- Top Nine Favorite Innovations of ArcGIS 9.4 [Slashgeo.org]
- Remote Object Monitoring on Google Maps – Website that allows users to display real-time sensor data. Potential applications for geotech? (via Google Maps Mania)
- Powerful Earthquake Kills 34 in Indonesia, Dozens Feared Buried in Landslide (From USGS Landslide page, posted 9/2/09)
- Investigation blames scour for Irish bridge collapse (New Civil Engineer via ASCE SmartBrief)
- Tunnel-boring machines await repairs in Seattle (Seattle Times via ASCE SmartBrief)
- Post-Wildfire California Concerned about Possible Debris Flows (From USGS Landslide page, posted 9/8/09)
- Chinese residential building damaged after contractor digs too close (China Daily via ASCE SmartBrief)
- Devil’s Slide Tunnels more than halfway done (San Francisco Examiner)
- China builds 4 million-ft long water supply tunnel dubbed "World’s Biggest Drain" (BBC via ASCE SmartBrief)
- Contracting giant, Balfour Beatty to acquire Parsons Brinkerhoff – (Reuters press release)