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April 21, 2013 rockman Failures Comments Off on Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history?

Dr. Dave has some financial analysis of the Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide in Utah. His interpretation of some of the financial data being thrown around is a financial loss of $770M, ouch! [Source: Read the […]

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Major Slope Failure at Yeager Airport in West Virginia

March 16, 2015 rockman Failures Comments Off on 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 […]

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Workers and geotechnical engineer run from 10,000 cu m landslide

March 22, 2012 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Workers and geotechnical engineer run from 10,000 cu m landslide

Construction or maintenance personnel and a geotechnical engineer narrowly avoided being a victim of a new landslide at the site of a landslide cleanup. They were attempting to clean up a landslide on the State […]