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Reconnaissance Report on 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma Earthquake announced

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, just published the reconnaissance report of the 2016 M 5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma earthq...

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Hayward Baker Acquires Ellington Cross

Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI) announces the acquisition of Ellington Cross, LLC, (EC) a regional geotechnical contractor that provides Earthquake Drain™ design and installation. Headquartered in Charlesto...

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Video: Christchurch Earthquake Showing the Sand Liquefaction Process with Vibration

See how the sand is converted into liquid state due to vibrartion. This is what happened during the earthquake of September 4 and February 22 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Watch the video provided un...

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Gregg Drilling: Dr. Robertson gives Seed lecture at ASCE

Geoengineer.org is pleased to present an 80 minutes Lecture on "Evaluation of Soil Liquefaction – How Far Have We Come in the Past 30 Years?" presented by Dr. Peter K. Robertson. Dr. Robertson was...

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VertekCPT: All you need to know about Soil Liquefaction

In continuation to the previous article about Soil Shear Strength, which was published in VertekCPT University Blog, today is highlighted another very important application of using CPT. This capabili...

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Hayward Baker opens new office in Charleston, headed by Dan Holley

Hayward Baker (HB) announces the opening of its new office in the Charleston metro area. Recent projects demonstrate the important work HB already does in the region. These include various ground...

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Prof. J. Bray elected to NAE

Professor Jonathan Bray, from UC Berkeley, is among the 67 individuals elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an enginee...

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Oil facilities in Japan prone to liquefaction after a strong earthquake

Japanese government researchers support that about 43% of the petrochemical complexes on Japan's Pacific coast are likely to be damaged in the event of a feared magnitude-9 earthquake in central and w...

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ISSMGE's Case Histories Journal releases new issue: Vol. 2 Issue #4

We are pleased to announce the Issue #4 of Volume #2 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical...

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Anti-liquefaction pilot program in Canterbury, New Zealand

The Canterbury earthquake of 2011 in New Zealand caused extensive liquefaction damage to residential areas, and became the fourth most costly earthquake for insurers worldwide. In response to that, th...

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