Catch-Up Post for December 29, 2014
Summary:
As the year is coming to a close, I'm cleaning out my list of interesting articles that I didn't have a chance to blog about. Enjoy!
Renewable energy plan hinges on huge Utah caverns - Source: Yahoo News (AP)
I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Design Concept Animation - Source: WSDOT YouTube
Heavy lifting with some very big cranes - Source: WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct
The District's Deepest Building - Source: Civil Engineering Magazine - September 2014
Nicholson Awarded Soil Nail Wall Contract at McCook Reservoir - Source: Nicholson Construction Company
Nicholson Continues Work on Transbay Transit Center - Source: Nicholson Construction Company
Access pit excavation is underway - Source: WSDOT Alaskan Way Viaduct
Bertha Access Pit Excavation Encounters Possible Cultural Items - Source: WSDOT
Deep Foundation Records Reflect Groundbreaking Progress - Source: ENR
Geotechnical Asset Management Research at Michigan Tech - Source: Michigan Tech News via AEG Insider
Oasys Project of the Year Competition - Source: Oasys Software
Geo-Institute Graduate Student Leadership Council - Source: G-I GSLC
Tetra Tech Exiting Fixed-Price Bidding Environment - Source: Tetra Tech Inc. via The GBA
Nicholson Continues Work for the University of Colorado’s Athletic Facilities Expansion - Source: Nicholson Construction Company
The Contour Connection Method: Inventorying and Classifying Landslides using Bare Earth Lidar - Source: LiDAR News
Pile Dynamics Complete Revamps its Pile Driving Analyzer® System - Source: Pile Buck Magazine
Pile Dynamics Partners with NASA on Foundations Project - Source: National Driller
ASTM D18 Committe on Soil and Rock Meets in January - Source: The GBA
Piling Crew Uncovers Possible 19th Century Shipwreck - Source: National Driller via DFI LInkedIn Group
IFCEE 2015: The International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo - Source: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)
Dewatering of Bertha Access Pit Causes 1-Inch of Settlement - Source: Alaskan Way Viaduct
New York Passes Law to License Geologists - Source: NYS Geology via AEG LinkedIn Group
Environmental Geotechnics Journal Free Until End of Year - Source: ICE Virtual Library: Environmental Geotechnics via Geoengineer.org
Steven Scherer Appointed President of Nicholson Construction - Source: Nicholson Construction Company
Frequently Asked Questions about AWV Project Settlement - Source: WSDOT
Call for Abstracts for DFI's 40th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations - Source: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)
DFI Announces Deep Mixing Conference June 2-5, 2015 in San Francisco, CA - Source: DFI
DFI Appoints New Technical Committee Chairs - Source: DFI
Keynetix announces 2015 Training Dates - Source: Keynetix
Sign up for training on HoleBASE SI or HoleBASE SI Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D and the Autodesk Geotechnical Module from Keynetix.
Content analysis:
Geographic context:
Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
Alaskan Way | US | 47.6113 | -122.349 |
Bertha | US | 46.2665 | -95.0628 |
Mccook | US | 41.7958 | -87.8411 |
Michigan | US | 43.7427 | -84.6217 |
New York | US | 40.7146 | -74.0071 |
San Francisco | US | 37.7474 | -122.439 |
Snoqualmie Pass | US | 47.4015 | -121.411 |
Viaduct | IN | 27.098 | 77.6633 |
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