It’s been a busy few months, as I note in my most recent email newsletter. Here are some stories I never got a chance to blog about.
- Recap of the Need for Heave Mitigation – Source: Arizona Foundation Repair
- Residential Foundation Issues – Heave or Settlement? – Source: Arizona Foundation Repair
- DFI Announces 2015 Osterberg Memorial Lecturer – Source: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)
- Deep Foundations Magazine for November-December 2014 – Source: DFI
- E.P.A. Issues Rules on Disposal of Coal Ash – Source: NYTimes.com
- 2015 US geotechnical construction forecast – Deep Excavation – Source: Deep Excavation
- AnchorTest – Source: HetGE
- Pile Buck International Volume 30 – Source: Pile Buck
- Geologist’s Top Secret D-Day Research Uncovered – Source: Culture24 via @URETEKHoldings
- Sinkhole above Central Subway Project in San Francisco – Source: abc7news.com via @URETEKHoldings
- Earth Tech Ductile Piles – Source: Earth Tech
- Louisiana has ambitious $50B plan to fight wetlands erosion – Source: The Advocate via The GBA
- Underground cities: the future of business – Source: CNN.com via The GBA
- Los Angeles Plans for Major Seismic Retrofits – Source: Reuters
- Access Pit Settlement Has Stabilized in Seattle – Source: WSDOT – Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Page
- FASCINATING GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING NEWS IN 2014 – Source: Geoengineer.org YouTube Channel
- Dr. Rausche has been selected as the DFI 2015 Osterberg Lecturer | Geoengineer.org
- Stabilization of WW1 tunnel under shopping centre completed – Source: Clarkebond via LinkedIn
- Fugro to Focus on Geotechnical and Survey Activities: Second Half Year Better Than Expected – Source: Your Oil and Gas News
- Video: Two People Get Swallowed By Sinkhole in Seoul
Disassembly begins for Bertha TBM – Source: WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Page
The Bertha TBM is now resting comfortable in the access pit and Seattle Tunnel Partners (STP) will begin the process of disassembling the cutter head for repair.
Bertha Pushes Into the Access Pit – Source: WSDOT YouTube
3D Borehole Model – Fantastic Customer Visualization Case Study – Source: Keynetix YouTube Channel- Skiers trapped in the Alps after huge boulder blocks mountain road – Telegraph
- US 89 is open, repairs are complete – Source: ADOT Blog
- Alaskan Way Viaduct – April 6 project update: Disassembly continues
- GMM: Global Landslide Catalog Aids View From Space – Source: NASA via AEG Insider
- LA’s Island Playground Could Trigger Tsunamis – Source: Livescience.com
- Twitter to help in real-time flood map generation! – Source: Geoengineer.org
- A new lawsuit over North Salt Lake landslide adds to conflict– Source: Deseret News
- Yeager Airport hires local attorneys, obtains $6M for landslide victims – Source: WVRecord.com