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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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Available ResourcesAn upcoming NCFI webinar will address common engineering concerns about polyurethane injection, including project suitability, risk management, and specifications. […]
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Software UpdatesRSSeismic v3 adds Python scripting, bi-directional ground motions, and a finite-element-based 1D site-response workflow. The scripting capability may be the bigger story for geotechnical software. […]
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Project RelatedBoth main tubes of the Brenner Base Tunnel have broken through at the Austria-Italy border, about 1,400 meters below the Brenner Pass. […]
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Available ResourcesThermal Integrity Profiling uses heat from curing concrete to assess drilled shaft shape and integrity, providing information that can complement CSL and construction observations. […]
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Geologic HazardsOne year after the Tracy Arm landslide generated a tsunami in Southeast Alaska, NOAA scientists are sharing what the event revealed about monitoring coastal geohazards. […]
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Comings and GoingsFifty years after the catastrophic failure of Teton Dam, the case remains essential reading for lessons involving geology, seepage, filters, and dam safety. […]
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Software UpdatesRocscience has added helical pile installation torque analysis, C-Phi soil modeling, and expanded lateral earth pressure controls to RSPile. […]
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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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...]
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