ODOT seems to be one of the more technically savvy geotech organizations out there. They have a state of the art database for managing nearly every aspect of their operations and data and they have make extensive use of gINT among other things.
Standards and Codes
Geosynthetics Manufacturers to Specifiers: Get With The Times
In an open letter to geotechnical engineers and agencies that specify geosynthetics on their projects, the Geosynthetics Manufacturers Association (GMA) has requested that specifiers use the correct standards when referring material properties of geotextiles and […]
Links
CONTECH Construction Products
CONTECH Construction Products Inc. provides site solutions for the civil engineering industry. Contech’s products include bride, drainage, earth stabilization, and storm-water solutions. Visit CONTECH Construction Products
Miscellaneous
Geotechnical Engineering on the Moon? 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Landing
You might not think that geotechnical engineering would have anything to do with the Apollo 11 mission that put the first humans on the surface of the moon, but you would be wrong. The landing […]