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Screw-Piles advantages for restoring historic structures
- Apr, 12, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
CHANCE Foundation Solutions published an interesting paper titled "Preservation of Historic Structures Using Screw-Pile Foundations" that includes methodology and case studies of screw-pile foundatio...
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Underground tunnel and Yonge Station project in downtown Toronto
- Apr, 11, 2024
- Groundwater & Seepage Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations Shallow Foundations Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The C$13 billion Eglinton Crosstown is a new 19km light-rail line that extends Toronto’s public transport system west, adding 25 stations and creating commuter links with the city’s subway and bus ro...
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What construction machine to use for installing helical piles
- Mar, 22, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Helical piles can be installed by several common types of construction machines including mini-excavators, standard excavators, backhoes, and skid steer loaders. Learn the pros and cons for each type...
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Helical Pile vs Concrete Foundations Environmental Impact
- Mar, 17, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
When looking for reduction of carbon emissions for highway and area lighting, few of the conversations are "below the bulb." Learn why it's important to understand the environmental impact of the fou...
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Register Now for "Replace the Base" Webinars
- Mar, 06, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations Deep Foundations News On Events
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
Discover benefits & best practices for specifying and using helical piles for street, area, and site lighting foundations. Join us for one or both live webinar options: Installation Essentials (...
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PLAXIS 2024.1 New release is out!
- Feb, 24, 2024
- Slope Stability Slope Stability Analysis Finite Element / Finite Difference Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations Deep Foundations News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
With PLAXIS 2024.1 users benefit from enhancements for designing and reinforcing underground excavations, improvement in the connected geotechnical workflow and modal analysis for offshore foundation...
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A History of the A.B. Chance Company
- Feb, 14, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations Deep Foundations News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
History of Albert Bishop Chance’s role in bringing the telephone to Centralia, Missouri and of his invention on the world’s first practical earth anchor. From the book History of Centralia, Missouri...
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Aurum Road Wildlife Crossing Project
- Feb, 12, 2024
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Edmonton
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller North America provided slope stabilization and deep foundations solutions for culvert construction that will allow wildlife to cross under the roadway. With increasing heavy haul and commuter...
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GEO5 2024 - New Edition released!
- Jan, 12, 2024
- Laboratory Testing Soil Dynamics Testing In The Laboratory Finite Element / Finite Difference Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
New 2024 GEO5 Edition with new Laboratory program and many improvements! GEO5 Laboratory Program Laboratory provides effective processing and analysis of laboratory tests of soils and rocks. The prog...
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Worsening condition of Bologna’s “leaning tower” to require €20 million restoration work
- Dec, 12, 2023
- Settlements Foundation Design / Construction Stabilization Grouting Ground Improvement Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Italy, Bologna
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Things for Bologna’s leaning Garisenda Tower appear to have taken a turn for the worse, according to a 27-page report released by the scientific committee that has been monitoring it since 2019. Fur...
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