Making an excavation in narrow places is not an easy task. In major cities and urban environments this can be a technically challenging problem. There is often no space to position an excavator, let a...
Read MoreThe budget for the construction of two dams in the Ohio River, in order to replace the old ones, increased from $775 million in 1988 to $3.1 billion in present. The main reason for this huge raise is...
Read MorePile driving has started under the surveillance of Walsh Construction to support overpasses that are part of the Ohio River bridges project. The used piles are steel H-piles 150-feet long and consist...
Read MoreThe U.S. Federal Highway Administration has just released a report that investigates the composite behavior of a geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) mass. GRS bear strong resemblance to Mechanically...
Read MoreThe GeoWorld professional network is pleased to announce the development of their latest innovative online tool: The Geo-Technical Forums! The new forums were a request by a number of individuals and...
Read MoreBilly 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...
Read MoreBloomberg reports that according to the National Institute of Culture and Heritage in Belize, a contractor has destroyed a 2,300-year-old Mayan Temple and used the limestone bricks for gravel to build...
Read MoreAcquisition underscores heightened business focus on specialized geotechnical construction activities in Canada. Hayward Baker announces that it has acquired Geo-Foundations Contractors, Inc., a Cana...
Read MoreCrossrail is arguably the biggest ongoing construction project in Europe. Its cost is budgeted at £14.8 billion, and involves construction of a 118 kilometre rail line and 42km of underground lines. I...
Read MoreThe building that houses the headquarters of Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI) and GRL Engineers, Inc. (GRL) in Solon, Ohio, USA, is now LEED® Certified. The LEED program, established by the U.S. Green Build...
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