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HB names Richard Walsh business development manager at Metro San Diego office

Hayward Baker Inc., North America's leader in geotechnical construction, announces that Richard K. Walsh, P.E., G.E. has joined the company as business development manager at the company's regional o...

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Report examines partial failure of a structure inside Balcombe Tunnel in West Sussex. Partially blames resin used.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) examined a steel structure’s failure in the roof of the Balcombe tunnel in UK, which happened on September 23, 2011. The structure, one of six within t...

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Florida sinkhole damages two houses

A 90-foot wide and 56-foot deep sinkhole terrorized Dunedin’s residents last Thursday, in Florida. According to officials, the sinkhole was expanding for almost six hours after its first appearance...

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Inventors from Pile Dynamics and the University of South Florida receive International NOVA Award for Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP)

George Piscsalko, P.E., and Dean Cotton, with Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI), of Cleveland, and Gray Mullins, PhD, P.E., with the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, have received the prestigio...

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Trends and perspectives on tunnels, experts’ view

In recent years, tunnel design and construction have progressed significantly worldwide and particularly, in the United States. The new technologies, the populations’ growth in the country and the...

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Geofoam blocks as road foundation in Washington

Foam blocks were used for the foundation of the Salmon Creek Interchange Project highway, on the westside bridge approach to the new 139th Street overpass in Vancouver, Washington. The geofoam used...

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TheStructuralEngineer.info launches new website and daily-updated News Center

TheStructuralEngineer.info is pleased to launch its new website. The website is a major upgrade of the earlier version of thestructuralengineer.info. It includes many new indexed databases, including...

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Drilled shafts ready for new St. Croix Crossing Bridge

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced, last Friday, the completion of the construction of 40 drilled shafts that will support foundations for the new St. Croix River Bridge....

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Flood barriers for Long Beach funded by NY State

Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Long Beach last Sunday and announced that State will spend $13 million to construct flood barriers in the shoreline. It will be an effort to protect the wastewater tre...

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Drilling rig causes damage to adjacent building

The 50-foot tall drilling rig, used to place concrete pylons in a construction site in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, toppled and struck a neighboring parking garage, last week. The rig stopped on the...

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