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| Abbreviation | ISSMGE |
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| Formation | 1936 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Purpose | Professional association |
| Headquarters | London, EC1 United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°31′38″N 0°06′08″W / 51.5273°N 0.1023°W |
Membership | 21,000 |
Secretary General | Prof R.N. Taylor |
President | Dr M. Ballouz |
Main organ | Council |
| Affiliations | International Union of Geological Sciences |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering |
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) is an international professional association, presently based in London, representing engineers, academics and contractors involved in geotechnical engineering. It is a federation of 90 member societies representing 91 countries around the world, which together give it a total of some 21,000 individual members. There are also 43 corporate associates from industry.[1][2][3][4] The current ISSMGE President is Dr Marc Ballouz.[5]
- ^ ISSMGE home page Archived 24 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved: 20 July 2013)
- ^ "The International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)". Geo-Institute. ASCE. Retrieved 29 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Society". ISSMGE. 18 December 2012.
- ^ Briaud, Jean-Louis (March 2013). "Introduction to ISSMGE".
- ^ [1] (retrieved: 17 March 2023