Highlights from the 2012 Geo-Congress, including awards, the Geo-Wall competition, and interviews with attendees. It couldn’t possibly top my geo-wall video 🙂
Project Related
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 […]
Failures
Pile load test accident, dead load topples into street (Video)
A pile static load test went awry in Singapore when a pyramid of dozens of concrete blocks used for the reaction force toppled over into Gilstead Road. The force of the collapse caused a gas main to rupture but there were no reports of injuries. Click through for the video.
Conferences
Geo-Congress 2012 Photos
I have a collection of photos on the GeoPrac Facebook page. I’ve been shooting with my iPhone, so don’t expect any great shots of the keynote speakers or anything, but I did get some good […]