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deep foundations (TC212), underground construction
(TC204), soil-structure (TC207) and megacities (TC305).
To organize informal meetings between members of the
committee and promote lectures in different countries.
TASK FORCES
Soft soils characterization
(Static and dynamic soft soils
properties for design of foundations)
Numerical modelling of soft soils behaviour (F.E.
techniques, limit analyses, others…)
Improvement of soft soils
(Preloading, vertical drains,
other techniques…). Head: B. Indraratna.
Design of foundations on soft soils
(Technical solutions
for foundations of buildings and embankments. Design
criteria). Head: G. Auvinet.
Instrumentation
of
foundations
on
soft
soils
(Instrumentation and field-testing)
Case Histories
TC215 - GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS
Chair: M. Manassero
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Objective 1: Disseminate knowledge and practice within the
TC’s subject area to the membership of the
ISSMGE
Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and workshops.
Organization of the 6ICEG November 8-12, New Delhi –
India and planning of the future ICEG editions.
Organization of an International Workshop on Chemio-
Physical
and
Hydro-Mechanics
Phenomena
in
Environmental Geotechnics.
Encourage preparation of keynote lectures, state-of-the-art
lectures including new technology, general reports for
conferences organized by the International Society, regional
conferences and conferences organized by Member
societies.
Setting up of a Task Force for interaction with the
organizing and scientific committees of the different types
of ISSMGE related conferences in order to promote and
define the active contribution of the TC215 members for
each event.
Develop ideas for broad participation of ISSMGE individual
members through for example prediction events, surveys, or
other means.
Setting up of a Task Force for new initiatives devoted to
increasing participation in and visibility of the individual
TC215 members at local and global events related to geo-
environment aspects.
Setting up of a Task Force for the preparation of technical
and scientific papers to be published in the ISSMGE
"International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case Histories"
and in other relevant journals.
Objective 2: Establish
guidelines
and
technical
recommendations within the TC’s subject
area.
Collect available standards and codes and translate non-
English ones into English if necessary.
Prepare overview of the standards and codes.
Evaluate the similarities and the differences.
Make guidelines and recommendations for practice (can be
methodological ones for new complex problems and/or
technical ones for specific items).
Setting up of a Task Force for the completion of Chapter n.
8 "Regulation and Technical Guidelines" of the TC215 CD-
Rom-Book "Geotechnical Aspect of Environmental
Engineering" (3
rd
Edition).
Setting up of a Task Force to establish co-operation and an
exchange of knowledge with national and international
public institutions and government agencies to promote the
preparation and updating of laws and regulations.
Objective 3: Assist with technical programs of international
and regional conferences organized by ISSMGE
Promote to present the findings of TC in main and
discussion session (see point c).
Objective 4: Interact with industry and overlapping groups
working in areas related to the TC’s specialist
area.
Identify overlapping organizations and decide how to
interact with them.
Setting up of a Task Force for interaction with IGS, IAEG,
ISRM and FedIGS and other possible interlocutors in order
to promote new initiatives and to include them within the
most important conference and symposia joint sessions with
ISSMGE-TC215 dealing with geo-environmental aspects.
TC216 - FROST
FROST GEOTECHNICS
Chair: A. Instanes
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The TC will continue the technical work of the previous period
(TC8). The TC will cooperate closely with TC202
Transportation Geotechnics.
Objective 1: Disseminate knowledge and practice
Organization of conferences, symposium and workshops.
TC216 will participate in the organization of a specialty
conference during the period. We will investigate if it is
possible to re-vitalize the Ground Freezing Symposiums.
We will also look into organization of workshops in
connection with well-established conferences such as the
ASCE Cold Regions Engineering Conference (no date set
for the period 2010-2013), ICECORD and regional
conferences. In 2012 the International Permafrost
Association is organizing the 10
th
international conference
on permafrost in Tyumen, Russia. We will organize a
workshop during this conference.
Key-note lectures, state-of-the-art lectures: Members will be
encouraged to initiate lectures related to frost topics.
Participation of ISSMGE individual members: The TC will
carry out a survey among previous participants in
conferences and projects related to frost geotechnics. We
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