Geo-Hydro Engineers, Inc.

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Relief from IBC 2000 Pain
Geo-Hydro has heard the screams. Seismic design requirements are much greater under IBC 2000 than they were under the Standard Building Code. Fortunately, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis results in lower accelerations than those provided by the IBC maps. PSHA is the first injection of painkiller and gives some relief to most sites. The second injection is shear wave velocity profile analysis (SWVPA). While not all sites can benefit from this pain reliever, the ones that do often throw away their crutches and run in a marathon the next day. The big change that SWVPA can sometimes produce is taking a Site Class D and turning it into a Site Class C. For structural engineers that have been grappling with this issue, you know that Site Class improvement cascades into major league pain relief.

PSHA and SWVPA are totally legal drugs (they fully meet IBC 2000 requirements) when administered by an experienced doctor (Geo-Hydro). Come line up for your shots today!

For more information on Geo-Hydro's PSHA and SWVPA services check out Tech Notes.

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9.1.11 Geo-Hydro will be working with CAPE on the repair of potable water distribution at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. We will be providing construction inspection and quality control testing. 8.15.11 Geo-Hydro is pleased to have been selected by Forsyth Technical Community College to provide Special Inspections and Testing for the Phase I additions to the FTCC Career/Administration Facility. 8.4.11 Geo-Hydro is pleased to help the City of Dunwoody with their 2011 road resurfacing project. We are providing construction inspections and testing of the new road surfaces. 7.22.11 Aspen Heights is creating unique student housing neighborhoods near college campuses throughout the southeast. Geo-Hydro is excited to be providing geotechnical engineering and Special Inspections and testing for their newest project in Athens, Georgia. 6.23.11 Geo-Hydro is proud to have been selected to work with Perkins+Will on the new Veterinary Medicine Learning Center at the University of Georgia. 4.15.11 Luis Babler and Milt Schreiber presented "MSE Retaining Walls, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" to the Northeast Georgia Branch of ASCE. 3.11.11 Geo-Hydro has been pleased to have been selected to perform Special Inspections and testing for the $25 million reconstruction of Eastbrook Middle School in Whitfield County, Georgia. 2.25.11 Construction is beginning on the extensive renovation of the historic Hoyt Coe Building at North Georgia Technical College. Geo-Hydro is providing Special Inspections and testing for the project. 1.4.11 Geo-Hydro is continuing our long history of helping Six Flags Over Georgia build roller coasters with the Dare Devil Dive. 12.7.10 Geo-Hydro is proud to have been selected to provide special inspections and testing for the historic renovations of Ohio Hall and Miller Hall at Fort Valley State University. 11.12.10 Geo-Hydro has been selected to provide special inspections and testing for the re-construction of the Cave Spring Rehabilitation Center (DOL-20). 11.8.10 Geo-Hydro has been chosen to provide geotechnical engineering for the new Rose Bowl Field indoor football practice facility at Georgia Tech. 11.5.10 Congratulations to White Provision, which was given the 2010 Development of Excellence Award by the Atlanta Regional Commission. 10.14.10 We are pleased to announce that Geo-Hydro has been selected to perform special inspections and testing for the $80 million improvement project to the Hugh A. Wyckoff Water Treatment Plant in Cobb County, Georgia.