News
Featured News
Site Characterization & In-situ Testing (General) News
Philae makes historic landing on comet 510 million kilometers away. Anchoring system fails. Are unexpected site conditions to be blamed for failure to anchor?
- Nov, 13, 2014
- Other News Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The European Space Agency made history yesterday by successfully landing Philae to Comet 67P. Philae was carried by the Roseta spacecraft that traveled for more than 10 years until it reached its dest...
Read More
2014 Shamsher Prakash Prize for Excellence in Practice
- Sep, 11, 2014
- News On Awards Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory Testing Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
We are happy to announce that the 2014 Shamsher Prakash Prize for Excellence in Practice has been won by Tamara E. Hebeler of GeoSyntec Consultants. Ms. Hebeler is a senior enginee...
Read More
New Canadian division for Gregg Drilling!
- Sep, 01, 2014
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Gregg Drilling is pleased to announce its new Canadian division: Gregg Drilling & Testing Canada Ltd. (Gregg Canada). Gregg Canada already has a corporate office based in Calgary, AB and a fi...
Read More
ISSMGE's Case Histories Journal releases new issue: Vol. 2 Issue #4
- Jun, 13, 2014
- News On Publications Soil Dynamics Pile Foundations Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Liquefaction Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
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...
Read More
Additional seismic testing at Millennium Hollywood site
- May, 23, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Seismic Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Capitol Records, Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Millennium Partners, co-owners of the Capitol Records and developers of the proposed - 1million square foot - Millennium Hollywood project have agreed to perform additional seismic testing o...
Read More
APPLE VIII Set to Impact Deep Foundation Industry
- Mar, 04, 2014
- News On Products & Services Deep Foundations Soil Dynamics In-Situ Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Over the course of the past several years GRL Engineers, Inc. (GRL) has introduced a series of six "APPLE" drop hammers. The devices are used in dynamic load testing of any type of deep foundation (A...
Read More
Key takeaways from Geo-Congress 2014 (23-26 February 2014) in Atlanta, GA
- Feb, 28, 2014
- News On Events Other Geotechnical Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Liquefaction Engineering Other Geotechnical Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Liquefaction Engineering Other Geotechnical Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Liquefaction Engineering
- Westin Peachtree Plaza, Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Read on to learn what speakers focused on, information on the event and its exhibitors! See photos from the GeoWorld group here, and daily highlight videos here! GeoCongress 2014 has come to an end....
Read More
Geoengineer.org welcomes newest sponsor: Vertek
- Feb, 06, 2014
- News On Products & Services Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geoengineer.org would like to extend a warm welcome to its newest annual corporate sponsor, Vertek, and thank them for their valued support of our efforts to advance the geoprofession! Vertek is curre...
Read More
First soil samples from California’s high speed rail project
- Dec, 17, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Soil Mechanics Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Fresno, CA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The first drillings for the extraction of soil samples taken from the first section, between Madera and Fresno, of the proposed California’s 520-mile, $68.4 billion rail project, begun last Tuesday in...
Read More
New Video Highlights Research on the In-Situ Assessment of the Seismic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste
- Sep, 23, 2013
- Other News Geoenvironmental Engineering Seismic Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Instrumentation
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new video released last Friday highlights new research funded by the National Science Foundation that is conducted to study the seismic response of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills. The vide...
Read More