Geotechnical Hazards

Features

• Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines
• Unknown Foundations

Training & Workshops

• NIST Civil Infrastructure Showcase
  March 13-14, 2014

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State Geotechnical Workshops

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Publications

• FHWA Checklist and Guidelines for Review of Geotechnical Reports and Preliminary Plans and Specifications
• Manual for Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment

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Research

• A Quarter Century of Geotechnical Research

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Geotechnical Conferences

• NIST Civil Infrastructure Showcase
  March 13-14, 2014

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Memos

• GT-16 - Unknown Foundations (.pdf, 0.7 mb)

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About Geotechnical Hazards

The geotechnical hazards for transportation applications covered under this technical area include method, procedural and policy guidance for seismic design and retrofit, extreme events, abandoned underground mines, and for evaluating bridges with unknown foundations.