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GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION NEWS
June 4-6, 2015, Tuscany (Italy)
Course Director: John Dunnicliff, Consulting Engineer
Organizer: Paolo Mazzanti, NHAZCA S.r.l.
THE COURSE : following the first successful edition, this course in
Italy will now be presented annually. Substantial improvements with
new topics and new speakers are expected yearly. Attendance at the
course is a great opportunity to establish a valuable network with
colleagues from all over the world, to meet manufacturers and see
the most recent and innovative instrumentation, thanks to a large
exhibition area.
COURSE EMPHASIS: is on why and how to monitor field
performance. The course will include planning monitoring programs,
hardware and software, web-based and wireless monitoring, remote
methods for monitoring deformation, vibration monitoring and
offshore monitoring. Case histories presented by prominent interna-
tional experts and discussion during the open forum will be an
additional source of knowledge.
WHO: engineers, geologists and technicians who are involved with
performance monitoring of geotechnical features of civil engineering,
mining and oil and gas projects. Project managers and other decision-
makers who are concerned with management of RISK during
construction.
OBJECTIVE: to learn the who, why and how of successful
geotechnical and structural monitoring while networking and sharing
best practices with others in the geotechnical and structural monito-
ring community.
INSTRUCTION : provided by leaders of the geotechnical and
structural monitoring community, representing users, manufactu-
rers, designers and people from academia from all over the world.
LOCATION: the 3-day course will be held in Tuscany (Italy). In
addition to providing an opportunity to increase your own expertise
about geotechnical and structural monitoring, attendance at the
course will give you a beautiful cultural, historical and taste experien-
ce in one of the most attractive places in the world.
As John Gadsby (publisher of this magazine) wrote in the September issue, “The
2014 edition of this course was a great success. Anyone in the monitoring commu-
nity should add this course to his/her list of ‘to dos’“