Geotechnical News • March 2015
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GEOTECHNICAL INSTRUMENTATION NEWS
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Second International Course
on Geotechnical and Structural
Monitoring in Italy,
June 4-6, 2015
We’ve now confirmed that the course
will be held at the same location as
last time – in Poppi castle. Poppi is
considered one of the most beautiful
towns in Tuscany with the spectacu-
lar tenth-century castle of the Guidi
Counts situated on the hilltop that
dominates the surrounding coun-
tryside. There will be a much larger
exhibition area than last time.
Details are on
-
toring.com
, together with the course
schedule and registration information.
The list of 14 speakers includes
John
Burland
of Imperial College London,
Michele Jamiolkowski
of Technical
University of Turin (both of whom
were leaders on the International
Committee for the Safeguard of the
Leaning Tower of Pisa), and
Elmo
DiBiagio
of Norwegian Geotechnical
Institute.
Several pre- and post-course leisure
activities are being planned, and dur-
ing the course various activities will
also be available for accompanying
persons. See
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toring.com/en/leisure for details.
Corporate updates
Several manufacturers of geotechnical
instruments are now owned by Nova
Metrix LLC, Woburn, MA (www.
nova-metrix.com). These include Dur-
ham Geo Slope Indicator (USA, www.
slopeindicator.com), Roctest (Canada,
), Telemac (France,
), Interfels (Germany,
), Smartec (Swit-
zerland,
) and Soil
Instruments (England,
.
co.uk).
Sherborne (England,
manufac-
tures sensors that are used in geotech-
nical and structural applications, is
also owned by
Nova Metrix.
Both Interfels and
Soil Instruments
had been part of
itmsoil (England),
which remains
in business as
ITM Monitor-
ing Ltd (www.
itmmonitoring.
com) to pro-
vide monitoring
services but not
manufacturing.
ITM Monitoring
Ltd is owned by
Rcapital, a private
investment busi-
ness in London
(
.
co.uk).
The USA arm of
itmsoil is now
Specto Technol-
ogy (
-
technology.com),
an independent
company providing hardware and soft-
ware from a variety of manufacturers,
with a focus on delivering wireless
monitoring solutions.
U.S. mid-market private equity firm
Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Co,
Indianapolis
) has
recently bought a majority interest in
RST Instruments Ltd.
). RST
management remain substantial
shareholders.
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Apki Lambi Umar Ke Liye! (Hindi)
Tenth century Poppi Castle.
