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Geotechnical News • September 2012
GEO-INSTITUTE NEWS
An AGP-organized ethics course is
planned for the 2013 Geo-Congress
and is tentatively scheduled for Sun-
day, March 3, 2013.
Do you like Geo-Strata’s new
page-turning format?
Geo-Strata
online has a new page-
turning format which makes reading
current and past issues of the maga-
zine easier. ASCE/G-I members or G-I
only members can access
Geo-Strata
magazine online with its new format
at
/
View-Geo-Strata-Magazine/
.
Let us know what you think by send-
ing your comments to
geo-strata.org.
The G-I announces 2014
geo-congress venue
2014 Geo-Congress
February 23-26, 2014
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel
Atlanta, GA
The 2014 Geo-Congress will focus on
two central themes which will bring
a unique perspective to geotechnical
engineering issues facing practitioner
and educators: Site Geo-characteriza-
tion and Sustainability.
The conference hotel is a downtown
landmark with its 73-story tower,
topped by the revolving Sun Dial
Restaurant. Conveniently connected to
AmericasMart, The Westin Peachtree
Plaza Hotel is steps from CNN, the
Georgia Aquarium, Georgia World
Congress Center and the Georgia
Dome. Watch for conference details,
calls for papers, and more in upcom-
ing months.
G-I monogrammed golf shirts,
caps and bags
You can now order everything G-I
from Land’s End. Have the G-I logo
stitched on everything from baseball
caps and shirts to towels and coolers.
Shop the Land’s End website at
www.
landsend.com/Geo
and ask to have the
G-I logo added to most items.
Geotechnical professional
development corner
This summer, hone your skills and add
to your working knowledge online or
in person.
Load and Resistance Factor Design
(LRFD) for Geotechnical Engineer-
ing Features: Earth Retaining Struc-
tures - Cut Walls
Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 / Noon –
1:30 pm
For more webinars and information:
/
Webinars/Live-Webinars/
ASCE/G-I co-sponsored
seminars
Design of foundations for
dynamic loads
Sept 5-7, 2012
Houston, TX
Design and construction of micro-
tunneling projects
Sept 19-21, 2012
San Diego, CA
and
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2012
Portland, OR
Instrumentation & Monitoring
Bootcamp: Planning, Execution
& Measurement Uncertainty for
Structural & Geotechnical Con-
struction Projects
November 8-9, 2012
Phoenix, AZ
For seminar information:
org/Continuing-Education/Seminars/
Face-to-Face-Seminars/
Connect with my ASCE
ASCE members can easily connect
with other members and interact virtu-
ally with groups and committees with
myASCE.
makes online communica-
tion, collaboration, and networking
easy by bringing a variety of tools
and features into a single community.
Features include a personal profile for
all members which includes spaces for
photos, as well as documents. You can
ASCE/G-I Co-Sponsored Online
Webinars
Load and Resistance Factor Design
(LRFD) for Geotechnical Engi-
neering Features - Earth Retaining
Structures: Fill Walls
Monday, Sept 10, 2012 / Noon -
1:30 pm
