Available Resources – Page 33

Suggested Guidelines for Investigating Land Subsidence and Earth Fissure Hazards in Arizona

September 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

From the AZGS Document Repository: These guidelines provide professionals evaluating site-specific conditions in areas known or suspected to be subsiding with a standardized minimum level of investigation for land-subsidence and earth-fissure hazards. The guidelines do […]

Developing Production Pile Driving Criteria from Test Pile Data

August 29, 2011 rockman Comments Off

From the report summary: Although exploratory borings and engineering studies during design are an integral part of foundation engineering, the axial resistance of a driven pile foundation is ultimately determined by the criteria used to […]

Locata’s Ground-Based GPS Mimic with Centimeter Accuracy

August 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The principle behind GPS technology is relatively simple, you have a network of satellites where their location is known to a high degree of accuracy, and you have a way to determine the distance between […]

Google Permissions – Google Maps / Google Earth Guidelines

August 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Wondering if you can use those Google Earth images in your report? How about your power point slideshow? What is Google Policy on using their Google Maps data for various purposes? Find the answers to […]

Highway Reconstruction with Geofoam

August 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

This is a nice little overview with Geofoam for people unfamiliar with the material and its applications. It was written by Mr. Nico Sutmoller with Insulfoam, who also contributed this article on a Geofoam project […]

Geo-Institute's GeoConstructability Report

GeoConstructability – An Owner’s Guide Obtaining Essential Geotechnical Information for Construction

June 19, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A new report issued by the Geo-Institute and prepared by the Geotechnical Constructability Task Force is targeted at owners, and seeks to educate them on why they need the services of a geotechnical engineer and […]

Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments

June 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRBâ€™s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 611: Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments explores analytical and design methods for the seismic design of retaining walls, buried structures, […]

Mix Design Practices for Warm-Mix Asphalt

June 2, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 691: Mix Design Practices for Warm-Mix Asphalt explores a mix design method tailored to the unique material properties of warm mix asphalt technologies. Warm mix asphalt (WMA) […]

Test boring at the rock-socket test site

ADSC Rock-Socketed Drilled Shafts in the SE Research Project Site No.2

May 31, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A research project sponsored by the SE chapter of ADSC is back on track and preparing for more field tests of rock-socketed drilled shafts in rocks of the Piedmont. Click through to Dan Brown and […]

Evaluation of Bridge Scour Research: Geomorphic Processes and Predictions

May 24, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 177: Evaluation of Bridge Scour Research: Geomorphic Processes and Predictions explores the impact of long-term aggradation and degradation, and lateral river channel migration, on highway structures. […]