The comic book superhero GeoGirl fights to protect the public from geohazard villains such as Dick Clay and Lance Lied! These entertaining geotechnical comic books are developed by San Francisco Bay Area geotechnical engineering firm […]
The keynote address at the 2019 Tailings & Mine Waste conference was presented by Terry Eldridge of Golder. Terry described the lessons learned from the tailings dam failures around the world in recent years. He […]
There is still time to attend the Lightweight Fill Conference in virtual format! You can register at the conference website. As far as attendance goes, the registration fees are modest for attending, only $50. Proceeds […]
The international rock mechanics and engineering geology community has lost a great figure in Prof. Paul Marinos of the University of Athens. Prof. Marinos passed away last Sunday according to the International Association for Engineering […]
Geotechnical software provider Rocscience announced recently that they are acquiring NovoTech Software. […]
Happy Belated Terzaghi Day! Every October 2, the geotechnical community remembers Karl Terzaghi on his birthday to commemorate his contributions to our profession and to civil engineering in general. This year, the Geo-Institute of ASCE […]
Drilled shaft foundations as well as retaining walls such as tangent and secant pile walls typically have a verticality requirement as part of the specifications. These requirements ensure that the moments and stresses in the […]
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