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Bentley 2021 YII Geotechnical Award Finalists

Every year Bentley celebrates the best in the construction industry with the Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards. The finalists in the geotechnical category have been announced, and project videos are scheduled to launch very soon. […]

Thatcher Foundations
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Thatcher Foundations Celebrates 75 Years

The Chicago skyline and waterfront have been shaped with the help of deep foundations from Thatcher Foundations. The geotechnical construction company was started in 1946 by Harry Thatcher, a World War II Veteran of the […]

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Celebrate Terzaghi Day with His Grandson, Sergei

Happy Belated Terzaghi Day! Every October 2, the geotechnical community remembers Karl Terzaghi on his birthday to commemorate his contributions to our profession and to civil engineering in general. This year, the Geo-Institute of ASCE […]

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Golder is Now Part of WSP

Golder announced on April 7, 2021, that it has officially joined WSP! The roughly 7,000 Golder employees worldwide join WSP’s 54,000 employees. Combined, they will number over 14,000 environmental experts globally “dedicated to accelerating the […]

2017 Karl Terzaghi Award Lecture by Kerry Rowe
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2021 Award Winners from the Geo-Institute

The Geo-Institute of ASCE presents a number of prestigious awards every year to deserving members of the geotechnical engineering community. Congratulations to this year’s awardees: Karl Terzaghi Lecturer – Gregory B. Baecher, Ph.D. P.E., NAE, M.ASCE […]

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Golder Celebrates 60 Years of Excellence!

Golder is celebrating it’s 60th anniversary this year! Speaking personally, this is an amazing company with some truly amazing and talented individuals in the organization. This video does a great job giving you a flavor […]

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Geo-Institute 2019-2020 awards

The Geo-Institute presents several prestigious awards every year at the annual Geo-Congress conference. These awards are named after the founding fathers of our profession, men like Terzaghi and Peck. Here are the winners for 2019-2020.

Jim Cahill is inducted into the ADSC Hall of Fame
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Jim Cahill inducted into ADSC Hall of Fame

Jim Cahill, a long-time executive with Case Foundation Company (now Keller North America) was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC) at their annual meeting in January. Jim […]