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. […]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, 4 October 2019 – Seequent, a world leader in the development of geoscience analysis, modeling, and collaborative technologies, today announced that GEOSLOPE – a Canadian-based company that creates integrated, geotechnical analysis software – has […]
The Lituya Bay Tsunami hit the Gulf of Alaska more than 60 years ago. On July 9, 1958, an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7-8.3 triggered a massive landslide or rockslide here, estimated at 40 million […]
GeoEngineer.org has gotten a hold of a rare video showing Karl Terzaghi on an outing with his wife Ruth Terzaghi, as well as Arthur Casagrande, Friedrich (Fritz) Schaffernak, Philipp Forchheimer, and some additional family members. […]
In the US, we celebrate all the contributions that Geologists make to our society on September 20th. Well, I don’t know that the entire US celebrates, but by God, they should! The Association of Engineering […]
A number of well-known North American geotechnical construction company brands will all combine under the Keller name at the end of the year. The rebranding will include Moretrench, Bencor, Case Atlantic, Case Foundation, Hayward Baker, […]
Geotechnical software creator Rocscience has been busy lately with no signs of stopping! They recently announced a webinar series for their RS3 program, a 3d finite element software program for modeling slopes, tunnels and various […]
The 9/11 anniversary this week conjures up strong feelings and memories for nearly every American who saw events unfold on TV that day, or even worse, lived through it. For me, I remember it was […]
Earlier this summer Nicholson marked the retirement of a legend in the geotechnical industry. Tom Richards, their Chief Engineer, retired in June after 30 years with the company. He has led the design and testing […]
Golder will provide geotechnical and environmental engineering and consulting services for a 1GW wind farm project called Golden Plains Wind Farm in Australia. The proposed project, when completed, will be the southern hemisphere’s largest wind […]
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