Date & Venue
May 2021 (exact date and venue to be confirmed)
Theme
The HKIE Geotechnical Division Annual Seminar 2021 will be the 41st seminar of the division. In the last four decades we see geotechnical engineers play an important part to the growth and development of Hong Kong. We have seen advancement and innovative engineering in different areas: safety control and management of HK sloping terrain; deep excavation for mass transit railway and buildings in urban areas; larger and deeper tunnels and caverns for transportation, storage and treatment works; deep foundation with complex geology and steep terrain for housings; and reclamations for high rise buildings and infrastructure development. We also see the progress in soil modelling and computation with support of sound site investigation, refined laboratory testing and real-time instrumentation monitoring. In recent years, we see a big shift to harness digital technology that help transform our approach in geotechnical designs, control, and construction.
With the theme of “Adapt to Challenges, Create to Thrive”,
the Annual Seminar enables us to review and present the achievements that we
have made so far. It also provides a platform for our practitioners to share
their ideas and experiences, with the aim of generating useful insights from
the geotechnical profession to pursue higher goals and meet new challenges.
Topics Relevant to
the Theme
Members, practitioners and academics (including
geotechnical/civil/structural engineers) are invited to contribute on topics
and cases relevant to the theme, such as:
i) Advances in geohazard investigation and mitigation
ii) Innovation and improvement in geotechnical design
iii) New construction techniques for challenging ground
conditions
iv) Use of new and sustainable construction materials
v) Advances in supervision and monitoring techniques
vi) Innovative quality assurance tools and control measures
vii) In-situ and laboratory testing
viii) Physical and numerical simulations
ix) Use of new
technologies such as BIM, AI, IoT, big data analytics, digital twin, etc
Call for Abstracts
Submission of abstracts of not more than 500 words is
invited. Please send your abstract to swlee@golder.com.hk by 31 January 2021.
Acceptance of the abstracts will be announced by early February 2021.
Registration
Details of the seminar registration will be announced later.