May 19, 2008 - New Photo Gallery and Project Updates
NCS has added a photo gallery to our website and drastically improved the user experience for browsing photos from our unique projects! We also modified our menu to make the downloads more accessible in addition to the new photo gallery. On a side note, we have passed the 5,500 mark for downloads of our papers, presentations and miscellaneous other information from our site.
Project pages that have been updated with many additional photos include the I-10 Widening Project (St. Mary's to 29th), the SR 89a Banjo Bill Rockfall Containment Project (recently completed in April of this year), and the Mt. Lemmon emergency wall repairs project. In the coming weeks we hope to add several more project profiles along with the corresponding photos.
May 2, 2008 - New Office Location! And updated LRFD Policy Memoranda
As-of Thursday May 1, 2008, NCS is located at 1790 E. River Road, Suite 205, Tucson, AZ 85718. Our phone and fax numbers have not changed, and our primary contact address for contract correspondence and other official business is still 640 W. Paseo Rio Grande, Tucson, AZ 85737.
NCS LRFD Policy Memo 1 - Development of Factored Bearing Resistance Chart by a Geotechnical Engineer for Use by a Bridge Engineer to Size Spread Footings on Soils Based on Service and Strength Limit States has been revised as of 3/18/2008. Sorry for the delay in posting the revision.
March 6, 2008 - ADOT LRFD Policy Memoranda Developed by NCS Now Available for Download!
As part of our On-Call Geotechnical Services contract with the Arizona Department of Transportation, NCS was tasked with reviewing and implementing the AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Bridge Design Specifications as it pertains to geotechnical engineering. NCS’ scope of work included the comparison of new methods prescribed in the LRFD specifications with the current state of the practice, and the preparation of policy memoranda that would form the baseline of the new standard of practice for geotechnical engineering in Arizona. Three (3) of these memoranda were issued in February of 2008 and are discussed in more on our ADOT LRFD Policy Memoranda page.
February 28, 2008 - 56th Annual Minnesota Geotechnical Engineering Conference Presentation
Naresh gave a presentation at the 56th Annual Minnesota Geotechnical Engineering Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota titled Some Practical Considerations for LRFD Implementation for Geotechnical Features. This presentation, though similarly titled, was completely different from the TRB presentation presented back in January. The conference was sponsored by the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Geotechnical Society and the Geo-Institute of ASCE.
February 4, 2008 - I-10 Widening Project Presentation
Randy Post presented to the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Arizona on the topic of the Geotechnical Engineering of the I-10 Widening Project - St. Mary's to 29th St. Segment. It was meant to provide students interested in geotech an overview of what is involved in a large transportation related geotechnical project. Slide notes can be downloaded at the link above.
January 16, 2008 - TRB LRFD Presentation, 5 Years of Service, Download Stats
Naresh was recently in Washington D.C. at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference. On Wednesday the 16th he gave a presentation titled Practical Suggestions for Implementation of LRFD Specifications for Geotechnical Features. In it he shared the approach adopted by NCS, ADOT and others to implement the LRFD code in Arizona and provided a general roadmap to other agencies for how to go about similar work in their jurisdiction. Slide notes can be downloaded from the previous link.
On a separate note, this week marks the 5-year anniversary of NCS Consultants, LLC. We look forward to continuing to provide our clients the highest quality service for the next 5 years and beyond!
Finally, the downloads section of our web site continues to be very popular. There have been over 3,700 downloads since we started counting in June of 2006. In particular, the Soils and Foundations Manual has been downloaded over 1,100 times by both U.S. and foreign individuals representing a broad range of consulting firms, agencies, universities and contractors.
June 15, 2007 - New LRFD Article and 1 Year of Downloads
Naresh has written his second in a series of articles on LRFD entitled LRFD for Substructures - Concept of Failure and Reliability Index. An html version is available on the GeoPrac.net web site.
One year ago is when we started keeping track of the downloads we offer on this site. In the last year, we have had over 1,200 downloads, including over 370 downloads of the FHWA Soils and Foundations manual. We are pleased with the response we have received with our PDF offerings, and we have no plans to let up!
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