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Weekend Super Catch-Up Post

It's Friday, you weren't going to do any work today anyway, were you? I had some problems with my system for tracking articles and headlines to post to GeoPrac, so this is me cleaning house so to speak as I am just about done with the repairs. There are definitely some gems in this massive list, so poke around. Have a good weekend!

6 Homeowners Affected by San Pablo Mudslide - Residents Upset Over Undisclosed Information - Source: abc7news.com via USGS Landslide Events Sacramento project receives geotechnical award - Source: Trenchless International
CH2M Hill has announced that the Freeport Regional Water Authority Intake Facilities Project, located in Sacramento, California, US, has won the American Society of Civil Engineers California Region’s Geotechnical Project of the Year award. Saturated ground causes flooding and mudslide concerns in the Bay Area - Source: abc7news.com via USGS Landslide Events Mincor forced to close Otter Juan underground mine early because of geotechnical problems - Source: The West Australian China Completes Construction of World's Fastest Underwater Railway Tunnel - Source: Tunneling Online Dig, Probe, Dig: Inside the Caldecott Tunnel fourth bore - Source: ContraCostaTimes.com via ASCE SmartBrief Issue 1, Volume 2, International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories - Source: Geoengineer.org Video: Load testing a balloon at Conexpo? - Source: McGraw-Hill Construction's Video Library Video: Center Rock's Brandon Fisher shows off drill bits that rescued Chilean Miners at CONEXPO - Source: McGraw-Hill Construction's Video Library Good show(s)! - Source: Geosynthetics Magazine Geo-Frontiers 2011 Photos from IFAIA Facebook Page - Source: Geosynthetics Magazine Hot Rocks: Geology Photo Contest Winners - Source: Wired.com via Ontario-geofish Geo-Frontiers 2011 Photos from the IFAI - Source: Facebook via Geosynthetics Magazine Geosynthetica.net sold to Minerva - Source: Geosynthetics Magazine Tunneling Short Course and Seminar Planned for Seattle - Source: TBM Magazine Report: US Not Earthquake-Ready - Source: Voice of America News via ASCE SmartBrief Woman rescued after she's swallowed by sinkhole - Source: wtsp.com via Geology.com EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study - Source: Geology.com Highway reconstruction on soft soils not a problem with geofoam - Source: Geosynthetics Magazine Pennsylvania sinkhole repairs tied up in court - Source: Timesonline.com City of Logan, UT pays $175,000 to settle Canyon Road landslide suit - Source: The Herald Journal Photo Gallery for GeoFrontiers 2011 in Dallas - Source: Mark Skalny Photography An interesting new video of a landslide in action - Source: The Landslide Blog Facebook Page of Kowalski Engineering, Inc. (RetainingWallExpert.com) - Source: Facebook Toxic Chemical Discovered At Devil's Slide Tunnel Site - Source: KTVU.com
' Earlier this month, the nearly $1 billion Devil's Slide twin tunnel project was temporarily shut down after a routine water test found traces of the toxic element hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium-6. It is the same chemical was at the center of the legal battle that made consumer advocate Erin Brockovich famous.' LACMTA begins geotechnical tests for regional connector project - Source: Progressiverailroading.com Repairs to cracking water reservoir could top $140 million - Source: TBO.com via Association of State Dam Safety Officials The World's Largest Tunnel-Boring Machine - Source: Gizmodo Australia via ASCE SmartBrief Ukraine marks 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster - Source: The Earth Times Bruce Nuclear Waste Thing Releases Documents - Source: Ontario-geofish Updates to all versions of Google Earth coming this summer? - Source: Google Earth Blog Dramatic new landslide and rockfall videos - Source: The Landslide Blog

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