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A Study Of A Landslide In Birmingham, Alabama, Caitlin L. Bukovitz
A Study Of A Landslide In Birmingham, Alabama, Caitlin L. Bukovitz
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In 1988 a landslide occurred at a construction site in Birmingham, Alabama in which a portion of the construction site required excavating a rock slope with a group of apartments that were located at the top of the slope. During construction, two separate landslides occurred causing one and half of the apartment buildings to collapse downslope. The slope failure was investigated by two firms. One firm investigated the site conditions and the second firm investigated the design of the cut slope. The main concerns in the investigation were (1) the lack of consideration for the existing joint system, (2) using …