Geotechnical News • March 2012
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GEO-INSTITUTE NEWS
• See for yourself what exhibitors
have to offer.
• Help to advance the geo-profession
through your creative ideas.
• Enjoy the numerous social events.
• Low registration fees of $20-$140.
Organizational Member
News
The Geo-Institute welcomes its
newest organizational members
(OM)
Dan Brown and Associates
, located
in Jasper, TN, is a consulting engineer-
ing firm specializing in geotechni-
cal and foundation engineering with
emphasis on problem-solving relating
to foundation engineering and slope
stability problems. The firm, led by
President/Senior Principal Engineer
Dan A. Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE,
includes associates with special exper-
tise in construction, design, testing and
research. Brown has a distinguished
career of practice, research and
instruction in the field of deep founda-
tions and is particularly known for his
expertise in design, load testing and
construction of deep foundations.
Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc.
(TWE)
is a small private firm,
incorporated in Houston, TX in
August 1993 by Zeki A. Tolunay,
P.E., and Daniel O. Wong, Ph.D, P.E.,
that provides quality engineering
consultation, detailed geotechnical
studies, foundation design,
environmental engineering and
construction materials testing services.
TWE’s more than160 employees
include engineers, scientists,
technicians, geologists, hydro-
geologists and associated laboratory
and support personnel spread
throughout offices in Texas, Louisiana
and Florida. The firm is committed to
meeting its clients’ needs for technical
quality, practical solutions and
performance while meeting budgetary
and schedule commitments.
News you need to know as a
G-I OM
• Contact
lbayer@asce
for OM
membership and event questions.
• You should have received your
2012 G-I OM renewal invoice
for $1,000. Payment is due at this
time.
• Register for Geo-Congress 2012
in Oakland at a 50% discount by
using the individualized 6-digit
code you received in January.
• Here is your recruitment opportu-
nity at Geo-Congress 2012. Two
employees from each OM firm are
invited to a special career recep-
tion on March 26, 2012 from 7-9
p.m. in Oakland, CA. The first
45 minutes are devoted to OM
recruiting efforts among the 50
student stipend winners that your
dues helped bring to the confer-
ence. The remainder of the time
is for you and all the registered
students. Your OM contact should
have already received their person-
alized invitation.
• The special OM/ASFE session
“Demonstrating the Value Geo-
professionals Provide to Projects”
will be held on Monday, March 26,
2012 from 10-11:30 a.m. as part of
the 2012 Geo-Congress in Oak-
land, CA. Please plan to attend.
OMs receive a 5% discount for
advertising in
Geo-Strata
maga-
zine. Make sure to mention this to
your advertising representative.
• Maximize your membership. As
an OM, you can send us news for
publication in the OM News sec-
tion of each
Geo-Strata
issue. Do
not send sales-oriented copy. Send
to
.
• Along with your corporate name,
display your company logo on the
G-I web page at
.
geoinstitute.org/MC/Organiza-
tional%20Members/Organization-
alMembers.html,
Send a pdf or
jpeg file to
.
• Maximize your professional com-
mitment to the Geo-Institute by
displaying the G-I logo on your
website and on printed materials.
Request a G-I logo at
geo-strata@
asce.org.
G-I Upcoming Conferences
Geo-Congress 2012
State-of-the-Art and Practice in
Geo-Engineering
March 25-29, 2012
Oakland Marriott City Center
Oakland, CA
Geo-Congress 2013
March 3-6, 2013
Town & Country Resort
San Diego, CA
Visit
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for other upcoming events.
Editor
Linda R. Bayer, IOM, Manager
Geo-Institute of ASCE
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA 20190-4400
Tel: 703-295-6162
Fax: 703-295-6351
email:lbayer@asce.org
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Geo-Strata magazine, or
possible posting on the Geo-
Institute website at www.
geoinstitute.org, send us
brief news about your recent
honors, awards, special
appointments, promotions,
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