The magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the impoverished nation of Haiti has clearly had devastating consequences. I don’t know what I can add in terms of useful information except perhaps to point interested readers to these additional sources of information. This is truly a heart-breaking situation. Click through for the links. (Photo by UNDP Global)
Finally getting caught up. Brazil nuclear plants may close as floods kill 66 – France24 Brazil landslides ‘may close nuclear plants’ – BBC News Deforestation of the Amazon is uncovering Geoglyphs – Google Earth Blog […]
Almost caught up now. Pacifica apartment complex losing ground – Inside Bay Area Getting Ready To Take a Beating | ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill Construction Requires ENR login for full article. Low Bid […]
So I’m a little behind on my catch-up-posts LOL! I have a new tool to help me manage all of the info I come accross, so hopefully after I dig out, you’ll start seeing some […]
Ok, not exactly. But Garmin just announced that their new Voice Studio software will allow users to record their own voices for navigation prompts and edit them in the software for use on their Nüvi. […]
The Burj Dubai Tower has recently reached it’s final height of 818m (2,684-ft or almost exactly 1/2 a mile!). The foundation system for the Burj Dubai is comprised of 192 bored piles (drilled shafts in my practice) 1.5-m (approximately 5-ft) in diameter and approximately 50-m deep (164-ft). A 3.7-m (12-ft) thick raft foundation sits on top of the piles under the full footprint of the structure. (Image from BurjDubaiSkyscraper.com)
The geotechnical investigation for the Burj Dubai (now to be known as Burj Khalifa after the UAE President) is described in detail in a paper by the geotechnical engineer of record, Grahame Bunce of Hyder Consulting (UK) and the independent technical reviewer for the geotechnical design, Harry G. Poulos of Coffey Geotechnics. Click through for the link to the paper and more details. […]
I was poking around on the GeoThreads page which includes info on discussion forum threads from several different sites. Three recent threads from Eng-Tips.com caught my eye. Check them out. Drill techinique to go through […]
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