Geology Reference
In-Depth Information
(IOM
3
)
As for ICE, there are two main grades that would interest engineering
geologists: Professional Member and Fellow. As for ICE, Members
and Fellows can become chartered engineers (CEng) if suitably quali-
ed. Other grades are for those with appropriate technical quali
cations
and experience.
Many other countries have their own institutions that govern practice,
maintain standards and act as learned societies in the same way as UK
institutions; many, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) are open to foreign membership.
Membership of professional institutions provides some certi
cation
that the member is competent to practice in a particular
field and that
he follows some code of conduct
in his professional activities.
Engineering geologists might also
t from joining various
societies, most of which produce journals, newsletters and organise
meetings for their members. The societies sometimes take it upon
themselves to provide advice on practice, although generally this has
no legal status and, historically, different societies have offered different
advice on the same subject, which can be somewhat confusing.
The following is a list of those societies that might be of particular
interest to an engineering geologist. Several are really UK-focused but
similar groups can be found worldwide and often are very active and
good fun, organising social events as well as dealing with local prac-
tice. Over recent years, the IAEG, ISRM and ISSMGE, which are
international in nature, have forged better links between themselves
with joint commissions looking at different aspects of good practice
and research, which may go some way to avoiding the overlaps (and
blinkered approaches) between the concepts of engineering soil and
rock, as addressed in
Chapter 1.
nd bene
The Geological Society of London (also known as The Geological Society
or Geol. Soc.) is a learned society, based in the UK, with the declared aim
of
. It is the oldest
national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe, with
'
investigating the mineral structure of the Earth
'
