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Professional Organizations

The American Society of Civil Engineers Communities of Practice allow civil engineers to easily find information pertaining to their area of specialty. These sections include up-to-date headlines and news, a listing of upcoming events, discussion groups and numerous other resource listings.

Here is the link to the Community of Practice for Geo-Technology

http://www.asce.org/community/geotech/

Here is a link to the Geo Institute:

http://www.geoinstitute.org/

American Soil and Foundation Engineers

The ASFE, a not-for-profit trade association that exists to help its members – geo professional, environmental, and civil engineering firms – prosper through professionalism.

http://www.asfe.org/

Deep Foundations Institute

DFI can best be described as being a technical association of firms and individuals in the deep foundations and related industry. DFI covers the gamut of deep foundation construction and earth retention systems. Although the bulk of the membership is in North America, the Institute is worldwide.

Here is a link to their site:

http://www.dfi.org/

The Foundation Repair Association is a professional national organization that exists to promote high ethical standards in the practice of foundation repair and to promote cooperation between the foundation repair industry and government.

http://www.foundationrepair.org/

The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

The aim of the International Society is the promotion of international co-operation amongst engineers and scientists for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in the field of geotechnics, and its engineering and environmental applications.

Here is a link to their site:

http://www.issmge.org/

The United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research

The United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research (USUCGER) was founded in 1985 in order to preserve an important source of research funding to the Geomechanical, Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental community.

There are more than 50 member universities:

http://www.usucger.org/

Soil Science Society of America

The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is the professional home for over 5,700 professionals throughout the world dedicated to the advancement of soil science.

http://www.soils.org/