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Soilmec Releases New Training Videos

January 28, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The foundation drilling equipment manufacturer Soilmec has released some new videos about the operator training that they had over the summer. Here’s a video discussing the benefits of safety training for drill rig operators. [Source: […]

Catch-Up Post for Friday January 25, 2013

January 25, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Devil’s Slide tunnels not ready yet – Source: SFGate Whats the difference between Geological Engineering and Geology? – Source: College Confidential Full Speed Ahead – Source: Tunnel Business Magazine TBM Arrives in Indy for Deep […]

Trevi Tiger hydromill capable of constructing slurry walls to a depth of 250 meters

Trevi ready to set new slurry wall record

January 25, 2013 rockman Comments Off

European geotechnical contractor Trevi SpA is preparing to set a new record for the deepest slurry wall ever constructed at 250 meters, which exceeds the previous record by 100 meters according to The New Civil […]

DFI Still Looking for LRFD Papers for 2013 Deep Foundations Conference

January 24, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is soliciting abstracts on a broad range of topics for its 38th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Phoenix, Arizona on September 25-28, 2013. Although the submittal date for abstracts […]

The win recognizes how Mississippi DOT used gINT to resolve data management issues.

Win for the Mississippi Department of Transportation Geotechnical Department using gINT

January 23, 2013 rockman Comments Off

The Mississippi Department of Transportation won a Bentley Be Inspired Award in late 2012 for their work to streamline their geotechnical data processes using gINT. Their work involved improving work flows for collection and processing […]

Shallow foundation damage causes building collapse in Alabama after Hurricane Ivan in 2004

The effect of storm surge on foundations

January 23, 2013 rockman Comments Off

Super Storm Sandy was the most recent reminder of the dangers posed to building foundations by storm surge, waves, scour and erosion. The January 2013 issue of Civil Engineering Magazine by the ASCE has a […]

Dec 2012 Slope failure at Bukit Setiawangsa, Malaysia

A very large engineered slope failure in Malaysia – Bukit Setiawangsa

January 21, 2013 rockman 2

An engineered slope reported to be 43 meters (141 ft) high that was stabilized by what appears to be tie-back anchors experienced a massive failure at the end of 2012. Dr. Dave Petley of the […]

Geo-Foundations Contractors of Canada installing micropiles on the Nova Scotia Highway 104 West River Bridge project

Keller acquires Canadian geotechnical contractor

January 21, 2013 rockman Comments Off

According to NCE, Keller has announced that it has acquired Canada-based geotechnical contractor Geo-Foundation Contractors in a deal valued at Â£5.7M (US$9.1M). The brief article notes that Geo-Foundation Contractors specializes in micro-piling, ground anchors, and […]

Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle

January 18, 2013 rockman Comments Off

I think the tile says it all. Check out this amazing video of a train derailed by a ‘small’ landslide. [Source: Landslide Blog]

Scott Deaton of Dataforensics shows off an early version of pLog v7 software on a Panasonic Toughpad

Dataforensics shows off early version of pLog 7 on Rugged Tablet

January 16, 2013 rockman Comments Off

GeoPrac sponsor Dataforensics just tweeted a photo of their President, Scott Deaton showing off an early version of their pLog v7 software running on a Panasonic Toughpad ruggedized tablet. I know they are working hard […]