Advancing the Geoengineering Community www'geoinstitute'org

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Advancing the Geo-engineering
Communitywww.geoinstitute.org
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Meet Your Governors
Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E. D.GEPresident Arth
ur Hoffmann, Jr. P.E., D.GE Past President Ed
Kavazanjian, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE
Vice-President Craig Benson, Ph.D., P.E. William
M. Camp, III, P.E. Moustafa Gouda, P.E., F.ASCE,
D.GE Larry Jedele, P.E. Philip King, P.E.,
F.ASCE, D.GE Barbara Luke, Ph.D., P.E. - joins
the Board this Fall.
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G-I International Secretary

• Robert D. Holtz, Ph.D., PE,
• Dist. M.ASCE, D.GE

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G-I Staff

• Carol Bowers, P.G., CAE, G-I Director
• Linda Bayer, G-I Manager, IOM
• Lauren Tighe, G-I Board and Meetings Specialist
• Elizabeth Cuscino, G-I Administrative
  Specialist

Our staff motto We try to never drop the
ball.
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Geo-Institute Core Purpose

• To advance the
• geo-engineering community.

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Geo-Institute Core Values

• Responsiveness to members needs
• Ethical behavior
• Service to the profession and society
• Innovation
• Technical excellence
• Inclusiveness

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What is the Geo-Institute?

• One of eight ASCE specialty membership
  organizations.
• Created by the ASCE in October 1996.
• 11,000 members and 49 Organizational members.
• Specialty conferences, journals and
  practice-oriented publications educational
  programs networking and coalition-building
  technical committees and
• task forces, and leadership on emerging issues.
  
• An extensive awards program.
• Numerous networking events, technical committees,
  and vibrant annual conferences
• and exhibitions.
• Geo-Strata, the official bi-monthly magazine of
  the Geo-Institute, is a free
• membership benefit.
• Serves as the United States member society of the
  Intl Society for
• Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  (ISSMGE).

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49G-I Organizational Members

• Anderson Drilling
• Ardaman Assoc. Inc.
• Brayman Construction Corporation
• CH2M Hill
• Condon-Johnson Assoc., Inc.
• Con-Tech Systems Ltd.
• D'Appolonia
• DBM Contractors, Inc.
• DGI-Menard, Inc.
• ECS Limited

• Ellington Cross
• Fudo Construction, Inc.
• Fugro Consultants, LP
• Gannett Fleming, Inc.
• Geocon Incorporated
• GeoKon, Inc.
• Geopier Foundation Co.
• Geo-Solutions Inc.
• GeoStructures, Inc.
• GeoSyntec Consultants
• Geotechnology, Inc.

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G-I Organizational Members

• Geoteknik A.S
• Golder Associates Inc.
• GRL Engineers, Inc./Pile Dynamics
• Gregg Drilling Testing, Inc.
• Hayward Baker Inc.
• Insulfoam
• Kelly Tractor
• Kleinfelder, Inc.
• Layne GeoConstruction
• Loadtest, Inc.
• McKinney Drilling
• Moore and Taber
• Moretrench
• NTH Consultants, Ltd.

• Nicholson Construction Company
• Rembco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc.
• SME, Inc.
• Schnabel Engineering
• Schnabel Foundation Company
• STS Consultants, Ltd./AECOM
• Strata Systems
• Terracon, Inc.
• Terra Insurance Company
• Testing Service Corporation
• Thompson Engineering, Inc.
• The Robert B. Balter Co.
• URS Corporation
• ZETAS Zemin Teknolojisi A.S.

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Is Your Firm an Organizational Member?

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11 Geo-Institute Chapters

• Alabama Geo-Institute Chapter
• Boston Geo-Institute Chapter
• Delaware Valley Geo-Institute Chapter
• East Central Florida Geo-Institute Chapter
• Maryland Geo-Institute Chapter
• Pittsburgh Geo-Institute Chapter
• Oklahoma Geo-Institute Chapter
• Sacramento Geo-Institute Chapter
• San Antonio Geo-Institute Chapter
• St. Louis Geo-Institute Chapter
• Texas Section Geo-Institute Chapter
• All the information you need to become a chapter
  is posted
• on the Geo-Institute website and in the materials
  you received.

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Geotechnical Groups

42 Geotechnical Groups across the United States
in 28 states.
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7 Graduate Student Organizations

• Purdue University
• Texas A M University
• University of Illinois
• University of Oklahoma
• University of Texas
• University of Washington
• Virginia Tech

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Relations with Other Organizations

• International
• G-I is the US Member Society of the International
  Society (ISSMGE)
• G-I Members join the ISSMGE through the G-I
• Chinese Geotechnical Society
• Canadian Geotechnical Society
• Indian Geotechnical Society
• Japanese Geotechnical Society
• National
• 29 Allied Organizations (List at
  www.geoinstitute.org)

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Technical Committees

• The Geo-Institute has 20 Technical Committees.
• Share Your Expertise By Joining One or More!
• Review the list on the G-I website at
  www.geoinstitute.org

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Recent G-I Achievements

• Hosted the IFCEE 09 Congress Orlando, FL
  March 15-19, 2009.
• Signed an agreement of cooperation with the
  Chinese Geotechnical Society at IFCEE 09.
• Established the AGP Certification Program and
  inducted its first class of D.GEs at IFCEE 09.
• Formed Strategic Task Forces including Annual
  Meeting, Practice Journal, Geotechnical
  Constructability Report Guidelines.
• Formed the Organizational Member Council.
• Formed the Student Presidential Group.
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Recent G-I Achievements

• Approved a Geotechnical Special Publication
  honoring Bengt Fellenius, to be published in
  March 2012.
• Held its first traveling short course in San
  Diego, CA.
• Established a partnering agreement with the
  Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
  encouraging the two organizations to work
  together to advance their mutual interests in the
  mitigation of earthquake hazards.
• Created a new Student Endowment Fund to support
  the activities of the Student Participation
  Committee.

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Recent G-I Achievements

• Established the Schnabel Foundation Award.
• Established the Corporate Volunteer Award.
• Created several Task Forces to study various
  aspects of G-I activities and benefits.
• Completed the new Jet Grouting Guideline
  Document
• Plus, a lot more to come!

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Upcoming G-I Events
                                                  
               GeoFlorida 2010 February 20-24,
2010Palm Beach County Convention Center West
Palm Beach Marriott Hilton Palm Beach
AirportWest Palm Beach, Florida                  
                                              Eart
h Retention 2010 August 1-August 4, 2010 Hyatt
Regency BellevueBellevue, Washington Internation
al Conference on Scour and ErosionHoliday Inn
Golden Gateway November 7-10, 2010San Francisco,
California

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Whats On Your Mind?

• Questions?

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Becoming a G-I Chapter

• After another long day on the farm

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Becoming a G-I Chapter

• TOTAL COMMITMENT
• The G-I is your
• professional family.

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Geo-Institute Chapters

• Alabama Geo-Institute Chapter
• Boston Geo-Institute Chapter
• Delaware Valley Geo-Institute Chapter
• East Central Florida Geo-Institute Chapter
• Maryland Geo-Institute Chapter
• Pittsburgh Geo-Institute Chapter
• Oklahoma Geo-Institute Chapter
• Sacramento Geo-Institute Chapter
• San Antonio Geo-Institute Chapter
• St. Louis Geo-Institute Chapter
• Texas Section Geo-Institute Chapter
• All the information you need to become a chapter
  is posted on the
• Geo-Institute website and in the materials you
  received.

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Section/Branch/Chapter Benefits

• Provides a forum for communication with local
• Geo-Groups and Section/Branch/Chapter leaders.
• The G-I Speakers Bureau.
• Geotechnical Practice Publications.
• National Exposure for Local Events via monthly
  G-I eUpdate, Geo-Strata magazine CoreBits
  section, the G-I website.
• Traveling Short Course Partnerships with G-I
  National.

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Geo-Institute Chapter News http//content.geoins
titute.org/groups/index.html

• Delaware Valley Geo-Institute Chapter May 2009
  News
• East Central Florida and St. Louis Become New G-I
  Chapters
• on June 3, 2009.
• Oklahoma Geo-Institute Chapter Second General
  Meeting
• August 26, 2009
• Johnnie's Charcoal Broiler
• 1130 am - 100 pm
• 33 East 33rd Street
• Edmond, OK

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How to Convert an Existing Section or Branch
Technical Group into a New Institute
Chapterhttp//content.geoinstitute.org/groups/in
dex.html

• The affiliation of Section/Branch Geotechnical
  Groups with the
• Geo-Institute is strongly encouraged by ASCE.
  The initiative for affiliation should come from
  the Geotechnical Group leaders. Here are the
  recommended procedures to convert a Technical
  Group into a viable and effective Geo-Institute
  Chapter.
• Benefits of Affiliation with Geo-Institute
• Steps to Become a Institute Chapter
• PowerPoint Presentation (Note some Web pages
  have been updated and may not appear as shown in
  the presentation).
• Sample Bylaws

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How to Become a G-I Institute Chapter for
Non-Geotechnical Group Section/Branch Members
http//content.geoinstitute.org/groups/index.html

• Benefits of Affiliation with Geo-Institute
• Steps to Become an Institute Chapter
• PowerPoint Presentation (Note Web pages have
  been updated and may not appear as shown in the
  presentation)
• Sample Bylaws

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Questions?

• For information contact
• Linda Bayer at lbayer_at_asce.org
• or 703.295.6162