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  • adjective Of or relating to the soil and bedrock, especially aspects of foundations and earthworks.

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Examples

  • I have little interest in geotechnical engineering, but I would hardly infer that my personal lack of curiosity should be taken to impute anything about the field’s merits. levitra Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » What’s the Joke? 2007

  • Transpo officials just finished a $6 million "geotechnical" feasibility study that found that five underground routes-encompassing Alhambra, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles, Monterey Park, San Marino, South Pasadena and Pasadena-could work, even with fault lines and contaminated groundwater.

    Curbed LA 2010

  • Dave Ray, one of the Army Corps' geotechnical engineers, said Tuesday that the work should be finished on the secondary levee by 2 p.m. today, in time to save the town from disaster.

    Officials hope temporary levee will save Iowa town 2011

  • Investigators with the county fire department, the Environmental Protection Agency and a private geotechnical firm have not found any methane in the air.

    Va homes evacuated for puzzling methane Allison Klein 2011

  • ** When geotechnical engineering was in its infant stage approximately 50 to 80 years ago, it had a relatively sparse experimental database to draw upon compared to other, more mature, disciplines.

    A Modest Proposal (By a Somewhat Modest Engineer) 2009

  • Lundin fell short because of geotechnical problems at a nickel-copper mine in Spain as well as unexpect ed operating problems at a Portugal mine for copper and zinc.

    Canadian Copper Miners Inmet, Lundin to Merge Joan E. Solsman 2011

  • Dozens of lighting options ran through my mine in each scene, and some of the techniques I used included off-camera flash, held by my geotechnical engineer/guide, to “painting in” light using a flashlight or head lamp, to just using available light (the light thrown off by machinery, however limited, can over a long exposure produce some dramatic results), or using a combination of stuff.

    Diamond Mine – Underground Mining Photography » Dave Brosha Photography 2009

  • Matthews, a full-time network engineer, is the main financial backer, but Sawyers — a geotechnical engineer — played a key role: When the men needed more space, they moved their winery from Matthews 'basement to the garage of Sawyers' mom.

    'Naysayers' prove strong for Michael Matthews, wine bar 2010

  • Dozens of lighting options ran through my mine in each scene, and some of the techniques I used included off-camera flash, held by my geotechnical engineer/guide, to “painting in” light using a flashlight or head lamp, to just using available light (the light thrown off by machinery, however limited, can over a long exposure produce some dramatic results), or using a combination of stuff.

    Diamond Mine – Underground Mining Photography » Dave Brosha Photography 2009

  • Dave Ray, one of the Army Corps' geotechnical engineers, said Tuesday that the work should be finished on the secondary levee by 2 p.m. today, in time to save the town from disaster.

    Officials hope temporary levee will save Iowa town 2011

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