Eight student teams from around the world. Three sample data files. One winner, chosen at Geo-Congress, and results that will benefit the entire profession. Learn more about the DIGGS Student Hackathon 2026!

DIGGS v3.0 is out! What does this mean for you, and how do you use it?

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.

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...

A special guest lecturer presents his award lecture "Spooky Soil Mechanics: A More Ghoul-omb Approach"

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