Miscellaneous

Helical Piles: Have they arrived?

Helical piles have been a relatively new kid on the block since the mid to late 2000’s. In a recent DFI Rumble YouTube video series episode, Dr. Kevin Johnson and Ross McGillivray go toe-to-toe to […]

Project Related

Inside Finland’s Nuclear Waste Repository

Finland has the world’s first commercial underground nuclear waste repository, and construction of the access works, infrastructure, and the first five disposal tunnels is essentially complete. I haven’t seen a timeline of when they will […]

RSLog now integrates with Slide2 and Settle3
Shallow Foundations

RSLog now integrates with Slide2 and Settle3

Geotechnical engineers know that setting up a 2d or 3d model in programs such as Slide2 or Settle3 is one of the most time consuming parts. In this article by GeoPrac sponsor, Rocscience, find out how easy it is to use RSLog to generate these sections and models from your subsurface data! […]

Software Updates

GEO5 2023 Updates

The GEO5 Suite of geotechnical software has some exciting new features in the latest updates! There is a new free mobile app called GEO5 Data Collector to allow field data collection and two-way sync with […]

2022 Michoacán Earthquake
Geologic Hazards

2022 Michoacan Earthquake GEER Report

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) report for the moment magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the Mexican State of Michoacan on September 19, 2022 is now available. The earthquake was an interface subduction earthquake along […]

Available Resources

DFI Rumble: Numerical Modeler vs. Skeptic

I just watched a July episode of the DFI rumble that I missed before – the numerical modeler versus the skeptic. Approaching from the numerical modeling perspective was Augusto Lucarelli from Itasca (the makers of […]