Seminars
Topic-relevant advanced training for employees in the fields of
- engineering companies and planning agencies
- associations
- land consolidation
- universities
- civil engineering
- housing development
- traffic route engineering
- administration
Overview of the Advanced Training Seminars
The pdf files of the conference proceedings 2001 – 2012 can be requested by e-mail.
The following conference proceedings are available for download in pdf format:
Advanced Training Seminars
18th Advanced Training Seminar 2018
Methodology of susceptibility analysis, return intervals of landslides, erosion of large landslide deposits, requirements for height work, long-term experience with rockfall devices, restructuring plan for renaturation of brown coal surface mining, construction contract 2018, GIS-Workshop
June 5 – 7 2018, Mainz
GIS-Workshop June 5: QGIS, SAGA-GIS, LIDAR-data, terrain modeling, engineering modeling
Field trip June 7: Activity of landslides, rock-face stabilisation in the Moselle valley
17th Advanced Training Seminar 2017
Modeling of debris flows, influence of root cohesion for the stability, forecast of heavy rainfall, practice: current rock-face stabilisations, engineers’ liability, GIS-Workshop
May 29 – 31 2017, Mainz
GIS-Workshop May 30: QGIS, SAG-GIS, LIDAR-data and terrain modeling
Field trip May 31: Current measures for the retention of rockfall and debris flow
16th Advanced Training Seminar 2016
Destabilisation of rock slope as a result of climate change, computer-aided field surveys, dimensioning and calculation of rockfall protection systems, stability problems of historical minig dumps, liability of a subsoil expert
June 8 – 9 2016, Mainz
Field trip June 9: Stability problems of historical mining dumps
15th Advanced Training Seminar 2015
Landslides, rockfall protection vs nature protection, databases / GIS-analyses, landslides in the Alpine region, rockfall protection under extreme conditions, legal questions and questions of liability
June 10 – 11 2015, Mainz
Field trip June 11: Phenomenology of landslides (Ferschweiler Plateau)
14th Advanced Training Seminar 2014
Creep movements, GIS-analyses, supporting structures (Geogitter), restructuring of a rock slide, field experiments, earthquakes ans landslides, legal questions and questions of liability
June 4 – 5 2014, Mainz
Field trip June 5: Rock-face stabilisation in the area of the Siegfried- and Drachenfelsens near Königswinter
13th Advanced Training Seminar 2013
Landslides: Historical development, risk assessment with GIS, procedure from road administration departments, protection of debris flow, extreme landslides, liefe of protection meshes, processing with insurance companies
June 12 – 13 2013, Mainz
Field trip June 13: Rock-face stabilisation in the Middle Rhine Valley
12th Advanced Training Seminar 2012
Landslides: Protection measurements, coastal erosions: question of law, landslide database, dry stone wall
May 23 – 24 2012, Mainz
Field trip May 24: Problems of stabilization
11th Advanced Training Seminar 2011
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Rock slope, climate scenarios and landslides, inspection and warranty of slope stabilisations, FE-calculation methods for stability investigations, building in stable slopes
June 8 – 9 2011, Mainz
Field trip June 9: Rock-face stabilisation and geotechnical problems in the open-cast mining Weinheim
10th Advanced Training Seminar 2010
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Landslides databases, climate modelling, climate scenarios and landslides, application of DIN 4084 (new), question of law by expertise missions, new erosion protection systems, explanation of ETAG 027
June 9 – 10 2010, Mainz
Field trip June 10: Landslide-affected slopes in Rhine-Hesse (Wissberg and Ober-Olm) and underground facilities in Oppenheim
9th Advanced Training Seminar 2009
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Effectiveness of stabilisation measures, constructive stabilisation, road construction in landslide-prone bedrock, dimensioning and maintenance of protective systems
June 17 – 18 2009, Mainz
Field trip June 18: Limestone quarry Weisenau and the Autobahn A 60 construction site
8th Advanced Training Seminar 2008
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Fundamentals of rock and soil anchoring, monitoring methods, elimination of erosion damage, near-surface landslides
June 11 – 12 2008, Mainz
Field trip June 12: Lower Franconia. Rehabilitation of a vineyard road near Alzenau-Michelbach, rock-face stabilisation in Miltenberg
7th Advanced Training Seminar 2007
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: hazard assessment,
cost-effectiveness, ecological aspects, life-time of stabilisation measures, legal aspects
June 13 – 14 2007, Mainz
Field trip June 14: The Eifel National Park. Stabilisation measures along the Urfttal Reservoir near Schleiden-Gemünd
6th Advanced Training Seminar 2006
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Identification and exploration of unstable slopes and batters, planning and execution of protective measures
May 31 – June 1 2006, Mainz
Field trip June 1: Middle Rhine Valley. New slope stabilisation measures along the railroad tracks on the west bank of the Rhine between Assmannshausen and Lahnstein
5th Advanced Training Seminar 2005
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Identification of unstable slopes, drainage measures, rock-fall protection, liability and responsibility
June 29 – 30 2005, Mainz
Field trip June 30: Southern Rhine-Hesse. Interdependence between geology and slope movements. Phenomenology of slope movements and stabilisation measures
4th Advanced Training Seminar 2004
Landslides in western and south-western Germany: Slope stability, climate effects, risk assessment and stabilisation
June 30 – July 1 2004, Mainz
Field trip July 1: Slope, batter and rock-face stabilisation in and around
Idar-Oberstein. Monitoring of a landslide slope along the Bingen-Saarbrücken railroad tracks near Kirn. A rockfall at Federal Road B41 near Idar-Oberstein
3rd Advanced Training Seminar 2003
Landslides in Rhineland-Palatinate – identification, exploration and rehabilitation – rock face stabilisation and refurbishment of retaining walls
June 2 – 3 2003, Mainz
Field trip June 3: Rock-face stabilisation measures near Treis-Karden (Mosel Valley), slope and batter stabilisation in Bad Kreuznach
2nd Advanced Training Seminar 2002
Landslides in Rhineland-Palatinate – Identification, exploration and rehabilitation
June 26 – 28 2002, Mainz
Field trip June 28: Landslides in Rhine-Hesse
1st Advanced Training Seminar 2001
Landslides in Rhineland.-Palatinate – identification, exploration and rehabilitation
March 7 – 9 2001, Mainz
Field trip March 9: Landslide-affected slopes in Rhine-Hesse