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Video: Anchored Bored Pile Wall in Lisbon, Portugal

September 9, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Keller posted a very cool drone video of a anchored bored pile wall in an urban area of Lisbon, Portugal. I don’t speak Portuguese, so I can’t read the captions, but the video speaks for […]

Bubble 3D stress and settlement calculator

New Geotechnical Freeware for Stress and Settlement – Bubble 3D

September 8, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Novo Tech has released Bubble 3D, a new freeware application for visualizing foundation stress and settlement distribution. It does not use Finite or Discrete elements, but instead, it discretizes the model into many soil elements […]

Seequent to Host Virtual Geoscience Technology Conference – Lyceum 2020, September 23

September 3, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Global software company Seequent is bringing industry leaders together for a unique virtual experience – Lyceum 2020, The Power of Connection. The live stream event will explore how effective digital collaboration increases the ability to […]

DFI Announces 2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer: David B. Paul, P.E.

September 3, 2020 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, N.J. (August 26, 2020): In 2018, DFI introduced the DFI Traveling Lecturer program to promote the field of geotechnical engineering and deep foundation construction by encouraging students to explore a career in the deep […]

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 […]