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A new road has been cut through the landslide

Bingham Canyon Mine Opens Access Road After Landslide

November 12, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Access into the Bingham Canyon Mine pit has been restored for the first time since the mega landslide moved 165 million tons of material. Rio Tinto has moved 14 million tons of that material to […]

A photo of a rusted out pipe taken during a TCEQ inspection of a dam. This picture is now used in dam safety workshops presented by TCEQ.

How Hundreds of “Significant Hazard” Dams Escape State Inspection in Texas

November 5, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Nearly 3,000 dams in Texas will be exempt from inspection, including 216 that are rated as high hazard. This is thanks to a Texas State law passed earlier this year meant to lessen the burden […]

Deep Excavation Helical Pile Settlement Approach

New method for settlement-based helical pile design

November 5, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Dimitrios at Deep Excavation posted an article last month about a new settlement method for helical piles that he is developing with Michael Perlow. The method is already showing promising results according to the article. […]

Paul Axtell, P.E., D.GE, principal engineer, Dan Brown and Associates, PC chair of the DFI Drilled Shaft Committee.

DFI Appoints New Technical Committee Chairs

October 31, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, NJ (October 23, 2013): Four of the 15 DFI Technical Committees have new committee chairs. It is the role of the Technical Committees to focus on the unique issues of major methods and technologies within deep foundations and excavation, and to keep DFI members and the industry up to date with the state of practice through publications, guidance documents, peer-review of papers, educational events and committee reports in Deep Foundations magazine.

[Editor] Click through for the list of the new committee chairs. [/Editor]

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C.W. Bill Young Reservoir in Hillsborough, Florida. Tampa Bay Water sued HDR Engineering over the failure of this reservoir.

Tampa Bay Water votes to settle reservoir suit, pay engineers $21 million in legal fees

October 31, 2013 rockman Comments Off

A five year legal battle between Tampa Bay Water and HDR Engineering over a cracked and damaged reservoir is finally over. Tampa Bay Water filed suit against HDR over the failure in 2008. After a […]

Video: Stephen Wright gives 2013 H.B. Seed Lecture on Slope Stability Calculations

October 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The 2013 H. Bolton Seed Lecture at Geo-Congress 2013 was given by Prof. Stephen Wright of UT Austin, a living geo-legend and one of the world’s foremost experts on slope stability. His lecture is destined […]

Geoengineer.org launches GeoSoftware Database

October 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Geoengineer.org has launched a new GeoSoftware directory, sure to be the go-to resource for our industry. The complete revamp of their previous directory will allow software vendors to provide news and video related to their […]

Schematic diagram of temporary piers to shore up the Leo Frigo bridge in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay Span Shored Up as WisDOT Seeks Long-Term Fix

October 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Work has begun to construct temporary piers to support the I-43 Leo Frigo Bridge. Pier 22 of the bridge settled approximately 2.5 feet in late September/early October. The new piers are being constructed by Lunda […]

GBA President Fraese Sees Bright Future Ahead for Geoprofessionals

October 17, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Great Recession has been felt by geoprofessionals, just like everyone else. Sometimes it feels like the news about the business outlook for our profession is always so gloomy. So it’s nice to hear some […]

Dataforensics is focus of Panasonic business solution article: “Dataforensics maximizes field work uptime with fully rugged-tablet solution”

October 11, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Norcross, GA – September, 2013 – Dataforensics is the focus of an article distributed by technology industry leader Panasonic Systems Communication Company. The article is the result of a case study performed by Panasonic re-seller, […]