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Colorado’s I-70 Could Have Boston’s Big Dig Beat

February 11, 2008 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Colorado’s I-70 Could Have Boston’s Big Dig Beat

 

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US House Passes National Tunnel Inspection Program

January 25, 2008 rockman Standards and Codes Comments Off on US House Passes National Tunnel Inspection Program

The US House of Representatives passed legislation approving a national tunnel inspection program. This of course came about as a result of a fatal accident from 2006 in a tunnel on Boston’s Big Dig project where a concrete ceiling tile fell on a car killing one person. More after the break. 

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Geotechnical Monitoring Technology Seminar

July 13, 2016 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Geotechnical Monitoring Technology Seminar

Hexagon Geosystems is offereing an inexpensive short course on geotechnical monitoring in Denver in on July 21.  Time is short, but it’s not too late to register. July 21 2016 – Hexagon Geosystems – Denver, […]

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Boston’s Big Dig Finally Complete

January 4, 2008 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Boston’s Big Dig Finally Complete

The $14.8 billion project that has constructed a dizzying array of underground highways, bridges, ramps and tunnels in the middle of Boston has finally ended. The end of 2007 apparently was also the end of the Bechtel/Parsons Brinkerhoff joint venture that designed and built the project. More… (Photo by brewrat)

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