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The Many Different Types Of Welding Used In Modern Industry

Welding is the art and science of working with metal, and, in fact, it is a far more complex and demanding skill than most people realize.   It’s useful for every time of building project fro...

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Tongzhou Water Works of Beijing South-to-North Water Diversion Project

In southeast Beijing, China’s declining groundwater supplies caused water shortages for the Tongzhou District. To address this challenge and assure a continuous water supply to area residents, Beijing...

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Hayward Baker expands its regional presence with new office in Ohio

Hayward Baker, Inc. (HBI) announces the opening of a new office location in Cleveland, OH.   The new office, which opened in January 2018, is readily accessible not only to northeast Ohio but a...

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New Guidance for San Francisco High-Rise Foundations

New tall buildings in San Francisco to comply with updated guidelines for foundation peer review and monitoring. Millennium Tower subsidence problems prompt San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspecti...

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Keller and Hayward Baker announce acquisition of Moretrench

Keller and Hayward Baker have acquired Moretrench, a contractor operating predominantly along the east coast of the US with a strong heritage of complex geotechnical projects and industrial services....

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GeoWorld reached 8,000 registered members!

We are pleased to announce that GeoWorld, the biggest online professional networking site for geotechnical engineers and associated fields, has now reached 8,000+ active members listed from the worldw...

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Pile Diameter Modeled Using Thermal Integrity Profiling Verified with Extracted Pile Measurements

Thermal Integrity Profiling is a non-destructive integrity test method used for evaluating the post-construction quality of cast-in-place foundations. This method uses the temperature measurements, o...

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Hayward Baker: Seaworld Electric Eel

Hayward Baker completed the construction of the Electric Eel roller coaster a week ahead of schedule and without causing harm to adjacent sensitive exhibits. SeaWorld San Diego’s 2018 construction...

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Cars swallowed up after road collapses in Rome (video)

The road collapsed after what appears to be a deep excavation failure at the nearby active construction site. At least six cars fell into the 10m deep hole in Rome, when the ground collapsed beneat...

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Bridge collapses in Colombia killing at least nine (video)

A motorway bridge under construction collapsed in central Colombia on Monday, January 15, killing at least nine workers and injuring another five. The suspension bridge, located in Chirajara on the...

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