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Taiwan Freeway Number 3 Landslide in April of 2010

Taiwan Freeway No. 3 landslide probe finds likely causes

April 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A panel of experts in civil engineering and geotechnical engineering has completed their investigation into the failure of the slope above Freeway No. 3 in Taiwan last April that killed 4 people. Their forensic geotechnical […]

Riverbank Filtration Tunnel and Pump Station in Louisville, KY Wins 2011 ASCE Award

April 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The Riverbank Filtration Tunnel and Pump Station in Louisville, Kentucky is an innovative project to provide clean drinking water to the Louisville metro area. The project involves using the natural filtration of a sand and […]

Digital Map Products to Discuss the Cloud GIS Revolution At GITA’s Geospatial Solutions Conference

April 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

(Irvine, CA – April 7, 2011) Digital Map Products (DMP) is excited to announce its involvement at the Geospatial Information & Technology Association’s (GITA) upcoming Geospatial Solutions Conference in Grapevine, TX. This industry leading conference, which brings together a cross-section of senior professionals from a wide variety of organizations that employ geospatial technology to solve problems and provide essential services, will take place April 10-13th.

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Insulfoam Opens New EPS Insulation Plant On East Coast

April 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Smithfield, Pennsylvania facility to be shared with sister company Hunter Panels

Carlisle, PA (March 17, 2011) – Insulfoam, North America’s largest producer of engineered expanded polystyrene (EPS) block-molded insulation products, announces its expansion into Western Pennsylvania. Manufacturing is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2011 in a 200,000 s.f. facility, located in Smithfield, PA. Insulfoam will strategically share the plant with sister company Hunter Panels (www.hpanels.com).

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James Demby, head of FEMA's Dam Safety Program

Profile of James Demby, Head of FEMA National Dam Safety Program

April 6, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Came accross and interesting profile of this gentleman from FEMA who is their top Dam Safety expert. James Demby is the senior technical and policy adviser and program manager for the FEMA National Dam Safety […]

Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates for March 2011

April 4, 2011 rockman Comments Off

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM Read on for March 2011 updates to ASTM standards that relate to geotechnical engineering, soil and rock testing, concrete and asphalt testing, and various other related disciplines. In this batch is a new standard for geospacial data related to abandoned mines, and revisions to standard test methods for ready mix concrete (C94/C94M), a few asphalt standards and a revised standard (D6274) for testing gamma borehole geophysics.

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APE 400 vibratory driver/extractor in New Orleans

APE’s 400 Vibratory Driver Extractor, ‘King Kong’ Extracts 140-ft Piles

April 4, 2011 rockman Comments Off

In Bell Chase, Louisiana, a huge vibratory driver/extractor manufactured by American Piledriving Equipment Inc. was used to extract 54-in diameter pipe piles 140-ft deep. The piles were part of a cofferdam for the largest pumping […]

Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates for April 2011

April 1, 2011 rockman Comments Off

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTM It’s that time again. Here are a collection of changes/additions to ASTM standards that are relevant to geotechnical engineers, soils labs, CQA firms and related disciplines. There are a couple of interesting new standards available. D7698 is a new procedure for estimation of in-place density and water content of soil and aggregate by correlation with complex impedance. I’m not eactly sure what that is, but it sounds cool. There is also a new standard (D7702) that provides guidance for the evaluation of direct shear results involving geosynthetics. Read on for these and other updates.

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Hayward Baker Names John Rubright President, Makes Other Senior Staff Appointments

March 30, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Mar 10, 2011 – Odenton, Md. – John P. Rubright has been named president of Hayward Baker. He succeeds George R. Grisham as the fifth president of the company.

Rubright has been with Hayward Baker for 25 years. A civil engineer, he is highly experienced in geotechnical construction applications and has managed projects employing many of Hayward Baker’s technologies. Prior to being named president, he served for ten years as vice president and then senior vice president of the company’s Southern Region, where he directed financial, manpower and equipment resources along with being responsible for the design, management and installation of specialty construction projects in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and the Caribbean countries.

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Nuclear Reactors in the US overlaid on USGS Probability of Strong Shaking Map

Regulators aware for years of understated seismic risks to nuclear plants

March 30, 2011 rockman Comments Off

With the events in Japan on everyone’s mind, it’s of course to be expected that seismic safety at nuclear power plants in the U.S. becomes a hot topic. This article discusses how the Nuclear Regulatory […]