The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has released the 45th Edition of its Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing, along with the latest AASHTO Provisional Standards, which are commonly referred to as […]
Earlier this summer, Rocscience kicked off its RSWall webinar series with a deep dive into advanced gabion wall design. The session featured Dr. Sina Javankhoshdel from Rocscience and Gianluca Brocca from Maccaferri, a company with […]
Nicholson Construction, one of GeoPrac.net’s long-time sponsors and a pillar of the geotechnical industry, recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a two-part webinar series titled “Nicholson Legends and Iconic Projects.” The series featured six senior […]
If you are tired of doom scrolling and looking for something interesting to watch, check out some of the lectures given by Dr. Evert Hoek on aspects of rock mechanics and geological engineering. Dr. Hoek […]
Professor Jie Han is seeking feedback on the second edition of his Ground Improvement book. See his LinkedIn Post below. If you’re a geotechnical engineer looking to sharpen your understanding of ground improvement techniques, Principles […]
Geobrugg recently hit another milestone with a world record test on their RXE-12500 Rockfall Barrier. It absorbed a total of over 14,000 kJ of energy, with 12,500 kJ of impact energy taken by the system […]
I just had to highlight this cool geohazard instrumentation project undertaken by Landslide Technology (Cornforth Consultants). It involves installing instrumentation on several attenuator systems along the Ketchum-Challis Highway north of Stanley, ID for the FHWA. I […]
A new technical report on Cyclic Degradation in the Geotechnical Design of Wind Turbine Foundations has been released by the American Clean Power Association. The draft report reviews the behavior of foundation support geomaterials under […]
The New Zealand Geotechnical Society has been producing some excellent geotechnical reference and design guidance documents. Their most recent, Slope Stability Guidance Unit 3, was released this month in draft form, and they are looking […]
Richard E. Goodman, a distinguished faculty member at UC Berkeley from 1964 to 1994, passed away at the age of 90 in Anchorage, Alaska. His remarkable career and contributions to the fields of rock mechanics […]
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