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Naval Facilities Engineering Command or NAVFAC

NAVFAC Southwest Awards $4.5 Million Contract for Geotechnical Engineering Service

February 26, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded RORE Inc. an IDIQ contract worth $4.5 million for geotechnical consultation, subsurface investigation, and material testing for various projects. NAVFAC Southwest’s area of responsibility includes California, Arizona, Colorado, […]

Pyrite from AmpliaciÃƒÂ³n a Victoria Mine, NavajÃƒÂºn, La Rioja, Spain

Irish homeowners hopeful of pyritic heave solution

February 26, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has released a new standard regarding testing, categorization and remediation of pyritic backfill materials. These materials have finely disseminated reactive pyrite within the material, typically from quarry waste. […]

Video: Golder’s Tunneling Solution in Toronto for Difficult Ground Conditions

February 22, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Golder Associates posted the video below describing some of their work on the York University Subway Tunneling Test Monitoring Project, part of the larger Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension Project in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tunnels […]

Bitter Springs Landslide on US 89 south of Page, Arizona on February 20, 2013

US 89 Bitter Springs Landslide near Page, Arizona

February 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Sometime before 5am on February 20, a landslide occurred on US 89, about 25 miles south of Page, Arizona near the town of Bitter Springs. The area is known as the Echo Cliffs, and is […]

Aerial Video of US 89 Landslide

February 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I saw this video on the ADOT Facebook Page. The failure seems larger than what I though based on the photos from the ground. [Source: ADOT Facebook Page]

Geocomp Corporation Celebrates 30 years!

February 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Congratulations to Geocomp Corporation on their 30 year anniversary. Geocomp provides design & consulting, instrumentation and monitoring, lab testing equipment and products, and high-end lab testing services to the geotechnical industry. Find out more about […]

Geotechnical module for AutoCAD Civil3D 2013

Geotechnical Module Add On for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013

February 20, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Users of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 who are looking for a way to import their geotechnical data into the program will be happy to note that Autodesk has launched a new Geotechnical Module add on […]

An automated survey machine that will monitor multiple survey prisms along the Highway 99 tunnel alignment.

High-tech Geotechnical Monitoring for the Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Tunnel

February 20, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Over 200 buildings will receive some form of geotechnical and geostructural monitoring around the Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle, better known as the tunnel that will replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. A Seattle Times article […]

Weekend CUP for February 14, 2013 – Flaming Cheese?

February 14, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Did that headline catch your eye too? Here are a few interesting links I didn’t get to blogging about…including that little gem from Norway. Be careful if you are doing fondue for V-Day! Shaner Industries’ […]

Geotubes at the El Mochito mine in Honduras

What is geotechnical engineering and why does it matter?

February 13, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I stumbled across this great answer to that question from Geotechnical consulting firm Tierra Group International, LTD a geotechnical consulting firm servicing the mining industry: Mankind lives on the earth. Everything built, either originated from, […]