Rockfall prevention project at Bozeman, MT
The USFS feared that a catastrophic failure of the upper mantle’s colluvium at Hyalite Canyon Road near Bozeman, Montana, could conceivably deposit thousands of cubic yards of material into Hyalite C...
Torrential rains took place in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the four days from Friday 12 April to Monday 15 April, as a capstone to the already highly unusual rainfall patterns that dominated the...
The USFS feared that a catastrophic failure of the upper mantle’s colluvium at Hyalite Canyon Road near Bozeman, Montana, could conceivably deposit thousands of cubic yards of material into Hyalite C...
Dr Jamin Greenbaum and the team are working at the front line of climate change on the coldest continent on Earth. Their research boils down to understanding what is driving Antarctic Ice Sheet melt...
Keller designs and installs support of excavation and deep foundations for a multi-use building, working in expansive bedrock and a shallow groundwater table. During a construction surge in downtown...
Dubai received more than a year’s worth of rain from the night of Monday the 15th of April until the evening of Tuesday the 16th, causing major flooding. Furthermore, CNN reported that nearly 4 inch...
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Failing bluffs, shoreline erosion, landslides, and other geohazards can dangerously threaten transportation and require a rapid emergency response for public safety and to minimize the impact on the...
With years of experience in developing advanced search techniques, Rocscience is now expanding their list of search methods with the development of the Intelligent Search for Slide3, which will mak...
CHANCE Foundation Solutions published an interesting paper titled "Preservation of Historic Structures Using Screw-Pile Foundations" that includes methodology and case studies of screw-pile foundatio...
The C$13 billion Eglinton Crosstown is a new 19km light-rail line that extends Toronto’s public transport system west, adding 25 stations and creating commuter links with the city’s subway and bus ro...
The highly traveled US 340 in West Virginia is back open after a much-needed safety upgrade. Led by Access Limited , a leading rockfall mitigation firm, and Triton Construction Inc., a top Heavy/High...
In every construction project, ground behaviour has a major impact on the final structural design. For this reason, soil characterisation is crucial. Traditionally, soil parameters are characterise...
Course Details Date: April 30 - May 2, 2024 Venue: The Westin Perth | 480 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia Schedule: 8:30 am to 5 pm Instructors: This course will be in English, instructed by Dr...
The Mohr-Coulomb, or Linear-Elastic Perfectly-Plastic model, is the second simplest constitutive material model that one can use. This model utilizes the concept of linear elasticity, based on H...
The Linear Elastic Material Model is the simplest, most basic form of a constitutive model that one can use. This model is based on Hooke’s Law, which was first formulated by the English polymat...
Acknowledgement: This page has been reproduced from P. K. Robertson, K. Cabal, Guide To Cone Penetration Testing, 7th Edition. Gregg Drilling LLC, 2022 with permission from P. K. Robertson. Nume...
James (Jim) K. Mitchell passed away peacefully at home in Massachusetts on December 17, 2023. The following is an obituary written by Rick Mitchell, Russell Green, and Kenichi Soga: Jim was born...
As discussed in Mechanics of Slope Stability, the most widely used approach for assessing both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional slope stability is the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM), i.e., ...
We are very happy to share with you a rare tape, which includes recordings of Karl von Terzaghi and Ralph Peck. The introduction was recorded by Dr. Ralph B. Peck at his home in Urbana, Illinois on A...
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This unique annual business directory includes 32,000+ professionals and 1,000+ companies and organizations in the geotechnical engineering profession. Powered by GeoWorld, the professional network fo...
The objective of this book is to fill some of the gaps in the existing engineering codes and standards related to soil dynamics, concerning issues in earthquake engineering and ground vibrations, by...
Over the last 50 years there has been rapid development of construction techniques, analytical methods and materials for use in ground engineering. One of the major techniques which has been developed...