Key Persons
Paper documenting the development of design approaches to ensure structures perform adequately and do not fail catastrophically.
Technical Committees
Member Societies
The 2011 Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference was held from 31 August to 2 September at the Berg en Dal Conference Centre in the Kruger National...
Vice Presidents
Based on [13] 1. Introduction Permanently anchored structures are prevalent in Switzerland due to the country’s topography. Since there...
Report on moving dike stability assessment, from evaluating individual mechanisms (past) to evaluating entire failure paths containing several ...
1 Probability Theory [1] Jeffreys, H. (1983). Theory of Probability. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. [2] Sivia, D.S., and Skilling, J....
The Merriespruit tailings dam disaster occurred on the night of 22 February 1994 when a tailings dam failed and flooded the suburb of Merriespruit,...
Past Presidents
The Technical Committee on Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites was established by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geot...
Corporate Associates
The Vietnamese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (VSSMGE), the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) and the Nati...
Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: From Earthquakes to Better Practice The importance of geotechnical effects was brought to engineering atten...
A Better Future for Africa if we Communicate Together
Collaboration among Member Societies
Geo Education
Addressing the current and emerging needs of young geotechnical professionals in Europe region
A stronger ISSMGE brand in North America
Development of profession, increased industry-academia collaboration and stronger ISSMGE brand
