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 […]
This struck home quite a bit for me! Of course I strive to make GP the best geo-related parasite…er,I mean website on the ‘net! Happy Friday!
A Japanese company, OYO Corporation, created the PS-suspension probe for recording P-Wave and S-Wave velocity data in geomaterials using one borehole back in the 1980’s. A recent update to the probe has made it digital. […]
I think I’m about a week behind, so this is kind of a CUCUP. Hope you find some interesting reading. Landslide Season in Seattle – Seattle times via Geology.com Landslide risk rises near Three Gorges […]
Robert Thompson at Dan Brown and Associates posted a paper he and Dan wrote on the kcICON bridge. From the DBA website: I have added the paper that we wrote and Dan presented at the […]
Not in the metaphysical sense, but in terms of issues related to drilled shafts. Check out the survey on their homepage.
[Update 11/16/09 12:52] I fixed the sponsor banner issue, but I’m still looking into what’s causing the IE 7 error. Despite my fondness for Firefox, I realize a large percentage of users still have IE 7 […]
Amazing video of a rockslide as it happened yesterday along U.S. Highway 64 in the Ocoee River gorge in Tennessee. TDOT crews had almost finished removing rockslide debris from an event earlier in the day when a second slide occurred, blocking the road again. That looks like a pretty planar joint set dipping right into the roadway and everything was wet from the recent rains. Click through for the video.
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