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Geologic HazardsA sinkhole approximately 32 meters in diameter and roughly 200 meters deep opened up in the Atacama Desert of Chile, near the Alcaparrosa copper mine at the beginning of August 2022. Anytime something like this [...] -
Available ResourcesThe Geo-Institute recently published a recording of the 2021 Langan Lecture by Dr. Tugce Baser on energy piles. The G-I is publishing so much great free content these days, it’s actually quite difficult to keep [...] -
Project RelatedTunneling World is reporting that Soletanche Bachy has completed the first tunnel using low carbon concrete pipes. The project involves a new linear discharge tunnel 921 m long, that links the new Bonneuil-en-France wastewater treatment [...] -
Retaining WallsHow do you analyze a 43 m deep high-rise basement excavation adjacent to a highway and a railway where you have a combination of cantilevered concrete pile wall, ground anchors, and a vertical rock cut and rock buttress? You use Rocscience’s RS3 finite element software and the observational approach! […]
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Geologic HazardsThe Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released a new study regarding the tsunami impacts that would affect Metro Seattle in the event of an earthquake on the Seattle Fault. The last known earthquake [...] -
Available ResourcesThe Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) is at the forefront of geotechnical laboratory testing. They perform testing for a range of projects around the world as well as for academic research. They even fabricate new testing [...] -
Press ReleasesCongratulations to Jerry DiMaggio for being named the 2022 DFI Distinguished Service Award Recipient. He is perhaps best known for his time as the Principal Geotechnical Engineer at the FHWA. […]
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Available ResourcesThe Geo-Institute of ASCE has a fantastic YouTube series called Geolegends where they interview the titans of our geoprofession. Their latest in the series is an interview with Dr. G. Wayne Clough. You might be [...] -
Available ResourcesMany US State departments of transportation (DOTs) have rock slopes in their inventory of geotechnical assets, and those that do also have to deal with rockfall. A new synthesis document from the TRB / National [...] -
Available ResourcesHumbolt has released a Nuclear Gauge App to allow you to capture nuclear density gauge test results using your phone. The app works using QR codes generated on the Humboldt EZ-2 Nuclear Gauge. You can [...]
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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]
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