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.
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Matterhorn
Creek stabilization, retaining walls, helix anchor foundations, erosion control systems fully engineered. Fish & Game, Army Corps, USDA, FEMA, Caltrans, State Water and State Architect approved. Headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA. Visit Matterhorn
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US Fabrics Inc
US Fabrics is a geosynthetic products company specializing in geotextiles, geogrids and geomembranes. Visit US Fabrics Inc
Standards and Codes
ASTM Updates for April 2011
It’s that time again. Here are a collection of changes/additions to ASTM standards that are relevant to geotechnical engineers, soils labs, CQA firms and related disciplines. There are a couple of interesting new standards available. D7698 is a new procedure for estimation of in-place density and water content of soil and aggregate by correlation with complex impedance. I’m not eactly sure what that is, but it sounds cool. There is also a new standard (D7702) that provides guidance for the evaluation of direct shear results involving geosynthetics. Read on for these and other updates.