Hawthorne, NJ (March 16, 2018): The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.dfitrust.org), the charitable arm of DFI, announces the establishment of the Fred H. Kulhawy Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund, which honors Professor Kulhawy’s […]
On March 9, 2018 a “limited breach” of the tailings dam at the North Tailings Facility of the Cadia Mine tailings impoundment occurred in New South Wales, Australia. The area of the failure is approximately […]
GEI is pleased to announce that Vasan Srinivasan, P.E. has been hired as Chief Operating Officer. He will oversee the operations of GEI’s 38 offices, 800 staff and multiple service lines and market sectors across the […]
An article by the NZ Herald reports that recommendations for slope monitoring and early warning made by a geotechnical consulting firm in a report 2 years before the initial failure were not adopted by Auckland Transport. The […]
California geotechnical and environmental engineering firm, Group Delta, has announced the launch of a new website. And it is worth the time to visit! They have worked on some of the most high-profile projects in […]
A shoring retaining wall at a Rome construction site failed at around 5:30 pm local time on February 14, 2018, and swallowed 6 parked cars from the adjacent street and required evacuation of some 20 […]
How do you build a 2H:1V concrete ski jump? In April of 2017, the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation turned to Presto, the makers of GEOWEB, to design a concrete GEOWEB structure approximately 30 feet wide […]
Cellular Concrete provider, Aerix Industries, is presenting a free webinar on March 7, 2018 at noon EST presentation by Susan Rafalko, PE of the Reinforced Earth Company entitled “The Design of MSE Walls with Low-Density […]
Hanover, Md., February 6, 2018 – By combining the legacy, expertise, reach and capability of Geo-Foundations and Keller Canada, Keller is now unmatched coast-to-coast. Geo-Foundations has over 15 years of experience specialising in foundation support, […]
This is a great little time lapse video from WSDOT that shows the construction of the tunnel behind the Bertha’s disassembly pit for the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement Project.
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