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ADSC Technical Library Catalog
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ADSC Technical Library Catalog

July 30, 2013 rockman Comments Off on ADSC Technical Library Catalog

The Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors or ADSC has a catalog of their technical library available through their website. ADSC has countless useful publications for drilled shaft designers, most of them very reasonably priced for […]

Hawk Rock Subsidence Feature 2004 - 2008 Interferogram
Geologic Hazards

Arizona Land Subsidence Monitoring Report

July 25, 2013 rockman Comments Off on Arizona Land Subsidence Monitoring Report

The Arizona Department of Water Resources has an excellent program to monitor a somewhat unique geologic hazard – land subsidence. Caused by compaction of valley sediments in areas of declining groundwater table, it can create […]

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TECCO Full-Scale Tilt Test

July 23, 2013 rockman Comments Off on TECCO Full-Scale Tilt Test

This is a pretty neat video of Geobrugg AG Tecco slope stabilization mesh. They created a full-scale test setup with their TECCO mesh product restraining some knd of gravelly backfill. Then they tilted the entire […]

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Announcing the GeoWorld Technical Forums: Connecting you with geoprofessionals who answer your technical questions!

July 19, 2013 rockman Comments Off on Announcing the GeoWorld Technical Forums: Connecting you with geoprofessionals who answer your technical questions!

July 10, 2013 – The GeoWorld professional network is pleased to announce the development of its latest innovative online tool: The Geo-Technical Forums! The new forums were a request by a number of individuals and […]

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Keynetix Launch Ground Breaking Mapping Technology for Geotechnical Engineers at Geotechnica 2013

July 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off on Keynetix Launch Ground Breaking Mapping Technology for Geotechnical Engineers at Geotechnica 2013

Keynetix launched their latest build of HoleBASE SI Professional at Geotechnica 2013 and this release includes technology to enable geotechnical engineers to instantly preview their site investigation data alongside BGS data and aerial photography coverage.

The BGS OpenGeoscience mapping sets, including the 1:50,000 Bedrock and Superficial Deposits, are now available to turn on in the background of the HoleBASE SI project mapping window together with Microsoft’s Bing mapping and aerial photography. Maps are licenced for commercial use, including the supply of hard copy reports. Mapping data is streamed from the internet, so customers do not need the IT infrastructure to store and serve the large mapping sets.

[Editor] Read on for the rest of this press release from Keynetix! [/Editor]

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Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing, 33rd Edition
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AASHTO 2013 Standard Specs for Sampling and Testing

July 11, 2013 rockman Comments Off on AASHTO 2013 Standard Specs for Sampling and Testing

AASHTO’s Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing, 33rd Edition and AASHTO Provisional Standards, 2013 Edition are now available for pre-order, delivery will start later this month. The 33rd Edition of […]

Crux Subsurface employees drilling geotechnical holes for the US 89 landslide investigation
Geologic Hazards

U.S. 89 Landslide Exploration

July 9, 2013 rockman Comments Off on U.S. 89 Landslide Exploration

Specialty drilling contractor Crux Subsurface recently completed geotechnical drilling for Kleinfelder at the site of a large landslide near Page, Arizona. Crux completed 17 holes to depths up to 250 feet using a combination of […]