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[Video]: Watch a civil engineer's display on dams for elementary school Career Day!
Grady Hillhouse, a civil engineer specialized in dams and large hydraulic structures, prepared a display for an elementary school Career Day to explain the basic principles of dam function! Watch the...
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Hayward Baker completes Dam Rehabilitation Project in Lake Manatee
- Feb, 25, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Erosion Remediation Technology Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI), North America’s leader in geotechnical construction, recently completed remediation work on the Lake Manatee Dam located in Manatee County south of Tampa, Florida. The nearl...
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Elwha River Project: learn about the effects of the largest dam removal in the U.S. history!
Five peer-reviewed papers written by government, tribal and university researchers, scientifically establish the effects of the Elwha River dam removal. The Elwha Project is the largest dam remov...
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Continuous dam movement raises concerns in Kremmling CO
- Jan, 29, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering
- Kremmling, Colorado
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Continuous movement and settlement accumulation occurring in Ritchard Dam, in Wolford Mountain Reservoir, is brought to the attention of the Colorado River District board of directors, which will...
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Measurand's SAA system in the structural monitoring of Mactaquac Dam
- Sep, 08, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering
- Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Measurand's ShapeAccelArray instrumentation system is used in the case of the structural monitoring of the Mactaquac Dam Generating Station, located in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick, Canada. Alkal...
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Numerical study verifies use of soil filters to enhance dam's earthquake resistance
- Jul, 25, 2014
- Other News Dam Engineering Erosion Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sophisticated numerical study comes to verify the engineering practice regarding the use of soil filters in dams' earthquake protection. The specific method has been in use for over half a century,...
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Zambia call for help in the restoration of the Kariba Dam
- May, 14, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Erosion
- Kariba Dam, Siavonga, Southern, Zambia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The 54-year-old Kariba dam on the Zambezi river presents significant structural problems and requires immediate rehabilitation measures as it threatens Zambia and three other countries. More than...
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Challenges encountered in dam removal and underwater valley restoration projects
- Apr, 16, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Dam Engineering
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Built in 1913 to provide the earthquake-devastated San Francisco with fresh water, the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir has given rise to significant political dispute over decades, with environmentalists...
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Dams in Michigan ready to collapse (video)
- Oct, 04, 2013
- Other News Dam Engineering
- Hamilton Dam, Flint, MI, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A lot of Michigan’s dams are very old and over the lifespan for a dam (50 years), raising worries about their function and the potential hazard of failure. A typical example is the Hamilton Dam that s...
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In-the-wet construction for dams in Ohio River: an innovative method or an expensive one?
- Sep, 18, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Dam Engineering Foundation Design / Construction
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The budget for the construction of two dams in the Ohio River, in order to replace the old ones, increased from $775 million in 1988 to $3.1 billion in present. The main reason for this huge raise is...
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