I've never seen gabions and reno mattresses used like this...pretty amazing.

Two November Webinars from Maccaferri: Advancing Geosynthetics and Hydraulic Applications

November 5, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Maccaferri, a manufacturer of geogrid, gabion, rockfall protection, and other geoconstruction products is offering a series of webinars. On November 8, the topic will be ‘Advancing Maccaferri Geosynthetics’. On November 15, the topic will be […]

Gregg Drilling offers Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Webinars

October 26, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Gregg Drilling has started a series of educational webinars on cone penetration testing or CPT. The first webinar, “Introduction to CPT” was offered in September is now available in video form. The next session entitled […]

TenCate Geoport geotextile tube-filling system

TenCate receives patent for Geoport geotextile tube filling system

October 24, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Geotextile tubes are filled by pumping material in slurry form into the tube to form structures that can be used as breakwaters, levees, or other containment structures. TenCate has a new product that much improves […]

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ASTM Updates for September 2012

October 10, 2012 rockman Comments Off

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM Geotechnical engineers, geotechnical lab managers, CQA service managers and others utilize ASTM standards on a daily basis. Here at GeoPrac.net, we monitor the periodic updates from ASTM and summarize changes to relevant standards that may be of interest to geoprofessionals. Click through for a list of revised and reapproved standards from September of 2012.

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Assessing the Long-Term Performance of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls

October 1, 2012 rockman Comments Off

TRBâ€™s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 437: Assessing the Long-Term Performance of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls explores methods to assess the long-term performance of mechanically stabilized earth walls. For the purposes of the […]

Geosynthetic Institute issues new white paper on MSE landfill berms

September 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Geosynthetic Institute has released a white paper examining ‘U.S. State Environmental Agency Status with Respect To Reviewing and Permitting Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Landfill Berms’. The use of MSE Walls to buttress landfill berms […]

Podcast on Geotechnical Consultant Agreement – ConsensusDocs 246

August 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Consensus Docs is a construction contract website and service. They have posted a podcast on one of their documents, a Geotechnical Consultant Agreement. The podcast is embedded below. You can find a PDF transcript and […]

Online Geological Map of Arizona

August 13, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Arizona Geologic Survey has released an online version of the geologic map of Arizona. It uses a Google Maps interface, and allows you to zoom in on any area in the state to view […]

Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock

July 23, 2012 rockman Comments Off

TRBâ€™s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 717: Scour at Bridge Foundations on Rock presents a methodology for estimating the time rate of scour and the design scour depth for a bridge founded on […]

Ground Engineering’s iPad edition is now live

July 20, 2012 rockman Comments Off

If you have an iPad, you can now read Ground Engineering magazine for free! GE Magazine is one of the industry’s most respected trade publications, affiliated with the UK’s New Civil Engineer organization. The app […]