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Design Guidelines for Horizontal Drains Used for Slope Stabilization

June 17, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Washington State Department of Transportation has released a report that provides a reference for geotechnical engineers and hydrogeologists on designing horizontal drainage systems to improve slope stability. Here’s the report abstract: The presence of […]

Using the Existing Pavement In-Place and Achieving Long Life

June 11, 2013 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Renewal Project R23 has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Using the Existing Pavement In-Place and Achieving Long Life that describes a procedure for […]

Engineering Geology and Geotechnics Lecture Videos from Missouri S&T

May 31, 2013 rockman 1

Missouri S&T (known as UM Rolla a while back) has a number of courses that are available through their YouTube channel. One such course is their GeoEng 341 course, Engineering Geology and Geotechnics taught by […]

USGS TNM Topographic Data as viewed in AlpineQuest.

USGS Topo Data on the Go

May 31, 2013 rockman 2

The USGS issued a press release at the beginning of May highlighting the possibility of accessing USGS topo maps and other USGS imagery on mobile devices such as Android, iPhone and iPad. The USGS is […]

Overview of Novo Tech Geotechnical Software Programs

May 29, 2013 rockman Comments Off

GeoPrac.net sponsor Novo Tech Software recently released this video that gives an overview of their company and all of their various geotechnical software products. Very impressive, check it out!

Extraction of Layer Properties from Intelligent Compaction Data

May 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The TRB/NCHRP has a new publication out: TRBâ€™s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Final Report for NCHRP-IDEA Project 145: Extraction of Layer Properties from Intelligent Compaction Data examines a […]

Business centre on Krasnoselskaya. Moscow, Nizhnaya Krasnoselskaya str. Retaining systems-secant piles, sheet-pile, bracing and excavation.

Unconservative designs with AASHTO LRFD for deep excavations

May 14, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Dimitrios at Deep Excavation LLC wrote this article a couple of months ago for his monthly newsletter. He contends that for multi-level braced excavations, the AASHTO LRFD code could produce unconservative results. From his article: […]

Geofoam blocks in a slope stability application

Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects

April 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off

A new publication was released from the TRB’s NCHRP program on Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects. TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 380: Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability […]

The Terrainator

March 13, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I came across this interesting website recently. The Terrainator (is that a nod to Phineas and Ferb?) uses digital elevation model data to create a 3-D model that it can export to a site called […]

NCEES Needs Geotechnical Engineers for Survey

February 28, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I received an email today from the Arizona Chapter of the Geo-Institute relaying a plea for help from NCEES, the National Council for Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. Every 5 years they survey practicing civil […]