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 […]
Geotechnical contractor Menard has created a fun new way to waste time at work, Menardle, a ground improvement version of the popular word game Wordle! So far they have released about 11 puzzles. You can […]
Nicholson Construction is hosting another great webinar in their 60mn webinar series!! Their Former Chief Engineer, Tom Richards is going to present on Static Load Testing of Piles. He will cover the rules to carry out load tests, […]
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Taiwan on September 19th, toppling buildings and bridges, derailing trains, and causing widespread disruption of services and communications. According to the BBC, at least one person was killed and 146 […]
Prime Resins is hosting a 1-day training course on chemical grouting for geotechnical applications at their Fontana, CA facility. They will cover a range of chemical grouting solutions to provide a new set of tools […]
The A83 highway in Northwest Scotland has frequent landslides at the Rest and Be Thankful area. Atkins and WSP were recently selected by Transport Scotland to provide engineering for medium and long-term solutions to these […]
Some clever researchers have devised an algorithm to collect information on landslides occurring around the world by analyzing social media posts. They use a variety of search terms to flag a post as being potentially […]
Every year Ground Engineering Magazine hosts the Ground Engineering Awards in the UK. For 2022, they had 233 entries, a new record. Over 800 people attended the event this week at Grosvenor House in London. […]
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