ISSMGE Bulletin – Volume 5 Issue 6 December 2011

ISSMGE Bulletin - Volume 5 Issue 6 December 2011


Inside This Issue

1 – Message to ISSMGE Members
17 – President Reports
21 – ISSMGE Foundation Report
24 – News from Member Society
26 – Notice from Member Society – Soils and Foundations available online at ScienceDirect in 2012
28 – Report on Conference Attendance
31 – News from TC211 Ground Improvement
36 – Improved coastal geotechnics with integrated marine seismic reflection and refraction geophysics: Case Studies
45 – Commonwealth games village, Delhi – Liquefaction study
53 – Obituary – Toshio Aboshi (1925-2011)
55 – Conference Report – 5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-5)
57 – Conference Report – International Symposium on Ground Technology and Geo-Information (IS-AGTG)
59 – Double Honour for University of Wollongong academic elected as Fellow of ATSE and recipient of Engineers Australia Transport Medal 2011
60 – Conference News – The 4th Central Asian Geotechnical Symposium on Geo-Engineering for Construction and Conservation of Culture Heritage and Historical Site – Challenges and Solutions
62 – Event Diary
68 – Corporate Associates
71 – Foundation Donors

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
Fernando Schnaid

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Message to ISSMGE Members

Charles W.W. Ng, Appointed Board Member of ISSMGE

Professor Charles W.W. NgIt is my great honour and pleasure to be appointed by the President – Professor JL Briaud as one of 12 Board Members to serve the community of ISSMGE. In this bulletin, I would like to share with you some of my recent experience about promoting and improving the standard of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering in three developing countries in the Far East of Asia and a case history about one of the largest civil, geotechnical and hydraulic engineering projects in the world – the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP), which is being planned, designed and constructed in China. This report is therefore divided into two parts, which are composed of Part A – International seminar and Part B – the SNWDP in China (geotechnical aspects).

PART A – INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IN THE FAR EAST OF ASIA

Under the leadership of the immediate Past President of ISSMGE, Professor Pedro Pinto and the President of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (SEAGS), Dr Ooi Teil Aun from Malaysia, a series of international seminars were organized and held in three developing countries including Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, which are not yet member societies of ISSMGE. Prior to the international seminars, three days of lectures were delivered by Professors Dennes Bergado (together with Ir Dr Lai Yip Poon), Pedro Pinto and myself in Kuala Lumpur from 31 July to 2 August 2011.

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