Symposium focuses on geotechnical aspects of new airport
This year Suvarnabhumi Airport will open. The successful construction of the Suvarnabhumi Airport is a triumph of new technologies and creative engineering. To celebrate this success, the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, in cooperation with the Engineering Institute of Thailand, is organizing the International Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of the Second Bangkok International (Suvarnabhumi) Airport, to be held from 15 to 16 May 2006, Venus Room, Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
Originally conceived in 1965, the airport project site has been subjected to more than 40 years of numerous geotechnical investigations and evaluations.
It has been well known that the airport site is situated on a lowland marshy area underlain by soft Bangkok clay. The low strength and high compressibility of the soft foundation make this megastructure vulnerable to vertical settlements and lateral deformations. Moreover, the site is also subjected to ground subsidence caused by the excessive withdrawal of the groundwater from underlying aquifer.
This symposium will serve as a forum for engineers, consultants, contractors, suppliers and academics as well as government officials to discuss the new techniques and methodologies, lessons learned, systematic solutions to numerous problems, the geotechnical properties of the underlying soft ground, etc. This gathering also marks the milestone of achieving the difficult task of undertaking the creation of the largest International Airport in Southeast Asia.
For further information, please contact: Prof. Dennes T. Bergado, SEAGS Secretary-General, at tel. 02-524-5512, 02-524-5500. Fax. 02-524-6050, 02-524-5509. E-mail: bergado@ait.ac.th