I was poking around on the GeoThreads page which includes info on discussion forum threads from several different sites. Three recent threads from Eng-Tips.com caught my eye. Check them out.
Miscellaneous
Underground Storage of Renewable Energy Using Compressed Air
The Arizona Research Institute for Solar Energy (AzRISE) and the Laboratory for Advanced Subsurface Imaging (LASI) at the University of Arizona, together with Southwest Solar Technologies, Inc., are investigating the use of excavated cavities for […]
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Project Related
Video Tour of NY Subway Mega-Projects
The New York MTA is in the midst of a “golden era” of tunneling for the New York subway. Three separate mega-projects are currently underway totaling some $15 Billion: The Second Avenue Subway, The East Side Access Project (which features the new Grand Central Terminal), and The Number 7 Subway Line Extension Project. The short video below was published by the NY Post and included in an AP Article. It is tantalizingly short, but gives a great perspective on what the underground construction project at Grand Central looks like and a sense of the scale…the amazing huge caverns being constructed. The article says that from underneath Grand Central Terminal alone, the construction crews have removed enough material to cover Central Park almost a foot deep!
[Source: KOMO News (Seattle) via ASCE SmartBrief. Image: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer via KOMOnews.com]
Click through for the video.