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Levee’s failure in 1993 affects a man’s life until today

A large flood back in 1993 caused a levee on the Mississippi River, in West Quincy, to break. The reasons of the disaster were many, among them a man, named James Robert Scott, with a criminal past. Q...

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Thermal Integrity Profiler wins 2013 C. William Bermingham Award for Innovation

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) has announced the Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP) as the winner of the 2013 C. William Bermingham Award for Innovation. The award was created in 2012 to recogniz...

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Winners of the ADSC’s 2013 Annual Safety Awards

The ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling is widely acknowledged for its focus on promoting safety in the workplace. As a contractor-based organization whose members undertake wo...

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Five key considerations when selecting mini excavators

Making an excavation in narrow places is not an easy task. In major cities and urban environments this can be a technically challenging problem. There is often no space to position an excavator, let a...

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Method predicting the size of past earthquakes: is it reliable?

Researchers have tried to estimate the frequency of earthquakes in the past in order to indicate possible earthquakes in the future. To do so researchers of Oregon provided a method to correlate the s...

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New Video Highlights Research on the In-Situ Assessment of the Seismic Properties of Municipal Solid Waste

A new video released last Friday highlights new research funded by the National Science Foundation that is conducted to study the seismic response of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills. The vide...

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Hayward Baker Announces Acquisition of North American Caisson (NAC) by Its Parent Keller

Hayward Baker announces that the Keller Group has acquired the assets of North American Energy Partners’ piling division, known as North American Caisson (NAC). The acquisition was completed on July...

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Panama Canal Expansion - Jan De Nul NV

The price for dredging projects is calculated according to the type and volume of material as well as whether the material is below or above sea level. The ability to calculate accurate material volu...

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Mississippi Department of Transportation Cuts Geotechnical Reporting Time in Half Using gINT

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Geotechnical Division produces geotechnical investigation reports for roadway and bridge projects throughout the state. To streamline the process o...

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In-the-wet construction for dams in Ohio River: an innovative method or an expensive one?

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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