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Geo-Institute Geo-Congress 2012 Conference Younger Member Travel Grants

January 19, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Young geotechnical engineers and geoengineering professionals in the first 5 years of their careers may be elligible for a $500 grant to attend the 2012 Geo-Congress conference in Oakland, California March 25-29. See the Geo-Institute […]

Crew from Andarko Petroleum Corp. works on fracking a well

An inside look at fracking a well

January 13, 2012 rockman 1

This article gives a nice, and balanced overview of the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process used to fracture rock and extract oil and gas from a formation that you could not produce from otherwise. 90 […]

Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates December 2011

January 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM Happy New Year! Here are a list of updated and new ASTM standards related to geotechnical engineering, materials testing and other subjects of interest to geoprofessionals. In this batch is a new standard for testing individual geogrid junction strength and other updated standards for geogrid testing. The standard for geofoam has been updated, so has the standard for SPT sampling. Read on for a list of these updated standards and others.

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Penstock under construction at downstream end of project

Threading the Needle through an Olympic Venue

January 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Fitzsimmons Creek run-of-river hydroelectric project consisted of a number of geotechnical challenges for design team member Golder Associates. The project site is in British Columbia’s Coastal Mountains, and ran adjacent to the bobsleigh (or […]

Ground penetrating radar being used to detect potential sinkholes around sewer pipes

January 6, 2012 rockman 1

When sewer pipes crack and leak, the surrounding ground becomes saturated and soil can migrate into the pipe and leave behind a void. Eventually this void can expand until it undermines the pavement or other […]

Geotechnical Request for Proposals Template Documents

January 4, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Structural Engineers Association of Michigan has template documents for a geotechnical RFP. The intent of the RFP is to assist the Structural Engineer with the general requirements of information usually desired from the report. […]

Geotechnical investigation at proposed Allentown Hockey Arena

Allentown PA arena will use micropiles to mitigate sinkholes

January 4, 2012 rockman Comments Off

An arena being built for the Philadelphia Flyers’ minor league affiliate hockey team will be founded on micropiles to mitigate possible sinkhole problems in the limestone bedrock. The arena in located at the site of […]

Dataforensics announces SaaS pricing structure for Construction QA/QC Data Management System – PQC

December 15, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Norcross, GA, December 2011 – Dataforensics, developer of software for geotechnical data collection and analysis, is pleased to announce new pricing available for PQC, the complete web-based construction quality assurance/quality control data management software. With Dataforensics’ new pricing, your company can utilize the web-based PQC system to collect, manage and report your field density testing data and concrete testing data for $0.25 per test and field reports for less than $1 per report.

[Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from GeoPrac sponsor Dataforensics. [/Editor]

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Calling Geoprofessionals: Survey on Professional Development

December 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

I am participating in ASFE The Geoprofessional Business Association’s Fundamentals of Professional Practice course. A component of the course is a research project and report, and my topic is the assessment of Golder Associate’s technical […]

Weekend CUP for December 12, 2011

December 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

GEI’s Foundation Design for Yawkey Center for Cancer Care Recognized as a DFI Outstanding Project – Source: GEI Consultants via CE News Sandvik jumbos progress Olympic tunnel – Source: World Tunnelling Wyoming town has a […]