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Ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam in China

Images of the Three Gorges Dam ship lock wall

May 4, 2012 rockman Comments Off

Dr. Dave Petley (The Landslide Blog) was recently in China meeting with members of the Three Gorges Dam University. They took him on a tour of several sites, including the impressive ship locks with an […]

Rock anchor drill rig being flown to the site.

Foothills Parkway Bridge No. 2 in Townsend, Tennessee

January 5, 2011 rockman 1

My colleague at DBA, Robert has posted some new photos for this interesting project involving micropiles supported piers, rock bearing footings at the abutments augmented with rock anchors, and rock bolted slopes. Scroll down for […]