A new issue of the Deep Foundations Institute’s (DFI’s) Deep Foundations Magazine is available for November/December 2017. Topics include: 2017 OPA Winner, Embedded Suction Bucket Support Structure CSM Shoring Walls Helical Piles for Seismic Resistance […]
The British Tunnelling Society (BTS) is encouraging our profession and the public to celebrate National Tunneling Day today, December 7. Their goal is to promote the industry (and its many professions) to students of all ages […]
The next gINT Special Interest Group (SIG) virtual workshop, Site Analysis Using gINT Civil Tools, will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 9 a.m. EST or 5 p.m. EST. Register today! In this session, you will be introduced […]
The GEO5 Stratigraphy program is designed to assess results from site investigation (boreholes, CPTs, SPTs, etc.), generate 2D or 3D geological models and export cross sections and geological profiles into GEO5 design programs. More at […]
When a St Louis contractor ran into an unexpected problem on the site of one of America’s most iconic landmarks, they turned to Keller company Hayward Baker to get them out of a hole – […]
In Walenstadt, Switzerland, on October 16, 2017, a rockfall barrier from the Swiss company Geobrugg, stops the impact energy of 10,000 kilojoules – a new world record! The barrier system was tested using a 25-ton […]
Aerix Industries will host a webinar by Steven Bartlett, Ph.D., P.E. of the University of Utah on December 6, 2017 at 2pm EST titled “Seismic Considerations and Design Methodology for Light-weight Cellular Concrete Embankments and […]
Google’s Bay View Campus facility outside San Francisco may be the largest thermal pile installation in the US. Thermal piles combine the use of geothermal heating and cooling with the deep foundation system to improve […]
DGSI has added the Quattro Logger (a discontinued 4-channel vibrating wire data logger) and the VW MiniLogger (a 1-channel vibrating wire data logger) to its trade-in program. If you send them your Quattro Logger or […]
I came across this interesting product for structural/geotechnical monitoring of cracks in 3 dimensions. Most crack monitors are designed for monitoring in 2 dimensions, this one can measure movement out of the plane of monitoring. […]
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