The Technical Coordination Council (TCC)IntroductionThe Technical Coordination Council (TCC) of the Geo-Institute is a group of eight councilors who coordinate technical activities between the different technical committees, councils, task forces, and the Board of Governors.Vision StatementThe TCC seeks to make the Geo-Institute recognized worldwide as technically excellent in the products and services that it offers. Further, it strives to make the Geo-Institute a world leader in development and dissemination of high quality technology.Mission StatementThe mission of the TCC of the Geo-Institute is to provide leadership on technical issues and to enable individuals, technical committees, task forces and councils to advance the state-of-art and state-of-practice of the geo-industry.GoalsThe TCC aims:
The CouncilorsCouncilor Technical Committee AssignmentsGordon Boutwell: [Embankments, Dams, and Slopes; Geoenvironmental Engineering, Geosynthetics, Shallow Foundations] Jim Hussin: [Deep Soil Mixing Task Force, Grouting, Soil Improvement] Shobha Bhatia: [Geotechnics of Soil Erosion, Earth Retaining Structures, LRFD Task Force, Risk Assessment and Management, Soil Properties and Modeling] Barbara Luke, TCC Chair: [Engineering Geology and Site Characterization, Geophysical Engineering] Kevan Sharp: [Computer Applications and Numerical Methods, Pavements, Rock Mechanics] Dick Woods: [Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Deep Foundations, Underground Construction] Speaker's Bureau The purpose of the Speaker's Bureau is to provide members of the Geo-Institute, including local Sections and Branches, with a database of G-I members who are willing to make presentations on specific geotechnical topics. A call for speaker volunteers is currently underway. G-I members can get on the list to become a speaker.
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