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FailuresA spectacular landslide/pit slope failure was caught on video in a marble quarry in the Orhaneli district of Bursa. The failure happened on March 13, 2019 (as far as I can tell), and fortunately, there [...] -
Comings and GoingsGeological engineers around the world recognize the name Ted Brown who, along with Dr. Evert Hoek, developed the Hoek-Brown failure criterion for characterizing the strength of heavily jointed rock masses. Brown recently turned 80 and [...] -
Geologic HazardsA Tennesee man was killed after his vehicle encountered a landslide and his truck rolled 200 feet down an embankment slope. The landslide occurred around 2am on February 21st, 2019 on Highway 70N in Hawkins [...] -
Available ResourcesIn the next Small Steps Series Webinar by Keynetix, they are celebrating a big milestone with their 50th Small Steps Webinar. In this special hour-long event, the whole Keynetix Webinar team will be brought together [...] -
Available ResourcesNHAZCA (Natural HAZards Control and Assessment) is a Spin-off Company of Sapienza University of Rome, an international leader in the analysis and monitoring of natural hazards and large infrastructures for the management and mitigation of [...] -
Geologic HazardsThere is not much detail here, but the debris flow video of a truck getting swept off the road is pretty amazing to watch. The video notes that it occurred sometime this month in the [...] -
Geologic HazardsThe City of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania has recently started a nearly $1M landslide remediation project on the City’s north side, but it is only one of nearly 20 landslide sites affecting public rights of way being monitored [...] -
NewsHawthorne, N.J. (February 19, 2019): The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust and Langan Engineering & Environmental Services announce a new scholarship in the Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Legacy Scholarship Fund, and 2018 scholarship [...] -
Available ResourcesThe NCHRP has released a new Subsurface Investigation Manual to update the 1988 AASHTO Manual of the same name. Imagine trying to capture every change in technology, methods, and approaches to geotechnical investigations from the [...] -
FailuresA tailings dam collapsed on January 25, 2019 sending a torrent of material onto the town of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil. The tragedy killed at least 157 people, and 182 are still missing. The video [...]
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A bridge over the Swan River in a rural area of eastern Saskatchewan collapsed just six hours after opening, and reportedly there was no geotechnical investigation done for the piers in the river. The Dyck Memorial [...] -
Anyone in the geotechnical field knows of Karl Terzaghi, and has probably read his work. But our colleages at Geoengineer.org have done our industry a great service by providing an audio recording of Terzaghi’s last [...] -
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck just 8 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska this morning causing widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. The quake struck at 8:29 am local time and the focus of the earthquake [...] -
The homeowners of the Millennium Tower in San Francisco are expected to file a permit application for 50 new 24-inch diameter piles approximately 250 feet long to hopefully stabilize the building and perhaps even reverse [...] -
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report on how to utilize cone penetration testing (CPT) for a variety of geotechnical analysis and design tasks. These tasks, which are applicable both to state highways [...] -
GeoPrac.net is pleased to welcome our latest sponsor, Fine spol. s r.o., the makers of GEO5 suite of geotechnical engineering software. Fine began selling structural engineering software in 1987 and their geotechnical software offerings came [...] -
There was a major flash flood and debris flow event in the Swiss Town of Chamoson and the video is unreal. The videos below are pretty crazy! -
A dramatic video shows the collapse of a cliff at Navagio beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos earlier this month. The popular tourist destination is only reachable by boat and is also known as [...]
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