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[ August 16, 2026 ] DFI Webinar to Cover Transmission-Line Structures and Foundation Requirements Available Resources
[ August 16, 2026 ] Upcoming Webinar Looks at Engineering Concerns About Polyurethane Injection Available Resources
[ August 16, 2026 ] RSSeismic Adds Python Scripting and New Site-Response Capabilities Software Updates
[ August 9, 2026 ] Double Breakthrough Connects the Brenner Base Tunnel Beneath the Alps Project Related
[ August 9, 2026 ] Thermal Integrity Profiling Adds Another View of Drilled Shaft Quality Available Resources

DFI webinar on foundation requirements for electric transmission structures from 69 kV to 500 kV

DFI Webinar to Cover Transmission-Line Structures and Foundation Requirements

August 16, 2026 rockman 0

DFI’s September 10 webinar will introduce transmission-line structure types and foundation requirements for systems operating from 69 kV through 500 kV. […]

NCFI webinar on engineering concerns and specifications for geotechnical polyurethane injection

Upcoming Webinar Looks at Engineering Concerns About Polyurethane Injection

August 16, 2026 rockman 0

An upcoming NCFI webinar will address common engineering concerns about polyurethane injection, including project suitability, risk management, and specifications. […]

Diagram showing RSSeismic connected to Python libraries for automated seismic site-response analysis. Credit Rocscience.

RSSeismic Adds Python Scripting and New Site-Response Capabilities

August 16, 2026 rockman 0

RSSeismic v3 adds Python scripting, bi-directional ground motions, and a finite-element-based 1D site-response workflow. The scripting capability may be the bigger story for geotechnical software. […]

Tunnel workers meeting at the Brenner Base Tunnel breakthrough between Austria and Italy

Double Breakthrough Connects the Brenner Base Tunnel Beneath the Alps

August 9, 2026 rockman 0

Both main tubes of the Brenner Base Tunnel have broken through at the Austria-Italy border, about 1,400 meters below the Brenner Pass. […]

Reinforcing cages for drilled shafts tested using TIP and CSL

Thermal Integrity Profiling Adds Another View of Drilled Shaft Quality

August 9, 2026 rockman 0

Thermal Integrity Profiling uses heat from curing concrete to assess drilled shaft shape and integrity, providing information that can complement CSL and construction observations. […]

August 2025 landslide source area above Tracy Arm in Southeast Alaska

One Year Since the Tracy Arm Landslide Tsunami

August 9, 2026 rockman 0

One year after the Tracy Arm landslide generated a tsunami in Southeast Alaska, NOAA scientists are sharing what the event revealed about monitoring coastal geohazards. […]

50 Years Since the Teton Dam Failure

August 2, 2026 rockman 0

Fifty years after the catastrophic failure of Teton Dam, the case remains essential reading for lessons involving geology, seepage, filters, and dam safety. […]

APE large diameter helical piles, a relatively new deep foundation alternative

RSPile Adds Helical Pile Installation Torque Analysis

August 2, 2026 rockman 0

Rocscience has added helical pile installation torque analysis, C-Phi soil modeling, and expanded lateral earth pressure controls to RSPile. […]

Ralph Peck on Engineering Judgement (Video)

August 2, 2026 rockman 0

Ralph B. Peck explains how engineers can develop judgment through a sense of proportion, precedent, theory, varied experience, observation, and simple calculations. […]

Polyurethane 101: The Fundamentals. Webinar on March 31st, 2026

Polyurethane 101 Webinar Tomorrow, March 31

March 30, 2026 rockman Comments Off

Polyurethane is one of those technologies that seems simple on the surface. Drill, inject, lift. Done. But the performance really comes down to how it reacts in the ground and how it interacts with the […]