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18.09.2018
SAICE Geotechnical Division is proud to present: A two-day course on Design of Piles according to EA-Pfähle (EC7-1) Date: Tuesday and Wednesday, 23 – 24 October 2018 Address: Focus Rooms, The Core, 1st Floor, Corner Kikuyu & Leeuwkop Streets, Sunninghill Presented by: Prof. Christian Moormann Prof. Day Prof. Oliver Reul Gavin Wardle The handbook “Recommendations… View Article
01.08.2018
In the proposed design course, the philosophy of the reinforcing soil with geosynthetic for improvement of the geotechnical structures, the physical interactions in the reinforced system will be discussed. The short course is intended to cover the aspects associated with the numerical simulation of the geosynthetic-reinforced systems from fundamental aspects to practical applications. This workshop… View Article
25.06.2018
Standard Course on Computational Geotechnics South Africa Presented by: Dennis Waterman (Plaxis bv, The Netherlands Date: 16 – 18 July 2018 Venue: Bytes Conference Centre 341 Third Road Halfway Gardens Midrand We are in the process of applying for ECSA & SACNASP CPD points. INTRODUCTION The course will consist of a balanced mixture of lectures… View Article
28.03.2018
Dolomite: (dis)solution 2018 4-6 June, Sanlam Auditorium, University of Pretoria Geotechnical Division of SAICE Ground Water Division of GSSA South African Institute of Engineering and Environmental Geologists University of Pretoria Resilience to geological and hydrological hazards in dolomitic terrains is increasingly affected by climate change, rapid urbanisation and unforeseen implications of development during and after… View Article
12.02.2018
6th International Mining and Industrial Waste Management Conference FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS29 – 31 October 2018 Legend Golf & Safari resort, Haakdoring Road, Sterkrivier District, Limpopo About the Conference The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Geotechnical Division’s Tailings Sub-Committee is pleased to announce the 6th International Mining and Industrial Waste Management… View Article
23.01.2018
Tailings Sub-committee of the SAICE Geotechnical Division presents a 3-day workshop. Venue: The Maslow Hotel, Sandton Date: 7, 8 and 9 March 2018 Presented by: Mr. Mike Jefferies Dr. Dawn Shuttle Developing confidence in critical state soil mechanics: A practical approach. Background Critical state soil mechanics (CSSM) is the only framework that predicts/quantifies the effect… View Article
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
06.12.2017
ISSMGE News & Information Circular December 2017 To all our contacts and supporters in the ISSMGE: This is the last circular of 2017 and we hope we have managed to keep you up-to-date with ISSMGE activities. We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful vacation period, and all the best for 2018. [] Please… View Article
10.10.2017
ISSMGE News & Information Circular October 2017 Please visit the new-look ISSMGE website – http://www.issmge.org/ for full details of all ISSMGE activities. 1. 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. The ISSMGE Is extremely pleased to announce that all the papers from the 19th ICSMGE are now uploaded, and freely available on the… View Article