<p>The purpose of this chapter is to identify, either by reference or explicitly herein, appropriate methods of soil and rock property assessment, and how to use that soil and rock property data to establish the final soil and rock parameters to be used for ...

This report addresses how states use geotechnical information in solicitation documents and contracts for design-build highway projects. The report examines current practices regarding the allocation of geotechnical risk and the level of geotechnical information ...

<p>The purpose of this manual is to guide districts in geotechnical investigation and design for project development. Recommendations, background information, and examples for geotechnical designs are available on the TxDOT website.</p>

In most geotechnical or construction projects civil engineers have to conscientiously consider both technical subsurface objects and natural bedrock objects. From a civil engineer’s perspective, there is an urgent need to extend the Building Information Model ...

This paper presents a GIS based methodological approach for landslide danger assessment, applied to the coast of Dakar. By the combination of analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of geo-morphological, geological and geotechnical data utilizing GIS, valuable ...

In the construction of a recent tunnel, we used the NATM (New Austrian Tunnelling Method) to carry out the design for the geological conditions. It is generally difficult to properly determine the geological conditions in a tunnel and as a consequence the ...