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[ February 9, 2026 ] Underground Leak Sealing Restores Coal Terminal Operations Project Related
[ February 4, 2026 ] Ground investigation for civil infrastructure gets more robust with integration of lab and field geotechnical data Press Releases
[ February 4, 2026 ] Young Engineering Geologists Gain Valuable Career Momentum Through New Zealand Alliance Projects Geologic Hazards
[ January 27, 2026 ] Registration Open for DFI’s 51st Annual Conference Conferences
[ January 27, 2026 ] Yangtze River TBM Rescue Project Related

Taiwan earthquake-induced rockfall near-miss

Video of Earthquake Induced Rockfall Near-Miss in Eastern Taiwan

May 1, 2019 rockman Comments Off

A dashcam video caught a near miss with a huge boulder in the Taroko Gorge in Eastern Taiwan on April 18, 2019. The rockfall was triggered by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in the area, you […]

Webinar on Identifying and Reducing Landslide Risk

Webinar: Identifying and Reducing Landslide Risk

April 11, 2019 rockman Comments Off

The American Geosciences Institute is hosting a webinar on Identifying and Reducing Landslide Risk on April 17, 2019 at 1:00 pm EDT. In this webinar, experts in landslide characterization, mapping, and risk reduction discuss landslide impacts […]

Semi-truck strikes geotechnical drill rig near Chico, Washington

Semi Crashes Into Geotechnical Drilling Site in Washington State

April 9, 2019 rockman Comments Off

A Washington DOT geotechnical crew drilling along Highway 3 Near Chico, Washington narrowly avoided disaster when a semi-truck crashed into their work zone on March 19, 2019. The crew heard the semi bearing down on […]

Golder Brings Home Gold and Silver at ACEC Washington Awards

April 8, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Golder was a team member on three Best-in-State Gold and Silver award-winning projects at the ACEC Washington Awards Gala. Among these was the I-90 Snowshed to Keechelus Dam Phase 1C project, part of the Snoqualmie Pass […]

Miscellaneous

Lack of Geotechnical Investigation Cause of Major Overrun on Muskrat Transmission Line

April 5, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Engineers for a 1,100 km (683 miles) transmission line in Newfoundland performed only a desktop geotechnical study with no field investigation or ground truthing. As you might expect, foundation conditions were not what they assumed […]

Driving precast concrete piles for a bridge abutment

Applications Being Accepted for DFI’s Women in Deep Foundations Professional Development Grants

April 5, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, N.J. (April 1, 2019): The DFI Educational Trust and the DFI Women in Deep Foundations Committee are awarding five grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design and/or construction of deep foundations to […]

Tensar Triax geogrid with separation geotextile

Tensar’s SpectraPave Design Challenge

March 27, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Tensar is giving away a $500 Amazon gift card as part of their SpectraPave Design software challenge. All you have to do is download the free software for design of geogrid subgrade improvement beneath pavements, […]

2017 Karl Terzaghi Award Lecture by Kerry Rowe

Livestream 2019 Geo-Congress Keynotes

March 26, 2019 rockman Comments Off

The 2019 Geo-Congress Conference from ASCE’s Geo-Institute is underway in Philadelphia. It may be too late for you to attend in person, but you can livestream several of the keynote lectures! It looks like Sunday’s […]

Pit slope failure in marble quarry in Turkey

Pit Slope Failure in Turkish Marble Quarry

March 20, 2019 rockman Comments Off

A spectacular landslide/pit slope failure was caught on video in a marble quarry in the Orhaneli district of Bursa. The failure happened on March 13, 2019 (as far as I can tell), and fortunately, there […]

Ted Brown and Evert Hoek, creators of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion.

Golder Celebrates Retirement of Rock Mechanics Legend Ted Brown

March 13, 2019 rockman Comments Off

Geological engineers around the world recognize the name Ted Brown who, along with Dr. Evert Hoek, developed the Hoek-Brown failure criterion for characterizing the strength of heavily jointed rock masses. Brown recently turned 80 and […]