MIT's CitySCOPE Features 3-D Models for Urban Planning

Researchers Aim to Break New Ground in Earthquake Data Sharing

Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain By Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2014

Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong By Robert Bryce. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2014

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch By Lewis Dartnell. New York City: Penguin Press, 2014

Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works By Hillary Brown. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2014

Soil is for Poets

News from Our 2014 Annual Meeting

Lessons Learned from Geo-Legends: Edward Kavanjian, Jr., PhD, PE, GE, D.GE, NAE, F.ASCE

As I See It: Why Aren't Practicing Geotechnical Engineers Rushing to Become D.GEs?

As I See It: Is it Really a Sinkhole?

The Transbay Transit Center: Breaking New Ground in Urban Geotechnics
A building boom centered around the construction of the new Transbay Transit Center (TTC) is transforming the South of Market neighborhood in downtown San Francisco, newly dubbed the Transbay...

Ground Freezing in a Congested Urban Area
Artificial ground freezing is a method of providing temporary earth support and ground water control for deep excavations and tunnels. The technique has been used for over 100 years in...

Underpinning and Shoring of the Historic Howard Theatre in Washington, DC
The Howard Theatre was constructed in 1910 at 620 T Street, NW in Washington, DC. In 2010, a group of sponsoring organizations and developers put together a $17.1 million plan to revitalize...

Challenges and Risks of Jet Grouting in a Congested Urban Environment
In the heart of London, one of Europe's largest jet grouting contracts is nearing completion. The jet grouting is part of the overall 7-year-long upgrade project to London...

Support of Excavation Challenges and Solutions at a Manhattan Excavation Site
This article discusses the challenges and alternate solutions encountered in 2012 during support of excavation operations at a medical center project site in Manhattan, NY. The project...

People Matters � Building Careers and Developing Leadership
This fifth article in the Business of Geotechnics series addresses personnel matters in private-sector engineering and consulting (E&C) firms. I'll be discussing the...

A Truly Rewarding Experience
A list of award winners who were honored at the 2014 Geo-Congress in Atlanta, GA....

2014 Geo-Congress Wrap-Up
A recap of the 2014 Geo-Congress in Atlanta, GA....

Look Who's A D.GE: Mark J. Carlson, PE, D.GE, M.ASCE

 

 

 

 

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