I’ve given thanks and stuffed myself. Tomorrow it’s back to work. Here are some news tidbits for geoengineers that are worth being thankful for. Black & Veatch to Design Tunnel System for $244 Million Cincinnati […]
After 60 years, the design flood for the Bluestone dam changed requiring a modest raise and a number of other improvements totaling some $130 million thus far and another estimated $200 million in improvements still […]
They cited 10 references related to the lateral spreading of soft soils compacted in highway applications. The citations were published between 2010 and 1994 and include seven references from conference proceedings and journals, two technical […]
This development dubbed ‘Eco-city 2020’ would be located in the abandoned pit for the Mir diamond mine in Siberia. You might have seen pictures of this pit before as it is one of ‘7 Amazing […]
MISSION WOODS, Kan., Nov. 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Layne Christensen Company ("Layne") (Nasdaq:LAYN) today announced the acquisition of Bencor Corporation of America – Foundation Specialist ("Bencor"). Founded in 1969, Bencor is one of North America’s leading contractors in foundation and underground engineering. Bencor specializes in deep foundations for dams, levees, shafts and below ground structures and also excels in the design and building of earth support retention systems for basement excavation for high-rise structures, subway lines and stations and depressed highways. Bencor has performed work in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and North Africa and has over 100 permanent employees headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The purchase price for the stock of Bencor was $32.1 million. Management projects first year revenues and earnings per share of approximately $50 million and $0.20-$0.25 per share, respectively, after purchase accounting adjustments.
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A home owner with a condemned piece of property containing a landslide scarp in his driveway contends that the landslide was caused by a developer excavating and blasting at the toe of the slope below […]
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 669: Models for Predicting Reflection Cracking of Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlays explores mechanistic-based models for predicting the extent and severity of reflection cracking in hot-mix asphalt overlays. [Source: […]
In their October 2010 cover story, Tunnel Business Magazine (TBM) had this article on the construction of the Washington, D.C. Metro system. They describe how this was the first use of the NATM in the […]
Landslide detector wins enterprise award – Source: TheEngineer.co.uk Bad economy unlikely to translate to a cheaper tunnel – Source: Seattle PI via ASCE SmartBrief New Publication Maps More Than 22,000 Landslides in Utah – Source: […]
The City of Zhengzhou is set to become a major rail crossroads for China, located at the intersections of China’s major North-South and East-West lines. Currently tunneling with tunnel boring machine (TBM) is taking place […]
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