Underpinning and Shoring of the Historic Howard Theatre in Washington, DC
The Howard Theatre was constructed in 1910 at 620 T Street, NW in Washington, DC. In 2010, a group of sponsoring organizations and developers put together a $17.1 million plan to revitalize...
Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii: History of Its Transformation from a Natural to an Urban Shore
Rising Sea Levels Spur EPA Report on Middle Atlantic Coastline
CoreBits: G-I Organizational Member News � Con-Tech Introduces New Grouting Unit; Top-Down Shoring Wall for Colby Garage; Duffield Associates Wins Engineering Excellence Award; GRL Continues to Grow; Vista Date Vision: Data Visualization Software; Geo-Solutions Offer Underground Construction Case Studies; Gregg Drilling Introduces a New Sonic Rig; Nicholson Jet Grouting Supports Sewer Systems; S&ME, Inc. News; Pike Becomes New Branch Manager; Terracon Works 800 Bridges in MO; ZETAS joins G-I as an Organizational Member
Lessons Learned from the December 26, 2004 Sumatra Quake and Tsunami
On December 26, 2004, a devastating earthquake occurred off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, creating seismic and tsunami waves felt by people who live around the Indian Ocean....
Shoring Up Shaft Specifications: Collaboration for Constructibility
Thinking Deep
An underwater pipeline that has set records for its 55 in. (1,397 mm) diameter and 3,000 ft (914 m) depth stretches nearly 2 mi (3 km) from the shore of Hawaii to bring cold seawater to...
Core Bits: Agreement of Cooperation with the Japanese Geotechnical Society; International Conference on Scour of Foundations; Call for Abstracts; Finite Elements in Geotechnical Engineering; Geotechnical Practice Publications; Build a Solid Understanding of Temporary Excavation Shoring and Earth Retention Systems; George Goble Reviews A Half Century of Driven Pile Usage as the 2nd Robert Graham Hennes Lecturer; Jorge Zornberg Wins Presidential Early Career Award; Joseph Wartman Granted 2002 NSF Career Award; AGI Releases 2001 Report on the Status of Academic Geoscience Departments
Winged Victory
Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, the $100 million, 142,050 sq ft (13,100 m�) addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum is the creation of architect, artist, and engineer Santiago...
Rhythm of Beachrock Levels in Contrasting Plate Settings: Rifting Red Sea and North American-Caribbean Plates
Sequences of beachrocks have been compared from the northern Red Sea, the North American plate (north shore of Puerto Rico), and an island of the Caribbean plate. In all these areas the...
Shoring Up Coastal Engineering
Half of Americans live within 50 mi (80 km) of the coast, although it is becoming increasingly risky and expensive to do so. The importance of ports to the global economy coincides with...
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Awards
Out of 27 nominations, the $9.8 million Cape Hatteras Light Station Relocation Project, which saved a national treasure along the North Carolina coastline and required extensive planning...
A Study of the Stability of the Elms Cliffs on the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries form one of the most prized natural treasures of the United States. Although parts of the Bay's shoreline have been subjected to pollution, overdevelopment...
The Sharon Escarpment, Israel: Management of a Backshore Cliff in a Densely Populated Environment
The Sharon Escarpment is a coastal backshore escarpment made of heterogeneous layered sandstone. This area is an increasingly exploited environmental resource. This paper defines the main...
Historical Sediment Budget Analysis of the Malibu Coastline
Sediment supply to the Malibu coastline has been continually decreasing since development began in the Santa Monica Mountains in the 1880's due to dam construction for irrigation and recreation,...
The Collision of Surf, Sand, and the Law at Lechuza Beach: Coastal Processes and Public-Private Shore Boundaries
In order to undertake coastal development opportunities, the property owner must first establish the boundary between public and private property along the beachfront in order to demonstrate...
Bringing Back the Beaches: A Return to Basics
California's beaches are among the state's most valuable and most intensively used natural resources. To date, although erosion is occurring in most part of California's coastline, there...
Sand Rights '99
Bringing Back the Beaches
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Shoring Measurements at Museum Towers
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