Happy Friday! If you need a break today, here are some interesting stories from the past month or so that I didn’t get to blogging about. Enjoy!
- A call for landslide photos for the USGS library archive – Source: The Landslide Blog
- Massive landslide stops production at Bingham Canyon Mine – Source: Deseret News
- Caltrans Completes Devil’s Slide Tunnel Construction – Source: Caltrans News Release
- ASFE Becoming GBA – Source: ASFE: The Geoprofessional Business Association
- Subway Sea Wall Of Steel Rising Between A Train And Jamaica Bay – Source: Transportation Nation via AGC SmartBrief
- Nicholson Part of Award-Winning Team for Chevron Science Center – Source: Nicholson Construction Company
- BNSF railway has plans to mitigate rising landslide risks – Source: NWCN.com
- ADOT’s geotechnical investigation on US 89 landslide enters final stages – Source: ADOT
- NYC’s subway, still under construction – Source: CBS News Video via ASCE SmartBrief
- Uphill tunnel breakthrough in Switzerland – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Utah mine landslide brought 165 tons or rock, dirt – Source: Businessweek
- East Side Access Project Passes Major Milestone as Blasting Concludes Under Grand Central Terminal – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine
- Pile Buck Magazine Issue 29-2 Has Arrived! – Source: Pile Buck Magazine
- Judge chides Army Corps of Engineers over ‘tragically flawed’ levees that failed in Katrina – Source: The Washington Post via ASCE SmartBrief
- BNSF railway has plans to mitigate rising landslide risks – Source: KING5.com Seattle
- Notes on Importing DXF Files in gINT – Source: Be Communities by Bentley
- GeoComp CEO, Marr, provides pivotal expert witness testimony in Hurricane Katrina litigation – Source: GeoComp
- Landslide Hazard Maps for California – Source: California Geological Survey via Geology.com
- Salt Lake town hall to explore seismic risks and readiness – Source: The Salt Lake Tribune via AEG Insider
- Geotechnical Activity Index April Update – Source: Deep Excavation
- URS Wins IDIQ Contract with K.C. District of the Corps for Dams and Levee Work – Source: CE News
- Free Downloadable Simulator for Seismic CPT Data Acquisitio – Source: Baziw Consulting Engineers Ltd. via LinkedIn Geotechnical Data Hub
- Exposing the Wasatch Fault – A Source of Large Earthquakes along the Wasatch Front – Source: Utah Geological Survey via AEG Insider
- Old landslide delays dam, leaves SF sans water source – Source: SFGate Blog
- Wolf Creek Dam Project Delivers Peace of Mind Ahead of Schedule – Source: National Driller
- Time-lapse video shows digging of Crossrail tunnels – Source: London – ITV News via LinkedIn Geotechnical Engineers group
- California Engineering Geologists Urged to Take Survey – Source: California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists via AEG Insider
- Homeowners Insurance and Geologic Hazards – Source: Geology.com via AEG Insider
- Mapping Voids, Debonding, Delaminations, Moisture, and Other Defects Behind or Within Tunnel Linings – Source: SHRP2 via TRB
- Crossrail Photo Gallery in the Independent – Source: See the gallery at The Independent (UK) via LinkedIn
- Alaska Hydropower Dam on Susitna River Moving Forward – Source: Alaska Dispatch via ASCE SmartBrief
- Tunnel-boring machine Bertha will be felt under Seattle;… – Source: www.kirotv.com