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The Rialto Bridge over Venice's Grand Canal

City of Venice still sinking, study says

June 13, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Most previous studies have indicated that the ground subsidence has stabilized under the famous City of Venice, Italy. However a recent study published in March indicates this may not be the case. The researchers used […]

Shanna Diederichs, Crow Canyon's supervisory archaeologist on the Dillard site dig, and Bruce Barrow, Time Team America producer, keep an eye on the production for the PBS archaeology show.

Archaeologists and PBS crew use geophysics and LIDAR

June 13, 2012 rockman Comments Off

At an archaeological site at Crow Canyon, near Cortez, Colorado, a team of archaeologists, supported by a PBS film crew, were using ground penetrating radar, magnetometry, and resistivity geophysical methods to try to image the […]

Michigan Contractor sues Richmond, KY Utilities, engineering firm over geotechnical report

June 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc. of Detroit, MI has filed a lawsuit agains the Richmond (Kentucky) Utilites Board and HDR Engineering alleging breach of contract. Among other claims, Lakeshore alleges Richmond Utilities committed a breach of […]

Standards and Codes

Geoengineering ASTM Updates for May, 2012

June 11, 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 May of 2012.

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Kokosing Construction To Build ARES® Retaining Walls for One of Ohio’s Largest Highway Projects

June 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

ATLANTA – April 16, 2012 –Tensar International, the leader in geosynthetic soil reinforcement and stabilization, announced Kokosing has begun construction on the $3 million contract to build Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining walls for one […]

Dinosaur footprint in sandstone near James Price Point in Western Australia

Geotechnical investigation a risk to dinosaur footprints?

June 11, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Woodside Petroleum says that there is no danger to fossilized dinosaur footprints posed by off-shore geotechnical surveys being conducted for a study in advanced of a possible $30 Billion (AU) project near the West Kimberly […]

Rendering of the Columbus Crossroads Project

MSE walls going up for landmark Ohio highway project

June 3, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Tensar announced that construction has started on $3 million worth of ARES MSE retaining walls on one of Ohio’s largest highway projects. 200,000 square feet of the mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls will be built […]

Video: Strata’s geocell geosynthetic stabilizes soft shoulder on Florida highway

June 2, 2012 rockman Comments Off

A geocell is a honeycomb-like geosynthetic structure that is filled with aggregate to create a strong, stable platform. The Florida DOT used Strata’s StrataWeb product to solve a problem of soft shoulders on a bridge […]

Video: Plotting Strike & Dip Symbols in Google Earth using RockWorks

June 2, 2012 rockman Comments Off

This video shows a very cool way of representing strike and dip measurements in Google Earth using a RockWorks tool.

Getting Started with gINT Rules Using a New gINT Add-In

June 1, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Bentley gINT team has put together a gINT Rules add-in that will help you write your own gINT Rules code. The Add-In is gra005 (note the ‘a’) found on the Bentley Geotechnical Wiki. It […]