January 2012 – GeoPrac.net

Drill rig at the Newberry Geothermal Project site

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

January 30, 2012 rockman Comments Off

I kept the same title of the source article for my post…it is a very simple explanation of the enhanced geothermal systems or EGS process of extracting geothermal energy from hot, dry rocks…even if it […]

Under pressure: raising Venice above water (using… water?)

January 26, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The landmark City of Venice, Italy is known for it’s world famous canals, architecture and for some…its flooding. Part of the problem has been blamed on ground subsidence from pumping of shallow ground water in […]

Crux subsurface, micropile design-build contractor

Crux wins micropile job for San Diego area power lines

January 26, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Crux Subsurface, Inc. of Spokane, WA was recently awarded a contract by San Diego Gas and Electric to provide design and installation of micropile foundations at 16 tower locations along a 7 mile stretch of […]

GeoEngineer’s Project for NP Foundation full of challenges

January 24, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Seattle area geotechnical engineers with GeoEngineers had their hands full with a challenging project for the Seattle campus of a private family’s foundation that funds health and development programs around the world. The final facility […]

Airplane stopped by foamed concrete EMAS system

This Overrunning Boeing 737 Got Stopped Safely By Concrete

January 24, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Foamed concrete has been used in geotechnical applications as lightweight backfill material in applications where reduction of vertical or lateral loads was critical. In this application, the foamed concrete is designed to ‘fail’ when an […]

Weekend CUP for January 23, 2012

January 23, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Time to clear the decks from the 2011 stories I didn’t get time to write about. There are number of good ones in here, don’t miss out! It’s time to study the Vulnerabilities posed to […]

A day in the life of a Case Foundations drilling superintendent

January 23, 2012 rockman Comments Off

In this 2007 ENR article, a drilling superindtendent from Case Foundation, Rob Jones, is profiled while his company works on the foundations for a Chicago highrise. As a geotechnical engineer who designs drilled shaft foundations, […]

Sheet pile cofferdam around HMS Alliance

Cofferdam helps preserve submariner history

January 23, 2012 rockman Comments Off

A steel sheet pile cofferdam has been built around the HMS Alliance, a British submarine launched in 1945. The cofferdam will be infilled to create a safe place to perform restoration work. [Source: New Civil […]

Octakong setup for driving world's largest pile in the South China Sea for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway Project

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, with Largest Piles Ever Driven, is Giant Leap in Construction Innovation, and US-Chinese Trade

January 19, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Octakong setup for driving world's largest pile in the South China Sea for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway Project

December 8th 2011 5:00 PM – American Piledriving Equipment’s 8-hammer “Octakong” vibratory pile driver hammer drove the final record breaking pile in front of a crowd of over 200 people on the South China Sea, who came to witness the world’s largest pile drive to grade. The last of 120, 72’ diameter steel piles has been driven into place, completing construction of two circular sea bound walls in the South China Sea, for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Seaway project.

[Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release and an installation video. [/Editor]

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Video: Scott Deaton of Dataforensics on Geotechnical Data Management

January 19, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Scott Deaton is the President of GeoPrac sponsor Dataforensics that specializes in data collection for geotechnical engineering, materials testing and environmental engineering. This video was created by Terracon as part of their Green Light series […]