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Dubai Municipality invites bids for $8.2bn strategic sewerage tunnels project

Dubai Municipality has formally invited bids for the Phase II Links Package of the Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnels (DSST) project, advancing one of the emirate’s largest public private partnership...

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50 Years of Chance Instant Foundations

In February 1976, the Chance Tips newsletter featured an article titled "Chance Streetlight Foundations Solve Several Problems in Streetlight Installations." Authored by W.J. Fisher, Chairman of the...

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Sea defence upgrades protect iconic Folkestone rail route

Major coastal defence works have commenced at Folkestone Warren to safeguard the strategically important South Eastern Railway line that runs along the base of the chalk cliffs. The scheme, led by Ne...

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138,733 paper downloads in 2025 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!

The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is proud to announce that its papers were downloaded 138,733 times in 2025 (up 18.32% from 117,260 downloads in 2024). The Internatio...

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China’s TBM rescue beneath the Yangtze

During construction of the Jiangyin–Jingjiang Yangtze River Tunnel, a 6.4 km road tunnel beneath the Yangtze River, a 16 m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM) suffered a catastrophic failure approxi...

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Tiebacks vs. soil nails: Choosing the right earth retention solution

Understand the pros and cons between using helical tieback anchors and helical soil nails for an earth retention project. When it comes to earth retention and slope stabilization using helical anchor...

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Crane collapse strikes passenger train in Thailand claiming at least 32 lives

At least 32 people were killed and more than 60 injured on Wednesday morning after a construction crane collapsed onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand. The incident occurred around...

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Large-scale landfill slope failure strikes central Philippines

Rescue teams in Cebu City are continuing round-the-clock operations after a massive landfill collapse at the privately operated Binaliw site left dozens of workers missing. The failure occurred while...

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Landslide at Cebu City landfill kills one, exposes waste slope stability risks

A fatal landslide struck the Cebu City landfill in Barangay Binaliw on January 8, 2026, claiming the life of one landfill worker and injuring several others. The collapse affected a Material Recovery...

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16,000 m continuous TBM drive sets new overseas tunnelling record in Sri Lanka

On 25 December 2025, a double-shield tunnel boring machine developed by China Railway Construction Heavy Industry Corporation achieved a continuous excavation exceeding 16,000 m at the Upper Elahera–...

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