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Large Sinkhole Opens Near Denver City, Texas

July 31, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Large Sinkhole Opens Near Denver City, Texas
Sinkhole near Denver City, Texas July 2009

 

 

 

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Engineering Geology and Geotechnics Lecture Videos from Missouri S&T

May 31, 2013 rockman Available Resources 1

Missouri S&T (known as UM Rolla a while back) has a number of courses that are available through their YouTube channel.  One such course is their GeoEng 341 course, Engineering Geology and Geotechnics taught by […]

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2014 Seed Lecture – Developments in the Assessment of Liquefaction Potential and Its Consequences

December 29, 2014 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on 2014 Seed Lecture – Developments in the Assessment of Liquefaction Potential and Its Consequences

2014 Seed Lecture: Developments in the Assessment of Liquefaction Potential and its Consequences, presented by W.D. Liam Finn, Ph.D.,P.Eng., Life.M.ASCE, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia at the 2014 Geo-Congress in Atlanta, GA, USA. [Source: […]

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City of Vancouver sues over failed shoring

January 6, 2008 rockman Failures Comments Off on City of Vancouver sues over failed shoring

The City of Vancouver is suing a developer, excavation contractor and their consulting engineer for the costs of repairs, overtime for city employees and lost revenue from parking meters etc stemming from an apparent failure of a shoring system that formed a 30-meter sinkhole. No mention of the developer’s name or the engineer, but the contractor was Matcon Excavation and Shoring. The site will be the future home of high-rise condominiums…if the City lifts it’s stop work order.

The failure of the shoring caused a break inf a 20-cm water main ultimately flooding the site. It also necessitated the closure of the adjacent street. Of course this invites the whole chicken or the egg scenario. The defendants will probably argue that the water line failed first causing the failure of the shoring, but of course the City Engineer, Tom Timm was not shy about fingering the shoring as being deficient.

"It’s some kind of a failure of the shoring system . . . either a design issue or the way it was put in place."

 

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