Geologic Hazards
Aerial Video of US 89 Landslide
I saw this video on the ADOT Facebook Page. The failure seems larger than what I though based on the photos from the ground. [Source: ADOT Facebook Page]
Year: 2013
Comings and Goings
Geocomp Corporation Celebrates 30 years!
Congratulations to Geocomp Corporation on their 30 year anniversary. Geocomp provides design & consulting, instrumentation and monitoring, lab testing equipment and products, and high-end lab testing services to the geotechnical industry. Find out more about […]
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Geotechnical Module Add On for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013
Users of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 who are looking for a way to import their geotechnical data into the program will be happy to note that Autodesk has launched a new Geotechnical Module add on […]
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High-tech Geotechnical Monitoring for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel
Over 200 buildings will receive some form of geotechnical and geostructural monitoring around the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle, better known as the tunnel that will replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. A Seattle Times article […]
Weekend CUP
Weekend CUP for February 14, 2013 – Flaming Cheese?
Did that headline catch your eye too? Here are a few interesting links I didn’t get to blogging about…including that little gem from Norway. Be careful if you are doing fondue for V-Day! Shaner Industries’ […]
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What is geotechnical engineering and why does it matter?
I stumbled across this great answer to that question from Geotechnical consulting firm Tierra Group International, LTD a geotechnical consulting firm servicing the mining industry: Mankind lives on the earth. Everything built, either originated from, […]
Software Updates
Novotech Launches Becker Penetration Test Software (NovoBPT)
Becker Penetration Test (BPT) is a field test used for estimation of relative density of coarse-grained material containing cobbles and boulders. NovoBPT is designed for correcting raw BPT blow counts (Nb) and correlating them to […]
Project Related
Video Tour of NY Subway Mega-Projects
The New York MTA is in the midst of a “golden era” of tunneling for the New York subway. Three separate mega-projects are currently underway totaling some $15 Billion: The Second Avenue Subway, The East Side Access Project (which features the new Grand Central Terminal), and The Number 7 Subway Line Extension Project. The short video below was published by the NY Post and included in an AP Article. It is tantalizingly short, but gives a great perspective on what the underground construction project at Grand Central looks like and a sense of the scale…the amazing huge caverns being constructed. The article says that from underneath Grand Central Terminal alone, the construction crews have removed enough material to cover Central Park almost a foot deep!
[Source: KOMO News (Seattle) via ASCE SmartBrief. Image: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer via KOMOnews.com]
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Press Releases
DFI 2013 Awards: Call for Entries
Hawthorne, NJ (December 27, 2012): The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces a call for entries for its major 2013 awards. Submissions for the 2013 Awards are due by April 15, 2013. Guidelines and nomination forms are available at www.dfi.org/about.asp. The first three awards are presented at DFI’s Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, this year in Phoenix, AZ, on September 27.
[Editor] Read on for the full list of awards from the DFI. [/Editor]
Press Releases
Nicholson Awarded Extensive Shoring and Underpinning Contract at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU
PITTSBURGH, PA – February 5, 2013 – Nicholson Construction was recently awarded the geotechnical work for the new Children’s Pavilion at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) by Skanska Building, USA.
The $168 million, 640,000 square-foot facility will house 72 exam rooms, a surgical area with two operating rooms, and two procedure rooms, areas for diagnostic testing, imaging and laboratory services. Construction also includes an attached parking garage with more than 600 spaces.
The new Children’s Pavilion will make Children’s Hospital of Richmond the largest and most advanced outpatient facility dedicated to children in the region.
[Editor] Read the rest of the press release from GeoPrac.net sponsor Nicholson Construction. [/Editor]