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USACE tests bedrock anchors for Arkansas river low water dam near Sand Springs
- Dec, 19, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Rock Engineering Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Engineering Geology Grouting News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is designing a low water dam on the Arkansas River near Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as part of the Arkansas River Corridor Project, and the Dam Safety Production Center b...
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Call for Papers for Special Issue on “Geo-Hazards: Lessons from the Ground”
- Dec, 19, 2025
- Landslides Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), through its International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories (IJGCH), invites submissions for a Special Issue...
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Levee failure along Washington’s Green River highlights flood and ground stability risks during atmospheric river events
- Dec, 15, 2025
- Earth Retaining Structures Slope Stability Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Washington, Tukwila
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A levee breach occurred along the Green River near Tukwila, Washington, during renewed atmospheric river rainfall that affected the Pacific Northwest in mid-December 2025. The failure took place alon...
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LTA begins wtrengthening of circle line tunnels to counter ground deformation
- Dec, 10, 2025
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Settlements News On Projects / Industry
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has initiated a targeted strengthening programme for two Circle Line tunnels where progressive ground deformation, known as tunnel squatting, has been iden...
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Stabilisation nears completion as Bridgewater Canal embankment design progresses
- Dec, 06, 2025
- Road Embankments Slope Stability Slope Stabilization News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The recovery programme for the Bridgewater Canal embankment breach at Little Bollington has moved into a critical new stage, with stabilisation works nearing completion and formal engineering design...
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Highway embankment gives way in Kollam, investigation begins
- Dec, 07, 2025
- Slope Stability Road Embankments Soil Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A newly built embankment along National Highway 66 at Mylakkadu in Kollam collapsed without warning, trapping several vehicles, including a school bus, and causing deep ground fissures across the ser...
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Alaska rocked by M7.0 earthquake as aftershocks intensify, raising infrastructure risks
- Dec, 07, 2025
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Landslides Engineering Seismology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Alaska
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck near Yakutat, Alaska, triggering more than 160 aftershocks within 24 hours and generating widespread ground shaking across southeastern Alaska and parts of Canada. T...
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Investigation reveals combined failures behind the fatal Seoul sinkhole collapse
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Forensics Groundwater & Seepage Groundwater Pumping News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A government investigation has concluded that the March 2025 sinkhole in Myeongil-dong, which resulted in one fatality, was caused by weakened ground conditions driven by human-related factors. The C...
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Vietnam Hit by multiple landslides after extreme rainfall, intensifying the human impact
- Dec, 05, 2025
- Landslides Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Vietnam has experienced one of its most severe sequences of rainfall-induced hazards in decades, with prolonged storms triggering extensive flooding and more than a dozen landslides across Lam Dong p...
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Delhi Metro’s precision tunnelling: A major engineering breakthrough beneath an operating corridor
- Nov, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Ground Improvement News On Projects / Industry
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has completed one of its most demanding underground works to date as part of the Phase 4 expansion. Engineers successfully advanced a Tunnel Boring Machine (TB...
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