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Drill rig at Atlantic Yards project showers pedestrians with debris

Drill Rig Showers Debris on Pedestrians, Injuring Two in NY

July 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A drill rig had some type of failure or malfunction in Brooklyn NY, and showered pedestrians with golf ball sized rocks, earth and debris. There are few details on the incident or the type ow […]

Arizona State announces geologic hazards research partnership with Indonesia

July 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Arizona State Universityâ€™s School of Earth and Space Exploration has teamed up with the Indonesian-based Bakrie Group to develop an international initiative called the Bakrie Initiative in Geological Hazards to support and promote research in […]

Dr. John Turner, P.E. joins Dan Brown and Associates

July 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

He is a professor emeritus of the University of Wyoming, and… He is a co-author of the 2010 FHWA manual "Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures and LRFD Design Methods" and the author of NCHRP Synthesis 360, […]

US Army testing new vehicle with ground penetrating radar

July 5, 2011 rockman 2

The US Army’s 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Special Troops Battalion has been testing the Husky Mounted Detection System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The vehicle is equipped with ground penetrating radar […]

Newport’s New Geologic Hazards Code Close to Adoption

July 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

This is kind of interesting. The equivalent of the Oregon Geologic Survey, DOGAMI, has a geologic hazard map of the state that the City of Newport has used as the basis for a geologic hazard […]

New Route Chosen around Nile Valley Landslide in Washington

June 29, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The new route for Washington State Route 410 will go around the toe of the Nile Valley landslide. The 2009 Nile Valley landslide blocked the highway and diverted the Naches River. The DOT selected the […]

Crews assembling TBM for first ever tunnel under San Francisco Bay

June 29, 2011 rockman Comments Off

What about the BART you may be wondering. Well, the Bart is not really a tunnel but a precast tube that was sunk and rests on the bottom of the bay. This water supply tunnel […]

GPR equipment to be sued to detect agent orange at Korean base

Weekend CUP for June 27, 2011

June 27, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Accelerated flow testing of geosynthetic drains – Source: Geosynthetics Army using ground-penetrating radar to look for Agent Orange at Korea base – Source: Stripes Flooding steers clear of Moab uranium pile – Source: The Salt […]

Martis Creek Dam near Truckee, CA. The dam is at risk from the newly discovered Polaris Fault.

New fault discovery in California could burst dam

June 26, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The Martis Creek Dam is just outside of the town of Truckee California with a population of 16,000 people, but it is also upstream about 35 miles from Reno, Nevada the gambling town with a […]

Tunneling Starts in Toronto Subway Improvements with 1st of 4 TBMs

June 26, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The Toronto Transit Commission is starting a $2.6 Billion project to connect the City of Toronto with the municipality of York. This Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project (TYSSE) consists of an 8.2 km extension of […]