April 2004
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April 2004 |
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We are pleased to introduce this inaugural issue of Groundworks, a newsletter to communicate with friends and clients the latest information from HCItasca concerning geomechanics and hydrology consulting and software development. We are, to use the publishers’ term, ending the publication run of our previous newsletters, The Source and SoftSpot. We hope this single newsletter will better serve the needs and the interests of our client community. We welcome your comments and suggestions. | |
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New Personnel: R. Bruce Mack has joined Itasca, S.A. in the Santiago, Chile office. Bruce has more than 25 years of experience as a hydrogeologist serving mining, energy and utility companies in water quality, water supply and dewatering issues. Mr. Mack, who has worked extensively in North and South America, is fluent in English and Spanish. |
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New Location: The office of Itasca Consultores S.L. has moved. The new contact information is: |
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Recent Publications: the following articles by HCItasca professional staff have been published in the last four months. |
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Feature Added: FLAC3D has a new external grid reading capability. Up to now, zones were read from a script file that created them one by one, and rather slowly. This new capability makes it possible to import large externally generated grids at the blink of an eye. New Newsgroup: Itasca has created an online newsgroup for discussion on the use of Itasca software. Initially, the forum is open to discussion of all Itasca codes; we anticipate separating the forum into threads on codes individually as use of the forum demands. Our goal is an enhanced breadth of communication among our code users that can be both useful and informative. Visit the site and let us (and fellow code users) know your thoughts. |
UpdateAlert: Updated since 2/1/2004:
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We provide training courses for all of our software products. We offer both general courses and courses that focus on specific geotechnical applications. During 2003 we gave eight courses on FLAC and FLAC3D; most of these courses were designed for individual clients. Our most recent FLAC training was provided as part of a FLAC workshop given for the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers and focussing on dynamic analysis of embankment dams. Our next software course will be given as part of the SINOROCK2004 conference to be held at the Three Gorges Dam Project Site in China on May 17, 2004. For more information on training see our overview of training opportunities. |
Itasca will be at Sinorock 2004. The SINOROCK-2004 International Symposium on Rock Mechanics will be held May 18-21, 2004 in The Three Gorges Project Hotel at the Three Gorges Project site on the Yangtze River, Hubei Province, China. Charles Fairhurst of Itasca will be delivering a keynote lecture on the role of numerical methods in Rock Mechanics. In addition, Itasca Consulting Group, Inc. will have an exhibitor's booth at the conference. Please stop by the booth if you are planning to attend the conference. |
 Visit the conference web site for more information about Sinorock-2004. |
This is your space! |
Q: “Should I upgrade my hardware to run your software?” |
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