There are a total of 7 TBM projects in the New York area either currently under construction, awarded or coming soon totaling roughly $4.7 billion! The caption on the nice summary table at the end […]
For those in my generation, the Steven Spielberg movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’ is probably what most sticks in people’s minds when they think of the WWII invasion of Normandy, otherwise known as D-Day. The graphic […]
The Jefferson Memorial itself is supported on a network of 600+ concrete piles and drilled shafts that penetrate through soft Patomac River sediments and dredged material into bedrock between 80 and 138-ft below ground. However, […]
The new satellites are for military as well as civilian use and are meant to replace the aging system of satellites that are currently in service. They offer a number of improvements, including a stronger […]
Although they are nearly at the final depth, the work thus far has been primarily to construct the 4-km long access tunnel. The facility is not scheduled to accept the nuclear waste until 2020 but […]
Updated ASTM Standards for May, 2010. Click through for the list of new, revised and reapproved standards relating to geotechnical and geological engineering, soil and rock laboratory testing and materials testing that were updated last month.
Tropical Storm Agatha that hammered Guatemala over the weekend also was likely a catalyst in the final collapse of a massive 100-ft wide by at least 200-ft deep sinkhole in Guatemala City. The sinkhole swallowed […]
19 dead after passenger train derails in China – Source: Toronto Sun Train derails in storm-hit east China, 10 dead – Source: Reuters China Train Derailment Leaves 19 Dead – Source: YouTube EPA’s coal-ash proposal […]
The new line will serve 200,000 riders per day when it opens in 2017. Total project cost is $4.5 billion. An interesting note regarding the tunnel boring machine itself: The tunnel boring machine was originally […]
In October of 2009, a massive landslide in the Nile Valley, near Yakima, Washington, took out a portion of Washington SR 410 and impacted the Naches River as well. This video from WSDOT shows what […]
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