tech for point cloud processing: PointSense Pro: Essential Tools for AutoCAD Point Clouds

for building surveys; VirtuSurv for Revit: Easy Laser Scan to BIM

For use in building surveys; Plug'nDraw: Connecting the Leica 3D Disto to AutoCAD

Device will be useful for BIM and as-builts; Leica 3D DISTO Measure Office Space

Peak Oil - smoothed out

Wall Street Journal Article

Phreatic Eruption in Japan missed by sensors, why?!

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/30-hikers-die-ontake-eruption-japan-happened/?mbid=social_twitter

Schlumberger Introduces Industry-First Reservoir Mapping-While-Drilling Service

Schlumberger Introduces Industry-First Reservoir Mapping-While-Drilling Service

Likely major eruption seems imminent again in Iceland

Concerns grow over Iceland volcano http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28943708

Completed SFMTA tunnels, tunnel contracting joint venture Barnard Impregilo Healy (BIH), used soil conditioning in Colma sands

http://california.construction.com/california_construction_projects/2014/0728-stealthy-tunnelers-bore-through-underground-maze.asp

Kola super deep bore hole - just under 12300m

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=685196844874696&set=a.352867368107647.80532.352857924775258&type=1

Washington landslide forces land use discussions

https://www.facebook.com/GSA.1888/posts/10152418138907079

Geologic map overlays for google earth

https://www.facebook.com/GSA.1888/posts/10152418195532079:0

SURVEY: Has numerical modelling reached a level that makes site investigation and interpretation obsolete for tunnel segment/cross-passage design?

The advancement of various software for tunnel design has the ability to do many things that used to be impossible. Will such high powered rational methods/tools ever be able to replace empirical data? Or, will it make it more useful? Such questions led me to develop this survey, because these are interesting questions. 
Take the survey! Click here to take survey

Is Guillaume Giraud, an associate professor at Michigan State Univ correct?

http://www.examiner.com/article/supervolcano-beneath-yellowstone-could-wipe-out-the-us-cause-worldwide-damage

Evaluation of Tunnel Face Stability - an inspirational video on TBM FEM by Luca Manfrin

http://youtu.be/a_re-PWAF8s

Richard J. Lisle's new book.

Deadly Washington Landslide, another time geologists can say "we told you so!"

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2L0R020140404

Geo-related purpose

I intend this blog to be a dump of all things geologically oriented to engineering, technology, or science-related.