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British company introduces waterless pumped storage hydropower technology
- Aug, 15, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Tunneling Energy Geotechnics Other Geotechnical Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A UK-based company has developed a waterless pumped storage hydropower technology, and recently teamed up to deliver 100MW energy storage capacity projects by 2030. Furthermore, this technology work...
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Automating the analysis of 160 ground improvement designs with PLAXIS
- Aug, 21, 2023
- Ground Improvement Data Management News On Projects / Industry
- Australia, Perth
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
WSP, using the automation capability of PLAXIS together with Python, found the right ground improvement solution, from more than 160 different design combinations, for the Stephenson Avenue phase 2 e...
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HS2’s Florence and Cecilia TBMs reach Little Missenden
- Aug, 08, 2023
- Tunneling News On Projects / Industry Other News Railway Geotechnics Underground Structures Other Geotechnical
- United Kingdom, Little Missenden
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
HS2 announced on Tuesday, August 8, that Florence and Cecilia, the two 2,000-ton tunnel boring machines (TBMs) had reached the Little Missenden ventilation shaft. This event marks a significant mile...
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Geotechnical survey about to begin in Scotland’s Caledonia offshore wind farm
- Jul, 27, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Geomorphology Geophysics Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Cone Penetration Testing (Cpt) Borehole Logging Structural Geology Other Geotechnical Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
A Geotechnical survey campaign is about to commence on Caledonia wind farm’s proposed site, 40 kilometers off the northeast coast of Scotland, following a successful geophysical survey campaign. The...
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Consent granted for the development of Scotland’s £500M underground pumped storage hydro plant
- Jul, 25, 2023
- Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry Other News Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Other Geotechnical
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The development of a £500M underground pumped storage hydro plant in Ben Cruachan, Scotland, was granted consent on Tuesday, July 25. The project involves the expansion of the existing Cruachan Powe...
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First trains test Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel
- Jul, 25, 2023
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Australia, Melbourne
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
It was announced on Tuesday that the first test trains entered Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel. Metro Tunnel is a new twin 9-kilometer metro project that will connect Melbourne’s existing Sunbury line with...
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Understanding Buckling
- Jul, 20, 2023
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Learn more about buckling, buckling capacity, and how to avoid having helical piles buckle under a load, a Chance Foundation Solutions story written by Ben Jennings, P.E.. Buckling of Helical Piles...
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Solving complex underground challenges in Laohutai mine with PLAXIS
- Jul, 20, 2023
- Mining Underground Structures Finite Element / Finite Difference Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Rock Engineering Rock Mass Characterization News On Software News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- China, Fu Shun Shi
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
PLAXIS 3D enabled CCTEG Chief Scientist Wang Yong, and his research team, to successfully compute the complex interplay of soil and rock at the Laohutai mine, in China. We spoke with Seequent’s Mique...
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Geoprofessionals in the civil industry ready to adopt the cloud, says new research
- Jul, 19, 2023
- Data Management News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Report highlights time-consuming data management practices, with data residing in disparate “‘silos’” CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND, July 19, 2023 – Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, today announ...
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Casting of Fehmarnbelt tunnel’s precast elements has began
- Jul, 10, 2023
- Transportation Geotechnics Tunneling Offshore Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Denmark, Rødby
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Casting of the elements for the Fehmarnbelt tunnel has now begun, as was announced on July 10. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is going to be an 18 km long immersed tunnel, which will stretch between Rødbyhav...
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