Participation in the DGGT Section Days in Würzburg

The German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) Section Days 2025 in Würzburg started with a special highlight: the 75th anniversary celebration of the DGGT in the historic Maschinenhaus in the Bürgerbräu Würzburg. During the technical part of the 5th Soil Mechanics Conference, our chair Kerstin Lesny, chairwoman of the DGGT working group AK 2.15 "Reliability-based methods in geotechnics", led the session on "Statistics/Probabilistics". Our colleague Andra Ebener also presented her contribution on the topic of "Statistical analysis of uncertainties in the derivation of layer boundaries based on exploratory results". In addition, three other working group members were involved in the session with presentations, including a keynote lecture by our colleague Timo Schweckendiek from Deltares. The specialist section days thus provided an excellent platform for exchanging ideas in the field of reliability-based methods and for promoting the working group's next workshop on November 20 and 21 on the topic of "Reliability-based design in geotechnics using the example of retaining structures" (more information here)