Month: March 2011

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Press Releases

Hayward Baker Names John Rubright President, Makes Other Senior Staff Appointments

March 30, 2011 rockman Comments Off on Hayward Baker Names John Rubright President, Makes Other Senior Staff Appointments

Mar 10, 2011 – Odenton, Md. – John P. Rubright has been named president of Hayward Baker. He succeeds George R. Grisham as the fifth president of the company.

Rubright has been with Hayward Baker for 25 years. A civil engineer, he is highly experienced in geotechnical construction applications and has managed projects employing many of Hayward Baker’s technologies. Prior to being named president, he served for ten years as vice president and then senior vice president of the company’s Southern Region, where he directed financial, manpower and equipment resources along with being responsible for the design, management and installation of specialty construction projects in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and the Caribbean countries.

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Seismic profile at Panama Canal Bridge site
Weekend CUP

Weekend / New Baby CUP for March 21, 2011

March 21, 2011 rockman Comments Off on Weekend / New Baby CUP for March 21, 2011

ATI Panamericana Completes Geophysical Survey for the Panama Canal Atlantic Bridge | Ambient Technologies, Inc. Natural gas shortages might be alleviated with underground salt caverns – Source: Arizona Geology Break Through on Southeast Asia’s Longest […]

Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference
Conferences

End of Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference

March 21, 2011 rockman Comments Off on End of Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference

The Geo-Frontiers conference concluded last week, and according to their website, they had a record setting 1,900+ attendees! There are Day 2 and Day 3 videos from Magnus Media Group that have some nice interviews […]

GEO 5 Software
Software Updates

GEO 5 Software Version 12 Released

March 16, 2011 rockman Comments Off on GEO 5 Software Version 12 Released

The geotechnical software suite GEO 5 from European company Fine Software announced the release of Version 12 in their March newsletter. Improvements include additional implementation and help files for EUROCODE EN 1997, the addition of […]

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Geologic Hazards

Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake February 2011 News Resources

March 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off on Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake February 2011 News Resources

Christchurch Earthquake Map

A deadly magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand on February 22, killing at least 147 and with around 200 still missing.  Many buildings have been badly damaged or destroyed and residents also had to deal with large quanities of mud and water which was a result of the liquefaction.  The same region was affected by a 7.1 magnitude quake in September of 2010.  That earthquake was centered deeper and farther from the metropolitan area so there were fewer casualties and less damage.  But many buildings that had recently been repaired, or were even still under repair were devastated once again.  Some early reports were calling this earthquake an aftershock of the September earthquake, but maps I’ve seen (at right) show pretty clearly it was a different fault segment that ruptured during this earthquake.  I have a collection of links below that might be of interest. My heart goes out to the people of New Zealand affected by this disaster.

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