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The Terrainator
I came across this interesting website recently. The Terrainator (is that a nod to Phineas and Ferb?) uses digital elevation model data to create a 3-D model that it can export to a site called […]
Articles by rockman
Project Related
Rome Colosseum at risk from subway expansion – activists
Members of an Italian herritage association claim that tunneling 50 meters below the streets of Rome would put the Roman Colosseum at risk of collapsing. Here is an excerpt from the article I found: "The […]
Conferences
Video: Geo-Wall 2013 Competition
The Geo-Wall competition is a student competition sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE to build a model mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall that must stand up to simulated static, lateral and dynamic loading. The […]
Software Updates
Video: Demo of pLog Tablet Geotechnical Data Collection Software
This video was taken at Geo-Congress 2013 with Scott Deaton, President of GeoPrac.net sponsor Dataforensics. pLog Tablet geotechnical data collection and data management system runs on a ruggedized tablet with the Android operating system.
Conferences
Day 2 Geo-Congress Notes
As I gear up for another great day of technical talks, networking and wonderful San Diego weather, here are a few thoughts from yesterday at Geo-Congress 2013. The morning started with two great keynote lectures. […]
Conferences
Video Highlights of Day 1 of Geo-Congress
By the official videographers of the conference, Magnus Media.
Conferences
Geo-Congress 2013 Conference Kicks Off in San Diego
I arrived in beautiful San Diego, California today for the ASCE Geo-Institute Geo-Congress 2013 conference. It’s being held at the Town and Country Resort and Hotel located on Hotel Circle, and it’s not the typical […]
Geologic Hazards
Sinkhole in Florida opens overnight, swallows and kills man
This is a horrible and tragic story. A sinkhole opened overnight on Thursday of last week underneath the bedroom of 36 year-old Jeff Bush in Hillsborough County, Florida. The man was swallowed by the sinkhole, […]
Geologic Hazards
US 89 Bitter Springs Landslide Video Updates
Since I last posted about this landslide, ADOT has added several videos to their YouTube channel. It’s clear that this highway is going to be closed for the long term. ADOT and their on-call geotechnical consultant tasked with this project, Kleinfelder, are currently drilling boreholes to attempt to characterize the failure surface and determine what the geometry of the failure surface is. They are installing at least 10 inclinometers to try to determine the location of the slip plane or planes at depth and they have two extensometers to measure if any additional movement occurs. They are also performing LIDAR surveys as well. Check out the videos below.
Initial ADOT Video Describing the Failure
Click through for the videos!
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NCEES Needs Geotechnical Engineers for Survey
I received an email today from the Arizona Chapter of the Geo-Institute relaying a plea for help from NCEES, the National Council for Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. Every 5 years they survey practicing civil […]