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The story of Nauru is the perfect example of unsustainable mining

Nauru is a small island, located in Central Pacific’s Micronesia, and its story is probably the best example of unsustainable mining practices. The island was first sighted by an English vessel in 1...

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2023 Geotechnical job market analysis

Interested in seeing some facts about the Geotechnical Engineer job market? Below we present you such an analysis with data from the CEEcareers website. Within 2023, 12,530 jobs covering the entire r...

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California landslides continue as several mansions are red tagged

A row of mansions situated in Hollywood Hills was red tagged, as a result of a landslide that took place on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Furthermore, reports by news outlets vary on the number of multi-m...

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Join GeoWorld's 2024 Geotechnical Business Directory today!

GeoWorld, with the support of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), is excited to prepare the publication of the 2024 Geotechnical Business Directory, th...

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Papua, New Guinea: Three landslides caused at least 23 fatalities - extreme weather conditions persist

Since the 19th of March heavy rainfall caused extensive flooding and landslides in various parts of the Highlands and Momase regions. Three different landslides in Chimbu Province, located in the Hig...

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Second TBM’s breakthrough marks excavation completion of HS2’s Chiltern tunnels

The second of the two tunnel boring machines (TBM) that were used for the excavation of HS2’s longest Chiltern twin-bore tunnel marked a major milestone for the project, as it made its final breakthr...

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UC Berkeley’s Professor Kenichi Soga to give 63rd Rankine Lecture

It was announced on March 13, 2024, by the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), that the 63rd Rankine Lecture will be given by University of California, Berkeley, Professor Kenichi Soga, in March...

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Bentley Systems Issues Call for Nominations for the 2024 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure

EXTON, Pa. – March 14, 2024 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced its call for nominations for the 2024 Going Digital Awards...

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Sumatra Island, Indonesia: 19 casualties due to flash floods and landslide

Local authorities of Sumatra Island in Indonesia reported that, due to flash floods and a landslide, at least 19 people lost their lives, while two were injured and seven more are missing. The catast...

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ISSMGE TC222 workshop on geotechnical and underground engineering digitalization now on YouTube!

ISSMGE’s Technical Committee TC222 “Geotechnical BIM and Digital Twins“ recently made available on YouTube its latest workshop titled “Frontiers in research on digitalization in geotechnical and unde...

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