CodeType properties and code list dictionaries serve to manage controlled vocabularies and are foundational elements of the DIGGS standard. To improve both interoperability and flexibility across geotechnical data exchange, the DIGGS Team is pleased to announce updated guidelines for referencing code list dictionaries in DIGGS instances. These changes address key feedback from the 2025 DIGGS Code Jam Challenge.

Call for Nominations and Applications! ASCE and the Underground Construction Association (UCA) invite applications for the Civil Underground Curriculum Workshop & Implementation Program . This initiative supports educators in integrating...

Have you ever shared geotechnical data with a colleague only to hear "I can't open this file" or "The values don't make sense"? These common frustrations stem from inconsistent data formatting and structure. This validation framework tackles these issues by checking your DIGGS files at three increasingly sophisticated levels.

Know someone who’d be a great member of the G-I Board of Governors ? How about for a G-I Board-Level Committee ? Nominations are now open for these positions! It’s...

The DIGGS project involves development of a GML (XML-based) geospatial standard schema for the transfer of geotechnical and geoenvironmental data within an organization or between multiple organizations. DIGGS can work...

Why to structure your data, what to do with it, and how DIGGS can help.

The 1870s saw dramatic achievements in civil engineering in the U.S.. Member blogger Michael Bennett reviews an 1877 civil engineering textbook that reviews then-current advances and looks ahead to the future.

03/02/2025 The one-day workshop titled "Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: Infrastructure and Technology" is co-locating with Geo-Frontiers 2025, scheduled to be held in Louisville, Kentucky. This workshop aims to bring together...

03/01/2023 The Port of Savannah's Mason Mega Rail Project is a 185-acre intermodal facility that comprises 18 tracks for simultaneous operations of six 10,000-foot-long trains. The six ground improvement techniques...

03/20/2022 A summary presentation of the status of the SI Committee sponsored special project to add Vacuum Consolidation to the GeoTech Tools database, as presented by Dr. Jie Huang at...

We are pleased to share the call for abstracts of the Fourth International Symposium on Coupled Phenomena in Environmental Geotechnics (CPEG 2025). The CPEG symposium is a regular event organized...

Teenage sleuths and civil engineering students Frank and Joe Hardpan find an ominous clue. Can they discover its meaning -- before it's too late?

Transition unwieldy CSV data into DIGGS - the easy way!

What did geotechnical design and construction look like in 1923? Member blogger Michael Bennett reviews the 1923 textbook "Foundations, Abutments, and Footing." Part 4 covers spread footings and includes a case study of the Tunkhannock Viaduct.

What is DIGGS, and how can it improve AI for geotechs?

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The 2025 National Geo-Challenge Student Competitions will take place on March 3, 2025, during Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 in Louisville, KY. We are excited to invite students to showcase their skills...

Our member blogger looks at at Charles Gregory’s seminal 1844 paper “On railway cuttings and embankments”, examining two slope failures on a London railroad cut in the winter of 1841-42.

The Geo-Institute Board of Governors has nominated Katerina Ziotopoulou, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE and Lucky Nagarajan, A.M.ASCE , to join the G-I Board for a term beginning in October 2024. Katerina...

Recently, we made the difficult decision to reschedule and relocate the GeoenvironMeet 2024 conference. The new event will be held alongside Geotechnical Frontiers 2025, March 2-5, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky....

Call for Abstracts for Geo-Extreme 2025 is Now Open! Select one of the following topics: Big data and data analytics for extreme events and the modeling and assessment of compound...

This summer, join the Geo-Institute for 7 presentations on geotechnical topics. Use them to learn something new, help a student gain familiarity with a concept, educate a structural engineer, or...

Review of Foundations, abutments and footings (Hool and Kinne, Eds., 1923), Section 3: Foundations (Part B) By Michael Bennett, P.E., M.ASCE (Gannett Fleming – Audubon, PA) The second half of...

Multidisciplinary resources for including social concerns in earthquake engineering research and practice

Member blogger James Press assembles a geotechnical playlist for Summer 2024: music that speaks of frustration, desperate desire, triaxial test results, pore water pressure matches, the consolidation settlement of soils, and more.

Our member blogger explains himself. He was only trying to help out.

Scientific discoveries sometimes seem to come right out of the ether - sometimes literally! Meet Osborne Reynolds (of fluid mechanics fame) and learn about the surprising connections between his work on the dilatancy of granular materials and the beginnings of the science of soil mechanics.

As we approach the centenary of Terzaghi's pioneering work Erdbaumechanik, looking back can bring big benefits for the future.

The student bloggers of NC State assemble their highlight reel!

The preliminary program for GeoenvironMeet 2024 is now available! GeoenvironMeet 2024 is the geoenvironmental specialty conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Geo-Institute. In addition to exciting keynote talks...