THE POCKET CONSULTANT
As an official publication of Braun Intertec, The Pocket Consultant provides practical and entertaining engineering, environmental, testing, geothermal and building forensics articles that are designed to help our clients stay informed about industry trends and improve their projects.
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Spring 2012
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- When Gum and Duct Tape Just Won't Work
- Sustaining a Sustainability Program
- Braun Intertec wins ACEC/MN Honor Award
- Ask the Professor
- Pavement Facelifts Help Iron our Old Wrinkles
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Fall/Winter 2011
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- Welcome to the Boomtown!
- Flying High: Xcel Energy Delivers Renewable Energy to Load Centers in Need
- Zinc Whiskers are not the Cat's Meow
- Braun Intertec Takes Nondestructive Examination
- Services to Chernobyl
- The Pocket Consultant Delivers Online
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Summer 2011
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- Four rules to minimize expense and improve reliability of a geothermal HVAC system
- Trust: A foundation for lasting success (Ask the Professor)
- Hydrostatic loads critical to retaining structure design
- Three keys to attaining quality on transportation design-build projects
- Six things to consider before developing your next property
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Spring 2011
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- Braun Intertec wins ACEC/MN Grand Award
- New dilatometer and more triaxial cells expand field and lab capabilities
- AAMA testing now available
- Deep Foundations (part 2 of a two-part series)
- Risk Management (Ask the Professor)
- Braun Intertec expands Concrete Consulting Group
- Let us help you fight the floods
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Fall 2010
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- Cold weather construction considerations
- Deep Foundations (part I of a two-part series)
- Understanding geotechnical reports
- Analytical models (Ask the Professor)
- Newsflash on fly ash
- Bubbles in concrete
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Summer 2010
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- Feature story about Jack Braun, company founder
- New industrial stormwater rules in Minnesota
- Understanding mortar
- Career development (Ask the Professor)
- Building envelope commissioning (BECx)
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Spring 2010
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- LEED construction practices
- Using Braun InterportSM Custom to manage reports
- Ground-source heating and cooling for Brownfield sites
- Clay, rutting and frost susceptibility (Ask the Professor)
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Winter 2010
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- CPT, SPT and Geoprobe® drilling technologies
- Using extensometers
- Spotlight on the NOvA project
- Settlement and transient loads (Ask the Professor)
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Autumn 2009
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- Avoiding stress with distressed properties
- X-raying art
- Recoating Minnesota's "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture
- Hypogenic karst
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| Summer 2009 |
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- Flood control issue featuring information about floodplains
- Flood protection systems
- The flooding in Fargo and Moorhead in early 2009
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