SoilStructure.com is a publisher of software, books, and DVD products which is based in California. Our products are intended for geotechnical and structural engineers engaged in lifelong learning. As our name implies, we specialize in engineering software that simplifies complex analysis and is affordable yet intuitive.
For example, the design of temporary shoring utilizing Soldier beams (soldier piles) and lagging is a field that requires both geotechnical analysis and structural designs. However, it is a specialty of substructural design and is therefore not very well covered in geotechnical books nor in structural engineering handbooks. Unless you work for a shoring design firm or have our program, it is hard to learn cantilever shoring design. The available literature does not cover this topic in enough detail to perform design calculations.
Our SBWall program is a Windows based software exclusively for the design of soldier piles and wood lagging. More information of this shoring design software is available here.
Our LiquefactionSPT is a Windows based program for the evaluation of liquefaction potential, seismic settlement and lateral spreading. It uses the 2008 monograph proposed by Idriss and Boulanger. More information is available here
Similarly, we have noticed that a lot of civil and structural engineers would like to solve common geotechnical engineering problems. However, some of the concepts and background theory were long forgotten. We have also noticed that people are mostly visual learners and like interactive & multimedia books. As a result, we have published "Fundamentals of Geotechnical Engineering: DVD Review". This book is found here.
