Dear All,

Apologies for cross posting, but this is a reminder of the forthcoming International conference on railway foundations to be held at the University of Birmingham, UK from 11th to 13th September, 2006.  Further details may be found at www.railfound.org.

Highlights of the conference include:

7 Key Note lectures from eminent speakers:

Professor Chris Clayton (University of Southampton, site investigation)

Professor William Powrie (University of Southampton, an overview of current UK university research)

Dr Don Cameron (University of South Australia, use of vegetation to stabilize soils)

Professor Gomes Correia (Universidade do Minho, Portugal on Rational Design Methods)

Dr Nick O'Riordan (Arup, on embodied Energy/Life Cycle Analysis )

Professor Braja Das (California Sate Uni., on use of Geocomposites)    

Andy Franklin (Carillion, on track maintenance)

Other papers from around the globe on:

        Site investigation

Interpretation of data

Analytical design Track models

Material performance

Geofabrics/Geonets/Geocomposites

Industrial best practice

Drainage

Ground improvement

Case studies

Conference exhibition

Including world's first CPT dedicated rail truck

Conference gala dinner at the world renown Edgbaston Cricket Club

        Come and have the rules of the game explained! 

        Well known after dinner speaker, Professor Carl Chinn, will be our host for the evening <<RailFound06BookingForm.pdf>>

Tour of internationally acclaimed Barber Institute of Fine Arts, art gallery.

For more information please visit www.railfound.org, email [log in to unmask] or contact me at the address below.

Kind regards,

Gurmel

Dr  Gurmel S Ghataora

Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering

Postgraduate Admissions Tutor for the Department of Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham B15 2TT

UK

Tel.: +44 (0)121 414 5047

Fax: +44 (0)121 414 3675