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A mobile application for geologic hazards?
- Mar, 21, 2014
- News On Products & Services Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability
- Taipei City, Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
With 55% of its terrain located on areas prone to landslides, the Geotechnical Engineering Office of Taipei City Government, launched a mobile application providing its 2.7 million citizens acces...
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Tom Lantos twin tunnels provide a sustainable solution to the Devil's slide problem
- Mar, 20, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Landslides Tunneling Landslides Tunneling
- Devil's Slide Tunnel, Pacifica, CA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Recurring landslides in Devil's slide resulting in nine closures in the past 28 years, 45-minute commutes for 7.5 miles of distance for over 20,000 motorists, 995 lawsuits and injuctions from environm...
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Hayward Baker to Participate in Elliott Bay Seawall Repair and Replacement Project in Seattle
- Mar, 19, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction
- Elliott Bay Seattle, WA USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geotechnical construction contractor Hayward Baker Inc. has been awarded a $41 million contract involving the repair and replacement of a large section of the Elliott Bay seawall along Seattle’s down...
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Hayward Baker Completes 6,200 Square Foot Decorative Sculpted Shotcrete Wall in Arvada, Colorado
- Mar, 19, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Landslides Retaining Walls
- Arvada, CO, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hayward Baker Inc. (HB), North America’s leading geotechnical contractor, recently completed a 6,200 square foot decorative sculpted shotcrete wall behind a housing development in Arvada, Colorado. H...
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Deep into Ground Improvement Work on Ohio River Bridges Project in Louisville, KY
- Mar, 19, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Ground Improvement
- Louisville, KY, USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Mechanically-stabilized earth walls and earthen roadway embankments supported on improved ground are part of the new bridge and interchange modifications for I-65, I-64 and I-71. Hayward Baker has be...
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Upcoming webinars from Keynetix
Here is a list of three upcoming webinars by Keynetix we recommend you register for: http://www.geoengineer.org/news-center/events/triggering-vision%20making-best-use-of-your-environmental-data-i...
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The 4.4 magnitude earthquake in L.A. causes scientific surprise
After the 5.5 quake in Chino Hills in 2008, another significant event occurred at 4.4 at 6:25am on Monday March 17, in Encino. The USGeological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake was ...
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Cherry Island vertical expansion project: an engineering challenge
- Mar, 17, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Geoenvironmental Engineering Other Geotechnical
- Cherry Island Landfill, Wilmington, DE
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The municipal solid waste disposal facility of Cherry Island in Wilmington Delaware, operating since 1985, started reaching its full operational capacity by the early 2000s, making the Delaware S...
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Panama Canal expansion project resumes, but with significant delays.
- Mar, 14, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Underground Structures
- 8.959562, -79.554877
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At the beginning of 2014, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the consortium responsible for building the new set of locks on the system, disputed over the nine month delay of the project and the cos...
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Climate change may increase landslide risk by up to 25% in the Göta river valley
- Mar, 13, 2014
- Other News Landslides Risk & Reliability
- 57.9967466, 12.1218897
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Increasing landslide events in the Göta river valley, combined with future climate changes led the Swedish government to address the issue, by funding the Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) to...
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