World Trade Center Slurry Wall to Become Part of Museum
Failures
Photos: Excavator Flips On Steep Hillside While Working on Retaining Walls
Check out this dramatic photo of an excavator that toppled down a hill in Wellsley, MA adjacent to a commuter rail line. According the WickedLocal.com article, the operator was working at a construction site on […]
Miscellaneous
Foundations of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
The Twin Towers are known to the world for their tragic end on September 11, 2001. However geotechnical engineers also know that the foundation design and construction for these landmark structures was particularly complex and […]
Project Related
Video: Anchored Bored Pile Wall in Lisbon, Portugal
Keller posted a very cool drone video of a anchored bored pile wall in an urban area of Lisbon, Portugal. I don’t speak Portuguese, so I can’t read the captions, but the video speaks for […]