Every 6 months, the Business Practice Committee of ASFE conducts an “Industry Snap Shot” survey to gauge the state of our industry. They just had their fall meetings in Phoenix where the results from September’s […]
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 697: Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils examines guidance for strengthening of soils to resist lateral forces on […]
Phew, that’s a mouthfull. The FHWA has recently posted a YouTube version of their 19-minute video (below) showing how to build geosynthetic-reinforced soil integrated bridge systems (GRS-IBS). The video is based on the content in […]
International ground stabilization specialist, Tensar, has successfully defended its TriAx product range against several Chinese patent infringements.
The TriAx geogrid – patented in many countries around the world by Tensar for use in ground stabilization, road, rail and other applications – has received numerous awards for innovation and achieved considerable commercial success since its introduction only a few years ago.
Several Chinese manufacturers and their distributors attempted to take advantage of this success by producing similar triangular aperture geogrid products, thereby infringing upon Tensar’s TriAx patent. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from Tensar International Corporation. [/Editor]
ESdat Environmental Data Management Software has been used to manage and report on large datasets generated from an investigation of groundwater contamination on an industrial facility in Adelaide. ESdat was used in managing site data and the maintenance of conceptual model and time series outputs at a complex site over an extended period. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the article. [/Editor]
I’ve still got a few minutes left in my time zone anyway. But October 2 is Karl Terzaghi’s birthday. And my colleague Robert Thompson at Dan Brown and Associates has written a nice blog post […]
Sorry for the delay, this should get me almost caught up. This post contains new, revised, reapproved and other changes to ASTM standards that relate to geotechnical engineering, materials testing and related standards. There is a new test method for consolidated drained triaxial compression test for soils, and a revised standard for the test method for compressive strength of cyllindrical concrete specimens among others. Click through for the list.
The September AEG News magazine mentioned this GPS based motion tracker by Applied Geomechanics for monitoring of bridges, dams, natural hazards and other features to a high degree of accuracy. The 3D Tracker systems include […]
Geotechnical drilling has commenced for a massive Australian rail that will consist of Australia’s longest rail tunnel at 15.5km between Epping and Kellyville. The overall route will be 23km long. The investigations consist of 150 […]
Ground penetrating radar was used to map the remains a Roman gladiator school about 40 miles outside of Vienna, Austria. The find is reported to be “spectacular”, compared to the Ludus Magnus – the largest […]
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