Geotechnical Asset Management, Implementation Concepts and Strategies

February 1, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Central Federal Lands (CFL) division of the FHWA has published a new manual on Geotechnical Asset Management. Here’s the abstract: The purpose of transportation asset management is to meet life-cycle performance goals (safety, mobility, […]

Scott Deaton of Dataforensics shows off an early version of pLog v7 software on a Panasonic Toughpad

Dataforensics shows off early version of pLog 7 on Rugged Tablet

January 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off

GeoPrac sponsor Dataforensics just tweeted a photo of their President, Scott Deaton showing off an early version of their pLog v7 software running on a Panasonic Toughpad ruggedized tablet. I know they are working hard […]

New Rock Toppling Software coming from Rockscience

January 9, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Geological and geotechnical engineering software vendor Rockscience, makers of Dips, Swedge, Slide, Examine3D and other products is entering beta testing for their newest product, RocTopple to analyze the rock toppling failure mode. According to RockScience, […]

SuperGIS Engine 3.1 Beta Version Released

December 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The new SuperGIS Engine 3.1 Beta allows Windows developers to incorporate GIS functionality into their programs using COM components. From their press release: As the core development of SuperGIS software, SuperGIS Engine 3.1 can be […]

No earth pressures, please!

December 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Deep Excavation, LLC has an excellent blog post on how geotechnical engineers should provide geotechnical parameters for use by a shoring designer. Mr. Konstantakos notes that most of us geotechnical engineers provide only lateral earth […]

3D Imagery for Austin Texas in the New Google Earth 7

Introducing Google Earth 7

December 5, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Google released Google Earth 7 last month. The major new feature is their 3D Imagery feature that allows for scary realistic 3D views of cityscapes…until you zoom in tight. Another new feature is a tour […]

Contaminated soil remediation by Moretrench

Geotechnical construction methods to control contaminated soil and groundwater

November 29, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Excavations in an urban environment often encounter contaminated soil and/or groundwater. GeoPrac sponsor Moretrench is an expert in geotechnical construction methods for preventing the contamination from entering or leaving a site. In a recent blog […]

Sample Guide Specifications for Construction of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge System (GRS-IBS)

November 21, 2012 rockman Comments Off

This guide was issued to provide guidelines for construction of the geosynthetic reinforced soilintegrated bridge system (GRS-IBS). Refer to Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System Interim Implementation Guide for GRS-IBS design and construction guidelines. This […]

Geotechnical Activity Index

November 14, 2012 rockman 2

Deep Excavation, the makers of shoring design software, DeepXcav, are reporting on the Geotechnical Activity Index, that they describe as: The geotechnical activity index is a new index that reports on the geotechnical potential in […]

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

APE develops Helical Pile systems

November 9, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Well-known pile hammer manufacturer APE has purchased technology for driving and coupling large diameter helical piles that could help make this technology more mainstream. Rather than pounding the pile into the ground, the steel drill […]

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