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Santiago Calatrava’s second Dallas bridge faces engineering questions
Architect Newspaper   30 January 2018   USA   Texas  
Santiago Calatrava’s second Dallas bridge is cracking in the wind. Rendering of the bridge. (Courtesy Santiago Calatrava)
<p>After a highly anticipated opening last summer, the Santiago Calatrava-designed Margaret McDermott Bridge in Dallas, Texas, has been plagued with cable rod failures, according to the Dallas Observer.</p> <p>The Margaret McDermott Bridge spans the Trinity ...
Filed under: Construction News
Preliminary Analysis of Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Harris County, Texas
California WaterBlog   01 September 2017   USA   Texas  
An image of the flood inundation map in Harris County, Texas, showing the flooding extent of Hurricane Harvey.
<p>Located in Harris County, Texas, Houston is the 4th most populous city in the US. The flooding now unfolding in the Houston area is a human and economic disaster likely to rank with Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy among the worst in US history. At the present ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
For years, engineers have warned that Houston was a flood disaster in the making. Why didn't somebody do something?
Los Angeles Times   29 August 2017   USA   Texas  
Huston flooding incidents
<p>Houston is built on what amounts to a massive flood plain, pitted against the tempestuous Gulf of Mexico and routinely hammered by the biggest rainstorms in the nation.</p> <p><br />It is a combination of malicious climate and unforgiving geology, along ...
Geohazard: Giant sinkholes near West Texas oil patch towns are growing -- as new ones lurk
Science Daily   15 June 2016   USA   Texas  
Measurements from satellite radar images of two giant West Texas sinkholes Credit: Jin-woo Kim, SMU
<p>Two giant sinkholes that sit between two West Texas oil patch towns are growing -- and two new ones appear to be lurking, say geophysicists. Satellite radar images reveal substantial ground movement in and around the infamous sinkholes near Wink, Texas ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Road is swept away in Texas flooding
Daily Mail   09 May 2016   USA   Texas  
Childers was on his way to work when he captured the dramatic footage on his cell phone, which shows two large drain pipes getting caught in the flood's current
<p>This is the incredible moment one Texas man captured dramatic video of a country road getting washed away - just moments after he had crossed it.<br>Allen Laneigh Childers was mere seconds away from becoming victim to the flooding that has ravaged parts ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Researchers use giant foam blocks to keep approach slabs of bridges from settling
Phys Org   11 June 2015   USA   Texas  
Geofoam blocks being installed underneath a North Texas highway will ensure stability for a longer period of time than traditional construction. Credit: UT Arlington
<p>A research team at The University of Texas at Arlington is using giant lightweight geofoam blocks to bolster the earth beneath roads and bridges and slow down the settling of roadways and bridges.</p> <p>Anand Puppala, UT Arlington associate dean for research ...