Square shaft helical piles with an added grout column were the ideal foundation to support two missile magazines in one of America's largest Naval bases. Located on the Atlantic coast near Jacksonvil...
Read MoreIt was impossible to foresee what began as heavy rainfall on 18 May, 2020, would end with the brutal failure of both the Edenville and Sanford dams in Michigan, USA. But the catastrophe could have b...
Read MoreThe construction of an embankment on clay can generate excess pore pressure in the clay, causing slope stability problems in the short term. For this reason, it’s important to evaluate the Factor of...
Read MoreSurface mining, whether you call it open pit, opencast, or open cut is a common method of extracting minerals like coal, iron, gold, and copper from shallow depths below the ground. Slope stability a...
Read MoreKeller provided a ground improvement solution to mitigate lateral spreading and foundation support for new structures on the 35-acre Franz River campus. As part of the University of Portland’s 2013 M...
Read MoreVertical excavations are common in urban environments due to the lack of available space for gentle slopes. These excavations are supported by retaining structures, such as diaphragm walls tied back...
Read MoreOne of many challenges to open pit and underground mine designs is the high variability of weak rocks in weathered sedimentary deposits. Probabilistic analysis is the most valuable tool to quantify t...
Read MoreBuild One Model, Not Two The accuracy of your results is always dependent on the inputs. All this to say, you shouldn’t assume that any model is 100% correct. However, running the same analysis with...
Read MoreTwelve households have been evacuated after a landslide blocked part of The Terrace in central Wellington on Monday 8/8/2022 afternoon. The slip occurred towards the southern end of the road, which i...
Read MoreThis case study presents the most relevant aspects of the geomechanical analysis of a cavern complex belonging to a hydroelectric repumping plant. 1. Powerhouse (PH, cavern housing turbines where wat...
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