The second in a series of videos by Terracon on the various steps of site characterization. If you are someone new to geotechnical engineering, these videos are a great overview of what we do! [Source: Terracon YouTube Channel. Image: YouTube]
In this part 2 of 2, various types of retaining walls are examined as possible alternatives in a side-hill retaining wall situation. These include conventional wall types such as CIP walls, MSE walls, gravity walls and soldier pile walls and some less conventional approaches such as lighweight concrete fill, hybrid soil-nail and geofoam wall systems, ground improvement and micropile walls.
Part 1 of this Side Hill Retaining Wall article covered the definition, significance, problems and failure modes, investigation techniques, analysis, and construction considerations of side hill walls. A PDF version is now available for download as well. Click through for the article and the download link!
KeyLAB’s rate card and invoices features are very powerful but often underused. If you run a geotechnical laboratory, you know what a challenge it is to keep up with the paperwork side of the business! […]
RockWare, makers of the popular RockWorks software package announced recently the release of a brand new version of their flagship software. Their announcement claims that RockWorks15 has many new features, below are a few that […]
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