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Pile Dynamics revolutionizes Shaft Inspection with the SQUID
An important part of bored pile / drilled shaft construction is the cleaning and inspection of the bottom of the hole for cleanliness prior to the placement of reinforcement and concrete. Once drilli...
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Living with Shrink-Swell Soils: A what-to-do pamphlet for home-owners, prepared by ASCE Geo-Institute
The Shallow Foundation Technical Committee of the ASCE Geo-Institute released in February one page pamphlet for homeowners whose house is constructed on expansive soils. The pamphlet was written f...
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The February Issue of the Geoengineer.org Newsletter is out !
Geoengineer.org is excited to announce the February Issue#131 of its monthly Newsletter! This issue bring you with lots of more content! New additions have been made in our Events & Featured B...
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Taiwanese Developer Arrested Who Built Apartments Destroyed in Earthquake
- Feb, 15, 2016
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The developer of a Taiwanese apartment complex that collapsed during 6.4 magnitude earthquake Tainan, Taiwan has been arrested on suspicion of criminal misconduct resulting in fatalities. Th...
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Measurand: Is SAA really different from other inclinometer systems?
Measurand has been helping geotechnical people solve their slope and structure monitoring problems for over a decade. About ten years ago Measurand installed the first SAAs in California and New York...
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Debris Flow Recorded in Argentina
Trekkers Acagua in Argentina encounte red a debris flow in January, 2016. Julian Insarralde was the trek guide, and was aware that debris flows are common during this time of year. The landslide...
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Measurand: Correction of Rotation Effects
Measurand Inc. is pleased to introduce some corrections of rotation effects in its SAAView software. Few intended vertical installations are perfectly vertical, and some are purposely slanted. SAA, l...
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Keynetix Helps New Geotechnical Laws at GeoBIM Europe
- Jan, 22, 2016
- Other News Other Geotechnical Numerical & Constitutive Modeling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keynetix's Technical Director, Mr. Gary Morin, took time out of his busy December schedule to accept an invitation to present Geotechnical BIM at the GeoBIM Europe conference. Confusingly the term...
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Chemical Weathering Deteriorating Mosul Dam
The Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest dam, is structurally unsound and is presenting a serious risk to all of downtown Iraq. The Army Corps of Engineers found in 2007 that the dam had a exceptionally hi...
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Bentley Systems: Reversing a Culture of Waste Report
Geoengineer.org is excited to present Bentley Systems Report on reversing the culture of waste. The report suggest that of the approximately 120 million tonnes of waste currently produced in the GCC...
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