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Quake test helps set a new standard for building on soft soil
phys.org
[Phys.Org] - "Numerous high-rise buildings, similar to our own UTS Tower, have been built in earthquake prone areas around the globe supported by shallow or deep foundations in soft soil," said Dr Behzad Fatahi, research team leader and Senior Lecturer in
Google News: Springs new challenge for builders
[Stuff.co.nz] - Hydrologists also warn that attempts to dig deep foundations for homes on land designated as green-blue, or technical category 3, are likely to set off more potentially destabilising springs. There are about properties classified as green-blue on
A Musical Son of the South Is Mourned in Woodstock
www.nytimes.com
[New York Times] - We really as a community are holding our breath hoping that what Levon has created doesn't have to evaporate the minute he's not there. Some really deep foundations have been drilled on that little hill, and it's going to be our challenge to see how we
Sarawak's soil system
www.theborneopost.com
[The Borneo Post] - Civil engineers will agree that the construction of high-rise buildings, including flyovers, requires deep foundations. Most tropical soils display a largely siliceous (sandy) content as the oxides (specially of iron and aluminium) are washed deeply
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