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Hydraulic Piling Hammers, Excavator/
Mounted or Crane Suspended
Economical and versatile hammer for driving steel,
wooden or plastic piles. Designed for marine or inland
environments. Wide range of interchangeable drop weights.
control”
RIC (Rapid Impact Compaction)
Use your excavator for ground compaction work.
Fast, economical and dynamic ground compaction technique for
low cost ground improvement of non cohesive soils.
“Get more from your standard excavator”
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONS LTD
Claydon Business Park, Gt Blakenham
Ipswich, Suffolk, UK, IP6 0NL
Tel: +44 (0) 1473 830431 Fax: +44 (0) 1473 832019
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GEOCOALITION
was next to join, representing 250 professors at 127 universities in
the U.S.
In 2015, the GC entered into preliminary discussions with the
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS), representing 1,200 academic
and practicing engineers in Canada.
What has the GeoCoalition accomplished?
When the four organizations first began talks, it was suggested that
there should be a large industry congress that would include the
meetings of all of the member organizations involved in technical
issues. The sentiment at the time was that it would never happen.
Wrong! We now have the International Foundations Congress and
Equipment EXPO (IFCEE), held every three years. IFCEE 2015
drew 3,500 attendees, representing four of the seven GeoCoalition
members who sponsored the event as a joint venture. IFCEE 2018
will be a joint venture of five of the GC members. This would never
have happened had trust not been built at GC meetings.
Another of the group’s successes was the creation of a GC task
force to create a document outlining an “industry opinion” about
soil reports. Depending on what type of work was to be undertaken,
specific recommendations were presented, including those
by PDCA members Don Dolly and Dave Chapman.
Another example of the group’s important work was a critique
of Chapter 18 of the International Building Code (IBC), lead by
PDCA’s Technical Committee. This effort included representation
from all members of the GeoCoalition. While it is extremely difficult
to bring about changes to the IBC, the tough work of gaining
consensus has been done, and all hope that, eventually, IBC
officials can be convinced that the recommendations are in the best
interest of the industry and the public. The changes are intended to
make design work in the fields of deep foundations and anchored
earth retention more consistent with the actual state-of-practice in
those industries.
Mutual needs
All GC members recognize that they have a symbiotic relationship
with one another. At times, each member organization represents
persons or corporations that are alternatively buyers or
sellers of each others’ products. In addition, each member organization
comprises buyers and sellers within their own organization.
A simple example of this is the pile driving manufacturer
who sells to the pile driving contractor. Both are members of
PDCA. However, not all relationships are as simple. For instance,
the contractor members of both PDCA and ADSC need the support
of engineers who are G-I and GBA members when it comes
to specification of their products. USUCGER member professors
are educating the personnel who will be hired by the corporate
members of all the other organizations. As such (hopefully), they
are attentive to the needs of the other GC members. At the same
time, those same professors may be researchers in the areas of
earth retention, deep foundations or ground modification, and
benefit by the support they receive from those in the industries
identified. In addition, professors desperately need and want
input and participation of practicing engineers and contractors
in order to assist with creating real-life learning experiences in
their classrooms. The same applies to providing opportunities for
student internships.
As a further example, G-I’s academic members rely heavily
on case history and other course materials produced by PDCA,
ADSC, DFI and GBA.
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