News

News, announcements, policy updates, spotlighted websites, software updates and other info that may be of interest to practicing geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geophysicists, hydrogeologists and related professions.

NovoGIS for plotting gINT data in Google Earth
Software Updates

NovoGIS Plots your gINT Data

July 9, 2020 rockman Comments Off on NovoGIS Plots your gINT Data

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
Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates for July 9, 2020

July 9, 2020 rockman Comments Off on ASTM Updates for July 9, 2020

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 […]

Expand your geologic sections onto multiple monitors with RockWorks 2020
Software Updates

RockWorks2020 What’s New

June 23, 2020 rockman Comments Off on RockWorks2020 What’s New

RocWare has released the 2020 version of its well-known geological modeling and visualization software package, RockWorks. RockWorks 2020 has a number of new features, including: New interface features, such a the ability to expand across […]

Comings and Goings

Geo-Institute 2019-2020 awards

June 11, 2020 rockman Comments Off on Geo-Institute 2019-2020 awards

The Geo-Institute presents several prestigious awards every year at the annual Geo-Congress conference. These awards are named after the founding fathers of our profession, men like Terzaghi and Peck. Here are the winners for 2019-2020.