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About the HTC Project

Physical Time Capsule


HTC-212

Vials of soil samples

HTC-211

SPT Spoon

HTC-310

Foundation engineering for difficult subsoil conditions, L. Zeevaert

HTC-215

A pocket penetrometer

HTC-415

Recent Development of ISSMGE Asian Region Activities

HTC-406

Heritage Time Capsule – Report to the Council Meeting 2026

HTC-313

The measurement of soil properties in the triaxial test, A.W. Bishop and D.J. Henkel

HTC-412

Recommendations for planning and designing foundations of offshore wind turbines, France

HTC-404

The Pressuremeter: Rules for the Use of Pressuremeter Techniques and Interpretation of Results for Foundation Design

HTC-417

Notas sobre mecanica de suelo, J.Salas

HTC-305

Geotechnical Engineering in Italy

HTC-301

ERDBAUMECHANIK auf bodenmechanischer Grundlage, K.Terzaghi

HTC-208

A section of reinforcement strip used as inclusion

HTC-405

Copy of ISSMGE Bulletin 75-year anniversary edition

HTC-306

Soil Behaviour in Earthquake Geotechnics, K.Ishihara

Virtual Time Capsule


Key Persons Member Societies Past Presidents Technical Committees Corporate Associates All

Key Persons: I. Idriss

Key Persons


Time Capsule projects CISMGE

Time Capsule projects CISMGE inculde 16 reports, in which the first 13 reports focus on progresses in goetechnical profession in China from 199...

Member Societies


The Past President: N. R. Morgenstern

Past Presidents


Inspired by the past : Timecapsule

Recently I have been researching past geotechnical engineers from South Africa and I would like to reflect on three: George Donaldson, Dereck Spark...

Member Societies


Timeline: Asia / Renewables

Technical Committees


Some significant earthquakes and learnings (1980-1999)

Some significant earthquakes and learnings (1980-1999) The 1985 Chilean earthquake (MW=8.0), a subduction zone interplate event, hit the central...

Technical Committees


1938 CONSTRUCTION OF VAAL DAM COMPLETED

THE Vaal Dam was constructed in 1938 and lies 77km south of the O R Tambo International Airport. The lake behind the dam wall has a surface area...

Member Societies


Estimation of effective shear strength parameters with SPT

Member Societies


1948 – Formation of the Geotechnical Division : Timecapsule

The South African Institute of Civil Engineers Geotechnical Division was formed. This South Africa National Society was founded under the auspices ...

Member Societies


Development of geotechnical research laboratories – Physical modelling and centrifuge

Member Societies


Jan de Nul Time Capsule

Corporate Associates


Tensar Time Capsule

Corporate Associates


Terra Armee Time Capsule

Corporate Associates


Timeline: Europe / Oil & Gas

Technical Committees


1970 Standard Bank Building Under Construction : Timecapsule

With Johannesburg firmly establishing itself as the economic heartland of South Africa during the mid 20th century, Standard Bank decided to move i...

Member Societies


The Past President: B. B. Broms

Past Presidents


Engineering Geology of Norwegian Normally-Consolidated Marine Clays as Related to Settlements of Buildings. Seventh Rankine Lecture

Emerald Publishing (formerly ICE Publishing) has made the Rankine Lecture papers free to read from the start of the lectures in 1961 thorough ...

Past Presidents


Regulatory Requirements on Earth Retaining and Stabilising Structures & Tunnelling Works

Member Societies


Report from Czech and Slovak Society (CSS)

Member Societies


HIGHLIGHTS (1950 – 1960)

​​​​​​​ 1955 1st African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ARCSMFE), Pretoria 1956 first Dynami...

Member Societies


Key Persons: M. Gambin / R. Frank

Key Persons


The Natural Slopes Methodology

Member Societies

Discoverer Reports


Judy Eid, British Geotechnical Association (BGA)

Asal Bidarmaghz, Australian Geomechanics Society

Harry G Poulos, Australian Geomechanics Society

Monica Löfman, Finnish Geotechnical Society

Rhiannon Robinson, New Zealand Geotechnical Society

Choo Siung Chung, Malaysian Geotechnical Society

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