{"id":27616,"date":"2020-02-01T22:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.kantipurinfotech.com\/?p=27616"},"modified":"2020-02-01T22:00:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:15:50","slug":"a-special-seminar-on-slope-stability-works-on-nepal-mountains-to-be-held-on-18-feb-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/?p=27616","title":{"rendered":"A Special Seminar on \\”Slope Stability Works on Nepal Mountains\\” to be held on 18 Feb. 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Seminar on
\n\u201cSlope Protection Works on Nepal Mountains\u201d
\n<\/strong>18 February 2020
\nLalitpur (Vivanta Hotel, Jhamsikhel), Nepal<\/p>\n

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Lead Organizer:<\/em><\/strong>
\nNepal Geotechnical Society<\/p>\n

Associated Partners:<\/em><\/strong>
\nGeotechnical Engineering Program, IoE Pulchowk Campus
\nNepal Landslide Society<\/p>\n

Prime Sponsor:<\/strong><\/em>
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Co-sponsors:<\/strong><\/em>
\nEMES Nepal and Clay Engineering<\/p>\n

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As a mountainous country, Nepal has most of its major roads, locally known as national highways, run through steep mountainous terrains over heavily weathered rock mass. Intercepted by numerous local faults and unstable rock mass planes, most of these road alignments frequently suffer slope instability problems leading to transport infrastructure damage and often to fatal roadside disasters and massive economic loss to the nation. However, owing to limited resources and poorly practiced slope protection and management works, most of the roadside cut slopes in Nepal are left unprotected or are mostly protected by minimal efforts such as gabion retaining walls, stone masonry walls or vegetation cover. Except for a few test sites and recently built roads, the modern slope protection techniques have not yet been introduced in Nepal although there are efforts from some sectors of stakeholders in this field to bring in new and affordable techniques of slope stabilization and slope protection.<\/p>\n

However, with a number of recent plans of building new infrastructures, such as fast track roads, express highways, railways, high dam reservoirs, and so on in the country, the scope of slope protection work is expected to go up exponentially! Local consulting engineers and construction companies are still new in this field, but within the next 5 to 10 years, it will be inevitable that we must bring in many different technologies in slope protection and management works. So, this is the right time Nepal Geotechnical Society should take the lead to discuss various aspects of slope instability issues in the Nepal Himalaya and must facilitate international companies to introduce their products and techniques in Nepal. This seminar will address these issues and bring all stakeholders of slope protection work in Nepal together to discuss the opportunities and challenges in protecting Nepal Himalaya slopes.<\/p>\n

Purpose<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The main purpose of holding this seminar is to introduce comprehensive slope protection works\/practices in Nepal mountains to the practicing engineers and geoscientists, and to discuss among all stakeholders the opportunities and challenges of sustainable slope protection methods.<\/p>\n

Perspective Participants<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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This program has been designed for engineering professionals who are further interested in scaling up their slope stability analysis abilities and in designing relevant slope stabilization method. Best suited for civil and geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, city and public works officials, and urban planners, this seminar will address the need of all those who are particularly involved or will involve in planning and design of slopes.<\/p>\n

Invitees<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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