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Geotechnical studies for Nashville's tunnel Music City Loop have began
- Sep, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Tennessee, Nashville
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Tennessee has taken a key first step toward construction of a new underground transit system as The Boring Company was granted a no-cost lease for a state-owned parking lot in Nashville to support in...
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Geotechnically Sustainable Peat Management in Scotland’s A9 Dualling Project
- Sep, 25, 2025
- Material Reuse Residual Soils Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The A9 Dualling project between Tomatin and Moy in Scotland is integrating an innovative Peat Management Plan to mitigate the environmental impacts of road construction across deep peatland areas. Pe...
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Arizona Flooding Leaves Four Dead and Exposes Vulnerabilities in Mining Region Settlements
- Sep, 27, 2025
- Settlements Groundwater Pumping Groundwater & Seepage Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Arizona , Globe
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Severe flooding struck Arizona in late September 2025, leaving four people dead and prompting widespread emergency operations. The rural community of Globe, a 19th-century mining town located about 8...
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New land movement in Rancho Palos Verdes affects homes in Portuguese Bend area
- Sep, 27, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, California , Rancho Palos Verdes
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Residents in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, reported that a substantial portion of a home's yard shifted overnight, highlighting ongoing instability in coastal bluff regions. The change was...
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Uncovering Earthquake Energy: New Insights from Laboratory “Mini-Quakes”
- Sep, 16, 2025
- Seismic Engineering Seismology Engineering Geology Structural Geology Geology Highlights
- United States, Massachusetts
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Recent research led by geologists at MIT has provided new understanding of how energy is partitioned during an earthquake. By creating miniature seismic events in controlled laboratory conditions, of...
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Sanford Dam restoration marks milestone as concrete work begins
- Sep, 26, 2025
- Dam Engineering News On Projects / Industry News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Michigan, Sanford
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A critical restoration milestone has been reached at the Sanford Dam in Midland County, Michigan, as crews begin placing roller-compacted concrete (RCC) on the embankment for the auxiliary spillway....
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Recovering Critical Minerals from Waste: New USGS-State Partnerships Underway
- Sep, 26, 2025
- Mining Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to support 13 state geological surveys in joint work to inventory and characterize critical minerals in mine...
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Repair of massive 50-meter sinkhole in Bangkok enters new challenge after structural breach
- Sep, 26, 2025
- Ground Improvement Groundwater & Seepage Seepage Groundwater Pumping Underground Structures Tunneling Stabilization News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Thailand
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In the early hours of September 26, emergency efforts to stabilize the massive sinkhole in front of Vajira Hospital on Bangkok’s Samsen Road were paused after approximately 1,500 tonnes (around 700 c...
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Mercury and Arsenic Hotspots Identified in Ghana’s Artisanal Gold Belt
- Sep, 23, 2025
- Mining Groundwater & Seepage Geoenvironmental Engineering Contaminant Transport News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Ghana
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A year-long assessment by Pure Earth and Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority sampled soil, water, crops and fish across six of Ghana’s 13 mining regions. Results show mercury in soils at Konon...
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Superstorm Ragasa Causes Barrier Lake Collapse in Taiwan And Causes Catastrophic Flooding and Infrastructure Loss
- Sep, 23, 2025
- Landslides Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Super Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest storms of 2025, has caused widespread devastation across East Asia, with Taiwan experiencing significant structural and geotechnical impacts. In Hualien Cou...
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