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Beneath the Surface, Beyond the Future. Ground Engineering is proud to present the 18th Basements and Underground Structures Conference, a pivotal gathering showcasing technical resilience, adaptive reuse, and the futureproofing of subterranean infrastructure.

To register and start your entry, please click on your preferred category below. If you have previously started, please login using the right-hand side icon. If you need help with your booking, please contact Elijah Blunt on 020 3953 2197 or via Elijah.Blunt@emap.com The entry deadline for the GE Awards is 30 January. The winners will be announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel on 17 June 2026.

Now in its 18th year, Ground Engineering’s Basements and Underground Structures Conference is dedicated to the delivery, design and innovation of below-ground infrastructure. Partnering with this event offers a unique opportunity to connect your brand with the engineers, contractors and clients shaping the future of underground construction.

Engineering below the surface: Technical resilience, adaptive reuse, and futureproofing subterranean infrastructure We are seeking visionary engineers, designers, and innovators to submit ground breaking ideas that push the boundaries of underground engineering. This Call for Innovation invites submissions that demonstrate creativity, technical excellence, and future-focused solutions in the design, construction, and reuse of deep basements and subterranean infrastructure.

Book now To be in the room with the industry’s finest, please select your package below and book your place online. If you need help with your booking please contact: Elijah Blunt +44(0)203 953 267 Elijah.Blunt@emap.com BOOK A CALL WITH ELIJAH

UCL professor of soil mechanics and 2025 Géotechnique Lecturer Béatrice Baudet discusses making ground engineering a more appealing sector for the next generation. Q. What is your current role, and what projects are you working on? As a professor at University College London (UCL), I teach, carry out and supervise research and take on enabling roles for the university.

By The January/February 2026 issue of Ground Engineering features site reports on tunnelling through unpredictable geology below a Welsh estuary, and how collaborative engineering helped tackle complex challenges at a pumped storage hydro facility in Greece. On top of this, the issue includes an interview with… This area is reserved. Please register for a trial, or subscribe for full access to continue reading. If you are a subscriber, login here.

Work has begun on a major coastal defence scheme to protect the railway that runs through Folkestone Warren in Kent, with thousands of tonnes of limestone being laid to prevent erosion and stabilise the cliffs. As GE’s sister title NCE reported, on 5 January, crews brought the first of three planned deliveries of Boulogne Limestone – a hard, crystalline rock commonly used in coastal protection – onto the Western beach.