Summer is coming to a close and it’s time to start clearing the decks. Here are some 67 articles that I came across earlier this summer that GeoPrac readers might find interesting. Enjoy!
- Award winners showcase the best in geosynthetics installation – Source: Geosynthetics Magazine
- NASA transfers control of Landsat 8 Satellite to USGS – Source: USGS Release
- Get The Lowdown on Underpinning – Source: Moretrench GeoBlog
- OSHA To Reopen Controversial Crane and Derrick Rules – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- Piling federation aims to improve data provided to engineers – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Steep slope foundation for “H” frame structure – Source: Cruxsub.com
- Geosynthetics info provided to Virginia transportation officials – Source: Geosynthetics Magazine
- ALLU® Stabilization System Cost-Effectively Improves Engineering Characteristics Of Soft Soil & Remediates Contaminated Soil – Source: THE BUCK
- Louisiana’s Bayou Is Sinking: Can $50 Billion Save It? – Source: National Geographic News via Geology.com
- USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2013–5079: Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900–2008) – Source: USGS
- 25 of mankind’s greatest engineering feats – Source: CNN via ASCE SmartBrief
- Time Lapse Video on an Ice Breaker – Source: Geology.com
- Houses built on reportedly old dump, severely damaged. Residents blame city of Havelock, North Carolina – Source: Geoengineer.org
- Thinking Inside the Box – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine
- Bids Opened for Seattle Northgate Link Light Rail Extension – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine
- A very dangerous reservoir bank landslide in China – Source: The Landslide Blog
- Ground Freezing for Cross Passage Construction – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine
- Crews lower world’s largest tunneling machine into pit – Source: KOMO News via AGC SmartBrief
- Corps Marks Completion of Wolf CreeK Dam Grouting Project – Source: NationalDriller June 2013
- Work on troubled Highway 20 project to resume – Source: The Register-Guard – Eugene, Oregon
- New Real-Time Dam Monitoring System Gets First Test – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- Terracon acquires Dunkelberger Engineering and Testing – Source: CE News
- Excavation support in an urban environment – Source: CE News
- Gannett Fleming recognized in film and video awards competition – Source: CE News
- EQuIS Enterprise 6 Press Release – Source: Earthsoft.com
- Craftsman Produces Wooden Drill Rigs for Gifts, Keepsakes – Source: National Driller
- Geotechnical Monitoring at Bingham Canyon Mine – Source: Kennecott.com
- International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering (S&T)
- UDOT builds first GRS bridge abutment on an Interstate – Source: ksl.com
- L.A. Light Rail lawsuit could have industry-wide implications – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- Record 34 Tunnel Boring Machines to Construct Delhi Metro – Source: DesignBuild Source via ASCE SmartBrief
- British Geotechnical data standard out for comments – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Australian video to promote interest in Geotechnical Engineering – Source: Vimeo
- Bauer Group Lands Biggest Foundations Contract to Date – Source: National Driller
- Las Vegas’ Third Straw – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine
- Tom Lantos (Devil’s Slide) Tunnels – Source: HNTB.com
- Geocon adopts Sitemaster inclinometer processing software by Deep Excavation as default for their clients – Source: Deep Excavation
- PRACTICE ALERT 56: FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE SURVEY REPORT – Source: The GBA (Formerly ASFE)
- Monster Machines: Big Bertha Is Digging Seattle’s Massive Underground Freeway – Source: Gizmodo Australia via ASCE SmartBrief
- ASCE Electronic Books – Source: ASCE
- New geotechnical guide for structural engineers published – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Latest Bentley App Brings Geospatial Data to the Field – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- NCHRP Synthesis 429 – Geotechnical Information Practices in Design-Build Projects – Source: Dan Brown and Associates
- Geotechnical asset owners to collaborate on rock netting standards – Source: New Civil Engineer
- Kansas DOT uses Geopier for MSE Retaining Wall Support – Source: Ground Improvement Engineering
- GeoTesting Express is currently providing testing services in support of the seismic stability analysis being performed for the Tappan Zee Replacement Bridge project in New York – Source: Geoengineer.org
- Admixture Required for Flowing Concrete – Source: Structural, Concrete and Foundation Engineering
- Use of Advance Geospatial Data, Tools, Technologies, and Information in Department of Transportation Projects – Source: TRB
- Schnabel Engineering Makes "Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For" List – Source: Schnabel Engineering
- Nicholson Constructs foundation system for Two City Center in Allentown, PA – Source: Geoengineer.org
- TRB Webinar: Low-Cost, Sustainable Shallow Slope Stabilization Treatments – Source: TRB
- The information age in Geotechnics is here: US Tunnel Boring Machines tweet and people listen! – Source: Geoengineer.org
- Sinking sections of New Orleans levee prompt repair – Source: Fort Mill Times via ASCE SmartBrief
- Briaud invited to give two lectures this fall – Source: Texas A&M College of Engineering
- DFI Announces the Winner of the 2013 Ben C. Gerwick Award – Bauer Seabed Drill 3000 – Source: Deep Foundations Institute
- Geotechnical Activity Index July 2013 – Source: Deep Excavation
- Sinkholes: When the Earth Opens Up – Source: The Atlantic via ASCE SmartBrief
- Maccaferri Opens New Manufacturing Facility in California – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine
- RockWorks 16 Released – Source: Rockware
- China plans world’s longest sea tunnel at $42 billion – Source: Reuters via ASCE SmartBrief
- NYC Second Ave Subway project halfway completed – Source: NY Daily News via AGC SmartBrief
- Fine’s GEO5 software in action at Prague Metro – Source: Geoengineer.org
- Millennium Skyscrapers Atop the Hollywood Fault? – Source: The Informer via ASCE SmartBrief
- Ten Drives, Four TBMs Build Toronto Subway Extension – Source: ENR: Engineering News Record
- John Bachner’s Top 10 ASFE-GBA Resources – Source: ASFE: The Geoprofessional Business Association
- Indiannapolis deep rock tunnel ahead of schedule – Source: Indianapolis Star via ASCE SmartBrief
- Bertha starts drilling new Seattle tunnel beneath downtown – Source: MyNorthwest.com via ASCE SmartBrief