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Evening Lecture – Latest Development in Soil Improvement
09.03.2019
CHALLENGES IN GROUND IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH Wolfgang Jimmy Wehr Prof. Geotechnical Engineering, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, wolfgang.wehr@fh-erfurt.de Many ground improvement methods have been applied successfully in the last decades. However, a lot of details are still not known. Some research ideas and projects which have been started are presented. Topics are vibro compaction, vibro… View Article
9th South African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (SAYGEC)
11.01.2017
Salt Rock Hotel, Salt Rock, Dolphin Coast, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. 9th South African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (SAYGEC) 13, 14 & 15 September 2017 The 9th South African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference “#Geotech #Innovate” is intended to establish a network forum and opportunity for young geotechnical engineers to better acquaint themselves with the industry and products… View Article
15th Jennings Memorial Lecture
20.01.2017
Date: 28 March 2017 (17:00 – 17:30) – Venue: Engineering 3, Lecture Room 1, University of Pretoria Date: 29 March 2017 (17:00 – 17:30) – Venue: Discipline of Civil Engineering Centenary Building, Room G124, University of KwaZulu-Natal Date: 30 March 2017 (17:00 – 17:30) – Venue: Chemical Engineering Building, Seminar Room, University of Cape Town… View Article
A Technical Review of Plate Load Tests in South Africa
10.06.2013
Geotechnical Investigations for Non-Geotechnical Engineers
12.06.2020
Geotechnical Investigations for Non-Geotechnical Engineers Venue: Prosperitas Auditorium (No 53 – on map), Central University of Technology (CUT), 1 Park Road, Willows, Bloemfontein Date: Thursday 15 February 2018 Registration: 12:00 Lecture: 13:00 – 17:00Presented by: Peter Day – Jones & Wagener and Philip Stott – Central University of Technology We are in the process of… View Article
Geotechnical Investigations for Non-Geotechnical Engineers
Geotechnical Investigations for Non-Geotechnical Engineers Venue: Prosperitas Auditorium (No 53 – on map), Central University of Technology (CUT), 1 Park Road, Willows, Bloemfontein Date: Thursday 15 February 2018 Registration: 12:00 Lecture: 13:00 – 17:00Presented by: Peter Day – Jones & Wagener and Philip Stott – Central University of Technology We are in the process of… View Article
Geotechnical Investigations for Non-Geotechnical Engineers
Geotechnical Investigations for Non-Geotechnical Engineers Venue: Prosperitas Auditorium (No 53 – on map), Central University of Technology (CUT), 1 Park Road, Willows, Bloemfontein Date: Thursday 15 February 2018 Registration: 12:00 Lecture: 13:00 – 17:00Presented by: Peter Day – Jones & Wagener and Philip Stott – Central University of Technology We are in the process of… View Article
ISSMGE – Are We Overdesigning? A Survey Of International Practise
28.03.2019
At the XVI Danube European Conference (Skopje Macedonia, June 2018), the question was raised “Are we overdesigning?”. Although the question originated from the Asian Region, it is valid internationally where different countries and users of various testing techniques or design codes tend to follow local practice for geotechnical design. Alternatively you can For this reason… View Article
Tenth International Symposium On Geotechnical Aspects Of Underground Construction In Soft Ground
09.03.2019
CALL FOR PAPERS Technical Committee 204 (TC204), one of the technical committees of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Geotechnical Research Group at the University of Cambridge would like to invite you to the Tenth International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground (IS-Cambridge 2020) to… View Article
YMPG African Bright Spark Lecture
03.11.2018
To promote young members of ISSMGE to play a major role in various international and regional conferences, the President of ISSMGE – Professor Charles Ng created the Bright Spark award for promising young geotechnical engineers/academics to deliver keynote and invited lectures at these conferences.   The Young Member Presidential Group (YMPG) and ISSMGE would like… View Article

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