Geo-Hazards: Lessons from the Ground – call for papers and practice focus for engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on Geoengineer.org – News
30 Second Briefing
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, via the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, has opened a call for papers for a Special Issue on “Geo-Hazards: Lessons from the Ground”. Submissions are sought on documented case histories of landslides, liquefaction, sinkholes, tailings failures and other geo-hazards, emphasising in-situ data, back-analyses and performance of mitigation works. The issue targets practice-oriented lessons for design, monitoring and risk management, with detailed ground investigation records and instrumentation results strongly encouraged.
Technical Brief
- Call specifies fully documented geo-hazard case histories with quantified loading conditions, ground profiles and failure geometries.
- Submissions must include original field investigation data: boreholes, in-situ tests, laboratory characterisation and monitoring records.
- Back-analyses are expected to use explicit numerical or limit-equilibrium models calibrated against observed displacements or pore pressures.
- Editors request detailed descriptions of mitigation works: support types, drainage measures, ground improvement methods and post-construction performance.
- Research scope spans natural and anthropogenic geo-hazards, including tailings storage, cut slopes, embankments, tunnels and foundations.
- Papers should document instrumentation layouts, sensor types, installation depths and monitoring durations, not only interpreted results.
- Practical emphasis is on translating observed ground behaviour into revised design parameters, trigger thresholds and monitoring strategies.
- Geographic and geological diversity is encouraged, but submissions remain limited to rigorously evidenced, site-specific case histories.
Our Take
Within the 11 Geotechnical stories in our database, ISSMGE-linked content is relatively rare, so this IJGCH special issue is likely to become a key reference point for practitioners looking for rigorously documented geo-hazard case histories rather than one-off project notes.
Because this call sits under both ‘Projects’ and ‘Research’ tags in a pool of 790 tag-matched pieces, it signals a push to turn operational geo-hazard events into publishable case histories, which operators can later cite in design reviews and risk assessments to justify mitigation strategies.
For consulting firms and owners active in geo-hazard-prone projects, contributing to an IJGCH special issue backed by ISSMGE can be strategically useful for demonstrating due diligence and technical leadership when negotiating with regulators and insurers on ground-risk allocations.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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