An article about DBM Contractors of Federal Way, Washington. They are a specialty geotechnical contractor and are working on the Capital Hill Station for the Sound Transit light rail system in the Seattle Metro area. […]
That’s right, it can operate in 3,000 meters of water, and it can drill and sample up to 150-meters below the ocean floor while being operated remotely from a ship above the drill site. [Source: […]
Japan EQ Liquefaction Amazing video documenting liquefaction damage.. {!jomcomment}{addthis off}
This paper presents how geotextiles were used to repair three dams in Texas, Arizona, and Colorado. The geotextile performs different functions in each of these three dams, all of which are dry structures. By Benjamin […]
"I’m a member of an organization, the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Organization," said U.C. Davis Professor Ross Boulanger, Ph.D. Boulanger recently led a team of researchers in Japan, looking at how the dramatic earthquake […]
I missed this press release initially and then got busy. So I’ll just point you to it on Nicholson’s website. [Source: Nicholson Construction. Image: Nicholson]
Republished from the ER-2010 conference, this paper by Michael R. Simac and David J. Elton describes the performance of two of the first geosynthetic reinforced soil walls for integral bridge abutment construction in North America […]
A panel of experts in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering has completed their investigation into the failure of the slope above Freeway No. 3 in Taiwan last April that killed 4 people. Their forensic geotechnical […]
The Riverbank Filtration Tunnel and Pump Station in Louisville, Kentucky is an innovative project to provide clean drinking water to the Louisville metro area. The project involves using the natural filtration of a sand and […]
(Irvine, CA – April 7, 2011) Digital Map Products (DMP) is excited to announce its involvement at the Geospatial Information & Technology Association’s (GITA) upcoming Geospatial Solutions Conference in Grapevine, TX. This industry leading conference, which brings together a cross-section of senior professionals from a wide variety of organizations that employ geospatial technology to solve problems and provide essential services, will take place April 10-13th.
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