Another fine site hosted by Geoengineer.org. This site discusses Bimrocks, the “block in matrix” material that has frustrated engineers, geologists and contractors on many a project. If you’ve ever worked on a project that had material that was not quite soil, and not quite rock, check out this website, highly recommended.
Available Resources
New FHWA Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Wall (MSE Wall) Manual
The much anticipated LRFD update to the MSE Wall and Reinforced Soil Slope Manual is now available for download from the FHWA’s website. The full title of the document is Design of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls and Reinforced Soil Slopes and it was authored by Ryan R. Berg, P.E.; Barry R. Christopher, Ph.D., P.E. and Naresh C. Samtani, Ph.D., P.E. Find the abstract and download link below. As time permits, I’ll try to post more about some of the changes in this important geotechnical publication.
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RisiStone Systems
Creators of several nice modular block retaining wall systems. Their website has free design software for their products. Visit RisiStone Systems
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Garrad Hassan
A consulting and software company specializing in the wind energy and marine renewables industries. In addition to producing some of the industry standard software for wind turbine and wind farm design as well as other […]