From: claudia arango
To: webmaster@gstt.org
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: information requested
As a lecturer of civil engineering at my local university, I had noticed how many of our engineers are facing nowadys
to go out to Central America and the Caribbean, for helping both colombian and international contractors on their
work. That work is generally focused on road construction (cuts, fills, behaviour of natural materials as subgrade,
subbase, and base materials, and for conforming concrete estructures). You have alot of calcic influence because
of the coral formations. I lecture mainly on geotechnical engineering with styrong bias towards construction processes
and quality control. I am must interested in articles dealing with road construction materials including concrete
construction, with the rocks and other materials which are so much present in your caribbean islands.
Our environment out here is mainly, in this particualr area of volcanic ashes, and because we are located at the
end of the Andean range of mountains, all sort of tectonic influenced, plutonic and methamorphic rocks are avalilable.
Teherefore any information you can supply me regarding your environments and aiemd to that type of aspects (roads
and concretes) will be must appreciated.
Getting thru your web I noticed you had a lot of interest in geophisycal aspects, and a lot of work on your famous
vocano. We live you round the corner of the El Ruiz, which made us so unhappily popular in the year 1885.
I hold a Master´s degree on civil engineering, soil mechanics, Imperial College , London.
Thanks in advance for any help you can supply me with.
alberto naranjo, engineer
incidentally, all information can be digitally presented.
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