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View Slides and Video from WSDOT Symposium
On February 2, 2015, a symposium and panel discussion was held to discuss a new double wall pile designed to improve noise attenuation, focusing on results from recent full scale testing in Puget Sound. This innovation was developed and tested with support from WSDOT, the Federal Highway Administration, the Port of Tacoma, and several leading engineering and environmental consulting firms.
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PANEL DISCUSSION
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For more information about the symposium, including a detailed agenda and specific presentations, read the article here.
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Helpful Links:
- Discovery of Sound in the Sea: http://www.dosits.org/about/
- Ocean Conservation Research: http://ocr.org/
- Applied Physics Laboratory Ocean Acoustics: http://oa.apl.washington.edu/