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Video: UC Davis team studies liquefaction in Japan

April 21, 2011 rockman Comments Off

"I’m a member of an organization, the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Organization," said U.C. Davis Professor Ross Boulanger, Ph.D. Boulanger recently led a team of researchers in Japan, looking at how the dramatic earthquake […]

Nicholson's anchored secant pile wall to facilitate removal of contaminated soilin Bellaire Michigan

Nicholson Constructs Secant Pile Wall at Contaminated Site

April 21, 2011 rockman Comments Off

I missed this press release initially and then got busy. So I’ll just point you to it on Nicholson’s website. [Source: Nicholson Construction. Image: Nicholson]

Geosynthetic reinforced soil walls as integral bridge abutments

April 21, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Republished from the ER-2010 conference, this paper by Michael R. Simac and David J. Elton describes the performance of two of the first geosynthetic reinforced soil walls for integral bridge abutment construction in North America […]

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 […]