There are so many great conferences, webinars, professional meetings, training courses, and other events for a busy geoprofessional to keep up with. So I decided to create a new Calendar of Events feature at GeoPrac.net! […]
The record-breaking precipitation in BC and the Pacific Northwest causes major destruction to bridges, embankments, roads, and rail corridors. The BC Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure posted some photos today that are quite dramatic. See […]
The 2021 Buchanan Lecturer is Dr. Philippe Jeanjean who is the Senior Advisor for Geotechnical Engineering at BP America in Houston, Texas. Dr. Jeanjean’s lecture is entitled “Offshore Geotechnics: From Oil & Gas to Renewable […]
Today was the first day of Geo-Extreme 2021 conference in Savannah Georgia sponsored by the Geo-Institute. If you aren’t attending, you can still tune in to the livestream of a few of the keynote lectures. […]
Every year Bentley celebrates the best in the construction industry with the Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards. The finalists in the geotechnical category have been announced, and project videos are scheduled to launch very soon. […]
The Chicago skyline and waterfront have been shaped with the help of deep foundations from Thatcher Foundations. The geotechnical construction company was started in 1946 by Harry Thatcher, a World War II Veteran of the […]
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 […]
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