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Filshill Recognized by Philadelphia Section

2021 GeoChallenge Winners

Louisiana Chapter

Water, Water Everywhere: But not a Drop for Rotary Wash Drilling

Seismic Performance of a Deep Soil Mixing Grid: A Magnitude 7.1 Load Test at the Port of Alaska
The Port of Alaska in Anchorage (Port) has embarked on a multiphase modernization program that includes the development of a new petroleum and cement terminal (PCT) berth. The berth consists of a pile-supported...

Building on Hudson Yards In Section: Megaproject Geotechnics: Can a Megaproject Be Big Enough to Change a Building Code?
As a young geotechnical consulting engineer working in New York City, I was always curious as to why the city?s building code prescribed a maximum allowable rock-socket skin-friction value of 200 psi for...

Megaproject Monitoring by Satellite ? InSAR-based Settlement-time History: Measuring Hundreds of Thousands of Points, Several Times a Month, Across an Entire City
Satellite-based interferometric synthetic aperture radar, or InSAR, has gained unequivocal importance as a routine and precise monitoring method for large and small areas alike. Historical datasets allow...

Subsurface Utility Engineering and Megaprojects: Avoiding Underground Conflicts Helps Speed Project Delivery
Experienced project owners realize that utility conflicts can be risky and pose unexpected impacts on the cost and delivery of projects, especially in urban settings. To help overcome these impacts, Subsurface...

Trenchless Goes Hybrid: Old Tricks Are Finding New Applications
The International Society for Trenchless Technology defines trenchless technology as "Underground construction methods of utility installation, rehabilitation, inspection, location and leak detection,...

The Best Laid Plans: Capitol Crossing Restores L?Enfant?s Vision of "Federal City"
In 1791, President Washington appointed French engineer Pierre Charles L?Enfant to plan Federal City ? today?s District of Columbia. L?Enfant?s methodical design called for the center of the city to be...

G-I = Geo-Interdisciplinary

Building by Rubik's Cube Construction Co.

Expecting the Unexpected: Geotechnical Insights from Recent Megaprojects

Delwyn G. Fredlund, Ph.D., P.Eng, D.GE, O.C., F.E.I.C., F.CAE, M.ASCE

Andrew J. Ciancia

Mandi Petrella, P.E., M.ASCE

Our Newest Organizational Members

AET Celebrates 50 Years

Pittsburgh Route 30 Remediation Spotlighted on TV

GEO-Instruments Arrives in Canada

 

 

 

 

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