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Available ResourcesNearly every geotechnical engineer has referred to the venerable 1986 NAVFAC DM 7.1 Manual on Soil Mechanics. There are numerous useful charts, correlations, tables, and equations for a variety of geotechnical challenges, which is probably [...] -
Available ResourcesGeotechnical contractor Menard has created a fun new way to waste time at work, Menardle, a ground improvement version of the popular word game Wordle! So far they have released about 11 puzzles. You can [...] -
Available ResourcesNicholson Construction is hosting another great webinar in their 60mn webinar series!! Their Former Chief Engineer, Tom Richards is going to present on Static Load Testing of Piles. He will cover the rules to carry out load tests, [...] -
Geologic HazardsA magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Taiwan on September 19th, toppling buildings and bridges, derailing trains, and causing widespread disruption of services and communications. According to the BBC, at least one person was killed and 146 [...] -
Available ResourcesPrime Resins is hosting a 1-day training course on chemical grouting for geotechnical applications at their Fontana, CA facility. They will cover a range of chemical grouting solutions to provide a new set of tools [...] -
Comings and GoingsThe A83 highway in Northwest Scotland has frequent landslides at the Rest and Be Thankful area. Atkins and WSP were recently selected by Transport Scotland to provide engineering for medium and long-term solutions to these [...] -
Geologic HazardsSome clever researchers have devised an algorithm to collect information on landslides occurring around the world by analyzing social media posts. They use a variety of search terms to flag a post as being potentially [...] -
Giveaways and ContestsEvery year Ground Engineering Magazine hosts the Ground Engineering Awards in the UK. For 2022, they had 233 entries, a new record. Over 800 people attended the event this week at Grosvenor House in London. [...] -
In MemoriamOur profession has lost a “geotechnical giant” in Clyde N. Baker Jr., P.E., S.E. Clyde had a long career at STS Consultants and GEI Consultants and was the recipient of numerous awards, as summarized below [...] -
ConferencesThe International Society of Micropiles (ISM) is now accepting project summaries for the 4th International Micropile World Cup competition. The competition is being held at the ISM’s 15th International Workshop on Micropiles, May 31 to [...]
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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]
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