Minutes of First Meeting of ISSMGE's TC32
in Period 2001 to 2005
TC32: Technical Committee on Risk Assessment and Management,
ISSMGE: International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Held Monday 16 September 2002 in Graz, Austria, in
conjunction with International Conference on Probabilistics in GeoTechnics:
Technical and Economic Risk Estimation
List of attendees:
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Name
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Country
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Status
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E-mail
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Nadim, Farrokh
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Norway
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Chair
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fna@ngi.no
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Bolle, Albert
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Belgium
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Core Member
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Albert.Bolle@ulg.ac.be
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Ho, Ken
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Hong Kong
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Core Member
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cge_lid@ced.gov.hk
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Roberds, Bill
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USA
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Core Member
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broberds@golder.com
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Jaksa, Mark
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Australia
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Member
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Mark.jaksa@adelaide.edu.au
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Caldeira, Laura
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Portugal
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Member
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laurac@lnec.pt
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Cascini, Leonardo
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Italy
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Member
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l.cascini@unisa.it
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Cherubini, Claudio
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Italy
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Member
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c.cherubini@poliba.it
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Griffiths, D. Vaughan
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USA
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Member
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vaughan@finite.mines.edu
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Low, Bak Kong
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Singapore
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Member
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CBKLOW@ntu.edu.sg
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Olsson, Lars
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Sweden
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Member
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lars.olsson@geostatistik.se
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Trak, Baris
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Turkey
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Member
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Baris.TRAK@coebank.org
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Ahmad, Ayaz Rafique
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Germany
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Observer
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Ayazrafique@hotmail.com
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Calle, Ed
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The Netherlands
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Observer
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e.o.f.calle@geodelft.nl
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Chaisson, Paul
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Canada
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Observer
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Chssp@umoncton.ca
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Iseki, Yasu
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Japan
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Observer
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Iseki@kajima.com
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Kondo, Tatsutoshi
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Japan
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Observer
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Tkondoh65@hotmail.com
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Kramer, Steve
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USA
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Observer
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Kramer@u.washington.edu
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Nakamura, Kazuki
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Japan
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Observer
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Nakamura-kazuki@oyonet.oyo.co.jp
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Pun, W.K.
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Hong Kong
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Observer
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Cge_spd@ced.gov.hk
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Pöttler, Rudolf
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Austria
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Observer
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rudolf.poettler@ibk.ilf.com
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Schweiger, Helmut F.
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Austria
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Observer
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Helmut.Schweiger@TUGraz.at
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Stadler, Gert
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Austria
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Observer
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stadler@bbw.tu-graz.ac.at
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van Baars, stefan
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The Netherlands
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Observer
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s.vanbaars@ct.tudelft.nl
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Yang, Tae-Chul
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South Korea
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Observer
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Tcyang@aceall.com
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Yargici, Volkan
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Turkey
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Observer
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Yargici@metu.edu.tr
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Meeting Agenda:
1. Introduction and attendees
2. Coordinator and core members
3. Committee’s goals and terms of reference
4. Cooperation with other committees and professional
groups
5. Ideas for committee projects
6. Web site for TC-32
7. Ideas for sponsorship of sessions in international
conferences
8. Future committee meetings
9. Any other business
Item 1 and 2
Meeting convened at 4:30PM by TC32 Chairman Farrokh Nadim,
followed by introductions (with attendees signing in).?Attendees included:
- TC32
Core Members A.Bolle (Belgium), K.Ho (Hong Kong) and W.Roberds (USA), with
other TC32 Secretary G.Fenton (Canada) and Core Member M.Pacheco (Brazil)
sending regrets;
- various
other TC32 members and observers (see list above)
In G.Fenton’s absence, W.Roberds volunteered to take minutes
of the meeting.
Item 3
The goals of TC32 are to promote and enhance professional
activities and
education in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering, in areas
related to:
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Geostatistics and probabilistic site characterisation
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Quantification of uncertainties in performance
prediction
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Reliability-based design
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Risk-based decision analysis
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Calibration of LRFD-type geotechnical design codes
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Liaison and
co-operation with other risk-related committees
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Provide relevant information
on the web to the geotechnical community
Liaisons with other organizations include:
- ASCE
GeoInstitute’s Risk Assessment and Management Committee, which is chaired
by TC32 Secretary G.Fenton; TC32 Core Member W.Roberds is also a long
standing member of this committee.
- Joint
Committee JTC1 of ISSMGE ?IAEG ?ISRM on Landslides (chaired by Prof.
Robin Fell)
- International
Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD)
The following inter-related TC32 activities were discussed:
- website ?A website currently
exists for TC32 <http://www.engmath.dal.ca/tc32/index.html>,
developed and maintained by TC32 Secretary G.Fenton <Gordon.Fenton@dal.ca>.?It is intended that this web site would
be the primary method for disseminating information re TC32, such as the
materials discussed below in addition to what is already contained there
(roster, news, meeting minutes, links, etc.).?TC32 Secretary G.Fenton will continue to lead this effort,
supported by Zenon Medina-Cetina? <zenon@jhu.edu>
from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland (USA), who has
volunteered to help on improving and maintaining the TC32 web page. TC32
Chairman F.Nadim will introduce Z.Medina-Cetina to G.Fenton.
- guidelines ?Develop a general
framework for geotechnical risk assessment and management, several pages
long, but expandable into sections on specific applications.?It will be aimed not at risk
specialists, but at those who may be involved in such work without adequate
training.?TC32 Core Member W.
Roberds <broberds@golder.com>,
who is involved in a similar effort with ASCE GeoInstitute’s Risk
Assessment and Management Committee, will lead this effort.?Interested parties should submit their
ideas and existing guidelines (document, or ref and way to acquire) to him
by 31/12/02, after which he will develop an annotated outline for review
by TC32.?As pieces are approved by
TC32, they will be posted on the TC32 web site.?Ed Calle of GeoDelft will send “Reliability-Based Code on
Structural Safety?to W.Roberds, who will also collect other guidelines
from around the world.
- glossary ?Develop a general
glossary of terms for risk assessment and management, covering about 50 ? 100 items, consistent with other glossaries and supportive of the above
guidelines.?TC Member Lars Olsson <lars.olsson@geostatistik.se>
will lead this effort.?Interested
parties should submit their inputs to him by 31/12/02, after which he will
develop a preliminary glossary for review by TC32.?Once approved by TC32, the glossary
will be posted on the TC32 web site.? K.Ho will send draft IUGS glossary to L.Olsson.
- bibliography ?Develop a
bibliography for risk assessment and management, in support of the
guidelines.?To facilitate its use,
it would be desirable that this bibliography be categorized in terms of
type (e.g., book, peer-reviewed paper, etc.), and topic (e.g., see case
studies below).?TC32 Core Member
Ken Ho <cge_lid@ced.gov.hk>
will lead this effort, coordinating with ASCE GeoInstitute’s Risk
Assessment and Management Committee (chaired by G.Fenton) who are also
believed to be developing such a bibliography ?indeed, the course notes
presented on TC32’s web page has an extensive bibliography, although it
would need to be updated and categorized.? Interested parties should submit their ideas and references to him
by 31/12/02, after which he will develop a tentative categorization scheme
/ procedure and reference list for review by TC32.?Once approved by TC32, the initial
bibliography will be posted on the TC32 web site, where it would be
periodically updated.
- case studies ?Assemble an
extensive set of case studies that demonstrate various approaches and the
value or benefit of the results of risk assessment, for various types of
applications.?To facilitate their
use, it would be desirable that these case studies be categorized in terms
of scope, approach and application, consistent with the above
guidelines.?A potential problem
may be the confidential nature of some projects, which would require
specific measures to allow publication.? TC32 Core Member Ken Ho <cge_lid@ced.gov.hk>
will lead this effort, coordinating with ASCE GeoInstitute’s Risk
Assessment and Management Committee (chaired by G.Fenton) who are also
believed to be developing a set of case studies.?Interested parties should submit their ideas to him by
31/12/02, after which he will develop a tentative categorization scheme
and template for review by TC32.? Once approved by TC32, the categorization scheme and template will
be posted on the TC32 web site.
- course notes ?Assemble a set of
course notes, perhaps expanding on the guidelines and other materials, to
facilitate undergraduate and graduate education in this area.?First, conduct a survey of universities
world wide to determine what courses are offered and their content.?TC32 Member Mark Jaksa <mark.jaksa@adelaide.edu.au>
will lead this effort.?Note:?Notes from a short course presented by
G.Fenton et al at GeoLogan in 1997 are available on the TC32 web site.
- prediction symposium ?Organize or
sponsor a symposium in which various experts, using the same information
base provided by the organizers, would present their risk assessment for a
particular real-life project so that methods could be compared.?However, validation (in the form of comparing
predictions to actual outcomes) may not be possible.?Hong Kong is considering organizing
such a prediction symposium.?TC32
Core Member Ken Ho <cge_lid@ced.gov.hk>,
will lead this effort.?Interested
parties should submit their ideas to him by 31/12/02, after which he will
develop a proposal to organize or sponsor such a prediction symposium for
review by TC32.?If approved by
TC32, the proposal will be implemented and posted on the TC32 web site.
Concerns were expressed that, based on past history, little
progress might be made on the above activities.?However, as noted above, specific people and milestones were
designated for each activity.
Item 7
Conferences of possible interest to TC32 (e.g., attending,
for sponsoring special sessions, or coordinating future TC32 meetings) include:
- Soil and Rock America, 12th
Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
22-26 June 2003, in Cambridge Massachusetts (USA) <http://soilrock.mit.edu/> ? abstracts past due.
- Ninth International Conference on
Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9),
6-9 July 2003 in San Francisco, California (USA) <http://icasp9.berkeley.edu/> ?4
abstracts have already been sent, and W. Roberds and F.Nadim plan to
submit abstracts ?full papers due 30 Nov 2002.?F.Nadim will check on possibility of TC32 sponsoring a
special session as well as a short course.?Of the attendees at the TC32 meeting, 7 indicated they will
attend ICASP9.
- 13th European Conference on
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 25-28 August 2003 in
Prague, Czech Republic (Europe) <http://www.ECSMGE2003.cz>
?abstracts past due, but still possible
- International Conference on Fast Slope
Movements ?Prediction and Prevention for Risk Mitigation, 11-13 May
2003 in Sorrento, Italy (Europe). <http://www.unina2.it/fsm2003> ? abstracts due end of September (possibly extended to end of October).?Followed by Intl Workshop on Occurrence
and mechanism of Flows in Natural Slopes and Earthfills, 12-13 May 2003.
- 3rd International
Conference on Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction and
Assessment, 10-12 September in Davos Switzerland (Europe).
- Landslide Symposium, December 2003
in Hong Kong (Asia).
- International Symposium on Landslides,
2004, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (South America) ?organized by Robin Fell
(Australia), who F.Nadim will contact.
- GEO2004, 2004, Edmonton, Alberta
(Canada).
- Fifth International Conference
on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, 13-17 April 2004 in New
York, NY (USA).
- ISSMGE, 2005 in Osaka, Japan.
Items 8 and 9
The next meeting of TC32 will likely be either at ICASP9
(July 2003 in San Francisco) or the 13th European Conference on Soil
Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (August 2003 in Prague).?Considerations include: 1) the 2002 meeting
was in Europe, so that the next meeting should be elsewhere; and 2) the Prague
meeting is more general than ICASP9 (which focuses on probabilistic analysis),
but the ICASP9 meeting is more heavily weighted towards structural rather than
geotechnical engineering; and 3) it may be possible to do the meeting via
videoconference.?TC32 Chairman F. Nadim
will email TC32 members and observers to let them know where and when the next
meeting will be.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:30PM by TC32 Chairman Farokh Nadim.
Signed by W. Roberds, TC32 Core Member and Acting Secretary
(in G.Fenton’s absence).