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ASTM Standards Update for May 2011

June 6, 2011 rockman Comments Off

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM It looks like May was a light month for updated ASTM standards related to geotechnical engineering, engineering geology and materials testing. However, there are a few interesting ones, such as a new standard practice for active soil gas sampling in the vados zone for vapor intrusion evaluations and an update to the standard specifications for portland cement. Click through for the full list.

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Geologic map of a portion of the lower Mississippi River

Geomorphology and the Mississippi River

June 6, 2011 rockman Comments Off

This is a very nice little article on the geomorphology of the Mississippi River for the layman. But it was definitely the geologic map that caught my eye. Isn’t it great? Probably nice enough to […]

Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments

June 5, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRBâ€™s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 611: Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining Walls, Buried Structures, Slopes, and Embankments explores analytical and design methods for the seismic design of retaining walls, buried structures, […]

Mix Design Practices for Warm-Mix Asphalt

June 2, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 691: Mix Design Practices for Warm-Mix Asphalt explores a mix design method tailored to the unique material properties of warm mix asphalt technologies. Warm mix asphalt (WMA) […]

Aftermath of the fly ash spill at TVAs Kingston Plant in Tennessee

EPA Releases Fly Ash Impoundment Assessment ReportsWastes

June 2, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The EPA has released a ton of assessment reports on fly ash impoundments at coal burning power companies around the country. They have assessed a total of 228 fly ash disposal sites in 5 rounds […]

Dr. Jesus Gomez from Schnabel Engineering

Dr. Jesus Gamez, PE, D.GE., Named to CE News Power List

May 31, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Dr. Gamez, a Principal with Schnabel and the firm’s Chief Engineer of the Geostructural Group, has more than 26 years of design and construction experience in geotechnical projects in the United States, South America and […]

Test boring at the rock-socket test site

ADSC Rock-Socketed Drilled Shafts in the SE Research Project Site No.2

May 31, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A research project sponsored by the SE chapter of ADSC is back on track and preparing for more field tests of rock-socketed drilled shafts in rocks of the Piedmont. Click through to Dan Brown and […]

Bachy Soletanche launches carbon calculator for plant & piling professionals

May 26, 2011 rockman Comments Off

UK geotechnical contractor Bachy Soletanche, sister company to GeoPrac sponsor Nicholson Construction, has announced the creation of a carbon calculator for computing the carbon footprint of various geotechnical construction schemes. The calculator sounds as if […]

Deep Cenozoic basins in Arizona targeted for further evaluation for carbon sequestration potential

Arizona Geologic Survey Releases Preliminary Report on Carbon Sequestration Potential

May 26, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Carbon sequestration is a hot topic these days, and the Arizona Geologic Survey (AZGS) is working with a consortium of public and private agencies and non-profits to evaluate the potential of CO2 storage in Cenozoic […]

Evaluation of Bridge Scour Research: Geomorphic Processes and Predictions

May 24, 2011 rockman Comments Off

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 177: Evaluation of Bridge Scour Research: Geomorphic Processes and Predictions explores the impact of long-term aggradation and degradation, and lateral river channel migration, on highway structures. […]