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FailuresBack in July of 2018 bystanders recorded video of the failure of a combination retaining wall and braced excavation that undermined an apartment building, eventually causing its collapse as well. The incident was in the Beyoglu [...] -
Geologic HazardsSome mountain climbers got the scare of their life when a huge, tabular boulder came flying down the mountain and barely missed striking the cameraman and then another person. It occurred at the base camp for [...] -
MiscellaneousGolder held an internal technical excellence conference, known as GTEC, late last year with over 200 participants from around the world. They selected 80 presenters from over 300 abstracts submitted. I was proud and humbled [...] -
Geologic HazardsFears of another landslide and possible tsunami are mounting for the Anak Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia. Scientists with Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) have discovered new cracks that could be [...] -
MiscellaneousOne of my favorite geology bloggers is David Bressan, a regular contributor to Forbes.com. He collated his favorite geology-related stories of 2018 recently, and there is some great stuff in there. Here is a small [...] -
MiscellaneousThe Terracon Foundation announced a $100,000 grant to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) for a new geotechnical laboratory planned as part of the CEE [...] -
Available ResourcesThe Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report on how to utilize cone penetration testing (CPT) for a variety of geotechnical analysis and design tasks. These tasks, which are applicable both to state highways [...] -
Geologic HazardsUntil recently, scientists were puzzled why an earthquake of only 7.5 magnitude caused a devastating tsunami that killed over 2,000 people on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia in September of 2018. The earthquake didn’t [...]
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Available ResourcesGeosynthetic manufacturer, Tensar, has a new promotional video featuring Beau, the King of the Road. And he has an interesting way of demonstrating the effectiveness of their geogrid product…using a tank! To celebrate the launch of their new video, they are [...] -
NewsRedi-Rock has released a free software product for the analysis of gravity retaining walls. Source: Redi-Rock Wall Freeware – Retaining Wall Analysis Software for Gravity Walls -
Available ResourcesThe Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has released a list of their most downloaded resources in 2017. The GBA provides a variety of invaluable publications for the geotechnical, environmental, and related industries. What many professionals probably don’t realize is that if [...] -
Available ResourcesLearn how to harness the power of User Report Variables at the next gINT Special Interest Group (SIG) virtual workshop on May 2, 2018. Custom, user-defined reports have never been so easy! Sessions are set for 9 a.m. EDT or 5 p.m. EDT and share the [...] -
Comings and GoingsMark R.F. Heine (1973) started his career at Fugro in 2000 as geodesist on various onshore and offshore survey projects. As of 2002 he fulfilled several management roles in the Survey division with increasing responsibilities, allowing him to build up [...] -
Comings and GoingsSchnabel Engineering has opened a new office in the Pacific Northwest to service their dam engineering clients. Two dam engineers from their Greensboro, N.C. office relocated there to get it established. They have been working for utility clients in Alaska, Seattle, [...]
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