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Miscellaneous

2011 ASCE Distinguished Members from Geo-Institute

November 27, 2011 rockman Comments Off on 2011 ASCE Distinguished Members from Geo-Institute

The American Society of Civil Engineers announced their 2011 class of Distinguished Members back in October. This year’s class included three members of the Geo-Institute: Jacobo Bielak, Chandrakant S. Desai and Shamsher Prakash (pictured below). The ASCE Youtube channel has short biography video on each member, and you can watch the videos for these three gentlemen embedded in the full post. Their acceptance remarks are also online somehwere, but I can’t find the videos to embed. You can watch those videos here. Written biographies are also available on the Geo-Institute’s website.

Jacobo Bielak, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCEChandrakant S. Desai, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCEShamsher Prakash, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE

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GeoPrac.net welcomes new sponsor Hayward Baker

November 18, 2011 rockman Comments Off on 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 […]

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Weekend CUP

Weekend CUP for November 17, 2011

November 18, 2011 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP for November 17, 2011

I’m finally digging out from under some articles and blog post ideas from the past couple of months. Think of it as an early Thanksgiving day feast for your mind! Click through for all the trimmings.

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Standards and Codes

First National Green Building Code Approved!

November 17, 2011 rockman Comments Off on First National Green Building Code Approved!

LEED Certification is a voluntary process for building owners and designers. But a newly approved green building code developed by the International Code Council titled the ‘International Green Construction Code’ or IgCC may see adoption […]

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Press Releases

Dataforensics, LLC welcomes Groundwater Solutions as a new Reseller Partner

November 16, 2011 rockman Comments Off on Dataforensics, LLC welcomes Groundwater Solutions as a new Reseller Partner

Norcross, Georgia, October 1, 2011 –Dataforensics, LLC welcomes Groundwater Solutions, providers of quality hydrogeological expertise and services, as a reseller partner. Based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire United Kingdom, Groundwater Solutions resells the Dataforensics products PLog, PLog Environmental and Rapid CPT. Additionally, Groundwater Solutions supports integration of data collected with PLog Environmental into the EScIS software program ESdat.

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

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Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates for October 2011

November 14, 2011 rockman Comments Off on ASTM Updates for October 2011

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTMThis post contains an update of new, revised and otherwise updated ASTM standards that pertain to the geotechnical engineering, materials testing and related fields.  This time around there are a number of geosynthetic standards being updated, including several new standards relating to QC testing of geomembranes and leak detection.  Sorry it hass been a little while since these updates were posted last.  ASTM changed the format of their emails, and the spreadsheet I use to parse them needed to be updated. Click through for the updated ASTM standards.

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