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Speargun Projectile Penetrometer – Yes Please!

August 29, 2024 rockman Comments Off

The “speargun projectile penetrometer” (SPP) is sure to be on every geotechnical engineer’s Christmas list! PhD student Junlin Rong and his advisor, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Majid Nazem, both of RMIT University, were the lead […]

An AI Chat with Terzaghi?

August 28, 2024 rockman Comments Off

What would you ask Karl Terzaghi if you could talk to him? Maybe how he came up with his famous effective stress principles? What did he think of Ralph Peck? Duck Face or Kissy Face? […]

3D subsurface data for a USACE Dam Project

Dataforensics and USACE are Bentley Award Finalists for Subsurface Modeling

August 26, 2024 rockman Comments Off

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has partnered with Dataforensics to implement an enterprise subsurface data management system that will provide a myriad of benefits across their organization. The project involved the digitization of millions […]

Landslide Dam and Breach in BC

August 25, 2024 rockman Comments Off

A landslide blocked the Chilcotin River in BC, Canada about 285 km north of Vancouver on July 30, 2024 and subsequently breached on August 5, 2024. The landslide dam breach raised the level of the […]

Deep Injections Arrest Settlement of Tilt-Up Building and Retaining Wall

July 31, 2024 rockman Comments Off

SlabJack Geotechnical recently tackled a challenging project in Everett, Washington, where a two-year-old tilt-up panel building faced serious subsidence issues. The building, which featured a 30-foot fill CMU block retaining wall, had settled by 2.5 […]

The Eagle Has Sunken Into the Lunar Surface

July 21, 2024 rockman Comments Off

Did you know there were geotechnical engineers evaluating the bearing capacity and settlement potential of the lunar surface for the Apollo 11 mission? There were some prominent scientists in NASA at the time that thought […]

GEO5 2024 Update Released

June 10, 2024 rockman Comments Off

The geotechnical software program, GEO5, has recently been updated with a host of new features as part of their mid-year 2024 update. This includes a significant update to their Prefab Wall program for modeling modular […]

Rocscience to Honor Harry Poulos

May 1, 2024 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical software company Rocscience will present Professor Harry Poulos with a Lifetime Achievement Award at their 2025 Conference in Sydney. The Rocscience International Conference 2025 (RIC2025) will be held April 6-8, 2025 and will be […]

2023 Black’s Beach Landslide Video – EPIC!

April 29, 2024 rockman Comments Off

I recently came across some a fascinating EPIC video that captured a landslide more or less from start to finish, a span of around 6 minutes. The landslide occurred in San Diego County, California at […]

Sixense North America Launches New Website

April 29, 2024 rockman Comments Off

Sixense Northern America, a leading provider of monitoring and asset management services, announces the launch of their new website. The new website reflects Sixense’s dedication to delivering high-quality, real-time monitoring services across the continent. As […]