Tag Archives: landslide prevention

Call for Abstracts 18th Annual Technical Forum for Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia

18th Annual Technical Forum for Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia   Call for Abstracts   August 7-9, 2018 | Baltimore, MD Call for Abstracts The 2018 Annual Technical Forum for Geohazards Impacting Transportation will be hosted by Maryland Department of Transportation and sponsored by the Marshall University Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences (CEGAS). This year’s technical sessions […]

Member Highlight: Todd Hansen, Yeh and Associates, Inc.

AGHP Member Todd Hansen works out of Denver, Colorado for Yeh and Associates, a full-service engineering and construction management company that is involved in several different geohazard-related fields. Key sectors of his work include landslide and rockfall applications. Part of the company’s success, Hansen notes, is rooted in the extensive experience its company leadership has […]

3rd North American Symposium on Landslides (NASL) Offers Many Short Courses and Sponsorships

NASL Short Courses Each course will offer .40 CEU credits. SC #1: Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Georadar: Applied real-time monitoring and early detection of at-risk displacements Time: Sunday, June 4, 8 am – Noon Co-Instructors: Clifford Preston, IDS and Steve Borron, Global Slope Monitoring Description: Across the civil works and environmental sectors geotechnical asset and geohazard monitoring continues to […]

AGHP 2017 Photo Contest Now Open!

The 2017 AGHP Photo Contest is open for submissions. This free, engineering awareness-raising competition is an annual event, supported by the Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP). The contest is open to all members of the engineering community working to prevent or repair damage from geohazards. The theme for 2017’s contest is “Proper demonstration of geohazard materials, technologies, […]

3rd North American Symposium on Landslides Overview of Events

Landslides: Putting Experience, Knowledge and Emerging Technologies into Practice June 4-8, 2017 • Roanoke, VA The main objective of the symposium is to provide a stimulating forum for geoscientists, engineers, planners, economists, program managers, and other decision makers concerned with landslide hazards and their impact on society. Papers related to investigation, classification, monitoring, analysis and […]

AGHP Photo Contest Open to All

The 2016 AGHP Photo Contest is open for submissions. This free, engineering awareness-raising competition is an annual event, supported by the Association of Geohazard Professionals (AGHP). The contest is open to all members of the engineering community working to prevent or repair damage from geohazards. The theme for 2016’s contest is “Proper demonstration of geohazard materials, technologies, […]

AGHP Photo Contest Profiled on Geosynthetica

The international geotechnical publication Geosynthetica (www.geosynthetica.net) has featured the AGHP Photo Contest Winners announcement. In an article title “Geohazards Photo Contest: Stunning Views and Engineering,” the publication prominently featured the winning submission from Courtney Smith (GeoStabilization International) as well as showed the 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mention entires in an in-article slideshow. The online magazine, […]