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Geocomp visited several universities and private firms in Australia and New Zealand. Among them, Coffey, the largest geotechnical company in Australia. In New Zealand, Dr. Hankour held a seminar on The Use of the Latest Technologies in Geotechnical Testing for the University of Auckland.


Dr. Hankour & engineers from Australian firm, Coffey.

At Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, with Fotios Andronis, senior technical officer.

PATTROL’s Bruno de Castro (left) & Geocomp’s Lab Systems production manager, Donna Bastarache.
SOUTH AMERICA: CUSTOMER AND AGENT FROM BRAZIL

Bruno A.C. de Castro of the Brazilian firm PATTROL - Paviementos Traçados e Obras Ltda. recently visited Geocomp to tour the facilities and view its latest automated test equipment.
THE LA CONNECTION

The Los Angeles Department of Standards, Orange County, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) selected fully automated soil testing equipment from Geocomp to modernize their laboratories. Among the testing systems acquired: triaxial, permeability, cyclic triaxial, and direct/residual shear systems.


Dr. Hankour conducting training for LADWP staff.


GeoCongress 2008
Geocomp & GeoTesting Express Exhibit

Geocomp and GeoTesting Express’ exhibit included an iSite Central demo using an automated motorized total station (AMTS) tracking four prismatic targets. The AMTS data was remotely transferred via cell phone to Geocomp headquarters, where it was processed and made available to visitors in near real time via the web.

Also shown was Geocomp’s latest automated laboratory testing equipment: ShearTrac II (direct shear & direct simple shear) and LoadTrac III (small LoadTrac frame).

(Left to right: Rachid Hankour, Gary Torosian, Tom Tye.)
Geocomp Corporation/GeoTesting Express exhibited at GeoCongress 2008, which took place March 9 thru 12 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference is the annual convention of the Geo-Institute of ASCE and included geotechnical engineers, leading researchers and practitioners. There were many thought-provoking general sessions and award lectures. A number of sessions discussed the various aspects of the Hurricane Katrina damage and repairs to surrounding infrastructure. Dr. Allen Marr, P.E., Dr. Rachid Hankour, Gary Torosian, and Tom Tye, P.E. participated at the two adjacent exhibit booths (see photo).
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June 2008