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URETEK Rehabilitates Prison Rec Hall

An aging prison building in Fort Worth, Texas had seen areas of settlement as much as 7.5 inches inside the building. URETEK successfully implemented their URETEK Method to lift the sunken slabs and stabilize the […]

Shannon and Wilson Promotions for 2017
Comings and Goings

Shannon and Wilson Announces Promotions for 2017

Shannon & Wilson, an employee-owned consulting firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington and with 12 offices across North America, recently announced a series of promotions for 2017. The promotions, announced Jan. 10, are Christopher Darrah to […]

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New Member Benefit – The GOLD Course

The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has announced a new course offering for its members, Geoprofessional Operational Leadership Development (GOLD) Course. This course is targeted at new and emerging leaders, group leaders, office managers, regional managers, […]

Soil Nail Retaining Wall
Software Updates

SNAP-2 Soil Nail Wall Software Update

Version 3 of the Soil Nail Analysis Program (SNAP-2) has recently been released by the FHWA. It addresses the following issues identified in previous versions: The resolution of the search area when working at different […]

Failures

Tunnel Collapse Caught on Video

According to the site Geotechpedia, this tunnel failure occurred on November 29, 2016 around 9am (local time?). The tunnel is located in Yusufeli district of Erzurum in northeastern Turkey. It is somehow related to the […]

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Gèotechnique Top 5 Papers of 2016

As part of their Best of Research and Practice initiative, Gèotechnique has made their top five papers FREE to download until 22nd December. A constitutive modelling framework predicting critical state in sand undergoing crushing and […]