ADAMA Software has released update 13.1 for their Mechanically Stabilized Earth retaining wall design software, MSEW 3.0 as of August 30, 2011. Some of the design methodology changes in the 2009 FHWA manual for MSE walls were implemented in Update 13, as well as a few corrections related to true bridge abutments and other bug fixes.
Press Releases
Dataforensics Welcomes EarthScience Information Systems Pty Ltd in Australia as new Technology Partner and distributor
Norcross, GA, March 30, 2010 – Dataforensics, maker of geotechnical data management software, and EarthScience Information Systems, developer of the environmental data management software program ESdat, are pleased to announce a technology partnership. Additionally, EarthScience Information Systems has been granted rights to represent Dataforensics’ data management software applications in Australia. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from GeoPrac sponsor Dataforensics. [/Editor]
Conferences
Rensselaer Civil Engineering Students Take First Prize at National GeoChallenge Competition
Here’s a press release from Rensselaer about their students winning the MSE wall competition at the Geo-Frontiers conference. Congratulations guys! [Source: Rensselaer via ASCE SmartBrief. Image: RPI]
Articles
LRFD for Geotech – Note 2
Naresh C. Samtani, PE, PhD has contributed his second in a series of articles on LRFD for geotechnical engineering titled "LRFD for Substructures – Concept of Failure and Reliability Index".