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We are at the end of National Engineer’s Week in the US, and as I was digging through the recesses of my 18 years of GeoPrac content, I came across a gem of an article […]
The Twin Towers are known to the world for their tragic end on September 11, 2001. However geotechnical engineers also know that the foundation design and construction for these landmark structures was particularly complex and […]
My hat goes off to Terracon as their Terracon Foundation provided nearly $400k in grants and donations in 2022. That’s a remarkable number and something that should be celebrated across our industry. You guys have […]
Helical piles have been a relatively new kid on the block since the mid to late 2000’s. In a recent DFI Rumble YouTube video series episode, Dr. Kevin Johnson and Ross McGillivray go toe-to-toe to […]
I don’t know about you, but my family has been very interested in the unique sport of Olympic Curling at this year’s 2022 Winter Olympics. Did you know that 70 percent of the world’s curling […]
Geosynthetics manufacturers around the world are trying to find ways to use more recycled plastics in their products, to use greener energy to produce their products, and to find more and better ways to recycle […]
A recent blog post from the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, better known as AEG, gives students and recent grads in geology and geotechnical or geological engineering some great tips. Anyone looking to start […]
The comic book superhero GeoGirl fights to protect the public from geohazard villains such as Dick Clay and Lance Lied! These entertaining geotechnical comic books are developed by San Francisco Bay Area geotechnical engineering firm […]
How do the foundation configurations compare for six of the world’s tallest skyscrapers? The folks at Groundworks, a residential and commercial foundation repair company, put together this sweet infographic to answer just that! Source: How […]
Bentley Systems, the makers of OpenGround, PLAXIS, and gINT, want to know what is your biggest geotechnical data challenge? They have been sharing a variety of strategies and examples of managing geotechnical data on recent […]
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