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Geotechnical Slope Design for Lithium Deposits in a Shifting Market Landscape

As the demand for lithium continues to rise, particularly from the electric vehicle and renewable energy storage sectors, hard rock lithium deposits—primarily hosted in spodumene-rich pegmatites—are...

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Embankment Stabilization Success on Brighton Main Line

In January 2025, a landslip between Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport prompted immediate geotechnical intervention on the Brighton Main Line. Network Rail swiftly acted to prevent further ground mov...

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Two-week quarry safety inspection campaign launched by Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA)

Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA) begun on Monday 12th May a two-week quarry safety inspection campaign as it worries that many quarries do not carry out geotechnical appraisals and subsequ...

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Market Survey for Geotechnical Consultancy on CERN's Future Circular Collider (FCC)

CERN has issued a market survey to identify, qualify and select firms which will be invited to the forthcoming Invitation to Tender procedure for the provision of civil & geotechnical engineering...

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How OpenGround helped Schnabel Engineering build a ground-breaking project platform

Schnabel Engineering — a major geotechnical, dam, and tunnel engineering service provider — was excited to start simplifying, optimizing, and digitalizing its data management system. Particularly sin...

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55 Kilometres to Net Zero: Inside the Viking Pipeline Project

A new chapter in the UK’s low-carbon journey begins with the approval of a £200 million underground pipeline stretching 55 kilometers from Immingham to the Theddlethorpe Gas Terminal on the Lincolnsh...

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The New Flagship of Offshore Site Investigation

A new chapter in offshore geotechnical investigation begins with the launch of Bridgewater Discovery, a newly refurbished, high-performance survey vessel. Originally built in 2008 and extensively re...

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Beneath the Shatt al-Arab: Iraq's Immersed Tunnel Breaks New Ground in Middle East Engineering

Iraq has reached a major milestone in its historic infrastructure journey with the ongoing construction of the Basra Immersed Tunnel—an engineering first for the Middle East. As part of the broader A...

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Deep Foundations, Steady Rails: The £33M Fix for East Coast Mainline Landslide

The East Coast Mainline, one of the UK’s most vital railway corridors, recently faced a serious geotechnical challenge near the Browney Curve in County Durham. The area had long shown signs of instab...

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Floating Concrete Giants: Inside Belgium’s Tunnel Mega-Project

In an extraordinary display of modern geotechnical and civil engineering, Belgium’s 1.8-kilometre Scheldt Tunnel is taking shape beneath the mighty Scheldt River in Antwerp. As part of the transforma...

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