The Italian and International Associations of Earthquake Engineering organized the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024) in Milan, Italy, from 30th Juneto 5th July 2024. Representative of Geohydroconsulting participated in the event with a presentation on topic The effect of fly ash on dynamic behavior of sand-fly ash mixture.
The Macedonian Association for Geotechnics (MAG) hosted the 28th European Conference for Young Geotechnical Engineers (EYGEC 2024) from June 25 to June 29, 2024in Demir Kapija, Macedonia. This event drew participation from 47 young geotechnical engineers representing24 countries across Europe and beyond. Geohydroconsulting supported this event and its young engineers participated in the conference with presentation as well as in the organization. EYGEC 2024 was a comprehensive and enriching experience for young geotechnical engineers, combining academic learning with practical insights and social interactions.
Within the framework of the annual activities, the so-called "Geotechnical days inKOIA" on June 24, 2024, in the premises of the Chamber of Certified Architects and Certified Engineers, an expert lecture was held in the organization of the Department of Geotechnics and the Macedonian Association for Geotechnics with the title "Sustainable earthworks and soil stabilization with innovative geosynthetics and geosystems”.
On May 15-18, 2024, the 6thRegional Symposium on Landslides in the Adriatic-Balkan Region (6th ReSyLAB) was held in Belgrade, Serbia. A representative from Geohydroconsulting participated in the Symposium with papers dealing with the problem of landslides in Macedonia. The paper, presented as a poster presentation, received the award: Best Poster.
Within the "Geotechnical Days 2024 of the Chamber" organized by the Department of Geotechnics, on May 16, 2024, in the Chamber of Certified Architects and Certified Engineers, an expert lecture was held on the topic "Experiences and strategies for dealing with instabilities in slopes and occurrence of landslides".
The 8th International Conferenceof Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (8ICEGE) was held on May 7-10, 2024 inOsaka, Japan, providing participants with ample opportunities to meet and talkwith each other. Also, technically interesting sites in and around Osaka werevisited among which the testing complex E-defense/E-isolation. North Macedoniawas elected as a co-host for the organization of 9ICEGE which will take placein 2029 in Croatia.
One of our engineers participated in a course, organized by EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)on 6-8 November 2023, focused on the analysis and design of energy geostructures from energy, geotechnical, and structural perspectives. It covered observed performance, thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior, and the application of energy geostructures through project examples. The course aimed to equip professionals and scientists with knowledge about the performance and development of energy geostructures using renewable energy sources to support low-carbon infrastructure.
The 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics andGeotechnical Engineering was organized in Astana, Kazakhstan, on August 14-17,2023. The main theme of the conference was Smart Geotechnics for SmartSocieties and it covered different types of topics. It was attended by significantnumber of people, so it was possible to connect with new geotechnicalprofessionals as well as meet prestigious professors, researchers as well asfellow engineers. The networking between sessions contributed to exchange ofexperience and knowledge, as well as ideas for possible development of researchprojects with experts from other countries. Representatives ofGeohydroconsulting participated in the conference by presenting a technicalpaper, establishing contact with companies for field equipment as well as signinga Memorandum for Cooperation in the name of the Macedonian Association forGeotechnics. More details about the conference can be found in the following link
The Macedonian association Committee for Large Dams (MACOLD) regularly organizes visits to dams. It was realized in the period 23-26.04.2023 in the southern part of Greece. Below are the impressions of our representatives through several pictures.
The team of Geohydroconsulting attended and participated with paper in the Second Macedonian Congress for Roads in the period 3-4 November 2022. In this event it was possible to exchange experience, knowledge and ideas from different aspects and phases of the rock construction.
On 1 November 2022 the Chamber of certified architects and certified engineers and its department for geotechnics organized technical lecture on topic "Slope stabilization and erosion control for sustainable geotechnics" at which the team of Geohydroconsulting had the opportunity to hear the presentations of renown foreign and national lecturers such as Prof. Dr. Slobodan Mickovski on topic "Nature-based methods for remediation of eroded slopes", Dr. Alejandro Ollauri on topic "GIS tools for alerts for erosion and shallow landslides" and Prof. Dr. Josif Josifovski on topic "Stabilization of surficial erosion on slopes by using polymer solutions and vegetation".
Our geologists took part in the mining event PODEKS-POVEKS, which took place in Ohrid in the period 14-16 October 2022, as well as in the Second conference for tailing dams which took place in the period 20-21 October 2022 in Shtip.
As we support continual participation in international events, our representative took part in Eurock 2022 in the period 12-15 September 2022 in Helsinki, Finland, at which it was possible to exchange knowledge for different topics in Rock and Fracture Mechanics in Rock Engineering and Mining.
In the period 23-25 June 2022 in Ohrid was realized the Fifth Symposium of the Macedonian Association of Geotechnics (MAG) in which the engineering from Geohydroconsulting participated with more papers for which oral and poster presentations were prepared. The event was support by the International Society of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM) and it also represented a Specialized conference of ISRM. Within the symposium Geohydroconsulting received a recognition for the commitment to the advancement of geotechnics in the country in the past period.
In the period 27-29 April 2022 in Belgrade a coarse was organized on topic Rocscience Geomechanical Modeling, in which also two representatives from Geohydroconsulting participated and had the opportunity to hear about the latest modules and tools for the Rocscience softwares.
As the 5th Regional Symposium on Landslides in the Adriatic-Balkan Region was organized in hybrid mode on topics related to Landslide modeling and applications, representative from Geohydroconsulting took participation online with paper.
The event "Geotechnical aspects of civil engineering" was attended by our representative in the period 3-5 November 2021 in Vrnjačka Banja, R. Serbia, at which it was possible to exchange experience from the practice with colleagues from the region, but also hear about the latest research works in the region.
Besides the many postponed and cancelled professional meetings, we continue our professional contribution online (EUROCK 2021). The paper is available at the following link
Participation on the Skopje Marathon for us represents friendship between the colleagues, but also quality time with the families, at the same time encouraging healthy sport habits. Skopje Marathon 2019.
As active members of the Macedonian Association of Geotechnics (MAG) we support technical events, so we were involved in organization of DECGE2018. Of course at this conference we also participated with a paper.
Participation in the 5km race as part of Skopje Marathon event 2018.
Representatives from Geohydroconsulting presented a papers atSedmo Međunarodno Naučno-Stručno Savetovanje, Geotehnički Aspekti Građevinarstva which took place in , Šabac, Serbia 14-17 November 2017.
Representatives attended a workshop on topic "Rock properties and their role in rock characterization, modelling and design", delivered by Prof. REŞAT ULUSAY, president of ISRM, organized at ZAG, Ljubljana.
Representative from Geohydroconsulting presented a paper at the 6th International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (iYGEC6) (16 – 17 September, 2017) and atteneded the International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (18 – 21 September, 2017) in Seoul, South Korea.
Representatives from Geohydroconsulting participated in Technical Visit of Large Dams in Italy from May 8 to May 14, 2015, organized by the association Macedonian Committee for Large dams. With this visit the engineers had the chance to gain knowledge about the conditions for construction, exploitation and monitoring of the dams in Italy.
For maintaining and strengthening of the team spirit, the team of GHC participated in the recreational 5km - race on the Skopje Marathon 2017. The successful completion of the race was followed by collective mingling and relaxation.
