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Comparison of Residential Foundation Repair / Remediation options
- May, 20, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
CHANCE Foundation Solutions Engineer Shawn Downey compiled a comparison of foundation repair options to help homeowners weigh the pros and cons of various solutions. Your home is a significant invest...
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Osito Canyon Landslide Stabilization Project
- May, 19, 2022
- Slope Stability Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Slide events are common in Osito Canyon in the Angeles National Forest. During heavy rains in 2005 , an approximately 900 ft long landslide occurred along the historic Old Ridge Route overlooking the...
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New release PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V22 Update 1 is out!
- May, 19, 2022
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Finite Element / Finite Difference Data Management Foundation Design / Construction Soil Behavior Modeling News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In this latest minor release for PLAXIS 2D, PLAXIS 3D and Monopile Designer Bentley Systems introduced the discontinuity element in PLAXIS 3D, improved scripting support, did some CAD import improvem...
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San Francisco’s troubled Millennium Tower continues to sink
- May, 19, 2022
- Deep Excavations Foundation Design / Construction Settlements
- Authored by: Gerasimos Livieratos
The iconic 58-storey residential building known as Millennium Tower at the city of San Francisco continues to sink despite a 100 million dollars fixing program has been implemented to fix it. The...
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Historic Remediation with Helical Piles
- May, 17, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, California , Los Angeles
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Chance Foundation Solutions was faced with the challenge to upgrade the foundation of an existing historical building for Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Biscailuz Training Center and bring...
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Keller Deep Foundations Project at P&H Inland Grain Terminal
- May, 10, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Dugald
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller designed and constructed a deep foundations solution for a new grain terminal, overcoming the challenges of changing weather conditions. As part of the larger P&H National Grain Asset Net...
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Keller acquires GKM
- May, 04, 2022
- Other Geotechnical Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Acquisition of GKM Consultants further strengthens Keller’s geotechnical monitoring expertise and solutions. Keller North America (Keller) announces the acquisition of GKM Consultants Inc., an instr...
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PLAXIS, OpenGround & GeoStudio Users: Nominate Your Project for the 2022 Going Digital Awards
- Apr, 08, 2022
- Data Management Visualization Underground Structures Tunneling Soil Mechanics Slope Stability Rock Engineering Railway Geotechnics Offshore Geotechnics Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Landslides Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Geophysics Geomatics Foundation Design / Construction Earth Retaining Structures Dam Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure If you used PLAXIS, OpenGround, or GeoStudio to tackle a complex geotechnical project, you can win a trip to London and...
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Gray Matters Civil Engineering Webinar Series
- Apr, 05, 2022
- Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Events
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
Register now for “Gray Matters,” a PDH-eligible, live webinar series is designed as an introduction to helical pile technology for engineers and engineering students. Student participants will be...
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Compression Testing a Helical Pile in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions
- Mar, 11, 2022
- Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Brazil
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A great benefit of helical piles is their ability to be proven with a load test in the field. Shawn Downey, from CHANCE Foundation Solutions, was once asked to complete a compression test on a helic...
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