Construction site tour of Bern underground station for Young Members On Friday, 30 August 2024 from 13:30 to 16:30, we have organized a construction site tour of Bern Underground...
3rd Geotechnical Design Challenge The results of the 3rd Design Challenge are in and have been evaluated. There were three winners from the...
ECSMGE 24 in Lisbon XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering! August 26th to August 30th 2024 Altice Arena – Lisbon,...
Fall Converence November 6, 2024 in Olten “Sustainability in geotechnics – challenges and perspectives” The conference will be hold on 6th november 2024 at the municipal theater in Olten. Click here for registration...
Announcement of the spring conference 2025 … on “Geotechnical aspects of the final disposal of radioactive waste”
Annual General Meeting 2024 The Annual General Meeting of Geotechnics Switzerland took place on 21 March 2024 at the Lucerne University of Applied...
Welcome We are delighted to welcome our new Board member, Dr. Dominik Hauswirth. Dominik started his career by training as...
Review of the Spring Conference 2024 “Numerical modelling in Geotechnics” in Yverdon-les-Bains We can look back on a successful spring conference on May 23, 2024. Around 130 people attended the HEIG...
The presentation of the “Széchy Kàroly” medal the Swiss Geotechnical Society was proud to attend the presentation of the prestigious “Széchy Kàroly” medal to Professor Lyesse...
Review of the 2023 Fall Conference Our Fall Conference 2023 took place on November 22 and 23. The half-day course by Prof. Anastasopoulos from ETH...
Geotechnical design challenge Date extension until 29/02/2023 Our aim is to evaluate current practices and to promote exchanges. Above all, we want...
Honorary Lecture by Prof. Laurent Vulliet & Symposium “Perspectives in Geotechnical Engineering” 4th October 2023 at EPFL We wish Prof. Laurent Vulliet all the best for his retirement and would like to thank him very much...
2023 GS Young members event In 2022 the GS young members event at EPFL gathered more than 50 colleagues and held a day on...
Spring Conference 29th March 2023 «Wasserhaltung, Drainage und Abdichtungen» The VSS and Geotechnics Switzerland jointly invited to the symposium “Wasserhaltung, Drainage und Abdichtungen” in Biel at the Kongresshaus....
General Meeting 2023 On March 29, 2023, a small group of members gathered in Biel for the General Assembly. The president, Laurent...
Welcome We are pleased to welcome our new board member, Fabian Christener. Fabian has a Master in Earth Sciences from...