Highlights (1980 – 1990)

  • 1981 Jennings Award made to Gary A Jones and J A van Zyl
  • 1983 Jennings Award made to Fritz Wagener
  • 1985 Jennings Award made to Ken Schwartz
  • 1986 Jennings Award made to Brian Hall
  • 1987 Jenning s Award made to Terry Pidgeon
  • 1987 9th ARCSMFE, Lagos, Nigeria
  • 1988 Jennings Award made to Graham Plant, Gavin Byrne, M Malcolm Jaros and Cliff MacMillan
  • 1989 Jennings Award made to Geoff Blight and Mike Dane
  • 1990 1st Southern African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference at Mount Grace Hotel Magaliesberg
  • 1990 the Code of Practice (COP) on lateral support in surface excavations was launched

SAIGE Geotechnical Division presents:

Call for Abstracts: 11th South African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (SAYGEC) 2026

Date: September 2026
Venue: To be announced

Young geotechnical professionals under 35 working in geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, mining, or civil construction will have the opportunity to showcase their work at the 11th South African Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference (SAYGEC), taking place in September 2026 in the Central Drakensberg.

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