Available Resources
Geocomp manufacturing Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cells
This is the first time I have heard of this type of consolidation/permeability testing. I won’t try to summarize myself, here’s a bit of a description from their newsletter: Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation […]
Miscellaneous
Geotechnical investigation a risk to dinosaur footprints?
Woodside Petroleum says that there is no danger to fossilized dinosaur footprints posed by off-shore geotechnical surveys being conducted for a study in advanced of a possible $30 Billion (AU) project near the West Kimberly […]
Failures
Jury Returns Verdict for HDR in Lawsuit by Tampa Bay Water
A federal jury deliberated only 3 hours to return a verdict in favor of HDR, exonerating them of claims by Tampa Bay Water that they had violated the standard of care in the design of […]