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Failures

Landslide Just Misses Viaduct Piers in Turkey

May 2, 2023 rockman Failures, Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Landslide Just Misses Viaduct Piers in Turkey

A major landslide was captured on video narrowly missing piers for a viaduct under construction at the Yusufeli Dam site in Artvin, Turkey. The slide appears to be on an engineered cut slope benched into […]

O-Cell frame being lowered into drilled shaft excavation at New Mississipi River Bridge on I-70 project.
Project Related

World Record O-Cell Load Test in St. Louis, MO!

August 23, 2010 rockman Project Related Comments Off on World Record O-Cell Load Test in St. Louis, MO!

My colleage Robert Thompson at Dan Brown and Associates has posted about the World Record O-Cell test they were involved in on the new Mississippi River Bridge for I-70 in St. Louis, Missouri. The new […]

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Standards and Codes

UK railroad engineers now designing with Eurocodes

August 8, 2011 rockman Standards and Codes Comments Off on UK railroad engineers now designing with Eurocodes

UK structural and geotechnical engineers have long used the British Standard codes for design of railroad bridges. Those days are now gone as all rail structures are required to use the Eurocode. This article is […]