Organizations working in the area of geotechnics in Finland


Universities and Research Institutes

Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (http://civil.tkk.fi/en/)

Tampere University of Technology, Earth and Foundation Structures (www.tut.fi/index.cfm?mainsel=12405&sel=12405&Show=16334&siteid=137&CFID=72314202&CFTOKEN=10705085)

Geological Survey of Finland (http://en.gtk.fi/index.html)

Technical Research Centre of Finland (www.vtt.fi)


Governmental organisations and Cities

Finnish Road Administration (http://www.tiehallinto.fi/servlet/page?_pageid=68&_dad=julia&_schema=PORTAL30&kieli=en&_pageid=68)

Finnish Rail Administration, RHK (http://www.rhk.fi/in_english/)

Finland’s environmental administration (http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=4032&lan=en)

City of Helsinki - Geotechnics (http://www.geotechnics.fi/)
    Soil investigation results in Helsinki, HelsinkiSoili (chargeable customer service)
    Soil and groundwater information in Helsinki, HelsinkiSoili (free customer service)
    Louhinnat
    Tunneleiden päälle rakentaminen
    Current groundwater level


Societies

Finnish Geotechnical Society, SGY (https://secure.webforum.com/sgy/)

Finnish Society of Engineering Geology, RGY (http://www.rgy.fi/)

Finnish Tunnelling Association, MTR (http://www.mtry.org/eng_html/eng_index.html)

Finnish Association of Civil Engineers, RIL (http://www.ril.fi/Resource.phx/english/index.htx)

The Finnish Association of Consulting Firms SKOL (http://www.skolry.fi/)

The Finnish National Group of ISRM (http://www.hut.fi/~jantikai/isrm-fin.html)


Organizations working in the area of geotechnics in the Nordic Countries and Estonia


Research Institutes

Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI (http://www.ngi.no/english/)

Sintef Civil Engineering (http://www.sintef.no/)

Swedish Geotechnical Institute SGI (http://www.swedgeo.se/)

Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT (http://www.vtt.fi/rte/)


Societies

Svenska Geotekniska Föreningen SGF (http://www.sgf.net/)

Norsk Geoteknisk Forening (http://folk.ntnu.no/emdal/ngf/hoved.htm)

Dansk Geoteknisk Forening DGF (http://www.danskgeotekniskforening.dk/)


University

Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Tallinn University of Technology (http://www.ttu.ee/ )


International umbrella organizations:

ISSMGE (www.issmge.org)

ITA-AITES (www.ita-aites.org)


Other international organizations:

IGS (www.geosyntheticssociety.org/indexigs.htm )

EFNARC (www.efnarc.org)


Other pages

Finnish Institute of Marine Research, The Baltic Sea Now:
Wave height (http://www.fimr.fi/en/itamerinyt/aallonkorkeus.html)
Locations of sea level sites (http://www.fimr.fi/en/itamerinyt/vedenkorkeus.html)

Metro heads to the west (www.lansimetro.fi/en/frontpage)

Subterranea Helsinki (www.lewism.org/2009/10/09/subterranea-helsinki/)


World Tunnel Congress 2011, Helsinki, Finland www.wtc11.org