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Excavation shoring retaining wall failure in Rome swallows 6 cars

Shoring Wall Fails in Rome, Swallows 6 Cars

February 20, 2018 rockman Comments Off

A shoring retaining wall at a Rome construction site failed at around 5:30 pm local time on February 14, 2018, and swallowed 6 parked cars from the adjacent street and required evacuation of some 20 […]

Geocell was used to create a steep ski jump in-run at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, UT

Building an Olympic Ski Jump in Park City, UT with Geoweb

February 20, 2018 rockman Comments Off

How do you build a 2H:1V concrete ski jump? In April of 2017, the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation turned to Presto, the makers of GEOWEB, to design a concrete GEOWEB structure approximately 30 feet wide […]

Cellular concrete backfill behind an MSE retaining wall

Webinar: The Design of MSE Walls with Low Density Cellular Concrete (LDCC)

February 20, 2018 rockman Comments Off

Cellular Concrete provider, Aerix Industries, is presenting a free webinar on March 7, 2018 at noon EST presentation by Susan Rafalko, PE of the Reinforced Earth Company entitled “The Design of MSE Walls with Low-Density […]

Keller is providing technically complex supporting works for Yonge Station as part of the Eglinton Crosstown line project in Toronto.

Keller has Canada Covered

February 13, 2018 rockman Comments Off

Hanover, Md., February 6, 2018 – By combining the legacy, expertise, reach and capability of Geo-Foundations and Keller Canada, Keller is now unmatched coast-to-coast. Geo-Foundations has over 15 years of experience specialising in foundation support, […]

Building the Tunnel Behind Bertha

February 10, 2018 rockman Comments Off

This is a great little time lapse video from WSDOT that shows the construction of the tunnel behind the Bertha’s disassembly pit for the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement Project.

Comings and Goings

Golder Launches New Brand

January 24, 2018 rockman Comments Off

Golder launched a new brand refresh this week, including a new logo, website, and a brand new story. Hear about it directly from Golder’s Global President & CEO, Dr. Hisham Mahmoud in the video below. […]

Quality Control of Deep Foundations One-Day Workshops

January 24, 2018 rockman Comments Off

One-Day workshops on Quality Control of Deep Foundations are being offered by industry leader, Pile Dynamics in select cities this winter and spring. At the end of the Workshop participants may choose to take a multiple choice […]

Redi-Rock gravity retaining walls at a detention pond in Houston

Detention Basin Retaining Walls Stand Up Well to Hurricane Harvey

January 24, 2018 rockman Comments Off

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in August of 2017, the Lumpkin Road detention pond flooded and receded multiple times and performed exactly as engineered. Some areas of Houston received 40 inches (1 meter) of rain in […]

Top 10 Downloads of 2017 from GBA

January 9, 2018 rockman Comments Off

The Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has released a list of their most downloaded resources in 2017. The GBA provides a variety of invaluable publications for the geotechnical, environmental, and related industries. What many professionals probably […]

Victorian Rail Tunnel into England’s Longest Cycle Tunnel?

January 9, 2018 rockman Comments Off

There is a push in Yorkshire, UK to turn the abandoned Queensbury rail line into England’s longest cycle tunnel. The 1.4-mile line was closed in 1956 to rail travel, and as indicated in the photo, […]