Prepared by Graham Scholey, Rolando Orense, Meenakshi Patel The ISSMGE (https://www.issmge.org/) is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics, and Contractors all over the world who actively participate in geotechnical engineering. The ISSMGE is a global organisation that provides a…
The 2024 ISRM Council meeting was held in the 13th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS13) in New Delhi, on the 23rd of September. 43 National Groups were represented at the Council meeting, which was also attended by the Board members, the Past President Resat Ulusay, and observers from…
Report for New Zealand – November 2024 1 What is IAEG and how do we fit? All NZGS members also join one (or more) of the three international societies that NZGS represents in New Zealand; the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG),…
Report for New Zealand – October 2023 In October of this year I had the privilege of attending the 15th ISRM International Congress in Salzburg, Austria as country representative for New Zealand. Attended by over 1400 people, the Congress is ISRM’s flagship event and is…
Report for New Zealand – November 2023 1 NZGS Membership The International Society for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) was founded in 1964. IAEG is a worldwide scientific society with more than 3,600 members and 69 national groups. New Zealand has 577 members of…
ISSMGE NZ Liaison – Rolando Orense TC-103: Numerical Methods (NZGS Rep: CY Chin, I. Antonopoulos) The Technical Committee TC-103 (Numerical Methods in Geomechanics) committee met online in February and September 2022. The continuing education of ISSMGE members through the availability of publications and lectures was…
Commissions Much of the important work of the IAEG is carried by its commissions. Two notable developments in recent times have been: These are available on the IAEG website, and the NZGS management committee is working with key authors of the C25 Guidelines on engineering…
ISRM Australasian Vice President Our current ISRM VP for Australasia Sevda Dehkhoda will come to the end of her term this year. The Australasian VP role is for a four-year term and is rotated between our two countries, with Australia taking two terms followed by…
ISSMGE Heritage Time Capsule (HTC) Update At the ISSMGE board meeting, on 6 March 2023, Hurghada, Egypt, the following policy was approved: HTC Contributions by 28 Member Societies and 14 Technical Committees are hosted on https://www.issmge.org/the-society/time-capsule/part-a. We will provide updates here on HTC contributions from…
Graham Scholey, ISSMGE Vice-President, Australasia The ISSMGE is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of Engineers, Academics, and Contractors all over the world that actively participate in geotechnical engineering. The ISSMGE is a global organisation that provides focus for professional leadership to…