As we approach 2013, I wanted to clean out some of the interesting geoengineering stories that I didn’t get a chance to post about in the last month or so. Enjoy this Catch-up-post (CUP)!
- $2.88M to Fund Study of Links Between Human Evolution, Past Climate – Source: UANews
- DBA Wraps Up Load Test Program and Proceeds with Design on St. Croix Bridge – Source: Dan Brown and Associates, PC
- NCHRP Report 461–Static and Dynamic Lateral Loading of Pile Groups – Source: Dan Brown and Associates, PC
- ASFE Releases President’s Report – Source: ASFE: The Geoprofessional Business Association
- A Dutch Solution for New York’s Storm Surge Woes? – Source: Forbes via ASCE SmartBrief
- Hetch Hetchy seismic upgrade project uses freezing technique – Source: abc7news.com
- Significant Findings from Full-Scale Accelerated Pavement Testing – Source: TRB
- GIE Designs another Geopier GP3™ System in Minneapolis, MN – Source: Ground Improvement Engineering
- Flood protection for underground structures – Source: Deep Excavation
- Devils Slide bypass tunnels delayed again – Source: ContraCostaTimes.com
- Landslide stabilization efforts in San Pedro to get $1.4 million from Los Angeles – Source: The Daily Breeze
- Colorado Landslide Report for 2010 – Source: Geology.com
- Geocomp Launches New Website – Source: Geocomp via Geoengineer.org News
- Seattle waterfront merchants ‘livid’ over seawall construction plan – Source: The Seattle Times via ASCE SmartBrief
- Maptek describes the origins of software for 3D visualization of seismic and other geophysical data – Source: Maptek
- UT Austin Civil Engineering to hold 20th Buchanan Lecture – Source: UT Austin College of Engineering
- Drill results will help shape future Christchurch – Source: Stuff.co.nz
- Rockfall closes Trans-Canadian Highway for days, requires blasting – Source: The Telegram
- New paving system uses recycled plastic – Source: The Globe and Mail via ASCE SmartBrief
- 2012 Be Inspired Innovation WON AGAIN with gINT – Geotechnical Blog – Geotechnical – Source: Be Communities by Bentley
- Video: Inside Downtown Austin’s Waller Creek Tunnel – Source: KUT News
- Geotechnical Engineering Group changes name to Terracon – Source: CE News
- Worst-case flood risk has TVA weighing higher dams – Source: timesfreepress.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Cave-in kills worker at Hoosier Heartland Corridor road project – Source: indystar.com via ASCE SmartBrief
- Projects to Transform Seattle, All Along the Waterfront – Source: NYTimes.com
- Kleinfelder acquires Alliance Environmental Engineering & Consulting Pty Ltd – Source: CE News
- New tools in Vulcan 8.2 release target speed and efficiency – Source: Maptek
- Images of a railway landslide in the Canadian Rockies – Source: The Landslide Blog