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