I know this video made the rounds by email and on Geoengineer a while back, but I haven’t posted it here. It shows a novel way of installing piles in softer soil. Those guys have some nice rhythm! Happy Friday.
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Video: Fun with Falling Rocks
Thank you to my old colleague at URS Corporation, Andy Messer for sending me a link to these videos. The are from an Austrian company, Trumer Schutzbauten, that provides products and research related to rockfall fences. The first video is presumably to show the hazards of camping next to hazardous rock slopes…good fun! Click through for the videos.
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2014 Seed Lecture – Developments in the Assessment of Liquefaction Potential and Its Consequences
2014 Seed Lecture: Developments in the Assessment of Liquefaction Potential and its Consequences, presented by W.D. Liam Finn, Ph.D.,P.Eng., Life.M.ASCE, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia at the 2014 Geo-Congress in Atlanta, GA, USA. [Source: […]
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Terracon CEO Takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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So….would we call that a 6 MP (man power) vibratory hammer? If we consider it an impact hammer, what is the rated energy? 😉
I like it. And if you run into a stiffer material, you just put on some speed metal music! 😀