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Submit your geotechnical project for the Year in Infrastructure (YII) 2020 Awards
- Feb, 25, 2020
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Railway Geotechnics Pavement Offshore Geotechnics Ports Risk & Reliability Rock Engineering Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures News On Events News On Awards
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, to be held from October 12-15 in Vancouver Conversion Centre will conclude with the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards gala and ceremony, where the winners...
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Sinkholes open in New Jersey's beach
- Oct, 09, 2019
- Soil Mechanics Settlements News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, New Jersey, Sea Bright
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
About 12 sinkholes have opened in Sea Bright beach, located in New Jersey, during the past days. The sinkholes that are up to 1 meter wide and deep, appeared on the beach after Subtropical Storm Meli...
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Rice irrigation affected a massive, earthquake-induced landslide in Indonesia
- Oct, 10, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Soil Mechanics Liquefaction Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Indonesia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Back in 2018, massive landslides were triggered after a Mw 7,5 earthquake struck the city of Palu, Indonesia. According to a new study, published in Nature Journal, rice irrigation may have exacerbat...
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Soil hydraulic properties affected by climate change
- Sep, 17, 2019
- Soil Mechanics Erosion News On Research / Academia
- United States, Kansas, Manhattan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, published in the journal Science Advances, soil hydraulic properties can be affected by altered precipitation caused by climate change. The impact of climate change could re...
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Vol. 5, Issue 1 of the IJGCH has been released!
We are pleased to announce the special Issue #1 of Volume #5 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geo...
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Switzerland is rebuilding village hit by landslide in 2017
- Jun, 06, 2019
- Landslides Engineering Geology Slope Stability Soil Mechanics News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Switzerland, Bregaglia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Switzerland is planning to invest more than $12.1 million in order to rebuilt infrastructure in the village of Bondo that was hit by a massive landslide in 2017. The village of Bondo, located near th...
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What is geotechnical engineering? People in the streets answer
- May, 28, 2019
- Other News Other Geotechnical Rock Engineering Soil Mechanics
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Let's see a wide range of answers about how common people perceive the term "geotechnics." Geotechnical engineering involves numerous scientific fields including soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeol...
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Estimate unknown soil parameters with NovoFORMULA
NovoFORMULA is a geotechnical data management software to estimate unknown soil parameters based on known parameters NovoFORMULA is used for correlation and estimation of soil properties. If you n...
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Soil Mechanics Testing Systems Made Easy with Wykeham Farrance
- Aug, 02, 2017
- News On Products & Services Soil Mechanics Laboratory Testing
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Wykeham Farrance just published its new Triaxial Equipment catalogue! Now you can boost your lab productivity with Control's fully automatic and expertly designed Testing Systems adopting the lates...
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Last chance to join the 2019 Geotechnical Business Directory!
ARGO-E, with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, is in the final stages to prepare the publication of the 2019 GEOTECHNICAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY, th...
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