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This reference book provides engineers and researchers with the essential knowledge for a clear understanding of the process of rock failure under different conditions. It contains an introductory chapter explaining the role of rock failure in engineering projects plus a summary of the theories governing rock failure and an explanation of the computer simulation method. Read more...
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To Construct Marketing, Social Media relates to one thing: ROT.
No not Rule of Thumb, Reign of Terror, Republic of Turkey or Right Offensive Tackle.
It is "Return on Time".

The scariest thing to construction industry company principals is that social media is an open faucet through which time for sales, production and billable hours can potentially gush unabated. Therefore it sometimes goes unaddressed like the proverbial elephant in the room. So how do you get comfortable with the idea that the time spent on social media is time well spent?

Expectations
Different social media vehicles will serve different purposes. While a large company may have a Communications department coordinate and manage various efforts in service of an overall marketing plan, smaller companies may use social media solely for lead generation, relationship building, just getting the name "out there" or one or two of the above. Its important to define, without tying the hands of the effort, what the organization expects from the 230, 1300 or 5000 some-odd hours spent by the end of the year on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. etc. etc.

Individual v. Organizational Use
As an example, LinkedIn does have some very definite benefits when it comes to finding someone who knows someone about something that you need help with. The LinkedIn Groups are particularly helpful for this reason. In this event, LinkedIn can make anyone better at what they do by widening their resource base. Obviously this can help the organization and ought to be encouraged. Twitter can be similarly helpful in this way. Organizational use? A discussion needs to take place over who exactly is speaking for the company including a dialog on the hierarchy the individuals that will marshal the organizational message. Obviously your company does not want 10 different "tweets" (read: announcements) from 10 different origins about what your company is doing.

Who?
This depends on the size and culture of your organization. While a larger organization with a marketing team can lead the social media marketing effort, a smaller organization may not have this luxury or resource. However it needs to follow a similar centralized model. You can take out much of the efficiency loss and worry over the social media elephant and maximize the ROT by spot picking your savvy employees, across the disciplines perhaps, who have time to take ownership of the message and stand as one voice for your business, in mind of the company marketing plan. (You do have a marketing plan don't you?)

What?
Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn et al all serve different purposes. Often, as with most marketing components or channels, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Integration of a mix that works together with your existing traditional marketing elements is the key to a social media effort. The trick is to do so in the most efficient and cost effective manner, all with a consistent message and in service of your stated goals.

This advice is worth what you're paying for it...
#1 Take the bull by the horns on the social media issue. With your social media team, discuss what you expect from the effort. Be sure to include IT department personnel and the marketing department of course. Don't build an island! Social media will work best integrated as a component of the larger marketing effort, rather than as a independent program, or worse as an unwieldy assortment of independent tiny solo programs.
#2 A Policy or Guidelines? Probably a good idea. But every company is different and it's got to work within your company culture and practice.
#3 Keep your effort moving and be consistent!

More Learning Resources:
Wikipedia: Social Media Marketing
HubSpot: List of 37 Social Media Articles
I Don?t Have Time For Social Media!
Explaining the value of social marketing
Hubspot:What Gets More Traffic Than Google? Facebook.

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AEC Marketing: THE BIG PICTURE

1. Simple Question: What do you want?

2. What resources do you require to make that happen?

YOUR CUSTOMERS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

3. Identify/explain your customers (See: I know I should be doing something...):

4. Can you subdivide your customers into distinct groups or segments?

5. What are the requirements of various customer segments?

6. Rate the importance of:
a. Sales response time,
b. Delivery speed,
c. Product customization,
d. Price sensitivity,
e. Service response time,
... for each of these segments:

7. Where do your customers first encounter your company?

8. Describe likely point of purchase for each segment:

9. Honestly assess the loss of past customers:

SALES REQUIREMENTS

10. Sales force and promotional approaches:
a. Appropriate size?
b. Adequate resources?
c. Clear expectations?

11. Provide analysis of how sales decisions are made:

MARKETING REQUIREMENTS

12. What is annual cost of acquiring/retaining customers?

13. What is annual marketing budget?

14. What is vision for the company's organization and development of marketing components?

15. For Example, what is Policy & Procedure for your company's contacts database?

16. For Example, what are all the current marketing components/tools in use?
a. Rate in order of potency.

COMPETITION & THE MARKET

17. What are the strengths and weaknesses of competitors . . .

18. Provide market intelligence:
a. Domestic product volume?
b. Competitor breakdown?
c. The number of potential customers and potential sales revenues?

VISION

19. Describe the company 12 months from today:

20. Describe the company 5 years from today:

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Let's try and make a strongest statement this year!!! (Earth Hour web page)

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Blog: VMS-Geotechnical

I was recently asked whether there is such a thing as the perfect in-situ soil test, probably in response to a presentation that I had given a few weeks earlier, in which I enthusiastically described the advantages of CPT. The answer is obviously no: there is no single test that provides the most reliable information on the various soil parameters for all soil types. Having said that, CPT is generally speaking a very appropriate testing method in soils other than rock and gravel, providing good data on a very wide range of soil parameters. As such it is clearly the most versatile in situ soil test available. What is even more important, especially here in North America, is that CPT provides information on more soil parameters than SPT in all soil conditions other than gravel. Moreover, for those soil parameters that can be derived from both the SPT and the CPT results, CPT provides generally more accurate results and the results are available within minutes after the test was done (before the test equipment leaves the test site). In other words, CPT is a very useful test to provide an all-around characterization of the soil in a very short period of time. Not perfect, but in my opinion by far the best in the class of in-situ soil tests.

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What benefits do Geo-Institute members receive?

? The Geo-Institute provides numerous networking opportunities through conferences, meetings, and task forces to entice professionals to exchanges ideas with colleagues.

? Geo-Strata magazine, a bi-monthly practice-oriented magazine is free to members.

? Geo-Institute members receive free periodicals and discounts on geotechnical publications.

? Access to www.geoinstitute.org allows you to keep current on industry news, coming events, calls for papers, and more.

? The opportunities to post resumes in a searchable database for easy access to employers.

? Many other publications produced by the institute throughout the year.

(Source: content.geoinstitute.org/members/membership)

To join, please fill out the form located at:
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Author: geoadmin
Subject: Rock Failure Mechanisms: Illustrated & Explained
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:36 am (GMT 0)



Rock Failure Mechanisms: Illustrated and Explained

Chun'An Tang, Dalian University, Dalian, China; John A. Hudson, Imperial College, London, UK

About this Book

Features

*A unique reference guide that covers all aspects of rock failure be two world renowned experts
*Presents vital information on the safety of structures built on and in rock masses
*Includes a software CD-ROM and manual of the Rock Failure Process Analysis (RFPA) code, to generate many of the illustrations included
Support material available at www.mechsoft.cn
*User-friendly, richly illustrated
* Intended for professionals and researchers in Civil, Mining, Construction and Geological Engineering

Summary

When dealing with rock in civil engineering, mining engineering and other engineering, the process by which the rock fails under load should be understood, so that safe structures can be built on and in the rock. However, there are many ways for loading rock and rock can have a variety of idiosyncracies. This reference book provides engineers and researchers with the essential knowledge for a clear understanding of the process of rock failure under different conditions. It contains an introductory chapter explaining the role of rock failure in engineering projects plus a summary of the theories governing rock failure and an explanation of the computer simulation method. It subsquently deals in detail with explaining, simulating and illustrating rock failure in laboratory and field. The concluding chapter discusses coupled modelling and the anticipated future directions for this type of computer simulation. An appendix describing the RFPA numerical model (Rock Failure Process Analysis program) is also included.

About the Authors

Chun'an Tang has a PhD in Mining Engineering and is a Professor at the School of Civil & Hydraulic Engineering at Dalian University of Technology in China. He is an advisor for design and stablity problem modelling in mining and civil rock engineeringand and Chairman of the China National Group of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.

John Hudson is emeritus professor at Imperial College, London and is active as an independant consultant for Rock Engineering Consultants. He has a PhD in Rock Mechanics and completed over a 130 rock engineering consulting assignments in mining and civil engineering. He is a fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK and President of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.

Product Details

Hardcover: 364 pages
Publisher: 2010 CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN: 9780415498517
ISBN-10: 0415498511
Dimensions:

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Author: geoadmin
Subject: 2011 Helical Foundations & Tiebacks Seminar
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:47 am (GMT 0)



INVITATION TO SPEAKERS
CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS

2011 Helical Foundations & Tiebacks Seminar
"Innovative Foundations for Fuel and Energy Production"

Date: March 17, 2011
Immediately Following ASCE GEO-FRONTIERS. Dallas, TX

DFI's Helical Foundations & Tiebacks Committee is planning a seminar on the proper design, application and installation of Helical Foundations and Helical Tiebacks. The suggested focus of next year's seminar will be "innovative foundations for fuel and energy production". As usual, topics of specific local interest such as presentations on local design practices and case histories for projects in and around the Dallas, Texas area are highly encouraged.

Presentation proposals are solicited on the following topics relating to Helical Foundations and Helical Tiebacks:

* Case studies on the design and use of helical foundation systems and helical tiebacks on projects of special interest in today's economy such as pipelines, solar panels, wind energy, and natural gas production.

* Helical pile and helical tie-back performance studies such as comparing finite element analysis to load test results

* History and theoretical background of helical foundation systems

* Relationship between design, construction, and equipment used on a project

* Quality control and inspection
* New processes, devices, and innovations

* Practice-oriented research

Parties interested in being included in the seminar presentation program should submit an abstract or summary approximately 250 words in length describing the subject matter of their presentation. The due date for abstracts is October 11, 2010. Acceptance of abstracts is scheduled for November 17, 2010. Abstracts should be sent to Helical Foundations & Tiebacks Seminar Committee c/o DFI Headquarters to: kcriqui@dfi.org

All authors of accepted abstracts will be required to commit to presenting their topic at the seminar and will be required to submit a paper OR PowerPoint presentation handout by February 1, 2011.

Deep Foundations Institute was incorporated in 1976 in the State of New Jersey as a non-profit technical association of firms and individuals in the deep foundations and related industry. The Institute membership is worldwide.

DFI's Helical Foundations & Tiebacks Committee consists of manufacturers, engineers, academicians, suppliers and experienced contractors who provide a forum for discussion of the applications and limitations of this foundation element.

Learn more about DFI and its committees at www.dfi.org

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Author: southsoniks
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:31 pm (GMT 0)

Geostuido uses Euler - Bernoulli type of beam and formulation, and I foud out that Plaxis maybe using Timoshenko type of beam.

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Author: geoadmin
Subject: Geoengineer.org Newsletter Issue#68
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:25 am (GMT 0)

The latest Issue#68 of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter has been published and is available online at:
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Author: Helans573
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:40 am (GMT 0)

Yes this is good for some reason as long as you know how to use it. Its not that simple like other program that they used. As long as you worked for this or you have background I believe nothing problem will happen. and if there problem I know you can solve it.

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