From a Wilde press Release: After Plaxis bv have undertaken a comprehensive testing phase over the last 12 months, Wilde, as their UK & Ireland distributors, are delighted to announce the commercial release of their […]
The downhill neighbors were suing the uphill neighbor for $2.5M, claiming he ‘girdled and removed trees in the area and redirected stormwater that contributed to the landslide’ which demolished their million dollar dream home. But […]
ESRI has recently released an iPhone and iPad app that will allow developers to bring content derived from ArcGIS to the popular iOS platforms. According to ESRI’s website, the ArcGIS app will allow users to […]
Mudslide buries more than 100 in south-west China – Source: Earth Times News via USGS Landslide Events June 2010 Dam Safety News – Source: Association of State Dam Safety Officials Video: Landslide Takes Down Truck […]
“The escalating cost of steel from our suppliers is the main reason for this price increase,” said Steve Spanagel, President of CONTECH Sales. [Source: CONTECH]
Two new standards from the Geosynthetics committee of ASTM will help define properties that can be used in the design of geosynthetic reinforced pavement. I know in my practice in Arizona, ADOT simply allows a […]
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the subsurface tied to GPS mapping will allow the CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company to have a better idea of what is buried at the site before excavating for […]
A crane using a pile driver to install new foundations for the Barnette Street Bridge project. A DOT (City of Fairbanks?) spokesman speculated that the crane overextended itself while installing piles about 40-ft away. The […]
ODOT’s I-5: Iowa Street Viaduct Replacement Project in Portland will reportedly cut into 6 ancient landslide surfaces according to a PSU Geology Professor. The existing bridge structure is over 50-years old and deteriorating and will […]
Here we go again, revised and reapproved ASTM standards that might be of interest to geopractitioners (to borrow a term from Ed Medley). In June, some of the noteworthy standards were D6938 – In place density and moisture using the nuclear gauge, electric cone penetrometer testing for environmental site characterization, standard practice for placement and assembly of gabions and revetment mats and standard practice for decontamination of field equipment at low level radioactive waste sites…sign me up! Click through for standards updated or otherwise revised in June of 2010.
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