ISSMGE Bulletin – Volume 6 Issue 6 December 2012


Inside This Issue

1 – Message from TC102
7 – President’s Reports
8 – Technical Article
18 – News on recent conference
31 – Report to ISSMGE Foundation
41 – Reminiscence
42 – Event Diary
49 – Corporate Associates
51 – Invitation to page of Corporate Associates
52 – Foundation Donors
53 – ISSMGE’s International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories
55 – From the Editor

Editorial Board

Jean-Louis Briaud
Ikuo Towhata
Neil Taylor
Pedro Sêco e Pinto
Pongsakorn Punrattanasin
Deepankar Choudhury
Imen Said
Erdin Ibraim
Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
Susumu Nakajima
Marcelo Gonzalez

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MESSAGE FROM TC 102

Ground Property Characterization by In-Situ Tests

By Professor Paul Mayne, Chairman of TC102

Professor Paul MaynePreface: ISSMGE Technical Committee TC 102 (formerly TC 16) involves the areas of geotechnical and geophysical exploration. Site characterization is a first fundamental step towards the proper design, construction, and long term performance of all types of geotechnical projects, ranging from foundations, excavations, earth dams, embankments, seismic hazards, environmental issues, tunnels, and near to offshore structures. As such, the TC 102 committee is active in the dissemination of technical documents, papers, and international & national standards on various in-situ tests including SPT, CPT, CPTu, DMT, PMT, VST, CHT, DHT, and other methods. The committee has helped organize and plan a series of international conferences on the topic of site characterization (ISC) that have been held in Atlanta (ISC-1, 1998), Porto (ISC-2, 2004), Taipei (ISC-3, 2008), and most recently Brazil (ISC-4, September 2012). The TC 102 committee has also participated in conferences held by other technical committees including TC 101 series on Deformational Characteristics of Geomaterials, ICSMGE, ASCE GeoCongresses, ECSMGE, and the Baltic Sea Conferences. Details on the recently held ISC-4 (2012) are given below and additional information about our technical activities are posted at our website: www.webforum.com/tc16

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