TC Corner Inauguration of the TC107 sympo-sium “Laterites and lateritic soils”

ISSMGE TC107 Symposium on "Laterites and lateritic soils" was inaugurated by Prof. E. C. Shin (Incheon Uni-versity, Korea) in the presence of TC107 Committee members – Prof. R. Shivashankar (NIT Surathkal), Dr. Joshua Omer (Kingston University, London), Prof. J. Jayamohan, (LBSITW, Trivandrum) and Prof. Purnanand Savoikar (GEC) and Prof. Deepankar Choudhury (IIT Bombay). Prof. Deepankar Choudhury explained how TC107 and TC 207 are interconnected and noted that collective programs could be organized in the future. Prof. E. C. Shin (Incheon University) delivered an inau-gural keynote lecture on "Use of weathered granite soil for construction of earth structures". He presented the behavior of retaining walls made by connected bags of weathered granite soil resting on gabion layer. Case studies were presented on "seismic analysis of founda-tion systems" by Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, in his in-vited keynote lecture. Prof. R. Shivashankar delivered a keynote lecture on "Laterite soils: properties and problems" highlighting some slope stability problems and erosion issues in lithomargic clays. A number of case studies involving geotechnical challenges were presented. Prof. Joshua Omer delivered a keynote lec-ture on "Use of artificial neural networks and CPT data to assess influence zone around pile base”. In his lec-ture, case studies using ANN networks to predict pile capacity and its validation with field studies were pre-sented. Dr. Jayamohan delivered a keynote lecture on "Lateritic soils: Some research studies and some case studies". He highlighted an important aspect on how be-haviour of laterites is different from conventional soil mechanics. Case studies of the failure of retaining walls were presented. Prof. Jaykumar Shukla presented a number of case histories in his keynote lecture. Last but not least, Dr. Purnanand Savoikar’s lecture on "Soils in Goa - Geotechnical properties, problems and solutions" was about some case studies of lateritic soils in Goa.

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Cazzuffi, Daniele (Editor for Europe)

Chang, Der-Wen (Editor for Asia)

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Jefferis, Stephan (Editor for Europe)

Leung, Anthony Kwan (Editor-in-Chief)

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1 TC Corner

• Inauguration of the TC107 symposium “Laterites and lateritic soils”

3 Conference reports

• XXX Italian National Conference on Geo-synthetics Engineering, Italy

• 1st Indo-Japan Webinar Series :Geotech-nics for Disaster Mitigation”

• Geotechnical Challenges of Mega Pro-jects

10 Obituary

• Prof. Dong-Soo Kim

• Prof. Gavin John Alexander

15 Event Diary

22 Corporate Associates

25 Foundation Donors

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Twenty-four full length technical papers were received in this symposium, out of which 16 were presented in two technical sessions. The papers were presented in two themes namely laterites and lateritic soils and other problematic soils. Two parallel sessions were held for paper presentation. The papers on lateritic soils in Goa authored by Prof Tanvi Mardolkar and Leonardo Souza and the other one on the problematic soils authored by Dr. Vinod Mauriya and Satish Yadav were voted as the best papers in the symposium. Dr. Krupa Shankara (Principal of Goa College of Engineering Farmagudi) was the chief guest for the valedic-tory function and Er. Ravikiran Vaidya (Principal, Geodynamics) was the guest of honour. Dr. Nisha P. Naik welcomed the gathering and presented a brief overview about the two-day event. Prof. E. C. Shin, Prof. Joshua Omer, Er. Karthikeyan, Er. Madhav Kamat Ms. S Vibha expressed their feedback about the sympo-sium. Er. Ravikiran Vaidya and Dr. Krupashankara M S. also spoke on the occasion. Prof. Purnanand Savoikar proposed the vote of thanks.

Inaugural ceremony Delegates attending the symposium

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TC304 – the fifth ISSMGE Suzanne Lacasse Lecture (Cont’)

The XXX Italian National Conference on Geosynthetics Engineering was held on 15th October 2020 in Bologna in occasion of the construction exhibition SAIE 2020 and, despite the difficult period experienced also in Italy due to the Covid 19, gave excellent results in terms of number of registered attendees in presence and also of quality of presented papers.

Fig. 1. Opening session

This time the conference theme was "Performance of Materials and Structures", concerning the use of geosynthetics for geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering applications. The conference was organised by the Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) and by the Italian Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (AGI-IGS), in partnership with BolognaFiere and SENAF, under the aus-pices of the National Engineers Council (CNI) and the University of Bologna. The conference took place in the context of the SAIE Exhibition (the international reference point for the world of construction in Italy) and it was divided in two different sessions. Daniele Cazzuffi (AGI-IGS President and IGS Past President) chaired the morning session, introducing the keynote lecture and five presentations. The keynote lecture was presented by Jean-Pierre Gourc (Emeritus Professor at the University Grenoble Alpes in France) and it focused on the performance of “alive” earthworks with geosynthetics after several decades of service (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2. During keynote presentation

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The other five contributions of the morning session were devoted to the performance of geosynthetics used as barrier in dams at high elevation on the Alps and in agricultural greenhouse structures, as erosion control in slopes and embankments, as drainage systems and also as reinforcement in bituminous pavements. Nicola Moraci (AGI President) opened the afternoon session with the presentation of the AGI-IGS Award for the best thesis on Geosynthetics Engineering discussed in the last two years in an Italian University. The winner was Emanuele Fiorenza (Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria) with a Master’s Degree thesis on the "Validation of theoretical models for the evaluation of pull-out behaviour of geosynthetics”. After the AGI-IGS Award ceremony, five papers were presented in the afternoon session under the coordi-nation of Domenico Gioffré (University of Pavia) and of Francesco Fontana (IGS Council member). The five contributions were devoted to the performance of geosynthetics with reinforcement function and in particular dealt with limit state design of reinforced embankments, behaviour of structures for protection of flow-like landslides and seismic performance of earth-reinforced retaining walls. At the end of each session, a fruitful and interesting discussion on the different topics took place. Proceedings were edited by Daniele Cazzuffi, Nicola Moraci and Claudio Soccodato; the volume, containing 112 pages, is available at a cost by contacting Pàtron Editore at the following email: advertising@patron-editore.com This national event was also an occasion to present the next 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics, held every four years, that will take place for the first time in Italy and more precisely in Roma from 18 to 22 September 2022. Call for Papers is open since 15 November 2020 at the conference website : www.12icg-roma.org During the conference, the 2020-2021 International Directory on Geosynthetics published by BE.MA. in Mi-lano was circulated for the first time. The online version of this 108 pages volume could be obtained free of charge through the following link : https://bema.it/assets/adhoc/geosintetici/2020/index.html?utm_campaign=1004467672&utm_con-tent=110194778928&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SmartFocus Daniele Cazzuffi AGI-IGS President and IGS Past President Giuseppe Cardile AGI-IGS Secretary

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The 1st Indo-Japan Webinar Series on “Geotechnics for Disaster Mitigation” was organised from 8th June to 13th June 2020. The webinar series was organized by Dr. Babloo Chaudhary (National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India), Prof. A. Murali Krishna (Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India) and Prof. Hemanta Hazarika (Kyushu University, Japan). The webinar series was organised in association with National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS), Surathkal Chapter, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, India and Kyushu University, Japan. In the webinar series, 12 expert lectures were delivered by world renowned and eminent researchers and professors. In the webinar series, eminent professors and researchers from the two countries, Japan and India, delivered lectures and share their vast experiences and knowledge on the areas related to geotech-nical engineering with the attendees. About 3400 participants were registered from more than 42 countries for the webinar series. There was no fee (free of cost) for the participants to attend the webinar. The topic of the webinar series was focused on the various geotechnical aspects for disaster mitigation. Twelve ses-sions were completed in the six days, with two sessions each day. In the first session, researchers/professors from the Japanese universities delivered expert lectures. In the second session of each day, professors/re-searcher of Indian universities delivered expert lectures. Each session had a duration of one hour including the question & answer session. The whole series had total 1024 attendees from 36 different countries. The opening day (8 June, 2020) of the 1st Indo-Japan Webinar Series on “Geotechnics for Disaster Mitigation” started with an inaugural ceremony. Dr. Babloo Chaudhary welcomed the participants, guests and speakers. Prof. A Murali Krishna gave an opening speech. The honourable guests, Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, Presi-dent, Indian Geotechnical Society and Professor, IISc Bangalore, India and Prof. R. Shivashankar, NITK Su-rathkal, India and Chairman, IGS Surathkal Chapter, India graced the audience with their motivational speeches. Prof. Hemanta Hazarika addressed the attendees by wishing health and safety to all the partici-pants who have joined the webinar despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof. Hazarika highlighted that the main purpose of the webinar is to turn adversities into opportunities by disseminating the knowledge of experts from India and Japan based on their lifetime works, skill and knowledge in the field of geotechnics in disaster mitigation. He concluded his speech by extending his gratitude to the experts and attendees of the webinar series. On day 1, the first session begun with an expert lecture by Prof. Masayuki Hyodo, Prof. Emeritus, Yamaguchi Univer-sity, Japan. His presentation focused on the challenge on methane hydrate production by geotechnical engineering and new technology for soil improvement by depressuriza-tion method. He explained about the research and develop-ment for production of methane hydrate, mechanical tests on methane hydrate bearing sands and dissociation tests by the plane strain shear testing equipment. The second session of the day was graced by the presentation of Prof. G L Siva-kumar Babu, President, Indian Geotechnical Society and pro-fessor, IISc., Bangalore, India. Prof. Babu shared his in-depth knowledge in the geotechnical perspectives of the role of cover systems in controlling methane migration from land-fills/dumpsites. The second session highlighted current sce-nario in the MSW management, details on the previous stud-ies conducted and modelling adopted. Day 2 (9 June, 2020) was a wonderful day by the presence of two eminent professors, Prof. Ikuo Towhata, Former Vice President (Asia), ISSMGE and Professor, Kanto Gakuin Uni-versity, Japan and Prof. Mahendra Singh, IIT Roorkee, India.

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Fig 1. Day 1, first session by Prof. Masayuki Hyodo, Yamaguchi University, Japan

Fig 2. Day 2, second session by Prof. Mahendra Singh, IIT Roorkee, India

Prof. Towahata explained in detail about the difficulties in prediction the earthquake-induced landslides. Some of the major points discussed by him include non-seismic landslides, topographic amplification of motion, disaster mitigation and the compound effects of rainfall and tsunami. The second speaker of the day, Prof. Mahendra Singh, discussed about the rock mechanics inputs for landslide mitigation and the latest development done in the area. Day 3 (10 June, 2020) was a remarkable day with very in-formative presentations by two honourable guests, Dr. K. Fu-jisawa, Kyoto University, Japan and Prof. R. Shivashankar, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal, India and Chairman, IGS Surathkal Chapter. Dr. Fujisawa fo-cused on how to deal with soil erosion under seepage effect. Dr. Fujisawa highlighted the analysis of behaviour of soils by considering motion of individual particles, Darcy and Navier-Stokes coupled flow analysis and the meaning of Beavers-Jo-seph interfacial condition. The second speaker of the day was Prof. R. Shivashankar. Prof. Shivashankar presented de-tailed studies on the engineering properties and problems of lateritic soils. His vast experience was very informative and useful for the attendees, specially how to deal with several problems related to lateritic soils. He also explained the various problems arose in lateritic soils around western coast of Indian specially in coastal Karnataka. Day 4 (11 June, 2020) was very special with presence of two world renowned researchers, Prof. Tetsuo Tobita, Kansai University, Japan and Prof. A. Murali Krishna, IIT Tirupati, India. The first speaker was Prof. Tetsuo Tobita; and he de-scribed the international collaboration project LEAP (Lique-faction Experiment and Analysis Project). Furthermore, he discussed the generalized scaling law for centrifuge model-ling. This was followed by second session by Prof. A. Murali Krishna. Prof. Murali Krishna described about several ground engineering techniques/methods for mitigation the lique-faction. He also described the new advancements for the ground improvement. Day 5 (12 June 2020) was outstanding with presence of two special guests, Prof. Takaji Kokusho, Professor Emeritus, Chuo University, Japan, and Prof. A. Boominathan, IIT Madras, India. Prof. Kokusho explained the basic concepts in the areas of elastic wave propagation in soil, seismic site amplification and wave energy highlighted form his book “Innovative Earthquake Soil Dynamics”. The second speaker of the day, Prof. A. Boominathan, shared his vast experience about the response of low-rise buildings with geotechnical seismic isolation system. He also described the concepts of seismic base isolation, geotechnical base isolation (GSI) sys-tem and studies on unreinforced and reinforced GSI. Day 6 or final day (13 June 2020) was graced with the presentations by two world famous researchers, Prof. Hemanta Hazarika, Kyushu University, Japan and Dr. B. Umashankar, IIT Hyderabad, India. Prof. Hazarika shared his vast and long experiences with the participants. Prof. Hazarika gave a very inspirational and informative presentation specially for young researchers by introducing a novel topic - AI based approach

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Fig 3. Day 3, first session by Dr. Kazunori Fu-jisawa, Kyoto University, Japan

Fig. 4. Day 4, first session by Prof. Tetsuo To-bita, Kansai University, Japan

Fig. 5. Day 5, first session by Prof. Takaji Ko-kusho, Chuo University, Japan

for constitutive modeling of geomaterials used for earth-quake hazard mitigation. The session was followed by the second speaker Dr. B. Umashankar, IIT Hyderabad. Dr. Umashankar highlighted some recent trends in RE structures in India. The webinar series was concluded on 13th June, 2020. The organizers expressed their gratitude to all the speakers from Japan and India for their valuable time and support toward making the event grand success. The organizers ex-tended their gratitude to all the participants for their sup-port and active participation. Finally, vote of thanks were given by the organizers to all who supported the event by any means. In the concluding remarks on the webinar series it was mentioned that the webinar series succeeded in spreading the technical knowledge to attendees.

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Fig. 6. Day 6, first session by Prof. Hemanta Hazarika, Kyushu University, Japan

Iraqi Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Civil Engineering Department/Engineering College/University of Kerbala

The Iraqi Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering and Civil Engineering Department at University of Kerbala in collaboration with Technical Committee (TC 305 on Geotechnical Infrastructures and New Capitals) of ISSMGE organized the international online symposium (Geotechnical Challenges of Mega Projects). The symposium which was held on three days: 23rd, 24th and 28th of August, 2020 was allocated to address the most common practical challenges related to various geotechnical aspects in dif-ferent mega projects, and explore possible approaches and suitable methodologies to overcome these chal-lenges. This academic event virtually brought together more than 250 national and international geotech-nical engineers to explore various topics related to different geotechnical mega projects. It also provided a valuable networking opportunity and set the stage for further international cooperation among geotechnical professionals, experts, researchers and practitioners from different countries. The program of the 1st day (August 23rd, 2020) initiated with welcome and opening statements given by Prof. Laith Sh. Alqarawee/Dean of Engineering College at University of Kerbala, and Prof. Mahdi O. Karkush/Pres-ident of the Iraqi Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. At the beginning of webi-nar, Prof. Mahdi Karkush welcomed and thanked the speakers and all attendees. Also, he talked about the webinars of society during the period of Covid19 Pandemic which includes holding three online webinars. Then, Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov, Past Vice President of ISSMGE for Asia and Chair of TC305 of ISSMGE wel-comed the speakers and attendees. Also, he expressed his appreciation and thank to the Iraqi Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering and Civil Engineering Department/University of Ker-bala for holding this activity. The 1st day of webinar included three interactive lectures presented by distin-guished professors as listed below. After each presentation, the interactive discussion was allowed between speaker and attendees to share knowledge and experience.

▪ Session No. 1 (August, 23rd 2020)

Lecture No. 1: Ground Improvement: Overview and Recent Development

Presented by: Prof. Jie Han is the Glenn L. Parker Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department at the Uni-versity of Kansas. United States.

Lecture No. 2: Design of Complex Geotechnical Infrastructures in Turkey and Lessons

Learned

Presented by: Prof. Erol Güler is the Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil Engi-neering Department at Bogazici University. Turkey.

Lecture No. 3: MSE Walls under Complex Geometries and Special Conditions: Design and

Performance

Presented by: Dr. Mustapha Rahmaninezhad is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at Terracon Consultants Inc. United States.

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The program of the 2nd day included two lectures. The 1st lecture presented by Prof. Der-Wen Chang from the Tamkang University. The lecture discussed theoretical analysis of piled raft foundations settlement, followed by the 2nd lecture given by Prof. Eun Chul Shin who is the Vice President for ISSMGE Asia. Prof. Shin highlighted the geotechnical challenges in constructing various social infrastructures in Songdo. These lec-tures are listed as follows:

▪ Session No. 2 (August, 24th 2020)

Lecture No.1: Approximate Computer Based Analysis on Settlements of Piled Raft Foun-

dations in Clay Due to Vertical Loads

Presented by: Prof. Der-Wen Chang is the Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department, and Dean of Research and Development at the Tamkang University, Taiwan.

Lecture No.2: Construction of Social Infrastructures for Songdo Economic Free Zone in

Reclaimed Land

Presented by: Prof. Eun Chul Shin is the Vice President for ISSMGE Asia, and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil Engineering Department at Incheon Na-tional University, South Korea.

The program of the 3rd day (August 28th, 2020) started with a lecture presented by Engineer Alwan who illustrated the importance of using O-Cell loading test to evaluate the axial load capacity of piles in mega projects. After that, the closing statement was given by Dr. Mahdi O. Karkush / President of the Iraqi Sci-entific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering. Dr. Karkush thanked all participants in this academic event, and expressed his appreciation to the symposium scientific and organizing committees. The scientific and organizing committee worked in parallel to effectively manage several tasks including but not limited to moderate the symposium sessions, select themes of the symposium, advised on the overall symposium program, e.g. start-end time, duration of each sessions, etc.

▪ Session No.3 (August, 28th 2020)

Lecture No. 1: Bi-directional static load testing using O-cell for high capacity pile in new

Central Bank of Iraq building

Presented by: Eng. Kamal Kareem Alwan is a Geotechnical Engineer, and a senior quality control engineer at DAAX construction in New Central Bank of Iraq project, Iraq.

Mahdi O. Karkush

President of Iraqi Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

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Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS) joins the community in grief and gratitude remembering the life of professor Dong-Soo Kim. A beloved faculty member of Dept. of Civil and Environment Engineering at KAIST and the director of the KOCED Geo-Centrifuge Center, died on Nov. 3 of cancer. He was 59. Prof. Kim was born on 7th March, 1961. He graduated with a Bache-lor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU), S. Korea in 1983. He got Master’s degree in Geotechnical En-gineering from the same university in 1985. Then, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, USA in 1991. Following PhD, he joined the faculty of the Polytechnic University, New York, USA (currently, Polytechnic Institute of New York University) and worked for three years as an assistant professor. In 1994, he moved to Korea Advanced Institute and Science Technology (KAIST) as a professor. He was also a visiting professor at Utah State University from 2002 to 2003. The capstone of his career was being the Chair of Organizing Committee of the 19th International Confer-ence on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Seoul, 2017. During his long career at KAIST, Kim conducted research on site characterization by field and laboratory tests, geotechnical centrifuge tests of earthquake and offshore geotechnical problems, seismic design of geotechnical structures, and non-destructive testing and evaluation of civil structures. He was the General Secretary of the 5th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geo-materials (IS-Seoul 2011, TC101). He also served as a chair of the ISSMGE TC104 committee (Physical Mod-elling in Geotechnics). Prof. Kim was an editorial board member of various international journals, and a vice president and a board member of the Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS), Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea (EESK), Korean Geo-Environmental Society (KGES), and Korea National Committee on Large Dam. To colleagues far and wide, he was known as a leader in Korean Geotechnical Society. He successfully carried out key projects related to geotechnical engineering and supervised more than 60 graduate students. Throughout his academic and research career, he authored or co-authored 321 papers in international jour-nals and conference proceedings, and 278 papers in domestic journals and conferences. For his immense contribution in the field of geotechnical engineering, Prof. Kim has been honored with numerous awards. He was chairman, co-chairman, and keynote speaker of many international-, regional- and national-level conferences and seminars. Above his impressive professional contributions, Prof. Kim will be remembered forever for his generosity, simplicity, playfulness and his smile. Kim is survived by his wife, son and daughter. Kim’s funeral service will be held 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. On behalf of the KGS His old friend, Dr. Choong-gi Chung, President of Korean Geotechnical Society

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Gavin Alexander passed away on 19th November 2020 after a battle with cancer. A highly respected engineer and trail motorcycle enthusiast, Gavin has left a significant legacy through is work with the New Zealand Geotechnical Society, Beca, and in his personal life.

Engineering is fundamentally about finding solutions that improve our communities, which requires critical thinking, clear communications, and an understand of people. Not all engineers are well rounded enough to be able to work with a wide range of stakeholders and apply their technical skills in a way that is readily understood and accepted. Gavin was one of these rare few. 1 NZGS Gavin joined the NZGS National Management Committee in 2011, becoming Vice-Chair and Treasurer in the same year under the Chairmanship of David Burns. This period immediately following the Canterbury earth-quakes was a challenging time for everyone, including the NZGS Management Committee as it was a time of refreshed scrutiny on professional performance, and also of working together to rebuild a stronger Christ-church and more resilient New Zealand. With the publication of the Royal Commission in November 2012 came demands for improvements in regu-lations and increased professional guidance. Following his election to Chair in 2013 Gavin was the main driver behind NZGS efforts to respond to these demands. In his endeavour to ensure that geotechnical perspectives were properly represented to government he put extensive effort in to responding to MBIE’s consultation requests, and devoted much time to liaising with counterparts in MBIE and sister technical societies such as SESOC and NZSEE. His representation of NZGS in this respect has been an inspiration to others. During Gavin's tenure as Chair, the NZGS was awarded the Outstanding Member Society of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in recognition of the impact that the society was having under his stewardship. Gavin was an enthusiastic champion of the development of the NZGS/MBIE Earthquake Geotechnical Engi-neering Practice Modules which have played a critical role in establishing the importance of a consistent and rigorous approach to geotechnical earthquake engineering in New Zealand. He managed their delivery and was heavily involved in the strategic direction, resulting in a very significant improvement in perfor-mance across the geotechnical industry.

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Gavin being awarded his life membership of NZGS at his home in Riverhead

Gavin also spent a very significant amount of time organising professional events which brought international best practice to New Zealand. These included four very successful conferences:

• 19th NZGS Symposium, Hanging by a thread. Lifelines, infrastructure and natural disasters (Queenstown,

2013)

• 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Changing the face of the earth (Wellington,

2015)

• 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (Christchurch, 2015), and

• 20th NZGS Symposium, What In Earth Is Going On. Balancing Risk, Reward, Regulation and Reality

(Napier, 2017)

Gavin greeting sponsors at the 20th NZGS Symposium, where he led the technical programme

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In 2017 Gavin was appointed to the role of Australasian Vice-president of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), representing the region in the world’s leading geotech-nical professional society until his untimely illness. The role required his attendance at meetings around the world and he became a well-known figure in the international arena. During his time on the NZGS management committee Gavin focussed on making sure that it was an active society that was sought out for and presents views on current events, provides industry guidance and sup-ports the education and growth of its members. Through the period of Gavin’s governance the Society grew hugely in its status and contribution to society.

Gavin mingling with guests at the 12th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics while he was

chair of the NZGS.

2 Education and early career Gavin’s early start at engineering was as an architectural student and then a land surveyor, but his true calling of geotechnical engineering was already beckoning. As an ardent trailbike / motocross rider he was a founding member of the Dead Toad Racing Team, a regularly arranged high shear rate testing of loose sand and liquefaction trails at Woodhill. It has been suggested that this became core training on how to assess and plan the geotechnical aspects of transport projects.

Forsaking a career in architecture he obtained a New Zealand Certificate in Land Surveying before expanding his interest in engineering materials as a surveyor for the New Zealand Forest Service in Rotorua in 1979. There he was lucky enough to meet Fiona, the love of his life, who just two months later, agreed to become his wife. His steady progression towards engineering saw them move to Tauranga where Gavin worked as a Technician Surveyor with Shrimpton and Lipinski before moving to Auckland to join Babbage in 1981 in a similar role and commence his New Zealand Certificate in Engineering (NZCE) studies. Working for Babbage he was co-located with their geotechnical engineering team and recognised his true calling. While studying to obtain his NZCE he worked fulltime as a field technician learning the practical difficulties of soil logging, testing and the communication of field observations in a readily digestible and demonstrably verifiable way. He was hooked on geotechnical engineering and scompleted his training at the University of Auckland School of Engineering.

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Gavin was a keen trail bike rider

Flying through the engineering course at Auckland with an excellent degree in 1985 he took on the role of Engineer’s Representative for Babbage based in Taumarunui to work on two sections of the North Island Main Trunk electrification scheme. More realignment than tunnelling was required but that was perhaps his first exposure to the interaction of water, pumiceous soil and repetitive loading - albeit largely due to rail transport rather than seismic. The lure of overseas travel then saw him head to Australia and on to the UK in 1987 where he worked for Arup Geotechnics at Canary Wharf on the Canada Water project encountering the Thames gravels, the Woolwich and Reading Beds and Thanet Sands. He worked on large scale dewatering projects and deep base grouted piles while juggling excursions to Europe. During his time in Sydney with Arup he secured a Peter Dunican Scholarship (the first time that had been awarded outside the UK) to study for his master’s degree at Imperial College. There he pursued his interest in geotechnical earthquake engineering, staying on in the UK to work for Arup in London, Edinburgh and Newcastle before returning to New Zealand to join Beca in 1993 as a senior geotechnical engineer. 3 Private life Gavin has always been a keen motorcycle enthusiast and took part in the first New Zealand Enduros, de-scribed as a motocross “test of man and relatively unsophisticated machinery against terrain”. Gavin demon-strated his skill at the 1975 Maramarua Forest and Riverhead Virgin Swamps Enduros, finishing in the top ten in both on his Suzuki TS400. He was a kiwifruit farmer and loved to drive his ride-on between the rows and trim vines at the weekend. He is survived by his beloved wife Fiona and his twin children, Jack (married to Rachel), and Harry (engaged to Cindy). Gavin will be missed by many of us, but he will also continue to be a role model both as a technical expert and a kind and gentle man who was thoroughly professional in everything he did. From Philip Robins, ISSMGE Vice President for Australasia

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2021 14th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference 2020 Location: Clarion Hotel Helsinki, Finland Date: 18-01-2021 - 20-01-2021 Language: English Organiser: Finnish Geotechnical Society Contact person: Leena Korkiala-Tanttu Email: leena.korkiala-tanttu@aalto.fi Website: http://www.ril.fi/en/events/bsgc-2020.html Email: ville.raassakka@ril.fi 18th NGM Nordic Geotechnical Meeting Location: Helsinki, Finland Date: 18 – 20 January 2021 Contact person: Ville Raassakka Email: ville.raasakka@ril.fi Website: http://www.ril.fi/en/events/ngm-2020.html XIII International Symposium on Landslides Virtual Bogotá, Colombia Dates: 22-02-2021 - 26-02-2021 Language: English Organiser: JTC1 Contact person: Ing Alvaro González García Address: Carrera 57 No 172-44, Phone: +57-315410049; Email: ajgonzg@gmail.com; scgeotecnia1@gmail.com Website: http://www.scg.org.co/xiii-isl/; International Conference on Challenges and Achievements in Geotechnical Engineering Location : POLIS University campus, Albania , Tirana Dates : 31-03-2021 - 02-04-2021 Language : English Organiser : Albanian Geotechnical Society Contact person: Erdi Myftaraga Phone: +355699336911 Email: emy@greengeotechnics.com Second International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering-Iraq 2021 Location: Online Akre/ Duhok/Iraq Dates: 05-04-2021 - 06-04-2021 Language: English Organiser: Iraqi Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Contact person: Mahdi O Karkush Address: University of Baghdad, Aljadriah, Baghdad Phone: 009647801058893 Email: mahdi_karkush@coeng.uobaghdad.edu.iq Website: http://ocs.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/icgeotecheng/icgte

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2nd Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering Location: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam Dates: 22-04-2021 - 24-04-2021 Language: English Organiser: Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts; Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology Contact person: Dinh Hong DOAN Email: vsoe2021@sciencesconf.org Website: https://vsoe2021.sciencesconf.org / 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (4th ICTG) Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago, USA Date: 23-05-2021 – 26-05-2021 Organiser: Professor Erol Tutumluer, 4th ICTG Chairman and Chair of ISSMGE TC 202, Contact Information: Professor Erol Tutumluer, Address: 1205 Newmark CEE Laboratory, MC-250 205 N. Mathews, Phone: +1 (217) 333-8637, Email: CITL-ICTG2020@illinois.edu, Website: http://www.conferences.illinois.edu/ICTG2020 XXV Congreso Argentino de Ingeniería Geotécnica - CAMSIG Location: Parque del Conocimiento - Posadas, Misiones, Argentina Dates: 26-05-2021 - 28-05-2021 Language: Spanish Organiser: Sociedad Argentina de Ingeniería Geotécnica Contact person: Andres Ayala Address: Av. Ulises López, N3300 Posadas, Email: camsig2020.misiones@gmail.com; secretariat@saig.org.ar Website: https://camsig2020.com/ Mediterranean Symposium on Landslides Location: Congressi Partenope, Naples, Italy, Naples Date: 07-06-2021 - 09-06-2021 Language: English Organiser: Gianfranco Urciuoli (Università di Napoli Federico II), Giovanni Crosta (Università di Milano Bi-cocca), Luciano Picarelli (Università della Campania L. Vanvitelli) Contact person: Università di Napoli Federico II Email: medsymplandslides@gmail.com Website: https://medsymplandslides.wixsite.com/msl2021 The 2nd International Conference on Press-In Engineering 2021, Kochi Location : Kami Campus, Kochi University of Technology, Japan Dates: 19-21 June, 2021 Language : English Organiser : International Press-in Association (IPA) Contact person: ICPE2021 Organizing Committee Address: 5F, Sanwa Konan Bldg, 2-4-3 Konan, 2-4-3 Konan, Minato-ku Phone: +81-(0)3-5461-1191 Fax: +81-(0)3-5461-1192 Email: icpe2021@gmail.com Website: https://icpe-ipa.org/

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The 1st International Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering – Geodiversity & Re-silience (1ST ICSGE’21) Location: The Congress Center of LNEC Lisbon, Portugal , Lisboa Date: 27-06-2021 - 30-06-2021 Organiser: The National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) Contact person: LNEC Congress Centre Secretariat Address: Avenida do Brasil, 101 1700-066 Lisboa Phone: (+351) 218 443 483 Email: formacao@lnec.pt Website: http://icsge.lnec.pt/ 6th Geochina International Conference 2021 Location: NanChang, China Date : 19-07-2021 - 21-07-2021 Organiser : East China Jia Tong University in Cooperation with Chinese Ministry of Education, GeoChina Civil Infrastructure Association, University of Oklahoma Contact person: Dr. Dar Hao Chen ; Address: Texas Transportation Institute ; Email: d-chen@tti.tamu.edu; Website : http://geochina2021.geoconf.org; Email : geochina.adm@gmail.com 3rd Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils Location: PUC-Rio, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Date: 25-07-2021 - 28-07-2021 Organiser: Tácio de Campos (PUC-Rio), Fernando Marinho (USP), Gilson Gitirana (UFG) Contact person: Tácio de Campos Email: panam2021unsat@puc-rio.br Website: https://panamunsat2021.com 7th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference Location : International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia Dates : 10-09-2021 - 12-09-2021 Language : English Organiser : Australian Geomechanics Society Contact person: ICMS Australasia Address: Level 9, 234 George Street, Sydney NSW, 2000 Phone: (+61 2) 9254 5000 Email: info@icsmge2021.com Website : http://icsmge2021.org/7iygec/ 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Location: International Convention Centre Sydney, Australia Date :12-09-2021 - 17-09-2021 Language: English Organiser: The Australian Geomechanics Society; Contact person: ICMS Australasia; Address: Level 9, 234 George Street Sydney NSW 200 ; Email: emmab@icmsaust.com.au; Website: http://www.icsmge2021.org/

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The 10th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (check conference website for updates) - Oc-tober 17-20, 2021) Location: DoubleTree Washington DC – Crystal City, USA, Date: 17-20 October 2021 Language: English Organiser: Geotechnics of Soil Erosion Committee, ASCE Geo-Institute ; Contact person: Ming Xiao (ICSE-10 Chair); Address: Pennsylvania State University ; Phone: 010-814-865-8056 ; Email: mxiao@engr.psu.edu; Website: https://www.engr.psu.edu/xiao/ICSE-10%20Call%20for%20abstract.pdf 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering - New Dates Location: Cinnamon Grand, Colombo , Sri Lanka ; Dates: 06-12-2021 - 07-12-2021 Language: English ; Organiser: Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society ; Contact person: Dr. JSM Fowze ; Address: 415, Bauddhaloka Mawatha ; Phone: +94-71-417-1239 ; Fax: +94-11-266-8956 ; Email: slgssecretariat@gmail.com; Website: http://icgecolombo.org/2020/index.php 4th International Symposium on Frontiers in Offshore Geotechnics Location: University of Texas, Austin, United States Date: 08-11-2021 – 11-11-2021 Language: English Organizer: ISFOG 2020 Organising Committee Contact person: Phil Watson Address: The University of Western Australia Phone: 0418881280 Email: phillip.watson@uwa.edu.au Website: http://www.isfog2020.org XI Congreso Chileno de Geotecnia Location: Universidad de Talca, Chile Dates: Talca 22-11-2021 - 24-11-2021 Language: Spanish Organiser: Chilean Geotechnical Society Contact Information Contact person: Macarena Tugas Email: coordinadorasochige@gmail.com Website: http://www.sochige.cl Email: directorio@sochige.cl 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Location: Cinnamon Grand, Colombo , Sri Lanka Dates: 06-12-2021 - 07-12-2021 Language: English Organiser: Sri Lankan Geotechnical Society Contact person: Dr. JSM Fowze Email: slgssecretariat@gmail.com; Website : http://icgecolombo.org/2020/index.php

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2022 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics Location: Robert Paine Scripps Forum for Science, Society and the Environment. La Jolla, CA, USA. Date : 10-04-2022- 13-04-2022 Language: English Organiser: John McCartney (UC San Diego, USA) and Ingrid Tomac (UC San Diego, USA), Contact Information: ICEGT-2020 Secretariat, Address: 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla CA, Phone: +1-858-822-5212, Fax: +1-858-822-2260, Email: secretariat@icegt-2020.com, Website: https://icegt-2020.eng.ucsd.edu/home 5th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT’22) Location: Centro Congressi CNR, Bologna, Italy Dates: 26-06-2022 - 29-06-2022 Language: English Organiser: Italian Geotechnical Society (AGI) and University of Bologna (endorsed by TC102) Contact person: Susanna Antonielli (AGI), Prof. Guido Gottardi (University of Bologna) Email: guido.gottardi2@unibo.it; agi@associazionegeotecnica.it 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics Location: Chania, Crete island, Greece, Dates: 26-06-2022 - 29-06-2022 Language: English Organiser: Chair: Dimitrios Zekkos, University of California at Berkeley ; zekkos@berkeley.edu Contact person: Dr. Rallis Kourkoulis Email: rallisko@grid-engineers.com Website : https://www.iceg2022.org/ TC204: Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction In Soft Ground - TC204 Cambridge 2021 Location: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Date: 28-06-2021 - 30-06-2021 Language: English Organiser: University of Cambridge Contact person: Dr Mohammed Elshafie Address: Laing O'Rourke Centre, Department of Engineering, Cambridge University Phone: +44(0) 1223 332780 Email: me254@cam.ac.uk 28th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference and Geogames Location: National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Russia, Moscow Date: 15-09-2022 - 17-09-2020 - 19-12-2022 Language: English Organiser: Russian Society for Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics and Foundation Engineering Contact person: PhD Ivan Luzin Address: NR MSUCE, 26 Yaroslavskoye shosse Phone: +7-495-287-4914 (2384) Email: youngburo@gmail.com Additional Information : https://t.me/EYGEC2020

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11th International Conference on Stress Wave Theory and Design and Testing Methods for Deep Foun-dations Location: De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Dates: 20-09-2022 - 23-09-2022 Language: English Organiser: Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI) Contact person: Angelique van Tongeren Address: Prinsessegracht 23 Phone: +31(0)70-3919890 Email: SW2022@kivi.nl Website: https://www.kivi.nl/afdelingen/geotechniek/stress-wave-conference-2022

NON-ISSMGE SPONSORED EVENTS

2020

16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics - IACMAG Location: Politecnico di Torino Conference Centre, Italy Dates: 03-05-2021 - 04-05-2021 Language: English Organiser: Politecnico di Torino Contact person: Symposium srl Address: via Gozzano 14 Phone: +390119211467 Email: info@symposium.it, marco.barla@polito.it Fifth International Conference on New Developments in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Location: Atatürk Cultural and Congress Center Near East University, Nicosia, Northern Cyprus Dates: 27-05-2021 - 29-05-2021 Language: English Organiser: Turkish Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Near East University Contact person: Cavit ATALAR Address: Near East Boulevard Phone: 0090392 223 6464 Website: http://zm2020.neu.edu.tr Email: zm.2020@neu.edu.tr The Third International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Materials and Sustainable Engineering Location: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, Dates: 17-06-2021 - 19-06-2021 Organiser: Dokuz Eylul University Contact person: Tugce Ozdamar Kul Address: Dokuz Eylul University Phone: +905325164800 Email: egrwse2020@gmail.com Website: http://www.egrwse2020.com

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DFI Deep Mixing 2021 Location: Polish Baltic Philharmonic and Congress Centre, Gdansk, Poland Dates: 05-07-2021 - 08-07-2021 Language: English Organizer: Deep Foundations Institute Contact person: Theresa Engler Address: 326 Lafayette Avenue Phone: 9734234030 Email: tengler@dfi.org Website: http://www.dfi.org/DM2021 7th International Conf. on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Location: The National Science Seminar Complex, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, Date: 12-07-2021 - 17-07-2021 Organiser: Indian Society of Earthquake Technology Website: http://7icragee.org/index.php Email: conf@7icragee.org Fifth World Landslide Forum Location: Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan Dates: 02-11-2021 - 06-11-2021 Organizer: International Consortium on Landslides Contact person: Ryosuke Uzuoka Address: Gokasho Phone: +81-774-38-4090 Email: uzuoka.ryosuke.6z@kyoto-u.ac.jp Website: http://wlf5.iplhq.org/ Email: secretariat@iclhq.org Fourth African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics Location: Cairo, Egypt Dates: 21-02-2022 - 24-02-2022 Language: English Organiser: International Geosynthetics Society- Egypt Chapter Contact person: Prof. Fatma Baligh Address: 87 El-Tahrir St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt Email: Secretariat@geoafrica2021.org; info@geoafrica2021.org Website https://geoafrica2021.org/; 12th International Conference nn Geosynthetics Location: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy Dates: 18-09-2022 - 22-09-2022 Language: English Organiser: Associazione Geotecnica Italiana - Italian Chapter of IGS Contact person: Susanna Antonielli Address: AGI-Viale dell'Università 11 Phone: +39 06 4465569 Fax: +39 06 44361035 Email: info@12icg-roma.org Website: http://www.12icg-roma.org FOR FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE REFER TO THE WEBSITE OF THE SPECIFIC CONFERENCE

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AECOM Asia Company Ltd 8/F, Tower 2, Grand Central Plaza 138 Shatin Rural Committee Road Shatin, NT HONG KONG

A.P. van den Berg IJzerweg 4 8445 PK Heerenveen THE NETHERLANDS

Ove Arup & Partners Ltd. 13 Fitzroy Street London W1T 4BQ UNITED KINGDOM

AOSA Tacuarí 1184 - (C1071AAX) Cdad. de Buenos Aires Argentina http://www.aosa.com.ar

S.N. Apageo S.A.S. ZA de Gomberville BP 35 - 78114 MAGNY LES HAMEAUX FRANCE

Aurecon Level 8, 850 Collins Street Docklands Victoria 3008 Melbourne AUSTRALIA

CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Institute Co. Ltd. Guangzhou Window HQ Building 368 Lijiao Rd Haizhu District Guangzhou, 510231 China http://english.etr.cccc4.com/

Coffey Geotechnics Level 19, Tower B, Citadel Towers 799 Pacific Highway Chatswood NSW 2067 Australia

Dar Al Handasah Corp Smart Village, Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road Street 26, Building 10 P.O. Box: 129, Giza 12577, Egypt

Deltares PO Box 177 2600 AB Delft, THE NETHERLANDS

EBP SA info@ebpanama.com Tel: +351 – 69053051 www.ebpanama.com

Fugro N.V. PO Box 41 2260 AA Leidschendam THE NETHERLANDS

GDS Instruments Sdn. Bhd. 124, Jalan Kapar 27/89, Section 27, Taman Alam Megah, 40400 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia https://www.gdsi.com.my/

Geomil Equipment BV 12/F, Asia Trade Centre, 79 Lei Muk Road, Kwai Chung, NT, Hong Kong http://geomil.com

Geoharbour Group Geoharbour Building, 6A, No.1228, Jiangchang Rd.,Jing'an District, Shanghai, 200434, P.R.China. Tel: +86 21 3126 1263 Fax: +86 21 2301 0238 Web: www.geoharbour.com

Golder Associates Inc 1000, 940-6th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2P 3T1

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Corporate Associates

Ground Investigation Ltd Attn: Marco Holtrigter PO Box 104-089, Lincoln North Auckland 0654 New Zealand

GHD Pty, Ltd. 57-63 Herbert Street Artarmon NSW 2064 AUSTRALIA

Huesker Synthetic GmbH Fabrikstrasse 13-15 48712 Gescher GERMANY

International I.G.M. s.a.r.l. P.O.Box: 166129 Achrafieh Beirut LEBANON

Jan de Nul N.V. Tragel 60, B-9308 Hofstade-Aalst BELGIUM

Keller Ground Engineering Level 1, 4 Burbank Place, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 PO Box 7974, Baulkham Hills NSW 1755 Australia

KGS Ltd, 22 Chaikovskii St, Temirtau City, 101403 Republic of Kazakhstan http://kgs-astana.wixsite.com/society

NAUE GmbH Co KG Gewerbestrasse 2 32339 Espelkamp-Fiestel GERMANY

Norwegian Geotechnical Institute P.O. Box 3930 Ullevaal Stadion N-0806 OSLO NORWAY

Pagani Geotechnical Equipment Localita Campogrande 26 29010 Calendasco (PC) Italy www.pagani-geotechnical.com

RCF Ltd 4C Ologun Agbeje Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria

SMEC Australia PTY ITD Level 6, 480 St Pauls Tce Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 www.smec.com

Siemens Energy Kaiserleistrasse10 63067 Offenbach GERMANY

SOLETANCHE BACHY SA 133 boulevard National, 92500 Rueil-Mal-maison, FRANCE

SRK Consulting Oceanic Plaza, 22nd Floor, 1066 West Hastings Street, Van-couver, BC, Canada V6E 3X2

TenCate Geosynthetics 9, rue Marcel Paul B.P. 40080 95873 Bezons Cedex FRANCE

Techfab India Industries Ltd 712 Embassy Centre Nariman Point, Mumbai – 400021 Maharashtra, India www.techfabindia.com

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Corporate Associates (Con’t)

Tensar International Ltd Cunningham Court Shadsworth Business Park Blackburn, BB1 2QX, UNITED KINGDOM

Terrasol 42/52 Quai de la Rapée - CS7123075583 Pa-ris CEDEX 12 FRANCE

Terre Armée 280, avenue Napoléon Bonaparte 92506 Rueil Malmaison Cedex France

University of Wollongong, Australia Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia

Wagstaff Piling 56 Tattersall Road, Kings Park, NSW 2148 Australia

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The Foundation of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) was created to provide financial help to geo-engineers throughout the world who wish to further their geo-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, pur-chasing geotechnical reference books and manuals.

• Diamond: $50,000 and above

a. ISSMGE-2010 http://www.issmge.org/

b. Prof. Jean-Louis and Mrs. Janet Briaud https://www.briaud.com and http://ceprofs.tamu.edu/briaud/

• Platinum: $25,000 to $49,999

• Gold: $10,000 to $24,999 a. International I-G-M

http://www.i-igm.net/ b. Geo-Institute of ASCE

http://content.geoinstitute.org/

c. Japanese Geotechnical Society

http://www.jiban.or.jp/

d. The Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics

and Geotechnical Engineering – CCES www.geochina-cces.cn/en

e. Korean Geotechnical Society www.kgshome.or.kr

f. Comité Français de Mécanique des Sols et de Géotechnique

www.cfms-sols.org

• Silver: $1,000 to $9,999 a. Prof. John Schmertmann

b. Deep Foundation Institute www.dfi.org

c. Yonsei University http://civil.yonsei.ac.kr

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Foundation Donors

d. CalGeo – The California Geotechnical Engineering Association

www.calgeo.org

e. Prof. Ikuo Towhata towhata.ikuo.ikuo@gmail.com http://geotle.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

f. Chinese Taipei Geotechnical Society www.tgs.org.tw

g. Prof. Zuyu Chen

http://www.iwhr.com/zswwenglish/index.htm

h. East China Architectural Design and Research Institute ECADI http://www.ecadi.com/en/

i. TC 211 of ISSMGE for Ground Improvement

www.bbri.be/go/tc211

j. Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov www.enu.kz/en, www.kgs-astana.kz

k. TC302 of ISSMGE for Forensic Geotechnical Engineering

http://www.issmge.org/en/technical-committees/impact-on-society/163-forensic-geotech-nical-engineering

l. Prof. Yoshinori Iwasaki yoshi-iw@geor.or.jpwww.geor.or.jp

m. Mr. Clyde N. Baker, Jr.

n. Prof. Hideki Ohta

o. Prof. Eun Chul Shin www.incheo@incheon.ac.kr n.ac.krecshin

p. Prof. Tadatsugu Tanaka q. ARGO-E (Geoengineer.org)

http://www.argo-e.com

• Bronze: up to $999

a. Prof. Mehmet T. Tümay http://www.coe.lsu.edu/administration_tumay.html mtumay@eng.lsu.edu

b. Nagadi Consultants (P) Ltd www.nagadi.co.in

c. Professor Anand J. Puppala

University of Texas Arlington http://www.uta.edu/ce/index.php

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