Short courses in Engineering Geology/Rock Engineering to be taught in Tucson, Arizona in May 2016

March 7, 2016 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Short courses in Engineering Geology/Rock Engineering to be taught in Tucson, Arizona in May 2016
Learn rock mechanics from a leading expert in the field

Learn rock mechanics from a leading expert in the fieldThe following four short courses will be taught by Prof. Pinnaduwa Kulatilake in Tucson, Arizona in May 2016 as given below. Dr. Kulatilake was one of my professors at the University of Arizona during my geological engineering program.  If you have always been meaning to learn some rock mechanics to add to your geotechnical skill set, these courses would be a very good option.

  1. 2-Day course on Rock Fracture Geometry Characterization and Network Modeling in 3-D Including Validations (May 14-15)
  2. 2-Day Course on Deterministic and Probabilistic Rock Slope Stability Analyses (May 16-17)
  3. 2-Day Course on Deterministic and Probabilistic Block Theory & Applications for Surface and Underground Rock Excavations (May 18-19)
  4. 1-Day Course on Measurement and Quantification of Joint Roughness, Normal & Shear Deformations, Peak Shear Strength, Aperture and Fluid Flow through Single Joints (May 20)

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ENR’s annual top 500 design firms list for 2017 is out. These rankings are based on revenue for design services in the previous calendar year. Last year I extracted a subset of the list to see rankings of firms that are strong in geotechnical / geological related services, so I decided to do it again this year. I included firms that self-identified as geotechnical firms, as well as engineering firms that I know to have a strong geo emphasis. I’m sure there are some that I missed. I also included some of the major A&E firms that provide these types of services. Accordingly, it’s still a bit subjective on who is included. So here is the list of top Geo-Companies of 2017 (along with their change in ranking relative to 2016):

  • 1 – AECOM, Los Angeles, Calif. (No change from 2016)
  • 3 – CH2M, Englewood, Colo. (No change from 2016)
  • 5 – TETRA TECH INC., Pasadena, Calif. (+2)
  • 7 – AMEC FOSTER WHEELER, Atlanta, Ga. (-2)
  • 8 – HDR, Omaha, Neb. (+1)
  • 10 – STANTEC INC., Irvine, Calif. (+8)
  • 13 – ARCADIS NORTH AMERICA/CALLISON RTKL, Highlands Ranch, Colo. (-1)

 [Editor] Click through for the rest of the Geo list! [/Editor]

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