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GEO5 and the 5th operating section of Prague metro Line A
- Jun, 04, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Finite Element / Finite Difference Foundation Design / Construction Tunneling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The station construction started by driving the right-hand and left-hand station tunnels. The so-called horizontal excavation sequence consisted of top heading and invert. The 300mm thick primary li...
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Fine's GEO5 software in action at Prague Metro
- Jun, 04, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Finite Element / Finite Difference
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
You can check two new projects being carried out with Fine's GEO5 software in Prague's metro system. GEO5 Sheeting Check program was selected for the design of the sheet piling. The reason for this d...
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Virtual tour of Keller's remarkable geotechnical projects
- May, 31, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Deep Excavations Deep Foundations Ground Improvement
- Authored by: Dimitris Tirekoglou
14 remarkable structures that addressed geotechnical challenges along with the solutions provided by Keller and fellow companies are presented in their 2019 virtual calendar. Hayward Baker was occup...
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Bridge Replacement in Growing Cairo, West Virginia
- May, 28, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Oil & Gas Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Cairo, a small town in West Virginia, began growing in truck traffic when the oil and gas industry started taking roots in the city. The old bridge proved to be insufficient for the Average Daily Tra...
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World's widest suspension bridge open across the Nile, Egypt
- May, 28, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A suspension bridge that crosses the river Nile over central Cairo in Egypt was declared as the world's widest. The bridge was opened on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 and consists one of the major project...
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Hanford radioactive tunnel under risk of collapse stabilized
A radioactive waste storage tunnel in Harford, California, that was at risk collapse has been stabilized. Back in spring 2017, the older of the 2 radioactive waste disposal tunnels partially collaps...
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Seaside Way Pedestrian Bridge in California received ENR's 'Best of the Best 2018' award
- May, 28, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Hayaward Baker, Inc. (HBI) worked on the construction of the Seaside Way Pedestrian Bridge in Long Beach, California. The bridge connects the Long Beach Convention Center and Long Beach Performing Ar...
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Robotic solutions for sheet piling
A team of robot engineers at Harvard's Wyss Institute has developed a robot that can autonomously drive interlocking steel sheet piles into soil. Sheet piles are driven vertically into the soil form...
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Dynamic and Static Load Testing at Valley View Bridge Project
- Apr, 17, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Soil Dynamics In-Situ Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Soil Dynamics In-Situ
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The addition of a third structure, between the two existing bridge structures, carrying I-480 over the Cuyahoga River Valley near Cleveland, Ohio, required high pier loads and very deep foundations....
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New study suggests a method to replenish depleted aquifers
- Apr, 15, 2019
- News On Projects / Industry Settlements Geoenvironmental Engineering Engineering Geology
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from Stanford University have introduced a new method to replenish aquifers by using flooding fields. The research focuses on California where overpumping has caused severe settlements i...
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