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Weekend CUP – Feel the Love Edition (February 14)

February 15, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP – Feel the Love Edition (February 14)

Ground thawing at Boston’s Big Dig site continues to be monitored, thawing slower than anticipated – Boston Globe via ASCE SmartBrief Crews filling void under Plant City (Tampa Bay Florida area) elementary school – Tampa […]

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ASCE North Jersey Branch Geotechnical Group Upcoming Events

January 20, 2010 rockman Comments Off on ASCE North Jersey Branch Geotechnical Group Upcoming Events

GeoPrac.net Premier sponsor Moretrench would like to announce two upcoming events in the ASCE North Jersey Branch Geotechnical Group: Ground Freezing Challenges for Horizontal Connection Between Shafts Under Difficult Geologic and Hydrostatic Conditions by Mr. […]

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Wind turbines on 100m of fill? And other recent GeoThreads

January 4, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Wind turbines on 100m of fill? And other recent GeoThreads

I was poking around on the GeoThreads page which includes info on discussion forum threads from several different sites. Three recent threads from Eng-Tips.com caught my eye. Check them out. Drill techinique to go through […]

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Geotechnical News Magazine Seeks Software and Systems Articles

December 2, 2009 rockman 1

I received an email from Saeed Otufat-Shamsi of NovoTech Software (Disclosure: NovoTech is a GeoPrac Sponsor). He is involved with Geotechnical News magazine in Canada (www.bitech.ca) and asked me to post the following anouncement: I […]

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NASSPA Website Has New FAQ on Steel Sheet Piles

November 25, 2009 rockman Comments Off on NASSPA Website Has New FAQ on Steel Sheet Piles

The North American Steel Sheet Piling Association (NASSPA) recently posted a FAQ on steel sheet piles to their website. A few example questions: What is steel sheet piling? What are the advantages of hot-rolled sheet […]

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Obayashi Corp Making It’s Mark on US Tunneling Jobs

November 20, 2009 rockman 2

Tunneling Business Magazine has a very nice cover story on Obayashi Corp, a well-known Tokyo, Japan-based mega-construction company with some impressive tunneling credentials.  In their 30-years of working in the US, they were the first […]

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Had to Share This – Dilbert’s Take on GeoPrac!

November 20, 2009 rockman 1

This struck home quite a bit for me! Of course I strive to make GP the best geo-related parasite…er,I mean website on the ‘net! Happy Friday!

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ADSC Wants to Know What Concerns You the Most?

November 18, 2009 rockman Comments Off on ADSC Wants to Know What Concerns You the Most?

Not in the metaphysical sense, but in terms of issues related to drilled shafts. Check out the survey on their homepage.

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Geosynthetics Magazine – Focus on History of Geosynthetics

October 21, 2009 rockman Comments Off on Geosynthetics Magazine – Focus on History of Geosynthetics

The October-November 2009 issue of Geosynthetics Magazine has a special section titled “Focus on History” with some special content on the history of geosynthetics. (Photo of late 1970’s geocell testing for the US Army Corps, […]

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New Company Syntec acquires portion of Tenax

October 21, 2009 rockman 1

Tenax is a well known name in the geosynthetics industry. Recently a new company, Syntec, acquired portions of Tenax. From GeosyntheticsMagazine.com: According to a press release distributed Oct. 13, Syntec acquired the assets related to […]

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