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Jean-Louis Briaud after giving a lecture to a Geo-Institute group in St. Louis in 2016

ASCE Election Results: Briaud to Be 2020 President-Elect

June 20, 2019 rockman 0

Jean-Louis Briaud will be the next President-Elect of ASCE. He is a well-known figure in geotechnical engineering and has been a dedicated servant of our profession. He will serve as President-Elect for 2020, and his […]

Team members from GSI evaluate one of the massive boulders that fell on Highway 145

Colorado Highway 145 Rockslide Mitigation

June 20, 2019 rockman 0

GeoStabilization international helped Colorado DOT get highway 145 reopened after two massive rocks rolled down the slope cutting an 8 foot trench across both lanes. GSI had a team of scalers helicoptered up to the […]

Video: Rockfall Mitigation on Vermont’s Interstates

June 13, 2019 rockman Comments Off

This is a great video by Vermont DOT that describes how scaling is used as part of their mitigation efforts for rockfall. If you have never seen how high scaling works, this gives you a […]

2019 Osterberg Lecture by Samuel Paikowsky: Capacity Testing of Deep Foundations Successes and Pitfalls

June 13, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Samuel Paikowsky, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and president of GeoDynamica Inc. delivered the 2019 DFI Osterberg Memorial Lecture at SuperPile ’19 in Seattle, May 2019. The title of […]

Josh Burcaw - Executive VP of the Geotechnical Division of NCFI Polyurethanes

Former CEO of National Soil Stabilization Services Company, Joshua Burcaw, Joins NCFI Polyurethanes

May 29, 2019 rockman Comments Off

MOUNT AIRY, NC—US Company, NCFI Polyurethanes, announced today Joshua Burcaw will join the company as executive vice president of its geotechnical division. Burcaw recently served as CEO of URETEK, ICR, a national soil and pavement […]

Jean-Louis Briaud (left) honored for his 2013 Osterberg Memorial Lecture

Jean-Louis Briaud Running for President of ASCE

May 28, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Jean-Louis Briaud, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, DIST.M.ASCE is running for the office of President of ASCE. Briaud is a past president of the Geo-Institute, and a past president of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and […]

S&ME Have New President and CEO, New CFO

May 28, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Matt Ryan has been announced as the CEO of geotechnical, civil, and environmental consulting firm S&ME. He was appointed as president of the firm in 2018 and now has assumed the role of president and […]

Huge boulders close Colorado Highway 145

House-size Boulders Close Colorado 145

May 28, 2019 rockman Comments Off

A rockfall event has closed Colorado Highway 145 in the southwest portion of the state after two house-sized boulders destroyed the full width of the highway pavement. The event occurred on Friday before the Holiday […]

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Bentley Systems Announces the Acquisition of Keynetix, Provider of Geotechnical Data Management Cloud Services

May 13, 2019 rockman Comments Off

EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced the acquisition of Keynetix, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based […]

Video: Geobrugg Rockfall Protection in Open Pit Mines

May 9, 2019 rockman Comments Off

The latest Geobruug newsletter talked about the variety of rockfall mitigation solutions they have installed at the Kanmantoo open pit mine in Australia in recent years. Those include flexible rockfall barriers, anchored mesh, rockfall attenuators, […]