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Rocscience Expands Software Portfolio with Acquisition of 3GSM

Rocscience, a leading geotechnical software company based in Toronto, Canada, in collaboration with global private equity firm TA Associates (TA), announces the acquisition of 3GSM, an innovative pro...

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Helical Pile vs Concrete Foundations Environmental Impact

When looking for reduction of carbon emissions for highway and area lighting, few of the conversations are "below the bulb." Learn why it's important to understand the environmental impact of the fou...

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Bentley Systems Issues Call for Nominations for the 2024 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure

EXTON, Pa. – March 14, 2024 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced its call for nominations for the 2024 Going Digital Awards...

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Three houses damaged in Los Angeles landslide

A landslide took place in Los Angeles around 3 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, damaging three houses. Furthermore, the incident occurred in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood, about 12 miles (19 kilomet...

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Register Now for "Replace the Base" Webinars

Discover benefits & best practices for specifying and using helical piles for street, area, and site lighting foundations. Join us for one or both live webinar options: Installation Essentials (...

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Unveiling Access Limited: Redefining the Boundaries of Geohazard Mitigation Industry Powerhouses' Partner for Expanded Capabilities, Enhanced Technology and Increased Support Across North Ame

OCEANO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 5, 2024 / With a new operating model, an updated brand, and a combined drive to increase protection against geohazards, Access Limited Construction is announcing the l...

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Yellowstone Infrastructure Restored After Historic Park Flooding

When flooding damaged critical infrastructure in Yellowstone National Park, GeoStabilization International provided emergency response and reconstruction of impacted roadways. The following interview...

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PLAXIS 2024.1 New release is out!

With PLAXIS 2024.1 users benefit from enhancements for designing and reinforcing underground excavations, improvement in the connected geotechnical workflow and modal analysis for offshore foundation...

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Waihi Tailings Storage Facility Digital Twin Case Study

Tailings Storge Facilities (TSFs) are typically designed, built and operated using manual observational methods, data comparison, and reporting processes. To better manage their Waihi Mine TSFs, Prin...

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London’s South Dock Bridge Project

Designed as a bascule bridge with an overall span of 75 metres and a lifting span of 35 metres, Arcadis met the project’s unique architectural and engineering demands, together with innovative softwa...

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James (Jim) K. Mitchell (1930-2023)

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...

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Slope Stability: Single Free-Body Procedures

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., ...

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Audio recording of Terzaghi's opening lecture for Engineering Geology at Harvard University and Ralph B. Peck's special lecture

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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Rockfall Hazard Mitigation

In general, protection measures can be distinguished into two main categories: engineered and non-engineered measures (Turner and Schuster, 2012). Engineered protection measures...

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9.2. Example Problems

Problem 9.1 A square footing of width 2.25m is founded at depth of 1.5m on a sand layer which has the following shear strength properties: c=0, φ=38͒. Determine the total ultimate bearing capacity...

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9.1. Bearing Capacity

Definitions Fig.2 shows the relationship between the settlement and the applied stress on the soil surface. Curve C1 refers to dense soils (general failure), while Curve C2 refers to lose...

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2023 Geotechnical Business Directory

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...

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Practical Soil Dynamics

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...

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Practical Guide to Green Technology for Ground Engineering

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...