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Visitors look at a German bunker at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France. The area has experienced 33-ft of coastal erosion since D-Day.
Project Related

D-Day site under assault again – from erosion

June 10, 2010 rockman Comments Off on D-Day site under assault again – from erosion

For those in my generation, the Steven Spielberg movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’ is probably what most sticks in people’s minds when they think of the WWII invasion of Normandy, otherwise known as D-Day. The graphic […]

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Standards and Codes

ASTM Updates May 2010

June 2, 2010 rockman Comments Off on ASTM Updates May 2010

American Society of Testing Materials Logo - ASTMUpdated ASTM Standards for May, 2010. Click through for the list of new, revised and reapproved standards relating to geotechnical and geological engineering, soil and rock laboratory testing and materials testing that were updated last month.

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Landslide causes train to derail in China, May 2010
Weekend CUP

Weekend CUP June 1, 2010

June 1, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP June 1, 2010

19 dead after passenger train derails in China – Source: Toronto Sun Train derails in storm-hit east China, 10 dead – Source: Reuters China Train Derailment Leaves 19 Dead – Source: YouTube EPA’s coal-ash proposal […]