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Proceedings of the 18
th
International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
4. International seminar on soil identification and
geotechnical parameters « param’12 » 15-16 march
2012
This event was attended by Hundred and seventies
participants, coming from Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France,
Congo, Mali, Niger, Germany, UK, Togo, Italy and Mauritania.
Thirteen professional institutions exhibited their latest products
in geotechnical engineering. The proceedings of this seminar
comprised twenty five papers (25) including eight keynote talks
given by experts: Jean-Pierre Magnan, Hocine Ejjaaouani,
Ramdane Bahar, Patrick Berthelot, Moulay Zerhouni, Philippe
Reiffsteck, Michel Bustamante and Richard Jardine.
5. Technical education on landslides held in tunis on
28-29 january 2013
First day comprised keynotes talks and oral presentations. A
site visit was organized during the second day for the project of
landslide repairing in National Road 17 in Jendouba’s
Governorate located North-West of Tunisia.
6. ATMS committee supported the 3rd International
Conference on Geotechnical Engineering as organized
by the Geotechnical Engineering Research Team
(National Engineering School of Tunis).
A report on this international event is to be sent to the
ISSMGE secretariat.
From the end of April 2013, ATMS committee started the
preparation of the next African Regional Conference to be held
in Hammamet on April 27-30, 2015. Firs bulletin of this event
will be distributed during the ICSMGE, Paris 2013.
End of report prepared by Prof. Mounir Bouassida and Dr.
Samia Boussetta, June 24, 2013.
vi) SOUTH AFRICA
GEOTECHNICAL DIVISION
South African Institution of Civil Engineering
CHAIRMAN:
SECRETARY:
Dr Michelle Theron
Dr Nicol Chang
Rust Geotechnical
Esorfranki Geotechnical
Consultants
2052 PO Box 39075
PO Box 302 GALLO
BRAMLEY 2018
MANOR
Tel: (011) 234 4198
(011) 531 2715
Fax: (011) 088 234 4198
(086) 504 5936
Home page:
http://www.geotechnicaldivision.co.zaList of Past Activities of the Geotechnical Division of the
South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE):
Short courses
The Geotechnical Division of SAICE presented a two day
course on Site Investigation. The course was presented by Prof
C.R. I. Clayton of the University of Southampton and
prominent South African speaker during March 2013.
Awards
• The Gold medal is awarded to an individual who, in the
unanimous opinion of the Division Committee, has made a
significant contribution to furthering the art and science of
geotechnical engineering in South Africa.
Winner: Gavin Wardle
• Jenning award is presented for the best paper relevant to
geotechnical engineering by a member of the Geotechnical
Division published either in SA or elsewhere.
Winner: G. Smit and C.R.I. Clayton
for their paper on “
The
Behaviour of Modern Flexible Framed Structures Undergoing
Differential Settlemen
”.
• Barry van Wyk Award is presented annually to the author of
the best final year dissertation on a geotechnical topic at a South
African University or University of Technology.
Winner
:
C. Warren-Codrington (University of Cape Town)
for dissertation on “An Investigation into the Stability of
Structures adjacent to Bulk Excavations for the University of
Cape Town’s New Engineering Building.”
Planned Activities:
• Evening lecture on “Plate load testing” By H. Barnard.
• Jennings Lecture on “Statistical Characterisation of
Geotechnical Parameters” by K. K. Phoon (University of
Singapore) presented at the University of Pretoria and the
University of Cape Town during July.
• Short course on Reliability Analysis & Design in Geotechnical
Engineering by K.K. Phoon (University of Singapore),
presented on 26 July in Midrand.
• AGM November 2013.
• Revision of lateral support codes.
vii) EGYPT
EGYPTIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY (EGS)
Progress Report October 2009 – August 2013
Although the political situation in Egypt was unstable since
January 2011, the Egyptian Geotechnical Society (EGS) was
able to arrange many activities in different directions. Some of
these activities can be summarized as follows:
• Organizing of the Third African Young Geotechnical
Engineers Conference (3AyGEC’12), from 1214 November
2012, Cairo – Egypt. Twenty eight researchers participated from
Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria and Yemen.
The conference is primarily for the benefit of young
geotechnical engineers – where they present their work, discuss,
exchange ideas and interact with their fellow researchers in the
presence of senior chairpersons in their fields. The program
included four keynote lectures, six paper sessions and a
technical visit. The conference was chaired by Prof. Fatma
Baligh (Egypt).
• Organizing the International Conference on Earthquake
Geotechnical Engineering – from Case History to Practice
(ICEGECHP), 1719 June 2013, Istanbul – Turkey. This
conference was initially planned to be in Aswan – Egypt but
due to the unrest, it was moved to Istanbul. The conference was
chaired by Prof. Mohamed Sakr (Egypt) and Prof. Attila Ansal
(Turkey).
• Members of the society contributed in the continuous updating
and adding of new volumes to the Egyptian code of Practice for
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Design. This code of Practice is
also implemented in the Arab countries.
• Organizing a series of lectures by EGS members and Egyptian
Professors who work in different foreign countries.
Mohamed A. Sakr; Professor, Ph. D., P.E., MASCE
Board Member & Secretary General, EGS
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