Tenth
International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of
Underground
Construction in Soft Ground
IS-Cambridge 2020
29th June - 1st July 2020, Churchill College, Cambridge
CALL FOR PAPERS
Technical
Committee 204 (TC204), one of the technical committees
of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Geotechnical
Research Group at the University of Cambridge would like
to invite you to the Tenth International Symposium on
Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft
Ground (IS-Cambridge 2020) to be held in Cambridge,
United Kingdom from June 29th to July 1st, 2020.
TC204 of the ISSMGE was first established in 1989 as
TC28 and has made major commitments towards collecting
information concerning the geotechnical aspects of the
design, construction and analysis of deep excavations,
tunnels and large underground structures in the urban
environment. The first symposium was held in New Delhi
in 1994 and eight more symposia were held in London
(1996), Tokyo (1999), Toulouse (2002), Amsterdam (2005),
Shanghai (2008),
Rome (2011), Seoul (2014) and Sao Paulo (2017). TC204
decided to hold a tenth in Cambridge in 2020. The 10th
symposium will be organised by TC204 of ISSMGE and the
Geotechnical Research Group at the University of
Cambridge.
The IS-Cambridge 2020 symposium will include themes in
line with the terms of reference of TC204 such as
tunnelling in soft ground, deep excavations, field
monitoring, physical and numerical modelling, the effect
of ground movements on existing structures and
mitigation measures. The symposium will act as a
platform to disseminate the most recent research and
field developments in the design and construction of
underground excavations in soft ground through keynote
lectures and technical presentations.
Organising
Committee
Professor Lord Robert Mair, Chair
Professor Giulia Viggiani
Professor Gopal Madabhushi
Professor Abir Al-Tabbaa
Dr Stuart Haigh
Dr Mohammed Elshafie, Secretary
Dr Giovanna Biscontin
Scientific Committee
Please see the full list of TC204 Underground
Construction members
here
www.issmge.org/committees/technical-committees/applications/underground-construction-
Conference
themes
The themes for the Cambridge symposium in line with the
terms of reference of Technical Committee TC are
Field case studies
Physical and numerical modelling of tunnels and deep excavations in soft
ground
The eect of underground construction activities on
existing structures
Design and application of ground improvement for underground construction
Sensing technologies and monitoring for underground
construction in soft ground
Ground movements interaction with existing structures
and mitigation measures
Seismic response of underground infrastructure in soft
ground
Key Dates
Abstract submission 1st May2019
Notification of
accepted abstracts 31st
May2019
Full Paper
Submission 15th September2019
Notification of
acceptance and comments 30th November2019
Final
Manuscript Submission 15th February2020
Conference
starts 29th June2020
More
information a pre-registration form and an abstract
submission form can be found on the conference website
at
www.IS-Cambridge2020.eng.cam.ac.uk |