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and the International Standard Organization (ISO) to
compare and contrast offshore codes and standards.
2.C: Make guidelines and recommendations for practice.
Proposed Activity:
 TC209 will develop a guidance document on the topic
of cyclic soil parameters. Emphasis will be given on
summarizing the oil and gas industry experience and
describing how that knowledge can be transferred to
the renewable wind energy industry.
ISSMGE Objective 3:
Assist with technical programs of international and regional
conferences organized by the ISSMGE. Promote to present the
findings of the TC in main sessions and discussion sessions
Proposed Activities:
 TC209 will organize a session or a satellite workshop at the
18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) conference, Paris
(2013) to promote the findings of the work on cyclic soil
properties.
 TC209 will liaise with the ASCE 2012 San Francisco
conference organizers to include topics on how to foster and
transfer learnings between the onshore and offshore industry.
ISSMGE Objective 4:
Interact with industry and overlapping organizations working in
areas related to the TC’s specialist area:
Proposed Activities:
 Links with key organizations, including the Center for
Offshore Foundations (COFS) in Perth, Australia, the
International Center on Geohazards in Oslo, Norway, the
Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) in College
Station, USA, ISO and API will be reinforced. Key activities
will be advertised to the ISSMGE members.
 TC209 will interact and liaise with the renewable offshore
wind industry. Organizations such as the British Wind
Energy Association (BWEA) and the German wind industry
will be approached. Opportunities to share learnings at wind
industry conferences will be explored.
ISSMGE Objective 5:
Consider starting a named lecture to honour an eminent
geotechnical engineer in your field:
Proposed Activity:
 TC209 will start a named lecture to honour outstanding
contribution in the field of offshore geotechnics. The
provisional name of the lecture is the McCelland Lecture, to
honour the legacy and memory of Mr. Bramlette
McClelland, widely respected pioneer and innovator in
offshore geotechnics.
TC210 - DAMS
DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS
Chair: Dr. Xu Zeping
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 To promote co-operation and exchange of information
concerning research and developments in geotechnical
issues of dam construction among TC members and
ISSMGE member societies.
 To encourage the application of the latest research results of
soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering in practices of
dam engineering.
 To summarize and share experiences on dealing with
geotechnical problems in dam construction practices.
Encourage report and discussion on dam failure incidents
and the solutions for dam constructed under complex
geological conditions.
 To advance the above aims through collaboration with
ICOLD (International Committee on Large Dams).
Encourage TC members join the activities of ICOLD.
Activities Planned
 Knowledge dissemination on geotechnical issues of dam
engineering
 Publish case histories (with International Journal of
Geotechnical Case Histories)
 Arrange short courses and dam site visit
 Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and workshops
 Arrange TC210 sessions on ISSMGE Conferences
TC211 - GROUND IMPROVEMENT
GROUND IMPROVEMENT
Chair: S. Varaksin
TERMS OF REFERENCE
 Complete the existing website,
 Introduce a newsletter,
 Create close working groups, the only solution to be
efficient, this with the themes of appendix 1,
 Organise a workshop on 27-28 May 2011 at the Asian
Regional Conference in Hong-Kong with as theme the items
of the survey (appendix 1)
 More ambitious, organise a Symposium "Ground
Improvement". This still is to be confirmed as the Country
members will be known. This symposium "should" take
place in Brussels under the sponsoring of the BGGG-
GBMS, of Belgium and the CFMS of France host countries
of the Co-chairmen. The sponsors are contacted at the
moment, our idea is to organise the state of fundamental
research by universities and practitioners and presented as
keynote. Presently subjects are :
 Deep mixing research (Kitazume)
 Vacuum research (Jurong – Singapore)
 Asiri research : Rigid inclusions
 New bio technologies
 FMA – USA research on MSE
 Wollongong research by Indraratna on DC and vacuum.
 A "Menard lecture" as proposed by Jean-Louis Briaud will
also take place.
 Technical activity of the TC GI start up of its new theme
was initiated in Brazil where serge Varaksin published and
presented a lecture on "vacuum consolidation, the
environment friendly consolidation of very soft polluted
mud at the Airbus A380 factory site", at the soft clay
conference organise in Guarija on 21st and 22nd of May. Jan
Maertens, also invited as speaker had to decline for health
reasons.
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