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Arturo L. Ressi di Cervia, recipient of the 2013 DFI Distinguished Service Award

Ressi di Cervia Named 2013 DFI Distinguished Service Award Recipient

August 7, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Hawthorne, NJ (August 1, 2013): Arturo L. Ressi di Cervia is the recipient of DFI’s highest award to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award. He is the 33rd recipient of the award, designated for individuals […]

Drilled shaft foundation layout for the Burj Khalifa

Pile Supported Raft Foundation in Burj Khalifa

August 1, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Burj Khalifa is founded on pile supported raft foundation consisting of 194 bored-in-situ piles or drilled shafts as we commonly call them in the US with a 12 foot thick mat. The piles were […]

The proposed mitigation is to shift the road alignment 60 feet and to use the rock from the cut to buttress the toe of the slide

Geotechnical investigation and recommendations complete for US 89 Bitter Springs Landslide

July 30, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The geotechnical investigations and report are complete for the US 89 Bitter Springs Landslide south of Page, Arizona. ADOT published a news release with the results of Kleinfelder’s geotechnical investigation and a link to their […]

ADSC Technical Library Catalog

July 30, 2013 rockman Comments Off

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

Arizona Land Subsidence Monitoring Report

July 25, 2013 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

TECCO Full-Scale Tilt Test

July 23, 2013 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

Video: Seattle Holds Send-Off for Big Berth TBM

July 23, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Washington’s Governor, Jay Inslee and WSDOT had a celebration over the weekend to allow the public the chance to see the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, Big Bertha, before she begins her drive for the […]

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

July 19, 2013 rockman Comments Off

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 […]

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

July 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off

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

AASHTO 2013 Standard Specs for Sampling and Testing

July 11, 2013 rockman Comments Off

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 […]