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The photo above shows a crack measuring roughly 500 ft in length that is part of the evidence in Tampa Bay Water's lawsuit against HDR.
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Updated: Tampa Reservoir Failure Lawsuit Heats Up

April 12, 2012 rockman Failures Comments Off on Updated: Tampa Reservoir Failure Lawsuit Heats Up

[Update 4/13/12] A verdict in favor of HDR was reached earlier this week.  They have been exhonerated of the charges and will pay no damages to Tampa Bay Water District. Read more on this GeoPrac.net […]

C.W. Bill Young Reservoir in Hillsborough, Florida. Tampa Bay Water sued HDR Engineering over the failure of this reservoir.
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Tampa Bay Water votes to settle reservoir suit, pay engineers $21 million in legal fees

October 31, 2013 rockman Failures Comments Off on Tampa Bay Water votes to settle reservoir suit, pay engineers $21 million in legal fees

A five year legal battle between Tampa Bay Water and HDR Engineering over a cracked and damaged reservoir is finally over. Tampa Bay Water filed suit against HDR over the failure in 2008. After a […]

Hydraulic consolidation cell, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cell by Geocomp
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Geocomp manufacturing Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cells

September 16, 2010 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Geocomp manufacturing Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation cells

This is the first time I have heard of this type of consolidation/permeability testing. I won’t try to summarize myself, here’s a bit of a description from their newsletter: Hydraulic consolidation cells, a.k.a. Rowe-Braden consolidation […]