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GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION NEWS
The University of Florida
Geotechnical Instrumentation (GI)
for Field Measurements
April 7-9, 2013
Doubletree Hotel • Cocoa Beach, Florida
Course Director: John Dunnicliff, Consulting Engineer
COURSE EMPHASIS: is on why and how to use GI to
monitor eld performance. The course will include plan-
ning monitoring programs, hardware and software, recent
developments such as web-based and wireless monitoring,
remote methods for monitoring deformation, case histo-
ries, and lessons learned. Online sources will be included,
together with an open forum for questions and discussion.
AUDIENCE: engineers, geologists and technicians who
are involved with performance monitoring of geotechnical
features of civil engineering projects and project managers
and other decision-makers who are concerned with
management of RISK during construction.
OBJECTIVE: to learn the who, why, and how of success-
ful geotechnical monitoring while networking and sharing
best practices with others in the GI community.
INSTRUCTION: provided by leaders of the GI commu-
nity, respresenting both users and manufacturers:
Marcelo Chuaqui, Monir Precision Monitoring
Loic Galisson, SolData Group
Pierre Gouvin, GEO-Instruments
Aaron Grosser, Barr Engineering
Daniele Inaudi, Roctest/Smartec
Allen Marr, Geocomp
Paolo Mazzanti, NHAZCA
Justin Nettle, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Tony Simmonds, Geokon
Rodolfo Saavedra, DG-Slope Indicator
Robert Taylor, RST Instruments
For full details visit:
www.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/geotech