The invention relates to an impact compactor (10) and to a method and system of obtaining an indication of the soil strength of soil (100) by using an impact compactor (10). The impact compactor (10) includes a chassis 5 structure (12), at least one wheel (14) supportively mounted on the chassis structure (12), and at least one impact drum (16) which is displaceable relative to the chassis structure (12). The method includes travelling with the impact compactor (10) over a soil surface (100) while the drum (16) is in a raised position in which it is spaced from the soil surface (100) and 10 measuring, by using a measuring arrangement (20) which is connected to or forms part of the impact compactor (10), a rut depth (54) of a rut in the soil surface (100) which is formed by the wheel (14) as the impact compactor (10) travels over the soil surface (100).

The inventive disclosures are directed to a factory-controlled process for making improved, risk-optimized commercial-building waterproofing systems. The improved waterproofing-panel systems also include improved intrinsic leak-detection capabilities.

An integrated anchoring structure of basalt fiber reinforced plastic (BFRP) bars for a reservoir bank slope includes: a plurality of BFRP anchoring bars, where each of the BFRP anchoring bars includes a plurality of BFRP bars bonded to one another, a lower steel casing pipe, an upper steel casing pipe and a steel strand bonded to an upper portion of the upper steel casing pipe and aligned with the BFRP bars, and a grating array temperature sensing optical cable, a grating array stress sensing optical cable and a grating array vibration sensing optical cable are bonded in each of the BFRP bars; a plurality of shear-resistant bricks distributed on structural planes; a pouring base arranged at a bottom of the anchoring borehole; and an anchoring section arranged at an upper portion of the pouring base.

A closed-loop feedback-control system for a screw anchor driving machine that uses a controller such as a programmable logic controller (PLC) and an array of sensors providing real-time data to control an automated screw anchor driving operation relying on a rotary driver, a crowd motor applying downforce to the rotary driver and a tool driver extending a tool through the rotary driver and screw anchor to drive screw anchors to a target depth. The tool driver is independently controllable to advance the tool at a different feed and speed than the rotary driver to respond to underground conditions encountered during driving.

A composite manhole cover includes a body made of a polymer that has a mass of magnetic material embedded there within. The mass of magnetic material is detectable by a metal detector and, therefore, the composite manhole is locatable by the metal detector when the composite manhole cover is obscured by a material such as pavement, dirt, sand, grass/sod, etc.

A system and method for installing a membrane-lined wall for levee reinforcement or leak prevention. The installation system may comprise a sled positioned above the trench having a length, and may comprise a frame and support members, and a weight suspension system mounted on the frame to lower an elongated weight into the trench. The liner installation sled may also include a liner roller rotatably mounted on the frame, the liner roller adapted to hold a roll of a liner above the surface on a first side of the trench when the liner installation sled is in an installation position relative to the trench, wherein a longitudinal axis of the roll of liner can be aligned with the length of the trench. The elongated weight is usable to force the liner into the trench.

A drain assembly capable of being placed inground includes a first panel and a second panel spaced-apart from the first panel, a plurality of supports extending between the first panel and the second panel, a bottom or pipe extending between a bottom portion of the first panel and the second panel, and a cap extending between a top portion of the first panel and the second panel. The first panel may define a plurality of drainage apertures. A related method is also provided.

A device and a method for testing a compression amount of a pile body of a rock-socketed cast-in-place pile is provided. The testing device includes open flexible pipes which are correspondingly bound with two main reinforcements in the pile body of the rock-socketed cast-in-place pile, and lengths of the open flexible pipes are the same as those of the bound main reinforcements. One end of each of the two open flexible pipes is located at a bottom end of a corresponding main reinforcement and fixedly connected with a first sealing sheet, and other ends of the two open flexible pipes are located at a top portion of the rock-socketed cast-in-place pile and fixedly connected with second sealing sheets. A closed rigid pipe is located in the open flexible pipe, and pipe bodies of the closed rigid pipe and the open flexible pipe are not in contact.

A manhole cover and a manhole management system are provided. A manhole cover according to one embodiment includes: a cover body; an electronic unit including at least one sensing unit configured to sense information inside a manhole and at least one communication module configured to transmit information which is obtained through the sensing unit to the outside, and embedded in the cover body; a battery providing driving power to the electronic unit; and a wireless power reception antenna embedded in the cover body to receive wireless power supplied from the outside and provide the wireless power to the battery.

A pile-side lateral static load device includes a jack system, a liftable jack cart, a loading jack fixing system, and a loading system. The jack system includes a jack body. The jack system is installed on the liftable jack cart through the loading jack fixing system. The loading system is installed on the loading jack fixing system, and the loading system includes counter-pressure loading systems and counter-tension loading systems. The pile-side lateral static load device has a simple structure, is convenient to install and operate, and can complete lateral loading and in-situ tests under different pile diameters, different tonnages and different precisions, so as to facilitate a simulation test of in-situ lateral loading of a pile.