The 51st edition of the GeoPrac.net newsletter was published this week. Content includes: Let’s do better as mentors Hayward Baker Atlanta Stadium Chuck Ladd In Memoriam Port of Oakland Soil Stabilization Most Popular GeoPrac Content […]
A 10 inch hollow stem auger grazed a packed subway car on the NY MTA’s F line last week scratching the side of the train and breaking windows. Fortunately there were no injuries. I think […]
Dr. Jesus E. Gomez has joined GEI Consultants as a vice president and will lead their geotechnical and geostructural practice in the Philadelphia region. Dr. Gomez has over 30 years of experience, and was previously […]
Underground metal mines can have extremely high temperatures, making it hazardous for employees to work there for more than a few minutes at a time. Researchers from my alma mater, the University of Arizona, are […]
DIGGSML is an XML-based schema designed for transfer of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data between different organizations. In 2013, the ASCE Geo-Institute was awarded a 2-year contract by the Ohio DOT to implement DIGGS. The current […]
The 1964 Alaska Earthquake was 9.2 in magnitude and caused dramatic destruction and dramatic examples of surface rupture, subsidence, and liquefaction. New paleoseismic evidence points to a previously unknown earthquake that happened on the same […]
The latest issue of Pile Buck Magazine has a cover story on the Panama Canal Construction. Talk about a mega project! There are actually two articles, the first includes a very nice summary of the […]
Leading Building Foundations Engineer Clyde Baker Joins GEI Consultants – Source: VPO Press Release Contractor announces details of repair work plan for the SR 99 tunneling machine – Source: WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct Hayward Baker […]
The cover story in the latest issue of LIDAR Magazine is titled Unearthing Landslides. It describes the work done by a company called Quantum Spatial in the immediate aftermath of the Oso Landslide. They were […]
It’s October 2 again, and today would have been Karl Terzaghi’s 131st birthday. As I was reflecting on Terzaghi and some of his quotes, I was reading a passage from Professor’s Goodman’s biography1 that described […]
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