January-February / 2009
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Two For The Price of One
 
Dear ,

I was so late with my January Newsletter, I just decided to combine it with February. Hopefully next month I'll be back on schedule. Until then, check out some of the great content from the past two months and the previous year.

Regards, 

Randy Post, Owner/Editor - GeoPrac.net
Haiti Earthquake
Haiti EarthquakeThe magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti last month was a horrible tragedy. The first and foremost thing on my mind is the human aspect...so much death and suffering and life is still likely to be difficult for sometime.

I posted a number of links that might be of interest to geoengineers and geologists. There are even a few stories about colleagues of ours getting involved and helping out. So check out the GeoPrac posts below and also consider Volunteering to help through ASCE or donating through the Red Cross.
Thank You New Sponsors - Nicholson Construction and Dataforensics!
I am extremely grateful to be starting out 2010 with the support of two new sponsors, Nicholson Construction and Dataforensics. Read more about these two excellent companies.
topcontentTop 20 of 2009
At the beginning of the year, I posted a list of the top 100 content items of 2009, and the top 100 of all time. Here's a small sampling.
  1. Video: Rockslide on U.S. Highway 64 in Tennessee - Published Nov 11, 2009 (42.5 hits/day, 816 page impressions total)
  2. Texas Hi-rise To Be Demolished After 16-in of Settlement - Published Sep 23, 2009 (24.9 hits/day, 192 page impressions total)
  3. Nile Landslide Destroys Large Stretch of Washington SR 410 - Published Oct 14, 2009 (23.0 hits/day, 407 page impressions total)
  4. Ground Penetrating Radar in Archaeology - Published Sep 23, 2009 (22.3 hits/day, 162 page impressions total)
  5. Drilled Shaft Industry Legend Dr. Lymon C. Reese, 1917-2009 - Published Sep 17, 2009 (22.0 hits/day, 291 page impressions total)
  6. Novo Tech Software Offers New gINT-Compatible Geotechnical Tools - Published Sep 15, 2009 (21.2 hits/day, 324 page impressions total)
  7. VBA and Excel for Engineers and Scientists - Part 3 - Published Jun 10, 2009 (19.9 hits/day, 412 page impressions total)
  8. Video: Freeport Maine Culvert Failure and Road Collapse - Published Mar 23, 2009 (19.7 hits/day, 158 page impressions total)
  9. Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest - Published Oct 20, 2009 (19.3 hits/day, 229 page impressions total)
  10. Mega Earthquake Could Strike Closer to Seattle - Published Aug 20, 2009 (19.1 hits/day, 215 page impressions total)
  11. Side Hill Retaining Walls - Part 1 - Published Mar 12, 2009 (19.1 hits/day, 367 page impressions total)
  12. Side Hill Retaining Walls - Part 2 - Published Apr 2, 2009 (19.0 hits/day, 539 page impressions total)
  13. Landslide / Mudslide in Logan Utah - Published Jul 14, 2009 (18.9 hits/day, 335 page impressions total)
  14. CALTRANS Publishes Guide For Design With Subgrade Enhancement Geotextiles - Published Aug 12, 2009 (18.8 hits/day, 374 page impressions total)
  15. Taiwan Mudslides - Death Toll As Many as 600 - Published Aug 17, 2009 (18.6 hits/day, 265 page impressions total)
  16. Subway Tunnel Collapse in Cologne Germany - Published Mar 10, 2009 (18.3 hits/day, 389 page impressions total)
  17. California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists to Be Eliminated Under Current Budget - Published Aug 6, 2009 (18.3 hits/day, 461 page impressions total)
  18. 12 Miles of Tunnels for D.C. Sewer - Published Sep 11, 2009 (18.2 hits/day, 362 page impressions total)
  19. Bentley Adds Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Capabilities Through Acquisition of gINT Software - Published Oct 14, 2009 (18.1 hits/day, 322 page impressions total)
  20. gINT Software Webinar Series to Focus on Enterprise Solutions and GIS Applications - Published Sep 10, 2009 (17.3 hits/day, 364 page impressions total)
Read the rest of the top 100 content items of 2009, and the top 100 of all time.
topcontent2Popular Content for December 2009 and January 2010 
  1. Retaining wall failure and landslide in San Antonio Displaces 25 Homeowners - Published Jan 27, 2010 (37.9 hits/day, 250 page impressions total)
  2. Foundations and Geotechnical Engineering for the Burj Dubai - World's Tallest Building - Published Jan 5, 2010 (14.3 hits/day, 412 page impressions total)
  3. Boulderscape Launches New and Enhanced Web Site - Published Jan 27, 2010 (10.0 hits/day, 61 page impressions total)
  4. CUP for Tuesday January 26, 2010 - Published Jan 27, 2010 (9.1 hits/day, 61 page impressions total)
  5. Garmin Voice Studio: Turn Right [Morgan Freeman's Voice] - Published Jan 5, 2010 (9.0 hits/day, 252 page impressions total)
  6. Moretrench announces the appointment of Joseph M. McCann to Executive Vice President - Published Jan 19, 2010 (8.8 hits/day, 126 page impressions total)
  7. Recent Haiti Earthquake News for Geos - Published Jan 27, 2010 (8.7 hits/day, 58 page impressions total)
  8. ASCE North Jersey Branch Geotechnical Group Upcoming Events - Published Jan 20, 2010 (8.4 hits/day, 109 page impressions total)
  9. Haiti Earthquake - Published Jan 14, 2010 (7.7 hits/day, 148 page impressions total)
  10. Nicholson Awarded Earth Retention Contract for Seattle Light Rail Project - Published Jan 20, 2010 (7.3 hits/day, 96 page impressions total)
  11. Nicholson Awarded a Contract on the MTA's Second Avenue Subway Project - Published Jan 20, 2010 (6.7 hits/day, 88 page impressions total)
  12. Welcome new Sponsors: Nicholson Construction and Dataforensics! - Published Jan 15, 2010 (6.3 hits/day, 118 page impressions total)
  13. Mega CUP - Mid Dec to 2009 Year End - Published Jan 12, 2010 (5.3 hits/day, 112 page impressions total)
  14. Weekend CUP January 19, 2010 - Published Jan 19, 2010 (5.3 hits/day, 76 page impressions total)
  15. Wind turbines on 100m of fill? And other recent GeoThreads - Published Jan 4, 2010 (5.1 hits/day, 151 page impressions total)
  16. Mega CUP January 13, 2010 - Published Jan 14, 2010 (4.4 hits/day, 84 page impressions total)
  17. Mega CUP - Mid Nov to Mid Dec 2009 - Published Jan 12, 2010 (4.4 hits/day, 92 page impressions total)
Foundations for the World's Tallest Building
Foundations for the Burj Khalifa, the World's Tallest BuildingAt the beginning of the year, the Burj Khalifa (formerly the Burj Dubai) tower opened to the media with much fanfare. It is an amazing engineering feat, standing at 2,684-ft or almost exactly 1/2 a mile! Read about the foundation configuration for this massive structure.
Issue:11
Night Drilling
In This Issue
Haiti Earthquake
New Sponsors
Popular for 2009
Popular for Dec./Jan.
Foundations for World's Tallest Building
GeoPrac Sponsors
gINT Software
Moretrench
Nicholson Construction
Dataforensics
NovoSPT Software
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