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Sharing our Love of Geology at the Gem-o-Rama

Post author By Victoria
Post date October 25, 2013

In October, Mike Conkle & Gerry Kasman (Burbank office) led a group of over two dozen cub scouts and boy scouts to the annual Gem-o-Rama in Trona, California. Trona is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County located about 30 minutes east of Ridgecrest. The same collection of geologic forces which created the Searles Valley where Trona sits also created the natural resources of Searles Dry Lake, which contains rich deposits of chemicals, including dozens of minerals. The weekend trip included field trips out onto Searles Lake where the scouts could collect rare hanksite minerals from the mud, pink halite (salt) from the brine pools, and many more specimens. The purpose of the trip was to show scouts the fun (and dirty) side of geology.

CalGeo Cal Poly Student Recreation Center Field Trip

Post author By Victoria
Post date March 7, 2013

Students from CalGeo’s Cal Poly Pomona student chapter were invited to attend a technical presentation and construction jobsite walk at the new Student Recreation Center site. Rod Mikesell (Geocon San Diego) and Neal Berliner (Geocon Burbank) educated students about the geotechnical challenges associated with the deep foundation system being installed for support of the structure. Students watched the installation of CIDH piles, were able to peer into the boring excavation, and were taught about groundwater, casing, concrete placement, and gamma-gamma testing for pile integrity. Ronald Pacheco (Geocon Burbank), Special Inspector and lead inspector on this project, educated students about the required inspection and testing requirements during construction. 24 students and 1 professor were able to join us for an educational day on the site!

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Construction Inspection Our People

Burbank lab and technicians are now Caltrans certified!

Post author By Victoria
Post date January 25, 2013

Geocon’s Burbank testing laboratory and field personnel are now certified by Caltrans to perform both soils and concrete testing. We are proficient in the following tests: 105, 106, 125 for Plain Cement Concrete, Aggregate and Asphalt Concrete, 201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209, 216, 217, 226, 227, 229, 231, 375, 504, 521, 518, 539, 540, 556, and 557.

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Community Environmental Sciences Our People

A day at Millennial Tech Middle School

Post author By Victoria
Post date January 4, 2013

Earthlab operates a 5-acre parcel of land adjacent to Millennial Tech Middle School in the Chollas View area of San Diego. The middle schoolers at Millennial are currently studying contamination associated with heavy metals. Joe Vettel presented the 120 twelve- and thirteen-year-olds with Phase 1 environmental site assessment documents related to the Earthlab site including air photos, topographic maps, air photos, geologic maps and database search information for a nearby site used to find the Earthlab site and evaluate possible past uses. Then the kids hand augered and collected samples within Earthlab near the adjacent State Route 94 and in a nearby park that was formerly a citrus orchard. Advanced Technology Laboratories performed two tests pro bono (near surface and at depth) for lead (freeway samples) and two for copper (park samples) given the possibility of fungicide use.

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Geocon Instrumental in Completion of Award Winning Gold Run Pipeline Replacement Project

Post author By admin
Post date November 19, 2012

Geocon was awarded CalGeo’s 2011 Outstanding Project of the Year Award for our work on the Placer County Gold Run Pipeline Replacement Project. Jeremy Zorne, Geocon Project Manager, received the award on behalf of the Company and Placer County Water Agency. The project also won Utility Project of the Year from the Sacramento Section of ASCE.

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Geocon Supports The Water Project

Post author By admin
Post date November 19, 2011

It is estimated that one billion people in developing third world countries don’t have clean water to drink. During this holiday season where we take this basic necessity for granted, Geocon has made a contribution and is matching employee donations to The Water Project, a non-profit organization that’s bringing immediate relief to communities in Africa who suffer needlessly from lack of access to clean water. Our contributions will support the efforts of Brianna Juhrend, a civil engineering student at University of the Pacific, who is requesting donations to fund a specific $6,500 water well installation project. The funds will help provide clean, safe drinking water to people in the developing world.

We will periodically update the progress of Brianna’s water well project and be able to see the actual results of what we have funded. Should you like to donate (as little as $10) or learn more about The Water Project, please see the link below. We are very excited to help fund and monitor the progress of this life-changing project!

Water Well Project Goal = $6,500
Through 2-18-13 – $5, 085.00 in donations
http://thewaterproject.org/community/profile/brianna-juhrend

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