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Anderson Drilling's 'Thor' Cluster Drill being removed from the hole

California Contractor Hammers Home Jobs with ‘Thor’

November 15, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Anderson Drilling has a unique tradition dating back to the founders of the compnay where they name most items in their fleet of foundation drilling equipment. They recently purchases a 48-inch Atlas Copco cluster drill […]

Foundation drill rig laying on its side after toppling and striking adjacent building

Video: Foundation drill rig topples and strikes neighboring building

November 12, 2013 rockman Comments Off

A foundation drill rig toppled over at a condo site in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and struck an adjacent building. No immediate cause of the accident has been reported, but the region had been experiencing […]

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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