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Marcy 2015 Slope Failure at Yaeger Airport in West Virginia
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Major Slope Failure at Yeager Airport in West Virginia

March 16, 2015 rockman Comments Off on Major Slope Failure at Yeager Airport in West Virginia

There was a significant slope failure at the Yeager Airport near Charleston, West Virginia last week. A 2005 project to create an Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) at the end of the runway required a […]

MSE Retaining Wall berm for a landfill
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Geosynthetic Institute issues new white paper on MSE landfill berms

September 27, 2012 rockman Comments Off on Geosynthetic Institute issues new white paper on MSE landfill berms

The Geosynthetic Institute has released a white paper examining ‘U.S. State Environmental Agency Status with Respect To Reviewing and Permitting Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Landfill Berms’. The use of MSE Walls to buttress landfill berms […]

Maccaferri Wins Ground Engineering Award
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Maccaferri wins International Ground Engineering Award

July 18, 2012 rockman Comments Off on Maccaferri wins International Ground Engineering Award

The Pakyong Airport in Himalayan state of Sikkim in North East India was selected as the 2012 International Project of the Year by Ground Engineering Magazine, a geotechnical engineering trade publication associated with the UK’s […]

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