The reuse of existing foundations can offer significant schedule, cost, and sustainability benefits on large renovation projects, but it also introduces geotechnical challenges that are not always straightforward to address. One such challenge is how […]
Did you miss the December webinar from Rocscience on analyzing bearing capacity using NovoSPT and PEYSANJ? Well, no worries. You can now watch the recorded version on the Rocscience YouTube channel. Or see below. [Editor] […]
A crane setting girders for a bridge in New Zealand toppled over as the temporary embankment it was sitting on gave way. [Source: The Landslide Blog. Image: Vertical.net]
Hot on the heals of the revised MSE Wall Manual, the FHWA has released another manual, this one on Spread Footings. Selection of Spread Footings on Soils to Support Highway Bridge Structures was authored by Naresh C. Samtani, PE, PhD, Edward A Nowatzki, PE, PhD and Dennis R. Mertz, PE, PhD. So what is this manual all about? I think the foreword by Scott Anderson, PE, PhD of the FHWA Resource Center says it best:
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