Date and Time：04-07 September 2016

Venue：Guimarães - PORTUGAL

3rd ICTG Secretariat：

University of Minho

Civil Engineering Department

School of Engineering, Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering

Campus Azurém

4800-058 Guimarães - PORTUGAL

Tel.:(+ 351) 253 510 218

Fax: (+ 351) 253 510 217

Email:3ictrgeo2016@civil.uminhoNaN

Website:http://civil.uminhoNaN/3rd-ICTG2016

The Transportation Geotechnics International Conference series began under the auspices of ISSMGE-TC3 and was initiated in 2008 at the University of Nottingham, UK, as an International event designed to address the growing requirements of infrastructure for societies.

The 2nd International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics took place in 2012, at Sapporo, Japan, under theISSMGE-TC202that follows the TC3 activities for the period 2009-2013. To continue the success of these conferences and the output ofISSMGE-TC202, the 3rd was scheduled for 2016, at Guimarães, Portugal. Following the previous one, the challenges addressed by this conference will include a better understanding of the interactions of geotechnics on roads, rails, airports, harbours and other ground transportation infrastructure with the goal of providing safe, economic, environmental, reliable and sustainable infrastructures.

The 3rd ICTG will be composed of workshops and several types of sessions (including one dedicated to Young Transportations Geotechnics Engineers), as well as a technical exhibition, for a better dissemination of findings and best practices. A special attention will be paid to the publication of all the peer review papers that will be submited to be indexed by Scopus and ISI Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index. On behalf of the organizing committee I am honoured to invite you to the 3rd ICTG in the City of Guimarães, UNESCO World Heritage (September 4-7, 2016).

António Gomes Correia (University of Minho, ISSMGE‐TC202)

Chairman

Conference themes：

Theme 01: Optimized geomaterial (including hydraulically bound materials and asphalt mixtures) use, reuse and recycling

Theme 02: Unsaturated soil mechanics in transportation geotechnics

Theme 03: Earthworks design, technology and management

Theme 04: Slope stability, stabilisation, and asset management

Theme 05: Mechanistic-empirical design (road, railways and airfields)

Theme 06: Rail track substructures, including transition zones.

Theme 07: Subsurface sensing for transportation infrastructure

Theme 08: Macro and Nanotechnology applied to transportation geotechnics

Theme 09: Effect of climate change

Theme 10: Sustainability in transportation geotechnics

Theme 11: Case histories

Theme 12: Others

Workshops themes：

Workshop 01: Geosynthetics in transportation geotechnics

Workshop 02: Harbour geotechnics

Workshop 03: Non destructive technologies

Workshop 04: Ground improvement and soil stabilisation