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International Society for Rock Mechanics N e w s of t h e S o c i e t y The Board of the Society will meet in Denver on the 31st August next. The Council will also meet in Denver on the 1st and 7th September a new Board being then elected. These meetings will be held in connection with the 3rd International Congress of the ISRM to take place from the 1st to the 7th September 1974. Commissions

of t h e S o c i e t y

The eight Commission of the Society will meet in Denver on the 1st September, some of them completing thein their assigned task. At the Katowice Council meeting the establishment of a Commission on "Publication and Translation" was approved Dr. H. K. K u t t e r being committed the charge of its Chairmanship. The objectives of this Commission will be to consider: how to reduce or limit the number of papers that are being published in the Transactions of ISRM Symposia or Congresses; how to reduce or limit the translation services now being required at ISRM Symposia (and possibly at Congresses); other related problems, including review of the ISRM Bylaws governing the "Functions and Operation of the Editorial Board of the Journal 'Rock Mechanics'". Up to this moment the following persons accepted the appointment for this new Commission: H. K. K u t t e r - C h a i r m a n ; T, C. A t c h i s o n (U.S.A.); G. G u i d i c i n i (Brazil); G. H e r g e t (Canada); R. O l i v e i r a (Portugal). The work of this Commission will be mostly by correspondence. The first meeting will take place in Denver at the opportunity of the 3rd International Congress of the Society. N e w s in t h e F i e l d of R o c k M e c h a n i c s World Open University, a non-profit, non-resident Graduate School, has recently opened its Geotechnical Engineering program, both for continuing education and for advanced degrees. The graduate courses offered in this field are (1) Soil Engineering, (2) Advanced Soil Mechanics, (3) Geomechanics, (4) Foundations, (5) Stability of Soil and Ro& Slopes, (6) Design and Installation of Prestressed Concrete Piling, (7) Drilled Pier Foundations, (8) Embankment Dams, (9) Design and Construction of Open Caisson Foundations, and (10) Tunneling and Under-

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ground Construction. They are given by Drs. S. T. Li, J. E. R u s s e l , J. V. H a m e l , et al. More information may be requested from the Executive Offices of World Open University, Rose Building - - Suite 107, 607 Mt. Rushmore Rd., Rapid City, SD 57701 - - United States.

Meetings

September, 1974, London (Great-Britain) - - Walling and Anchors Conference, sponsored by the Piling Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, is to be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers. For further information please write to: Institution of Civil Engineers Great George Street Westminster, London S.W. 1 - - Great-Britain

September 1974, Turin (Italy) - - First International Congress on the Exploitation of Stones and Non-Metallic Ores. Enquires should be addressed to: Secretary of the Congress Corso Massimo d'Azeglio 15-10126, Turin - - Italy

9th--14th September, 1974, Santiago (Chile) - - International Symposium on Volcanology. Enquiries should be addressed to: O. Gonzalez-Ferran, IAVCEI Int. Syrup. on Volcanology, Casilla 7556 Correo 3, Santiago - - Chile

14th--19th October, 1974, Denver (U.S.A.) - - 1974 Annual Meeting-Association of Engineering Geologists, under the general theme, Engineering Geology and the Natural Resources Spectrum. Abstracts and Inquiries shall be sent to: Win. Pat Rogers Tech. Program Chairman Box 15124 Denver, CO 80215 - - U. S. A.

21st--22nd October, 1974, Melbourne (Australia) - - Australian Tunnelling Con[erence. The Australian Tunnelling Committee has arranged a conference on Re-Shaping Cities Using Underground Construction. Papers are invited on all aspects of the Conference theme including: Surface problems in urban areas and comparative underground alternatives; Impact of the oil shortage on urban planning; Legislation for underground works; Planning for underground works and assess-

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ment of total community costs; Investigation and design of underground systems in urban areas including geology, geomechanics studies, model studies; Tunnelling technology including conventional and machine tunnelling, cut and cover; Management of underground construction, including contractual aspects, safety of the public, spoil disposal. Further particulars may be obtained from: The Secretary Re-shaping Cities Using Underground Construction Institution of Engineers, Australia 157 Cloucester Street Sydney, N. S.W. 2000, Australia

7th--8th November, 1974, Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) - - 27th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. Papers are invited for the 27th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. While papers will be accepted on any geotechnical subject, special priority will be given to submissions suitable for the following sessions: (1) Geotechnical Engineering and Northern Development; (2) Geotechnicat Engineering in the Mining Industry; (3) Geotechnical Engineering and Environmental Analysis. Papers will be accepted on the basis of an abstract submitted by April 1, 1974. Authors will be informed of acceptance and of a date for their completed submission in order for papers to be preprinted before the conference. Publication in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal will depend upon an additional review. Abstracts of intended papers should be sent to:

Mr. Murray C. Harris R. M. Hardy and Associates 1 0 2 1 4 - 112 Street Edmonton, Alberta - - Canada

23rd November, 1974, GuadaIajara (Mexico) - - The Carillo Lecture. The second Nabor Carillo memorial lecture will be delivered on 23rd November 1974 at Guadalajara, Mexico, by Professor Ralph B. P e c k his subject being: "The selection of soil parameters for the design of foundations."

4th--6th December, 1974, Madrid (Spain) - - Symposium on Tunnels and Underground Worhs, jointly organised by the Spanish Society of Soil Mechanics and Spanish Society of Rock Mechanics. The following themes will be dealt with: Preliminary study (Exploration, Geology, Geotechnics, etc.); Design of the section (Analysis, Monitoring); Construction and economical aspects. All correspondence related to the Symposium shall be sent to:

Simposio sobre Tfineles Laboratoire del Transporte y Mec~inica del Suelo Alfonso XII, 3 Madrid 6 - - Spain

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Bruno-Sander-Kolloquium (XXIII. Geomechanik-Kolloquium) am 17. und 18. Oktober 1974 im Salzburger Kongref~haus Die Osterreichische Gesellschaft fiir Geomechanik erlaubt sich, Sie zu diesem Kolloquium h6flichst einzuladen. Als Hauptthemen sind vorgesehen: Ergebnisberichte fiber die Verwendung yon Vortriebsmaschinen im Tunnelbau. Gebirgsklassifikation und Bauvertrag. (Auf allgemeinen Wunsch.) Grenzen und M6glichkeiten der baugeologischen Voraussagen unter besonderer Beriicksichtigung yon Gebirgsdruck und Schadensf~illen. Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Baugeologie und Geomechanik. Detaillierte Programme mit den Vortragsthemen und Namen der Vortragenden werden im Laufe des Sommers bekanntgegeben. Die Vortr~ige werden in deutscher Sprache gehalten; Simultaniibersetzung ist nicht vorgesehen.