TC204 Underground Construction

Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground

Host Member Society: Netherlands

Short name: Underground Construction (TC204) - Terms of Reference

TC204 ProceedingsDatabase of Proceedings of International Symposia organized by Technical Committee TC204
GeoWorld GroupUnderground Construction in Soft Ground (TC204)


IS-Cambridge Posponed until June 2022

Unfortunately, due to the continuing global COVID-19 emergency meaning that large-gatherings should be avoided to prevent further spread of the virus, the LOC have made the difficult decision to postpone the conference again until June 2022 (27th to 29th June 2022).



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IS-Cambridge 2020 postponed to 2021

Because of the COVID-19 pandemie, IS-Cambridge 2020 is postponed for one year until summer 2021 exact dates will be communicated later.  

Technical Committee 204 (TC204), one of the technical committees of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engi



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The main topics addressed by TC204 concern the geotechnical aspects of the analysis, design, construction and maintenance of deep excavations, tunnels and large underground structures, with particular emphasis on the development, effects and control of ground movements, their interaction with existing structures, mitigation measures and risk management. In this field the objectives for the period 2013-2017 are as follows.

- To deliver the 9th International Conference on "Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground" in Seoul, 25-27 August, 2014, which was achieved and was a success.

- To prepare the organisation of the 10th International Conference on "Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground" in 2017 in Brazil.

- To promote a session or a workshop during the next ICSMGE, Seoul 2017.

- Develop a database of all proceedings of the previous symposia, unless this interferes with copyrights. At the moment there is permission for the first 6th symposia.

- To actively encourage the preparation of papers from TC204 members to be published in refereed journals and in particular for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case histories.

- Proposal for the 2nd Fujita lecture 2017 to be held at the TC204 symposium in Brazil. This will be Prof. Hirokazu Akagi from Japan. Interaction with other TCs concerned by underground construction:

- To cooperate with TC104 "Physical modelling" to extend the guidelines for comparing field or physical model observations with numerical simulations.

- To establish or maintain contact with TCs having close interests such as TC206, TC207, TC305 and TC203.

- To edit a list of codes and guidelines existing worldwide in the field of geotechnical aspects of tunnelling.

- To link in with continuing work on the seismic behaviour of tunnels. Interaction with other TCs and organisations concerned by underground construction:

- To cooperate with TC104 "Physical modelling" to extend the guidelines for comparing field or physical model observations with numerical simulations.

- To establish or maintain contact with TCs having close interests such as TC206, TC207, TC305 and TC203.

- To organise regional workshops on the occasion of large or challenging projects.

- To encourage the active participation (papers, lectures, workshops) of TC204 members at regional conferences. For example, 13th international conference "Underground Construction Prague 2016" will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23-25 2016.

- To strengthen links with the ITA and investigate future cooperation.

# Type Full Name Country
1 Chair Giulia Viggiani Italy
2 Secretary Mohammed Zein Elabidin Babiker Elshafie United Kingdom
3 Nominated Member N K Samadhiya India
4 Corresponding Member Ashish Juneja India
5 Nominated Member Mitsutaka Sugimoto Japan
6 Corresponding Member Kiwamu Tsuno Japan
7 Nominated Member Mustafa Nalcakan Turkey
8 Nominated Member Christopher Menkiti United Kingdom
9 Corresponding Member Marco Barla Italy
10 Nominated Member Graham Taylor United Kingdom
11 Nominated Member Richard Pang Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
12 Nominated Member Ilias Michalis Greece
13 Nominated Member Yuepeng Dong Singapore
14 Nominated Member Tony Ho Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
15 Corresponding Member Giovanni Spagnoli Italy
16 Corresponding Member Mustafa Koc Turkey
17 Nominated Member Naotaka Kikkawa Japan
18 Nominated Member Rui Carrilho Gomes Portugal
19 Nominated Member Ilkka Vähäaho Finland
20 Corresponding Member Jochen Fillibeck Germany
21 Nominated Member Gerardo Pittaro Singapore
22 Corresponding Member Stephan Jefferis United Kingdom
23 Corresponding Member Wan-Huan Zhou Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
24 Nominated Member Gang Zheng China
25 Nominated Member Nagyoung Kim South Korea
26 Nominated Member David Masin Czech & Slovak Republics
27 Nominated Member Werner Bilfinger Brazil
28 Nominated Member Jairo Pascoal Jr Brazil
29 Corresponding Member Dongmei Zhang China
30 Corresponding Member Altaf Usmani India
31 Corresponding Member Petros Fortsakis Greece
32 Corresponding Member Adam Bezuijen Netherlands
33 Corresponding Member Jamie Standing United Kingdom
34 Nominated Member Lou Areias Belgium
35 Corresponding Member Shuying Wang China
36 Corresponding Member Chungsik Yoo South Korea
37 Nominated Member Stavroula Schina Greece
38 Nominated Member Duc Long Phung Vietnam
39 Corresponding Member Binh Le United Kingdom
40 Corresponding Member Huy Hung Tran Vietnam
41 Nominated Member Tuan Nghia Do Vietnam
42 Nominated Member Mandy Korff Netherlands
43 Nominated Member R. AYOTHIRAMAN India
44 Nominated Member Markus Thewes Germany
45 Nominated Member Achim Hettler Germany
46 Nominated Member Andrea Franza Denmark
47 Corresponding Member Wout Broere Netherlands
48 Nominated Member Stefan Ritter Norway
49 Nominated Member João Falcão Portugal
50 Nominated Member Bin-Chen Benson Hsiung Chinese Taipei
51 Nominated Member Rafael Jiménez Spain
52 Nominated Member Ero Vinicius Silva Spain
53 Nominated Member Michael Mooney United States
54 Corresponding Member Alessandra Di Mariano Spain
55 Nominated Member Hugo Acosta-Martinez Australia
56 Corresponding Member Thu Hang TRAN Vietnam
57 Nominated Member Fabrice EMERIAULT France
58 Nominated Member Jorge Gabriel Laiun Argentina
59 Nominated Member Alessandra Sciotti Italy
60 Nominated Member Daniela Boldini Italy
61 Nominated Member Weidong Wang China
62 Nominated Member Anna Siemińska-Lewandowska Poland
63 Nominated Member Monika Mitew-Czajewska Poland
64 Nominated Member Irawan Firmansyah Indonesia

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