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Road safety improvement with the aid of smart geotechnical sensors

Geotechnical sensors that will monitor the condition of Australia’s coastal roadways are developed by a new manufacturing research collaboration. The project, which has secured A$420,000 (£235,000)...

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Commercial Construction Projects: a short description of different types of retaining structures

Retaining wall systems are designed and manufactured to hold earth elements like rock and/or soil. In commercial settings that showcase grade changes, retaining wall structures help increase right of...

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Rocscience | ‘Open Secret’ Advantages of the Shear Strength Reduction Approach in Slope Stability Analysis

by Reginald Hammah, Ph.D. Introduction Seventeen years ago, in 2004, we wrote a RocNews article outlining our perspectives on the Shear Strength Reduction (SSR) technique of slope stability analysis....

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Rocscience | RSLog - From a Thought to a Web App

by Alireza Afkhami, M.A.Sc., M.C.P, P.Eng. We are living in a digital world. Technology's rapid progress in recent years has made our lives more digitized than ever. Entangled with smartphones, apps,...

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Rocscience | Another step towards software interoperability - Settle3 and RSLog

by Yipin Lu Rocscience software is designed to not just help engineers solve complex problems but also to deliver convenience to you. We are continuously thinking about adding new features that will...

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PLAXIS – From Concept to Construction

Importing geometric and stratigraphic data to PLAXIS 3D Any infrastructure project begins with a topographic survey, context capture using drone technology or satellite imagery, or ground investigat...

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PLAXIS for Deep Underground Excavation in Rock Mass

Rock at depth is subjected to stresses resulting from the weight of the overlying strata and from locked-in stresses of tectonic origin. When an opening is excavated in this rock, the stress field is...

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Landslide monitoring and warning systems to be installed in Mandi, India

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) here yesterday for the installation of landslide mon...

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Qatar: Excavation works begin for one of the country’s largest drainage tunnels

Public Works Authority 'Ashghal' has announced the commencement of excavation works of the main drainage tunnel within the Drainage Tunnel Project in Al Wakra and Al Wukair, which will extend for ove...

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5 Questions about Load Tests on Helical Piles [Answered]

Helical pile installers and designers get this question all the time: “Do I need to do full scale load testing?” The answer is: “it depends”. Often, larger commercial projects will have load test req...

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