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Elevated seawall to be built for New York flood resilience
- Jun, 01, 2017
- News On Projects / Industry Retaining Walls
- Staten Island, NY, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The 11.2km-long seawall, stretching from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, will protect communities from severe coastal flooding, while creating new wetland habitats and recreational amenities. The...
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Another successful project using Bentley software.
Answer Ingeniería reduced time and materials by 17% and 3.7%, respectively, using Bentley's RAM Elements to design the 21,000-square-meter Edificio Libertad Romero commercial complex in Santiago, Chil...
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Pile Dynamics, Inc. Celebrates 45 Years in the Deep Foundation Industry
- May, 31, 2017
- News On Products & Services Deep Foundations Pile Foundations
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
2017 marks the 45-year milestone for Pile Dynamics, Inc. PDI has experienced steady and continuous growth since the early days when Dr. George Goble, Dr. Frank Rausche and Garland Likins combined...
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New early warning system could have saved lives during the 2011 Japan tsunami
- May, 28, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Japan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Simulations assessing how the system would have responded to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake show that a tsunami alarm would have been raised in 7 minutes or less, thus might had saved many of the 22,000 k...
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Meet CHANCE® Combination (SS-RS) Helical Cast Transition by Hubbell
- May, 29, 2017
- News On Products & Services Shaft Foundations Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The type RS-SS combination transition is used mainly in compression applications in areas where soft/loose soils are located above hard/ dense soils. The transition section adapts typ...
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Massive landslide buries part of California highway (video)
- May, 24, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Mud Creek, Monterey County, CA, United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Part of the mountainside went off into the Pacific Ocean, covering up a big part of scenic Highway 1 in Big Sur area, California, on Saturday, May 20th. Aerial photos and video of the massive...
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Harnessing the power of Excel with KeyLAB by Keynetix
The complexity of geotechnical testing means there are very few Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software packages available for geotechnical work. As a result, geotechnical laborato...
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See Bentley's Navigator CONNECT Edition in Action
- May, 25, 2017
- News On Products & Services Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Perform virtual walkthroughs, model reviews, clash detection, issue resolution, and schedule simulation from the office, site or field with Bentley Navigator CONNECT Edition. Bentley gives your th...
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From where will the next big earthquake hit the city of Istanbul?
- May, 24, 2017
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The 15-million city is situated very close to the so-called North Anatolian Fault Zone which runs just outside the city, below the Marmara Sea. Scientists appreciate that an earthquake of magnitude M7...
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ISSMGE launches Open Access Policy for Geotechnical Papers
ISSMGE makes a major step forward on unrestricted data dissemination with a focus on publications In a message signed by the President Roger Frank, and Chair of Innovation and Development Committee,...
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