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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 […]

Retaining Wall Collapse on I-295 Project in Bellmawr, New Jersey

April 1, 2021 rockman Comments Off

An MSE Retaining Wall suffered a dramatic failure last week closing the right northbound lanes of I-295 indefinitely. The wall is part of the Direct Connection Project to reduce congestion on I-295/I-76/Route 42 in Bellmawr, […]

Fugro Reaches Agreement on Divestment of Seabed Geosolutions

March 30, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Fugro has reached a binding agreement with PXGEO Seismic Services Limited (PXGEO) to sell certain assets and the related business of its non-core subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions for USD 16 million (approximately EUR 14 million) in […]

Terracon Enhances Mid-Atlantic Presence with GET Solutions, Inc. Acquisition

March 14, 2021 rockman Comments Off

OLATHE, Kan. – Terracon is pleased to announce it has acquired GET Solutions, Inc. (GET). As their name represents, GET is a full-service geotechnical, environmental, and materials testing firm serving public- and private-sector clients throughout […]

Bentley Systems Enters into ~ $1.05 Billion Agreement to Acquire Seequent, Global Leader in 3D Modeling Software for the Geosciences

March 11, 2021 rockman Comments Off

EXTON, Pa. – March 11, 2021: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with investors led by Accel-KKR to acquire Seequent—a leader in software for […]

Ground improvement work at Hong Kong International Airport in November of 2020

Golder Retained as Geotechnical Advisor on Hong Kong International Airport Project

March 11, 2021 rockman Comments Off

Global engineering and environmental consulting firm Golder has been retained by the Hong Kong Airport Authority to be their geotechnical engineering advisor for the construction phase of the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) expansion project. […]