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Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier in the Netherlands

The Historic Role of Geotextiles in the Dutch Delta Works and the Geosynthetics Field

March 18, 2013 rockman Comments Off

TenCate geosynthetics was a textile technology company in 1953 when disastrous flooding struck the Netherlands. The company came up with some of the first applications of geosynthetics that allowed the creation of the Oostershelde Flood […]

Geoengineer.org’s Key takeaways from Geo-Congress 2013

March 18, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I haven’t had a chance to sit down and do something like myself…but the conference was great! So in the mean time, check out what Dimitrios and his team thought about the 2013 Geo-Congress Conference […]

The Terrainator

March 13, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I came across this interesting website recently. The Terrainator (is that a nod to Phineas and Ferb?) uses digital elevation model data to create a 3-D model that it can export to a site called […]

Western side of the Colosseum or Flavian amphitheatre, 70/72 - 80 DC in Rome. By Jean-Pol GRANDMONT

Rome Colosseum at risk from subway expansion – activists

March 10, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Members of an Italian herritage association claim that tunneling 50 meters below the streets of Rome would put the Roman Colosseum at risk of collapsing. Here is an excerpt from the article I found: "The […]

Video: Geo-Wall 2013 Competition

March 6, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Geo-Wall competition is a student competition sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE to build a model mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) retaining wall that must stand up to simulated static, lateral and dynamic loading. The […]

Video: Demo of pLog Tablet Geotechnical Data Collection Software

March 6, 2013 rockman Comments Off

This video was taken at Geo-Congress 2013 with Scott Deaton, President of GeoPrac.net sponsor Dataforensics. pLog Tablet geotechnical data collection and data management system runs on a ruggedized tablet with the Android operating system.

Day 2 Geo-Congress Notes

March 5, 2013 rockman Comments Off

As I gear up for another great day of technical talks, networking and wonderful San Diego weather, here are a few thoughts from yesterday at Geo-Congress 2013. The morning started with two great keynote lectures. […]

Video Highlights of Day 1 of Geo-Congress

March 4, 2013 rockman Comments Off

By the official videographers of the conference, Magnus Media.

Beautiful grounds of the Town and Country Resort and Hotel in San Diego

Geo-Congress 2013 Conference Kicks Off in San Diego

March 4, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I arrived in beautiful San Diego, California today for the ASCE Geo-Institute Geo-Congress 2013 conference. It’s being held at the Town and Country Resort and Hotel located on Hotel Circle, and it’s not the typical […]

Sinkhole in Florida opens overnight, swallows and kills man

March 4, 2013 rockman Comments Off

This is a horrible and tragic story. A sinkhole opened overnight on Thursday of last week underneath the bedroom of 36 year-old Jeff Bush in Hillsborough County, Florida. The man was swallowed by the sinkhole, […]