Video: Freeport Maine Culvert Failure and Road Collapse

More videos! French Company G.T.S. has posted some great videos on rockfall protection systems on their YouTube channel. I don’t speak French, so I can’t give you any more info on the company (although their website looks like it has plenty of info!). But the videos cover the preparation of, drilling for,  and installation or rockfall protection fences and barriers as well as a couple of general rockfall ones. They just have video with background music, so no worries about a language barrier. You can watch the installation video below.

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Some new aerial photos of the landslide or rock slide that blocked Highway 64 in Tennessee were posted last week by WTVC Channel 9. This was the landslide caught on video that I posted about […]

Time to clear the queue a bit. Enjoy these gems!

• Pile Dynamics Releases Complimentary Update of GRLWEAP Program – Pile Buck Magazine – pile driving, marine construction, deep foundation
• North Salt Lake Passes Landslide Ordinance – Source: The Salt Lake Tribune via AEG Insider
• Rotting Oaks Lead to Hazardous Voids in Indiana’s Mount Baldy Sand Dune – Source: Terradaily.com via AEG Insider
• Soldier pile excavations in Seattle designed with DeepEX – Source: DeepExcav
• Santa Clarita Landslide Buckles Road, Prompts Indefinite Closure – Source: CBS Los Angeles
• The part of the SR 99 tunnel built without Bertha – Source: WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Page
• China landslide: Man-made, 330-foot mountain of waste collapsed amid rains – Source: Chicago Tribune
• City of Burien releases full geotechnical report on Dec. 8 landslide – Source: The Highline Times / Des Moines News
• More sinkholes expected at Seawatch, District to debate next steps
• ‘Ask Fugro’ campaign celebrates Fugro’s global ingenuity

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