Dr. Thamer Yacoub of Rocscience is officially inviting you to the Rocscience International Conference 2023 taking place April 24-26, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. For all those interested in submitting a paper, abstract submissions are now […]
FLAC, the popular numerical modeling software by Itasca, is being updated to FLAC2D version 9.0, and there are some significant changes. According to Itasca’s News Post about the release: As a 2D version of FLAC3D, FLAC2D combines the […]
Unfortunately, I missed Terzaghi day this year š but the Geo-Institute of ASCE continued its tradition from the past 3 years of hosting a live lecture/presentation by a geo-legend to share a little about Karl […]
Regional Roads Victoria (Australia) has announced the completion of slope stabilization work at Namesone Point along the scenic Great Alpine Road in Gippsland. The work was part of $4.3M (AUS) in landslip remediation funding that […]
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 inĀ their 60mn webinar series!! Their Former Chief Engineer,Ā Tom RichardsĀ 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 […]
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