Highway Geology Symposium

“Established to foster a better understanding and closer cooperation between goelogists and civil engineers in the highway industry, the highway geology symposium (hgs) was organized and held its first meeting on marh 14, 1950 in richmond, virginia. Attending the inaugural neeting were representatives from the state highway departments (as referred to at the time) from georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia, kentucky, west virginia, maryland, and pennsylvania. In addition, a number of federal agencies and universities were represented. A total of nine technical papers were presented. Since the initial meeting, 69 consecutive annual meetings have been held in 35 different states until the pandemic prevented the 2020 and 2021 conferences. The in-person conference resumed in 2022. The 2023 conference was held in person once again in august 2023 in tacoma, washington.”

“Expenses sponsor email blas 185 giveaways/gifts 5,531 office supplies 362 name tags 144 hotel av 1,118 online registration fees 1,084 a/v fees 278 travel expenses 3,246 downtown travel 1,300 food & beverages 35,636 coordinator fee 26,630 field trip 13,272 banquet entertainment 5,300 field days 3,961 hotel room rental 2,024 overnight rooms 1,509 companion tour 121 credit card processing fe 3,890 total 105,591”

“Deposit in transit 15,469 37,670 hotel deposit 2,500 0 total 17,969 37,670”

“The highway geology symposium held its annual 4-day conference and field trip in september 2024 in lawrence, ks. The conference is designed to build a closer cooperation between geologists, civil engineers, consultants and contractors in the highway industry through education, sharing lessons learned and providing an opportunity to meet subject matter experts from other states.”