Livestream the Keynotes from GeoCongress 2022!

March 22, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The Geo-Institute’s GeoCongress 2022 conference in Charlotte North Carolina is well underway. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend this year, but I don’t have to miss out on this year’s keynote speakers, and neither do […]

Geological Survey of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering Project

Winning Geotechnical Project for Bentley YII Awards

January 5, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Every year Bentley Systems hosts the Year in Infrastructure (YII) awards, and in 2021, the theme was on “Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure”. There were three excellent project finalists in the geotechnical category, and the […]

Geo-Extreme 2021: Free Livestream of Keynote Lectures

November 8, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Today was the first day of Geo-Extreme 2021 conference in Savannah Georgia sponsored by the Geo-Institute. If you aren’t attending, you can still tune in to the livestream of a few of the keynote lectures. […]

Bentley 2021 YII Geotechnical Award Finalists

November 4, 2021 rockman Comments Off

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. […]

Lightweight Fill Virtual Conference 2021

Lightweight Fill Virtual Conference (Oct. 19-21)

October 18, 2021 rockman Comments Off

There is still time to attend the Lightweight Fill Conference in virtual format! You can register at the conference website. As far as attendance goes, the registration fees are modest for attending, only $50. Proceeds […]

2022 Slope Stability Symposium Update

February 3, 2021 rockman Comments Off

The 2022 Slope Stability Symposium will be in Tucson, Arizona (my hometown) from October 17 to 21, 2022 at the beautiful Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa. Mark your calendars! It’s hard to imagine in […]

2021 Lightweight Fill Conference – Call for Abstracts

December 29, 2020 rockman Comments Off

A virtual conference on Lightweight Fill will be held on October 20-21, 2021. Lightweight fill materials are materials that have a lower unit weight than the unit weight of locally available compacted natural soil fill. […]

Seequent to Host Virtual Geoscience Technology Conference – Lyceum 2020, September 23

September 3, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Global software company Seequent is bringing industry leaders together for a unique virtual experience – Lyceum 2020, The Power of Connection. The live stream event will explore how effective digital collaboration increases the ability to […]

Live Stream Terzaghi and Peck Lectures from Geo-Congress 2020

February 27, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Couldn’t attend the Geo-Institute’s Geo-Congress 2020 conference in Minneapolis? You can still live stream the prestigous Terzaghi Lecture and Peck Lecture. For links to the streams, visit the Geo-Congress Live Stream web site. The remaining […]

Fugro Wins Pile-Driving Prediction Contest With Machine-Learning

February 13, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Fugro defeated 60 other teams from industry and academia in a contest to predict pile driving blowcount vs. depth for jacket piles installed in the North Sea. The contest ran from April to December of […]

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