (China)

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TC101 - Laboratory Stress Strain Strength Testing of Geomaterials

TC101-P1 Mise au point d’un dispositif expérimental pour MAISON T. FRANCE
l’analyse du retrait-gonflement des sols argileux
TC101-P2 Comportement en petites déformations d’un HIBOUCHE A. FRANCE
sol traité à la chaux
TC101-P3 Comparative study of long-term consolidation WATABE Y. JAPAN
for subsoils under Kansai Airport and Pisa
Tower
TC101-P4 Evaluation of Consolidation Behavior of Soils KIM J.-Y. SOUTH KOREA
under Radial Drainage Condition Using Digital
Image Analysis
TC101-P5 Effect of Particle Characteristics on K0 Behavior LEE J. SOUTH KOREA
for Granular Materials
TC101-P6 Characterization of geomechanical and PARK S.-W. SOUTH KOREA
hydraulic properties of non-wettable sands
TC101-P7 Behavior of fine-grained soils compacted with PEREZ N.-P. MEXICO
high shear stresses
TC101-P8 Broad Range Soil Particle Analysis through HRYCIW R. USA
Advances in Imaging Technology
TC101-P9 A Comparison Between the Shear Strength CASTELLANOS B. USA
Measured with the Direct Shear and Triaxial
Devices on Undisturbe d and Remolded Soils
TC101-P10 Rational expression of time-dependent NAKAI T. JAPAN
behavior from normally consolidated soil to
naturally deposited soil
TC101-P11 Residual shear strength behavior of swelling MARKOU L. GREECE
soils
TC101-P12 Factors influencing rate effects in fine grained ROBINSON S. UK
soils
TC101-P13 Experimental analysis of the mechanical CONSOLI N.-C. BRAZIL
properties of artificially cemented soils and
their evolution in time
TC101-P14 Methods of determination of K0 in BOHÁČ J. CZECH
overconsolidated clay REPUBLIC
TC101-P15 Settlement and shear strength of uncemented WILLIAMS D. AUSTRALIA
coal mine overburden materials placed loose
under dry and wet conditions
TC101-P16 Shear Strength and Deformation Modulus of CAMPANA J. CHILE
Tailing Sands under High Pressures
TC101-P17 Stress-path effects on the grading of an CASINI F. SPAIN
artificial material with crushable grains
TC101-P18 Duncan-Chang Parameters for Hyperbolic LIKITLERSUANG S. THAILAND
Stress Strain Behaviour of Soft Bangkok Clay

TC101-P19 Laboratory testing issues related to crushable WILS L. BELGIUM

sands
TC101-P20 Comparison of the geotechnical properties of KIKKAWA N. NEW ZEALAND
pumice sand from Japan and New Zealand
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TC103 - Numerical Methods in Geomechanics

TC103-P1 Modélisations de l’interaction sol-pieux pour le BREUGNOT A. FRANCE
calcul d’impédances dynamiques

TC103-P2 Interprétation d’essais d’extraction de BENNANI BRAOULI Y. FRANCE

renforcements métalliques haute adhérence
dans un massif en Terre Armée® soumis à un
chargement dynamique cyclique

TC103-P3 Prediction of stress and strain for the seabed YONEDA J. JAPAN
and production well during methane hydrate
exploitation in turbidite reservoir
TC103-P4 Two methods for estimating excess pore LEHTONEN V. FINLAND
pressure in LEM
TC103-P5 Combined computational-experimental HASHASH Y. USA
laboratory testing for soil behavior modeling

TC103-P6 A Review on Tension Piles in An Undersea CHUAH S.-S. SINGAPORE

Tunnel of a Deep Excavation in Singapore Soft
Clay
TC103-P7 Comparison of 3D finite element stability FREDLUND M. CANADA
analysis with 3D limit equilibrium methods

TC103-P8 Validation of geotechnical finite element BRINKGREVE R. THE

analysis NETHERLANDS
TC103-P9 The design and construction of temporary SMITH A. UK
works for Limerick immersed tube tunnel

TC103-P10 Numerical modelling and control of seawater JAVADI A. UK

intrusion in coastal aquafers
TC103-P11 Numerical modelling of desiccation crack STIRLING R. UK
induced permeability
TC103-P12 Soil-structure interaction: towards a synthesis ULITSKY V. RUSSIA
of soil mechanics and structural mechanics

TC103-P13 Artificial intelligence for modeling load- SHAHIN M. AUSTRALIA

settlement response of axially loaded (steel)
driven piles
TC103-P14 Analysis of ettringite attack to stabilized railway RAMON A. SPAIN
bases and embankments
TC103-P15 Application of Genetic Algorithms with Hill PEREIRA C. PORTUGAL
Climbing Procedure to a Constitutive Model for
Hard Soils and Soft Rocks
TC103-P16 A visco-elasto-plastic multi-surface cyclic SIDDIQUEE M. BANGLADESH
model
TC103-P17 Numerical Investigations of Shear Strain NOORZAD A. IRAN
Localization in an Elasto-Plastic Cosserat
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TC104 - Physical Modelling

TC104-P1 Développement d’un modèle réduit HOUDA M. FRANCE
tridimensionnel du renforcement des sols par
inclusions rigides
TC104-P2 Modélisation physique du blocage d’un TRUONG Q.-Q FRANCE
écoulement d’eau dans un sol par injection
d’un produit de colmatage
TC104-P3 Physical modeling of arch action in undercut PIPATPONGSA T. JAPAN
slopes with actual engineering practice to Mae
Moh open-pit mine of Thailand
TC104-P4 Centrifuge Model Tests on Foundation on Geo- AKLIK P. AUSTRIA
synthetic Reinforced Slope
TC104-P5 Full-scale field validation of innovative dike KOELEWIJN A. THE
monitoring systems NETHERLANDS
TC104-P6 Water injection aided pile jacking centrifuge SHEPLEY P. UK
experiments in sand
TC104-P7 Evaluation of Seismic Earth Pressure DAVE T.-N. INDIA
Reduction using EPS Geofoam
TC104-P8 Loading behaviour of flexible raft foundations in ARNOLD A. SWITZERLAND
full scale and centrifuge models
TC104-P9 Investigation on the Dynamic Properties of BAHADORI H. IRAN
Saturated Sand-Tire Chips Mixture by Shaking
Table
TC203 - Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Associated Problems
TC203-P1 Experimental study on lattice-shaped TAKAHASHI H. JAPAN
cement treatment method for liquefaction
countermeasure
TC203-P2 Dynamic Properties of Sandy and Gravelly LIAO T. USA
Structural Fill
TC203-P3 Analytical study of seismic slope behavior in ABE K. JAPAN
a large-scale shaking table model test using
FEM and MPM
TC203-P4 A method of suppressing liquefaction using a SATO K. JAPAN
solidification material and tension stiffeners
TC203-P5 Effects of fines contents on cyclic shear NODA S. JAPAN
characteristics of sand clay mixtures
TC203-P6 Challenges to the laboratory evaluation of field COELHO P. PORTUGAL
liquefaction resistance
TC203-P10 Modélisation 1D-3Composantes de la réponse SANTISI M.-P. FRANCE
sismique d’une colonne de sol multicouche à
comportement non linéaire
TC203-P7 Cyclic Loading Behavior of Saturated Sand SZE H.-Y. HONG KONG
With Different Fabrics
TC203-P8 Effect of Stress Anisotropy on Cyclic Behavior JAFARZADEH F. IRAN
of Dense Sand with Dynamic Hollow Cylinder
Apparatus
TC203-P9 An Experimental Approach to Evaluate Shear BOLOURI BAZAZ J. IRAN
Modulus and Damping Ratio of Granular
Material
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TC205 - Limit State design in Geotechnical Engineering

TC205-P1 Ideas for improved geotechnical structures for HEERTEN G. GERMANY
natural disaster mitigation
TC205-P2 Development of LRFD Design Methods LOEHR J.-E. USA
to Quantify Value of Site Characterization
Activities
TC207 - Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining Walls
TC207-P1 Effects of plane shapes of a cofferdam on 3D TANAKA T. JAPAN
seepage failure stability and axisymmetric
approximation
TC207-P2 Shaking table tests on caisson-type quay wall MIZUTANI T.-A. JAPAN
with stabilized mound
TC207-P3 Computed and observed ground movements FINNO R. USA
during top-down construction in Chicago

TC207-P4 Top down construction alongside the DURGUNOGLU T. TURKEY

bosphorus– a case study

TC207-P5 Concrete panel walls - Current development VOLLMERT L. GERMANY

on interaction of earthworks, geosynthetic
reinforcement and facing
TC207-P6 Establishing a high risk construction pit in a PHILIPSEN J. DENMARK
hurry
TC207-P7 Displacement of an apartment building next to HANNINK G. THE
a deep excavation in Rotterdam NETHERLANDS
TC207-P8 Design, Construction and Monitoring of a ABRAMENTO M. BRAZIL
Mixed Soil-Reinforced and Anchored Retaining
Wall in Expansive Soil
TC207-P9 Suction Caisson Installation in Shallow Water: JIAN C. SINGAPORE
Model Tests and Prediction
TC207-P10 Passive Pressure on Skewed Bridge ROLLINS K. USA
Abutments
TC207-P11 Role of the facing on the behaviour of soil- COLA S. ITALY
nailed slopes under surcharge loading

TC207-P12 Aspects on designing and monitoring a deep POPA H. ROMANIA

excavation for a highly important structure

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TC209 - Offshore Geotechnics

TC209-P1 Diagrammes de stabilité cyclique de pieux PUECH A. FRANCE
dans les sables
TC209-P2 Influence des chargements cycliques axiaux SILVA M. FRANCE
dans le comportement et la réponse de pieux
battus dans le sable
TC209-P3 Fondations superficielles glissantes pour BRETELLE S. AUSTRALIA
l’offshore profond - methodologie de
dimensionnement
TC209-P4 Pieu sous charge latérale : Développement de ROSQUOËT F. FRANCE
lois de dégradation pour prendre en compte
l’effet des cycles
TC209-P5 Utilisation des essais d’expansion cyclique REIFFSTECK P. FRANCE
pour définir des modules élastiques en petites
déformations
TC209-P6 Time dependent dynamic properties of offshore DAMGAARD M. DENMARK
wind turbines evaluated by modal testing

TC209-P7 Experimental Testing of monopiles in sand ROESEN H.-R. DENMARK

subjected to one-way long-term cyclic lateral
loading
TC209-P8 Displacement response to axial cycling of RIMOY S. UK
driven piles in sand
TC209-P9 Site Investigation and Geotechnical Design MUIRWOOD A. UK
Strategy for Offshore Wind Development

TC209-P10 A simplified procedure to assess the dynamic MADRID R. SPAIN

stability of a caisson breakwater
TC209-P11 Influence of jack-up footprints on mudmat BALLARD J.-C. BELGIUM
stability - How beneficial are 3D effects?

TC209-P12 The New Remediation Technique for MORADI M. IRAN

Buried Pipelines under Permanent Ground
Deformation
TC214 - Foundation Engineering for Difficult Soft Soil Conditions
TC214-P1 Instrumented trial embankment on soft ground TAN Y.-C. MALAYSIA
at TOKAI, State of Sedah, MALAYSIA

TC214-P2 Settlements of earth fills on thick layers of MASSAD F. BRAZIL

overconsolidated soft clays without geodrains

TC214-P3 Design and Performance of Highway KARUNAWARDENA A. SRI LANKA

Embankments Constructed Over Sri Lankan
Peaty Soils
TC214-P4 Design and Construction of a Landfill DE SILVA S. HONG KONG
Containment Bund cum Seawall Supported on
Stone Columns Installed in Very Soft Marine
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TC307 - Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering

TC307-P1 Utilisation of polyethylene (plastic) shopping KALUMBA D. SOUTH AFRICA
bags waste for soil improvement in sandy soils
TC307-P2 Application of a Method to Accelerate KIKUCHI Y. JAPAN
Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Solidification
TC307-P3 Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of FRISCHKNECHT R. SWITZERLAND
Geosynthetics Versus Conventional filter layer,
Case 1
TC307-P4 Polymer support fluids: use and abuse of JEFFERIS S. UK
innovative fluids in geotechnical works

TC307-P5 Advanced testing and modelling delivers BOURNE P. UK

cost-effective and resource-efficient piled raft
foundation solution
TC307-P6 Road Foundation construction using light- WINTER M.-G. UK
weight tyre bales
TC307-P7 Building on an old landfill: design and MCINTOSH G. AUSTRALIA
construction
TC307-P8 Applicability of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) VIZCARRA G. BRAZIL
Incineration Ash in Road Pavements Base

TC307-P9 Tools for Natural Hazard management in a ROGBECK Y. SWEDEN

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Joint TC 212 - 307 Heat Effects

JOINT TC212- Effet des conditions environnementales sur les NAULEAU E. FRANCE
307-P1 propriétés mécaniques d’un ciment de puits
géothermique
JOINT TC212- Analysis of the freeze thaw performance of ROCHÉE S. GERMANY
307-P2 geothermal heat exchanger borehole grout
materials
JOINT TC212- Measuring soil thermal properties for use in LOW J. UK
307-P3 energy foundation design
JOINT TC212- Determination of the thermal parameters of a ROMERO E. SPAIN
307-P4 clay from heating cell tests
JOINT TC212- The response of energy foundations under BODAS FREITAS T. PORTUGAL
307-P5 thermo-mechanical loading
TC CFMS Shallow foundations
TC CFMS-P1 Interaction of Nearby Strip Footings Under NAINEGALI L.-S. INDIA
Inclined Loading
TC CFMS-P2 Settlements Under Footings on Rammed KURUOGLU O. TURKEY
Aggregate Piers
TC CFMS-P3 Application of The Tangent Modulus Method YANG G. CHINA
in Nonlinear Settlement Analysis of Sand
Foundation
TC CFMS-P4 Probabilistic Assessment of the Bearing TIAN Y.-H. AUSTRALIA
Capacity of Shallow Strip Footings on Stiff-
Over-Soft Clay
TC102 - Ground Property Characterization from In-Situ Tests
TC102-P1 Une méthode de classification de la sensibilité SERRATRICE J.-F. FRANCE
des sols au moyen du piézocône

TC102-P2 Le Géomécamètre, un nouvel essai in situ MONNET J. FRANCE

adapté à la mesure des caractéristiques hydro-
mécaniques du sol
TC102-P3 Mesures dynamiques lors du battage BENZ NAVARRETE M.-A. FRANCE
pénétromètrique – Détermination de la courbe
charge enfoncement dynamique en pointe
TC102-P5 Sampling method and pore water pressure RITO F. JAPAN
measurement in the great depth (-400m)

TC102-P6 Geotechnical Challenge for Total Cost YASUFUKU N. JAPAN

Reduction related to Construction of
Connecting Bridge with Pile Foundations
TC102-P7 Correlation between cone penetration rate and POULSEN R. DENMARK
measured cone penetration parameters in silty
soils
TC102-P8 Interrelationship between deformation MŁYNAREK Z. POLAND
moduli from CPTU and SDMT tests for
overconsolidated clays.
TC102-P9 The seismic SPT test in a tropical soil and the GIACHETI H.-L. BRAZIL
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TC102-P10 Characterization and Modeling Settlement of SOMASUNDARAM S. USA

Deep Inert Debris Fills
TC102-P11 Practice and development of the piezocone LIU S. CHINA
penetration test (CPTu) in geotechnical
engineering of China
TC102-P12 Site characterization by seismic dilatometer AMOROSO S. ITALY
(SDMT): the Justice Court of Chieti
TC102-P13 Analytical Approach for Determining Soil Shear MOTAGHEDI H. IRAN
Strength Parameters from CPT and CPTu Data

TC102-P14 Compressibility Parameters of Cohesive Soils HAMZA H. EGYPT

From Piezocone
TC103 - Numerical Methods in Geomechanics
TC105-P1 Modelling crushing of granular materials as a CAICEDO B. COLOMBIA
polydisperse mixture
TC105-P2 Microstructural changes leading to chemically MINDER P. SWITZERLAND
enhanced drainage
TC105-P3 A look into time dependent behavior of clays at CINICIOGLU S. F. TURKEY
macro and micro scale
TC105-P4 DEM Study of Shear Wave Propagation in NING Z. USA
Granular Soil
TC105-P5 Study of relative permeability variation during PAK A. IRAN
unsteady flow in saturated reservoir rock using
Lattice Boltzmann method
TC106 Unsaturated Soils
TC106-P1 Etude de la stabilité des pentes non saturées HEMMATI S. FRANCE
sous les effets de l’infiltration prenant en
compte la végétation
TC106-P2 Étude par la méthode des éléments finis DRONIUC N. FRANCE
du comportement des remblais en sols fins
compactés
TC106-P3 Expression of mechanical characteristics in KAWAI K. JAPAN
compacted soil with soil/water/air coupled F.E.
simulation
TC106-P4 A Geotechnical Countermeasure for Combating QIANG L. JAPAN
Desertification
TC106-P5 Effect of confining stress on the transient SIEMENS G. CANADA
hydration of unsaturated GCLs
TC106-P6 Hydro-mechanical properties of an expansive MAVROULIDOU M. UK
lime-treated clay
TC106-P7 Climate Change Effects on Expansive Soil MITCHELL P. AUSTRALIA
Movement
TC106-P8 Rainfall-induced collapse of old railway HEYERDAHL H. NORWAY
embankments in Norway
TC106-P9 Soil suction induced by grass and tree in an NG C.-W.-W. HONG KONG
atmospheric-controlled plant room
TC106-P10 The extension of soil suction measurement MAČEK M. SLOVENIA
range of dew-point potentiometer and
evaporation method
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TC202- Transportation Geotechnics

TC202-P1 Renforcement de plates-formes ferroviaires NICOLAS N. FRANCE
par colonnes de soil mixing réalisées sans
enlever la voie.
TC202-P2 Développement d’un modèle non-linéaire de la ALVES FERNANDES V. FRANCE
voie ferrée ballastée
TC202-P3 Analysis of the influence of soft soil depth on CARVAJAL E. SPAIN
the subgrade capacity for flexible pavements

TC202-P4 Five years of Rapid Impact Compaction in ADAM D. AUSTRIA

Europe – Successful implementation of an
innovative compaction technique based on
fundamental research and field experiments

TC202-P5 Influence of Anti-freezing on the Frost SHIN E.-C. SOUTH KOREA

Penetration Depth for Paved Road Design

TC202-P6 Effects of ballast thickness and tie-tamper HAYANO K. JAPAN

repair on settlement characteristics of railway
ballasted tracks
TC202-P7 Influence of installation damage on the tensile SAKOU TOUOLE L. GERMANY
strength of asphalt reinforcement products

TC202-P8 Ground improvement methods for the KIRSTEIN J. GERMANY

construction of the federal road B 176 on a
new elevated dumb in the brown coal region
of MIBRAG
TC202-P9 Equilibrium models for arching in basal VAN EEKELEN S. THE
reinforced piled embankments NETHERLANDS
TC202-P10 Probabilistic Settlement Analysis For The JACOBSE A. THE
Botlek Lifting Bridge Design NETHERLANDS
TC202-P11 Performance verification of a geogrid WAYNE M. UK
mechanically stabilised layer
TC202-P12 Long-term performance of a preloaded road ISLAM M.-N. AUSTRALIA
embankment
TC202-P13 Influence of Mechanical Indices for Soil TELTAYEV B. KAZAKHSTAN
Basement on Strength of Road Structure

TC204 - Underground Construction in Soft Ground

TC204-P1 Performance of the tunnel lining subjected RANGEL NUÑEZ J.-L.-R.-N. MEXICO
To decompression effects on very soft clay
deposits
TC204-P2 Effect of the subsoil conditions in the seismic BOTERO JARAMILLO E.-B.-J. MEXICO
interaction between two underground stations
connected by a circular section tunnel
TC204-P3 Diametric deformations inthe concrete segment AGUILAR TELLEZ M.-A.-T. MEXICO
lining of a tunnel excavated in soft soils Criteria
for evaluation and mitigation actions for their
control
TC204-P5 Construction of a Cross Passage between Two FANG Y.-S. CHINA
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TC204-P7 Fast frequency-domain analysis method for HUANG M. CHINA

longitudinal seismic response of super-long
immersed tunnels
TC204-P8 Field Monitoring of Shield Tunnel Lining Using HUANG A.-B. TAIWAN
Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Based Sensors

TC204-P10 Auscultation et Instrumentation de GAY O. FRANCE

Démonstrateurs d’Alvéoles de stockage au
CMHM
TC206 - Interactive Geotechnical Design
TC206-P1 Development of Method for Evaluating and TAKAKI M. JAPAN
Visualizing 3-dimensional Deformation of Earth
Retaining Wall for Excavation
TC206-P2 Evaluation of diaphragm wall as-built data to THUMANN V. THE
determine the risk of leakage for the Kruisplein NETHERLANDS
car park excavation in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands
TC206-P3 Geotechnical support of engineering AZIMI K. UK
infrastructure facilities safety in megapolises
under the conditions of intensive man-made
impacts and long-term operation

TC206-P4 2013 Perminov et al,Paris (eng).doc PERMINOV N. RUSSIA

TC208 - Slope Stability in Engineering Practice
TC208-P1 Future evolution of slope stability analysis NONOYAMA H. JAPAN
created by SPH method
TC208-P2 2011 Seoul Debris Flow and Risk Analysis YUNE C.-Y. KOREA
TC208-P3 Investigation on mass flow of saturated soil by BERGMANN C. GERMANY
large scale experiments
TC208-P4 Stability of open-pit lignite mines in Northern KAVVADAS M. GREECE
Greece
TC208-P5 The physical vulnerability of roads to debris WINTER M. UK
flow
TC208-P6 Geotechnical Characterization, Stability COUTINHO R.-Q. BRAZIL
Analysis, and the Stabilization Process for a
Landslide in a area of Barreiras Formation and
Granite Residual Soils, Pernambuco

TC208-P7 A new approach to assess the potential for flow THAKUR V. NORWAY
slide in sensitive clays
TC208-P8 Uncertainty in Seismic Slope Deformation WARTMAN J. USA
Model Predictions
TC208-P9 Downstream Frontal Velocity Reduction CHOI C.-E. HONG KONG
Resulting from Baffles
TC208-P10 A site specific early warning system for rainfall HARRIS S. NEW ZEALAND
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TC211 - Ground Improvment

TC211-P1 Modélisation numérique du comportement CUIRA F. FRANCE
d’une colonne de soilmixing - Confrontation à
un essai de chargement en vraie grandeur
TC211-P2 Colum supported embankments for CARVAJAL E. SPAIN
transportation infrastructures: Influence of
column stiffness, consolidation effects and
cyclic loading
TC211-P3 Hybrid Application of Deep Mixing Columns MATSUI H. JAPAN
Combined with Walls as a Soft Ground
Improvement Method Under Embankments
TC211-P4 Influence of relative density on microbial TSUKAMOTO M. JAPAN
carbonate precipitation and mechanical
properties of sand
TC211-P5 Subgrade improvement measures for the main WEIHRAUCH S. GERMANY
rescue roads in the urban redevelopment area
HafenCity in Hamburg
TC211-P6 Importance et applications des inclusions de JEANTY J.-M. FRANCE
grande inertie

TC211-P7 Effect of Grout Bleed Capacity on the PANTAZOPOULOS I.-A. GREECE

Engineering Properties of Cement Grouted
Sands
TC211-P8 Fibre Reinforced Cement Treated Clay XIAO H. SINGAPORE
TC211-P9 Stress Concentration Ratio and Design POON B. AUSTRALIA
Method for Stone Columns using 2D FEA with
Equivalent Strips
TC211-P10 method of improvement of the subsoil under DIMITRIEVSKI L. MACEDONIA
adora facility - ohrid Republic of Macedonia

TC211-P11 Technique of reinforced soil base calculation PONOMARYOV A. RUSSIA

under fall initiation in ground mass

TC211-P12 Construction and Performance of Containment TAN C.-Y. SINGAPORE

Bund Using Geotextile Tubes Filled With
Cement Mixed Soil in Singapore
TC211-P13 Porosity/cement index to evaluate RIOS S. PORTUGAL
geomechanical properties of an artificial
cemented soil
TC211-P14 Consolidation theory for combined vacuum CHAI J.-C. AUSTRALIA
pressure and surcharge loading
TC211-P15 Geoencased columns: toward a displacement DI PRISCO C. ITALY
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TC212 - Deep Foundations

TC212-P1 Three Dimensional Finite Element Nonlinear BISWAS S. INDIA
Dynamic Analysis of Full-Scale Piles under
Vertical Excitations
TC212-P2 Effet du mode de mise en place sur le PUECH A. FRANCE
comportement statique de pieux dans l’argile
fortement surconsolidée des Flandres
TC212-P3 Essais de chargement statique de pieux en CHRISTIN J. FRANCE
bois instrumentés avec des extensomètres
amovibles
TC212-P4 A design verification method for pile TOMISAWA K. JAPAN
foundations used in combination with solidified
improved columns
TC212-P5 Polymer pillar, a new innovation for PERÄLÄ A. FINLAND
underpinning
TC212-P6 Load Tests on Full-Scale Bored Pile Groups ZHANG Y. USA
TC212-P7 Performance of a pioneer foundation of the skirt MENDOZA LÓPEZ M.-J.-M.-L. MEXICO
type on the Mexico City soft clay Application
pionnière d’une fondation en milieu lacustre
argiles de Mexico Theme 4. Small and large
works - Foundations and retaining structures
TC212-P8 Super-long bored pile foundation for super WANG W. CHINA
high-rise buildings in China
TC212-P9 Visualization of Settlement Behavior for Friction ISHIKURA R. JAPAN
Pile Group during Consolidation

TC212-P10 Cavity remediation for pylon foundation of the STEENFELT J.-S. DENMARK
Transrhumel Viaduct in Constantine

TC212-P11 Case Studies of Cost-effective Foundation WONG P. AUSTRALIA

Design in Rock
TC212-P12 Influence of multiple helix configuration on the TSUHA C.-H.-C. BRAZIL
uplift capacity of helical anchors
TC212-P13 Safety theory in geotechnical design of piled LORENZO R. BRAZIL
raft
TC212-P14 Energy and reliability applied to continuous SILVA C.-M. BRAZIL
flight augern pilings - the sccap methodology

TC212-P15 Practical experience with pile raft design for tall HABERFIELD C. AUSTRALIA
buidlings
TC212-P16 Experimental Study on the Method of Rebound TENG Y. CHINA
and Recompression Deformation Calculation
in Deep and Large Foundation Design
TC212-P17 Analysis of Piles Supporting Excavation RAMADAN E. EGYPT
Adjacent to Existing Structures
TC212-P19 Analysis and Design of Piles for Dynamic RAY R.-P. HUNGARY
Loading
TC212-P20 Deep Basement Construction of Bank of TEPARAKSA W.-T.
Thailand Along Chao Phraya River closed to
Tewavej Palace and Bangkhumphrom Palace
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TC215 - Environmental Geotechnics

TC215-P1 Development and Verification of Ecohabitat SASSA S. JAPAN
Chart based on Ecological Geotechnics

TC215-P2 Factors Affecting Hydration of Geosynthetic RAYHANI M. CANADA

Clay Liners in Landfill Applications
TC215-P3 The role of molecular biology in geotechnical STEWART D. UK
engineering
TC215-P4 Soil-geosynthetic interface strength on smooth MONTEIRO C.-B. BRAZIL
and texturized geomembranes under different
test conditions
TC215-P5 Characterisation of landfill steel mill sludge LAVOIE J. NEW ZEALAND
waste in terms of shear strength, pore water
pressure dissipation and liquefaction potential
TC301 - Preservation of Historic Sites
TC301-P1 Rockfall-protection embankments - design VOLLMERT L. GERMANY
concepts and construction details
TC301-P2 Importance of understanding the development HAWKINS B. UK
and significance of sulphates in London clay

TC301-P3 Heaving Mechanisms in High Sulfate Soils TALLURI N. UNITED STATES

JOINT TC 201-210 Dykes Leeves and Dams
JOINT TC201- La stabilité de la pente de barrage frontal LESZCZYNSKI M. POLAND
210-P1 Włocławek au regard des traveaux de
modernisation réalisés en 2000-2011
JOINT TC201- Deformation safety of high concrete face LI N. CHINA
210-P2 rockfill dams
JOINT TC201- Safety of a protection levee under rapid LÓPEZ-ACOSTA N.-P. MEXICO
210-P3 drawdown conditions. Coupled analysis of
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Ehime road - Shikoku Island, Japan

Railways
Roads & Motorways
Bridges

Dams & Reservoirs

Ports & Coastal Works
Rivers & Waterways

Industry
Energy
Mining

Prado Dam - California, USA Coal Slot Dorstfontein - South Africa

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Technical visits organised / Liste des visites techniques organisées

On Friday the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
will focus on various technical visits listed below, all the visits will leave from the conference Venue
front door, the schedule will be presented on the participants technical visit voucher.
For more information, please check at the general information desk.
Le vendredi le 18ème Congrès Internationale de Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique,
mettra l’accent sur différentes visites techniques énumérées ci-dessous, toutes les visites partiront
du Palais des Congrès, les horaires seront communiqués sur le bon de visite technique des
participants.
Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous à l’espace accueil du congrès.

• T ramway T6 – Underground stations in Viroflay

Tramway T6 – Gares souterraines de Viroflay

•H
 igh-speed railway Bretagne-Pays de Loire: presentation of the project and sites visits near
Le Mans
Ligne Grande Vitesse Bretagne Pays de Loire : présentation du projet et visites de chantiers
près du Mans

• Z AC Clichy-Batignolles: a new district in Paris (presentation of the project and site visits)
ZAC Clichy-Batignolles : un nouveau quartier parisien (présentation du projet et visites)

•A
 usterlitz-Tolbiac-Massena: a new district in Paris on the railways tracks of the Austerlitz
station (presentation of the project and site visits)
Projet Austerlitz Tolbiac Massena : un nouveau quartier parisien sur les voies de chemin de
fer de la gare d’Austerlitz

•H
 igh-speed railway Tours - Bordeaux: presentation of the project and site visit near Tours
Ligne Grande Vitesse Tour - Bordeaux : présentation du projet et visite de chantier près
de Tours
Friday, September 6th 2013

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 nderground stormwater retention tank in Saint-Denis (near the Stade de France)
Bassin d’orage souterrain à St Denis (près du Stade de France)

•U
 nderground limestone quarries under Paris: catacombs and consolidation
Carrières souterraines de calcaire sous Paris : catacombes et consolidation

• B ridges of Paris: a guided tour on the River Seine

Ponts de Paris : croisière commentée sur la Seine

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Evènement Francophone au Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers

« Géotechnique francophone : enseignement et partage des savoirs »

Amphithéatre Georges Friedmann (accès 33, niveau 2)

2, rue Conté, 75003 Paris

13:30-14:00 Accueil Président de séance : C. Plumelle (France)

14:00-14:10 Présentation de la demi-journée : C. Plumelle (France)

14:10-14:25 Le rôle de l’UISF / UNESCO : E. Absi (France)

14:25-15:00 Conférence générale sur l’enseignement de la géotechnique dans les pays

francophones : J.-P. Magnan (France)

15:00-15:15 Référentiels techniques : normes, livres et guides techniques dans les pays
francophones : F. Depardon (France)

15:15-15:30 Le partage des ressources documentaires : Revue Française de Géotechnique, Lettre

de la Géotechnique, le site internet : P. Mestat (France)

15:30-16:00 Pause

Table-ronde présidée par J.-P. Magnan (France)

16:00-17:15 Thèmes : Enseignement - Référentiels techniques - Ressources documentaires et site
internet

17:15-18:00 Visite de l’exposition sur les défis de la géotechnique « Les dessous des grands travaux »

18:00 Cocktail dans la Galerie d’Honneur et le Salon d’Honneur

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

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CNAM Exhibition / Exposition du CNAM

The major works hidden agenda - June 25, 2013 to June 24, 2018
A poster exhibition in new rooms dedicated to geotechnical works within the construction
museum collection areas.
This installation on geotechnical themes, is proposed by the French Committee for Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical and its partners for the first time in France and abroad.
The exhibition reflects the expertise of French consultants and companies in the field of geotechnical
engineering by presenting works chosen for the technical and human feat they illustrate.
The installation aims to encourage vocations to the business of geotechnical, by teaching demonstration of
construction techniques.
Installed in two separate rooms in the Museum “des arts et Métiers” the statement holds:
- The “news” room from June 25, 2013 to January 5, 2014
- Two rooms in Construction collection area until June 24, 2018.
Each Major work presented is documented in texts, photographs, movies or “object tools”. We discover, for example,
how was held in Paris, the rescue of the “Grand Palais”, threatened to collapse, why the Tower of Pisa leans or how
planes take off and land on a silty soil (Airbus site in Hamburg). In the halls of the Museum permanent collection,
panoramic images show large bridges, iconic building structures with major geotechnical engineering.
The space devoted to construction techniques after 1950 hosts posters explaining the major work of the A86 Duplex
tunnel, unique construction in Europe, and the TBM model, one of the main pieces of the collection.
> A visit to this exhibition is part of the discovery of the permanent collections of the museum.
Conference around the exhibition
The Rion-Antirion: a challenge to Poseidon - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 18:30 to 20h
Free admission subject to availability - Enrollment call 01 53 01 82 70 or musee-conf@cnam.fr

Les dessous des grands travaux - 25 juin 2013 au 24 juin 2018

Une exposition-dossier en salle d’actualités et des nouveaux espaces dédiés à la géotechnique
au sein de la collection Construction.
Cette installation thématique sur la géotechnique, proposée par le Comité français de
mécanique des sols et de géotechnique et ses partenaires, est une première en France et à
l’étranger.
L’exposition-dossier témoigne du savoir-faire des bureaux d’études et entreprises français dans
le domaine de la géotechnique en présentant des ouvrages choisis pour la prouesse technique et humaine qu’ils
illustrent.
L’installation vise ainsi à encourager les vocations pour les métiers de la géotechnique, par la démonstration
pédagogique de techniques de construction.
Installée en deux lieux distincts du Musée des arts et métiers, la présentation occupe :
- la salle d’actualités du 25 juin 2013 au 5 janvier 2014
- deux espaces de la collection Construction jusqu’au 24 juin 2018.
Chaque chantier présenté est documenté par des textes, des photographies, des outils ou des films. On découvre par
exemple comment a eu lieu, à Paris, le sauvetage du Grand Palais, menacé d’effondrement ; pourquoi la Tour de
Pise penche ou comment les avions décollent et atterrissent sur un sol vaseux (chantier du site Airbus à Hambourg).
Dans les salles de la collection permanente, des images panoramiques de grands ponts illustrent la construction
emblématique d’ouvrages d’art, grand domaine de la géotechnique.
L’espace consacré aux techniques de construction après 1950 accueille des panneaux explicatifs sur le vaste
chantier du tunnel Duplex A86, construction unique en Europe et la maquette animée d’un tunnelier, pièce phare
de la collection.
> La visite de l’exposition-dossier fait partie de la découverte des collections permanentes du musée.
Conférence autour de l’exposition-dossier
Le pont de Rion-Antirion : un défi à Poséidon - Jeudi 10 octobre 2013 - 18h30 à 20h
Entrée libre dans la limite des places disponibles - Inscriptions au 01 53 01 82 70 ou à musee-conf@cnam.fr

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Musée des arts et Métiers

60, rue Réaumur - Paris 3e
www.arts-et-metiers.net

Exposition réalisée avec le soutien de :