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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC214 - SOFT SOILS
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING IN DIFFICULT SOFT SOIL
CONDITIONS
Date: May 30, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: José Luis Rangel Núñez
Chair: José Luis Rangel-Núñez
Vice-Chair: None
Secretary: Bogard Méndez-Urquidez
1. Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members? YES
2. Are any TC members not responsive? YES
Members not responsive: Fritz Nowacki (Norway),Gustavo
Armijo (Spain), Jean Pierre Magnan (France), Fleur de
Cock (Belgium), Berhane Gebreselassie (Germany),
Andrea Richwien (Germany), Richard Jardine (UK),
Angelo Garassino and Fabio Soccodato (Italy), Sayed
Mohammad Reza Imam (Iran), A. M. Sonin (Kazakhstan),
Zbigniew Lechowicz (Poland) and Rashid Abdullovich
Mangushev (Russia).
3. Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date? NO
Our temporary webpage is on tc214.webs.com, it will trans-
ported to the ISSMGE website in June
4. Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
- To develop and to update a website where information re-
garding all activities, scientific papers and publications
and membership of the TC-214 could be consulted.
(Done: June, 2010). Webpage tc214.webs.com.
- Co-sponsoring of the International Symposium on
Tunneling and Shaft Construction to be held in Mexico
City, Feb. 20-23, 2010. Themes discussed in this sympo-
sium will be related to tunnelling in soft soils in urban
areas, including effects of regional subsidence, seismic
loading, etc. (Done: Feb, 2010). Two major conferences
about tunnelling and construction shafts in soft soils).
- To participate in the 11th National symposium of Seismic
engineering , Sept 23-
24, 2010. (Done: Sept, 2010). A conference was done on
seismic behaviour of shafts in soft soils.
- To organize a workshop as part of 8th International
symposium on land subsidence to be held in Querétaro-
México, Oct. 17 to 22, 2010 .
(Done: Oct, 2010). This workshop deals with Geotechni-
cal Engineering in areas affected by subsidence and soil
fracturing. Four specialist talked about origins, analysis,
monitoring and foundation solutions. There is a CD with
memories but papers will be published in a special edition
of the Mexican Geographic Association Bulletin.
- To participate in the 7 th International symposium "Geo-
technical Aspects of Underground Construction in soft
grounds" , May 16-18, 2011 (Done,
May 16). A keynote was give (The New Mexico City
deep sewerage system). We are preparing a writing version.
5. Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where
relevant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
Work task Responsible/deadline/deliverable Progress Future plans
To participate in the 7th International symposium
"Geotechnical aspects of underground construction
in soft soils
Mario Aguilar (May 16, 2011) Done
TC-214 workshop "Extreme soils mechanics" Bogard Mendez (Oct, 2, 2011) In progress
Extreme Soils Mechanics (book on current state of
the art of foundation engineering on soft soils)
José Luis Rangel. Pending to assign
book chapters coordinators (2012)
In progress
TC-214 Workshop (2013)
Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
Name Function e-mail address Country
José Luis Rangel-Nuñez Chair México
Bogard C. Méndez-Urquidez Secretary México
Gabriel Y. Auvinet Guichard Member of Executive Mexico
Minna Karstunen Member of Executive Scotland
Indraratna Buddhima Member of Executive Australia
Fritz Nowacki Member of Executive Norway
Gustavo Armijo Member Spain
Jean Pierre Magnan Member of Executive France
Jean Michel Rescoussier Member France
Fleur de Cock Member Belgium
Berhane Gebreselassie Member Germany
Andrea Richwien Member Germany
Richard Jardine Member UK
Angelo Garassino Member Italy
Fabio Soccodato Member Italy
Yoshiaki Kikushi Member Japan
Jian-hua Yin Member Hong Kong
Ian Askew Member Hong Kong
Ryan Yan Member Hong Kong
Singh Devendra Narain Member India
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