On May 9th, 2023 the 2nd International Workshop on Complex Formations was hosted by the Polytechnical University of Turin, Italy. The Workshop was co-sponsored by the Polytechnical University of Turin, the Italian Geotechnical Association, the University of Turin, the International Society Rock Mechanics, the Regional Association of Piedmont Geologists, Tecnesystra-SWS and Geosolving. There were about…
Author: Ed Medley
Ed Medley has been on a random walk for over 50 years. In his websites he shares scribbles and snapshots a from his vagabond transits; others are from his decades international experience in geological and geotechnical engineering, academia, and mineral exploration prospecting. He particularly enjoys sharing his passion for bimrocks, a field in which he is a pioneer.
Bimblather: bimdoc, bimba, bimunits, bimPapa
I think of myself as a bimbo – one who specializes in bimrocks (block-in-matrix rocks). For several years I proudly wore the PhD graduation T-shirt that Jim Falls, CEG gave me in 1994, emblazoned with his word “bimbeau“, a more elegant alternative to my bimbo. I suppose if I were a French woman researcher, I would…
What are YOU doing with bimrocks info from this website?
I started the geoengineer.org/bimrocks website in 2008 and this bimrocks website in 2010. Since 2008 I have rarely looked at the website traffic statistics collected on my Statcounter account. So I today reviewed in detail surprising lifetime statistics for the two websites: bimrocks.com (August 2010 to March 2023): 25,670 page visits; 12,340 unique visits; 10,940…
Bimrocks are NOT SRMs – but ARE bim materials/bimunits
Not for the first time, I recently received an enquiry from a researcher who is trying to sort out the abundant literature on Soil-Rock Mixtures and the relationship between SRMs and bimrocks/bimsoils. There seems to be a lot of money spent on research on SRMs in the extensive colluvial/debris flow deposits of interest for dams,…
On bimdocs, bimrocks and BIM
Last year an architect offered to buy my bimdoc.com domain name. I don’t think she was interested in my website – just the name. She offered me a price but I had to say no to her, despite that “bimdoc” fitted in beautifully with her BIM practice. But it also fits in nicely into my…