New challenge set for early career geotechnical engineers

Early career ground engineering professionals and apprentices, with less than five years’ industry experience, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students, are invited to register their interest in this year’s Early Careers Challenge (ECC).

The ECC, which was launched last year by GE and Mott MacDonald, involves a competition to solve a geotechnical challenge while guided by industry mentors. It offers those taking part the opportunity to collaborate with their peers, hone their research and presenting skills, take part in industry conferences, and gain wider exposure to the industry.

This year’s ECC is focused on the major role ground engineers play in the sustainability race to deliver the net zero transformation.

The challenge is to design a deep underground shaft in a prestigious historical waterfront setting in the UK.

It will require the chosen ECC teams to consider the site setting and adapt to client requirements. The teams will have to draw on case studies, industry lessons learned, use every research opportunity available and apply them to modern standards. They should also aim to use digital tools to prove long-term sustainable goals for their scheme.

Following a launch meeting on 26 July, the ECC teams will present the preliminary results of their work to expert judges at the GE Sustainability conference on 18 September and their final solutions at the GE Smart Geotechnics event on 3 October.

Source: https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/new-challenge-set-for-geotechnical-early-career-engineers-01-05-2024/