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Thursday, 10 July 2008 Wolosick receives 2008 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award Randy Post 271
Sunday, 29 June 2008 380,000 Jobs Now in Jeopardy Because Congress Fails To Rescue America’s Transportation Account Randy Post 305
Wednesday, 25 June 2008 Ohio DOT to use EQuIS for Geotechnical Data Management Randy Post 361
Monday, 16 June 2008 TenCate opens new factory in China for the growing geosynthetic market Randy Post 378
Monday, 16 June 2008 New DT80G and DT85G Geotechnical Data Loggers Randy Post 349
Wednesday, 04 June 2008 Yucca Mountain Moving Forward Randy Post 900
Wednesday, 04 June 2008 AMEC To Acquire Specialist U.S. Environmental and Geotechnical Consultancy Randy Post 444
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 New Study Shows Odds High for Big California Quakes Randy Post 481
Monday, 07 April 2008 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 7-11 2008 Randy Post 617
Sunday, 17 February 2008 Seeing Beneath the Surface: Use of Ground Penetrating Radar in Earth Science Research Randy Post 660
Thursday, 17 January 2008 Louder drilling to occur as I-35W bridge foundation work nears completion Randy Post 1057
Sunday, 02 December 2007 NOAA, USGS Warning System to Help Protect Southern Californians from Debris Flows and Flash Floods Randy Post 1074
Sunday, 02 December 2007 54 Dams Slated for Removal in 2007 Randy Post 1085
Sunday, 02 December 2007 IPET Risk Maps Released in June for New Orleans Are CORRECT Randy Post 1235
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 Lawmakers Step Up To Address Dangerous Dams Randy Post 1423
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 Strata Systems acquires makers of the Sleeve-It™ System Randy Post 998
Saturday, 06 October 2007 CNN Highlights Dams in Danger Randy Post 684
Wednesday, 03 October 2007 Congress Begins Process of Reforming the Corps Randy Post 551
Sunday, 23 September 2007 Corps releases Center Hill Dam Consensus Report Randy Post 719
Thursday, 20 September 2007 Layne Christensen Files Registration Statement for Proposed Offering of Common Stock Randy Post 659
Monday, 10 September 2007 ADSC Joins with FHWA to Conduct Hollow Core Soil Nail Research Randy Post 762
Sunday, 26 August 2007 New Costs for New Orleans 100-Year Hurrican Protection Randy Post 729
Thursday, 23 August 2007 Panama Canal Awards Expansion Program Manager Contract to CH2M HILL Randy Post 1140
Tuesday, 14 August 2007 USACE Blasts Time Magazine Article Randy Post 606
Saturday, 14 July 2007 Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming Randy Post 657
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 UW to develop specifications for large ocean observatory off coast of Washington Randy Post 737
Wednesday, 30 May 2007 20 years of Yucca Mountain research now available for scientific review Randy Post 772
Wednesday, 16 May 2007 Vibro Piers™ From Hayward Baker: A More Cost-Effective Shallow Foundation System Randy Post 982
Friday, 11 May 2007 ASFE Inaugurates New President Randy Post 516
Thursday, 10 May 2007 Government and Industry Officials Launch National Three-Digit "Call Before You Dig" Telephone Number Randy Post 438
Thursday, 03 May 2007 Wold Creek Dam - "Significant chance of failure" Randy Post 634
Monday, 30 April 2007 Hayward Baker Completes Ambitious Landslide Repair Project on U.S. Highway 61 in Mississippi Randy Post 1032
Wednesday, 18 April 2007 Gilbert T. Seese, P.E. Promoted to Principal of the Firm Randy Post 505
Wednesday, 18 April 2007 High-tech Earthquake Monitoring Instruments Reveal Expansion of San Gabriel Valley After Heavy Rainf Randy Post 687
Tuesday, 13 March 2007 Corps of Engineers Revises and Renews Nationwide Permits Randy Post 511
 
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  • Failures  ( 12 items )
    Although nobody likes to see a failure, especially a catastrophic one, it is important to learn whatever we can from them so that the geo-community does not make the same mistakes again.
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  • Geoarchaeology  ( 5 items )

    Geoarchaeology is a fascinating field located at the convergence of two scientific disciplines, geology/engineering and archaeology. Aspects of this field include geophysical exploration such as ground penetrating radar, photogeology, magnetometer surveys, satellite image analysis and geographic information systems or GIS.

  • General  ( 5 items )

    This is the news category for GeoPrac.net related news or blog posts as well as for things that don't fit too well in other categories. 

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    Geophysics involves various techniques to quantitatively study the surface and subsurface of the earth. These methods include seismic refraction, seismic reflection, ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity, induced polarization (IP), TEM,  gravity gradiometry, magnetotellurics (MT) and others.

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  • Miscellaneous  ( 33 items )
    Have some GeoNews that doesn't fit in another category? Here's the place. Try to keep it at least somewhat on topic.
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    Rockman aka Randy Post is the Owner and Editor In Chief of GeoPrac.net. This category is where posts regarding the GeoPrac site itself will be made. It is also a place for Randy to blog about issues affecting his professional practice, current projects and occasionally more esoteric topics.

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