A species of badgers is protected by law in the UK but their burrows can cause significant damage, undermining structures. At one site in Bexhill, East Sussex the problem was handled with a geophysics solution, ground penetrating radar to locate the badger burrows. Then a badger-proof barrier was installed at depth in a trench to protect the structures without harming the badgers. [Source: Farming UK news. Image: Farming UK News]
Fugro is offering free 1, 2 and 3-day classes on water investigation techniques, cone penetration testing, and engineering and environmental geophysics at several UK locations in the coming months. The water services course had it’s […]
I had an earthquake engineering course in my geological engineering undergraduate program, and an excellent teacher, but man, the math gave me fits! Well, apparently my time has finally come to make the effort to understand it again. A retired Canadian geophysicist/engineer is writing a series of articles on seismic analysis. Read more… (Photo by trochee)
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