Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded RORE Inc. an IDIQ contract worth $4.5 million for geotechnical consultation, subsurface investigation, and material testing for various projects. NAVFAC Southwest’s area of responsibility includes California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The majority of work is anticipated to be completed in California. [Source: NAVFAC. Image: Pipkins Construction]
Nearly every geotechnical engineer has referred to the venerable 1986 NAVFAC DM 7.1 Manual on Soil Mechanics. There are numerous useful charts, correlations, tables, and equations for a variety of geotechnical challenges, which is probably […]
Consensus Docs is a construction contract website and service. They have posted a podcast on one of their documents, a Geotechnical Consultant Agreement. The podcast is embedded below. You can find a PDF transcript and […]
ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association along with Terra Insurance company have released a model agreement for construction and materials testing services (CoMET). This document was created for use by ASFE member firms based on the organization’s […]
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