- Hydro frac’ing is next round of states vs feds – Source: Arizona Geology
- Leaking Underground CO2 Storage Could Contaminate Drinking Water – Source: National Driller
- Alaskan Way Viaduct Deep Bore Tunnel Controversy – Source: Ballard News-Tribune via ASCE SmartBrief
Some new political moves are going on that are the latest in the saga for the controversial project. One of them is an initiative by the Sierra Club and Real Change that goes by the name Move Seattle Smarter. - ASTM International Symposium Will Cover Recycled Materials for Sustainable Geotechn
- Dutch Fugro buys Riise Underwater Engineering in Norway – Source: TradingMarkets.com
- DOT: NY-VT Lake Champlain Bridge foundations completed – Source: WSJ.com via AGC SmartBrief
- PennDOT shuts down I-83 lane after pavement sinks 3 inches – Source: The York Daily Record
- Preliminary report issued on Lake Delhi dam breach – Source: The Des Moines Register via Association of State Dam Safety Officials
- Study shows grass can play significant role in armoring levees – Source: NOLA.com via Association of State Dam Safety Officials
- Corps of Engineers awards $18 million London Avenue Canal sheet piling contract – Source: NOLA.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- New I-70 Bridge Featured in Foundation Drilling Magazine – Source: Dan Brown and Associates
- Aerial View of Colombian Landslide – Source: Geology.com
- New Blockage Halts Hoover Dam Intake Job – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- Toxic Radioactive Find Adds to Hanford Cleanup Woes – Source: WSJ.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Winning team promises to build a wider Highway 99 tunnel, a year sooner – Source: Seattle Times Newspaper via ASCE SmartBrief
- China’s 1st deep underground lab now operational for dark matter – Source: People’s Daily Online
- Seattle Mayor McGinn to Council: ‘Slow down’ on viaduct tunnel – Source: SeattlePI via ASCE SmartBrief
- Army Corps – Not enough money to dredge Mississippi River – Source: WSJ.com via ASCE SmartBrief
Shippers, states and ports are worried.