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General
GeoPrac.net welcomes new sponsor Hayward Baker
GeoPrac.net is very pleased to announce our newest website sponsor, geotechnical contractor Hayward Baker! They are the #1 ranked Specialty Excavation/Foundation Contractor according too Engineering News-Record, a spot they have held for many years. With […]
Miscellaneous
GeoPrac welcomes new sponsor – Gintegro!
GeoPrac is pleased to announce our newest sponsor, Gintegro! Please check them out and the powerful geotechnical software they distribute, GEO5. Be sure to let them know how you heard about them! Gintegro is a […]
Rockman's Ramblings
ASCE G-I: Proposed “Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Practice”
Most geotechs are familiar with the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (JGGE), one of the (if not the) premier journal in the industry. It’s published by the ASCE’s Geo-Institute (G-I) and accounts for about 20% of the revenue of the G-I organization.
The G-I’s President, Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud, convened a task force in early 2009 to investigate if the JGGE is “adequately serving as a venue for practice oriented papers.” According to the final report from the Proposed "Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Practice" Task Force, the reason for the task force is that: