- ADAMA Software releases Version 10.1 Update to MSEW MSE retaining wall software. According to the readme, this fixes a bug in the NCMA method for seismic pullout.
- The Online Geoengineering Library is now fully searchable! – Geoengineer.org newsletter
- Huge LAX terminal project moves ahead – MercuryNews.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Building a Metrorail Tunnel at Tysons Corner Takes Brute Force Applied With a Deft Touch – Washington Post via ASCE SmartBrief
- October 17, 1989 Earthquake: Are We Better Prepared Today? – Time.com via Geology.com. Discusses what has changed in the 20-years since the Santa Cruz Mountains Earthquake, aka the Loma Prieta Earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area.
- Port of Miami receives $341M loan for tunnel – The Journal of Commerce via ASCE SmartBrief
- Where Land Slides, Trying to Learn Why – New York Times via Dave’s Landslide Blog
- Landslide inventories – what you don’t know can hurt you – Arizona Geology Blog
- 100 more nuclear plants in the U.S. – Arizona Geology Blog
- GeoFlorida 2010 Registration Now Open – Annual Conference of the GeoInstitute of ASCE
- Sen. McCain calls New Madrid seismic study wasteful – Arizona Geology Blog
- Engineers consider [acoustic] landslide sensor – The Engineer Online
- Drill Mud or Industrial Liquid Waste? – Trenchless Technology Online
- Bedrock of a Holy City: The Historical Importance of Jerusalem’s Geology – National Driller Magazine
- Geopolymer Concrete – Super Concrete in the U.S. Military, Iran … and the Pyramids? – Wired Magazine via ASCE SmartBrief
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