Geo-Institute of ASCE:

Advancing the Geoprofessional Community

The Geo-Institute (G-I) is a membership organization serving geoprofessionals and the geo-industry. It is one of the American Society of Civil Engineers' nine specialty Institutes and has over 13,000 members.

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Join the First G-I DIGGS Student Hackathon!
Join the First G-I DIGGS Student Hackathon!
17 Oct 2025
The first Geo-Institute DIGGS Student Hackathon will take place as a 9-week virtual challenge from January 5 to March 9, 2026, with winners announced at the 2026 Geo-Congress in Salt Lake City. This event is open to all students—whether you're
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Case Study: The Frank Slide
09 Oct 2025
A case study of the cataclysmic landslide on Turtle Mountain in Frank, Alberta on April 29th, 1903
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How DIGGS and Historic Data Conversions Are Transforming Our Industry
18 Sep 2025
Solving Geotechnical Data's 3 Billion Dollar Georeferencing Crisis: How DIGGS and Historic Data Conversions Are Transforming Our Industry Every day, geotechnical engineers and state transportation departments generate invaluable subsurface data
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Community News

Call for Presentation Abstracts for the 10th Annual Live Streaming Web Conference on December 8-12, 2025
30 Apr 2025
The Geo-Institute Soil Improvement Committee (SIC) is pleased to announce a Call for Presentation Abstracts for the 10th Annual Live Streaming Web-Conference to be held 8 to 12 December 2025. During the web-conference week, ten technical sessions wil
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ASCE GI-IGS Organized US-India Workshop at Geotechnical Frontiers 2025
30 Jan 2025
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 leading experts
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'Mega' ground improvements support Georgia ports project
04 Feb 2025
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 were employed to treat the landf
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Upcoming Events

Geo-Extreme 2025
Geo-Extreme 2025
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Call for Abstract! Select one of the following topics: Big data and data analytics for extreme events and the modeling and assessment of compound and cascading events Case histories, lessons learned, and best practices Civil infrastructure and geo
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7th International Symposium on Deep Foundations and Soil Improvement
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This prestigious international symposium is organized by the Mexican Society of Geotechnical Engineering (SMIG) and brings together experts and practitioners from around the globe to exchange knowledge and best practices in deep foundations and soil
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Geo-Congress 2026
Geo-Congress 2026
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Call for Abstracts Open! Select one of the following topics: Special Topics for Geo-Congress 2026 Geotechnical Engineering in Extraterrestrial Environments: Advances and challenges in geotechnical engineering to support extraterrestrial exploration,
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