The following four short courses will be taught by Prof. Pinnaduwa Kulatilake in Tucson, Arizona in May 2016 as given below. Dr. Kulatilake was one of my professors at the University of Arizona during my […]
The Redi-Rock Design Resource Manual or DRM has everything you would need to design a Redi-Rock retaining wall, including block sizes, design charts, construction details, and setback options. The manual also includes case studies and […]
This is some very interesting first-person video of a landslide near Elk City, Idaho, complete with expletives. 🙂 I can’t say I blame the videographer, it’s not every day you see a slope like that […]
Taiwanese investigators have arrested the developer of a 17-story apartment building that collapsed in an earthquake at the beginning of the month. Approximately 40 people were killed when the building collapsed, there were only two […]
Fugro released their 2015 Fiscal Year results, and the headline is ‘Strong cash flow in continuing challenging oil and gas market’. The Dutch company’s biggest market sector is oil and gas, and they are forecasting […]
The New York DOT has been working on a geotechnical design manual (GDM) since at least 2012. It is a very detailed document that covers pretty much every possible geotechnical aspect of a transportation project. […]
Keynetix is preparing to restart their popular free webinar series. The theme for 2016 is “Transforming Your Geotechnical Data Journey in Small Steps.” The webinars will be every Friday at 12 pm EST for North […]
The folks at LogItEasy.com have put together a very useful, free online tool for converting Munsell color codes that you might use in the field into the actual color names. This functionality is also built […]
This is my colleague Dimitrios Zekkos, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, and the founder of Geoengineer.org. He’s talking about his group’s research involving utilizing drones after natural disasters. Cool stuff! [Source: University of […]
I saw this video a few weeks back on The Landslide Blog, and it’s also been posted on GeoEngineer.org. It’s well worth the watch. It’s one of the scariest debris flow videos I’ve seen. Some […]
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