Here are a few of the interesting articles I came across in March but didn’t have time to write about. Sorry for the delay in getting these out, it’s been a hectic couple of months!
- Rockface dynamited following Gotthard landslide – Source: swissinfo
- Landslide raises questions about Exxon gas plan – Source: msnbc.com
A really impressive landslide in Japan – Source: The Landslide Blog- Gotthard Base Tunnel rail services suspended because of landslide – Source: swissinfo
- China railway workers repair ‘collapsed’ new high-speed line – Source: BBC News
- Lessons learned on the anniversary of the Japanese tsunami – Source: Cannon Beach Gazette
- California’s Central Valley to receive most comprehensive flood plan in 100 years – Source: CEO News
- Foundation Flaws Make Kentucky’s Wolf Creek Dam a High-Risk Priority – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- Granite Provides Update on landslide-plagued US 20 Project in Oregon – Source: SunHerald.com
- 17 Free GIS ESRI Courses give you professional certification – Source: Slashgeo.org
- Computing Aggregate Reserves for a Site with Two Isolated Carbonate Units using RockWorks – Source: The RockWare Blog
- Geogrid to the rescue at Sea-Tac Intl. – Source: Geosynthetics
- Lack of lining in pond blamed in bluff collapse at We Energies site – Source: JSOnline via Geosynthetica.net News
- TenCate introduces new software for MSE applications – Source: Geosynthetics
- Tencate MiraSlope software press release – Source: geosynthetica.net – geosynthetics
- Guidebook aims to give model results – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Local News | Will light-rail tunnel machine crack old building on Capitol Hill? | Seattle Times Newspaper
- Davenport tunnel builder runs into aquifer – Source: QCTimes.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Canadian engineering innovations 2012: Earthquake-proofing skyscrapers – Source: thestar.com
- Interesting foundation system over abandoned coal mines – Source: STRUCTUREmag
- 7.4 quake apparently spares lives in Mexico – Source: The Associated Press
- 8 Tunnel Boring Machines Working on London Subway – Source: Gizmodo via ASCE SmartBrief
- Light rail boring machine breaks through on Capitol Hill – Source: KING5.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- 3D concrete printing the future of construction? – Source: Eureka Magazine via ASCE SmartBrief
- Seattle crews dig a giant pit for tunnel-boring machine – Source: Puget Sound Business Journal via ASCE SmartBrief
- Ball State: Creating Nation’s Largest Geothermal System – Source: National Driller
- Inside the Caldecott Tunnel’s fourth bore – Source: San Francisco Business Times via ASCE SmartBrief
- Pile driving, excavation begin for $4.65B SR 520 bridge in Wash – Source: Seattle Times via AGC SmartBrief
- Guide published for piling and drilling near coal – Source: The Construction Index
- TBMs Ready to Start London Crossrail Bores – Source: Tunnel Business Online