It was a hectic summer it seems, less time for blogging than I would have liked. So here are some interesting geo-news items I didn’t have time to blog about.
- Geotechnical investigation for Flower Creek Dam – Source: Crux
- PortMiami Tunnel recognized as top-100 urban infrastructure project – Source: South Florida Business Journal via ASCE SmartBrief
- The British Geological Survey predicts potential for a cracking summer – Source: NCE
- Work begins on stabilizing Paseo del Mar landslide, though funding a concern – Source: The Daily Breeze
- Stunning images of four recent landslides – The Landslide Blog – AGU Blogosphere
- Fugro to perform geotechnical and geophysical survey for America’s first offshore wind farm – Source: Windtech International
- Landslide Records on Google Maps – Source: Google Maps Mania
- Good news from Washington for geosynthetics in the U.S. transportation market – Source: Geosynthetics
- Ancient quake and tsunami in Puget Sound shake researchers – Source: The Seattle Times via Geology.com
- Historic tunnel aids construction of new Crossrail tunnels – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Engineering and the Art of the Fail, ‘To Forgive Design,’ by Henry Petroski – Source: NYTimes.com via iCivilEngineer
- PBS Chief Geotechnical Engineer Presents at SuperPile 2012 – Source: PBS Engineering + Environmental
- Pile load test at St. Croix bridge will help determine if a quieter bridge can be built – Source: StarTribune.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- MTA: We won’t ‘bore’ you anymore – Source: m.NYPOST.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Corps of Engineers testing levee ‘armor’ – Source: NOLA.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Tunnel enthusiasts prepare to start their engines – Source: Half Moon Bay Review
- Hayward Baker Watches the Olympics with Pride – Source: Hayward Baker
- Geotechnical Construction – Source: Layne
- PortMiami tunnel machine expected to surface Tuesday – Source: South Florida Business Journal via ASCE SmartBrief
- Your First Stop for Piledriving Technology News – Source: APE News
- Tunnel Achievement Award for Innovations in Mechanized Tunneling: Martin Herrenknecht – Source: Tunnel Boring Online
- North Dakota Highway 22 Repair Project – Source: AASHTO Project Profiles
- Herrenknecht Celebrates 35 Years in Tunnel Equipment Business – Source: TBM
- Drought Causing Home Foundations to Crack – Source: NBC Chicago
- Drought Causing Home Foundations to Crack – Source: NBC Chicago
- Delivering London 2012 – The Engineering of the Olympic Games – Source: ICE Virtual Library via geotechnical engineers group on LinkedIn
The Institute of Civil Engineers has made available for free the Proceedings of the ICE – Civil Engineering : Volume 164, Issue 6 which is all about ‘Delivering London 2012’, the civil engineering aspects of the London 2012 Olympic Games. - Death Toll from Landslides Vastly Underestimated – Source: Scientific American
- Dan Brown Selected for 2012 DFI Osterberg Lecture – Source: Dan Brown and Associates, PC
- Geosynthetic reinforced soil walls for debris barrier in Whistler, B.C. – Source: Geosynthetics
- Sustainability contribution by MSE berms at landfills – Source: Geosynthetics
- Recognizing the benefits of GRS bridge-building technology – Source: Geosynthetics
- Bluffside stabilization in Kansas City – Source: Geosynthetics
- Geosynthetics in the oil and gas industry – Source: Geosynthetics
- Opportunities for geosynthetics and shale gas – Source: Geosynthetics
- Feasibility of Digital Imaging to Characterize Earth Materials – Source: trb
- Sinkhole Closes Highway Near Cripple Creek – Denver News Story – Source: KMGH Denver
- Musical dunes: what makes sand dunes sing? – Source: COSMOS magazine
- GROUND PENETRATING RADAR – Source: UDOT Transportation Blog
- New Legislation Introduced to Prevent Fly Ash Regulations – Source: AGC News
- Last I-75 Lane At Rockslide In Tennessee Reopens – Source: LEX18.com
- Landslide deaths much higher than thought: study – Source: Reuters
- How to Build a 21st-Century Tunnel in Earthquake Country – Source: Wired.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Steel Plates Are Eyed in Blast – Source: WSJ.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Itasca buys Simulation Works, maker of Kubrix engineering software – Source: Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
- Plane missing with Aussie geophysicist on board on Borneo Island – Source: News.com.au
- Missing aircraft found, pilot and three passengers dead – Source: theSundaily
- Installation of Geotextile Landscape Fabric Using 3M™ Geotextile Seaming Cylinder Spray Adhesive – Source: 3M Building & Construction via geosynthetica.net
- USGS Storm-Surge Sensors Deployed Ahead of Isaac – Source: USGS
- Crisis Mapping for Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Resilience – Source: iRevolution via ASCE SmartBrief
- ‘Crowdsourcing’: Looking at New Ways to Map Structures in Colorado – Source: USGS
- Building Levee WBV-72 – Source: Geosynthetics
- Novo Tech launches update to NovoCPT CPT Analysis Software – Source: Novo Tech
- Bridge supports for Highway 20 come down as project begins again – Source: Registerguard.com
- Terracon acquires IHI Environmental – Source: CE News