Finnish Geotechnical Society
Finnish Geotechnical Society SGY is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of engineers, academics and contractors in Finland that actively participate in ground engineering.
SGY has over 500 individual and 47 corporate members (1.1.2019).
SGY is one of the National Societies of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ISSMGE.
Activities
Finnish Geotechnical Society SGY is the pre-eminent professional body representing the interests and activities of engineers, academics and contractors in Finland that actively participate in ground engineering. Geotechnical activities in Finland consist of technical properties of soils and rock, the applications and design methods of earth construction and foundation engineering.
SGY has been founded in 1951 and its hometown is Helsinki.
The SGY rules has been accepted on 2015. The rules are available in Finnish: Säännöt
The aims and workings of SGY
The aim of SGY is to act as a non-profit link of professionals working in the field of geotechnical engineering in Finland and to promote and implement the research of the field, and to contribute to the education. To fulfil these aims SGY organizes events and enhances the guidance and publications of the field. The society has co-operation with other organizations of the field.
Other activities:
- SGY owns partly FISE Oy (Finnish professional qualification enterprise in building) and SGY has several members in different FISE boards.
- One representative in Building Information Group Foundation’s board
- Member in Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (from 1985)
- Member of Earth construction Board (MANK ry) (from 1996)