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Weekend CUPThis Weekend CUP includes rockfall evidence from drone videos, remote Alaska foundations, slope-modeling tools, and other links of interest to practicing geoprofessionals. […]
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Geologic HazardsSatellite imagery reveals widespread landsliding after Panama’s October 9 earthquake, with attention now turning to the potential for rain to remobilize debris. […]
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Software UpdatesOrica’s GEOExplorerIQ aims to combine geotechnical monitoring information. Integration is appealing, but data access and traceable decisions will matter in practice. […]
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FailuresSixty years after Aberfan, a reflection on the lives lost, the stronger expectations that followed, and the continuing role of research and education in safer geotechnical practice. […]
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Software UpdatesImago’s new image-analysis tools extract logging information from core photographs while keeping geologist review and corrections in the workflow. […]
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Comings and GoingsHexagon has agreed to acquire Rocscience for $535 million, another major step in the consolidation of specialty geotechnical software. […]
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Weekend CUP
The Weekend Catch-Up Post is back, with geotechnical news and resources covering debris flows, landslide monitoring, bridge investigations, tunneling, foundation testing, AI policy, and sustainability. […]
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Geologic HazardsResidents of Kandersteg, Switzerland, are living below a mountain slope that has been moving for years, but warming temperatures and thawing permafrost have reportedly raised the stakes. An Associated Press report published by The Weather [...] -
In MemoriamThe geotechnical engineering community lost one of its giants with the passing of J. Michael Duncan, whose work and teaching shaped generations of engineers. […]
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Available ResourcesDFI’s September 10 webinar will introduce transmission-line structure types and foundation requirements for systems operating from 69 kV through 500 kV. […]
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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 [...] -
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 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 [...] -
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 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 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 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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