The ADSC/IAFD has produced a safety video on Micropile & Anchored Earth Retention. It’s sure to be a great training video for contractors, but it is also a great resource for engineers and inspectors who […]
The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has announced a new course offering for its members, Geoprofessional Operational Leadership Development (GOLD) Course. This course is targeted at new and emerging leaders, group leaders, office managers, regional managers, […]
Impact pile driving of steel piles in aquatic environments produces extremely high underwater sound levels. To address this problem, a double-walled pile has been developed to decrease the total noise transmitted into the water and […]
Version 3 of the Soil Nail Analysis Program (SNAP-2) has recently been released by the FHWA. It addresses the following issues identified in previous versions: The resolution of the search area when working at different […]
According to the site Geotechpedia, this tunnel failure occurred on November 29, 2016 around 9am (local time?). The tunnel is located in Yusufeli district of Erzurum in northeastern Turkey. It is somehow related to the […]
As part of their Best of Research and Practice initiative, Gèotechnique has made their top five papers FREE to download until 22nd December. A constitutive modelling framework predicting critical state in sand undergoing crushing and […]
Arizona DOT is undertaking a project to remove hazardous rock formations above Highway 77 between the towns of Globe and Winkelman, AZ (east of Phoenix). On November 29/30, The blasting work inadvertently dislodged an 18 […]
RockWare recently launched a new Customer Portal. It’s designed for registered users of RockWorks, LogPlot, RockWare GIS Link, and AqQA software licenses, where you can: view all of the licenses in your organization see upgrade […]
Terracon is expanding into the Virgina market through the acquisition of Geotechnical Consulting & Testing Inc. (GC&T), headquartered in Woodbridge, with a laboratory in Dulles. This is Terracon’s 4th acquisition of 2016. Formed in 1990, […]
The FHWA recently released ‘GEC 12 – Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations’ (FHWA-NHI-16-009 and FHWA-NHI-16-010). A companion publication ‘Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations – Comprehensive Design Examples’ (FHWA-NHI-16-064) is also available. […]
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