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Still Using 3 Different Software for your Foundation Pile Design? Pile foundation design can be time-consuming as it involves multiple...

The Museum of Science and Industry is located in 57th and Lake Shore Drive. An underground 3-level parking was constructed adjacent to...

Sheet Pile Walls - Advantages & Disadvantages Sheet pile walls are constructed by driving prefabricated sections into the ground. Soil...

Soldier Pile Walls: Information, Advantages & Disadvantages Soldier pile and lagging walls, commonly known as soldier piles, are some of...

Should geotechnical engineers charge by the hour or by the value of what they bring? I recently had what can be perceived as a heated...

Deep Excavation Project Images (2018) Projects Designed with DeepEX Software As 2018 comes to an end we have assembled a list of...

FEM or LEM? A false choice in geotechnical engineering. Computers and computerized analyses are genuinely great tools that can sometimes...

In a recent linked in poll, we asked the question who should design deep excavations and why. The motivation was the fact that in some...

The aftermath of Sandy found many underground structures such as tunnels and parking garages inundated with water. In reality there might...

The geotechnical activity index is a new index that reports on the geotechnical potential in each State within the US. The index takes...

Secant pile deep excavation in Cyprus From 2D and 3D excavation design, to virtual reality, and actual build Project Designed with DeepEX...

In many deep excavations, geotechnical engineers only specify the lateral earth pressures that are to be used by the shoring designer. ...

Increased congestion in urban cities has caused an increased demand for underground space (typically underground parking, infrastructure,...

Unconservative designs with AASHTO LRFD methods for multi-level braced excavations. You would tend to think that AASHTO LRFD is always...

No geotechnical data - the lack of proper geotechnical data in shoring designs. This appears to be the issue that most deep...

Contribute to our Industry: Grand Challenges in Earth Retaining Structures One of the action items that came from the ASCE/G-I Earth...

Is it a structure or is it earth? We recently conducted a poll in LinkedIn on the perception of structural engineers on earth retaining...

Support of Excavation Software – Where We Are and Where We Are Heading I am really excited about presenting at the DFI-CSCE 18th Annual...

23m Diaphragm Wall Deep Excavation for Downtown One, Tirana, Albania Designed with DeepEX Software Downtown One is a mix-use building...

Deep Excavation CEO, Dimitrios Konstantakos, P.E is named as the recipient of the 2018 ASCE Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award!...