Shoring retaining wall failure in Virginia prompts apartment building evacuation

August 9, 2011 rockman Failures Comments Off on Shoring retaining wall failure in Virginia prompts apartment building evacuation
Shoring wall failure in Rosslyn, Virginia

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Construction Site Collapse Closes Down Clarendon Boulevard, Residents Evacuated From Apartments: MyFoxDC.com

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Unconservative designs with AASHTO LRFD for deep excavations

May 14, 2013 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Unconservative designs with AASHTO LRFD for deep excavations

Dimitrios at Deep Excavation LLC wrote this article a couple of months ago for his monthly newsletter. He contends that for multi-level braced excavations, the AASHTO LRFD code could produce unconservative results. From his article: […]

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Getting Soil Samples from Outside Continental USA Back Into the Country

October 14, 2009 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Getting Soil Samples from Outside Continental USA Back Into the Country

I’ve never thought too much about this, I guess I’m still waiting for my first geotechnical assignment in Hawaii! But if you bring soil samples  into the continental USA, they must go through a heat […]

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On vacation…

July 17, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on On vacation…

I’m headed for a little vacation with the family, so no updates for the next week or so. When I get back, don’t miss a review of the first geotechnical iPhone/iPad app, a revamped Facebook […]