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Florida Pool Pushed Out Of Ground After Heavy Rains

August 31, 2015 rockman Comments Off

The source website is calling this some kind of ‘reverse sinkhole’, which is definitely not the case. The article says there was a period of very heavy rain for about 11 days before this happened, […]

March 2015 Yeager Landslide and MSE Structure Failure

CRWV Airport Authority, Triad Answer Yeager Airport Landslide Complaint

August 18, 2015 rockman Comments Off

Plaintiffs whose homes were destroyed by the Yeager Airport Landslide in March of 2015 filed a suit naming Central Regional West Virginia Airport Authority and Triad Engineering as well as several others. The CRWVAA and […]

Geotechnical centrifuge at the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling

A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On: Center for Geotechnical Modeling Facilitates Seismic Research

August 18, 2015 rockman 1

How would you feel if you were subjected to 75Gs of centrifugal force? Well, at least you would know what the soil feels like in some of the cutting edge geotechnical modeling being done at […]

Video of DeWind One Pass Trenching MT2000 Trencher Installing Soil Bentonite Cutoff Wall

August 4, 2015 rockman Comments Off

Modified from the YouTube description: Video of a DeWind One-Pass Trencher installing a Soil-Bentonite Wall 55′ deep. This is a mix in place technology capable of installations up to 125′ feet deep. The soils are […]

The next full-margin rupture of the Cascadia subduction zone will spell the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent.

The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle

August 2, 2015 rockman Comments Off

This is a fantastic article by Kathryn Schulz for New Yorker Magazine on the seismic and tsunami hazards associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Schulz paints a very vivid picture […]

Proposed glass bridge in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest

The World’s Longest (and Scariest) Glass Pedestrian Bridge

July 31, 2015 rockman Comments Off

Check out this proposed bridge in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest. It has a span of 1,200 feet and is over 1,300 feet off the ground. The majestic landscape was reportedly the inspiration for the Halleluja […]

GroundProve releases new SSR-FX in-pit radar

GroundProbe Releases New In Pit Radar

July 31, 2015 rockman Comments Off

GroundProbe has released a new slope stability monitoring radar for use in pit. The SSR-FX is designed to aid in increasing safety and productivity in mines. According to GroundProbe CEO John Beevers: “The SSR-FX is […]

Controversy and Finger Pointing in 2014 Landslide in North Salt Lake

July 31, 2015 rockman Comments Off

The couple owning a house up-slope from a massive 2014 landslide is accused of overwatering their lawn, leading to the landslide in a lawsuit filed by the developer. The developer also blames a natural gas […]

United States of America Department of Transportation

Federal Highway Administration Launches New National Tunnel Inspection Program

July 27, 2015 rockman Comments Off

New Initiative Modeled After Longstanding Bridge Program

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published the final rule for national tunnel inspection standards that will serve as the foundation of the nation’s first standardized tunnel inspection program. It will be modeled after the FHWA’s successful bridge program established nearly a half-century ago to ensure the safety of the nation’s bridges.

“This important step to keep our nation’s tunnels safe for the traveling public is unprecedented,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “Establishing national standards will help us maintain a high level of quality and uniformity in tunnel inspections nationwide.”

[Editor] Read on for the rest of this press release from the US DOT. [/Editor]

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Ice wall to prevent migration of radioactive ground water at Fukushima Nuclear Facility

Geocomp to Provide Engineering Services for Fukushima Ice Wall

July 27, 2015 rockman Comments Off

After the 2011 Fukushima earthquake, the reactors at TEPCO’s nuclear facility began leaking radioactive groundwater. The plan to contain the contamination is to use ground freezing to construct an "ice wall" to cutoff the flow. […]