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Bute Inlet Landslide and Tsunami in BC

June 28, 2021 rockman Comments Off

A massive November 2020 landslide and glacial lake outburst near Bute Inlet in BC created a seismic signal equivalent to a 4.9 magnitude earthquake! On November 28, 2020, at about 6 a.m., approximately 18.5 million […]

Cone penetration testing rig courtesy of ConeTec

TRB CPT Webinar on June 29, 2021

June 27, 2021 rockman Comments Off

The Transportation Research Board will be hosting a webinar entitled “One Pack to Rule Them All-The Cone Penetration Test Expansion Pack” on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, from 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern. The webinar will identify available […]

GBA Updates Guide to Third-Party Reliance

June 24, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Third-party reliance is a legal concept that is important for all practicing geoengineers to understand. We produce work products meant for a specific client and a specific purpose. But what if a third party wants […]

What’s Your Biggest Geotechnical Data Challenge?

June 24, 2021 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

June 6, 1944 - D-Day Invasion at Normandy

How Geotechnical Engineering Influenced the D-Day Invasion

June 1, 2021 rockman Comments Off

When the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy on the Battle of D-Day, most people would not have considered geotechnical engineering as having played much of a role. But leading up to this historic day, […]

Kimberly Martin - Senior Engineer for Innovation and Sustainability at Keller North America

Keller Has New Innovation and Sustainability Engineer

June 1, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Although sustainability is a hot topic in engineering, I still don’t hear the word discussed too much when it comes to project meetings and owner requirements. But Keller seems to be sensing a change in […]

Try Novo Tech’s Cloud-Based Borehole Logging & Geotechnical Data Management Platform Free for 60 days

May 6, 2021 rockman Comments Off

The latest cloud offering in geotechnical engineering software is iLOG Online from GeoPrac.net sponsor, Novo Tech. You can create boring logs, well installation diagrams, stratigraphic cross-sections, and even access SPT correlations or perform soil liquefaction […]

sensemetrics connectivity and cloud management solutions for distributed sensor networks.

Bentley Systems Announces Acquisitions of sensemetrics and Vista Data Vision, Leaders Respectively in Software for Infrastructure Instrumentation and Sensor Management

May 3, 2021 rockman Comments Off

EXTON, Pa. – April 29, 2021: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced its acquisitions of sensemetrics (agreement executed) and Vista Data Vision (closed), leading providers of software for Internet of Things (IoT) […]

Golder is Now Part of WSP

April 15, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Golder announced on April 7, 2021, that it has officially joined WSP! The roughly 7,000 Golder employees worldwide join WSP’s 54,000 employees. Combined, they will number over 14,000 environmental experts globally “dedicated to accelerating the […]

Screenshot from an early DOS version of Dips

30+ Years of Dips Software Development

April 15, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Engineering geologists and geological engineers are likely familiar with the stereonet software, Dips, by Rocscience. It is a great tool for plotting orientations of geological data from borehole or surface data. It’s hard to believe […]