Geotechnics
PANEL OF EXPERTS
01 Mission
02 Experts
03 Activity
04 EU Policy
Mission
– Legislative problems deriving from different regulations in individual countries.
– Problems inherent to the legislative interpretation of the role of the professional geologist in the design.
– Problems of interference of other professions in the field of professional geologists.
– Technological innovation in the geotechnics sector.
– Site investigations.
– Promotion of excellence in the application of geology in the geotechnics sector.
– Providing the possibility of exchanging experiences between geotechnics experts from different European countries.
– Helping the EU Institutions and organizations of EU countries during decision-making processes in the geotechnics sector and above all about the Eurocodics inherent to the legislative installations in the field of geology applied in the construction sector.
Experts
Scott ONeill
Coordinator of Geotechnics
Activities
March 2026
EFG Response to EU Artic Policy Upate
November 2024
– Launch of EFG Policy Manifesto: Geology’s Vital Contribution to European Competitiveness.
– Develop a thorough analysis of the criticalities of European legislation on the activity of a professional geologist and the potential criticality of its specific role in comparison with other competing professional categories.
– Develop a persuasive capability towards EU offices to protect the geologist’s professional role.
– Develop and protect new professional areas that can emerge from new technologies in the field of construction.
European Geologist journal 51: Geotechnics – Building sustainable foundations
– Policy trends and business opportunities for sustainability in geotechnics by Isabel Fernández Fuentes and José Estaire.
– Deepening an old, verticalised pit: rock slope instability hazard assessment using a digitally augmented structural database (Flône limestone quarry, Belgium) by E. C. Frets, A. Gauffriau, N. Coussaert and J. Vanneste.
-Geotechnical challenges at Adriatic offshore gas platforms Subsidence due to exploitation at the Izabela Exploitation Field by Ratko Vasiljević.
– Slope protection with an earth retaining system: respectful of natural resources and the landscape by Steve Gruslin and Domenico Nola.
– Site appraisal in fractured rock media: coupling engineering geological mapping and geotechnical modelling by Helder I. Chaminé, Maria José Afonso, José Filinto Trigo, Liliana Freitas, Luís Ramos, and José Martins Carvalho.
– Interview with coordinator Gabriele Ponzoni.
– EFG Position on notification 2017/43/I (“Decree updating the new technical standards for buildings”) sent on 23 May 2017 to European Commission.
