12th – 14th JUNE 2019OSLO, NORWAY

The 1st International Symposium on GeoTest sites (ISGTS)Fourth Circular

ORGANIZED BY IN COLLABORATION WITH SUPPORTED BY

TC102 In-Situ Tes�ng

SymposiumBenchmarking is of significant importance in geotechnical engineering, both for testing and verifying innovative soil investigation methods and foundation solutions. NGI and its partners, NTNU, SINTEF, UNIS and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA), are pleased to welcome you all to the 1st International GeoTest Site Symposium (ISGTS) in Oslo.

The 1st ISGTS aims to:

• Present detailed characterization of a wide range of natural soils used for benchmarking in geotechnical engineering, and

• Promote an increase use of the benchmark sites as a research tool, as training and teaching facilities and as ground for development of new soil models, testing of new investigation methods and further advance the state-of-the-art.

As of now we have received more than 30 papers from all over the world and with topics related to a range of natural soil deposits (clay, silt, sand, permafrost and peat). The papers will be published in a special issue of AIMS Geosciences. The event will be of the highest quality and will provide a reference for future characterization and large scale testing of natural soils.

Symposium venueMEET ULLEVAALULLEVAAL STADIUM, SOGNSVEIEN 77C, OSLO NORWAYhttps://www.meet-ullevaal.no/

Welcome to the 1st International Symposium on GeoTest sites (ISGTS). The symposium will be held on 12-14th June 2019 in beautiful Oslo, Norway's capital city.

Welcome!

Payment Please make the payment for register to the symposium via bank transfer to:

Account number: 1503 31 74664

Bank adress: DnB Bank ASA, Postboks 1600 Sentrum, 0021 OSLO

BIC (SWIFT): DNBANOKKXXX

Electronic IBAN account number: NO34 1503 3174 664

AccomodationOslo offers a broad spectrum of first-rate accommodations and hotels. Oslo has lodgings to satisfy everyone. There are various hotels in all classes in Oslo, so everybody should find something in the "right" category. See more on VisitOslo.com

For those that would like to be close to the symposium event and to NGI, we recommend booking a room at Thon Hotel (Ullevål stadion).

REGISTRATION* 5 000 NOK

STUDENT REGISTRATION 3 000 NOK

* Includes welcome reception at NGI on Tuesday 11th June and symposium dinner on Wednesday 12th June.

Go to: https://www.ngi.no/isgtsRegistration

We look forward to seeing you all in Oslo! On behalf of the organizing committee:Jean-Sebastien L'Heureux (Chair)jsl@ngi.no

Prof. Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux (Chair - Norway)Mr. Tom Lunne (Co-Chair - Norway)Dr. Priscilla Paniagua (Norway)Prof. Mike Long (Ireland)Prof. Don DeGroot (USA)Dr. John Powell (UK) Dr. Samson Degago (Norway)Dr. Arne Instanes (Norway)Ass. Prof. Arnfinn Emdal (Norway)Dr. Anatoly Sinitsyn (Norway)Ms. Tone Solem (Norway)

Advisory and organizing committee

Welcome reception at NGI and visit of NGI’s laboratory (Sognsveien 72)

PROGRAMME

0800-0845

0845-0900

0900-1035

1035-1100

1100-1245

1245-1345

1345-1525

1525-1550

1725-1730

1900-2230

WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE

1800-2000

Registration and coffee, opening of exhibition

Welcome and overview of NGTS

Characterization of soft clays (a)

0900 – 0920 Site characterization of the Tiller-Flotten sensitive clay site, Norway

0920 – 0935 Site characterization and results from large scale testing at the Klett research site

0935 – 0950 Research site Dragvoll, a low plastic highly sensitive glaciomarine clay

0950 – 1005 Geotechnical characteristics of sensitive Leda clay at Canada test site in Gloucester, Ontario

1005 – 1020 Geotechnical characterization of the Saint-Jude clay, Quebec, Canada

1020 – 1035 Characterization and engineering properties of AMU Morasko soft clay

Coffee and exhibition

Characterization of soft clays (b)1100 – 1120 Characterization and engineering properties of the NGTS Onsøy soft clay site

1120 – 1140 Geology and engineering properties of sensitive Boston Blue Clay at 9 Newbury, Massachusetts

1140 – 1200 The Ballina soft soil Field Testing Facility

1200 – 1215 Investigation and geotechnical characterization of Perniö clay, Finland

1215 – 1245 Discussion

Lunch and exhibition

Characterization of sand, silts and peat (a)1345 – 1405 Øysand research site: geotechnical characterization of deltaic sandy-silty soil

1405 – 1415 Hydraulic soil properties at NGTS sand site using a newly- developed in-situ tool

1425 – 1445 Characterization of the Blessington Sand Geotechnical Test Site

1445 – 1505 Halden research site: geotechnical characterization of a post glacial silt

1505 – 1525 Assessing compressibility characteristics of silty soils from CPTU lessons learnt from the Treporti Test Site, Venetian Lagoon (Italy)

Tea and exhibition

Characterization of sand, silts and peat (b)1550 – 1610 Uitdam, the Netherlands, test site for soft fibrous peat

1610 – 1625 The relationship between sea-level change, soil formation and stress history of a very soft clay

1625 – 1645 The geotechnical test site in the greater Lisbon area for liquefaction characterisation and sampling quality control of cohesionless soils

1645 – 1655 Test embankments at Lampen founded on organic clay

1655 – 1725 Discussion

Closure Day 1

Symposium dinner

Lars Andresen

Arnfinn Emdal, NTNU, Trondheim

Jean-Sebastien L'heureux; NGI, Norway

Mike Long, UCD, Ireland

Tonje Helle, Multiconsult, Norway

Paul Mayne, Georgia Tech., US

Ariane Locat, Laval University, Canada

Jędrzej Wierzbicki, AMU University, Poland

Eigil Haugen, Directorate Public Roads, Norway

Aleksander S. Gundersen, NGI, Norway

Don DeGroot, UMASS, US

Jubert Pineda, NU, Australia

Bruno Di Buò; Tampere University, Finland

Steinar Nordal, NTNU, Trondheim

Cathal Colreavy,NGI, Perth, Australia

Santiago Quinteros, NGI, Norway

Aleksander S. Gundersen, NGI, Norway

Ken Gavin, TU, Netherlands

Øyvind Blaker, NGI, Norway

Laura Tonni, University of Bologna, Italy

Marcus Rasulo, NGI, Houston, US

Cor Zwanenburg, Deltares, Netherlands

Fernando A. B. Danziger, University of Rio, Brasil

António Viana da Fonseca, Porto, Portugal

Bo Vesterberg, Swedish Geotech. Institute

Anders Augustesen, Ørsted, Denmark

Jean-Sebastien L'heureux, NGI, Norway

TIME SESSION CHAIR PERSON/PRESENTER

TUESDAY 11 JUNE

PROGRAMME

0800-0845

0845-0900

0900-1020

1020-1050

1050-1200

1215-13001300-1430

1515-1545

1545-1630

1630-1640

08.00

09.30

10.00-12.00

12.00

12.30-13.30

13.30-14.30

14.30

16.00

Coffee and exhibition

Overview of day 2

Characterization of other soils (a)

0900 – 0920 Characterization of the NGTS permafrost sites: Longyearbyen, Svalbard

0920 – 0940 Bryozoan limestone experience - the case of Stevns Klint

0940 – 1000 Auburn University National Geotechnical Experimentation Site

1000 – 1020 Predicting Blast-induced Liquefaction within the New Madrid Seismic

Coffee and exhibition

Characterization of other soils (b)

1050 – 1110 Feasibility of in-situ evaluation of soil void ratio in clean sands using high resolution meas. of Vp and Vs from DPCH testing

1110 – 1130 Characterization of Shear Wave Velocity Profiles for South Carolina Coastal Plain

1130 – 1200 Discussion

Lunch and exhibition

Use of data for correlations and statistical analyses1300 – 1320 North Sea as database

1320 – 1340 Engineering properties of low to medium overconsolidation ratio offshore clays

1340 – 1400 Estimation of preconsolidation stress of clays from piezocone by means of high-quality calibration data

1400 – 1420 CPTU correlations for Norwegian clays: an update

1420 – 1440 Spatial variability of medium dense sand deposit

1440 – 1515 Discussion

Tea and exhibition

Use of test sites1545 – 1600 NGI's experience with test sites

1600 – 1630 Panel discussion on use of test sites

Closure and details for field trip

Departure from NGI

Arrival at Onsøy

Onsøy test site tour

Departure from Onsøy to Fredrikstad Old town

Lunch at Fredrikstad Old town

Tour at Fredrikstad Old town

Departure from Fredrikstad Old town

Arrival at NGI (one stop before at Råde station)

Minna Karstunen, Chalmers University, Sweden

Arne Instanes, UNIS, Norway

Joakim Korshøj, Geo, Denmark

J. Brian Anderson, Auburn University, US

Richard A. Coffman; University of Arkansas, US

Andrew Deeks, NGI, UK

Brady R. Cox, The University of Texas, US

Inthuorn Sasanakul; University of South Carolina, US

Mike Long ; UCD, Ireland

Ravindra Ghanekar, IEOT/ONGC, India

Joek Peuchen; Fugro, Netherlands

Don DeGroot; UMASS, US

Marco D'Ignazio; NGI, Norway

Priscilla Paniagua; NGI, Norway

Zhonqiang Liu; NGI, Norway

Kjell Karlsrud; NGI, Norway

Jean-Sebastien L'heureux, NGI

Tom Lunne, NGI, Norway

Lone Krogh; Ørsted, Geir Svanø; Bane NOR, Norway, John Powell, Geolabs, UK

Jean-Sebastien L'heureux, NGI

TIME ACTIVITY

FRIDAY 14 JUNE

THURSDAY 13 JUNE

TIME SESSION CHAIR PERSON/PRESENTER