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ASCE Geo-Institute Reports on Trends Affecting the Geo-Community

Written by Randy Post
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
In July of 2007 a virtual who's who of the Geo-community gathered at the headquarters of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for a workshop to discuss the Trends Affecting the Geo-community. Yesterday the ASCE released a report on the workshop titled: Trends Affecting the Geo-Community: What Does the Future Hold, edited by Peter Smeallie. More details after the break. The PDF Report contains recommendations in the form of 83 strategies and action items focused on educational and communication tasks to bring awareness and reform to geo-professional practice. From the Executive Summary, the purposes of the workshop were: To assemble experts from the geo-community and other disciplines to address external trends that impact the geo-community, To gain a better understanding of these issues, To develop proactive strategies and guidance, and To bring the expertise of the geo-community to these issues in order to improve the built environment. External industry trends addressed at the workshop were: Accelerated construction Geotechnical asset management Context sensitive issues Cost analysis Extreme events Innovative contracting Research and development Risk management Safety. Agencies sponsoring the workshop were: Federal Highway Administration Geo-Institute of ASCE ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling Deep Foundation Institute Pile Driving Contractors Association ASCE Seattle Section Geotechnical Group North American Geotechnical Society Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) The National Council for Geo-Engineering and Construction (Geo Council) Related Items: ADSC Joins with FHWA to Conduct Hollow Core Soil Nail Research AEG launches geohazard pages ASCE: Cease and Desist over Video Spoof Geo-Institute Website Changes Problems with Registration and Outside News and Blogs ADSC - International Association of Foundation Drilling GeoInstitute of the ASCE NCS Consultants, LLC technorati tags: Geo-Institute ASCE AEG ADSC ! Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Show/Hide comment form Name Email Title Comment Write the displayed characters
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 December 2007 )