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The Building Blocks of the SR 99 Tunnel

October 2, 2016 rockman Comments Off

The tunnel liner that is being placed by the Bertha tunnel boring machine consists of precast concrete segments. This video by the WSDOT shows how they are made at the casting yard, and what Bertha […]

Timelapse of Maccaferri 5000kJ rockfall protection barrier

September 23, 2016 rockman Comments Off

This kind of thing is like geo-porn for some of us! You might want to turn down or mute your speakers though, the background music is a little jarring at first. [Source: Maccaferri YouTube Channel. […]

New Website for Geoprofessional Business Association

September 23, 2016 rockman Comments Off

Joel Carson, the Executive Director of the Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA), recently announced the association’s new website. It’s a great tool to deliver the excellent resources and information that the GBA makes available to member […]

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Webinar Friday: Geotechnical Aspects of Polyurethane Grouting

September 13, 2016 rockman Comments Off

I will be the guest speaker at an EagleLIFT, Inc. webinar this Friday, September 16, 2016, from 11am-12pm MST titled: “Geotechnical Aspects of Polyurethane Grout”. I spoke on this topic about a year ago, but […]

Fugro revenues were down over 25 percent in HY 2016

Fugro HY 2016: Ongoing decline oil & gas market continues to impact results

August 29, 2016 rockman Comments Off

Fugro released their financial results for HY 2016. I’m going to guess that’s the Dutch equivalent of FY 2016. It’s been a tough year for them it looks like, thanks largely to the depressed oil […]

Moretrench CEO Corwin Talks about his Career Path

August 29, 2016 rockman Comments Off

There is a nice little article at the Big Ideas Blog that gives you some insight into the CEO of Moretrench, Art Corwin. Art is unique in this industry from what I can tell in […]

Nicholson Awarded Secant Pile Contract for St. Louis CSO Facility

August 29, 2016 rockman Comments Off

Nicholson Construction was recently awarded a secant pile wall contract for the Maline Creek combined sewer overflow (CSO) project in St Louis, Missouri. Their scope of work will include 78 880-mm (~3-ft) piles to depths […]

New AutoCAD Civils 3D Geotechnical Module boosts usability

August 26, 2016 rockman Comments Off

Autodesk’s Geotechnical Module for AutoCAD Civils 3D 2017 makes it even easier to integrate and visualise geotechnical data within AutoCAD and enables improved collaboration between project teams working with BIM.

The module, developed for Autodesk by AEC Geotechnical Industry Partner Keynetix, has been completely updated for the 2017 version of AutoCAD Civils 3D. Free to download to existing users, it features a number of enhancements to improve usability.

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Terracon acquires Mayes Testing Engineers

August 18, 2016 rockman Comments Off

Terracon has acquired Mayes Testing Engineers based in Lynnwood (Seattle) Washington. Mayes is a 115 person firm specializing in welding, concrete, soils, masonry, asphalt, and non-destructive testing in the Pacific Northwest. From the Terracon Press […]

Video: Changing cutting tools on Bertha TBM

August 18, 2016 rockman Comments Off

This is an interesting video of crews changing cutterhead teeth on the Bertha TBM beneath downtown Seattle. [Source: WSDOT YouTube Channel. Image: YouTube]