The merseyside course is being offfered by GSI - who wrote the software. They are also running courses in NOttingham on 16-17 Oct and SCotland - but I dont know the date.

I do not have GSI web site with me - sorry!

Paul Nathanail

>>> "Dr. Paul H. McMahon" <[log in to unmask]> 09/17/01 08:17 AM >>>
For those interested there are two RBCA courses planned shortly
(announced to this distribution list only last week);

One on 15 and 16 October in Congleton
One on 22 and 23 October in Merseyside
Most of your questions are likely to be covered to some degree but
it is probably worth contacting the course organisers directly?

I understand that quite a few consultants use RBCA modelling, and
indeed the 'RBCA' computer programs, and of course they have
been in use for quite some time in the USA. I fully respect Jim
Sutherland's quest to understand what the computer is churning
out and hope that one day we can calibrate the output of the
various models (in excess of 20 already and growing) and hope to
be on one of the courses above myself.

Regards,
Paul

> With a lot of these products the money is made by selling the
> training and not the program so I expect you would have to go
> on the training course to work out how good it is.
>
> Cheers Russ
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> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 4:28 PM
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> Subject: RBCA Toolkit for Chemical Releases
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>
>      I have recently obtained a copy of the above for
> evaluation
>      purposes. While it is simple to input figures and the
> output is
>      reasonably easy to understand, how the program gets from
> input to
>      output is a mystery with no real indication given under
> the help
>      command.
>
>      I have only had two weeks to evaluate this program. A
> search on
>      the internet did not provide any useful information and
> there is
>      no time to purchase the ASTM code on RBCA, which may not
> help in
>      any case.
>
>      Can anyone help with the following:
>      Do many use this toolkit or RBCA criteria on a regular
> basis?
>      How applicable is this to UK practice?
>      Where on can I find information on the algorithms and
> formulae used in
>      calculating the results?
>      Why is lead not included in the list of contaminants in
> the toolkit (at
>      least it is not in the evaluation copy I have been
> sent)?
>      Is it possible to change the default values to reflect
> UK practice more
>      closely?
>      Is the manual you get when you buy the program just a
> reiteration of the
>      help command or is it useful?
>
>      I have until the 19 September to complete my evaluation
> of this product and
>      any help on the above would be most appreciated.
>
>      Jim Sutherland
>      Principal Geotechnical Engineer
>      EPS, Land Remediation
>      Glasgow City Council.
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