16th Arthur Casagrande Memorial Lecture

Deadline Extended!

16th Arthur Casagrande Memorial Lecture

Sponsored by the Geo-Institute Boston Chapter

Hyatt Regency Hotel, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Cocktail Reception
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Dinner
7:30 PM - 7:45 PM Welcome & Introduction
7:45 - 8:45 PM 16th Arthur Casagrande Memorial Lecture
8:45 PM - 9:15 PM Question & Answer/Discussion

Suzanne Lacasse, ScD
Norwegian Geotechnical Institutre

More and more, society requires to know the risk which people, property and the environment are exposed to. The role of the geotechnical engineering profession should increasingly be reducing exposure to threats, reducing risk and protecting people. The objective of the 16th ACML is to convince you that it is beneficial to implement the concepts of hazard, risk and reliability in design, decision-making and engineering recommendations. After an overview of basic concepts, the lecture discusses the advances of hazard, risk and reliability in geotechnical engineering, and explains several "real life" case studies. In these examples, specific engineering questions had to be answered, and risk and reliability applications provided insight for informed decision-making.

The factor of safety remains the main indicator of safety in practice, and its significance and that of key parameters used for design, e.g. the characteristic strength, are discussed. The examples presented are taken from a wide realm of geotechnical problems, including the selection of soil properties, the mapping of hazard and risk, as well as hazard and risk assessment associated with slope stability, dams, offshore installations and code calibration.

The contributions of risk assessment and management to geotechnical engineering, the strengths and drawbacks of the approach and issues such as tolerable and acceptable risk cascading hazards are discussed. The geotechnical engineer’s role is not solely to provide judgment on selection of parameters, methods of calculations and resulting safety, but also to take an active part in the evaluation of hazard, vulnerability and risk.

For more information, please click here to see the event flyer.

Registration Fees:
$120 Members, $150 Non-Members
$100 Public Sector Members, $120 Public Sector Non-Members
$40 Student Members & Senior Members (65+)
$1,200 Table of 10 (Regardless of Membership)

Registration Deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Information/Registration: Register to attend this meeting and pay by credit card online by clicking the "Register" button above. To register online for an event at the BSCES member rate you must login using your BSCES assigned username and password. If you do not know your login information, call 617/227-5551. You can also register for this event by mail, email, or fax. To do so, download and complete the Registration Form on the second page of the event flyer and follow the submission instructions. Cancellations received after January 20, 2017 and no-shows will be billed.