TC211 Ground Improvement

Ground Improvement

Host Member Society: Australia

Short name:  Ground Improvement  (TC211) -  Terms of Reference

GeoWorld GroupGround Improvement (TC211)

LinkedIN: TC211 Ground Improvement

Former website:  www.tc211.be


ISSMGE Interactive Technical Talk Episode 30: Ground Improvement (TC211)

The thirtieth episode of International Interactive Technical Talk has just been launched and is supported by TC211. Fanny Maucotel, Jian Chu, Richard Kelly and Norman Burua Adriko are discussing with Marc Ballouz about “Ground Improvement”.

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2ND IS-GI 2027, LYON - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Call for Abstracts ISGI Lyon 2027

12-14 April 2027 Lyon, France

TC211 Ground Improvement is pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts is now open for the second edition of the International Symposium on Ground Improvement, to be held on 12-14 April 2027 in Lyon, Franc



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2ND IS-GI 2027, LYON - SAVE THE DATE

International Symposium on Ground Improvement (IS-GI)

12-14 April 2027 Lyon, France

TC211 Ground Improvement is pl



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Webinar on “Numerical Analysis of Ground Improvement” with Prof. Helmut F. Schweiger

ISSMGE TC211 is pleased to extend an invitation to you for the upcoming ISSMGE TC211 free webinar featuring a presentation by Prof. Helmut F Schweiger. This insightful and educational talk, titled Numerical Analysis of Ground Improvement will provide valuable perspectives on



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Invitation to TC211 Webinar on Field-Scale Bio-Grouting Technology

TC211 will be hosting a webinar on field-scale bio-grouting technology, featuring a presentation by Dr. Kimberly Martin, PhD, PE. This insightful and educational talk, titled "Field-scale Implementation of EICP and What Comes Next?" will provide valuable perspectives on



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TC211 Live Zoom Presentation on "Insights in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments" - Part 2

ISSMGE TC211 will be holding an on-line ground improvement presentation on "Insights in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments Part 2" that will be presented by Dr. Suzanne van Eekelen

The presentation will be made on Zoom (link= https://utsmeet.zo



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TC211 Live Zoom Presentation on "Insights in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments"

ISSMGE TC211 will be holding an on-line ground improvement presentation on "Insights in Geosynthetic-Reinforced Pile-Supported Embankments" that will be presented by Dr. Suzanne van Eekelen

The presentation will be made on Zoom (link= https://utsmeet.zoom.us/j



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Online ground improvement presentation on "Soil-Bentonite Slurry Trench Wall Lateral Deformation, Consolidation, and State-of-Stress"

ISSMGE TC-211 will be holding an on-line ground improvement presentation on "Soil-Bentonite Slurry Trench Wall Lateral Deformation, Consolidation, and State-of-Stress" that will be presented by Professor Emeritus Jeffrey Evans of Bucknell University (Lewisburg Penn



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New TC211 Webinar on "Concrete for Rigid Inclusions" by Dr. Martin Larisch

View for free Concrete for Rigid Inclusions Webinar at ISSMGE Virtual University

About this Webinar

Rigid inclusions are used for ground improvement works and they are often designed as unreinforced concrete columns. The installation methods of rigid inclusions mainly



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- Launch of a new TC211 website – the new format of the TC website is available since January 2019: www.tc211.be

- Abandoning the Newsletters for a more dynamic way of communication (short and more regular)

Introduce a new principal theme for the period:

  “Innovations in design, execution and QA/QC of Ground Improvement works”

- Participate by dedicated workshops in the international conferences inviting TC members to contribute to the knowledge and develop the addressed themes

- Promote the activities and the links with other organizations or TC’s (in particular the Deep Foundations Institute – DFI, the EFFC, the TC 102 – In situ testing and the new TC218 – Reinforced fills)

- Organize two main TC211 WORKSHOPS at the ECSMGE Reykjavik 2019 and ICSMGE Sydney 2021 based on the new principal theme “Innovations”

- Organize the next Louis Ménard Lecture in Sydney 2021

- The board currently studies the opportunity to organize a new International Symposium IS-GI Brussels

# Type Full Name Country
1 Chair Babak Hamidi Australia
2 Vice Chair Hadi Khabbaz Australia
3 Secretary Fanny Maucotel France
4 Nominated by TC Chair Serge Varaksin France
5 Nominated by TC Chair Nicolas Denies Belgium
6 Nominated by TC Chair Jian Chu Singapore
7 Corresponding Member Muthusamy Karthikeyan Singapore
8 Nominated Member Sunny So Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
9 Corresponding Member Henry Shiu Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
10 Nominated Member Johannes Kirstein Germany
11 Nominated Member Michał Topolnicki Poland
12 Nominated Member Sławomir Kwiecień Poland
13 Nominated Member Dalia Ragab Mohamed Egypt
14 Nominated Member Onder Akcakal Turkey
15 Nominated Member Masaki Kitazume Japan
16 Nominated Member Ece Kurt Turkey
17 Corresponding Member ALP GOKALP Turkey
18 Nominated Member Fuchen Teng Chinese Taipei
19 Corresponding Member Fabien SZYMKIEWICZ France
20 Nominated Member F.F. ZEKHNIEV Russia
21 Nominated Member A.B. PONOMARYOV Russia
22 Corresponding Member Shanyong Wang Australia
23 Nominated Member K H S M Sampath Sri Lanka
24 Corresponding Member Sylvie BRETELLE France
25 Nominated Member Chenhui Lee Australia
26 Nominated Member Colin Lim Malaysia
27 Nominated Member Sergio Lourenco Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
28 Nominated Member Fong Wah Chee Malaysia
29 Nominated Member Abir Al-Tabbaa United Kingdom
30 Corresponding Member P. G. Atangana Njock Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
31 Nominated Member Yunesh Saulick Canada
32 Nominated Member Robert Essler United Kingdom
33 Nominated Member Salah Sadek Lebanon
34 Nominated Member Marwan Alzaylaie United Arab Emirates (UAE)
35 Nominated Member Masoud Makarchian Iran
36 Corresponding Member Shadi Najjar Lebanon
37 Corresponding Member Vittorio Manassero Italy
38 Corresponding Member Bosco Poon Australia
39 Nominated Member Jorge Ramoneda Argentina
40 Nominated Member Behnam Fonouni Canada
41 Corresponding Member Ngoc Qui Lam Vietnam
42 Nominated Member Andrey Totsev Bulgaria
43 Corresponding Member Mitsuo Nozu Japan
44 Corresponding Member Sadik Oztoprak Turkey
45 Nominated Member Martin Larisch New Zealand
46 Corresponding Member Ozer Cinicioglu Turkey
47 Corresponding Member Bojan Susinov North Macedonia
48 Corresponding Member muge İnanir Turkey
49 Corresponding Member Aydin Kavak Turkey
50 Nominated Member Choong-Ki Chung South Korea
51 Nominated Member Alain LE KOUBY France
52 Nominated Member Leena Korkiala-Tanttu Finland
53 Nominated Member Kam Weng Leong Singapore
54 Nominated Member Jimmy Wehr Germany
55 Nominated Member António Alves Cristóvão Portugal
56 Nominated Member Giuseppe Modoni Italy
57 Nominated Member George Tsitsas Romania
58 Nominated Member António Alberto Correia Portugal
59 Nominated Member Alireza Alemzadeh Iran
60 Corresponding Member Anthony O'Brien United Kingdom
61 Nominated Member Michéle Dal Toé Casagrande Brazil
62 Nominated Member Agus Himawan Indonesia
63 Nominated Member Chan-Young Yune South Korea
64 Corresponding Member Paul Sargent United Kingdom
65 Nominated Member Huayang Lei China
66 Corresponding Member Ilhan Chang South Korea
67 Corresponding Member Jason Redgers United Kingdom
68 Corresponding Member Alexandre Pinto Portugal
69 Corresponding Member Agostinho Mendonça Portugal
70 Nominated Member Ioannis Markou Greece
71 Nominated Member Athanasios Platis Greece
72 Nominated Member Karl Rainer Massarsch Sweden
73 Corresponding Member Leo Quirin France
74 Nominated Member Bao Viet Nguyen Vietnam
75 Corresponding Member Xin Kang China
76 Nominated Member Duc Manh Nguyen Vietnam
77 Nominated Member Daniel R. Verastegui Belgium
78 Nominated Member Abdullah Ekinci Cyprus
79 Corresponding Member Boo Hyun Nam South Korea
80 Nominated Member almer van der Stoel Netherlands
81 Nominated Member Jeroen Dijkstra Netherlands
82 Nominated Member Hung-Jiun Liao Chinese Taipei
83 Nominated Member Satyendra Mittal India
84 Corresponding Member Dongsheng Chang Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
85 Corresponding Member Serge Varaksin France
86 Nominated Member Sarat Das India
87 Corresponding Member Arindam Dey India
88 Nominated Member Peter Nagy Austria
89 Corresponding Member Emmanouil Spyropoulos United Kingdom
90 Corresponding Member Qian Wang China
91 Nominated Member Jorge Castro Spain
92 Nominated Member Gustavo Armijo Spain
93 Nominated Member Buddhima Indraratna Australia
94 Nominated Member Clemens Kummerer Austria
95 Nominated Member Gergő Murinkó Hungary
96 Corresponding Member Svetlana Melentijevic Spain
97 Corresponding Member Victor Jorge Brito de la Nuez Spain
98 Nominated Member Anand J. Puppala United States
99 Corresponding Member Matteo Ciantia United Kingdom
100 Nominated Member Jian Chu Singapore
101 Corresponding Member Rafael Jiménez Spain
102 Nominated Member Jianyong Shi China
103 Nominated Member Daniel Cagney Ireland
104 Corresponding Member Vernon Schaefer United States
105 Corresponding Member Jie Han United States
106 Corresponding Member Alvaro Perez Peru
107 Nominated Member Alessandro Flora Italy
108 Nominated Member Jérôme RACINAIS France
109 Nominated Member Endra Susila Indonesia
110 Nominated Member DANIEL MARTÍNEZ OVIEDO Mexico

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