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[ February 20, 2019 ] Pittsburgh Begins String of Landslide Remediation Projects Totalling $8M Geologic Hazards
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[ February 15, 2019 ] New Manual on Subsurface Investigations Available Resources
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M. Gayle Packer, CEO and President of Terracon

Terracon Names Packer Chief Executive Officer and President

January 21, 2019 rockman 0

OLATHE, Kan. — Terracon is pleased to announce M. Gayle Packer is now chief executive officer and president of Terracon Consultants, Inc. This completes a deliberate, multiyear CEO succession process, and follows her appointment as president in […]

Video: Retaining Wall Collapse in Istanbul

January 15, 2019 rockman 0

Back in July of 2018 bystanders recorded video of the failure of a combination retaining wall and braced excavation that undermined an apartment building, eventually causing its collapse as well. The incident was in the Beyoglu […]

Video: Rockfall Near Miss at Spantik Basecamp

January 15, 2019 rockman 0

Some mountain climbers got the scare of their life when a huge, tabular boulder came flying down the mountain and barely missed striking the cameraman and then another person. It occurred at the base camp for […]

Video: Golder Holds Internal Technical Excellence Conference

January 7, 2019 rockman 0

Golder held an internal technical excellence conference, known as GTEC, late last year with over 200 participants from around the world. They selected 80 presenters from over 300 abstracts submitted. I was proud and humbled […]

Anak Krakatoa in early January, 2019 - BBC

New Landslide and Tsunami Fears at Anak Krakatoa in Indonesia

January 7, 2019 rockman 0

Fears of another landslide and possible tsunami are mounting for the Anak Krakatoa volcano in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia. Scientists with Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) have discovered new cracks that could be […]

Dinosaurs vs Volcano - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; © Universal Pictures, Fair Use

Terracon Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant for Geotechnical Laboratory

January 2, 2019 rockman 0

The Terracon Foundation announced a $100,000 grant to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) for a new geotechnical laboratory planned as part of the CEE […]

Geoparameters determined from CPT Testing

CPT Geotechnical Design Manual from Minnesota DOT

January 2, 2019 rockman 0

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report on how to utilize cone penetration testing (CPT) for a variety of geotechnical analysis and design tasks. These tasks, which are applicable both to state highways […]

Deadly Indonesian Tsunami was Triggered by Landslide, Study Suggests

December 18, 2018 rockman Comments Off

Until recently, scientists were puzzled why an earthquake of only 7.5 magnitude caused a devastating tsunami that killed over 2,000 people on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia in September of 2018. The earthquake didn’t […]

Raba Kistner Acquired by Austrailian Engineering Firm Construction Sciences

December 18, 2018 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical consulting engineering firm Raba Kistner announced that it has been acquired by Construction Sciences, PTY, LTD based in Brisbane, Australia for an undisclosed amount. Raba Kistner has been in existence for 50 years and […]