The phenomenon of Quick Clays
Introduction Quick clay refers to a specific type of clayey material that experiences a significant loss of strength when it is disturbed. Quick clays are glaciomarine formations that can be...
Bentley's Year in Infrastructure Conference (YII 2020) begins on Oct 5th 2020
Bentley's Year in Infrastructure Conference (YII 2020) begins on Oct 5th 2020
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Landslide in Myanmar mine: At least 168 people dead
At least 168 people have been reported dead after a landslide struck an open pit mining facility in northern Myanmar. The mine is located in the area of Hpakant known for its jade production. Jade co...
Monitoring Dam Break Simulation Experiment with GINTEC Array Displacement Meter
GINTEC conducted a national dam-break simulation experiment utilizing the new GINTEC Array Displacement Meter ADM deformation monitor system. The purpose of the experiment was to simulate an earth da...
Keller is taking a lead role on a Miami transport project
Keller will participate in a Miami project in which, for the first time in 50 years, auger cast piles will be utilized. The $800 million Signature Bridge is part of a major regeneration plan in Mia...
History of the Hoover Dam
Introduction Hoover Dam is the tallest arch dam constructed in the United States and forms one of the largest artificial reservoirs worldwide. The facility was initially named Boulder Dam but the...
Industry Section
GRL Engineer’s Pennsylvania Office Provides Remote Testing Services to Help Meet Construction Project Timelines
GRL Engineers, Inc. has provided reliable testing services and analyses in the deep foundations industry for over 40 years. Known for quick response-time, the engineering firm covers testing througho...
History of Torque Correlation (Kt) Factor
Gary Seider, Engineering Manager at Hubbell Power Systems, recently posted an interesting story on CHANCE® Foundation Solutions Blog about the origin and development of the Torque Correlation (Kt) Fa...
Keller completes its first Vibro Concrete Column project in Singapore
Keller has completed its first-ever vibro concrete column (VCC) project in Singapore, opening a new market in the country. Vibro concrete columns can be used in a variety of soils to reduce settlemen...
GEO5 2020 Spring Update
Fine Software Spring Update brings more than 30 improvements across all GEO5 programs and introduces new engineering manuals. Make sure to visit their spring update page to download the new engineeri...
A Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Correlations Software with more than 300 SPT correlations
NovoTech has gone through more than 70 published papers and geotechnical reference books to collect over 300 SPT correlations with 20 soil properties, correction factors, bearing capacity, and settle...
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Keller teams keep infrastructure projects alive despite the COVID-19 outburst
Keller teams across the world are doing everything they can to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and keep projects running safely wherever possible. In certain cases, Keller Colleagues...
Upcoming Events
Year in Infrastructure Conference (YII 2020)
Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure Conference is Going Digital for the first time ever in 2020! This new digital format will bring together, now for a broader global community, the thought leade...
9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (9ICEG)
The 9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics is part of the well established series of ICEG. This conference will be held on an outstanding resort in the town of Chania of the island o...
Recent Trends in Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Engineering and Education FLOODrisk 2020 4th European Conference on Flood Risk Management Science and practice for an uncertain future ISC6 Pre-conference workshops 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization (ISC'6) 27th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference and Geogames
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Publications
Graduate Student Perceptions of Mentoring: A Pilot Case Study in the Geotechnical Graduate Student Society at UC Davis Educate the Educators: An International Initiative on Geosynthetics Education Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics: The Need to Develop Educational Material that Captures their Relationship Producing a Case-Study Webinar for Geotechnical Engineering Education Teaching the Big Ideas of the Disciplines: Online Educational Material Accessible to Everyone for Soil Mechanics' Effective Stress The Effect of Attending or Missing Lectures on Soil Mechanics Examination Performance Introduction of Cooperative and Competition-Driven Learning in Geotechnical Engineering Education Feedback to Students on Soil Mechanics Laboratory Reports - Why Use Virtual Technology if you Can Have a Productive Real Dialogue? Potentials for Social Semiotics in Geotechnical Engineering Education Lessons Learned about Engineering Reasoning through Project-Based Learning: An Ongoing Action Research Investigation
Education
What is Geotechnical Engineering?
Geotechnical Engineering has been - throughout the years - an often overlooked but nonetheless integral part of human endeavors towards progress. Everything around us is supported by soil or rock and...
Triaxial Compression Test in Rock
Introduction Triaxial tests are widely used in geotechnical engineering both in soil and rock mechanics. Specimens are axially loaded to failure while a confining pressure is constantly applied. A...
EERI Webinar: Case Studies of Financial Decision-Making using Near Real time Post Earthquake Information, by Dr. David J. Wald
In a 2019 webinar, offered by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Young Members Committee, Dr. David J. Wald, Seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, explains how several newly d...
Direct Shear Test
Introduction The Direct Shear Test is an experimental procedure conducted in geotechnical engineering practice and research that aims to determine the shear strength of soil materials. Shear str...
Limit State Design Framework for Geosynthetic Reinforced Structures - Burmister Lecture 2020, by Prof. Dov Leshchinsky
For the 2020 Burmister Lecture, Emeritus Professor Dov Leshchinsky of University of Delaware focuses on Limit State Stability Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforced Structures. In this one-hour long...
laterite stabilization with a geopolymer binder
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Soft Soil StabilizationBy Afnan Ahmad, 01 Jan 2020
Books
2019 Geotechnical Business Directory
This unique annual business directory includes 9,000+ professionals and 700+ companies and organizations in the geotechnical engineering profession. Powered by GeoWorld, the professional network for g...
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...
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...