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ConferencesHawthorne, N.J. (January 22, 2026): Registration is officially open for DFI’s 51st Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (DFI51) taking place November 2–5, 2026, in Orlando, Florida. This year’s event spotlights the global implications of sea [...] -
Project RelatedChina has set a new benchmark in underground rescue operations with its remarkable recovery of a stalled 16‑m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) beneath the Yangtze River. During construction of the 6.4‑km Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River [...] -
Geologic HazardsRecent reporting by the Miami Herald and a new peer-reviewed satellite radar study have drawn attention to subsidence patterns affecting parts of South Florida’s barrier islands. The findings are likely to be of interest to [...] -
Available ResourcesKeller, a long-time sponsor of GeoPrac.net, has released its 2025 Year in Review video, highlighting project achievements, technical milestones, and company activities from the past year. The video provides a look back at how Keller [...] -
Ground ImprovementThe reuse of existing foundations can offer significant schedule, cost, and sustainability benefits on large renovation projects, but it also introduces geotechnical challenges that are not always straightforward to address. One such challenge is how [...] -
MiscellaneousWe all know that geotechnical work is rarely tidy. So when I saw this post on LinkedIn it made me laugh and instantly think of all the times in the field, office, or lab when [...] -
Geologic HazardsI came across this video from Geovert documenting its role in the recovery following the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand. It provides a compelling look at the scale and urgency of the [...] -
Available ResourcesThe November/December issue of Deep Foundations magazine from the Deep Foundations Institute features a special focus on resilience, with articles highlighting how foundation engineering is addressing coastal, flood, and infrastructure challenges. Key highlights from the [...] -
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 [...]
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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]
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