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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

Micropiles supported excavation beneath the historic Andrew Mellon Building in Washington, D.C.

September/October 2017 Issue of Deep Foundations Magazine

October 10, 2017 rockman Comments Off

The latest issue of Deep Foundations Magazine is available online from the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI). The September/October 2017 issue cover story is about the 2017 OPA Winning Project – The Expansion and Preservation of […]

Alex Rutledge, PE, PG, and Robert Indri, PE of Schnabel Engineering's New Seattle Office

Schnabel Engineering Opens Seattle Office

October 10, 2017 rockman Comments Off

Schnabel Engineering has opened a new office in the Pacific Northwest to service their dam engineering clients. Two dam engineers from their Greensboro, N.C. office relocated there to get it established. They have been working for […]

Webinar: Scheduling Reports and Analysis in HoleBASE SI – October 13th

October 7, 2017 rockman Comments Off

More and more of Keynetix’ customers are using the electronic scheduling tool in HoleBASE SI. Although the tool is easy to use there are a number of considerations that should be made when communicating your […]

Webinar: Quick Lists and Advanced Description Builder in HoleBASE SI – October 6

September 30, 2017 rockman Comments Off

This webinar is a guide to the three different approaches that can be used to create your lithology descriptions within HoleBASE SI. UK users have entered their geology descriptions into a free form text field […]

Guidance for Stabilizing Slopes for Non-Geotechs

September 27, 2017 rockman Comments Off

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a technical brief that determines effective methods for stabilizing damaged roadway slopes. These methods could be used for local non-geotechnical engineers (ie. maintenance personnel) to identify the type […]

Webinar: Quick Sections and Site Plans in HoleBASE SI – September 29

September 26, 2017 rockman Comments Off

Phil Child will give a brief introduction on how to create Site Plans and Quick Sections in HoleBASE SI Professional and how to store section parameters and locations for future use. In the second half […]

Armchair Geotech – Possible Hydro-Collapse at School Site?

September 25, 2017 rockman Comments Off

Raghu on the Geotechnical Engineers Linkedin Group has a problem. A new school site (location not disclosed) was built with cut and fill methods at a location where the winter ground water table is only […]

Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Slope Supporting a Rail Line, Strata Geosynthetics

Strata’s New Geotechnical Software for GRS Design

September 21, 2017 rockman Comments Off

Strata Systems, Inc. has released StrataPro™ geotechnical software for design of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) structures. The software is free, available upon request from Strata Systems. More at Geosynthetica.net: Strata’s New Geotechnical Software Focuses on GRS Design

Digitilt AT Inclinometer Equipment from DGSI Slope Indicator

DGSI Offers Inclinometer Trade-in Program

September 21, 2017 rockman Comments Off

DGSI, known for their Slope Indicator inclinometer equipment, announced a trade-in program of up to $3,500 in credit towards their new Digitilt AT System. Their new system features new solid-state MEMS technology, a Bluetooth cable reel […]

ISSMGE Releases Manual Discussing its Open Access Policy

September 14, 2017 rockman Comments Off

The ISSMGE has made a commitment to making their journal and conference papers free to the geoengineering community, including over 10,000 papers dating back to 1936! I am posting the entire letter from my friend […]