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Available ResourcesTRB has published a new Synthesis Report entitled Advances in Unstable Slope Instrumentation and Monitoring. From the official description: Geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring technologies have been used to inform safety, operational, and treatment decisions for [...] -
In MemoriamEvery October 2, geotechnical engineers celebrate the birthday of Karl Terzaghi, generally considered to be the father of soil mechanics. So how will you celebrate this year? Need some ideas? The Geo-Institute will be hosting [...] -
Comings and GoingsGolder is celebrating it’s 60th anniversary this year! Speaking personally, this is an amazing company with some truly amazing and talented individuals in the organization. This video does a great job giving you a flavor [...] -
Standards and CodesThose of us in the geotechnical profession use ASTM Standards on a daily basis. It’s hard to keep up with changes, so I attempt to post regular digest updates to the ASTM standards of importance [...] -
Press ReleasesEXTON, Pa., U.S.A. – September 15, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (“Bentley”) today announced the launch of the initial public offering of 10,750,000 shares of its Class B common stock. The shares of Class B [...] -
Project RelatedKeller posted a very cool drone video of a anchored bored pile wall in an urban area of Lisbon, Portugal. I don’t speak Portuguese, so I can’t read the captions, but the video speaks for [...] -
Available ResourcesNovo Tech has released Bubble 3D, a new freeware application for visualizing foundation stress and settlement distribution. It does not use Finite or Discrete elements, but instead, it discretizes the model into many soil elements [...] -
ConferencesGlobal software company Seequent is bringing industry leaders together for a unique virtual experience – Lyceum 2020, The Power of Connection. The live stream event will explore how effective digital collaboration increases the ability to [...] -
Press ReleasesHawthorne, N.J. (August 26, 2020): In 2018, DFI introduced the DFI Traveling Lecturer program to promote the field of geotechnical engineering and deep foundation construction by encouraging students to explore a career in the deep [...] -
Available ResourcesAASHTO bridge design specifications were updated this year, with the largest change to designs for Mechanically-Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls in more than 20 years. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, October 8, 2020 from [...]
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A house was completely crushed by a massive rockfall that is more of a cliff collapse than a proper rockfall. The event occurred on December 2, 2019 in the village of Les Mees, Alpes de [...] -
Dr. Misko Cubrinovsky was the Ralph B. Peck Award winner at the 2019 Geo-Congress conference of the Geo-Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His lecture was on Observations and Findings from Christchurch related to the devastating 2011 [...] -
Heavy rain triggered a landslide or debris flow that destroyed a 30-meter span of a bridge on the A6 motorway between Savona and Turin on November 25. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries or [...] -
Many of you may be familiar with the Geoprofessional Business Association’s (GBA’s) document “Important Information about This Geotechnical-Engineering Report.” In my practice, we include it as an appendix in almost every geotechnical report we produce. [...] -
October 17, 1989 at around 5 pm, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake known as the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay area causing significant damage and loss of life. Many remember the fact that [...] -
In Louisville, KY a large pit, 40ft deep, 300 yards long x 150 yards wide was dug to build an overflow facility for the city’s combined stormwater and sewage systems. A substantial amount of this excavation [...] -
Bentley has been on the radar for geotechnical professionals lately with their recent acquisition of Keynetix, the makers of HoleBASE SI. All of us have been eagerly awaiting the next moves in how the company [...]
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