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Final Investigative Report Explaining The Orroville Dam Spillway Damage in February 2017 Released
- Dec, 20, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Dam Engineering
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On January 5th, 2018, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the United States Society on Dams (USSD) released the following statement "Oroville Independent Forensic Team Releases F...
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FHWA publishes research report on Spread Footings for Highway Bridges
- Dec, 20, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Ground Improvement Landfill Engineering Geomatics Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The FHWA National Geotechnical Team announces the availability of the completed research report titled "Selection of Spread Footings on Soils to Support Highway Bridge Structures" (FHWA-RC/TD-10-001)....
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GRL welcomes Medal-winning Executive Officer of the US Army to its team
GRL welcomes David Headley as a New engineer! David Headley joins GRL Engineers, Inc. as a member of the Central Office. Mr Headley was a Battery Executive Officer in the US Army where he was reco...
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Singapore's deepest transmission cable tunnel system is almost ready
A network of giant tunnels which will protect Singapore's electricity supply for the future has been completed. The multibillion-dollar Underground Transmission Cable Tunnel Project will house 1,20...
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Innovation stands out at the 2017 Geotechnical data management awards
BAM Ritchies, Southern Testing, Mott MacDonald, TSP Projects and Atkins beat off stiff competition to come out on top at the 2017 Keynetix Geotechnical Data Management Awards, in Oxford on 27 Novembe...
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At least 26 killed in Philippines by landslides caused by tropical storm (video)
- Dec, 19, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Biliran, Philippines
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least twenty-six people are dead and 23 are missing according to officials, following landslides on the island of Biliran in eastern Philippines. Tropical Storm Kai-tak hit the area on Saturday,...
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5 dead, 15 missing after mudslide in southern Chile (video)
- Dec, 17, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Chaitén, Chile
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The mudslide tore through the small town of Villa Santa Lucia, near Chaiten in coastal Patagonia, Chile, on Saturday, December 16, after a night of torrential downpours. The video that follows, tak...
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PDI Introduces New Products
- Dec, 18, 2017
- News On Products & Services Pile Foundations Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General)
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Pile Dynamics continuously focuses on innovation of QA/QC products for the deep foundations industry. Over the next few months, we will launch several new products including, the Static Load Teste...
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Understanding Safety Precautions During A Building Renovation
- Dec, 14, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Are you embarking on revamping your entire commercial property and building? If so, there are likely a hundred different tasks on your list of things to do. The first step is hiring a responsible cont...
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Scientists to map areas at risk from liquefaction (video)
- Dec, 09, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Risk & Reliability Liquefaction Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A team of researchers has been brought together under LIQUEFACT project to investigate and find solutions against one of the most devastating forms of seismic phenomena – liquefaction. Liquefaction...
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