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Earth’s Inner Core: A Shape-Shifting Mystery Beneath Our Feet

For decades, scientists have believed that Earth’s inner core—a massive iron-nickel sphere—was solid and unchanging. However, groundbreaking research from USC scientists has challenged this assumptio...

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Geoengineering Resilience: Building a Fire Station Over an Abandoned Mine in Colorado

The Frederick-Firestone Fire Station No. 5 in Colorado stands as a remarkable case study in geoengineering. Constructed over an abandoned coal mine, the project faced significant subsidence risks—a c...

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An Overview of Column-Based Soil Improvement Modelling with PLAXIS

Soil improvement is a critical process in geotechnical engineering, aimed at modifying soil properties to enhance performance. This technique is commonly used to increase load-bearing capacity, cont...

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Old Oak Common Station: A Geotechnical Triumph for HS2

The construction of Old Oak Common Station, a key part of the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) project, has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its foundations. This crucial stage, which un...

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Pile Dynamics, Inc. Expands Operations with Third Facility

Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), the global leader in quality assurance solutions for the deep foundations industry, proudly announces the expansion of its operations with the opening of a third facility i...

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Trimble and GroundProbe Collaborate to Offer Complete Monitoring Portfolio for Geotechnical and Geospatial Mining Professionals

Trimble® and GroundProbe, part of Orica Digital Solutions specializing in real-time solutions for measuring and monitoring geohazards, have announced a new collaboration. Instead of working through...

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Modelling Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVDs) Using PLAXIS: A Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

Prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs) are essential tools in geotechnical engineering, particularly for improving the properties of soft soils. By facilitating drainage and accelerating consolidatio...

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3 Types of Retaining Walls and Revetments

Gabions, Rockeries, and Articulated Block Walls are three options available to engineers for retaining walls or revetments. A variety of systems plus possible modifications results in a wide offering...

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Riverton Redevelopment Groundwater Treatment Project of the Year Award

Keller received the 2024 Groundwater Treatment Project of the Year award from The Dewatering Institute after successfully treating over 65 million gallons of water for a master-planned community. Riv...

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New GEO5 2025

GEO5 2025 is here! Discover the latest enhancements in GEO5: • Fine Cloud License system • Free access to all supported languages • Hardening and Soft Soil Models in FEM • Plus many more exciting fe...

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - A Berkeley Virtual Short Course Series

UC Berkeley faculty does it again! The "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering" series is offered from January to March 2024 and consists of three short courses and focuses on key concepts and recent ad...

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Exploring the World’s 10 Tallest Dams

Dams are among humanity's most remarkable engineering achievements, serving as vital infrastructure for societies around the world. They provide clean and renewable energy, regulate water flow for...

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CPT Interpretation: Soil Parameters φ’, E, Vs, M

Acknowledgement: This page has been reproduced from P. K. Robertson, K.Cabal, Guide to Cone Penetration Testing, 7th Edition. Gregg Drilling LLC, 2022 with permission from P. K. Robertson.  ...

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CPT Interpretation: Soil Parameters OCR, Dr, ψ

Acknowledgement: This page has been reproduced from P. K. Robertson, K.Cabal, Guide to Cone Penetration Testing, 7th Edition. Gregg Drilling LLC, 2022 with permission from P. K. Robertson. Overco...

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CPT Interpretation: Soil Parameters N60, γ, su

Acknowledgement: This page has been reproduced from P. K. Robertson, K. Cabal, Guide to Cone Penetration Testing, 7th Edition. Gregg Drilling LLC, 2022 with permission from P. K. Robertson.  ...

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Simple Shear Test

Introduction The simple shear test, as the name suggests, is a method used to define a soil specimen’s shear strength and comes to be added to the list of tests able to do so, along wit...

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Shallow Foundation Design

In foundation engineering, there are two main modes of failure that the engineer needs to design against with safety and economy in mind: 1.           Bearing Capacity Failure: caused by the exc...

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Debris Flow

What Is Debris Flow? Debris flows are fast-moving mixtures of water, mud, rocks, and other debris that can be triggered by heavy rainfall, snowmelt, or seismic activity.  A destructive phenomenon ch...

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

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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2024 Geotechnical Business Directory

This unique annual business directory is published by GeoWorld, the professional network for geotechnical engineers, which currently includes 37,000+ professionals and 1,000+ companies and organizatio...

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2024 Special Edition USA & Canada Geotechnical Business Directory

This unique annual business directory is published by GeoWorld, the professional network for geotechnical engineers, which currently includes 35,000+ professionals and 1,100+ companies and organizatio...