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ASTM Updates for August 2012

September 18, 2012 rockman Comments Off

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM I’ve collected a list of new, updated and otherwise updated ASTM standards that pertain to geotechnical engineering, construction and materials testing and laboratory testing of soil, rock, geosynthetics and related fields. This month’s updates contains a new standard for measuring hydraulic conductivity of recycled tire-derived aggregate, updates to leak detection standards and more. Click through for the list of updates to ASTM standards you can’t afford to ignore in your practice.

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Peter Keeton Joins the Keynetix KeyLAB Team

September 18, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Peter Keeton

Keynetix are pleased to announce that as a result of the recent success of the KeyLAB program, Peter Keeton has joined Keynetix to further strengthen the KeyLAB team. Peter has over 40 years of experience working in and managing geotechnical laboratories for Soil Mechanics and has been an influential member of the CEN European standards working group on geotechnical testing. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release from Keynetix. [/Editor]

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SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a Beta 3 Now Available

September 7, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The newest version of desktop GIS mapping software, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a Beta 3 developed by SuperGeo, is available now.

Featuring plentiful GIS tools and user-friendly manipulation environment, SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a allows GIS experts to display, edit, manage, query, and analyze diverse spatial data effectively.

The newest SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a enhances the manipulation of attribute table and map query, which enables you to easily navigate maps and export them to diverse formats. The whole new Graph add-on provided by SuperGIS Desktop 3.1a improves the interaction between the graph and the map selection. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release. [/Editor]

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Solar-Powered “Stone Spray”™ 3D Printer Robot Creates Entire Buildings From Sand!

September 7, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Inhabitat article headline above might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but the technology is still very interesting. A 3-D robot arm uses a special spray to bind the sand together to create […]

A worker surveys the damage from a blast gone wrong for the Second Ave. Tunnel Project

Blasting for NY subway construction showers street with debris

September 7, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Blasting for the New York MTA’s Second Avenue Subway project unexpectedly showered the street level with debris, damaging buildings. Fortunately there were no injuries. Some debris reached the height of a 5 story building. [Source: […]

Aerial photo of the Bayou Corne sinkhole on August 16, 2012

Massive Sinkhole in Louisiana’s Bayou Corne

September 7, 2012 rockman Comments Off

A sinkhole formed at the beginning of August near a brine production operation in Bayou Corne near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The sinkhole, now referred to as a slurry hole, measures roughly 600 ft by 300 […]

VIDEO: Boaters film landslide furiously roaring down hill

August 27, 2012 rockman 1

Earlier this summer, there were several large landslides in B.C. Canada, including some with fatalities. Around that time, the landslide video below was captured by some boaters. [Source: WTVR.com]

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 […]

Bridge piers left incomplete after slope movement caused them to be out of plumb on the Oregon Route 20 Project from Pioneer to Eddyville

Analysis: Did Design-Build Fail on Route 20 in Oregon?

August 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Oregon Route 20 project resulted in the original design-build contractor being terminated from the project after bridge pier bents began shifting from construction activities in a landslide-prone area. "Design-build is more of a risk […]

Tensar Corporation’s Geopier Foundation Company Subsidiary Acquires Slope Reinforcement Technology

August 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off

ATLANTA-August 22, 2012- Tensar Corporation’s Geopier Foundation Company subsidiary (“Geopier”), a leader in ground improvement solutions, today announced its acquisition of Slope Reinforcement Technology, LLC (“SRT”).

The acquisition allows Geopier to offer slope stabilization solutions while boosting SRT’s market reach. Geopier has historically focused on providing vertical ground reinforcement in support of foundations and their structures. SRT has concentrated on slopes that have failed or are potentially unstable. [Editor] Click through for the rest of the press release. [/Editor]

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