The video above gives a good perspective of the site, but the actual collapse can be seen at Asia One (sorry, couldn’t embed). [Source: Asia One via Dan Brown and Associates. Image: Asia One]
A failing retaining wall in Cincinatti is applying enough pressure to an adjacent brick apartment building to actually move portions of the building sideways by about 1-inch. You have to love brick buildings for forensic […]
The forensic geotechnical engineer who investigated the Tennessee Valley Authority’s 2008 coal ash spill was called to testify recently at lawsuits brought by some 230 property owners claiming negligence on the part of TVA for […]
There is nothing funny about landslides, particularly when you consider the tremendous loss of life that happens all the time around the world, most recently in Taiwan, China, Sierra Leone and elsewhere. But the well known humor site, the Onion has taken a pretty good crack at this usually unfunny subject in their video “news” clip Reporter In Helicopter Pretty Sure Landslide Down There Somewhere. Its a very amusing video that’s really about journalists and their attempts to get the scoop about a story, not really about landslides at all. Click through for the embedded video. Happy weekend. […]
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Again, one of the advantages of conducting dynamic load tests over static.