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Clay Mineral Image Collection for Education in Geotechnical Engineering and the Earth Sciences Made Freely Available

Exciting microscope images of clays (Kaolinite and Bentonite pure clay minerals, and the fine portion of a natural soil). The collection was released on December 2015 by Associate Professor Jo...

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Sonic Drilling

Sonic drilling is a soil penetration technique that strongly reduces friction on the drill string and drill bit due to liquefaction, inertia effects and a temporary reduction of porosity of the soil....

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Apache Corporation Reveals New Shale Deposit in West Texas

Last week, the Apache Corporation revealed its new shale deposit in West Texas, calling it Alpine High. Current estimates show the deposit to be worth over $8 billion, containing over three billion ba...

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Strengthen existing slabs without demolition, using the CHANCE®Interior Slab Bracket by Hubbell

Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. has recently launched the CHANCE interior Slab Bracket (ISB) used for residential and commercial remediation. ISB provides slab on grade support for existing structures usi...

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CONNECT Edition of ConstructSim

Bentley’s CONNECT Edition of ConstructSim Aligns Engineering Deliverables with the Path of Construction on Projects of All Sizes from Mega to Small.      Bentley Systems announce...

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Oklahoma Experiences Largest Earthquake on Record

On Saturday, September 3rd, an earthquake struck northern Oklahoma at around 7 am. The quake was also felt accross Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. The epicenter was determined to be near Pawnee...

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Gregg Drilling & Testing Water Well Services

With over 30 years experience drilling in California and surrounding states, Gregg Drilling can handle any size project from Consumer water wells, to Agricultural wells to Industrial/Commercial wells....

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Last call to join the 2016 Geotechnical Business Directory

Geotechnical Business Directory is the place to be if you want to be noticed by the largest professional network for geotechnical engineers! We are proud that for the second year we are working on t...

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Norway Proposes World's First Underwater Floating Tunnel

In order to cut down on travel time along the west coast of Norway, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has proposed the design of floating tunnels to run beneath fjords that would normal...

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Earthquakes in Italy Leave 250 Dead; Rescue Efforts Continue

Early Wednesday morning, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy. Some of the most heavily affected areas were the cities of Arquata de Tronto, Accumoli, and Amatrice. In addition to the earth...

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