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Video: Port of Los Angeles Seawall Stabilization Project
This is a great application of polyurethane grouting, to fill voids and stabilize soil behind a seawall at the Port of Los Angeles. Check out the video below from EagleLIFT.
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Case Study: MSE Crusher Wall using Redi-Rock Blocks
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Malcolm Drilling Working on Seattle’s Second Tallest Tower
Malcolm Drilling is currently working on shoring for the foundation excavation of a new tower at Rainier Square in downtown Seattle. The structure will be a 58-story mixed-use skyscraper topping out at 850 feet, which […]
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San Francisco’s Embarcadero Seawall At Risk from Earthquakes, Sea-Level Rise
The iconic San Francisco waterfront area known as Embarcadero is in dire need of a new seawall system to harden the area against sea level rise and to prevent damage from major earthquakes. Projections are that the […]
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Hybrid Shoring System For Seattle High-Rise Deep Excavation
Terracon posted a new blog post about a unique hybrid soil nail and anchored soldier pile wall excavation support system for the Tower 12 Building project in Downtown Seattle. The project involves a 60-foot deep […]
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Building an Olympic Ski Jump in Park City, UT with Geoweb
How do you build a 2H:1V concrete ski jump? In April of 2017, the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation turned to Presto, the makers of GEOWEB, to design a concrete GEOWEB structure approximately 30 feet wide […]
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Building the Tunnel Behind Bertha
This is a great little time lapse video from WSDOT that shows the construction of the tunnel behind the Bertha’s disassembly pit for the Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement Project.
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Victorian Rail Tunnel into England’s Longest Cycle Tunnel?
There is a push in Yorkshire, UK to turn the abandoned Queensbury rail line into England’s longest cycle tunnel. The 1.4-mile line was closed in 1956 to rail travel, and as indicated in the photo, […]
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Google’s New Office Potentially Largest Thermal Pile Installation in the US
Google’s Bay View Campus facility outside San Francisco may be the largest thermal pile installation in the US. Thermal piles combine the use of geothermal heating and cooling with the deep foundation system to improve […]
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Ft. Collins Hiking/Biking Tunnel Beneath BNSF Railroad
The City of Fort Collins (Colorado) recently completed construction of a tunnel underneath BNSF Railway tracks to connect more than 30 miles of trails. The prospect of tunneling under an active rail line is a […]