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FHWA CFL Hollow Bar Soil Nails - Review of Corrosion Factors and Mitigation Practice, August 2010

FHWA Document: Hollow Bar Soil Nails Review of Corrosion Factors and Mitigation Practice

February 21, 2011 rockman Comments Off

An August 2010 FHWA Central Federal Lands report on corrosion of hollow bar soil nails has recently been made available on the NCS Consultants, LLC website. The authors of the report are Naresh Samtani and […]

Rescue and recovery effort for Alexander Wright, a geologist killed when a test pit collapsed in 2008.

U.K. Company Is Convicted of Manslaughter Over Geologist Death

February 15, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Geotechnical engineering firm Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was convicted today of Corporate Manslaughter in the death of geologist Alexander Wright. The accident occurred when Mr. Wright had entered a test pit to take soil samples and […]

I-5 Bridge over the Columbia River - seismically deficient

Washington’s I-5 Bridge over Columbia River Needs Seismic Upgrade

February 15, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The timber piles of the existing I-5 bridge over the Columbia River is vulnerable to liquefaction in the event of a major earthquake. And there is no shortage of potential sources for the shaking in […]

New FHWA Document: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System Interim Implementation Guide

February 15, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The FHWA Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center has issued a document to provide interim guidance on the implementation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil or GRS Bridge Systems. From the foreward: Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) technology consists of […]

Massive Open Pit Mine Landslide in Turkey

February 13, 2011 rockman 3

A massive, possibly 50 million cubic meter landslide occurred on Thursday in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey. Not too many details yet, but early reports had 9 miners missing and 1 killed. The landslide occurred in […]

Dan Brown in full motorcycle gear at Imogene Pass, Colorado

Dan Brown Profiled in DFI Magazine

February 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The winter 2011 issue of the Deep Foundations Institute magazine profiles DBA founder Dan Brown, a very prominent figure in the geotechnical industry and one of the most well known experts in deep foundations. The […]

Rudolph Glossop and the Rise of Geotechnology by Ronald E. Williams

February 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A new book that may be of interest to folks. See the Geoengineer.org link for more info. A personal account of the role played by Rudolph Glossop, one of the founders of geotechnical engineering in […]

Using Excel statistical functions for trend analysis

February 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Most geoengineers I know are comfortable using Excel’s curve fitting functionality on a Chart. Have you ever found yourself manually copying the coefficients from the resulting equation on the chart into cells to program the […]

Weekend CUP for February 10, 2011

February 11, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Haiti One Year On… – Source: Natural Hazard Media Monitoring Design change to again delay Lake Mead project – Source: ReviewJournal.com via AGC SmartBrief Family member receives $100,000 for Logan, UT landslide loss – Source: […]

Possible results of a natural dam threat such as over-topping or structural failure of the dam

DHS and ASDSO Launch New Interactive Website on Dam Security

February 10, 2011 rockman Comments Off

‘Dams Sector facilities provide a host of benefits, from flood protection to crop irrigation; however, the potential for their failure also presents a source of great danger with disastrous consequences. To avoid failures, it is […]