GEOCOMP'S "BELOW THE SURFACE" Mini-News
December 2008 Volume 2 Issue 4

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Boston’s Storrow Drive Tunnel Rehabilitation
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Geocomp Monitors Tunnel
Storrow Drive is a major cross-town expressway in Boston, Massachusetts, and is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR). A portion of Storrow Drive eastbound drops into a tunnel beneath Storrow Drive westbound. This 55-year-old section — the Storrow Drive Tunnel — carries 103,000 vehicles a day through Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, and it was showing serious signs of decay.
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From the Lab
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Benefits of Pullout Testing
Pullout tests are performed to evaluate the interaction between reinforcement and soil for use in design of mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls, reinforced soil slopes and reinforced embankments over soft soil conditions. Both pullout resistance and deformation of the reinforcement are evaluated.

The end results are design values applicable to site conditions. Test results also provide information related to in-soils stress strain response of a geosynthetic under a confined load application. For example, we have used the stress strain response information to evaluate the performance of various geosynthetics in roadway base reinforcement applications.

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Noteworthy
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Marr Inducted to NAE
On October 5, 2008, the Induction Ceremony took place for the 65 mem-bers and nine foreign associates who were elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in February. Geocomp president & CEO, W. Allen Marr, was among the distinguished group to receive this special honor.

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Lab Systems
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Malaysia Researchers Visit Geocomp
Geocomp recently hosted two members from Malaysia’s Research Centre for Soft Soils (RECESS): Dr. Chee-Ming Chan, and Mdm. Zaihastra Abu Talib of the Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.

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Who's New
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Mark G. Dobday joins GeoTesting Express as one of its laboratory managers at the Massachusetts facility. Mr. Dobday comes to the firm from Haley & Aldrich, where he was the laboratory manager for over 20 years. Prior to that, he held the position of marine specialist and curatorial scientist with the Ocean Drilling Program at Texas A&M University.

Joining Geocomp as vice president of Consulting Services is Peter F. McNulty. Mr. McNulty has over 37 years’ experience in engineering and construction in both public and private sectors. He has broad experience in heavy, civil, tunnel and building design and construction, as reflected by some of the high-level positions he has held.

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