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Naval Station Mayport Missile Magazine Foundation Project

Square shaft helical piles with an added grout column were the ideal foundation to support two missile magazines in one of America's largest Naval bases. Located on the Atlantic coast near Jacksonvil...

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Mine Subsidence Repair Project at West Virginia Case Study

In this case study, engineers and contractors work to stabilize a new home with damage caused by a shallow foundation resting atop a long-wall coal mine. A new house was constructed in West Virginia,...

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Model Structures and Visualize Structural Forces

Soil-structure interaction is a crucial aspect for both geotechnical and structural fields. There is always an interaction between a structure and its foundation … and its proper investigation is an...

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PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V21 Upgrade Information

With the introduction of PLAXIS 2D/3D CONNECT Edition V21, Bentley Systems have made some changes to the licensing system to offer more streamlined access to their newest, most advanced capabilities....

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PLAXIS CONNECT Edition V20 Update 4

Bentley Geotechnical Engineering experts are continuously improving PLAXIS CONNECT Edition. In this update many improvements have been included, for example, solutions for problems related to using t...

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Stunning footage of foundation failure that causes 3-story building to collapse in India

A 3-story building suddenly collapsed into a canal in West Bengal, a state of India. The structure was located at a village about 120 kilometers away from Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal sta...

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Categories of isolated foundation footings

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 works on iconic US landmark

When a St Louis contractor ran into an unexpected problem on the site of one of America’s most iconic landmarks, they turned to Hayward Baker to get them out of a hole. Built more than 50 years ag...

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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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Houses built on reportedly old dump, severely damaged. Residents blame city of Havelock, North Carolina

ABC News reports on the significant settlement of an area in Havelock, North Carolina. Reportedly, within very shallow depth, waste material is being excavated in the backyard of residents. The area i...

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