At least eight artisanal gold miners were killed after a landslide struck the Konyeme mining site in the western Central African Republic. Local authorities said the collapse occurred around 2:00 a.m....
Researchers at UC Berkeley, funded by Yuba Water, have unveiled the Levee Digital Twin Platform — a comprehensive, interactive monitoring system built for levee inspection and condition assessment alo...
The Corporate Associates Presidential Group (CAPG) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) will host a dedicated panel session at the 21st International Co...
Swedish regional water utility VA SYD has launched the procurement process for the tunnel and shaft works forming part of the MAXIMA wastewater treatment system. The project will create a new undergro...
Founded in 1999, the National Academy of Construction (NAC) recognizes industry leaders who have made outstanding, long-term contributions to the construction field and works to advance the industry t...
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In today’s world of smartphones, cloud computing, and autonomous vehicles, helical piles and anchors hardly qualify as cutting‑edge technology. Yet this seemingly simple product continues to play a cr...
Design with Confidence, Not Iteration Instead of manually iterating toward a workable solution, Support Designer now enables engineers to define a target factor of safety and let the software calculat...
Michael Meneses, Will Burgos, and James Hussin have written a feature story in May/June’s issue of DFI Deep Foundations Magazine discussing recent high-rise construction in South Florida. The article...
After a successful pilot, Keller North America’s field engineer / project engineer development program has been expanded to give more ambitious entry-level engineers a clear path to career advancement...
In ground engineering, we have never generated more data. Advanced investigation techniques are creating datasets on an unprecedented scale. Yet, for all this information, a critical question remains:...
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Extreme weather patterns and climate-related hazards are increasing flood and landslide risks across Nepal, particularly in the Himalayan districts of Karnali Province, where fragile mountain terrain,...
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The analysis of retaining structures is commonly approached in three progressively more advanced levels, depending on the complexity of the wall system, the ground conditions, and the need to predict...
The Critical Role of Groundwater Water is the single most destructive element in retaining wall stability analysis. While designers account for the dry unit weight (γd) or saturated unit weight (γsa...
A cantilever sheet pile wall supporting a 3.5 m deep excavation in dry sand (γdry = 15.3 kN/m³, φ′ = 35°, c′ = 0) is to be constructed. Determine the required depth of embedment. 1. By using the...
A sheet pile wall is a line of interlocking thin wall elements driven into the ground to form a continuous barrier that can retain soil and/or water. Stability comes from penetration below the exc...
Design for a cantilever retaining wall supporting 3.0 m of dry sand backfill. The wall has a 3.20 m base (1.00 m toe, 1.90 m heel), a 0.30 m thick stem, and a 0.45 m thick footing; concrete unit wei...
The geotechnical stability of a retaining structure is assessed using limit equilibrium methods, which determine the ratio of available resisting forces/moments to the driving forces/moments. This ra...
Introduction to Lateral Earth Pressure Soil, unlike a true fluid, exhibits both density and internal friction (φ) and cohesion (c). Consequently, the pressure it exerts horizontally on a retaining s...
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This fully updated second edition provides an introduction to geotechnical earthquake engineering for first-year graduate students in geotechnical or earthquake engineering graduate programs with a l...
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