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Heavy rains cause flooding and landslides in Italy
- May, 16, 2023
- Erosion Other Geotechnical Risk & Reliability Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Landslides Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Italy
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Heavy torrential rains, following extensive drought, have caused severe flooding and landslides in the North and East parts of Italy. It was reported on Thursday by the country’s Civil Protection de...
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Renault plans to use geothermal energy in its Douai factory in France
- Nov, 24, 2022
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Green Infrastructure Geothermal Other Geotechnical Energy Geotechnics Geo-Energy News On Projects / Industry Other News
- France, Douai
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Renault has announced plans to use geothermal energy to cover the needs of its Douai factory in a one-of-its-kind project, expected to replace 70% of the plant’s natural gas needs. The geothermal pl...
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CLaSH invites you to join us for the 2023 Land Surface Hazards Modeling Expo!
- May, 01, 2023
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering Landslides Slope Stability Risk & Reliability Soil Mechanics Other Geotechnical News On Events News On Research / Academia Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Center for Land-Surface Hazards (CLaSH) invites you to the 2023 Land Surface Hazards Modeling Expo, the first part of which will be held online on May 1-2. The Modeling Expo will take place in...
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Massive sinkhole in Daisetta, Texas, starts growing again, after 15 years of being stable
- Apr, 02, 2023
- Erosion Engineering Geology Geoenvironmental Engineering Structural Geology Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, Texas, Daisetta
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A large sinkhole in Daisetta, Texas, U.S.A. started growing again on Sunday, April 2, roughly 15 years after it first appeared. Furthermore, the sinkhole opened up in 2008 as a 20ft. hole, and rap...
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Water is Power is Water
- Mar, 17, 2023
- Dam Engineering Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Article written by Kord Wissmann, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, President, Geopier, a division of CMC, for Geopier's Quarterly Newsletter. I’m increasingly aware that water is power. And power is wa...
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Freight train derailed by rockslide in West Virginia, USA
- Mar, 08, 2023
- Rock Mechanics Transportation Geotechnics Geoenvironmental Engineering Remediation Technology News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, West Virginia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A freight train was derailed due to a rockslide on Wednesday, March 8 at 4.51 a.m. near Sandstone, West Virginia. More specifically, the train mainly consisted of empty coal cars and, according to U...
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GeoStudio 2022.1 new release is here!
- Oct, 27, 2022
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Geoenvironmental Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Ground Improvement Groundwater & Seepage Mining Slope Stability Road Embankments News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In the latest GeoStudio version, you’ll notice improvements to speed up your geotechnical 3D workflow. Key features and functionality are implemented to improve your 3D modelling experience and to en...
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Geoprofessional Finalists in the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure
- Sep, 20, 2022
- Dam Engineering Data Management Risk & Reliability Foundation Design / Construction Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Events News On Projects / Industry News On Awards
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The annual awards program honors the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. Eleven independent jury panels se...
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NASA records biggest ever 'Monster quake' on Mars, estimated to be magnitude 5
- May, 11, 2022
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Structural Geology Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Gerasimos Livieratos
NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the strongest quake ever detected not only on Mars but on any planet besides Earth. The temblor had an estimated magnitude 5 and on May 4, 2022. This adds to t...
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Award lectures from Charlotte Geo-Congress 2022
- Apr, 07, 2022
- Pavement Soil Dynamics Geoenvironmental Engineering Biogeotechnical Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Liquefaction Engineering Site Response Analysis Soil Structure Interaction Ground Improvement News On Events
- Authored by: Gerasimos Livieratos
The following special lectures were given at the context of Geo-Congress 2022 (Charlotte, North Carolina | March 20-23 2022). All lectures can be found in the media gallery below. Karl Terzaghi Lect...
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