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TC28 - Underground Construction in Soft Ground

Chairman: Professor Richard Kastner (France)
Richard.Kastner@insa-lyon.fr

Secretary: Dr. Jamie Standing (UK)
j.standing@imperial.ac.uk

Core Members

P. Akagi (Japan)
A. Bezuijen (The Netherlands)
Mr Storer Boone (Canada)
Eric Hudson-Smith (Australia)
R. Mair (UK)
K. Mecsi (Hungary)
A. Negro (Brazil)
C. Ng (Hong Kong)

Terms of Reference

1.To promote the organisation of the sixth International Conference on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, in China (Shanghai or Hong Kong), September 2008.

2. To promote a Regional Workshop on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Budapest, spring 2007.

3.To use the various conferences and other events to provide a data source of information concerning the design, construction and analysis of deep excavations and tunnels with particular emphasis on the development, effects and control of ground movements and mitigation measures.

4. To encourage the publication of well documented case histories.

5. To make contact with other Technical Committees and encourage the participation in TC28 of members of these TCs such as TC37 (Interactive geotechnical design), TC2 (Physical modelling).

6. To continue the contact with societies promoting trenchless technology and encourage their participation in the sixth TC28 International Conference on Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground, in China.

7. To report on the outcomes and other activities of TC28 at the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt 2009.

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