Website links, new publications in geotechnical engineering and engineering geology and Google Earth related information can be found in this section.
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Users of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 who are looking for a way to import their geotechnical data into the program will be happy to note that Autodesk has launched a new Geotechnical Module add on […]
I stumbled across this great answer to that question from Geotechnical consulting firm Tierra Group International, LTD a geotechnical consulting firm servicing the mining industry: Mankind lives on the earth. Everything built, either originated from, […]
A thief stole a taxi at knife point in Brookings, Oregon recently, and then tried to escape when a police officer attempted to pull him over in the stolen vehicle. He ignored signs of a […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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