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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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Comings and Goings

Keller acquires Canadian geotechnical contractor

January 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off on Keller acquires Canadian geotechnical contractor

According to NCE, Keller has announced that it has acquired Canada-based geotechnical contractor Geo-Foundation Contractors in a deal valued at £5.7M (US$9.1M). The brief article notes that Geo-Foundation Contractors specializes in micro-piling, ground anchors, and […]

Work-life Balance
Rockman's Ramblings

EDITORIAL: Work/Life Balance

January 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off on EDITORIAL: Work/Life Balance

This editorial from well-known ASFE founder John Bachner struck a cord with me. He is passionate about geoprofessionals getting involved in their communities and giving back to the profession and sees that as one of […]

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Rockman's Ramblings

Most Popular GeoPrac.net Content of 2012

January 14, 2013 rockman Comments Off on Most Popular GeoPrac.net Content of 2012

Sorry for the delay, I found some problems with my script that generates these statistics.  Here are the most popular GeoPrac.net articles that were published during 2012.  I have pro-rated the total number of hits based on how long they have been published.  That might give a bit of an edge to articles published more recently, but the alternative would bias towards those articles published earlier in the year.  At any rate, enjoy!  P.S. – Sign up for the free GeoPrac.net monthly email newsletter in the next few days, and you’ll get the latest list of the top GeoPrac.net content of all time!

Top 100 Articles Published in 2012:

  1. DFI Announces the 2012 Outstanding Project Award Winner – The Route 9A Pedestrian Tunnel at the World Trade Center – Published Dec 10, 2012 (40.1 hits/day, 883 page impressions total)
  2. Sample Guide Specifications for Construction of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS) – Published Nov 21, 2012 (35.8 hits/day, 1,476 page impressions total)
  3. Troubled Eastern NC Riverfront Convention Center Gets Lifeline from Hayward Baker and TerraThane™ Geotech Foam by NCFI Polyurethanes – Published Oct 4, 2012 (28.7 hits/day, 2,559 page impressions total)
  4. Study: Port of Anchorage replacement vulnerable to liquefaction in earthquake – Published Dec 19, 2012 (28.0 hits/day, 370 page impressions total)
  5. New Subsea Robotic Geotechnical Site Investigation Company Formed – Published Aug 17, 2012 (27.0 hits/day, 3,704 page impressions total)
  6. Solid Foundation for Grain Storage – Published Dec 13, 2012 (26.9 hits/day, 508 page impressions total)
  7. Nicholson and SolData Working on Six of the Ten Largest Tunneling Projects in North America – Published May 1, 2012 (22.9 hits/day, 5,608 page impressions total)
  8. ASTM Updates for August 2012 – Published Sep 18, 2012 (21.2 hits/day, 2,232 page impressions total)
  9. Huge struts used to prop London excavation – Published Nov 25, 2012 (20.5 hits/day, 754 page impressions total)
  10. 180 Miles of California Levees Declared Ineligible for Federal Rebuild Funds – Published Oct 18, 2012 (20.1 hits/day, 1,511 page impressions total)

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Available Resources

New Rock Toppling Software coming from Rockscience

January 9, 2013 rockman Comments Off on New Rock Toppling Software coming from Rockscience

Geological and geotechnical engineering software vendor Rockscience, makers of Dips, Swedge, Slide, Examine3D and other products is entering beta testing for their newest product, RocTopple to analyze the rock toppling failure mode. According to RockScience, […]

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Press Releases

The new ESdat Scheduler. Using Environmental Data Software for managing multiple Monitoring Programs

January 7, 2013 rockman Comments Off on The new ESdat Scheduler. Using Environmental Data Software for managing multiple Monitoring Programs

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The new ESdat Scheduler makes it quick and easy to manage multiple Monitoring Programs across one or many sites.
Managing multiple Monitoring Programs across one or many sites is about to become a whole lot easier for users of ESdat.

To ensure compliance with relevant environmental regulations and guidelines environmental professionals are often required to maintain multiple Monitoring Programs characterised by:

  • Competing deadlines and field staff schedules
  • Variable monitoring frequency
  • Varying locations
  • Variations in sample collection methodologies and analytes to test
  • Different environmental standards

[Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from ESdat. [/Editor]

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