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Video: WSDOT Rock Blasting on I-90 Snoqualmie Pass

April 17, 2013 rockman 3

This is a great video montage of rock blasting for Washington State DOT’s I-90 Snoqualmie Pass project. It’s not clear from the description if this blasting actually occurred on this project or its from other […]

Drilling for presplit blasting for wind turbine foundations in Oklahoma

Wind Turbine Foundations in Rock for OK Wind Farm

March 4, 2011 rockman Comments Off

For a wind farm near Lawton, OK, many of the foundations consist of rock sockets 19 feet in diameter, 20 feet deep. The rock was blasted to presplit the holes and facilitate excavation. The bedrock […]