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Rockfall at the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in California

A rock fall occurred in the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, California. The accident was reported on November 14, 2018. 53 mine workers that were occupied at the...

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Leaning tower of Pisa has become slightly straighter

The leaning tower of Pisa, located in Italy, is now stable and according to a recent report, its tilt is reduced by 4 centimeters. The construction of the Tower began in 1172 and was completed 199...

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Strong earthquake struck western Iran

West part of Iran was hit by a strong Mw 6,4 earthquake on Sunday, November 25, 2018. About 700 people were injured in the province of Kermanshah but only 33 of them spent the night at hospitals. F...

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Advances in Drilled Shaft Quality Control

Drilled shaft foundations are widely used to support large axial and lateral loads transmitted from the superstructure to the subsurface. Dry and wet excavation procedures are two widely used meth...

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Alaska struck by a massive M 7.0 earthquake

The region of Anchorage, Alaska, was struck by a massive M 7.0 on November 30, 2018. The epicenter of the temblor was located about 13 km northeast of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city with a popula...

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Micropile solution by Hayward Baker

Hayward Baker's value-engineered macropile alternative to the originally-specified drilled shafts significantly streamlined the overall foundation schedule and met all technical performance requireme...

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles create 3D models of Geotechnical Projects

A paper published in open-access in the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories highlights the role that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can have in geotechnical engine...

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Rockfalls in Greek island of Lesvos struck residences

The region of Plomari in Lesvos island was hit by rocksfalls that damaged houses on Saturday 24 of November 2018.  The rock blocks fell on vehicles, houses and two farm buildings but fortunate...

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Huge meteor crater discovered in Greenland

Geologists have discovered a massive crater beneath the ice sheet of Greenland. The crater was formed after a one-mile wide iron meteorite struck a northwest region of Greenland at a speed of 19 km...

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Hayward Baker ranks #1 on ENR list

Engineering News-Record (ENR) has again ranked Hayward Baker as #1 on their 2018 Top 20 Firms in Excavation and Foundation list. This marks the 17th straight year that Hayward Baker has earned the to...

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