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[ February 9, 2026 ] Underground Leak Sealing Restores Coal Terminal Operations Project Related
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[ February 4, 2026 ] Young Engineering Geologists Gain Valuable Career Momentum Through New Zealand Alliance Projects Geologic Hazards
[ January 27, 2026 ] Registration Open for DFI’s 51st Annual Conference Conferences
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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 […]

Prof. Paul Marinos of the University of Athens

Losing a Rock Mechanics Legend – Paul Marinos

October 12, 2021 rockman Comments Off

The international rock mechanics and engineering geology community has lost a great figure in Prof. Paul Marinos of the University of Athens. Prof. Marinos passed away last Sunday according to the International Association for Engineering […]

Geotech Leader Rocscience Acquires NovoTech Software

October 7, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical software provider Rocscience announced recently that they are acquiring NovoTech Software. […]

Celebrate Terzaghi Day with His Grandson, Sergei

October 4, 2021 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

About Drilled Shaft Verticality

October 4, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Drilled shaft foundations as well as retaining walls such as tangent and secant pile walls typically have a verticality requirement as part of the specifications. These requirements ensure that the moments and stresses in the […]

RS3 3D Finite Element Program for Slopes, Tunnels and Excavations

Rocscience Offers 2D & 3D Slope Stability Online Course

September 6, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical software company Rocscience is offering a 2-day, 8-hour online course in 2D and 3D slope Stability on October 26th and 27th, 2021. They are offering early bird pricing through September 17th, 2021, so go […]

Fatal landslide in George County, Mississippi after Hurricane Ida, credit Travis Long

Fatal Landslide Triggered by Hurricane Ida

September 3, 2021 rockman Comments Off

A portion of the embankment on MS26 in George County Mississippi failed after heavy rains and flooding caused by Hurricane Ida. It created a hole about 20 feet deep and 50 feet across late on […]

GI Cross-USA Lecture: Geotechnical Design for Design-Build

September 3, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Liz Smith of Terracon is the 2021-2021 GeoInstitute Cross-USA Lecturer. Check out her Geotechnical Design for Design-Build lecture presented a few weeks ago. Liz Smith, P.E., G.E., D.GE, M.ASCE is a Senior Principal and National […]

Leapfrog Works Integration Arrives for OpenGround

September 3, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical software company Bentley made waves when they acquired Seequent, the creators of Leapfrog Works geological modeling software. And now the love child of that union is finally being proudly shared with the geotechnical community. […]

New Features, Applications, and Case Studies with Dips Stereonet Software

August 30, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Rocscience hosted a webinar earlier this month on their Dips Stereonet Software. Miss Angela Li from Rocscience explained and demonstrated the latest features and applications of Dips while Dr. Trevor Carter from TGC GeoSolutions demonstrated […]