The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is the principal
association for geotechnical engineers in the United Kingdom.
The latest news from the BGA.
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Public consultation is open for UK National Annex to BS EN 1997-2:2024, Eurocode 7 – Geotechnical design – Part 2: Ground properties. Deadline 4th November 2024.
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to announce that the 55th Cooling Prize was awarded to Thomas Riccio of the University of Dundee for a presentation on Pile installation effects and plugging in soft rock
For the 63rd Rankine Lecture Professor Kenichi Soga of the University of California, Berkeley will present ‘From Geo-monitor to Geo-adapt: leveraging distributed sensing and data analytics for performance-based design, construction, and maintenance’
The BGA is pleased to announce that Yvonne Ainsworth has received the 2024 John Mitchell Award
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Cooling Prize Competition to be held at the BGA’s 75th Anniversary Conference in London on 15 October 2024
The Call for Abstracts is now open for the 21st ICSMGE to be held in Vienna in June 2026
Former BGA Chair Professor Stephan Jefferis elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)
The BGA is pleased to invite entries for the Fleming Competition. This is held annually to commemorate the life and work of Dr Ken Fleming and to recognise excellence in the practical application of geotechnics in a project or a part of a project. Deadline is 18th October 2024
The BGA is pleased to announce that the call for abstracts for Earthworks 2025 is now open. Deadline for submission is noon on 2 December 2024