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FailuresTwo dams breached in Midland County, Michigan, causing flooding and the evacuation of 10,000 local residents after days of heavy rains. The Edenville Dam and the Sanford Dam both experienced “catastrophic dam failures” affecting the [...] -
Project RelatedDrilling test wells at the bottom of the Grand Canyon requires a great deal of planning, logistics, and of course the right equipment and expertise. Yellow Jacket Drilling Services, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, was selected [...] -
Software UpdatesPerhaps the biggest news in geotechnical software over the past year has been the acquisition of Keynetix (makers of HoleBASE software) by Bentley (makers of gINT software). Their new geotechnical data management platform is being [...] -
Project RelatedWhen culverts, storm drains, and manholes age or settle, joints that once were tight begin to open up. When that happens, water and soil can migrate through these cracks, termed inflow and infiltration (I&I). It [...] -
Available ResourcesGeotechnical software company GEOSLOPE is offering a free webinar series on their GeoStudio software. This free, one-time-only, series provides training similar to their paid workshops for SLOPE/W and SEEP/W. The webinar sessions will be once [...] -
Available ResourcesThe late Ralph B. Peck PhD, PE, NAE, Hon.M.ASCE gave an interview to one of his former graduate students, University of New Mexico professor Fernando Moreu, sometime prior to his passing in 2008. The interview [...] -
Comings and GoingsJim Cahill, a long-time executive with Case Foundation Company (now Keller North America) was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC) at their annual meeting in January. Jim [...] -
Comings and GoingsGeotechnical and multi-disciplinary firm GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (GZA) recently announced the acquisition of Vieau Associates Inc. (Vieau), an environmental services firm founded in Minneapolis-St. Paul over 20 years ago. Vieau provides a variety of environmental [...] -
Available ResourcesGeo-Slope will be offering a free webinar on using three-dimensional seepage results in SLOPE/W analyses on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 12 pm EDT or 8 pm EDT. This webinar will review a complex three [...] -
UncategorizedThis free webinar will show you the new features and applications of Rocscience’s 3D Pile Analysis Program, RSPile. The webinar will be conducted by Rocscience Geomechanics Specialist, Dr. Ahmed Mufty and Geotechnical Sales Engineer, Clarissa [...]
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A house was completely crushed by a massive rockfall that is more of a cliff collapse than a proper rockfall. The event occurred on December 2, 2019 in the village of Les Mees, Alpes de [...] -
Many 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. [...] -
October 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 [...] -
In Louisville, KY a large pit, 40ft deep, 300 yards long x 150 yards wide was dug to build an overflow facility for the city’s combined stormwater and sewage systems. A substantial amount of this excavation [...] -
Bentley has been on the radar for geotechnical professionals lately with their recent acquisition of Keynetix, the makers of HoleBASE SI. All of us have been eagerly awaiting the next moves in how the company [...]
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Dr. Misko Cubrinovsky was the Ralph B. Peck Award winner at the 2019 Geo-Congress conference of the Geo-Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His lecture was on Observations and Findings from Christchurch related to the devastating 2011 [...] -
Heavy rain triggered a landslide or debris flow that destroyed a 30-meter span of a bridge on the A6 motorway between Savona and Turin on November 25. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries or [...]
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