AGS Townsville 2024 Symposium
Slope Stability
Cynthia De Bok, Martin Devonald, Tim Donovan, Dr John Eckersley, Roderick Haselden, Allan Herse, Graeme Jardine, Camila Lebron, Walter Mastenbroek, Cameron Ryan, Ian Shipway and Pramod Thakur
The Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) QLD Chapter is pleased to announced that our 2nd biennial regional symposium will be held in Townsville. This will be a full-day event comprising technical presentations from peers in our field. Our theme this year is “slope stability” — a topics close to many practitioners.
Speakers
Cynthia De Bok Jacobs
Slope Remediation Design – a knowledge share on Far North Queensland specifics
Martin Devonald BGC Engineering
Mitigating Slope Stability issues in Hong Kong and Canada – from shallow slides in tropical soils to deep-seated slides in glacial deposits
Tim Donovan Aurecon
Assessment and modelling of a large stick-slip landslide in NSW
Dr John Eckersley
Geotechnical Issues in Coking Coal Stockpiles
Roderick Haselden Douglas Partners
Geotechnical Assessment for the Re-Development of Properties in a Well-Known Historic Landslide
Allan Herse PCA Ground Engineering
Earth retention and slope stabilisation of Sunshine Beach residence using micropiles
Graeme Jardine Jacobs
Slope Resilience in changing world – effect in climate change
Camila Lebron GHD
Flow liquefaction assessment using screening tools
Walter Mastenbroek Core Consultants
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping for Local Government Areas: Recent experience
Cameron Ryan Cairns Regional Council
Geotechnical Data management in local council
Ian Shipway EDG Consulting
Flow slides have affected the near shore zone of South East Qld for many years, with a significant event in 2016 coming close to causing loss of life.
Pramod Thakur WSP
Slip Remediation in Context of Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA)
Organising Committee
- Vincent Blanchet, AGS QLD Chair Brisbane (WSP)
- Sarah Keenan (Jacobs)
- Cameron Ryan (Cairns Regional Council)
- Nicholas Thomas-Kinsella (GHD)
- Amir Shahkolahi, Immediate Past Chair QLD (Global Geosynthetics)
- Dr Arsh Kaur, AGS QLD Treasurer (Aurecon)
- Leah Huxley, Committee Member (KCB)
- Jaime Wilson, Committee Member (FSG)
Sponsorship Opportunities
A range of sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please contact Vincent Blanchet via [email protected]
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