British Geotechnical Association
The BGA is the UK's main association for geotechnical engineers, organising key events annually.
- Date
- 02 December 2025
- Time
This event has now ended
Overview
The British Geotechnical Association (BGA), which opened this year’s competition in September, will whittle down the entrants to a final shortlist of three teams. The competing teams typically include representatives from the project’s client, consulting engineer, main contractor and specialist contractors. There is an emphasis on effective teamwork and innovation across the different disciplines involved in the project.
The three shortlisted teams are then invited to present their work to the judging panel and a live audience at the ICE’s London headquarters on 2 December 2025. This annual event commemorates the life and work of Dr Ken Fleming, who was chief engineer at Cementation Skanska.
After their presentations, Anthony Fisher, senior technical manager at Cementation Skanska, will deliver his lecture while the judges deliberate. Entitled “Proving and improving our foundations”, it will reflect on Fleming’s legacy and 25 years of the award named after him.
Fisher will also highlight how new technologies are enabling us to prove the capacity of both new and existing foundations, presenting opportunities to improve future designs and installations.
The winner will then be announced and presented with the £1,000 prize, sponsored by Cementation Skanska. The event will end with a drinks reception.
This event has kindly been sponsored by Cementation Skanska:
Organised with
Cementation Skanska
Skanska, one of the UK’s leading contractors, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Programme
18:00 - 18:30
Registration and welcome refreshments
[Registrations start at 18:00 for those attending in person. For those joining online, we recommend logging into the platform at 18:15 to check connections.]
18:30 - 18:35
Welcome from chair
18:35 - 19:50
Finalists' presentations including Q&A sessions:
Project A: Clyde Waterfront and Renfrewshire Riverside Scheme Team:Ramboll Uk, Graham, Amey
Project B: The challenges of maintaining a Bateman Embankment Dam Team: United Utilities, Stantec, Keller
Project C: Dawlish to Holcombe Cliff Stabilisation Team: BAM Nuttall, BAM Ritchies, CAN, Tony Gee19:50 - 20:20
Lecture by keynote speaker: Anthony Fisher (while the judges deliberate)
20:20 - 20:30
Award presentation
20:30 - 21:30
Networking and drinks reception
21:30
Event close
Speakers
Yuli Doulala-Rigby
Tensar International
chief civil engineer
Read more
Yuli Doulala-Rigby
Yuli Rigby-Doulala started her career in geotechnics in 1995, working as a graduate engineer on the Jubilee Line extension project. After spending almost a decade in Hong Kong as a geotechnical engineer, she returned to the UK and joined Tensar, a specialist in ground stabilisation and soil reinforcement, in 2006.
She initially took overall responsibility for the firm’s eastern hemisphere design team. More recently, she has focused on developing the business and educating the industry about the benefits of geosynthetics in construction.
An ICE Fellow, Rigby-Doulala became chair of the British Geotechnical Association in June 2025.
Anthony Fisher
Cementation Skanska
senior technical manager
Read more
Anthony Fisher
A chartered civil engineer and registered ground engineering professional, Anthony Fisher has 18 years’ geotechnical experience, with a particular focus on fibre-optic technology.
With a master’s degree in civil engineering from Imperial College London, Fisher joined Cementation Skanska in 2007 as a graduate engineer. Since then, he has worked on several large infrastructure projects, including the M25 widening scheme, Crossrail and High Speed 2.
In his most recent role at the firm, Fisher has been instrumental in the construction sector’s development and application of distributed fibre-optic sensing. An author and regular conference presenter, he has developed solutions for some of the UK’s largest static pile load tests, including a 50 meganewton test at the 21 Moorfields project in London and several 40 meganewton tests associated with HS2.
Sustainable Development Goals:
More like this
- Type
- Webinar
Applying military GIS principles to construction
This webinar will give an overview of the use of GIS in a military context and how its principles and approaches can enhance design, collaboration, decision-making and delivery in construction projects.
- Type
- Webinar
Viktor AI: The future of engineering delivery
This session explores AI-powered platforms transforming infrastructure analysis and delivery. Featuring VICTOR insights it examines low-code automation, generative workflows and intelligent tools helping engineers cut repetitive tasks, improve decisions and deliver faster.
- Type
- Webinar
Ground investigations, worth the risk?
This is a fantastic opportunity for you gain insight into a major client approach to risk and the value of undertaking site investigation.