City of Vancouver sues over failed shoring
Available Resources
No earth pressures, please!
Deep Excavation, LLC has an excellent blog post on how geotechnical engineers should provide geotechnical parameters for use by a shoring designer. Mr. Konstantakos notes that most of us geotechnical engineers provide only lateral earth […]
Geologic Hazards
5 of 8 Corvettes Rescued from Sinkhole
Here is an update on the Corvette Museum Sinkhole. A contractor has been busy trying to extract some of the priceless Corvettes from the sinkhole that opened up under the museum floor. If you missed […]
Failures
Major Slope Failure at Yeager Airport in West Virginia
There was a significant slope failure at the Yeager Airport near Charleston, West Virginia last week. A 2005 project to create an Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) at the end of the runway required a […]