• Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
GeoPrac.net

Our Sponsors

  • Home
  • About
    • Our Sponsors
  • Articles
  • News
    • Search By Tag
  • Events
    • Events Main
    • Add an Event
    • Webinars
    • Conferences
    • Calls For Abstracts
  • Resources
    • Links
  • Contact Us
News Ticker
  • [ August 12, 2022 ] Huge Sinkhole in Atacama Desert Geologic Hazards
  • [ August 12, 2022 ] 2021 Langan Lecture: Tugce Baser: Pathways to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change Available Resources
  • [ August 8, 2022 ] First Tunnel Completed with Low Carbon Concrete Project Related
  • [ July 28, 2022 ] 3D Finite Element Analysis of a Deep Excavation & Ground Response Evaluation Retaining Walls
  • [ July 17, 2022 ] Tsunami Impacts from a Seattle Fault Earthquake Geologic Hazards
HomeNewsProject RelatedVideo: Sand Filled Geotextile Tubes To Protect Grand Isle Louisiana

Video: Sand Filled Geotextile Tubes To Protect Grand Isle Louisiana

July 31, 2009 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Video: Sand Filled Geotextile Tubes To Protect Grand Isle Louisiana
Geotubes to protect Grand Isle Louisiana

 

Video Source: ENR.com.

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr
  • geotextile
  • geotube
  • Grand Isle
  • storm surge
  • USACE
Previous

Landslides in China – Sichuan and Guangxi

Sinkhole near Denver City, Texas July 2009Next

Large Sinkhole Opens Near Denver City, Texas

Related Articles

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM
Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates April 2010

April 26, 2010 rockman Standards and Codes Comments Off on ASTM Updates April 2010

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTMStandards governing the testing of tensile strength of geogrid and geotextile tensile strength are among the standards updated over the past month by the ASTM. This includes a new standard for "Determining Small-Strain Tensile Properties of Geogrids and Geotextiles by In-Air Cyclic Tension Tests". A number of standards relating to concrete including capping of concrete cyllinders for testing have also been updated. Click through for the list.

[…]

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr
Katrina levee failure with Chinook Helicopter attmpting to fill the breach
Project Related

Possible Seepage at Newly Constructed New Orleans Levee

February 23, 2009 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Possible Seepage at Newly Constructed New Orleans Levee

Katrina levee failure with Chinook Helicopter attmpting to fill the breachWet spots have been detected along a portion of a new levee being constructed by a US Army Corps of Engineers Contractor. The levee is approximately 95% complete, but the Levee Board wants to establish what is causing the apparent seepage before accepting the levee. More after the break. (Photo of Katrina levee failure from greenmannowar)

[…]

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr
One of six areas proposed for sea walls is a stretch of Ocean Boulevard in Shell Beach, where erosion is eating away at the bluffs and beach, exposing a storm drain pipe.
Project Related

USACE wants 6 sea walls at Pismo Beach

December 15, 2010 rockman Project Related Comments Off on USACE wants 6 sea walls at Pismo Beach

Coastal erosion is threatening existing structures at Shell Beach and northern Pismo Beach near San Luis Obispo, California. The Army Corps of Engineers suggests 6 sea walls to protect infrastructure such as two sewage treatment […]

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr

Our Sponsors

Upcoming Events

Check out these upcoming events for geoprofessionals! You can submit your own events, or go to calendar view as well.

Sep 6
All day

Ground Engineering Awards 2022

Grosvenor House Hotel, London
London
United Kingdom
Organizer: Ground Engineering Magazine
Nov 14
November 14 - November 17

Virtual Symposium: Life of Mine – Maintaining Sustainability Through Geoscience

Organizer: EEGS
and AEG
Jan 15
January 15, 2023 - January 18, 2023

6th International Conference on Grouting & Deep Mixing

New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans
USA
Organizer: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)
View Calendar

Our Sponsors

Random Post by Image (Feeling Lucky?)

  • Combined TIN and color shading of a DEM with a shaded relief map generated by LandSerf software
  • Dan Cadenhead, newly appointed senior vice president for Western Region operations of Hayward Baker
  • Construction Materials Testing Services
  • IMG_0489
  • Moretrench Welcomes Groundwater Treatment Division Manager Edward Carter.
  • In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 photo, contractors work on the East Side Access project beneath midtown Manhattan, in New York.
  • Installing a soldier pile lagging wall near I-5 and Samish Way on-ramp in Washington State
  • Roadheader
Follow on Facebook
Recent Comments
  • Randy Post on Video of Highway 101 Landslide in California
  • GE Reviewer on San Francisco Millennium Tower Has Settled 16 Inches
  • Agus on New FHWA Soil Nail Manual Addresses LRFD, Hollow Bars
  • geoengineer Spain on Engineering Geologists vs Geological Engineers vs Geotechnical Engineers
  • Blaine J. Guidry, P.E. on A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On: Center for Geotechnical Modeling Facilitates Seismic Research

Copyright © 2007-2020 by Randy Post