Industry Article: Evaluating Cleanup at Hamilton Army Airfield Using EQuIS and ArcGIS – Source: Bentley Geotechnical Sinkhole insurance reforms in Florida – Source: HeraldTribune.com via Geology.com Rock socketed piles upgrade Australia port – Source: National […]
It looks like May was a light month for updated ASTM standards related to geotechnical engineering, engineering geology and materials testing. However, there are a few interesting ones, such as a new standard practice for active soil gas sampling in the vados zone for vapor intrusion evaluations and an update to the standard specifications for portland cement. Click through for the full list.
This is a very nice little article on the geomorphology of the Mississippi River for the layman. But it was definitely the geologic map that caught my eye. Isn’t it great? Probably nice enough to […]
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 611: Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments explores analytical and design methods for the seismic design of retaining walls, buried structures, […]
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 691: Mix Design Practices for Warm-Mix Asphalt explores a mix design method tailored to the unique material properties of warm mix asphalt technologies. Warm mix asphalt (WMA) […]
The EPA has released a ton of assessment reports on fly ash impoundments at coal burning power companies around the country. They have assessed a total of 228 fly ash disposal sites in 5 rounds […]
Dr. Gamez, a Principal with Schnabel and the firm’s Chief Engineer of the Geostructural Group, has more than 26 years of design and construction experience in geotechnical projects in the United States, South America and […]
A research project sponsored by the SE chapter of ADSC is back on track and preparing for more field tests of rock-socketed drilled shafts in rocks of the Piedmont. Click through to Dan Brown and […]
UK geotechnical contractor Bachy Soletanche, sister company to GeoPrac sponsor Nicholson Construction, has announced the creation of a carbon calculator for computing the carbon footprint of various geotechnical construction schemes. The calculator sounds as if […]
Carbon sequestration is a hot topic these days, and the Arizona Geologic Survey (AZGS) is working with a consortium of public and private agencies and non-profits to evaluate the potential of CO2 storage in Cenozoic […]
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