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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Exhibit at Geotechnica 2012]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-exhibit-at-geotechnica-2012</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS recently exhibited at Geotechnica 2012, the UK's largest Geotechnical trade show and exhibition. GDS showcased a working GDSTAS system which, included a  sample in the triaxial cell connected to  GDSBES transducers. GDS were able to demonstrate the apparatus together and show the results using their GDSLAB software.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Feature in theGeotechnica Online Magazine]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-feature-in-thegeotechnica-online-magazine</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS feature in the may edition of the online magazine Geotechinca. Written by Karl Snelling, Managing Director; Dr Ben Hutt, Technical Lead and Jeff Gray our Design Team Leader, the article explains the challenges GDS faced when designing their latest creation the True Triaxial Apparatus.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Customer Open Day 27th April]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/customer-open-day-27th-april</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS hosted a busy customer open day on Friday 27th April 2012 at their offices in Hook, Hampshire. The day started with a tour of the workshop followed by product demonstrations, discussions and a look at GDS new product development.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Case Study: Laser Measurement of Radial Displacements in Triaxial Tests]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/case-study-laser-measurement-of-radial-displacements-in-triaxial-tests</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[This case study follows TUM in their investigation into the bearing capacity of pile foundations in danger of buckling, on soft viscous soils. Their investigation uses a specially developed triaxial cell combined with the GDSTAS system.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[White Paper: Selecting The Ideal Transducer Range]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/white-paper-selecting-the-ideal-transducer-range</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Overview: This new 5 part series has been written to explain the hardware, software and instrumentation used in the testing of soil and rock. The series comprises of 5 chapters (see below). The series is aimed at people interested in gaining a better understanding of geotechnical laboratory equipment.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[White Paper: Calibration of  Geotechnical Devices.]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/white-paper-calibration-of-geotechnical-devices</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Overview: This new 5 part series has been written to explain the hardware, software and instrumentation used in the testing of soil and rock. The series comprises of 5 chapters (see below). The series is aimed at people interested in gaining a better understanding of geotechnical laboratory equipment.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[White Paper: Error, Accuracy and Resolution explained.]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/white-paper-error-accuracy-and-resolution-explained</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Overview: This new 5 part series has been written to explain the hardware, software and instrumentation used in the testing of soil and rock. The series comprises of 5 chapters (see below). The series is aimed at people interested in gaining a better understanding of geotechnical laboratory equipment.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Release 1st of 5 Part Paper on Soil & Rock Testing]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-release-1st-of-5-part-paper-on-soil-rock-testing</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Overview: This new 5 part series has been written to explain the hardware, software and instrumentation used in the testing of soil and rock. The series comprises of 5 chapters (see below). The series is aimed at people interested in gaining a better understanding of geotechnical laboratory equipment.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[New Starters & Office Expansion]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/new-starters-office-expansion</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS are pleased to introduce the newest members of our team. The company have also recently expanded their office and warehouse space to include the adjoining building. The address will remain the same however, GDS now has even greater capacity for build and storage.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference, October 2011, Toronto, Canada]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/2011-pan-am-cgs-geotechnical-conference-october-2011-toronto-canada</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Jerry Sutton, Technical Sales Director of GDS Instruments, has recently returned from Toronto, where GDS exhibited at the2011 Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Conference, alongside their Canadian agent Hoskin Scientific. The conference and exhibition was very well organised and this was evident through the large number of delegates whom attended. There were poster sessions, panel discussions, short courses/workshops, technical tours, all aimed at enhancing interaction between academics, practitioners and designers.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[The 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Athens]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/the-15th-european-conference-on-soil-mechanics-and-geotechnical-engineering-athens</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS has recently returned from Athens where they exhibited at the 15th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. GDS had a fully functional dynamic triaxial testing system (ELDYN) on show along with a Pressure / Volume Controller and a set of Bender Elements. All of the equipment was working on the stand and attracted significant interest. ‘Fantastic to see a triaxial system that moves fast enough for it to look interesting!’ was one comment, based on the fact that GDS had the ELDYN running tests between 1Hz and 5Hz with amplitudes between 10mm and 2mm.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Queens Award features on Front-page of Institute of Directors Autumn Newsletter]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-queens-award-features-on-front-page-of-institute-of-directors-autumn-newsletter</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The autumn edition of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Newsletter, features GDS winning their Queens award for Enterprise in International Trade on its front-page.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Visit Buckingham Palace to Receive Their Award From The Queen]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-visit-buckingham-palace-to-receive-their-award-from-the-queen</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Thursday 14th July 2011, Patrick Hooker, Chairman & Chief Executive of GDS and Jenny Hooker, HR Director, were invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the companies award for Enterprise in International Trade from her royal highness the Queen.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Queens Award and GDS Feature in Latest Issue of Building Design and Construction Magazine]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/queens-award-and-gds-feature-in-latest-issue-of-building-design-and-construction-magazine</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[This months edition of Building Design and Construction Magazine features articles on the Queens Award and GDS Instruments.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Presented With Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade by Dame Mary Fagan.]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-presented-with-queens-award-for-enterprise-in-international-trade-by-dame-mary-fagan</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Wednesday June the 15th marked GDS' first visit by a representative of the queen – Dame Mary Fagan, Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. On this occasion it was the presentation ceremony for winning the Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2011.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[British Geotechnical Association (BGA) Annual Conference & Exhibition]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/british-geotechnical-association-bga-annual-conference-exhibition</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS Instruments, recently exhibited at the BGA's annual conference & exhibition in London. The conference was a showcase of the best of British Geotechnics and included presentations from a number of leading Universities and commercial companies.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/the-14th-asian-regional-conference-on-soil-mechanics-and-geotechnical-engineering</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Jerry Sutton, Technical Sales Director of GDS Instruments, has recently returned from Hong Kong, where GDS exhibited at the 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering alongside their Chinese agent Earth Products China (EPC). The conference and exhibition was held over four days and included topics such as Geotechnics for transportation and infrastructure, Ground improvement, Slopes and Foundations to name but a few.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS wins Queen's Award for Enterprise in International Trade Category]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-wins-queens-award-for-enterprise-in-international-trade-category</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS Instruments a division of Global Digital Systems Ltd (GDS) is very pleased to announce that we have been presented with the most prestigious corporate award made in the UK – The Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Geofrontiers Exhibition and Conference 2011]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/geofrontiers-exhibition-and-conference-2011</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Jerry Sutton, Technical Sales Director of GDS Instruments, recently returned from Dallas, Texas, where GDS exhibited at Geo-Frontiers 2011. Geo-Frontiers is an event which focuses on “Advances in Geotechnical Engineering”. The event attracted a record-setting 1900+ participants, which was evident on the amount of activity we received at our stand. On the stand, Jerry was showcasing our V2 Standard Pressure Controller, alongside a set of our bender elements transducers, both of which, generated a lot of interest.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Indian Geotechnical Conference (GEOtrendz)]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/indian-geotechnical-conference-geotrendz</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Karl Snelling, Managing Director of GDS Instruments, recently returned from India where GDS exhibited alongside their Indian agent, Aimil Ltd, at the Indian Geotechnical Conference (GEOtrendz).The conference aim was to bring together professional engineers, academics, researchers, industrialists and others, with interest in Geotechnical Engineering. The conference hosted speakers from across the world and covered a number of Geotechnical subjects including, field testing instrumentation and monitoring, innovative techniques in ground improvement and recent developments in experimental Geotechnics to name just a few.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Friday 19th November 2010 Children in Need Fundraising]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/friday-19th-november-2010-children-in-need-fundraising</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Friday 19th November, GDS Instruments took part raising money for Children in Need. BBC Children in Need is the BBC's UK corporate charity. The annual telethon aim is to help raise those crucial pennies needed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. The event see fundraiser all over the country take part in activates to raise money.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[News October 2010 TEAM GDS - Trail Plus Adventure Challenge]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/news-october-2010-team-gds-trail-plus-adventure-challenge</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[It was a cold Sunday morning as I headed off to meet up with my teammates from the newly formed “Team GDS”. So cold in fact, that I had to scrape the ice of my car! Team GDS is made up of James Hopkins, Nick Warren and Richard Brown, all staff here at GDS Instruments. Our challenge today though, was not to design/build/market a new piece of material testing equipment, it was to tackle the elements head on.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[News August 2010 GDS Products Feature in Discovery HD Channel]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/news-august-2010-gds-products-feature-in-discovery-hd-channel</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Discovery HD series “Mystery Investigator” sent Olly Steeds to Greece, to investigate the destruction of Atlantis. According to the philosopher Plato, Atlantis was an advanced civilization that sank beneath the waves. It was said to be out beyond the western headland where an immortal giant holds up the heavens by means of a pillar on his back. Plato maintained that Atlantis was a real place, not a myth. He in turn had heard of it from certain wise men of Egypt.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Results For The iPod nano Competition]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/results-for-the-ipod-nano-competition</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[We had a great response to our competition, thank you for all your entries. It was a picture sent in from Igor Petrovic at the Faculty of Geotehcnical Engineering, University of Zabgreb that we choose as our winner, picture shown below...]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Instruments Launch You Tube Channel]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-instruments-launch-you-tube-channel</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS Instruments has launched its first training videos on You Tube. A 6 part ELDYN (Enterprise Level Dynamic Triaxial Testing System) training video is now available to view on our own You Tube channel. The training videos show, in real-time, how to set up the testing equipment with GDSLABS and perform a series of soil tests.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Competition: Win a 16GB iPod nano with a click of the finger]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/competition-win-a-16gb-ipod-nano-with-a-click-of-the-finger</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[At GDS Instruments we are looking for some photos of our products, in your laboratory or field tests that, we can showcase on our website. We'd like to hear your experiences of us, our products, your ideas of improvements and future products.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[17th ICSMGE, Alexandria, October 5th-9th 2009]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/17th-icsmge-alexandria-october-5th-9th-2009</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[There were over 1000 delegates at the conference and approximately 50 exhibitors. We hope that we saw you on the stand and that you had the opportunity to discuss the GDS product range with either Jerry or Dr Patrick Hooker, our Chairman and CEO. We were very pleased to be the only exhibitor with a working triaxial testing system on their stand. As can be seen from the photo we were exhibiting our new ELDYN 5/10kN, static to 5Hz electromechanical triaxial testing system complete with our 100mm dynamic triaxial cell. This system created a lot of interest with the delegates who visited the stand.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Chinese Users conference in Zhejiang]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-chinese-users-conference-in-zhejiang</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[In October 2008 Jerry Sutton attended the 25th China National Symposium on Geotechnical Testing held in Hangzhou, China and hosted by Zhejiang University. While Earth Products China sponsored the main conference and then organised a GDS Users group to be held immediately after the conference for three days.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[NEW BOOK “A short course in geology for civil engineers”]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/new-book-a-short-course-in-geology-for-civil-engineers</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS Founder and Chairman, prize-winning geotechnical author, Dr Bruce Menzies, has had his new book, “A short course in geology for civil engineers”, published by Thomas Telford.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[iPod prize won by A.F. van Weele in the Netherlands.]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/ipod-prize-won-by-af-van-weele-in-the-netherlands</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The September edition of the GDS Newsletter had a Sudoku competition to win a GDS shirt.  At the Madrid conference the choice of prize was extended to be the choice between a GDS shirt or an iPod.  The Sudoku was succesfully completed by Mr A.F. van Weele from The Netherlands and he was lucky enough to be the first name drawn from the pot by Jerry Sutton (see picture left).
 The correct answer was 2 7 2.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[NEW BOOK “Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering”]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/new-book-advanced-unsaturated-soil-mechanics-and-engineering</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS Founder and Chairman, prize-winning geotechnical author Dr Bruce Menzies, has had his new book, “Advanced Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Engineering”, published by Taylor & Francis. The book was written with first author Professor Charles W.W. Ng of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[14th ECSMGE, Madrid, September 24-27 2007]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/14th-ecsmge-madrid-september-24-27-2007</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The 14th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering was attended by GDS in September 2007. Through out the week the GDS stand welcomed old friends and new faces alike. GDS was represented by Jerry Sutton throughout the conference with flying visits paid by Karl Snelling and Dr Patrick Hooker.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[New GDS/Earth Products China Service Centre in Wuhan, China]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/new-gdsearth-products-china-service-centre-in-wuhan-china</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Jerry Sutton, of GDS Instruments in the UK, was privileged to have attended the opening of the first GDS service centre in mainland China.  The centre is in Wuhan. Jerry gave a presentation to the service centre staff covering all aspects of GDS equipment and maintenance procedures.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Release Final Chapter on Soil & Rock Testing]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-release-final-chapter-on-soil-rock-testing</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Overview: This new 5 part series has been written to explain the hardware, software and instrumentation used in the testing of soil and rock. The series comprises of 5 chapters (see below). The series is aimed at people interested in gaining a better understanding of geotechnical laboratory equipment.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[White Paper: Challenges in the Development of Advanced Geotechnical Laboratory Equipment]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/white-paper-challenges-in-the-development-of-advanced-geotechnical-laboratory-equipment</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[In April this year, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology took delivery of GDS’s latest creation, the True Triaxial Apparatus.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Guest Speakers at Keynetix User Conference]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-guest-speakers-at-keynetix-user-conference</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[GDS Instruments were guest speakers at this years Keynetix User Conference in Birmingham. Keynetix offer software solutions to assist in the production of reports.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Launch New GDS Bender Elements Analysis Tool]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-launch-new-gds-bender-elements-analysis-tool</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The subjectivity and lack of satisfactory standards for interpreting shear wave travel times across the industry from bender element test data, has led GDS to develop a bender elements analysis tool. The tool allows the rapid, automated analysis of bender element tests to objectively estimate the shear wave travel time.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Bender Element Test Analysis Software article features in theGeotechnica]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/bender-element-test-analysis-software-article-features-in-thegeotechnica</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Bender Element Test Analysis Software Development for Laboratories - Karl Snelling and Dr Sean Rees, Managing Director and Geotechnical Specialist at GDS Instruments discuss the test analysis software development for laboratories that has been developed to interpret the data from bender element test analysis.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Launch Three White Papers on Triaxial Testing]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-launch-three-white-papers-on-triaxial-testing</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Over the next few months GDS will be releasing a series of white papers within a series entitled “What is triaxial testing”.  The papers provide a detailed introduction to the subject of triaxial testing, including the many variations available for assessing soil response across a range of engineering applications. The series is split into the following topics:]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Exhibit at Geo-Congress 2013, San Diego]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-exhibit-at-geo-congress-2013-san-diego</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[March saw hundreds of delegates head to San Diego for the annual Geo-Congress conference and exhibition on “Stability and Performance of Slopes and Embankments III”. The conference programme included intensive short courses to a comprehensive range of technical sessions including case history evaluation, numerical modeling, field testing, monitoring, rehabilitation amongst others.]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[GDS Analysis Tool Features in Ground Engineering]]></title>
                    <link>http://www.gdsinstruments.com/gds-analysis-tool-features-in-ground-engineering</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The launch of GDS new bender elements analysis tool has been show cased in the recent Ground Engineering magazine.The GDS Bender Element Analysis Tool (GDSBEAT) itself is an easy-to-use set of Add-Ins accessible through Microsoft Excel, allowing any laboratory to participate in performing automated analysis of bender element data, without the prior requirement of software programming knowledge.]]></description>
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