Geotechnics: The Unintended Blockchain of Our Communities
The New Lightweight Contender: Ultra-lightweight Foamed Glass Aggregate Finds the U.S. Market
Geotechnical engineers are often confronted with sites where the existing soil is prone to settlement or where there are subsurface utilities sensitive to additional load. If relocation or realignment...
Sustainability and Resilience in Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnics: Integrating Advanced Technologies for Better Asset Management
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, enumerates 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to be achieved by the member countries...
Using Geophysics to Assess Geohazards Before Construction: Increase Your Odds for Success!
Understanding subsurface conditions is the key to any successful construction project, including new construction, excavation, and drilling. The consideration and understanding of the subsurface geology...
Los Angeles Project Seeks Cool Solution to Hot Asphalt
Bridge Project Should Make Engineers Proud
Set Achievable Goals and Make a Plan to Reach Them
In the first installment of our new career advice department for younger engineers, Erica “Sunny” Mullen, P.E., M.ASCE, a project manager with Maser Consulting, P.A., recommends setting goals and manageable...
Focus on Business and Communications
Matthew McCarty, P.E., S.E., M.ASCE, the senior project manager of the marine division of the McLaren Engineering Group, discusses some of the nontechnical aspects of management: client relations, business...
Design for Major Flood-Control Project in Norfolk Begins to Take Shape
2017 Construction Forecast Weakens
Risky Business: Identifying an Acceptable Rockfall Standard
For many parts of the U.S. highway system, cut slopes in rock are as common as bridges and embankments. These cut slopes, as well as some natural ones, produce rockfalls that pose risks to highway conditions...
Rock Glue Gets the Job Done: Reducing Rockfall Hazards along the G.W. Parkway
After a large rockfall damaged the road and disrupted traffic along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in 2002, the National Park Service was looking for solutions to stabilize the slope against additional...
RI 8507 Misses the Mark on Construction Vibrations
Eyes in the Heavens: Satellite Technologies in Remote Site Monitoring
Installation and maintenance of instrumentation to monitor geotechnical projects in remote locales is usually more challenging than sites in urban areas for both technical and logistical reasons. In most...
Difficult-Access Rockfall Mitigation: Design and Construction Way Up High!
Rockfall mitigation projects frequently require work at elevated positions. This is not something that comes naturally for many engineers and geologists. Palms sweat, knees knock, and voices may start...
Successful Engineering Projects Respect the Communities They Serve
It is the duty of civil engineers to engage the community before embarking on a project....
U.S. EPA Launches WIFIA Program, Offering New Source Of Financing For Water Projects
Construction Commences on Poland’s Tallest Tower
Seven Questions: Wisdom and Guidance for Successful Career Building: An Interview with Dorie Clark on Managing One’s Professional Reputation
An interview with Dorie Clark, a marketing strategy consultant and branding expert....
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