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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1992
NEW GEO REPORTS NOW AVAILABLE
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GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE (GEO) OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS INTRODUCED A NEW SERIES OF REPORTS KNOWN AS GEO REPORTS TO ADD TO ITS EXISTING PUBLICATIONS ON THE GEOLOGY AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OF HONG KONG.
HEAD OF THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OFFICE, DR ANDREW MALONE, SAID AS PART OF ITS POLICY TOWARDS RELEASING TO THE PROFESSION GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION OF GENERAL TECHNICAL INTEREST, THE GEO IS NOW MAKING AVAILABLE, FREE OF CHARGE, A NUMBER OF INTERNAL REPORTS.
THESE WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL AND OVERSEAS CONSULTING ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, LIBRARIES, AND INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS UNDER A NEW PUBLICATION SERIES ENTITLED "GEO REPORTS".
THE REPORTS IN THE NEW SERIES ARE SELECTED FROM A WIDE RANGE OF INTERNAL REPORTS PRODUCED BY GEO.
SINCE 1990, SELECTED GEO INTERNAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING LIBRARY (CEL) WHICH, FOR A DECADE HAS BEEN THE FOREMOST GEOTECHNICAL LIBRARY IN HONG KONG.
DR MALONE SAID THE PUBLICATION OF GEO REPORTS WAS A FURTHER EFFORT TO PROMULGATE TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF GEOTECHNICAL PRACTICE IN HONG KONG.
INITIALLY, 11 GEO REPORTS COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS ARE PLANNED FOR PUBLICATION.
THESE INCLUDE THE ANNUAL REVIEWS OF HONG KONG RAINFALL AND LANDSLIDES FOR THE YEARS 1984 TO 1989; PROPERTIES OF HONG KONG ROCKS AS AGGREGATES FOR CONCRETE; DESIGN OF FOUNDATIONS IN GRANITIC AND VOLCANIC ROCKS IN HONG KONG; BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON GEOLOGY AND GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING OF HONG KONG AND SETTLEMENTS CAUSED BY TUNNELLING, AS WELL AS SPECIALISED TESTING OF LOCAL SOILS AT A CANADIAN UNIVERSITY.
THE FIRST SIX GEO REPORTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE.
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AS MORE REPORTS IN THIS NEW SERIES BECOME AVAILABLE, THEY BE ANNOUNCED IN THE CEL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER "UPDATE" AND AUTOMATICALLY SENT TO LOCAL LIBRARIES AND RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES.