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Preface

Since 1984, the ASCE Geo-Institute Chapter of Colorado, in collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Section (now Mile High Chapter) of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists and the Colorado Association of Geotechnical Engineers, has organized a biennial series of conferences on a wide variety of geotechnical and geologic themes that have been attended by civil/geotechnical engineers, geologists, and other geo-professionals. The geotechnical conferences have been held at area universities or hotels and have offered the opportunity for sharing ideas and experiences among Colorado's diverse geo-disciplines. Since 2004, ASCE's Geo-Institute has published the papers of these conferences in a total of seven Geotechnical Practice Publications, allowing the experiences to be shared with a worldwide audience.

The Steering Committee convened in August 2015 and held monthly meetings to plan for the 2016 Biennial Rocky Mountain Geo-Conference. The Steering Committee members included Christoph Goss (Conference Chair), James Arthurs, Andrei Bedoya, Russell Berends, Mark Brooks, Kami Deputy, Robin Dornfest, Darin Duran, Evan Lindenbach, Joels Malama, Minal Parekh, Robert Redd, Becky Roland, Jere Strickland, Tom Szynakiewicz, Tom Terry, Nate Thompson, Lindsay Tita, Mark Vessely, Chris Wienecke, Richard Wiltshire and John Worthen.