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Geologic HazardsOctober 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 [...] -
Available ResourcesMany 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. [...] -
NewsCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, 4 October 2019 – Seequent, a world leader in the development of geoscience analysis, modeling, and collaborative technologies, today announced that GEOSLOPE – a Canadian-based company that creates integrated, geotechnical analysis software – has [...] -
Geologic HazardsThe Lituya Bay Tsunami hit the Gulf of Alaska more than 60 years ago. On July 9, 1958, an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7-8.3 triggered a massive landslide or rockslide here, estimated at 40 million [...] -
Available ResourcesGeoEngineer.org has gotten a hold of a rare video showing Karl Terzaghi on an outing with his wife Ruth Terzaghi, as well as Arthur Casagrande, Friedrich (Fritz) Schaffernak, Philipp Forchheimer, and some additional family members. [...] -
Comings and GoingsIn the US, we celebrate all the contributions that Geologists make to our society on September 20th. Well, I don’t know that the entire US celebrates, but by God, they should! The Association of Engineering [...] -
Comings and GoingsA number of well-known North American geotechnical construction company brands will all combine under the Keller name at the end of the year. The rebranding will include Moretrench, Bencor, Case Atlantic, Case Foundation, Hayward Baker, [...] -
NewsGeotechnical software creator Rocscience has been busy lately with no signs of stopping! They recently announced a webinar series for their RS3 program, a 3d finite element software program for modeling slopes, tunnels and various [...] -
MiscellaneousThe 9/11 anniversary this week conjures up strong feelings and memories for nearly every American who saw events unfold on TV that day, or even worse, lived through it. For me, I remember it was [...] -
Comings and GoingsEarlier this summer Nicholson marked the retirement of a legend in the geotechnical industry. Tom Richards, their Chief Engineer, retired in June after 30 years with the company. He has led the design and testing [...]
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An MSE retaining wall at a bridge approach on US 36 suffered a failure that closed the entire highway for several days until a bypass around the destroyed eastbound lanes of the highway could be [...] -
A roughly 4-foot boulder traveled over 2,200 linear feet, losing about 1,000 feet in elevation and somehow stopped mere feet from a Springville Utah resident’s front door! And people were watching it unfold from the [...] -
A Washington DOT geotechnical crew drilling along Highway 3 Near Chico, Washington narrowly avoided disaster when a semi-truck crashed into their work zone on March 19, 2019. The crew heard the semi bearing down on [...] -
Engineering News Record (ENR) has published their annual list of Top 500 Design Firms, and as is the tradition on GeoPrac, I have highlighted geo-companies that are involved in geotechnical engineering, geological consulting services, and [...] -
EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Keynetix, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based [...] -
Jean-Louis Briaud will be the next President-Elect of ASCE. He is a well-known figure in geotechnical engineering and has been a dedicated servant of our profession. He will serve as President-Elect for 2020, and his [...] -
GeoStabilization international helped Colorado DOT get highway 145 reopened after two massive rocks rolled down the slope cutting an 8 foot trench across both lanes. GSI had a team of scalers helicoptered up to the [...] -
You might not think that geotechnical engineering would have anything to do with the Apollo 11 mission that put the first humans on the surface of the moon, but you would be wrong. The landing [...]
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