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News, announcements, policy updates, spotlighted websites, software updates and other info that may be of interest to practicing geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geophysicists, hydrogeologists and related professions.

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Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates for April 2011

April 1, 2011 rockman Comments Off on ASTM Updates for April 2011

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTMIt’s that time again.  Here are a collection of changes/additions to ASTM standards that are relevant to geotechnical engineers, soils labs, CQA firms and related disciplines.  There are a couple of interesting new standards available.  D7698 is a new procedure for estimation of in-place density and water content of soil and aggregate by correlation with complex impedance.  I’m not eactly sure what that is, but it sounds cool.  There is also a new standard (D7702) that provides guidance for the evaluation of direct shear results involving geosynthetics.  Read on for these and other updates.

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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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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 […]