I think I’m about a week behind, so this is kind of a CUCUP. Hope you find some interesting reading.
- Landslide Season in Seattle – Seattle times via Geology.com
- Landslide risk rises near Three Gorges Dam-report – Reuters
- Spanish beach landslide kills two – BBC News
- Landslide changes life in valley near Naches – Yakima Herald Republic via Seattle Times
- Air Pressure Changes Trigger Landslides – Discovery News
- Sydney Metro starts geotechnical testing – rail-news.com
- Caterpillar axes 2,500 workers – New Civil Engineer
- French radioactive waste authority Andra has entered a consortium with Areva TA to design of a disposal facility with three Lithuanian partners for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste on the model of the CSFMA (A surface cell storage facility) – Nuclear Engineering International via Ontario Geofish
- Report from the DIGGS Governance Task Force – They are looking for an organization to partner with to ensure that they transition to an organization with "long term stability", leaning towards Geo-Institute – DIGGSML.com (requires free registration to download the report)
- Hayward Baker awarded small contract for grouting Hickory Log Creek Dam (Georgia) – Cherokee Tribune
- Army Corps starts $1B New Orleans flood-protection project – MSNBC via ASCE SmartBrief
- And in a related article, a Louisiana lawmaker wants the Corps to contribute the dredged mud from the Mississipi for construction of a proposed "Mega-Port" – Times-Picayune also via ASCE SmartBrief
- Gravel pit operation at "toe" of major landslide halted by state – Seattle Times
- New landslide video – houses destroyed in Brazil, November 2008 – Dave’s Landslide Blog
- New Mexico City Braces for Salt Cavern Collapse – Fox News
- WSDOT Orthophoto of Nile Landslide showing cracks and fissures – Sliding Thought Blog
- 34th Annual DFI Conference – DBA photos! – Dan Brown and Associates
- Belfast Tunnel – collapse of road – Belfast Telegraph via Ontario Geofish
- Video: Lateral Load Test with Statnamic Device – Dan Brown and Associates
- No collapse allowed – Seismic retrofit of BART A-Line North aerial structures – RoadsAndBridges.com
- Answers elusive as [Tennessee Highway 64] slide cleanup begins – Includes some quotes from the geotechnical engineer who moved maintenance crews out of the path of the second slide – Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Chengdu, China’s 11 million inhabitants will soon have a reduced commute time thanks to an extensive new metro system. Five lines totaling 126 km (78 mi) will be constructed using multiple TBMs –Tunnel Business Magazine