Over the year, Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring has brought many interesting shoring stories to our audience. Covering everything from geotechnical engineering to new shotcrete techniques, we’ve done our best to bring you new and relevant news about our favorite topics. Here are a few of our favorites: A shoring project in the National Corvette …
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Geotechnical Engineering as a Career
Almost a year ago, Forbes published an article on geotechnical engineering, labeling it “the in-demand, high-pay, easy-entry job you’ve likely never heard of.” At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we think it’s only appropriate to ring in the New Year with a little reflection on the past one, and this article certainly brings up some points …
More Geotechnical Engineering History
This week, we’re continuing our story of the history of geotechnical engineering. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we think that this next bit of history is some of the most exciting, as it takes the ancient concepts and brings them into more recent centuries. At Thorcon, we implement the most advanced methods available to service …
Ancient Geotechnical Engineering Feats
To continue our historical theme this month, we’re diving into the long history of geotechnical engineering. As a civil engineering company, we here at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring are thankful to the advancements in engineering which came before us and have enabled us to move into the future and provide our clients with safe, reliable …
Pisa Tower Makes Geotechnical Engineering News Again
Back in April, we listed some geotechnical engineering facts that you probably didn’t know, and some of the details about the Leaning Tower of Pisa made the top four list. Well, that tower is making news in geotechnical circles again this week. Because we’re always interested in what’s going on in the world of slope …
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ASU Gets New Geotechnical Engineering Research Center
Exciting news comes out of Arizona this month, with the announcement that Arizona State University has landed over $18 million in grant money from the National Science Foundation to found a five-year Engineering Research Center which will specialize in geotechnical engineering. Because innovative breakthroughs often come out of such research centers—and because only 17 ERCs …
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Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Begins on European Tunnel Project
The Channel Tunnel has been making headlines this week, with thousands of migrants attempting to use it to make their way illegally into the UK, but it isn’t the only immersed European tunnel to make the news in July. This month, a new project is continuing which will see an immersed tunnel built from Germany …
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A Spotlight on our Geotechnical Engineering Installation Services
As a civil engineering company providing a broad variety of geotechnical services, we at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring try to update our site visitors with new information about our services whenever possible. With this goal in mind, we’re highlighting a few more of our geotechnical services this week. We provide the following installation solutions to …
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A Safety-Focused Civil Engineering Company
At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we provide custom geotechnical engineering services and solutions with a focus on safety. From our headquarters in Littleton, Colorado (near Denver), we serve the state of Colorado as well as other states in the region, so we are used to adapting to local safety codes and standards as well as …
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