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Challenges encountered in dam removal and underwater valley restoration projects
- Apr, 16, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Dam Engineering
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Built in 1913 to provide the earthquake-devastated San Francisco with fresh water, the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir has given rise to significant political dispute over decades, with environmentalists...
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La Habla earthquake and the role of social media in the information transmission
- Apr, 01, 2014
- Other News Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On Friday, March 28, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit the area of LA, 1 mile east of La Habra at a depth of 4.6 miles according to USGS, with more than 100 aftershocks been recorded since. The earthquak...
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Cephalonia earthquakes: EERI and GEER to investigate the seismic activity impact
GEER (Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance) Association in collaboration with EERI (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) responded immediately to the continuous earthquake activity taking...
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Do injection wells trigger earthquakes in Texas?
- Jan, 20, 2014
- Other News Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Texas, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
More than 20 earthquakes that occurred last year in the Azle area in Texas, were the reason for the Texas Railroad Commission to hold a public meeting in Azle on January 2 and investigate the con...
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119ft long steel pipe is Bertha’s mystery object
- Jan, 03, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Foundation Design / Construction Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Foundation Design / Construction Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Foundation Design / Construction
- Seattle, WA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), crews on January 2 managed to remove enough soil from the cutter head and lower the water pressure, allowing for an inspection o...
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Landslide in Mexico results in coastal highway collapse [video]
- Dec, 28, 2013
- Other News Landslides Offshore Geotechnics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Tijuana-Ensenada Road, Zona Urbana Río Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Last Saturday a coastal road located about 60miles from the Mexico-United States border connecting the Mexican towns of Ensenada and Tijuana, collapsed after a landslide that was probably triggered by...
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Texas study shows gas injection a probable suspect of creating earthquakes
- Nov, 04, 2013
- Other News Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Snyder, TX, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The goal of the study, published last Monday in the science journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was to investigate earthquakes greater than magnitude 3 of the period between 2006...
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Philippines landslides induced by earthquake
- Oct, 15, 2013
- Other News Landslides Liquefaction Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Landslides, sinkholes, floods, liquefaction and earthquake deformation were some of the disastrous results of the M 7.1 earthquake that struck the island of Bohol on 15 October 2013. According to t...
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ANNOUNCING IFCEE 2015 CONGRESS CHAIRMAN, BILLY CAMP
- May, 21, 2013
- News On Events Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
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Billy Camp, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, will serve as the IFCEE 2015 Congress Chairman. Billy is a Technical Principal, Vice President, and Senior Geotechnical Engineer with S&ME, Inc. and is based in th...
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Visit TNO Diana in 7NSC, Oakland, California (20 to 22-May-2013)
- May, 09, 2013
- News On Events Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
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TNO DIANA BV is pleased to announce that it will be attending the 7th National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways. The theme of this conference is "Bridge Resilience for Earthquakes and othe...
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