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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 […]

Rankine Lectures free to accessÂ

May 31, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The UK’s Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) is making 10 Rankine Lecture Papers available for free until June 16, 2012. The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) hosts the very prestigious Rankine Lecture each March. The lectures […]

Geotechnical Information Practices in Design-Build Projects

May 31, 2012 rockman Comments Off

TRBâ€™s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 429: Geotechnical Information Practices in Design-Build Projects addresses how states use geotechnical information in solicitation documents and contracts for design-build highway projects. The report examines current practices […]

Videos: gINT and Web GIS; Free On-Demand gINT eSeminars

May 28, 2012 rockman Comments Off

You can claim that I’m biased because gINT is a sponsor of GeoPrac.net. But long before GeoPrac, I was a gINT user. I’ve been a fan and power user of the software for over 10 […]

New York MTA Project Updates

May 28, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Tunnel Business Online had a neat article in the April 2012 issue discussing the progress on the various New York MTA tunneling projects. They suggest that this may someday be considered the ‘Golden Age of […]

Cars were crushed by the ruins of the destroyed Clock Tower in Finale Emilia, Italy after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook the region early Sunday.

Italian quake causes widespread damage

May 22, 2012 rockman Comments Off

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Italy on Sunday, killing several and leaving an estimated 3,000 people homeless. A number of renaissance era buildings were damaged or destroyed in a region known for it’s production of […]

Devil’s Slide Tunnel video from a renegade bicyclist

May 22, 2012 rockman Comments Off

A bicyclist went around the barricades at the California Highway 1 Devil’s Slide Tunnel project after work hours and rode his bike through one of the tunnels, recording video as he went. I don’t advocate […]

London Underground trains hit “bulge” in tunnel lining under River Thames

May 17, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Grouting work done earlier in the week was a possible cause of a bulge in the lining of a train tunnel under the River Thames. Two trains hit the bulge before the line was closed, […]

Pier columns on a bridge displaced by landslides are demolished

Oregon settles with contractor on landslide plagued Highway 20 project

May 16, 2012 rockman Comments Off

The Oregon DOT stopped work on a 10-mile stretch of Highway 20 back in 2010 after several landslides were discovered during construction. Four bridges that were constructed by Yaquina River Constructors, a subsidiary of Granite […]

Old Maps and Dead Clams Help Solve Coastal Boulder Mystery

May 14, 2012 rockman Comments Off

This is an interesting geology mystery that they may be getting closer to solving. On top of a 36 foot high vertical cliff on the coast of Ireland is a tabular bedrock formation. Giant boulders […]