Professor Charles Fairhurst delivered the keynote lecture "Evert Hoek, his Legacy and Rock Mechanics/Engineering in the 21th Century" at the 59th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium (ARMA Rocks 2025) held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in June 2025.
The ISRM extends its sincere thanks to Professor Fairhurst for graciously agreeing to share this remarkable lecture—honoring the late Professor Evert Hoek—on the ISRM website.
We also wish to thank the Itasca Consulting Group (ICG)—who recorded the lecture and produced the video—and the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) for granting permission to publish it on the ISRM website.