Rocscience's 2020 Year in Review
Software Updates

Rocscience’s 2020 – Year in Review

Geotechnical software company Rocscience has had a very busy 2020 with significant updates across their product list. They summarized their achievements in a nice infographic reproduced below. 

ASTM Geotechnical Updates by GeoPrac.net
Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates for December 29, 2020

Those of us in the geotechnical profession use ASTM Standards on a daily basis. It’s hard to keep up with changes, so I attempt to post regular digest updates to the ASTM standards of importance […]

2017 Karl Terzaghi Award Lecture by Kerry Rowe
Comings and Goings

2021 Award Winners from the Geo-Institute

The Geo-Institute of ASCE presents a number of prestigious awards every year to deserving members of the geotechnical engineering community. Congratulations to this year’s awardees: Karl Terzaghi Lecturer – Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D. P.E., NAE, M.ASCE […]

Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME)
Available Resources

Bring your A-GaME to Geotechnical Investigations

The FHWA’s Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME) initiative is part of their EDC-5 Everyday Counts program. The FHWA Resource Center is hosting a webinar on December 8 regarding A-GaME. See below for more info, […]

Neshoba Spillway Remediation using TerraThane Polyurethane Grout
Project Related

Polyurethane Grout Curtains Solve Seepage Problems

Two recent projects using TerraThane™ geotechnical polyurethane grout were successful in solving seepage problems. TerraThane™ is a two-part geotechnical polymer that when mixed at the injection location, expands to many times its initial volume and […]