Bridge & Bedrock
Exploring the World of Geotechnical Engineering
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Software Spotlight #2: QGIS for Geotechnical Engineers
If you’ve been in this industry more than about five minutes, you’ll know that half of…
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Back to Basics #18: Foundations 101
Every structure, however modest or ambitious, depends on the ground beneath it to carry its weight…
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Back to Basics #17: CQA (Construction Quality Assurance)
Every earthworks specification, however carefully written, is only a promise on paper until it is checked…
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Back to Basics #16: Earthworks Explained
Long before a single pile is driven or a single foundation is poured, the ground itself…
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Software Spotlight #1: LSS and 3D Modelling
If you work in quarrying, mining, landfill, or earthworks, there is a good chance you have…
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Deep Dive #2: Aligning Source Characterisation with End-Product Acceptance in Earthworks Specifications: The Case for Strength-Led Suitability Assessment
Abstract: UK earthworks specifications conventionally determine the suitability of fill at source through classification and state…
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Back to Basics #15: Slope Stability Basics
Slopes are everywhere. Natural hillsides carved by erosion, river banks undercut by flowing water, engineered embankments…
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Back to Basics #14: Settlement
Every structure built on or in the ground will settle to some degree. The question is…
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Back to Basics #13: Shear Strength Explained
Of all the concepts in geotechnical engineering, shear strength is perhaps the most fundamental. Every failure…
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Deeper Dive #1: Structurally-Controlled Rock Slope Design in Quarries
Quarry face and slope geometry is, in a great many operations, set by generic and precedent-based…
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