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Hayward Baker constructed an earth retention system adjacent to the Potomac River
Robinson Landing is a $185 million, mixed-use development that covers a full city block on the Potomac River waterfront in Alexandria, VA. Despite the challenges of working on the Potomac River adjac...
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Categories of isolated foundation footings
- Jun, 25, 2019
- Foundation Design / Construction Shallow Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The foundation of a building is constructed in order to transfer the superstructure's load to the ground. An isolated footing is one of the most used types of foundation to support single-columns whe...
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Hayward Baker worked on the construction of the world's first Guitar-Shaped Hotel
- Jun, 21, 2019
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Florida, Tampa
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The iconic Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood is undergoing a $1.5 billion expansion, with a gleaming 36-storey, guitar-shaped hotel as its stunning centerpiece. Alongside the glass-fronted hotel o...
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Switzerland is rebuilding village hit by landslide in 2017
- Jun, 06, 2019
- Landslides Engineering Geology Slope Stability Soil Mechanics News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Switzerland, Bregaglia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Switzerland is planning to invest more than $12.1 million in order to rebuilt infrastructure in the village of Bondo that was hit by a massive landslide in 2017. The village of Bondo, located near th...
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Construction works on skyscraper hit the historic Hudson's building foundation
- Jun, 13, 2019
- Foundation Design / Construction Caisson Foundations News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Caisson Foundations
- United States, Michigan, Detroit
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Construction works in a skyscraper have hit the foundation of the historic J.L. Hudson's department store. Hudson's was a retail department store located in Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. It was...
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GEO5 and Prague Metro line C
- Jun, 04, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling Foundation Design / Construction Finite Element / Finite Difference
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The section IV. C2 has 4.6km of tunnels ; mined tunnels make up a length of 2.36 km (mostly double-track) and contain three cut-and-cover stations, i.e. Střížkov, Prosek and Letňany. The fin...
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GEO5 and the 5th operating section of Prague metro Line A
- Jun, 04, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Finite Element / Finite Difference Foundation Design / Construction Tunneling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The station construction started by driving the right-hand and left-hand station tunnels. The so-called horizontal excavation sequence consisted of top heading and invert. The 300mm thick primary li...
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Fine's GEO5 software in action at Prague Metro
- Jun, 04, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Finite Element / Finite Difference
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
You can check two new projects being carried out with Fine's GEO5 software in Prague's metro system. GEO5 Sheeting Check program was selected for the design of the sheet piling. The reason for this d...
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Virtual tour of Keller's remarkable geotechnical projects
- May, 31, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Deep Excavations Deep Foundations Ground Improvement
- Authored by: Dimitris Tirekoglou
14 remarkable structures that addressed geotechnical challenges along with the solutions provided by Keller and fellow companies are presented in their 2019 virtual calendar. Hayward Baker was occup...
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Bridge Replacement in Growing Cairo, West Virginia
- May, 28, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Oil & Gas Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Cairo, a small town in West Virginia, began growing in truck traffic when the oil and gas industry started taking roots in the city. The old bridge proved to be insufficient for the Average Daily Tra...
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