TC217 Land Reclamation

Land Reclamation

Short name: Land Reclamation (TC217)


3RD ISSMGE TC217 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES: 3RD SEMINAR ON 7TH DECEMBER 2023

TC217 Land Reclamation is proud to continue the tradition of disseminating state-of-art land reclamation practices by hosting the 3rd annual series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 3rd and final seminar of the series are provided below.

 

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3RD ISSMGE TC217 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES: 2ND SEMINAR ON 23RD NOVEMBER 2023

TC217 Land Reclamation is proud to continue the tradition of disseminating state-of-art land reclamation practices by hosting the 3rd annual series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 2nd seminar are provided below.

 

Seminar Programme:

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3RD ISSMGE TC217 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES: 1ST SEMINAR ON 16TH NOVEMBER 2023

TC217 Land Reclamation is proud to continue the tradition of disseminating state-of-art land reclamation practices by hosting the 3rd annual series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 1st seminar are provided below.

 

Seminar Programme:

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2nd Singapore-Malaysia GeoSS-MGS Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (30 Nov-02 Dec 2023)

2nd Singapore-Malaysia GeoSS-MGS Conference on Geotechnical Engineering (30 Nov-02 Dec 2023)

The 1st Malaysian Geotechnical Society - Geotechnical Society of Singapore Geotechnical Conference was successfully held from 24 to 26 June 2019 with close to 300 participants at Hilto



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2ND ISSMGE TC217 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES: 4TH SEMINAR ON 08TH DECEMBER 2022

Following the success of the first seminar series last year, the executive committee of TC217 is hosting a 2nd series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 4th seminar of the series are provided below.

Seminar Programme:
Title: A case study of deep mixi



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2ND ISSMGE TC217 ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES: 3RD SEMINAR ON 24TH NOVEMBER 2022

Following the success of the first seminar series last year, the executive committee of TC217 is hosting a 2nd series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 3rd seminar of the series are provided below.

Seminar Programme:
Title: Engineering Design of Emp



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2nd ISSMGE TC217 Online Seminar Series: 2nd Seminar on 10th November 2022

Following the success of the first seminar series last year, the executive committee of TC217 is hosting a 2nd series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 2nd seminar of the series are provided below.

Seminar Programme:
Title: Geotechnical Issues in Ja



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2nd ISSMGE TC217 Online Seminar Series: 1st Seminar on 20th October 2022

Following the success of the first seminar series last year, the executive committee of TC217 is hosting a 2nd series of land reclamation online seminars. The details of the 1st seminar is provided below.

Seminar Programme:
Title: Adaptation of Deep Cement Method in Tung Chun



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Webinar on Deep Cement Mixing, hosted by Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS)

The Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS) is hosting a webinar titled "Deep Cement Mixing Parameters Selection - Framework Proposal using Information from Construction Sites and Numerical Analysis.

Abstract of the seminar

Underground construction is commonly carrie



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4th International Conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering (04 - 05 Aug 2022)

Invitation for Papers:

The 4th ICITG aims to address the latest developments in applications of information technologies and artificial intelligence to geo-engineering. Topics of the conference cover any topics related to the applications of information technologies in geotech



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ISSMGE TC217 Online Seminar Series: March to May 2021

The executive committee of TC217 is hosting a trilogy of online seminars on topics relating to land reclamation from consultant, specialist contractor and academic perspectives.

Seminar Programme:

  1. Construction and Reclamation of the SARB Islands offshore the coast in Abu


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Minutes of the TC217 Workshop on Land Reclamation Technologies Sep. 21, 2017 in Seoul, Korea

The TC217 Workshop on Land Reclamation Technologies took place in the room Hall E3 at COEX North Tower on Sep. 21, 2017 at the occasion of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (19th-ICSMGE) in Seoul, Korea.

 

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Land reclamation is one of major geotechnical activities in many countries. Many challenging land reclamation projects have been carried out in recent years. These include the Kasai International Airport in Japan, the Changi International Airport in Singapore, the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport, the Seoul Incheon International Airport, the Palm Deria in Dubai, The Port 2000 of Le Havre in France, The Hamburg Airbus A380 Industrial Platform Site in Germany, and the Port of Brisbane in Australia. Land reclamation activities include mainly dredging or coastal and river delta developments to expand land for ports, airports, business centers, shopping centers, logistic terminals, factories, residences, amusement parks, as well as activities for land reclamation of old mining sites, quarries and ponds.

Most of the countries along the coast have activities related to land reclamation. Various innovative geotechnologies have been developed and used for various land reclamation projects. Land reclamation in coastal development has to meet two different social and environmental demands: on the one hand, a growing need to develop and increase land space and facilities, on the other hand, a corresponding need to respond to geoenvironmental issues in preserving or restoring rich biodiversity in coastal regions such as intertidal flats and shallow seas, which have been lost as a result of reclamation. Therefore, the geoenvironmental aspect is also an issue related to land reclamation activities. As sea level rise becomes a big challenge, it is more important for planners for land reclamation activities to consider issues related to coastal protection. Thus, coastal protection related to land reclamation should also be part of the scopes of TC217.

Geotechnical engineering in land reclamation has a unique role to respond to these demands in coastal development. Geotechnical engineers have to develop innovative technologies for land reclamation and coastal structures such as quays, seawalls, and revetments, in consideration of environment-friendly recycled/reused material and construction methods to achieve minimal environmental impact. Also, the engineers have to develop innovative ideas to preserve/restore rich biodiversity in coastal regions. The development and conservation technologies in land reclamation need to collaboratively work together to prevent from disorderly coastal land development.

TC217 on Land Reclamation will focus on the following two broad issues:

a. Geotechnical issues – To develop and update geotechnologies to overcome geotechnical challenges related to coastal development, including site investigation methods, laboratory and in-situ testing and interpretation methods corresponding to various stages from sedimentation to consolidation, evaluation of stability of geotechnical structures, prediction of long-term consolidation for large scale manmade island, large-scale dredging and its impact, development of environment-friendly recycled/reused material, land reclamation methods, ground improvement methods, field monitoring, prediction of differential settlement, and applications of the observational method in construction and maintenance.
b. Geoenvironmental issues – To minimize environmental impacts due to coastal development through development of construction methods for environment-friendly seawalls, design and monitoring of artificial coastal structures including intertidal flats, and reliability and durability of development of new environment-friendly material.

The main aim of the TC is to promote a greater interaction among engineers engaged in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering related to land reclamation so as to achieve greater cooperation and facilitate the exchange of information, experience, knowledge, and new ideas in these two areas. In the next four years (2020-2023), the committee would endeavor to organize several small to medium size workshops, with at least two of them to coincide with a major conference under the auspices of ISSMGE (e.g. the 20th ICSMGE in Sydney, Australia, 2021 and the 17th Asian Regional Conference in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 2023). In each workshop, the two themes listed above will be discussed. One principal aim of these workshops is to ensure publication of excellent case histories and associate construction experience, as well as technical proposals for future projects.

The ISSMGE webpage will be actively used for information transmission, and regularly updated. In addition, enhance the members from various countries and regions.

https://www.issmge.org/news/tc217-workshop-on-land-reclamation-at-19th-icsmge

More information to be updated after each workshop/symposium.

# Type Full Name Country
1 Chair Jian Chu Singapore
2 Vice Chair Patrick Mengé Belgium
3 Secretary Siau Chen Chian Singapore
4 Nominated Member Phuong Tung HOANG Vietnam
5 Nominated Member Ken Yeo Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
6 Nominated Member Leo Shu Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
7 Corresponding Member Linus Fong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
8 Nominated Member Włodzimierz Cichy Poland
9 Nominated Member David Zhang Australia
10 Nominated Member Hadi Khabbaz Australia
11 Corresponding Member ASHUTOSH S. MANDPE India
12 Nominated Member N. Unnnikrishnan India
13 Nominated Member C.R. Parthasarathy India
14 Nominated Member Ouarda Boumendjel-Game United Kingdom
15 Nominated Member Gunilla Franzen Sweden
16 Nominated Member Giuseppe Scarpelli Italy
17 Nominated Member Stoyna Kostova Bulgaria
18 Corresponding Member Yinghui Tian Singapore
19 Nominated Member Marc Van Den Broeck Belgium
20 Nominated Member Muthusamy Karthikeyan Singapore
21 Nominated Member Haoyuan Liu Norway
22 Nominated Member André Luís Brasil Cavalcante Brazil
23 Nominated Member Yuanqiang Cai China
24 Nominated Member Pedro Guedes de Mello Portugal
25 Corresponding Member Anthony Wong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
26 Corresponding Member Yang Shen China
27 Nominated Member Hanlong Liu China
28 Corresponding Member Emmanouil Spyropoulos United Kingdom
29 Nominated Member Anthony Fairclough New Zealand
30 Nominated Member Yoichi Watabe Japan
31 Nominated Member Enrique Asanza Spain
32 Nominated Member Sergio Gobbi Italy

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