Video: AMS, Inc – Geotechnical sampling equipment to drill rigs

November 28, 2011 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on Video: AMS, Inc – Geotechnical sampling equipment to drill rigs

AMS makes samplers ranging from hand augers to sonic drill rigs and direct push rigs for geotechnical and environmental sampling. This video gives an overview of the origins of their company in 1942 and their various product offerings.

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Video: Hayward Baker’s Wet Soil Mixing at Community Memorial Hospital

October 10, 2012 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Video: Hayward Baker’s Wet Soil Mixing at Community Memorial Hospital

To keep the loose soils beneath a planned hospital from liquefying and damaging the foundations during the design earthquake, Hayward Baker stabilized the site by performing wet soil mixing. In addition, HB installed tie down […]

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Video of Car Swallowed by Sinkhole Related to Tunneling in Cairo, Egypt

September 29, 2009 rockman Failures Comments Off on Video of Car Swallowed by Sinkhole Related to Tunneling in Cairo, Egypt

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On September 3, a sinkhole opened up on a downtown Cairo street, swallowing the car pictured here. According to the description accompanying the video uploaded to YouTube by TheDailyNewsEgypt, the sinkhole was related to tunneling activities for the Cairo Metro line that is currently under construction. Click through for the video. […]