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Completed side-hill retaining wall for the SR 264 Second Mesa project in Arizona. Photo by Bharat Khandel, ADOT by way of NCS Consultants, LLC
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Side Hill Retaining Walls – Part 1

March 12, 2009 rockman Articles, Retaining Walls Comments Off on Side Hill Retaining Walls – Part 1

Completed side-hill retaining wall for the SR 264 Second Mesa project in Arizona. Photo by Bharat Khandel, ADOT by way of NCS Consultants, LLCSide-hill retaining walls refer primarily to fill-walls built partway down the sides of an existing slope or embankment. They are encountered in roadway and rail widening projects as well as site development but usually in steep terrain. This article provides an overview of the problems, failure mechanisms, investigation approaches, analysis tools and wall type alternatives for these structures. Click through to read the article!

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The Fairbanks Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is closing the Chena River from the Cushman Street Bridge to the Peger Road Bridge after a crane working on construction of the Barnette Street Bridge fell across the river in downtown Fairban
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Crane topples over Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska while driving piles for new bridge

July 1, 2010 rockman Failures Comments Off on Crane topples over Chena River in Fairbanks, Alaska while driving piles for new bridge

A crane using a pile driver to install new foundations for the Barnette Street Bridge project. A DOT (City of Fairbanks?) spokesman speculated that the crane overextended itself while installing piles about 40-ft away. The […]

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