News, announcements, policy updates, spotlighted websites, software updates and other info that may be of interest to practicing geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geophysicists, hydrogeologists and related professions.
The GEO5 Suite of geotechnical software has some exciting new features in the latest updates! There is a new free mobile app called GEO5 Data Collector to allow field data collection and two-way sync with […]
The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) report for the moment magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the Mexican State of Michoacan on September 19, 2022 is now available. The earthquake was an interface subduction earthquake along […]
I just watched a July episode of the DFI rumble that I missed before – the numerical modeler versus the skeptic. Approaching from the numerical modeling perspective was Augusto Lucarelli from Itasca (the makers of […]
The geotechnical program is about to begin on the $2.2B AUS ($1.4B USD) Coffs Harbour Bypass project in New South Wales, Australia. The design-builder will be conducting over 300 boreholes between 4 and 70 m […]
HOUSTON, TX— As part of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s (NJTA) $1 Billion Capital Projects Campaign “to boost mobility and improve safety for generations to come,” box culverts are suddenly big business. “Most people take […]
J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E., is presenting the Lizzi Lecture at ISM’s 15th International Workshop on Micropiles in Vail, Colorado, from May 31-June 2, 2023. His presentation, titled “Mainstreaming of Micropiles: Probabilistic Calibration of Axial Resistance for Load and […]
Dr. Thamer Yacoub of Rocscience is officially inviting you to the Rocscience International Conference 2023 taking place April 24-26, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. For all those interested in submitting a paper, abstract submissions are now […]
FLAC, the popular numerical modeling software by Itasca, is being updated to FLAC2D version 9.0, and there are some significant changes. According to Itasca’s News Post about the release: As a 2D version of FLAC3D, FLAC2D combines the […]
Unfortunately, I missed Terzaghi day this year 🙁 but the Geo-Institute of ASCE continued its tradition from the past 3 years of hosting a live lecture/presentation by a geo-legend to share a little about Karl […]
Regional Roads Victoria (Australia) has announced the completion of slope stabilization work at Namesone Point along the scenic Great Alpine Road in Gippsland. The work was part of $4.3M (AUS) in landslip remediation funding that […]
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