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Thatcher Foundations Celebrates 75 Years

November 3, 2021 rockman Comments Off

The Chicago skyline and waterfront have been shaped with the help of deep foundations from Thatcher Foundations. The geotechnical construction company was started in 1946 by Harry Thatcher, a World War II Veteran of the […]

GeoGirl – Fighting Geohazards Since 2016!

October 29, 2021 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

Lessons Yet to be Learned on Tailings Dam Failures

October 29, 2021 rockman Comments Off

The keynote address at the 2019 Tailings & Mine Waste conference was presented by Terry Eldridge of Golder. Terry described the lessons learned from the tailings dam failures around the world in recent years. He […]

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 […]