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A retaining wall in the Kentlands community recently collapsed forcing two homes to be condemned. The wall has been sured up and a pair of workers were seen stacking the fallen stone on Tuesday morning, along Quince Orchard Road in Gaithersburg.
Last week, when a Kentlands community retaining wall partially collapsed, the neighborhood association had been working on a repair plan for about a year.
According to Kentlands Citizens Assembly meeting minutes posted online, talks about the walls health and stability started in May 2013, when General Manager Randy Fox informed board members of the structures problems and the potential costs for fixes.
By June 2013, the association hired Gardner James Engineering of Columbia, Md., to investigate the status of the wall. In December 2013, the firm shared its findings in a report, which called for more frequent and thorough monitoring of the wall and explained the need for drainage repairs, according to online documents.
We had already planned and budgeted for this sort of work to be going on this year, said Neil Harris, chairman of the board. We were aware that this was a time for maintenance.
He added the association was prepared to spend up to $500,000 on the project.
The process was moving along as expected until a section of the retaining wall abruptly collapsed at about 4:20 p.m. on March 31.
No one was injured, but two townhouses on Ridgepoint Place were evacuated and subsequently condemned by the city of Gaithersburg.
The wall, owned by the Kentlands Citizen Assembly, is made of hundreds of concrete blocks, each weighing 200 pounds, according to Gaithersburg City Manager Tony Tomasello.
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Two years after a shoreline emergency was declared due to eroding duress at the beachfront adjacent to Leonardo Arms condominiums, another extension for a temporary sandbag wall has been given to allow more time for an upland retaining wall to be constructed in front of the 7400 Estero Blvd. property.
The Fort Myers Beach Town Council unanimously approved to extend a Town permit (issued in March 2012) until Feb. 1, 2015, so that contractors can obtain the proper state and federal permits, remove the sandbag structure that was embedded into the seawall area and anchor the retaining wall as close as practical to the building. The wall has a reported design of roughly 400 cubic yards of fill.
Back in early 2012, Gulf water migration and recession from an erosion process caused by tropical storm waves was cited as threatening the foundation of one of the condo buildings (Unit II). It was noted that tidal flow has come as close as 15 feet of the foundation of the building, which houses 60 units.
BOB PETCHER At this time, there is no eroding duress at the beachfront near the affected building at Leonardo Arms condominiums. Time and weather may change that scenario, though.
"The sand bags in place actually did protect the building from the strong surge from Tropical Storm Debby a few years ago," said Environmental Sciences Coordinator Keith Laakkonen, the first Town official to bring the erosion problem forward. "Without the protection of that wall, there might have been some erosion and potential undermining of the building."
This past January, Council approved a special exception with certain conditions to allow a roughly 300-foot-long upland retaining wall seaward of the 1978 Coastal Construction Control Line in the environmentally critical zoning district to be built. Reports say the wall will be buried in front of Leonardo Arms condominiums.
This action comes after Council unanimously approved a resolution on March 19, 2012, to issue a Declaration of Local Shoreline Emergency from the Department of Environmental Protection to allow the Town to seek a permit for temporary protective measures.
The permit granted the placement of large sand bags brought in by flatbed trucks and embedded into the seawall area at Leonardo Arms to aid in the erosion stress area caused by tidal action that has been cutting back the existing bank at the property. Protective vegetation and boulders that made up a barrier had fallen into the eroded area.
That measure was only allowed temporarily. After a six-month permit, authorization to keep the sand bags in place was extended, while officials at the condominium looked into a longer-term solution. Another layer of sandbags was added during a phase II implementation. The original extension was to expire next week.
Officials at Leonardo Arms decided to hire a coastal engineering firm to address the deteriorated landscape. Naples-based Humiston & Moore Engineers was first hired for consultation reasons then began working with DEP and Town officials when the erosion problem came to light.
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A Lancaster man was killed after he drove an all-terrain vehicle over a three-foot high retaining wall.
Mark Addison, 55, died at the scene on Coon Hollow Road in the town of Liberty in Grant County, the Grant County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The crash happened at about 7:45 p.m. Thursday on property owned by Brian Cathman of Lancaster, the release said.
The investigation showed Addison drove the four-wheeled ATV off the retaining wall, getting thrown from the vehicle when it went over.
He wasn't wearing any type of protective gear.
"It is not clear why he drove over the retaining wall on the four-wheeler," said Sheriff Nate Dreckman.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Fono system has solar panels on its roof and electronics in concrete table Users place their smartphone on the pickup pad and can use the decks to amplify the sound of their music as well as create different DJ effects It is currently in use in the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark and Sweden There are also plans to put a version of the Fono in Ibiza in the near future
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Published: 08:20 EST, 9 April 2014 | Updated: 08:27 EST, 9 April 2014
DJ decks powered by the sun could soon be coming to a street near you.
And you dont even need a back catalogue of records to show off your musical talent all thats required is a smartphone and some good weather.
The technology, dubbed Fono, allows budding DJs to place their device in the middle of set so that it can amplify the audio.
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Fun in the sun: Budding DJs place their device in the middle of the Fono's mobile pickup pad so the DJ decks can amplify the audio
The solar panels are fitted to the roof of the DJ booth and users can use the decks to mix their music.
Based on a professional DJ set, the decks feature a crossfader as well as Scratch, Filter, Pitch, Delay, Flanger and Crush effects.
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