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- ↑ ICE Associated Societies newsletter, Spring/Summer 2011 (Accessed: 19 July 2013)
- ↑ "British Geotechnical Association, registered charity no. 284131". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- 1 2 Craig, Bill (23 November 1998). "Bill Craig, current British Geotechnical Society chairman, looks at the development of the society as it celebrates its 50th anniversary". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ↑ BGA Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2012 (Retrieved: 19 July 2013)
