Have some GeoNews that doesn't fit in another category? Here's the place. Try to keep it at least somewhat on topic.
I’ve been very impressed with the geotechnical group at the Ohio DOT. They seem to be on the cutting edge of using modern technology to manage their geotechnical data. A few years ago, I posted […]
An interesting interview with an experienced geotechnical engineer, Frank Callanan, a Vice President at Geotechnology in St. Louis. He shares some interesting insights on the challenging projects he’s worked on in his career, and his […]
Groundwater from the Nevada Test Site, location of numerous nuclear test explosions, could eventually migrate 50 miles to Ash Springs, a haven for 24 unique plant and animal species. The 10,000 gpm springs were sampled […]
Apparently the French are working on their nuclear waste storage facility, they already have a research laboratory constructed about 1/2-km underground. The actual repository will come on line around 2025 and be one of the […]
Eco-friendly transit station a failure, officials say – Source: ASCE SmartBrief The CAD App – Source: Constructech magazine via AGC SmartBrief A company in my neck of the woods, Scottsdale, Arizona, has a software package […]
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I’m headed for a little vacation with the family, so no updates for the next week or so. When I get back, don’t miss a review of the first geotechnical iPhone/iPad app, a revamped Facebook […]
Bruce Herbert, assistant head of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M, says reports that as much as $1 trillion worth of minerals may lie in Afghan soils are really not surprising. U.S. […]
And more superfund projects are expected to be added to the NPL soon. This info is based on a Government Accountability Office report from May of this year reviewing data from Fiscal Year 2010 and […]
The JPL folks used UAVSAR mounted on their Gulfstream-III aircraft to take highly accurate radar measurements of the ground surface in Baja, California, near the site of the April 4, 2010 magnitude 7.2 Baja earthquake […]
The new satellites are for military as well as civilian use and are meant to replace the aging system of satellites that are currently in service. They offer a number of improvements, including a stronger […]
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