Sixth international conference on expansive soils

Sixth international conference on expansive soils

MEETINGS September 7-10, 1987 Mora and Orsa, Sweden Europaplein, Netherlands. 12443. Deep Drilling in Crystalline Bedrock This Third International...

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MEETINGS

September 7-10, 1987 Mora and Orsa, Sweden

Europaplein, Netherlands. 12443.

Deep Drilling in Crystalline Bedrock

This Third International Symposium on Observation of the Continental Crust through Drilling is co-hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, The Swedish State Power Board, and Symposium the Geological Survey of Sweden. sessions will review international deep drilling projects, technical and geological aspects of deep drilling, deep gas drilling in the Siljan impact structure. and future prospects for deep drilling. Deep Drilling, For more information contact: c/o Stockholm Convention Bureau, P.O. Box 6911, S-102 39 Stockholm, Sweden. Telephone: (46-8) 23 09 90. Telex: 11556 Congres S.

UTRC October 16-17, 1987 Arlington, Virginia U.S.A.

Annual

November 12-13, 1987 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

International

Meeting

November 23-26, 1987 Essen, West Germany

Sponsored by AFTES, this conference will deal with the use of the subsurface as a major asset in urban development; and planning and construction of underground works (including underground for the criteria selection alternative, construction methods and equipment, construction and management costs, and case For more information write: Mme. J. histories). Boiler, AFTES Conference, SEMALY, 25 tours Emile Zola, 69625 Villeurbanne, Cedex, France. Telephone: 78 93 90 09. Telex: 380801 F.

CJnderground

Conference

‘87

Sixth

International Conference on Expansive Soils

This conference is being organized by India’s Central Board of Irrigation and Power on behalf of the ISSMFE. Papers on the following topics are planned: characteristics and mineralogy of swelling soils in various parts of the world; classification of expansive soils; mechanics and measurement of swelling, swelling pressure and potential; theoretical aspects; shear str,ength and interactive analysis, including heave theories; dynamic aspects; problems associated with excavations, stability and bearing capacity; soil improvement methods; use of expansive soils in river valley projects, canals, embankments, and histories; and instrumentation; case dams; identifying and for guidelines/standards soils for design and expansive classifying The official languages of the construction. For more conference are French and English. write: C. J. V. Varma, Member information Secretary, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021, India. Telex:‘31-66415 CBIP-IN.

Days 1987

Tunnelling and

STUVA

December 1-3, 1987 New Delhi, India

Dredging Cedntral the Sponsored by Association (CEDA), this conference is being Delta the conjuntionw with organized in Tunnelling Symposium II and the Europort ‘87 Conference and Exhibition. The main themes of the CEDA conference are (1) maintenance to nautical, efficiency in relation dredging: morphological and environmental aspects; and (2) to the construction of dredging in relation For more immersed tunnels and trenching. The Organising Secretary, information contact: Dredging Days 1987, C/O RAI Begouw bv,

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Delta Tunnelling Symposium II

At this annual STUVA conference, some 25 acknowledged international experts will present the latest findings in the field of subsurface construction. The main topic areas will be: tunnels--chances and risks of modern technology; planning and tendering; shield drivage and pipeand shotcreting methods injections; jacking; settlements and settlement control; rock behavior and safety questions; groundwater problems and ventilation and tunnel combatting sealing; and underground railway harmful substances; construction in Essen. For more information, write: STUVA, Mathias-Bruggen-Str. 41, D-5000 Cologne 30, West Germany.

Conference on Cities and Subsurface Use

November 10-11, 1987 CEDA Dredging Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Telex:

Organized by the Department for Tunnelling Technology and Underground Works of the Royal Institution of Engineers in The Netherlands, this symposium will be held in conjunction with CEDA Dredging Days and the Europort ‘87 Conference and Exhibition. The symposium will focus on immersed tube tunnelling. A postcongress tour of the Drecht Tunnel and the Zeeburger Tunnel is planned. For more information contact: Delta Tunnelling Symposium II, c/o RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre Amsterdam, Europaplein, 1078 GZ Amsterdam, Telephone: 020/5 411 411. The Netherlands. Telex: 12443.

This annual meeting of the Underground Technology Research Council will focus on The program improved contracting practices. will include: a presentation and discussion of a reource document on improved contracting practices in underground construction; case successful information to illustrate history implementation of these proposed contracting guideline discussion of and provisions; specifications contained in the draft resource information write: more For document. Underground Technology Research Council, c/o Joseph D. Guertin, Jr., Vice Chairman, GoldbergZoino & Associates, Inc., 320 Needham St., Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164 U.S.A.

October 21-23, 1987 Bordeaux, France

1078 GZ Amsterdam, Telephone: 020/S 411 41 I.

Space

Technology,

Vol. 2, NO. 3, pp. 342-346,

1987. 0886-7798187 $3.00 + .OO 0 1987 Pergamon Journals Ltd.