This blog is a part of the series Tunnel your way to success with PLAXIS. Underground construction is a complex endeavour. Leveraging rock masses as engineering materials requires overcoming many challenges. Any work needs to be carried out from within...
This blog is a part of the series Tunnel your way to success with PLAXIS. Introduction This is the second blog covering the modelling of the Traditional Method of Madrid in PLAXIS 2D and 3D. For further details on the...
I often title my blogs with a question that I’m very happy to try to answer. “What’s the Capacity of That Pipe?” is not one of those questions. Unless you make some simplifying assumptions such as “The pipe is flowing...
This blog is a part of the series Tunnel your way to success with PLAXIS. Introduction The Traditional Method of Madrid is a method for tunnel construction that has been used for tunnelling in the Madrid Metro network since 1917...
Work on the upcoming AWWA Manual on Energy (M83) is wrapping up, and I’ve been working with Eric Dole, National Water and Energy Practice Lead for Garver, on the pumping chapter. It’s shaping up nicely. One topic that has come...
In the ever-evolving structural engineering landscape, ensuring that the foundations of our designs stay strong is the only way to ensure lasting infrastructure. As the Canadian infrastructure and innovation landscape continues to strengthen, engineers are being challenged more than ever...
Bentley Systems’ STAAD and RAM products have been long-time industry leaders in structural design and analysis software solutions. Bentley’s RAM Concept is the ultimate structural designer’s solution for post-tensioned and conventionally reinforced slabs, mats, and rafts with exceptional visibility into...
A few weeks ago, I attended the annual Construction Technology Summit in Austin, Texas. The conference was a gathering of various companies, students, and colleagues that showcased the latest technology trends in the construction sector. There were interesting discussions on...
I’ve read a lot of papers about water loss reduction. Two concepts that show up frequently are Minimum Nighttime Flow (MNF) and District Metered Areas (DMA). DMAs are areas in the distribution system that can be isolated such that all...