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So you probably couldn’t order any of these things and expect to get them to your GIS colleague before the Christmas holiday, but they would make a great belated present! Geo-Tee has these T-Shirts and […]
Revised and updated ASTM standards for December 2009 that are related to geotechnical engineering, materials testing, soils testing, geosynthetics and related topics. Click through for the list which includes a revised standard for Ready-Mixed Concrete, aggregates for insulating concrete, sampling of geosynthetic clay liners.
And a train was actually hit! Fortunately it was stationary on the tracks, but it crushed the side panel of the driver’s carriage. Neither the driver nor any passengers were injured in the incident. The […]
In an open letter to geotechnical engineers and agencies that specify geosynthetics on their projects, the Geosynthetics Manufacturers Association (GMA) has requested that specifiers use the correct standards when referring material properties of geotextiles and […]
I received an email from Saeed Otufat-Shamsi of NovoTech Software (Disclosure: NovoTech is a GeoPrac Sponsor). He is involved with Geotechnical News magazine in Canada (www.bitech.ca) and asked me to post the following anouncement: I […]
As usual, the ASTM has been busy preparing various new standards and updates to existing standards. If you click through, you’ll find a summary of ones that might be of interest to those in geotechnical, geoenvironmental, and geoconstruction practice.
Highlights for this month include a revision to the modified proctor standard, new standards for autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC), C470/C470M standard for making concrete cyllinders, dimension stone standards, and a revised standard for compressive strength of compacted soil/lime mixtures.
Devil’s Slide Tunnel diggers hit large flow of water – Half Moon Bay Review Nuclear scars: Tainted water runs beneath Nevada desert – Los Angeles Times via Ontario Geofish Mudslide damages six homes, closes road […]
Some new aerial photos of the landslide or rock slide that blocked Highway 64 in Tennessee were posted last week by WTVC Channel 9. This was the landslide caught on video that I posted about […]
The North American Steel Sheet Piling Association (NASSPA) recently posted a FAQ on steel sheet piles to their website. A few example questions: What is steel sheet piling? What are the advantages of hot-rolled sheet […]
Tunneling Business Magazine has a very nice cover story on Obayashi Corp, a well-known Tokyo, Japan-based mega-construction company with some impressive tunneling credentials. In their 30-years of working in the US, they were the first […]
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