Weekend CUP

I flag tons of interesting news items over the course of a week. I usually like to summarize the article when I post about it and maybe add a photo or embed a video or something. But I don’t have nearly enough time to post everything I find. So I’m starting a (roughly) weekly post I’ll call my Weekend Catch-Up-Post or CUP for short. In these posts, I’ll simply present a bulleted list of news items I didn’t have time to write about. Enjoy!

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Weekend CUP July 16, 2010

July 17, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP July 16, 2010

Aging pier footings pass safety tests for Dulles Metrorail Project – Source: Washington Post via CE News The Geo-Institute is proud to announce that Rob Schweinfurth became the G-I’s new director on July 1, 2010 […]

Devil's Slide photo by Jimmy Lin
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Weekend CUP July 12, 2010

July 12, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP July 12, 2010

Nice photo of Devil’s Slide on CA 1 (the PCH) – Source: Flickr You can see the cap beam for some of the ground anchors that are holding up the highway, and you can also […]

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Weekend CUP July 6, 2010

July 6, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP July 6, 2010

Mudslide buries more than 100 in south-west China – Source: Earth Times News via USGS Landslide Events June 2010 Dam Safety News – Source: Association of State Dam Safety Officials Video: Landslide Takes Down Truck […]

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Weekend CUP June 27, 2010

June 28, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP June 27, 2010

Two new DFI Publications – Source: DFI.org The first is Augered Cast-In-Place Piles Inspector’s Guide, Second Edition, 2010 which now includes information on Automated Monitoring Equipment (AME) and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT). Also recently available is […]

Officials say water pumped from this excavation west of Union Station in Denver into the South Platte River has too much iron and will need a different permit and require different filtration.
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Weekend CUP June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP June 21, 2010

LiDAR-based geomorphic analysis of Martis Creek Dam finds new fault zone – Source: CE News 38 died in south China landslides – Source: China Daily The History of Tunneling at PB – Source: Tunnel Business Online Denver […]

Workers form concrete floodwalls in the New Orleans lakefront area
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Weekend CUP June 14, 2010

June 15, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP June 14, 2010

Geotechnical Data Management at the Virginia Department of Transportation – Source: TRB Hurricane season begins Tuesday with $5.8 billion of work still in progress – Source: NOLA.com via ASCE SmartBrief ‘Although this is significant progress […]

Landslide causes train to derail in China, May 2010
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Weekend CUP June 1, 2010

June 1, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP June 1, 2010

19 dead after passenger train derails in China – Source: Toronto Sun Train derails in storm-hit east China, 10 dead – Source: Reuters China Train Derailment Leaves 19 Dead – Source: YouTube EPA’s coal-ash proposal […]

Bridge in a backback technology, workers inflate carbonfiber tubes and fill them with concrete
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Weekend CUP May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP May 24, 2010

California’s Hudson Ranch geothermal gets financing – Source: Imperial Valley Press Online via ASCE SmartBrief This proposed 49-MW plant will be located near the Salton Sea and Niland and will produce enough electricity to supply […]

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Weekend CUP May 19, 2010

May 19, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP May 19, 2010

Clean-Up Continues At Scott Township Landslide Site Near Greentree Road – Source kdka.com Geo-Florida 2010 Papers posted | Dan Brown and Associates, PLLC Landslide Caused by Oversalting a Parking Lot? | Geology.com This is the […]

Flooding in Nashville
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Weekend CUP May 13, 2010

May 13, 2010 rockman Comments Off on Weekend CUP May 13, 2010

Massive Flood Hits Nashville – CE News Taiwan No.3 Freeway cleared after landslide but still 20 days to reopening – Taiwan News Online EPA Moves on Proposed New Rule For Coal Ash – ENR: Engineering […]