Check out this dramatic photo of an excavator that toppled down a hill in Wellsley, MA adjacent to a commuter rail line. According the WickedLocal.com article, the operator was working at a construction site on a hillside where several retaining walls were being constructed. Photo by Jim Walker of Wicked Local.
A retaining wall failed along the A13 autobahn in Schonberg, Austria. Few details are available at this point, but the wall did fall onto a passing truck, killing the driver. Snowmelt was likely a factor […]
Designing gravity or MSE retaining walls with the attractive Redi-Rock precast modular block (PMB) facing just got a lot easier! The latest version of RRWall+ design software was created by Fine Software, GeoPrac.net sponsors, and […]
An engineered slope reported to be 43 meters (141 ft) high that was stabilized by what appears to be tie-back anchors experienced a massive failure at the end of 2012. Dr. Dave Petley of the […]
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