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Excavation of void under a taxiway in Kansas City. The void was detected using geophysics.

Geophysics successfully detects void beneath Missouri Taxiway

April 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Airport authorities at the Charles B. Wheeler airport in Kansas City, MO were concerned about a leaking CMP joint 22-feet beneath the taxiway. The sand that was coming through the joint was detected on a […]

Haul trucks damaged by the landslide toe at Bingham Canyon Mine, UT April 2013.

Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history?

April 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Dr. Dave has some financial analysis of the Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide in Utah. His interpretation of some of the financial data being thrown around is a financial loss of $770M, ouch! [Source: Read the […]

Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide in Utah April 2013

Amazing aerial photos of the Bingham Canyon Landslide

April 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

There is a great collection of aerial photos and other photos from last week’s Bingham Canyon Mine Landslide at Kennecott Utah Copper’s Flickr Photostream. Thanks to my colleague Wolfgang Knudson at Golder for sending the […]

Video: Accelerated bridge construction Iowa DOT project

April 19, 2013 rockman Comments Off

This video for the Massena Lateral Bridge Slide from Iowa DOT shows a very nice 3D rendering of the entire accelerated bridge construction process. They are using a lateral slide method to construct the bridge […]

Video: WSDOT Rock Blasting on I-90 Snoqualmie Pass

April 17, 2013 rockman 3

This is a great video montage of rock blasting for Washington State DOT’s I-90 Snoqualmie Pass project. It’s not clear from the description if this blasting actually occurred on this project or its from other […]

Geofoam blocks in a slope stability application

Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects

April 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off

A new publication was released from the TRB’s NCHRP program on Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects. TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 380: Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability […]

Geophysics successfully detects void beneath Missouri Taxiway

Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history?

Amazing aerial photos of the Bingham Canyon Landslide

Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects

Massive landslide at Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

Weekend CUP for April 12, 2013