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Inventors from Pile Dynamics and the University of South Florida receive International NOVA Award for Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP)
George Piscsalko, P.E., and Dean Cotton, with Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), of Cleveland, and Gray Mullins, PhD, P.E., with the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, have received the prestigio...
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Trends and perspectives on tunnels, experts’ view
In recent years, tunnel design and construction have progressed significantly worldwide and particularly, in the United States. The new technologies, the populations’ growth in the country and the...
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Geofoam blocks as road foundation in Washington
- Nov, 12, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Shallow Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Salmon Creek, WA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Foam blocks were used for the foundation of the Salmon Creek Interchange Project highway, on the westside bridge approach to the new 139th Street overpass in Vancouver, Washington. The geofoam used...
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TheStructuralEngineer.info launches new website and daily-updated News Center
TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to launch its new website. The website is a major upgrade of the earlier version of thestructuralengineer.info. It includes many new indexed databases, including...
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Drilled shafts ready for new St. Croix Crossing Bridge
- Nov, 08, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Shaft Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- St Croix River, MN, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced, last Friday, the completion of the construction of 40 drilled shafts that will support foundations for the new St. Croix River Bridge....
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Flood barriers for Long Beach funded by NY State
- Nov, 10, 2013
- Other News Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Long Beach, NY, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Long Beach last Sunday and announced that State will spend $13 million to construct flood barriers in the shoreline. It will be an effort to protect the wastewater tre...
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Drilling rig causes damage to adjacent building
- Nov, 05, 2013
- Other News Foundation Design / Construction
- Sunny Isles Beach, FL, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The 50-foot tall drilling rig, used to place concrete pylons in a construction site in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, toppled and struck a neighboring parking garage, last week. The rig stopped on the...
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GDS commercializes variable direction dynamic cyclic simple shear device; revolutionizes commercial simple shear testing
GDS recently launched its Variable Direction Dynamic Cyclic Simple Shear ((VDDCSS). The Simple Shear loading has numerous applications in practice, such as seismic loading scenarios (Pestana and Bisco...
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Elizabeth TBM arrives at Stepney Green Cavern (video)
- Nov, 08, 2013
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling Railway Geotechnics
- London, United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Elizabeth TBM arrived last Friday at Stepney Green cavern during its journey to Farringdon. Elizabeth and Victoria are the second pair of TBMs used for the project and scheduled to complete the longes...
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Philippines landslides and infrastructure disasters by Typhoon Haiyan
More lives were lost and more landslides occurred in the Philippines last Friday by Typhoon Haiyan, only a month after the Philippines earthquake-induced landslides. The storm surge was defini...
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