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Earn Credentials in Sustainable Waterfront Design
- Nov, 01, 2022
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
You are invited to earn your WEDG Associate credential. An urban planner in Singapore, a chief sustainability officer in San Diego, port engineers in Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle, and real estat...
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Kishtwar landslide: four killed, six injured
- Oct, 28, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Tunneling Underground Structures Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Kishtwar
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide hit an under-construction tunnel of a power project. The death toll reached four on Sunday, as three more bodies were recovered from the debris. At least six were rescued in injured condi...
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Maharashtra's longest road tunnel to be completed soon
- Oct, 17, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Structural Geology Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Maharashtra's longest road tunnel between Igatpuri and Kasara is nearing completion. It is built as part of the Nagpur Mumbai Super Communication Expressway (NMSCE), also known as Samruddhi Mahamarg....
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Nett River: a new dam is planned
- Oct, 26, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services Other News
- United States, Minnesota
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
An aging, ailing concrete dam controlling the waters of Nett Lake is about to be demolished and replaced with a new design that will have ecological benefit for the lake and the Nett River. The need...
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The 2 Questions a Helical Pile Engineer Will Ask
- Oct, 26, 2022
- Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The two questions every helical pile engineer should ask when starting a new project are: What are the soils? What are the loads? This is a Chance Foundation Solutions story written by Ian Romain, P....
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Falcon pipeline construction: DEP fines Shell $670k for erosion
- Oct, 13, 2022
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- United States, Pennsylvania
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is fining Shell and a subcontractor it hired $670,000 for violations along a Western Pennsylvania pipeline that will feed its brand-new ethane...
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Pile Dynamics, Inc. Donates $50,000 in Celebration of Its 50th Anniversary
- Oct, 26, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Pile Dynamics, Inc. (PDI) celebrates 50 years of innovation in Quality Assurance Testing Systems for Deep Foundations. In honor of this milestone anniversary, PDI has donated $50,000 to the Goble Rau...
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PLAXIS and OpenGround join Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company’s portfolio of geotechnical solutions
- Oct, 25, 2022
- Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In June 2021, Bentley Systems formally acquired Seequent, an industry leader in earth modelling, geo-data management, and team collaboration software. Seequent’s expertise in examining the subsurface...
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4 lakes in mid-Michigan, disappeared after dam failure, are being restored
- Oct, 11, 2022
- Dam Engineering News On Projects / Industry Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Products & Services News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Michigan, Harrison
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Four dams are being restored after catastrophic failures led to four man-made lakes disappearing in May 2020. The dam failures took away Sandford Lake, Wixom Lake, Secord Lake and Smallwood Lake. F...
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Using Finite Element Analysis to Verify the Stability of the Melbourne Metro Tunnel
- Oct, 14, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Tunneling In Rock Underground Structures Soil Behavior Modeling Settlements Shear Strength Of Underground Materials Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
Complex geological compositions and existing underground structures can significantly impact your tunnel design and construction. Before planning a tunneling project, it’s essential to analyze the ad...
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