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Sunday, 01 February 2015

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New landslide video: a spectacular retaining wall failure 

The Landslide Blog [2015-02-01 09:28:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (579 visits) info
A new video has been posted on Youtube showing a spectacular retaining wall failure that causes a truck to slide and bounce down a

Retaining Wall failure at Ho Ching Yuen, Malaysia 

GeoPrac.net [2014-02-12 23:38:55]  recommend  recommend this post  (815 visits) info

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This retaining wall failure occurred in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2009. The failure was caught on video, albeit with a crappy camera phone. But it's well worth a look! Dave Petley of the Landslide Blog also tracked down an article on the original failure. It's the usual case of chicken or the egg. Did the water pipe failure cause the wall to fail, or did the wall fail and then cause the pipe to fail. Thanks to my colleague Bob Cummings of Saguaro Geoservices for sending this my way. Video of [...]

Jalan Kenanga: A video of a retaining wall failure in Malaysia 

The Landslide Blog [2014-02-02 19:53:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (80 visits) info

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In Jalan Kenanga in Malaysia in 2009, a large retaining wall collapsed at a construction site. A video captured the failure as it

Homeowners Can't Nail Builder for Landslide 

GeoPrac.net [2012-10-28 23:30:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
A federal judge ruled that the property owners can't sue Pulte homes for the failure of a retaining wall and a subsequent slope movement (they refer to it as a landslide). The failure occurred in January of 2010 (see my original post on the retaining wall failure here) at Pulte home subdivisions called Rivermist and Hills of Rivermist located in Bexar County, Texas near San Antonio. A 20 to 30 foot high retaining wall failed in pretty spectacular fashion. Pulte argued successuflly that: [...]

Retaining wall failure in Austria and large-scale wash-outs in New Zealand 

The Landslide Blog [2012-03-28 09:31:04]  recommend  recommend this post  (67 visits) info
A brief report on a fatal retaining wall failure in Austria and wash-outs in New Zealand last

Shoring retaining wall failure in Virginia prompts apartment building evacuation 

GeoPrac.net [2011-08-09 06:06:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (78 visits) info
On Sunday evening, a soldier pile lagging wall shoring system failed at the Sedona & Slate residential development construction site in Rosslyn, Virginia (Arlington County). There were no reported injuries, but an adjacent apartment building was evacuated as a precaution and a nearby street is closed to traffic.  Click through for a video that shows some additional views of the damage.  The scale of the wall is apparent when you see the shots with workers putting braces near the [...]
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