SEAGS & AGSSEA Newsletter

February 2012

SOUTHEAST ASIAN GEOTECHNICAL

SOCIETY
ASSOCIATION OF GEOTECHNICAL
SOCIETIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AGSSEA

Early deposition Further deposition

Final deposition Desiccated tailings

Cosmos tailings deposition and desiccation cycles After Williams(2012)

What’s inside

SEAGS News
AGSSEA News
Coming Event
Why join SEAGS, AGSSEA, ISSMGE
Conferences in Asia
Conferences outside Asia
Proceedings, Books & Journals
Interesting Websites
Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Membership Application Form / Update Information
Subscription Payment Form And Others

Editors
Prof. Dennes T. Bergado SEAGS Hon. Secretary General
Ir. Kenny Yee AGSSEA Hon. Secretary General
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SEAGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (2010 – 2013)
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1 Ir. Dr. Teik Aun Ooi President
2 Dr. Chung-Tien Chin Immediate Past President
3 Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Hon. Secretary - General
4 Prof. Kwet Yew Yong Past President
5 Dr. John C.C. Li Past President
6 Dr. Surachat Sambhandaraksa Past President
7 Dr. Za-Chieh Moh Past President
8 Ir. Dr. Wen Hui Ting Past President

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SEAGS GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS (2010 – 2013)
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1 Ir. Dr. Teik Aun Ooi President
2 Dr. Chung-Tien Chin Immediate Past President
3 Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Hon. Secretary - General
4 Prof. Kwet Yew Yong Past President
5 Dr. John C.C. Li Past President
6 Dr. Surachat Sambhandaraksa Past President
7 Dr. Za-Chieh Moh Past President
8 Dr. Wen Hui Ting Past President
9 Prof. Seng Lip Lee Past President
10 Prof. A.S. Balasubramaniam Past President
11 Dr. Chin Der Ou Past President
12 Ir. Eng Choy Lee Malaysia
13 Prof. Hung-Jiun Liao Taiwan
14 Mr. Viengvisa Nguen Laos
15 Prof. Toe Laing Myanmar
16 Dr. S. Lim Cambodia
17 Dr. Nappadol Phienwej Thailand-Editor of Geotechnical Engineering Journal
18 Ir. Kenny Yee Malaysia (Co-opted Member)
19 Ir. Yew Weng Yee Malaysia (Co-opted Member)
20 Dr. Jian Chu Singapore (Co-opted Member)
21 Prof. Mei-Ling Lin Taiwan (Co-opted Member)
22 Prof. Der-Wen Chang Taiwan (Co-opted Member)
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AGSSEA COUNCIL FOR SESSION 2010 – 2013
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Chairman: Prof. Kwet Yew Yong

Hon. Secretary General: Ir. Kenny Yee
Hon. Treasurer: Dr. Chung-Tien Chin
Immediate Past Chairman: Ir. Dr. Teik Aun Ooi
Hon. Founder Chairman: Dr. Za-Chieh Moh
Council Members: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado Hon. Secretary General SEAGS
Ir. Yew Weng Yee SEAGS
Prof. Nguyen Truong Tien President, VSSMGE
Mr. Nguyen Duc Toan Deputy Gen. Secretary, VSSMGE
Ir. Albert Ho President, HKGES
Prof. George Tham HKGES
Engr. Tong Seng Chua President, GeoSS (wef. 1 Jan 2012)
Prof. Chun Fai Leung GeoSS
Dr. Pisit Kuntiwattanakul President, TGS
Dr. Apiniti Jotisankasa Hon. Secretary, TGS
Prof. San-Shyan Lin President, CTGS
Prof. Mei-Ling Lin CTGS
Nominated Co-opted Members: Prof. Jian Chu Singapore
Prof. Hung-Jiun Liao Taiwan
Prof. Charles W.W. Ng Hong Kong
Advisors: Ir. Dr. Wen Hui Ting Malaysia
Ir. Dr. Sin Fatt Chan Malaysia
Prof. A.S. Balasubramaniam Australia
Dr. John Chien-Chung Li Taiwan
Prof. Surachat Sambhandharaksa Thailand
Prof. Noppadol Phienwej Thailand
Ir. Raymond Chan Hong Kong
Dr. Jack Pappin Hong Kong
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SEAGS/AGSSEA NEWS
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SEAGS/AGSSEA E-Journal

The March 2012 issue of the E-Journal is a special issue on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering. The Guest
Editors are The Guest Editors of this Issue are Prof. Charles W. W. Ng at the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Dr. Apiniti Jotisankasa at the Department of
Civil Engineering, Kasestsart University Bangkok. Both Editors are internationally well known for their research and
professional activities in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering.

We are fortunate to have eight excellent contributions by authors who have spent a life time with unsaturated soil
mechanics and engineering from: W. Mairaing, A. Jotisankasa and S. Soralump; J.D. Nelson, K.C. Chao, D.D. Overton
and R.W. Schaut; Charles W. W. Ng and A. K. Leung; A.J. Puppala, T. Wejrungsikul, V. Puljan and T. Manosuthikij; H.
Rahardjo, A. Satyanaga, E. C. Leong; J.R. Standing; D.G. Toll1, J. Mendes1, P.N. Hughes, S. Glendinning and D.
Gallipoli; and D.J. Williams. Among other topics it deals with the development of unsaturated soil mechanics as a
discipline; unsaturated expansive soils and foundation problems; unsaturated soil slopes and stabilization measures;
some mining applications of unsaturated soil mechanics and finally the most important area of climate change and
the role of unsaturated soil mechanics in engineering applications. The materials contained in this issue of the
journal would be of great value to engineers as well as researchers dealing with engineering activities in unsaturated
soils.

E-Journal GUEST EDITORS

We acknowledge with thanks to the following guest editors for the journal:-

Prof. Jie Han (March 2011)

Prof. Tatsunori Matsumoto (June 2011)

Prof. Der Wen Chang

Prof. Chang Yu Ou (September 2011 )

Dr. Dariusz Wanatowski (December 2011)

Prof. Charles W W Ng ( March 2012)

Dr. Apiniti Jotisankasa

Prof. Ikuo Towhata (June 2012)

Prof. Der Wen Chang
Dr. Ivan Gratchev

Prof. Malek Bouazza (September 2012)

Tom Lunne (December 2012)

Prof. Don de Groot

Prof. Angelo Amorosi (March 2013)

Kindly visit our website for further information:-

www.seags.ait.ac.th
 THAILAND

World Tunnel Congress 2012 (WTC2012) and 38th General Assembly of ITA-AITES - 18 – 23 May 2012

Thailand Underground and Tunnelling Group (TUTG) of the Engineering Institute of Thailand under His Majesty the
King’s Patronage and International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES) is organizing the
World Tunnel Congress 2012 (WTC2012) and 38th General Assembly of ITA-AITES in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 – 23
May 2012. The theme is “Tunnelling and Underground Space for a Global Society”.

WTC2012 Bangkok will highlight the fact that underground space utilization is important not only for particular
nations or groups or businesses, but also for the entire global society. WTC2012 Bangkok is intended to be a wakeup
call for the decision makers in the region to realize the benefits of using underground space and importance of
developing the global tunneling and underground construction society.

Retirement International Symposium for Professor Dennes Bergado on “Sustainable Geosynthetics and Green
Technology for Climate Change” – 21 & 22 June 2012

The Retirement Symposium of Prof. Dennes T. Bergado, has been rescheduled to 21st and 22nd June 2012. It will be
held at the Centara Grand Hotel at Central Plaza Ladprao, Bangkok, Thailand. This International Symposium is
hosted by the Asian Center for Soil Improvement and Geosynthetics (ACSIG) in the Geotechnical and Earth Resources
Engineering Program (GTE) under the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) at the Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT), the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (SEAGS), the International Geosynthetics Society-
Thailand Chapter (IGS-Thailand), and Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), under the auspices of the
International Geosynthetics Society (IGS).

Prof. Bergado an AIT Alumnus joined AIT as an Assistant Professor in 1982; he thus have made significant
contributions to AIT for nearly three decades; he was also associate with the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society as
Editor of the Journal and also Secretary General. Prof. Bergado supervised the research work of numerous Doctoral
students and was also over one hundred or more Masters Students. He was involved in many major projects
including the Suwarnabhumi International Airport. Author of over 250 publications, Prof. Bergado’s research is in
Ground Improvement works.

Due to difficulties engendered by the current flood calamity in Bangkok, it was decided to postpone the dates of the
Symposium to June 20 and 21, 2012. Moving the venue to Pattaya Resort was considered, however there are
flooded roads and homes in most parts of Bangkok. Although the flood waters will be drained out in three to four
week’s time, a full recovery will take up to 6 months. It is not appropriate to hold the Symposium and celebrate the
retirement of Professor Dennes Bergado at this time of sadness and loss of lives and property. The Thai people are
used to annual floods but not the present overwhelming volume of water being called “The 50 Year Flood”.
Consequently, most factories, homes and universities are flooded in outer Bangkok.

Thus, it was considered prudent at this time to postpone the Symposium to June 20 and 21, 2012. The Symposium
organizers have expressed apologies and regrets for those who have already booked their air tickets and
accommodations. For those who have paid their registrations and exhibition fees in advance, they will keep proper
records so that those payments will be credited for the event in June 2012. The symposium organizers will do their
best to serve and help those who need to claim reimbursements of advance payments. You may contact them at:
[email protected]

Fifth Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics - 13 – 16 December 2012

The International Geosynthetics Society—Thailand Chapter (IGS‐Thailand), under the auspices of International
Geosynthetics Society (IGS) is organizing the Fifth Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetics or Geosynthetics Asia
2012 (GA2012) from 13 to 16 December 2012 at Grand Centara Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. GA2012 will be
hosted by the Asian Center for Soil Improvement and Geosynthetics (ACSIG) in the Geotechnical and Earth Resources
Engineering (GTE) Program under the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) at the Asian Institute of
Technology (AIT). The theme of this Conference is “Geosynthetics for Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change”.
The effect of climate change including global warming is not only limited in causing landslide disasters but also in
increasing the frequency of occurrence of a variety of natural disasters. The intergovernmental panel on climate
change (IPCC) reported that residences of many more millions of people are projected to be flooded every year
through the 2080s because of rising sea level. Among at risk are lowlying and densely populated areas. Moreover,
recent news items have identified that insurance companies are blaming bad weather slashing down their profit
forecasts by millions of dollars. Consequently, the insurance companies have been forced to raise the insurance
premium to recoup their losses.

The objective of GA2012 is to bring together geosynthetics researchers, consultants, owners, manufacturers,
distributors, project regulators, contractors, and academics in order to share their knowledge, update information,
create advance technologies, and discuss recent developments. Keynote and theme lectures will be presented by
world famous authorities in geosynthetics. Invited lectures will be delivered by IGS Chapters and IGS Council
Members. Technical visits to major geotechnical/geosynthetics projects will be organized. For more information,
please visit http://www.geosynthetics-asia2012.com/.

MALAYSIA

Malaysia adopted EC7 for geotechnical design and the Malaysia National Annex to EC7(MS EN 1997-1:2011) has
been published by SIRIM. A special drafting committee headed by Ir. Dr. Ting Wen Hui with Prof. Brian Simpson as
its advisor, Ir. Yee Yew Weng as Chairman of the IEM Working Group on Geotechnical Design and Chief drafter Ir. Tan
Yang Kheng. IEM bulletin Jurutera No. 10 October 2011 published a special issue on the geotechnical practice in
using EC7 and EC8. The drafting committee has now started work on part 2 of the Malaysia National Annex to EC7
with Ir. Dr. Ooi Teik Aun as Chief drafter and Ir. Dr. Chan Swee Huat as his assistant.

GETD (Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division) of the IEM (The Institution of Engineers Malaysia) is a corporate
member of SEAGS (the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society) which is a member society of the ISSMGE (the
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering). GETD has over 700 members and is one of
the most active technical divisions of IEM. GETD has organized road shows on the Malaysia National Annex to EC7 in
Petaling Jaya, Penang, Kuching and Johor Baru.

GETD also organized numerous evening talks and seminars.

Prof. Brian Simpson with members of the Drafting Committee and GETD. During EC7 Road Show
Back row Left to Right: Chua Chai Guan, Dr. Chan Swee Huat Kenny Yee, Yee Thian Seng
Front row Left to Right: Tan Yang Kheng Prof. Brian Simpson Dr. Ooi Teik Aun
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18SEAGC – 1AGSSEAC in Singapore

The 18th Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference (18SEAGC) and the Inaugural Association of Geotechnical
Societies in Southeast Asia Conference (1AGSSEAC) will be held in Singapore from 29 – 31 May 2013. The theme of
the conference is “Challenges in Sustainable Geotechnical Infrastructures”. It is organized by the Geotechnical
Society of Singapore (GeoSS) under the auspices of SEAGS and AGSSEA. The organizing chairman is Prof. C F Leung.

There will be a Young Geotechnical Engineers’ session. It will be held one day prior to the main conference in mid-
2013 at the National University of Singapore. The participants of the Young Geotechnical Engineers’ sessions will be
invited to attend special sessions of the conference. Tentative dates are as follow:

 Call for abstracts – March 2012

 Submission of abstracts – July 2012
 Acceptance of abstracts – October 2012
 Submission of full paper – December 2012
 Acceptance of full paper – Jan 2013

Details of dates and venue of the conference will be announced shortly by the organizing committee.

CHINESE TAIPEI CTGS

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Geotechnical Society (CTGS) President Prof. San-Shyan Lin reports that:-

1. Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov, ISSMGE VP of Asia, is visiting Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society (CTGS) during Feb
23~March 16, 2012. Prof. Zhussupbeko will deliver lectures at CTGS, some major universities and consulting firms
in Taiwan. Special thanks to Prof. Der-Wen Chang at Tamkang University for helping to arrange this event.
Academic/industrial collaborations and cooperation between Taiwan and Kazakhstan will be developed through
the visiting of Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov.

2. Prof. Idriss of University of California at Davis will deliver a lecture regarding soil liquefaction at National Center
for Research on Earthquake Engineering in Taiwan on May 9 2012.

3. 2012 Taiwan-Japan joint workshop on natural hazards will be held in National Cheng Kung University in Tainan,
Taiwan at the end of October.

VIETNAM

A. During the last two years, VSSMGE was working together with other Organizations, Institutes and Companies to
have the following events:

1. Foundation of High Rise Buildings and underground structures (October 2010).

2. Geotechnics for Sustainable Development Hanoi, 6-7 October 2011.

3. Short courses on Pile Foundation Design, Soil improvements, Soil Modelling, EUROCODE 7, Tunnels.

4. Seminar and workshop for new testing facilities.

4.1 Light Falling Weight Device for Compaction Control (ZFG-3000-GPS of Zorn Instrument)

4.2 PANDA 2 Test Equipment for Geotechnical Industry.

5. You can read “36 years (1975-2011) of geotechnical engineering in Vietnam - Challenges and Opportunities in
attaining vision 2023” by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Truong Tien.
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B. VSSMGE will continue to organize short courses, seminars and other activities in 2012 and 2013

1. Case histories of soil improvement, foundation of high rise buildings and underpinning work.

2. Vietnamese Geotechnical Day Conference November 2012, Hanoi.

3. Geotechnicas for Sustainable Development International Conference, October 2013.

C. Other activities.

1. VSSMGE will form the working committee to make the revision of our Geotechnical Standard.

2. VSSMGE is assisting Geotechnical Companies to develop their business.

3. To apply new engineering solution and technology.

4. To make the research work.

5. To build up manual and code of practice.

6. VSSMGE is supporting the friends and colleagues from oversea to develop their business in Vietnam.

D. Please contact us if you need any more information or help:-

Vietnamese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, VSSMGE.

No 9/Alley 44- Ham Tu Quan Str., Hoan Kiem Distr., Hanoi City, Vietnam.
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tel & Fax : +(84-4) 39324 959

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR SOIL MECHANICS AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (ISSMGE)

ISSMGE PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Distinguished Colleagues, Dear Friends,

This is my twenty ninth progress report after 880 days as your President. Note that previous reports are on the
ISSMGE web site (http://www.issmge.org/) under “From the President” if you need them. In this report, I would like
to talk to you about our upcoming webinar and mostly about ISSMGE Awards.

Webinar: our last webinar on Geotechnical Risk was again a great success. In fact, we reached our limit of 100
computers connected worldwide when some 180 were trying to join. Many thanks to Zenon Medina-Cetina (USA)
and Marco Uzielli (Italy) for a great job not to forget the background support of K.K. Phoon (Singapore) and his
Technical Committee team. Note that you can get on line and access the recording of past webinars if you have
missed one. The next webinar is also very exciting and free. The topic is “Short and Long Term Leakage Through
Composite Liners” and the speaker is Kerry Rowe (Canada). The date is set for Thursday 26April2012. If you need
more information, please contact Theresa at [email protected]

Awards: About one year ago it became obvious to me that the number of ISSMGE Awards per member was much
too low compared to most professional societies. So we created AWAC, the Awards Committee. Francois Schlosser
(France) is the chair of the new ISSMGE Awards Committee (AWAC). I charged Francois and AWAC to create new
awards so we could recognize properly all those who go the extra mile, sorry, the extra kilometer in their
contributions to our profession. He, Esve Jacobs (South Africa), Bill Marcuson (USA), and other committee members
have worked diligently over the last year. They created 5 new Awards which brings us to 10 Awards with the existing
ones. I will briefly discuss each one of them but you can find the details including deadlines, nomination package,

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and who can make the nomination on the newly created Awards page on the ISSMGE web site at
http://www.issmge.org/web/page.aspx?refid=767.
Terzaghi Oration Award: this is an existing award and the most prestigious of all for technical contributions. The
Terzaghi Orator is selected by the President after input from the Member Societies and the Board. The Oration is
presented at the quadrennial conference. I seek your input on this award. I need a cover letter and a CV for anyone
you wish to nominate. I plan to make a decision in June 2012.
Kevin Nash Gold Medal: this is an existing award which is more oriented towards service contributions to ISSMGE. It
is decided by a committee made of all Past Presidents and chaired by the Immediate Past President (Pedro Seco e
Pinto in this case). Past Presidents are not eligible.
Young Geotechnical Engineer Award (3): this is an existing award; there are 3 of those awards for young members.
Young is defined here as less than 36 year old on 31December 2013. This award is for an outstanding paper to be
published in the proceedings of the upcoming quadrennial conference in Paris in 2013. The nomination must come
from a member society
Outstanding Technical Committee Award: this is a new award to recognize an outstanding technical committee of
ISSMGE. The nomination must come from a member society and it would make sense to me that it come from the
member society of the chair of the TC.
Outstanding Geotechnical Project Award: this is a new award to recognize an outstanding project worldwide. This
project should exemplify the ingenuity of geotechnical engineers and the value they bring to mankind. It is the kind
of project that we would wish to propose to the television Discovery channel for example to highlight our
achievements and enhance the image of our profession. Again, the nomination must come from a member society.
Outstanding Innovator Award: this is a new award to recognize a geotechnical engineer or team of geotechnical
engineers for their creativity and innovation in solving difficult geotechnical problems and for their impact on our
geotechnical life. Again, the nomination must come from a member society.
Outstanding Member Society Award: this is a new award to recognize an outstanding member society and to
reward young and smaller Member Societies who are active. Self nomination is requested in this case.
Outstanding Paper in the International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case Histories Award: this is a new award to
recognize the best paper in this ISSMGE Journal. The Editorial Board of the IJGCH will select the paper.

All awards are to be submitted to the Secretary General by the deadline who will relay them to the Awards
Committee for consideration. The ISSMGE Board will receive the recommendations from the Awards Committee and
make the final decision. Please take time to nominate your most valuable colleagues. All awards will be presented
at the 18th International Conference for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Paris, France, 2-
5September2013 (www.paris2013-icsmge.org/).

Best wishes,

Jean-Louis Briaud
President of ISSMGE
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Professor and Holder of the Buchanan Chair,
Zachry Dept. of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA
Tel: 979-8453795
Cell: 979-7771692
Fax: 979-8456554
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/briaud/

ISSMGE CONFERENCES, SEMINARS & SYNPOSIUM

Second International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

Date: 28 - 30 May 2012
Location: San Domenico Palace Hotel , Taormina, Sicily, Italy
Description: Following the footsteps of the most successful first PBD conference held in Tokyo in 2009 and the
5th International Conference in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering held in 2010 in Santiago,
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 Chile, the Taormina PBD 2012 conference will offer an ideal forum to present and discuss the most
recent advances and progresses in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and in particular in the
Performance Based Design of structures. The Conference is organised around several state of the
art and keynote lectures given by distinguished international experts and over 150 peer review
papers in different topics. Special sessions are devoted to the mega Tohuku 2011 earthquake in
Japan, the two devastating earthquakes in New Zealand (2011) and the Abruzzo 2009 earthquake.
Besides the more technical topics, the conference will also give us the opportunity to discuss new
trends in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering and Performance Based Design related to global
sustainability and life cycle analysis.
Language: English
Organizer: ISSMGE TC203
Secretary: • Contact person: Dr. Claudio Soccodato - AGI Secretary General
• Address: Viale dell'Università 11
00185 Rome
Italy
• Phone: 39 06 4465569
• Fax: 39 06 44361035
• E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.2PBD-taormina.org

Third International Conference on New Developments in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Date: 28 - 30 June 2012
Location: Near East University , Nicosia, North Cyprus, Turkey
Description: The Turkish National Committee of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Near East
University cordially invite you to participate in the Third International Conference on New
Development in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Call for papers: Abstracts of proposed papers on new developments in the field of soil mechanics and geotechnical
engineering are invited. Abstracts should be in English and contain 200-250 words, with a title not
exceeding 80 characters and the name and affiliation of the author(s). All accepted papers will be
included in the conference proceedings.
Language: English
Organizer: TNCSMGE, NEU
Secretary: • Contact person: Cavit Atalar
• Address: ZM2012 Organising Committee Chair, Third International Conference on New
Developments in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Department of
Civil Engineering, Near East University
Nicosia, North Cyprus
Mersin 10, TURKEY
• Phone: 90 392 223 6464
• Fax: 90 392 223 6461
• E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: zm2012.neu.edu.tr

22nd European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference 2012

Date: 26 - 29 August 2012
Location: Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg, Sweden
Description: On behalf of the ISSMGE and the Swedish Geotechnical Society the organizing committee has the
pleasure of inviting you to Gothenburg, Sweden where the 22nd European Young Geotechnical
Engineering Conference will be held from Sunday 26th of August to Wednesday the 29th of August.
All sessions will be held at Chalmers University of Technology which is located in the centre of
Gothenburg. The city of Gothenburg is Sweden's second largest city and is situated on the West
coast.

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 Some important dates:
Invitation, call for papers, Bulletin No. 1: September 5th, 2011
Deadline for abstracts: January 16th, 2012
Abstracts acceptance and specification of paper preparation: Febuary 1st, 2012
Deadline for draft papers: April 16th, 2012
Final program, Bulletin No. 2: May 15th, 2012
Deadline for camera-ready papers: June 1st, 2012

For more information, download the first bulletin at our website www.sgf.net.
Language: English
Organizer: Swedish Geotechnical Society
Secretary: • Contact person: Victoria Svahn
• Address: Swedish Geotechnical Institute
412 96 Gothenburg
Sweden
• Phone: 46-31-7786568
• E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.sgf.net

4th Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium: Geo-Engineering for Construction and Conservation of Cultural
Heritage and Historical Sites - Challenges and Solutions
Date: 21 - 23 September 2012
Location: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Description: We are pleased to announce the 4th Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium to be held in
Samarkand, Uzbekistan from September 21-23, 2012.
The 4th Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium intends to discuss and exchange ideas on general
characteristics of soils in the region, geotechnical problems as well as conservation of heritage and
historical sites.
Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city
is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an
Islamic center for scholarly study. In the 14th century it became the capital of the empire of Timur
and is the site of his mausoleum. The Bibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city's most notable
landmarks. The Registan was the ancient center of the city.
In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures.
Language: English
Organizer: Uzbekistan Geotechnical Society
Secretary: • Contact person: Zokhir Hasanov
• Address: Lolazor St/70, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
140147 Samarkand
Uzbekistan
• Phone: 998-66 220-2825
• Fax: 998-66 237-0016
• E-mail: [email protected]
Website: conference.geotechnics.uz

37th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations: Foundations and Ground Improvement Techniques: Adapting them
to an Ever Changing Environment
Date: 16 - 19 October 2012
Location: The George R. Brown Convention , Houston, TX, United States
Description: DFI is soliciting abstracts for a broad range of session topics on Foundations and Ground
Modification Techniques. The session topics are as follows:
1. The Installation and Performance of Drilled, Driven and Energy Saving Foundation Elements
2. Maintenance and Repairs of Drilled and Driven Foundations
3. Alternative Deep Foundation Solutions offered by Ground Modification Techniques

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 4. The Use of Foundations for Marine Type Structures
5. Near-Shore, Off-Shore
6. Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms
7. In-Situ Testing - Performance Testing, Static load testing, Dynamic Testing, Statnamic Testing,
Others:
1. Modeling - Static Analysis, Dynamic/Earthquake Analysis, Other
2. Design and Installation of Foundations for Process Plants in the Gulf Coast Region
3. Energy Piles and Sustainability
4. Panel Discussion:
5. Foundation Design versus Construction Means and Methods
6. Regulations, Standard & Specifications (Including QA/QC)
Language: English
Organizer: DFI
Secretary: • Contact person: 2012 Program Chair c/o Deep Foundations Institute,
• Address: 326 Lafayette Avenue
07506 Hawthorne
New Jersey
United States of America
Website: www.dfi2012submissions.org

Third African Young Geotechnical Engineering Conference (3AyGEC’12)

Date: 16 - 18 November 2012
Location: Engineering Auth'y Guest House , Cairo, Egypt
Description: Participation in the 3AyGEC is restricted to those working in the geotechnical and geological
engineering fields aged 35 years or younger, as of the 15th November 2012.
There are no preferences for themes of the conference. Sessions will be scheduled according to the
themes of the papers submitted.
The program includes plenary lectures that will be presented by experts, including board members
of the ISSMGE. Posters sessions are also scheduled. The Egyptian Geotechnical Society will offer
awards to the best paper presentations. A technical tour is also scheduled.
Abstracts should not be more than 250 words, written in 12 points Times character. Papers should
be between 2 and 4 pages in length. A camera-ready version of the paper should be submitted.
Papers are preferred to have a single author who will attend 3AyGEC as a delegate; any
acknowledgement of supervisors, for example, should be included at the end of the paper. Paper
format will be specified later.
Organizer: Egyptian Geotechnical Society
Secretary: • Contact person: Dr. Fatma Baligh, Dr. Nagwa El-Sakhawy, Ms Yvonne Hanna
• Address: 62 El - Orouba St., Heliopolis,
11361 Cairo
Egypt
• Phone: 202 24156573
• Fax: 20 1220071671
• E-mail: [email protected]

4th International Seminar on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering

Date: 10 - 12 January 2013
Location: Atria Hotel , Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Description: The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) constituted a
Technical Committee (TC) on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering (FGE) in 2005. During the first four
years it was designated as TC40 and is now designated as TC302. This committee has already
conducted three international seminars on FGE and is now organizing the fourth seminar during
January 10-12, 2013 at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaloru (formerly known as Bangalore), India.
The theme of the seminar is “Forensic Geotechnical Engineering” and is divided into ten topics as
given below. During this three days seminar, these ten topics will be discussed in ten sessions.

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 SESSION TOPICS
1: Collection of data
2: Characterization of distress.
3: Development of failure hypothesis.
4: Diagnostic tests.
5: Back analysis
6: Instrumentation.
7: Reliability aspects.
8: Legal Issues
9: Case Histories.
10: Technical vulnerabilities.
Language: English
Organizer: Indian Geotechnical Society
Secretary: • Contact person: Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu
• Address: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
560012 Bangalore, KA
India
• Phone: 918022933124
• Fax: 918023600404
• E-mail: [email protected]

2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites
Date: 30 - 31 May 2013
Location: Conference Centre Federico II , Napoli, Italy
Description: The conservation of monuments and historic sites is one of the most challenging problems facing
modern civilization. It involves a number of factors belonging to different fields (cultural,
humanistic, social, technical, economical, administrative), intertwining in inextricable patterns. The
possibility of finding in practice an acceptable equilibrium is linked to the development of a shared
culture.

The ISSMGE Technical Committee TC301 and the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) are organizing
the 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments
and Historic Sites, which will be held in Napoli on May 2013. Its aim is that of comparing
experiences, presenting important achievements and new ideas, establishing fruitful links.

For more information check the Symposium website or mail to: [email protected]
Website: www.tc301-napoli.org

Seventh International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

Date: 29 April - 4 May 2013
Location: The Westin Chicago North Shore , Wheeling, Illinois, United States
Description: Engineers, geologists, scientists, teachers and other professionals worldwide are invited to
contribute original and unpublished papers for publication in the proceedings and discussion at this
conference.
Language: English
Organizer: Missouri S&T
Secretary: • Contact person: Kay Tillman
• Address: Missouri S&T, Distance & Continuing Ed., 216 Centennial Hall, 300 W. 12th St.
65409 Rolla, MO
United States
• Phone: 573-341-6222
• Fax: 573-341-4992
• E-mail: [email protected]
Website: 7icchge.mst.edu
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International Symposium on Design and Practice of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Soil Structures
Date: 14 - 16 October 2013
Location: Faculty of Engineering , Bologna, Italy
Description: A symposium Honoring Research Achievement of Prof. Dov Leshchinsky
Language: English
Organizer: Tatsuoka, Gottardi, Ling, Han
Secretary: • Contact person: Hoe I. Ling
• Address: 500 West 120th Street, Columbia University
10027 New York
USA
• Phone: 12128541203
• Fax: 12128546267
• E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.civil.columbia.edu/bologna2013/

18th International Conference for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering - 2 – 5 September 2013 Paris

The French Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (CFMS) will be hosting the 18th International
Conference for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Paris, France from September 2-5, 2013. The
proposed theme of the Conference is “Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics”.

France has a long history in the art of building, in civil engineering and in architecture: many dikes and canals, dams,
harbours and airports, roads and motorways, railways, underground works, fortifications, retaining structures,
special foundations and earth structures have been built since the 18th century. These constructions, that often
appeared to be spectacular, could be achieved thanks to engineering progress and innovation. French engineers and
researchers have made fundamental contributions in the field of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.
Recent large construction works performed by French companies demonstrate the continuing creativity of
geotechnical engineers and researchers in optimising materials and construction processes and in developing
innovative techniques: the Millau viaduct, high speed railway (TGV) lines, new underground lines in Paris, Lyon,
Marseille, new harbour in Le Havre, etc. All major French companies are also very active worldwide.

Since the 1970s, the awareness of the need to preserve natural resources, to fight against climate change, to reduce
CO2 emissions, to integrate social concerns and ecological safety in economic development models has become
widespread. These challenges, as well as the constant need of new constructions and infrastructures, should guide
the strategies and innovations. What should be the contribution of geotechnical engineers in order to encourage
economic and social progress without jeopardising the equilibrium of the planet? This fundamental question could
be the centre of our discussions.

The Conference will be held in the Paris International Conference Centre located at Porte Maillot, very near the Arc
de Triomphe, the Avenue des Champs Elysées and the historical centre of Paris. CFMS will do its best to organize this
conference and to offer to the delegates and accompanying persons an exciting and pleasant stay in Paris.
The Conference will be held under the auspices and support of the French Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable
Development, Transports and Housing and the Ministry for Higher Education and Research.

Submission of abstracts must reach the SEAGS Secretariat by 15th March 2012.

The Institution of Civil Engineers, UK

ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering is the latest addition to the bestselling of ICE Manual series. It is definitive
geotechnical reference, providing best practice knowledge for civil and structural engineers. Written and edited by
leaders in the fields, ICE Manual of Geotechnical Engineering delivers the core geotechnical engineering principles,
practical techniques, and the major questions engineers should keep in mind when dealing with real-world
engineering challenges.

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Energy from Waste Conference - Opportunities for Industry
25-26 April 2012, Manchester, UK

The second ICE Energy from Waste conference will focus on the challenges and solutions within the energy from
waste sector for 2012 and beyond.

This two day conference will consist of case studies, presentations and focussed, solution driven roundtable
discussions to air and find solutions to the problems facing the industry. An expert speaker line up will provide
delegates with key information to understand the full range of opportunities to ensure the greatest return on
investment.

Once again bringing together 200 senior decision makers from the energy from waste industry, ICE Energy from
Waste 2012 provides a unique opportunity to access all areas of the supply chain in this rapidly developing industry.
Those involved at each stage of the supply chain will come together to hear from other experts, forge relationships
and discuss the best solutions to the problems within the industry.

For further information, please contact:-

ICE Events Team, Institution of Civil Engineers

One Great George Street
London SW1P 3AA, UK
Email:- [email protected]

WHY JOIN SEAGS, AGSSEA & ISSMGE

The advantages in joining the SEAGS, AGSSEA and ISSMGE are as follows:

1. Receive updated activities, current events and important information regarding geotechnical engineering around
the world through the bi-annual SEAGS / AGSSEA Newsletter and 4 issues of Journals annually.

2. The opportunity to submit papers for publication and to read up-to-date technical papers through the 4 issues of
Geotechnical Engineering Journal annually.

3. The ability to attend, participates, and avails to state-of-the-art lectures and papers in the local, regional, and
international geotechnical conferences at discounted registration fees.

4. The chance to network with other geotechnical engineers, academics, and practitioners around the world as
SEAGS member automatically becomes member of ISSMGE.

5. The opportunity to fraternize with professionals of related fields of geology, geophysics, and rock mechanics
through the association of ISSMGE with the International Society for rock Mechanics (ISRM) and International
Association of Engineering geology (IAEG).

CONFERENCES IN ASIA
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APPLICATION FORM – LIFE MEMBERSHIP

The five (5) Life Member of SEAGS are:-

1) Prof. A.S. Balasubramaniam

2) Prof. Yanjun Qiu
3) Dr. Teik Aun Ooi
4) Dr. Wen Hui Ting
5) Mr. Anthony Shu Vui Wong

SEAGS would like to invite members to upgrade their membership status to Life Member.

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 CONTRIBUTION OF ARTICLES / INFORMATION

SEAGS / AGSSEA Newsletters are published bi-annually by Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society and Association of
Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia. Contributions on the information related to the professional advancement,
member profile, and other news of SEAGS and AGSSEA members are invited. Please direct all correspondence to:

Prof. Dennes T. Bergado

Hon. Secretary - General
Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society
c/o Asian Institute of Technology
Room No. 211, AIT Library
P.O. Box: 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, THAILAND
Tel: (66) 02 524 5864; (66) 02 524 5512
Fax: (66) 02 516 2126; (66) 02 524 5509
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Homepage: http//www.seags.ait.ac.th

or

Ir. Kenny Yee

Hon. Secretary General
Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia
c/o Menard Geosystems Sdn Bhd
No. 15-2 Jalan USJ 10/1E
47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Tel: (60) 03 5632 1581
Fax: (60) 03 5632 1582
E-mail: [email protected]@gmail.com

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