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Interest in Geotech Declining?
Greetings!
I posted a couple weeks ago about some interesting statistics I saw regarding trends in searches for the term "geotechnical". According to Google, those searches have declined by 60% since 2004. We engineers are used to looking for trends in data, figuring out what's significant and what's not. I'm not entirely sure you can draw the conclusion that interest in geotechnical engineering is declining, but it definitely makes you think. Let me know if you have any interpretations. Regards, Randy Post, Owner/Editor - GeoPrac.net |
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Devil's Slide Railroad?
 I found an interesting story about the original attempts to tame the famed Devil's Slide along Highway 1 in California, south of San Francisco. It was done by the Ocean Shore Railroad Company in the early 1900's. They fought some of the same issues that Caltrans has fought over the years, recurring landslides, rockfall, etc. |
Popular Content for July 2009
- The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky Geological Survey Utilized Dataforensics' PLog Enterprise for their Publicly Searchable Geotechnical Database - Published Jul 28, 2009 (20.3 hits/day, 77 page impressions total)
- Landslide / Mudslide in Logan Utah - Published Jul 14, 2009 (18.9 hits/day, 335 page impressions total)
- ASTM Updates July 2009 - Published Jul 28, 2009 (16.3 hits/day, 62 page impressions total)
- Nachterstedt Landslide in Eastern Germany, Three People Believed Missing - Published Jul 21, 2009 (15.2 hits/day, 165 page impressions total)
- Indefinite "Temporary" Nuclear Waste Storage and the Need for Nuclear Power - Published Jul 24, 2009 (13.7 hits/day, 108 page impressions total)
- 13-Story Tower Topples Over in Shanghai - Published Jul 3, 2009 (13.6 hits/day, 393 page impressions total)
- Maitland Sinkhole Stabilization Project - Central Florida - Published Jul 14, 2009 (11.2 hits/day, 193 page impressions total)
- New ASTM-Code Council Book References Standards in 2009 IBC - Published Jul 23, 2009 (10.3 hits/day, 85 page impressions total)
- Apollo 11 Lunar Landing 40th Anniversary (not 20th!) - Published Jul 21, 2009 (10.0 hits/day, 108 page impressions total)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District to Implement Dataforensics PLog Enterprise for Geotechnical Data Management - Published Jul 6, 2009 (9.0 hits/day, 228 page impressions total)
- Thomas J. Tuozzolo, P.E. joins the Board of ADSC - Published Jul 8, 2009 (8.8 hits/day, 209 page impressions total)
- Devils Slide Tunnel Update and First Attempts to Tame the Landslide - Published Jul 1, 2009 (8.6 hits/day, 260 page impressions total)
- Ohio DOT Adopts GIS-Based EQuIS for Its Geotechnical Data Management - Published Jul 2, 2009 (8.5 hits/day, 248 page impressions total)
- Geotechnical Data Management Presentation - Published Jul 8, 2009 (8.2 hits/day, 191 page impressions total)
- GeoPrac.net July Newsletter Published - Published Jul 9, 2009 (7.1 hits/day, 159 page impressions total)
- Dam Safety News for June - 44 Most Hazardous Coal Ash Dams - Published Jul 1, 2009 (7.1 hits/day, 215 page impressions total)
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Even Sinkholes are Bigger in Texas
 A 200-ft diameter by 50-ft deep sinkhole opened up about 75 miles from Lubbock, Texas at the end of last month. The post has a video with a few still photos, pretty impressive and amazingly circular! It's like somebody cut it with a giant cookie cutter. |
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