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January 3, 2008: Houses in Peril
By Michael Milstein and Scott Learn, The Oregonian

October 8, 2008 :Portland Home Landslide
By Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian

September 5 , 2008 :Civil Engineering Infrastructure Needs
By Eric Mortenson

July 28, 2008 :Lake Oswego "Muck"
By Dana Tims

June 18 , 2008 :Landfill Expansion
By Scott Learn

May 16, 2008 : Soil and Ethics

January 15, 2008 : Orenco Retaining Wall
By Kathleen Gorman

November 25, 2007: Oregonian/ It's Not Big Pipe-It's Buoyant Pipe
By Dana Tims and Yuxing Zheng/Diagram by Eric Baker

February, 2007: NY Times article features PDX sinkhole
By William Yardley

January, 2007: Water District Considers Cooper Mountain Site
By David R. Anderson/ Diagram by René Eisenbart

December, 2006: Oregonian article by Aimee Green
Photo above by Olivia Bucks/The Oregonian.
Update by Joseph Rose

November, 2006: Closure of Hwy 35 after storm
Photos courtesy of URS Corp.

October 16, 2006: Slideshow from Hawaii Earthquake

June 2, 2006: Corps accepts fault in New Orleans flooding
By John Schwartz of the New York Times News Service

May 15, 2006: Homeowners but no place to call home
By Jerry Boone of the Oregonian


 

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School Board Seeks Solution to Summit High Sink Holes
The Bend Weekly: Bend, Oregon, June 22, 2006
"A local engineering firm came in, confirmed the land was not suitable for buildings and suggested some pricey fixes for the field. However, the district’s funds were running low. According to John Rexford, district assistant superintendent and director of operations, the proposed one to two million dollar options would have meant taking money away from the actual high school structure. ....."