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TC305 GEOTECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MEGA
CITIES AND NEW CAPITALS
ANNEX 2
TC Megacities 305 - Twin Cities Geotechnical Seminars.
Background: it has been a tradition of the Sao Paulo branch of
the Brazilian Geotechnical Society (ABMS) to organize, every
ten to twenty years, a local seminar to gather and collate
summarized geotechnical and geological data related to Sao
Paulo City, conditioned mainly by sedimentary Paleocene stiff
and dense soils. Different contributors are invited to prepare
contributions, updating the knowledge on selected topics such
as local geology, hydro-geological conditions, soils micro-
structures, strength and deformability of local soils, perform-
ance of geotechnical structures as pavements, shallow and deep
foundations, natural and cut slopes, supported excavations,
tunnels, etc. A book is usually edited based on the proceedings
of the seminar, under the title "Soils of the City of Sao Paulo".
Published books resulted in noted editorial successes within the
local community. To increase national coverage and interest on
such publication, a second city was invited to participate in the
coming local seminar and the natural choice was Rio de Janeiro
with its residual soils occurring highland and soft organic clays
in the coastal sea plane. The choice of Rio was twofold. Firstly
it complements the review of soils including older (Pre-Cam-
brian) and younger (Quaternary) soils that also may occur in
Sao Paulo. Secondly, the Rio de Janeiro branch of ABMS has
always been a positively competing group to Sao Paulo’s and
this is thought to add flavour to a national event. The idea now
is to spread out internationally this type of meeting in the pro-
posed format.
Tentative date: 2012.
Venues: local single day seminars, taking place in participating
countries, followed by a two or three day international seminar,
taking place at a convenient and selected low cost location. Sao
Paulo, Brazil has offered to host the international meeting.
Local Seminars: two or more local editors are requested to
invite local contributors to each selected topic. Editors are
expected to prepare an abridged draft of contents of the
contributions for the two selected cities. Moreover, editors
should review all contributions received to ensure technical
appropriateness and uniformity and to certify form homogene-
ity. Contributions should be prepared both in the local language
and in English, preferably side by side in a two columns page
A4 format. A proficient English review is recommended. A low
cost hard cover proceeding, with no more than 500 pages, plus
a CD copy, is to be published in each country, sponsored by the
local National Society and under the auspices of the TC
Megacities 305-ISSMGE, with copyrights provisions for
duplication in an international volume edition. Proceedings
shall be published and distributed in the single day local semi-
nar, in which authors involved will present orally their work,
preferably in their home language. Costs of local seminar
organization shall be covered by the respective National
Society.
International Seminar: after completion of all national semi-
nars, an international seminar will be organized for cross
reviewing contributions from all participating countries.
Selected editors will be in charge of preparing a sum up volume
in English only, largely based on each country contribution.
This shall be published as a CD volume with a printed abridged
text of the contents. Costs of this production shall be covered
by the hosting country National Society. Eventually, all authors
of contributions from participating countries will be invited for
shorter presentations of their work, in English, during the inter-
national seminar. Costs of organizing the international seminar
shall also be covered by the hosting country National Society.
The credits of the international seminar organization and
proceedings edition volume will be shared by the hosting
National Society and by TC Megacities 305-ISSMGE.
Organizing committees: an international committee composed
by members of TC305 and by the secretary and editors of the
local seminars plus representatives of the hosting country
National Society shall be responsible for organizing the inter-
national seminar and for publishing the international proceed-
ing edition volume. This committee will also have the role of
supervising the organization of local seminars and publication
of proceedings volumes. Local seminars will be organized by
representatives of participating countries National Societies and
local editors.
Participating countries: any country accommodating prefera-
bly two megacities and/or new capitals and/or important urban
centres can participate in the seminars. Countries that have been
approached and reacted favourably to the invitation were:
Brazil (with Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Cities), Chile (with
Santiago and Valparaiso), Italy (cities not yet defined, possibly
Rome and Torino or Naples), China (with Shanghai and Hong
Kong), Kazakhstan (with Almaty and Astana), Russia (with
Moscow and St. Petersburg), Japan (Tokyo and Osaka) and
Portugal (Lisbon and O Porto). Additional prospective inter-
ested countries at this moment are USA and Korea.
Provisional organization: at international level by current TC
Megacities 305 members (Chaired by Dr. Arsenio Negro at
with Mr. Makoto Namba, TC305 appointed Secretary, also at
.
At local levels: in Chile by Mr. Juan Carlos Pozo, in Italy by
Prof. Giulia Viggiani and Dr. Marco Barla, in China by Prof.
Huang Hongwei and Prof. Zhang Limin, in Kazakhstan Prof.
Askar Zhussupbekov and Dr. Rauan Lukpanov, in Russia by
Prof. Michael Lisyuk and Dr. Mikhail L. Kholmyansky, in
Brazil by Mr. Argimiro A. Ferreira and Prof. Ian Schumann, in
Portugal Prof. Manuel Matos Fernandes and Prof. Isabel M.
Almeida, in Japan by Prof. Hirokazu Akagi and Prof.
Yoshimichi Tsukamoto
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