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[ September 12, 2025 ] Ground Improvement Strategies: Insights from Recent Webinars Available Resources
[ September 11, 2025 ] DFI Announces 2025 Distinguished Service Award Recipient Press Releases
[ September 4, 2025 ] AASHTO Releases 45th Edition of Materials Standards: What Geotechnical Engineers Need to Know Standards and Codes
[ September 3, 2025 ] RSWall Webinar Recap: Advanced Gabion Wall Solutions with Rocscience and Maccaferri Available Resources
[ September 2, 2025 ] Nicholson Legends and Iconic Projects: A 70-Year Celebration of Geotechnical Excellence Available Resources

In Memoriam: Phil Gerhart, Founder of Gerhart Cole

June 3, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Utah-based geotechnical firm Gerhart Cole announced last week the passing of its founder, Phil Gerhart. By all accounts, Phil was a special human being and an excellent geotechnical engineer. My condolences go to his family, […]

WSP Acquires Wood E&I Business

June 1, 2022 rockman Comments Off

WSP has entered into an agreement to acquire the Environment & Infrastructure business (“E&I”) of John Wood Group plc. (Wood). The Wood E&I group consists of approximately 6,000 experts in 10 countries, that originated from […]

GEO5 2022 Updates - Slope Stability Water Flow Module

GEO5 Updates Including Water Flow Module

June 1, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The latest updates to the GEO5 suite of geotechnical software include a new module, Slope Stability – Water Flow that allows the determination of the pore pressures in the slope by using steady-state or transient groundwater seepage […]

Webinars: Migrating your Geotechnical Data Management to OpenGround

May 24, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Bentley is hosting two webinars this week on the migration path to OpenGround, their geotechnical data management platform. The first webinar is today, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 (so hurry and sign up) at 11:00 AM […]

DFI Rumble: Foundation Designer vs. Foundation Installer

May 11, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) has a new video / podcast series called DFI’s Rumble where they pit two representatives from the foundation industry who are typically on the oposite side of a project contract […]

Private equity firm Blackstone acquires stake in Geosyntec

Blackstone Energy Partners Announces Majority Investment in Geosyntec

May 11, 2022 rockman Comments Off

NEW YORK & BOCA RATON, Fla – May 10, 2022 – Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that Blackstone Energy Partners (“Blackstone”) has agreed to make a majority investment in Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (“Geosyntec”). Geosyntec is […]

Commercial plaza in Rybnik founded on DSM Columns

Deep Soil Mixing in Poland

April 27, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The March/April issue of Deep Foundation Magazine has an interesting article on deep soil mixing in Poland. The article is by Michał Topolnicki of Keller Polska, and is based on his keynote lecture presented at […]

Webinar: Snow Avalanche Dynamics and Impact

April 26, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The AGHP is sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, April 28 at 2pm EDT on snow avalanche dynamics and impact loading by Bruce Jamieson and Dave Gauthier. This webinar will provide an overview of snow avalanche […]

Tensar Triax geogrid with separation geotextile

Commercial Metals Completes Acquisition of Tensar Corporation

April 26, 2022 rockman Comments Off

IRVING, Texas, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) (“CMC”) today announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of TAC Acquisition Corp. (“Tensar”) from Castle Harlan, a New York-based private equity firm, for a cash […]

GroundProbe geotechnical monitoring experts

GroundProbe Opens Geotechnical Support Center in Indonesia

April 7, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical monitoring specialists, GroundProbe, have recently celebrated the relocation of their facilities and Geotechnical Support Service (GSS) center in Balikpapan, Indonesia. The center, which originally opened in 2012, provides 24/7 remote monitoring of radar and […]