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[ November 19, 2020 ] Polyurethane Grout Curtains Solve Seepage Problems Project Related
[ November 19, 2020 ] Golder’s Tunnelling Expertise Recognised by the Tunnelling Association of Canada Press Releases
[ November 19, 2020 ] Keller announces the creation of Keller Women in Construction Press Releases
[ November 10, 2020 ] Rocscience Landslide Case Study with 5 Programs Available Resources
[ November 2, 2020 ] Bentley Accelerate Webinars on Plaxis and OpenGround Start November 4, 2020 Available Resources

Neshoba Spillway Remediation using TerraThane Polyurethane Grout

Polyurethane Grout Curtains Solve Seepage Problems

November 19, 2020 rockman 0

Two recent projects using TerraThane™ geotechnical polyurethane grout were successful in solving seepage problems. TerraThane™ is a two-part geotechnical polymer that when mixed at the injection location, expands to many times its initial volume and […]

Golder’s Tunnelling Expertise Recognised by the Tunnelling Association of Canada

November 19, 2020 rockman 0

Golder, along with a multidisciplinary team of firms, was recognised with the Tunnelling Association of Canada’s (TAC) 2020 Canadian Project of the Year Award (under $100M). The honour was presented for the Riverside Stormwater Interceptor […]

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Keller announces the creation of Keller Women in Construction

November 19, 2020 rockman 0

Hanover, MD, November 18, 2020 – Keller announces the creation of Keller Women in Construction. As part of Keller’s commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, an employee resource group, Keller Women in Construction (KWIC) […]

Analyzing a Pile Stabilized Slope - From Rocscience

Rocscience Landslide Case Study with 5 Programs

November 10, 2020 rockman 0

Rocscience has a suite of geotechnical software packages that are commonly used for slope stability analysis. At a Deep Foundations Institute virtual conference in August of 2020, a team from Rocscience participated in a panel […]

Bentley Accelerate Webinars on Plaxis and OpenGround Start November 4, 2020

November 2, 2020 rockman 0

Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure (YII) 2020 conference may be over, but their Accelerate Webinar series of live and on-demand webinars are just getting going. For geotechnical engineers, the primary webinars of interest will be on […]

Video: Mountain Scale Landslide in Kyrgyzstan

November 2, 2020 rockman 0

This video shows a huge landslide appear to take out a portion of an entire mountain. It must have been a sight to behold…and the rumbling is quite ominous. The title of the video notes […]

Golder Wins Bentley YII Award for Hong Kong Tunnel Project

October 29, 2020 rockman 0

Golder was the recipient of the 2020 Bentley Year in Infrastructure (YII) Award in the category of Going Digital in Geotechnical Engineering for their work on the Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL) Tunnel, Southern […]

Groundhog - A geotechnical Python Package

Geotechnical Python Package – Groundhog

October 29, 2020 rockman 0

A new Python package is available for performing a variety of geotechnical calculations. The package, called Groundhog, was created by Bruno Stuyts, a Belgian professor. Professor Stuyts describes his project in a LinkedIn article where […]

Advances in Unstable Slope Instrumentation and Monitoring

October 13, 2020 rockman 0

TRB has published a new Synthesis Report entitled Advances in Unstable Slope Instrumentation and Monitoring. From the official description: Geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring technologies have been used to inform safety, operational, and treatment decisions for […]

How Will You Celebrate Karl Terzaghi’s Birthday?

October 2, 2020 rockman 0

Every October 2, geotechnical engineers celebrate the birthday of Karl Terzaghi, generally considered to be the father of soil mechanics. So how will you celebrate this year? Need some ideas? The Geo-Institute will be hosting […]