Learn how to rate unstable soil slopes and rockfalls and assess their condition. Why is this important? Geotechnical assets comprise one of the largest resources utilized by transportation and land management agencies in the U.S. The USMP program is geared toward helping federal land and low volume road managers proactively locate and efficiently rate, monitor [...]
Federal Highway is able to announce a free webinar training series. This webinar series will explore the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) used on highways. Please mark your calendars as the sessions will be held monthly. The first session will be held on Tuesday, February 7th, from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST Expert Presenters: Jennifer Wells, MnDOT [...]
The 4th International Course on Geotechnical and Structural Monitoring, organized again by Paolo Mazzanti and directed by John Dunnicliff, will follow the same general format of past successful editions. However, some relevant innovations will characterize this edition, such as the venue and a significantly renewed panel of speakers. Following the great success of the 2016 course, also in this [...]
Technical committees of DFI and ADSC will combine their industry expertise to provide presentations on the latest developments in augered cast-inplace/ drilled displacement piles, drilled shafts, driven piles, ground improvement, helical piles and tiebacks, marine foundations, micropiles, testing and evaluation of foundation systems, and seismic and lateral loads. Presentations will highlight best practices for project [...]
Learn how to rate unstable soil slopes and rockfalls and assess their condition. Why is this important? Geotechnical assets comprise one of the largest resources utilized by transportation and land management agencies in the U.S. The USMP program is geared toward helping federal land and low volume road managers proactively locate and efficiently rate, monitor [...]
The American Geosciences Institute's Critical Issues Program is pleased to offer a free webinar, "Planning for Coastal Storm and Erosion Hazards", on Thursday July 6, 2017, at 1:30 PM EDT. To register for this webinar, please visit: https://crm.americangeosciences.org/civicrm/event/info?id=64 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. A recording of the [...]
The ASME 2017 International Pipeline Geotechnical Conference (IPG2017) is an international event to promote knowledge sharing, technological progress and international cooperation for advancing the management of natural forces impacting pipelines with the intent of protecting the public, environment, energy infrastructure assets and ensure safe and reliable operations. The pipeline risk factors associated with natural [...]
AEMA 123rd Annual Meeting, Short Courses & Exposition will be held at the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks/Reno, Nevada on December 4-8, 2017. For more information visit the AEMA Annual Meeting website.
The 17th Annual Technical Forum is scheduled for August 15-17, 2017 in Blacksburg, VA. The Forum for Geohazards Impacting Transportation will be hosted by the Virginia Department of Transportation and sponsored by the Marshall University Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS). The 2017 Forum will include a pre-conference field trip. Geohazards Impacting Transportation in [...]
The 59th Annual Meeting of The Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists to be held at the Antlers Hilton in Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 9-17, 2017. The planned symposia and technical sessions include induced seismicity, slope stability and debris flows, rock mechanics, drone technology, industrial minerals and mining, geophysics, groundwater, and flood hazards. Short courses [...]