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Available ResourcesThis summer, the ASCE Geo-Institute teamed up with Geopier for a compelling two-part webinar series focused on ground improvement in geotechnical engineering. The series brought together two respected voices in the field, Dr. Allen Bowers [...] -
Press ReleasesHawthorne, N.J. (September 8, 2025): Kord Wissmann, Ph.D., P.E., BC.GE, founder of Intechnics, is the recipient of DFI’s highest award bestowed to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have [...] -
Standards and CodesThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has released the 45th Edition of its Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing, along with the latest AASHTO Provisional Standards, which are commonly referred to as [...] -
Available ResourcesEarlier this summer, Rocscience kicked off its RSWall webinar series with a deep dive into advanced gabion wall design. The session featured Dr. Sina Javankhoshdel from Rocscience and Gianluca Brocca from Maccaferri, a company with [...] -
Available ResourcesNicholson Construction, one of GeoPrac.net’s long-time sponsors and a pillar of the geotechnical industry, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a two-part webinar series titled “Nicholson Legends and Iconic Projects.” The series featured six senior [...] -
Available ResourcesIf you are tired of doom scrolling and looking for something interesting to watch, check out some of the lectures given by Dr. Evert Hoek on aspects of rock mechanics and geological engineering. Dr. Hoek [...] -
Book ReviewsProfessor Jie Han is seeking feedback on the second edition of his Ground Improvement book. See his LinkedIn Post below. If you’re a geotechnical engineer looking to sharpen your understanding of ground improvement techniques, Principles [...] -
Geologic HazardsGeobrugg recently hit another milestone with a world record test on their RXE-12500 Rockfall Barrier. It absorbed a total of over 14,000 kJ of energy, with 12,500 kJ of impact energy taken by the system [...] -
Geologic HazardsI just had to highlight this cool geohazard instrumentation project undertaken by Landslide Technology (Cornforth Consultants). It involves installing instrumentation on several attenuator systems along the Ketchum-Challis Highway north of Stanley, ID for the FHWA. I [...] -
Available ResourcesA new technical report on Cyclic Degradation in the Geotechnical Design of Wind Turbine Foundations has been released by the American Clean Power Association. The draft report reviews the behavior of foundation support geomaterials under [...]
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Available ResourcesThe FHWA’s Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME) series of webinars is part of their Every Day Counts Initiative. For the past year and a half or so, they have been organizing these excellent webinars [...] -
Available ResourcesDebris flows are a significant geologic hazard that affect communities around the world. Their destructive potential has been evident in North America in recent years, but the Swiss have been at the forefront of debris [...] -
Available ResourcesThe March/April issue of Deep Foundation Magazine has an interesting article on deep soil mixing in Poland. The article is by Michał Topolnicki of Keller Polska, and is based on his keynote lecture presented at [...] -
FeaturedHanover, MD, June 16, 2022 — Keller announces new branch and area managers in North America. Ray Franz was promoted to Area Manager of Northern California. With over 30 years of experience in geotechnical consulting and specialty [...] -
Available ResourcesThe Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) has a new video / podcast series called DFI’s Rumble where they pit two representatives from the foundation industry who are typically on the oposite side of a project contract [...] -
Comings and GoingsWSP has entered into an agreement to acquire the Environment & Infrastructure business (“E&I”) of John Wood Group plc. (Wood). The Wood E&I group consists of approximately 6,000 experts in 10 countries, that originated from [...] -
FeaturedGeotechnical software company Rocscience announced the launch of a new cloud-based borehole data management software called RSLog. This web application can process geotechnical field and lab data, and run engineering analyses online. Some of the [...]
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