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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC216 - FROST
FROST GEOTECHNICS
Date: May 27, 2011
Period covered by this report: September 2010 – May 2011
Prepared by: Arne Instanes
Chair:
Arne Instanes
Vice-Chair:
Seppo Saarelainen
Secretary:
Matthias Vogler
Terms of References can be found on the ISSMGE website.
1.
Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members?
YES
2.
Are any TC members not responsive?
YES
I have problems getting response from: Jean-Marie Konrad,
Canada, Young Uk Kim, Korea.
We also need members from USA and China in the group.
3.
Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date
?
NO
I will try to add some more information on the progress of
the work. I am planning to send out a "newsletter" to the
members every 3
rd
month or so. See attached newsletter
from April 2011. Newsletters could be posted on the web-
site.
4.
Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
The main challenge at the moment is that the technical
committee has not met yet. We plan to hold a meeting
during the 15
th
European Conference on Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering in September. We may
organize a workshop in Berlin in November 2011. This has
not been decided yet. We would like to re-vitalize the
"Ground Freezing Symposium" by 2013. This will be dis-
cussed during the meeting in Athens.
5.
Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s)
See also attached April 2011 newsletter.
Work task
Responsible/deadline/
deliverable
Progress
Future plans
Guidelines and technical
recommendations
Chair
Good. Individual members have
responded and given input. Still missing
Canada, USA, Russia and China
Collect and issue a synopsis
of the available standards by
end 2011.
List of major publications
Chair
Good. Received input from individual
members.
Collect and issue a synopsis
of the major publications by
end 2011.
Organisation of confer-
ences, symposium and
workshops
Chair
Not so good. Difficult to agree on meet-
ing dates and place
See section 5.
Assist with technical pro-
grams of conferences
organized by ISSMGE
Individual members
Good.
Members are assisting at
several international confer-
ences
Interact with industry and
overlapping organizations
Individual members
OK. Good contact with the International
Permafrost Association. Still have to
include the artificial ground freezing
industry
Involve artificial ground
freezing.
Please list the members of the TC, their function, e-mail address and country
List can be found on ISSMGE website.
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