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[ August 23, 2026 ] Living Below an Unstable Alpine Slope Geologic Hazards
[ August 23, 2026 ] Remembering J. Michael Duncan, a Geotechnical Engineering Legend In Memoriam
[ August 16, 2026 ] DFI Webinar to Cover Transmission-Line Structures and Foundation Requirements Available Resources
[ August 16, 2026 ] Upcoming Webinar Looks at Engineering Concerns About Polyurethane Injection Available Resources
[ August 16, 2026 ] RSSeismic Adds Python Scripting and New Site-Response Capabilities Software Updates

Controversial Big Sur Bridge Gets Extended Life from Innovative Geotechnical Polyurethane

July 5, 2023 rockman Comments Off

California’s iconic Highway 1 hugs the central coastline and Santa Lucia Mountains through its scenic Big Sur section. The bridges carrying cars and trucks over the many creeks and canyons are engineering marvels—Rocky Creek, Big […]

Free GEO5 Data Collector Mobile App

June 27, 2023 rockman Comments Off

The GEO5 Data Collector Mobile App for Android and iOS is a new FREE option for mobile geotechnical data collection. It features two-way data transfer so you can lay out your boreholes in the GEO5 […]

Lithos software by RockMass Technologies

RockMass Tool for Digital Underground Mapping

June 1, 2023 rockman Comments Off

Mapping rock mass structure is a key part of hard rock tunneling and underground mining. There have been a plethora of technological advances in 3D mapping and rock mass data extraction, but few are more […]

CCUS and OIL AND GAS: A geological and porosity model of an offshore reservoir built in Leapfrog Energy. Source: Seequent

Powering the energy transition: Seequent introduces Leapfrog Energy

May 31, 2023 rockman Comments Off

Christchurch, New Zealand, May 31, 2023 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, today introduces Leapfrog Energy, expanding the company’s offering to the energy industry to help solve the challenges of the rapidly evolving transition. Leapfrog Energy brings […]

Ken Jennings of Jeopardy! Fame to deliver Hal Hunt Lecture at 48th DFI Conference

DFI Announces 2023 Hal Hunt Lecture Being Delivered at 48th Annual Conference

May 24, 2023 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, N.J. (May 23, 2023): Ken Jennings, the greatest Jeopardy! player of all time, Jeopardy! co-host and best-selling author, is presenting the Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, […]

Lessons Learned from the SR-99 Highway Tunnel Project in Seattle, Owner’s Perspective

May 17, 2023 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical consultant Gregg Korbin served on the Technical Advisory Board for Washington State DOT for the SR-99 Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel Project. He recently presented to the Vancouver Geotechnical Society on lessons learned from […]

Landslide Just Misses Viaduct Piers in Turkey

May 2, 2023 rockman Comments Off

A major landslide was captured on video narrowly missing piers for a viaduct under construction at the Yusufeli Dam site in Artvin, Turkey. The slide appears to be on an engineered cut slope benched into […]

KICT Develops 3D Liquefaction Hazard Map

April 20, 2023 rockman Comments Off

Newswise — Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, president Kim Byung-suk), has successfully developed a “three-dimensional liquefaction hazard map” that visually presents ground liquefaction forecasts in the event of an earthquake. Liquefaction is […]

Geo-Congress 2023 Wrap-Up

April 14, 2023 rockman Comments Off

The Geo-Institute held another fantastic Geo-Congress in Los Angeles two weeks ago. They always host some of the biggest names in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, featuring them in keynote lectures and award lectures named after […]

Cross section generated in Seequent Central

PLAXIS 2023.1 Transitions to Seequent

March 1, 2023 rockman Comments Off

The latest version of PLAXIS marks a definitive transition to becoming part of Seequent, the Bentley Subsurface Company. Among other things the updates allow users to import cross sections from Seequent Central. So users who […]