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Geotechnical Construction for a Rail Spur at a Rock Quarry

September 4, 2008 W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E. Articles, Retaining Walls 1

Our first article from Robert Thompson with Dan Brown and Associates. A project profile of a challenging project invoving a railroad spur for a quarry. It involved ground improvement, soil nailing, and MSE walls.

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NCHRP Report 663 - Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls
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Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls

October 26, 2010 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 663: Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls explores a design procedure for roadside barrier systems mounted on the edge of a mechanically stabilized […]

Winning team for 2011 Geo-Challenge from Rensselaer
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Rensselaer Civil Engineering Students Take First Prize at National GeoChallenge Competition

May 20, 2011 rockman Conferences Comments Off on Rensselaer Civil Engineering Students Take First Prize at National GeoChallenge Competition

Here’s a press release from Rensselaer about their students winning the MSE wall competition at the Geo-Frontiers conference. Congratulations guys! [Source: Rensselaer via ASCE SmartBrief. Image: RPI]