The 3rd International Conference on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST 2026) was held on 7-8 September 2026 in Cambridge, UK. CREST 2026 was supported by TC307 as one of the main conference organizers. The aim of the conference was to address issues related to natural and man-made disasters and the impacts of climate change. Professors Stuart Haigh and Gopal Madabushi of Cambridge along with Professor Hemanta Hazarika of Kyushu University, Japan are main organizers and TC307 has been a major sponsor of first two events in Japan and this one at Cambridge University.
TC307 held a workshop titled Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering at CREST 2026 on 6 September 2026, featuring 11 invited presentations and more than 30 participants. Conference was chaired and organized by Prof Yaolin Yi (Singapore), Dr Tone Smaavik (Norway) and Professor Puppala (USA).
TC307 also held a committee meeting after the workshop via a hybrid model, i.e., members in CREST 2026 attended in person, and others joined via Zoom.
During CREST 2026, Prof. Ian Jefferson from the University of Birmingham delivered the 2nd TC307 Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Honour Lecture entitled Sustainability in Geotechnics-maximising sustainability impacts for the Construction sector. Another TC307 member, Abir Al Tabbaa, delivered a keynote lecture for CREST 2026, who was the 1st recipient of the TC307 Honour Lecturer at the 21st ICSMGE conference, Vienna. Overall, the technical conference is well organized and well appreciated by the conference participants and TC307 thank and congratulate Prof Haigh and Madabushi for all the conference logistics and thank participants and members making it a successful.