News
Building the Tunnel Behind Bertha
This is a great little time lapse video from WSDOT that shows the construction of the tunnel behind the Bertha’s disassembly pit for the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement Project.
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Comings and Goings
Golder Launches New Brand
Golder launched a new brand refresh this week, including a new logo, website, and a brand new story. Hear about it directly from Golder’s Global President & CEO, Dr. Hisham Mahmoud in the video below. […]
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Quality Control of Deep Foundations One-Day Workshops
One-Day workshops on Quality Control of Deep Foundations are being offered by industry leader, Pile Dynamics in select cities this winter and spring. At the end of the Workshop participants may choose to take a multiple choice […]
Miscellaneous
Detention Basin Retaining Walls Stand Up Well to Hurricane Harvey
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in August of 2017, the Lumpkin Road detention pond flooded and receded multiple times and performed exactly as engineered. Some areas of Houston received 40 inches (1 meter) of rain in […]
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Top 10 Downloads of 2017 from GBA
The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has released a list of their most downloaded resources in 2017. The GBA provides a variety of invaluable publications for the geotechnical, environmental, and related industries. What many professionals probably […]
News
Victorian Rail Tunnel into England’s Longest Cycle Tunnel?
There is a push in Yorkshire, UK to turn the abandoned Queensbury rail line into England’s longest cycle tunnel. The 1.4-mile line was closed in 1956 to rail travel, and as indicated in the photo, […]
Failures
New Guidelines for High-rise Foundations in San Francisco
The 645-foot tall Millennium Tower in San Francisco settled an incredible 16 inches, and tilted at least 2 inches to the northwest. Recently the City and County Department of Building Inspection (DBI) issued interim guidelines […]
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gINT SIG Workshop – Using Blocks in gINT, January 3
All gINT power-users should check out the first gINT Special Interest Group virtual workshop for 2018 on using blocks in gINT. Sessions get underway on Wednesday, January 3, at 9 a.m. EST and 5 p.m. EST and share the […]
Geologic Hazards
Second Landslide Takes Out Micropile Rig in NZ
What appears to be a micropile rig was working to stabilize a landslide on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand when a second landslide struck. The initial landslide occurred in early October, affecting a parking […]
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Video: 2017 Geo-Institute Web Conference on Rock Mechanics
The Geo-Institute hosted a web conference recently with presentations by rock mechanics professionals. The video is now available via the G-I’s You-Tube Channel. The presentations included are: “The Massive February 17, 2006, Leyte, Philippines, Rockslide,” […]