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Big Ben, the next leaning tower of Pisa?

Pisa expert says Big Ben leaning

October 31, 2011 rockman Comments Off

London’s famous landmark Big Ben is now about 1/2 of a meter off of perpendicular according to recent surveys. The monument has been tilting towards the north for some time, with the rate of movement […]

Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils

October 31, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Lateral loads on bridges can result from earth pressure, seismic forces, wind loads, traffic or even ship impact or wave action. In cases where lateral loads govern, it is not uncommon to see designers add […]

Tensar Corporation, makers of Triax geogrids and other geosynthetic products

Tensar Corporation Makes Major Investment to Increase Geogrid Production Capacity

October 20, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Tensar Corporation will be making a significant investment in their Morrow, Georgia production facility where they manufacture geogrids such as their Triax line. The improvements will come online in 2012 and increase production capacity by […]

Radioactive waste barrel for possible future underground storage

Parsons Brinckerhoff secures nuclear disposal deal

October 18, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Parsons Brinkerhoff will provide ‘technical support’ for an underground nuclear waste repository in the UK after signing a contract with the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). No details are available yet on the plan or […]

Drilled shaft drill rig topples over and kills worker at site of future Toronto Transit subway station

Drilled shaft drill rig topples in Toronto, kills 1, injures 5

October 17, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A drilled shaft drill rig working at the site of a future York University subway station in Toronto, Canada toppled over and resulted in the death of a 24-year old man. The victim was an […]

George Davis presents the new edition of his Structural Geology textbook at the 2011 GSA conference

UA’s George Davis publishes new version of popular structural geology text

October 17, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Many geoengineers and geologists have used the Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions textbook in structural geology class, and beyond. One of the authors, Dr. George Davis of the University of Arizona (emeritus) was recently […]

TVA watchdog inspector testifies at spill trial

October 14, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The forensic geotechnical engineer who investigated the Tennessee Valley Authority’s 2008 coal ash spill was called to testify recently at lawsuits brought by some 230 property owners claiming negligence on the part of TVA for […]

Geoprofessionals Pessimistic about Economy

October 12, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Every 6 months, the Business Practice Committee of ASFE conducts an “Industry Snap Shot” survey to gauge the state of our industry. They just had their fall meetings in Phoenix where the results from September’s […]

Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils

October 12, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 697: Design Guidelines for Increasing the Lateral Resistance of Highway-Bridge Pile Foundations by Improving Weak Soils examines guidance for strengthening of soils to resist lateral forces on […]

Video: FHWA Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System Implementation

October 11, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Phew, that’s a mouthfull. The FHWA has recently posted a YouTube version of their 19-minute video (below) showing how to build geosynthetic-reinforced soil integrated bridge systems (GRS-IBS). The video is based on the content in […]