Core values, competences and issues in engineering geology: a European perspective

Bock, Helmut

doi:10.1144/egsp22.25

EGSP

2009

DOI: 10.1144/egsp22.25

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Core values, competences and issues in engineering geology: a European perspective

Helmut Bock¹

Abstract: Core values and competences in engineering geology have been specified in the document of the Joint European Working Group of the three international geo-engineering societies ISSMGE, ISRM and IAEG. The implications of that document are far-reaching, bringing new opportunities but also challenges to engineering geology. Focusing on Central Europe, in particular on Germany, a number of current issues in engineering geology are addressed. These include the organizational setting of engineering geology as a learn… Show more

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“…The purpose of the meeting was to identify issues challenging the future of the profession. The meeting was chaired by Fred Baynes for the IAEG and commenced with four invited lectures (Tepel 2009;Inoue et al 2009;Bock 2009;Griffiths 2009). The formal presentations were followed by an open discussion during which about 100 engineering geologists from across the world were present.…”

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The future of engineering geology

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Rosenbaum

2009

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In recent years, there has been much debate about what constitutes engineering geology and how it should develop in the future. In the special session on. 'The Future of Engineering Geology' at the 10th Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), it was agreed that: † engineering geology was now a defined profession with status and recognised roles within the broader field of geo-engineering; † continuing and improved education and training is the most important issue for the future; † there needs to be a greater involvement in projects relating to environmental change and geohazards; † there needs to be better communication with society as a whole about what engineering geologists do and the benefits they produce; † there needs to be pro-active stewardship of the profession.As the international society responsible for the promotion of engineering geology, the IAEG must increase the effectiveness of its activities and those of the IAEG national groups. In particular, the IAEG must encourage the continuing development of technical knowledge through its Technical Commissions. In addition, † engineering geologists must establish a genuine research agenda for their subject; † universities must be willing to appoint practitioners as lecturers who may not have a conventional academic track record; † Quaternary geology and geomorphology must be incorporated far more into engineering geology teaching; † employers must actively support Masters' degree programmes and research in engineering geology; † employers need to set up clear career paths for engineering geologists with an identified programme of continued professional development (CPD).

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Rosenbaum

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Feet on the ground: engineering geology past, present and future

Griffiths

2014

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Engineering geology has a long and rich heritage and the UK has been in the vanguard of the development of the subject as a distinct discipline, with the first book on the subject being published in London in 1880. Since then, engineering geology has been applied to projects around the world and engineering geologists have become core members of planning, investigation, design and construction teams in the civil engineering and mining industries. However, in the past few decades we have seen numerical analyses increasingly being accepted as the answer to all geotechnical design questions, although as engineering geologists we are used to dealing with natural materials and processes and recognize that their inherent variability cannot always be reduced to a simple numerical value. Consequently, how do we ensure that any proposed construction works in civil engineering or mining take full account of this variability and the uncertainties that result? To enable engineering geologists to understand and describe these uncertainties are there fundamental skills that define an engineering geologist and, if so, how can these skills be taught or acquired? Also, in a world dominated by readily accessible data that can be downloaded and analysed for so many planned development sites, how important are the field techniques of observation and mapping that an older generation of engineering geologists, including the author, considered their defining skill? Concentrating on the role of engineering geology in relation to civil engineering, these are amongst the questions explored in this paper, leading to observations as to how the profession might develop in the future in order to meet the needs of society.

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Ground models; a brief overview

Norbury¹

2020

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The background to the presence of ground models in ground investigation practice is outlined. Ground models are not new but have been more widely and explicitly used since Fookes’ First Glossop Lecture in 1997. Most authors identify that a ground model is both necessary and beneficial, although they use a variety of alternative terms, and also present a range of views as to what should be included in a ground model. The literature on this variety of approaches is reviewed to suggest a consensus. In parallel, developments have led to the use of ground models being called for in the British (just published) and European Standards (currently in preparation). These explicit requirements in normative Standards will require that the geology, in the form of the ground model, will become an explicit and integral element of the whole process of the ground investigation and design and construction in the ground. The paper reviews the background to ground models, their suggested content and the significance of their presence in the latest Standards.Thematic collection: This article is part of the Ground models in engineering geology and hydrogeology collection available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/Ground-models-in-engineering-geology-and-hydrogeology

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Core values, competences and issues in engineering geology: a European perspective

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The future of engineering geology

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