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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

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 […]

Material Models in GEO5 FEM Webinar

March 22, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Fine Software is hosting a webinar on Material Models in GEO5 FEM on March 30, 2022 at 10:00 AM CET. Topics will include: Elastic models Elasto-plastic material models Strain Hardening, strain softening Critical state models, […]

RocFall3 Is Coming in April 2022

March 16, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical software company Rocscience is building the hype ahead of the launch of their newest product, RocFall3. The program will extend their popular 2d rockfall simulation software to the next dimension, allowing assessment of complex […]

Nicholson Anchor Webinar Today!

March 16, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Sorry for the short notice, but Nicholson Construction is hosting a webinar titled “60 Minute Variations For Anchor Use” at 1pm Eastern time today, March 16, 2022. They plan to take a deep dive into […]

Origins of the Hong Kong Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO)

March 8, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The Hong Kong Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) runs perhaps the best-known landslide safety and slope monitoring programs in the world. The BBC recently profiled this organization and their work in a recent article that should […]

Free Gravity and MSE Wall Design Software – RRWall+

March 8, 2022 rockman Comments Off

Designing gravity or MSE retaining walls with the attractive Redi-Rock precast modular block (PMB) facing just got a lot easier! The latest version of RRWall+ design software was created by Fine Software, GeoPrac.net sponsors, and […]

Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME) Webinars

March 2, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The FHWA’s Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME) series of webinars is part of their Every Day Counts Initiative. For the past year and a half or so, they have been organizing these excellent webinars […]

Ground Engineering Awards 2021 Highlights

February 26, 2022 rockman Comments Off

The 2021 Ground Engineering Awards were held in London on November 23 at the Brewery. The awards “bring together the leaders in the [geotechnical] industry to celebrate achievements in terms of projects, people and businesses…” […]

The Geology of Curling Stones

February 17, 2022 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

Sustainable Initiatives in Geosynthetics

February 10, 2022 rockman Comments Off

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 […]