There is a neat little blurb in Roads and Bridges magazine on a small mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Coast of Virginia. The wall was designed and […]
The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association published their report last month on the January 7, 2020, Puerto Rico Earthquake. Here is the summary: A seismic sequence located along the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico […]
We as geotechnical and geological engineers are in the midst of a data revolution. The way we collect, manage, and use data has changed dramatically over the past five to ten years, and I have […]
I’m a visual person, so having a nice way to look at and interpret my geotechnical data is something that is very important to me. I like the looks of NovoTech’s latest offering, NovoGIS, which […]
Those of us in the geotechnical profession use ASTM Standards on a daily basis. It’s hard to keep up with changes, so I have brought back a GeoPrac.net feature I had a number of years […]
Some friends at NHAZCA S.r.l. in Rome, Drs. Serena Moretto and Paolo Mazzanti, have been demonstrating their company’s technology to use satellite imagery to produce highly accurate displacement measurements and maps. Serena recently posted a […]
GEOSLOPE will be hosting a free webinar on analyzing rapid drawdown conditions with SEEP/W and SLOPE/W on July 15, 2020 at two different times. You can follow the registration link to find the time that […]
Keller is taking a lead role on the first Florida Department of Transport project for half a century to use auger cast piles. Dubbed ‘the mother of all highway construction projects’ by local media, the […]
Hawthorne, N.J. (June 19, 2020): The winner of the 2020 DFI Outstanding Project Award (OPA) is the team of Langan Engineering and Environmental Services (geotechnical and environmental services), Malcolm Drilling Company (foundation contractor), and Condon-Johnson […]
Just a few weeks ago, video of a massive quick clay landslide in Alta, Norway (below) showed the destruction of 8 houses as a large portion of the coast simply slid into the sea as […]
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