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Dynamic compaction for ground improvement

Jie Han Seeks Feedback on Ground Improvement Book

August 2, 2025 rockman Comments Off

Professor Jie Han is seeking feedback on the second edition of his Ground Improvement book. See his LinkedIn Post below. If you’re a geotechnical engineer looking to sharpen your understanding of ground improvement techniques, Principles […]

World Record Rockfall Barrier Test – 12,500 kJ!

July 11, 2025 rockman Comments Off

Geobrugg recently hit another milestone with a world record test on their RXE-12500 Rockfall Barrier. It absorbed a total of over 14,000 kJ of energy, with 12,500 kJ of impact energy taken by the system […]

Attenuator instrumentation by Landslide Technologies

Cool Geohazard Instrumentation Project

July 9, 2025 rockman Comments Off

I just had to highlight this cool geohazard instrumentation project undertaken by Landslide Technology (Cornforth Consultants). It involves installing instrumentation on several attenuator systems along the Ketchum-Challis Highway north of Stanley, ID for the FHWA. I […]

New Guidance for Wind Turbine Foundations

July 7, 2025 rockman Comments Off

A new technical report on Cyclic Degradation in the Geotechnical Design of Wind Turbine Foundations has been released by the American Clean Power Association. The draft report reviews the behavior of foundation support geomaterials under […]

NZGS Looking For Comments on Slope Stability Document

April 30, 2025 rockman Comments Off

The New Zealand Geotechnical Society has been producing some excellent geotechnical reference and design guidance documents. Their most recent, Slope Stability Guidance Unit 3, was released this month in draft form, and they are looking […]

Richard Goodman, legendary rock mechanics professor from Berkeley

In Memoriam: Richard Goodman (1935-2025)

April 7, 2025 rockman Comments Off

Richard E. Goodman, a distinguished faculty member at UC Berkeley from 1964 to 1994, passed away at the age of 90 in Anchorage, Alaska. His remarkable career and contributions to the fields of rock mechanics […]

BlockSync block model in Leapfrog showing estimated gold grade variability alongside drilling

Introducing Seequent Evo: Redefining Geoscience Collaboration and Data Management for Faster and Smarter Decision-Making

March 7, 2025 rockman Comments Off

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, today introduced Seequent Evo, a powerful cloud-based platform designed to help Seequent users, and the broader geoscience community, collaborate and manage data centrally for faster, smarter decision-making. Seequent Evo provides […]