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PLAXIS 2024.3 New Release is Out!
- May, 15, 2025
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Data Management Slope Stability News On Software Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The latest PLAXIS release has been updated to include design approaches for PLAXIS 3D. Users can now design in accordance with Eurocode or other methods that utilize partial factors within the 3D des...
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Seoul’s Underground Infrastructure Raises Ground Stability Concerns
- May, 15, 2025
- Settlements Tunneling Underground Structures News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- South Korea
- Authored by: Alexandros Tsavalas
Seoul’s recent sinkholes have raised public safety concerns and questions on how existing and future underground infrastructure affects such events. On March 25th, as you can see in the following vi...
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Embankment Stabilization Success on Brighton Main Line
- May, 08, 2025
- Landslides Railway Geotechnics Slope Stabilization Road Embankments News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In January 2025, a landslip between Three Bridges and Gatwick Airport prompted immediate geotechnical intervention on the Brighton Main Line. Network Rail swiftly acted to prevent further ground mov...
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Two-week quarry safety inspection campaign launched by Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA)
Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA) begun on Monday 12th May a two-week quarry safety inspection campaign as it worries that many quarries do not carry out geotechnical appraisals and subsequ...
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Chance® Introduces GroutForce™ Displacement Pile
- May, 12, 2025
- Pile Foundations Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations Grouting News On Products & Services
- United States, Missouri, Centralia
- Authored by: Sarah Banks
The GroutForce™ displacement pile (GDP) is a patented foundation solution for loose to dense sand or soft to firm clay which can provide axial capacity of over 500 kip (2224 kN) as well as significan...
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Market Survey for Geotechnical Consultancy on CERN's Future Circular Collider (FCC)
CERN has issued a market survey to identify, qualify and select firms which will be invited to the forthcoming Invitation to Tender procedure for the provision of civil & geotechnical engineering...
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Colombia’s Rain Crisis Escalates with Deadly Landslide Claiming Five Lives, Two Missing
- May, 08, 2025
- Landslides Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Colombia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide struck the municipality of Sabaneta, just south of Medellin, Colombia, in the early hours of May 8, 2025, leaving five people dead and two still missing. The incident occurred in a reside...
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TBM Flavia’s Final Push: Excavation Complete at Brenner, Italy
- May, 09, 2025
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Structural Geology Engineering Geology
- Italy
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In a feat of engineering excellence, excavation on the Italian side of the Brenner Base Tunnel has officially concluded with the final breakthrough of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) “Flavia.” The comple...
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Beneath the Sombrero: Bolivia’s Uturuncu and the Science of ‘Zombie’ Volcanoes
- May, 08, 2025
- Seismic Structural Geology Engineering Geology Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geothermal Geology Highlights News On Research / Academia
- Andes
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Once considered long dormant, Bolivia’s towering Uturuncu volcano is defying expectations. Rising over 19,700 feet above sea level in the Andes, Uturuncu has not erupted in over 250,000 years. Yet re...
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How OpenGround helped Schnabel Engineering build a ground-breaking project platform
- May, 07, 2025
- Data Management Geomatics Engineering Geology Dam Engineering News On Projects / Industry News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Schnabel Engineering — a major geotechnical, dam, and tunnel engineering service provider — was excited to start simplifying, optimizing, and digitalizing its data management system. Particularly sin...
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