Geotechnical Solutions Articles

Keynetix are pleased to announce that an upgrade to KeyLAB has been released today that includes a number of new features requested by users to help them manage their geotechnical and concrete laboratory. The new build expands the functionality of the system to assist laboratory managers who are conducting concrete testing, working in a NATA ...

At the UK's first viable compact anaerobic digester (AD) plant aimed at local food waste treatment, a Geotech GA3000 fixed biogas analyser monitors methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), oxygen (O2) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S). The plant, a modular scalable AD system, unveiled by React Environmental in July 2012 at Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, can ...

Abstract A PCE DNAPL source zone was treated using thermal conduction heating combined with multi-phase extraction. Thick peat layers, even when contaminated with PCE DNAPL, were remediated to average soil PCE concentrations of 0.17 mg/kg (99.6% reduction compared to starting levels). This was accomplished in 83 days of heating, by elevating the ...

ReMi Surveys are superior to MASW Surveys in the following ways: Ambient (ie, traffic and aircraft) “noise” is a hindrance to MASW surveys, yet is readily embraced / utilized by “passive” ReMi surveys Longer ReMi data records (ie, 30 seconds vs 8 seconds or less with MASW) capture lower frequency events We introduce ...

PROJECT: ReMi surveys at a closed waste disposal site LOCATION: The Dalles, Oregon PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Designed and performed ReMi Surveys at a closed 8-acre waste disposal site to passively measure microtremors within the upper 55 feet of the subsurface, in order to determine the depth to competent (non-rippable) basalt ...

PROJECT: Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) surveys at active national chain stores LOCATIONS: Wenatchee, Washington / Woodinville, Washington / Yakima, Washington PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Designed and performed ReMi Surveys for active retail properties to passively measure microtremors within the upper 100 feet (30 meters) of the subsurface, in order to ...

PROJECT: Refraction and ReMi geophysical surveys at a proposed Wind Farm LOCATION: West of Ellensburg, Washington PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Designed and performed seismic refraction / ReMi surveys at 22 proposed Wind Turbine Generator sites for the primary purpose of obtaining shear-wave (Vs) and compressional-wave (Vp) velocities. This information ...

Of the currently emerging technologies for site remediation, one of the most attractive and economical is in-situ stabilization and/or in-situ fixation of contaminated soils by Shallow Soil Mixing (SSM) or Deep Soil Mixing (DSM). Actually, the soil mixing process is not new. It has been in use as a geotechnical construction process for over two ...

An experimental programme was undertaken to reclaim the soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. Two types of locally available soils, clay with low compressibility and poorly graded sand, were chosen for the study. Both the soils were contaminated with varying percentages of used engine oil and gasoline. Anionic surfactant Sodium Dodecyl ...