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Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Paris 2013
3. Open a special fund for disaster victims, raise money
4. Offer to host families of disaster victims for a while
5. Develop guidelines for nuclear power plants
protection against tsunamis.
6. Develop guidelines on geotechnical aspects of post-
earthquake-disaster activities (investigation, back
analysis, reconstruction).
7. Develop guidelines for civilian behavior during and
after disasters
8. Organize conferences on what was learned from a
disaster in the city of the disaster to help their
economy.
9. Help to educate the public on the risk it faces. Zero
risk does not exist.
10. Help raise the quality control of the work in
developing countries
11. Provide full support to member societies in need of
what ISSMGE can do for them (technical support).
12. Organize groups of volunteers to go to the site of the
disaster and be technical advisors
13. Support GEER, the Geotechnical Extreme Event
Reconnaissance )
2.2.5 Awards
q. An award to be given to a reporter who distinguished
himself or herself in reporting and/or promoting
geotechnical activities. Similar to other committees, it is
planned to give 1 Award every 2 years, or 2 Awards every
ISSMGE conference. 1 Award would be presented in the
coming Paris Conference in 2013.
3 MEETINGS
The PRC will meet 4 times a year by teleconference or in
person. An in person meeting once a year is encouraged.
Expenses for the meetings will be the responsibility of the
Member’s country.
4 EVALUATION
Each year the PRC will prepare a short report to brief the Board
on the status of the committee.
5 MEMBERS
a. Chair:
b. Vice-Chair
c. Secretary
d. Members: Approximately 6 or 7
e. ISSMGE Board member liaison:
6 TASK FORCES
In order to achieve the main 5 objectives in a timely and
organized manner, the PRC members were divided in Task
Forces as shown
7 ACHIEVEMENTS
From the list of objectives listed in the Charges above, the
following achievements have been accomplished since PRC
was created 2 years ago:
7.1 What is Geotechnical Engineering – The Movie
The movie is titled “What is Geotechnical Engineering”. This
movie was sponsored by ISSMGE and explains the history of
Geotechnical engineering and ISSMGE. It also explains in
regular language about what is geotechnical engineering as a
profession. It is about 6min long and was produced by a
professional production company. The script and guidance were
made by the PRC task force. The movie is aired on Youtube and
can also be accessed via hot links on the ISSMGE website and
the PRC website.
7.2
This is a new website that was created by PRC as the Public
Relations website t the main ISSMGE website. It exposes and
describes what we do as geotechnical engineers in a nice
webpage format with major links to important information that
the user can access easily:
 Technical Committees
 Country Members
 The Movie
 Main Website
 …and other...
7.3 What is Geotechnical Engineering – The Brochure
A brochure about geotechnical engineering was created by the
PRC task force who hired a professional graphic designer. This
brochure targets all people including engineers of different
disciplines. It stresses on the importance of the profession and
its beauty. These brochures could and should be distributed in
conferences, schools and universities.
7.4 What is Geotechnical Engineering – The Roll-Up Banner
The Roll Up banner was developed for the Paris conference and
future conferences. Also to be exposed in any lecture that talks
about geotechnical engineering. It complements and follows the
design of the brochure.
7.5 “The Hidden Treasures of Geotechnics” – Article
This article talks about the history of geotechnical engineering
and the creation of ISSMGE. It also describes what geotechnical
engineers do, and the impact of the profession on society. This
article was developed in 2 versions. The short version was
published in the Science Omega Forum magazine, a new
scientific magazine in Europe/England. The long version was
used as the script for the “What is Geotechnical Engineering”
Movie.
7.6 Geotechnical Engineering Time Capsule
The time capsule is a PRC idea and achievement. It consists of a
container, the size of a small barrel (large trash can), where
every member society (country) is allowed to insert his
object/idea that best describes how geotechnical engineering is
applied nowadays. It can be a book , a movie in some format, a
tool or lab equipment, or others… This time capsule will be
locked and labeled as the ISSMGE time capsule and preserved
in a scientific museum, only to be opened in 150 years!
7.7 Outstanding Public Relations Award
The PRC committee with its task force helped organize and
nominate candidates for the Public Relations award to be given
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