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69th Highway Geology Symposium Early Registration Announcement

69th HIGHWAY GEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM SEPTEMBER 10-13, 2018 | PORTLAND, MAINE EARLY REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT The 69th Annual Highway Geology Symposium (HGS) will be held September 10–13, 2018 at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland Maine. There will be technical sessions along with industry sponsors and exhibitors.  Register now! EVENT SCHEDULE Monday, September 10 Afternoon TRB Mid-Year Session:  Geotechnical Asset Management: Implementation […]

Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia 17th Annual Technical Forum

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 […]

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, […]

Call for Abstracts 17th Technical Forum for Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia

The 17th Technical Forum for Geohazards Impacting Transportation in Appalachia abstract deadline is June 12th, 2017. The Forum will be held in Blacksburg, Virginia from August 15th to 17th, 2017 at Virginia Tech and will be hosted by the Virginia Department of Transportation.  The forum is a two-and-one-half day meeting focusing broadly on the intersection of geohazards […]

Unstable Slope Management Program Free Training

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 […]

AGHP Whitman Slope Assessment Webinar

WEBINAR — An Owner’s Perspective of Slope Assessment: the Value and Use INSTRUCTOR: Thomas Whitman, Sr. Engineering Geologist – Caltrans 17 Aug 2016 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT 1 PDH Credit Hour REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR HERE LEARN MORE HERE: DOWNLOAD WEBINAR FLYER (PDF) AGHP Members, receive a $125 discount on this course. AGHP […]

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, […]

Post Anchoring Committee Survey

The Post Anchoring Committee would like to invite you to participate in an important survey aimed at collecting information regarding the anchoring of flexible net geohazard mitigation systems. In particular, the survey is directed toward rockfall catchment fences, but also is applicable for debris flow barriers, snow nets, etc. The survey is part of an […]