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The coastal town of Wollongong in Australia’s state of New South Wales was host to the International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control from 30 October to 2 November. This was an opportunity for world experts and geotechnical engineers…

The 2012 Australian Geomechanics Society (Sydney Chapter) Symposium with the title “Advances in Geotechnical Aspects of Roads and Railways” was held at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Sydney’s Darling Harbour on 10 October. During this symposium 14 papers were…

The 20th GFWA Prize for final year undergraduate projects in geomechanics at universities in Western Australia was held by the Australian Geomechanics Society on 9 October at Engineers Australia of Perth. As last year, this year’s master of ceremony was…

More than 30 engineers from Perth’s  leading engineering firms visited Riverside Water Bank project on 18 September. This site visit was organised by the Australian Geomechanics Society on the invitation of GFWA with the intent to familiarise the local engineering…

Digital magazines Business Review Australia and Digital Construction have recently run an editorial article in their August 2012 issue on GFWA. Babak Hamidi, GFWA’s marking manager was interviewed for this editorial, and explains the leading role of GFWA in Western…

The 11th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics ANZ2012 was held from 15 to 18 July in Melbourne’s Crown Conference Centre. The theme of the Conference was Ground Engineering in a Changing World and provided an opportunity to share our…

Babak Hamidi, GFWA’s marketing manager, has shared some of his vast experience is ground improvement by presenting a paper titled “Lessons Learned from Millions of Square Metres of Ground Improvement” at the International Symposium on Ground Improvement (IS-GI 2012) that…

Murray Yates has presented Sydney Airport’s Runway End Safety Area jet grouting project at the 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Soil Mixing in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The Title of the presented paper was “Overcoming Challenges with Jet…