International Symposium on Advances in Foundation Engineering (ISAFE 2013) Singapore, 5-6 December 2013

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6th GeoSS AGM (Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore) 5 December 2013

The International Symposium on Advances in Foundation Engineering (ISAFE 2013) was successfully held in conjunction with the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS) in Singapore between 5 and 6 December 2013.  ISAFE 2013 was organised by the Geotechnical  Society of Singapore, the National  University of Singapore, and the Building and Construction Authority.  The symposium was chaired by Professor Kok-Kwang Phoon (National University of  Singapore) and Er. Tong Seng Chua (President, GeoSS).

GeoSS organises a thematic international conference every 2 years as a highlight event to advance knowledge in a topical issue in geotechnical engineering. The purpose of this international symposium is to gather designers, consultants, contractors, regulators, researchers and other stakeholders together in a single forum to address all aspects of foundation engineering, including present state of art/state of practice and challenging issues facing the profession. The basic goal is to share information on how to do the job most effectively with lowest risk and impact on the environment.

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Welcome Addressby Chua Tong Seng, Presidentof GeoSS

The proceedings contains 50 papers from 15 countries (Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, United States). Contributions in this proceedings covered topics such as modeling and analysis, design, ground improvement, load test, and case studies. The symposium was opened by Er.Tong Seng Chua (President,  GeoSS),  Er. Keat Chuan Chew (Building and Construction Authority, Singapore), and   Professor Ikuo Towhata (ISSMGE Vice President for Asia).

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ISAFE 2013 Delegates

Around 200 delegates participated in this symposium. Highlights of the symposium include a special session on “Singapore Piling Practice” organized by the GeoSS Piling Group, two special sessions organised by our young engineers from Student and Young Geotechnical Society of Singapore (SYGeoSS),TC212 (Deep Foundations) committee meeting(chaired by Professor Rolf Katzenbach), and the following keynote/special lectures:

Keynote Lectures

  1. Independent Peer Review as a Guarantee for Safety, Serviceability and Optimisation of Deep Foundation Systems (Rolf Katzenbach and Steffen Leppla)
  2. Some Observations on Resistance Factors and Foundation Capacity in Reliability-Based Design (Fred H. Kulhawy)
  3. Effect of Installation of New Foundations on Adjacent Piles (Yean Khow Chow, Z.Chen, K. K. Tho and C. F.Leung)
  4. Tall Tower  Foundations  –  From  Concept to Construction (Chris Haberfield)
  5. Foundation Design and Construction in Limestone Formation: A Malaysian Consultant’s Experience (Tan Yean-Chinand Chow Chee- Meng)
  6. Settlement Estimation for Foundations of High- Rise Buildings in Singapore (Teoh Yaw Poh and Tiong Guan Ng)
  7. Three-Dimensional Centrifuge and Numerical Investigation of the Performance of Piled Foundations Subjected to Deep Excavation (Charles W.W. Ng and S.Y. Peng)
  8. Implications   for   Design   of   Piled   Raft Foundations Subjected to Lateral Loading (Tatsunori Matsumoto)

SpecialLectures

  1. Experimental Validation of Relationship Between Particle Movement and Ageing Effect in Liquefaction Resistance of Sand (Yuki Shintaku and Ikuo Towhata)
  2. Performance and Anaysis of Non-Conventional Uplift Piles in Soft Ground (Maoson Huang, Jiangu Qian and Chenrong Zhang)

The Sixth GeoSS Annual General Meeting was held before the conference banquet on 5 December and Dr. Tiong Guan Ng (Golder Associates) was elected as the President for GeoSS (2014-2015). Professor Kok-Kwang Phoon delivered the closing address for ISAFE 2013 on 6 December.

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[2] Special Lecture by Prof. I.Towhata, ISSMGE Vice President for Asia

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[1] Keynote lecture by Prof. Rolf Katzenbach

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[3] Editors   of   ISAFE 2013,   Yang   Haibo, Phoon Kok-Kwang, Chua Tong Seng, Cham Wee Meng

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[5] Secretary of TC212 Deep Foundations, Prof. Dr. Deepankar Choudhury

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[4]  Keynote Lecture by Prof. Charles W.W. Ng

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[6]  Special session on Singapore Piling Practice

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[7]  Closing Ceremony by Chair of  ISAFE 2013, Prof. K. K. Phoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS)– 5 December 2013

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GeoSS Committee Members for 2014-2015 (L to R) Eugene Khoo, Chian Siau Chen, Leong Kam Weng, Poh Teow Yaw, Ng Tiong Guan (President), Leung Chun Fai, Chua Tong Seng,Wen Dazhi, Chandrasegaran, Cham Wee Meng