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Cellular concrete backfill behind an MSE retaining wall

TRB Webinar: Updates to MSE Retaining Wall Design Procedures

September 3, 2020 rockman Comments Off

AASHTO bridge design specifications were updated this year, with the largest change to designs for Mechanically-Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls in more than 20 years. TRB will host a webinar on Thursday, October 8, 2020 from […]

Guidelines for Management of Landslide Hazards for Pipelines

September 2, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Geosyntec and Golder have teamed up with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) to produce a reference manual: “Guidelines for Management of Landslide Hazards for Pipelines“. This guidance document is the result of […]

TerraThane 24-042 is used to Stabilize a 14′ Stormwater Culvert in North Carolina

August 20, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Problem There’s an old saying, “If you have a 14′ stormwater drain that has some severe voids behind it, then you’re asking for trouble if you don’t fix it!” That’s not actually an old saying, […]

Sequential analysis of an excavation with a tie-back wall in GeoStudio Sigma/W

Seequent reinvents geotechnical analysis with new GeoStudio Core

August 20, 2020 rockman Comments Off

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, 19 August 2020 – High-growth geoscience software company Seequent today announced the release of GeoStudio Core. GeoStudio Core combines updated SLOPE/W and SEEP/W with a new, completely reformulated SIGMA/W product. These major upgrades allow geotechnical engineers […]

Geo-Institute: Cross-Country Lecturer – Bob Bachus

August 10, 2020 rockman Comments Off

In case you missed it, Dr. Bob Bachus from Geosyntec is this year’s Geo-Institute Cross-Country Lecturer. He gave a live presentation on the G-I’s Youtube channel recently on Geotechnical Data Management. Read more about Bob’s […]

RECo MSE Wall at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

RECo MSE Wall Supports Rocket Launches

August 10, 2020 rockman Comments Off

There is a neat little blurb in Roads and Bridges magazine on a small mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Coast of Virginia. The wall was designed and […]

An earthquake-induced landslide in Puerto Rico in 2020

New GEER Report for January 2020 Puerto Rico Earthquake

August 10, 2020 rockman Comments Off

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association published their report last month on the January 7, 2020, Puerto Rico Earthquake. Here is the summary: A seismic sequence located along the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico […]

Webinar: The Role of Data in Transforming Geotechnical Engineering: COGGE Series

July 29, 2020 rockman Comments Off

We as geotechnical and geological engineers are in the midst of a data revolution. The way we collect, manage, and use data has changed dramatically over the past five to ten years, and I have […]

NovoGIS for plotting gINT data in Google Earth

NovoGIS Plots your gINT Data

July 9, 2020 rockman Comments Off

I’m a visual person, so having a nice way to look at and interpret my geotechnical data is something that is very important to me. I like the looks of NovoTech’s latest offering, NovoGIS, which […]

ASTM Geotechnical Updates by GeoPrac.net

ASTM Updates for July 9, 2020

July 9, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Those of us in the geotechnical profession use ASTM Standards on a daily basis. It’s hard to keep up with changes, so I have brought back a GeoPrac.net feature I had a number of years […]