News
Featured News
News
Road collapse caught on video as flooding and landslides hit Turkiye
- Jul, 10, 2023
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Floods and landslides have occurred in northern Turkiye, starting July 10, due to heavy rainfall that began two days prior. Furthermore, flooding was the result of torrential rain in areas near the...
Read More
Series of landslides and flash floods hit India after heavy rainfall
- Jul, 09, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Several areas of northern India experienced torrential rain, followed by a series of flash floods and landslides on Sunday, July 9. Furthermore, reports of the record-breaking rainfall include 153 m...
Read More
Worst ever summer storm hit the Netherlands
- Jul, 05, 2023
- Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Netherlands
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Storm Poly, the most severe storm occurring during summer months, and overall strongest since January of 2018, hit the Netherlands on July 5. This storm has been described as a very rare phenomenon,...
Read More
Purdue Geotechnical Society’s 19th G.A Leonards Lecture now on YouTube
- May, 05, 2023
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology Contaminant Transport Geosynthetics For Containment Landfill Engineering Groundwater & Seepage Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia Other News
- United States, Indiana, West Lafayette
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Professor Krishna Reddy gave the 19th G.A. Leonards Lecture on “Sustainability and Resiliency-Based Innovation: Research and Practices in Geoenvironmental Engineering”, which was hosted by the Purdue...
Read More
Part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel turned into “Loo Gardens”
- Jun, 30, 2023
- Tunneling Underground Structures Other Geotechnical Green Infrastructure Contaminant Transport News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
London’s Thames Tideway Tunnel, also known as London’s Super Sewer, has been transformed into a colorful garden, 50 meters under the city. This initiative is part of the “Loo Gardens” installation,...
Read More
Introducing RocSlope: 3D Block Stability Risk Assessment of Rock Slopes
- Jun, 28, 2023
- Mining Risk & Reliability Slope Stability Analysis Rock Engineering Slope Stability News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
Today, Rocscience is pleased to announce the launch of RocSlope, a state-of-the-art 3D analysis program enabling engineers in the civil and mining industries to assess the factors of safety of hu...
Read More
GEO5 Data Collector: A free mobile application for collecting data in the field or laboratory
Mobile app GEO5 Data Collector (for Android and iOS) is used for data collection in the field or laboratory and works with mobile phones and tablets. The mobile application and the Stratigraphy progr...
Read More
Flash floods and landslides leave more than 300 roads closed in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Jun, 25, 2023
- Landslides Rock Engineering Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Heavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in the Himachal Pradesh state of India, on Sunday, June 25. 301 roads remained closed due to the events, including the Chandigarh-Manali highway and its...
Read More
Investigation works underway for the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project
- Jun, 28, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Earth / Rockfill Dams Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Australia
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Investigation works have started for Queensland’s Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project. The proposed Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project is a publicly owned energy storage facility with a capacit...
Read More
UK’s first deep geothermal energy plant in 37 years begins operations
- Jun, 19, 2023
- Geo-Energy Geothermal Energy Geotechnics Green Infrastructure Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, Bodelva
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Eden project’s deep geothermal heating plant, located in Cornwall, began operations on Monday, June 19. The plant consists of a single well, constructed from May to October 2021, and drilled by mea...
Read More