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Designing a Nine-story Residential Building above Subway Tunnels in West Bucharest: Finalist of Bentley Geotechnical Engineering YII 2020 awards
- Nov, 09, 2020
- Tunneling News On Events News On Projects / Industry News On Software Foundation Design / Construction Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Deep Excavations
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In western Bucharest, Romania, a residential building is being constructed over existing subway tunnels. The structure, which will cost an estimated EUR 2.5 million, includes nine floors and a baseme...
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Rehabilitiating the Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Approach Arches using Jet Grouting: Project by Keller
- Nov, 06, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry Ground Improvement Grouting
- United States, New York, New York
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller team is working on the iconic Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, using jet grouting to rehabilitate the Manhattan approach arches. Mobilization began in May 2020 and production is expected to f...
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GRL Engineers New Gamma-Gamma Logging Service
- Aug, 22, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
GRL Engineers is now offering Gamma-Gamma Logging Service (GGL) in the United States. Gamma-Gamma Logging is a non-destructive test method used to assess the concrete integrity of drilled shafts thro...
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Geotechnical Engineering finalists for the Year in Infrastructure 2020 by Bentley Systems
- Sep, 24, 2020
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Offshore Geotechnics Ports Railway Geotechnics Risk & Reliability Rock Mechanics Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures Pavement News On Events
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced the...
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Hubbell's helical pile systems: A foundation solution to swimming pools in difficult soil conditions
- Aug, 04, 2020
- Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry Deep Foundations
- United States, Florida, Pensacola
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
CHANCE Foundation Solutions, a Hubbell's company, utilized its helical pile systems to support the foundation of swimming pools. The foundation of a swimming pool can experience sinking due to unstab...
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Bentley accomplishes a challenging geotechnical project in Stuttgart
- Jul, 28, 2020
- Deep Excavations Finite Element / Finite Difference Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- Germany, Stuttgart
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley utilized PLAXIS 3D to accomplish a challenging geotechnical project in Stuttgart, Germany. A new, 14-floor building is being constructed above two fully operational underground tunnels in Stu...
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Keller completes its first Vibro Concrete Column project in Singapore
- Jun, 03, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Singapore, Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller has completed its first-ever vibro concrete column (VCC) project in Singapore, opening a new market in the country. Vibro concrete columns can be used in a variety of soils to reduce settlemen...
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GEO5 2020 Spring Update
- Jun, 24, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction Slope Stability Underground Structures Rock Mechanics Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Data Management Geophysics Retaining Walls Ground Improvement Groundwater & Seepage News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Fine Software Spring Update brings more than 30 improvements across all GEO5 programs and introduces new engineering manuals. Make sure to visit their spring update page to download the new engineeri...
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A Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Correlations Software with more than 300 SPT correlations
- Jun, 18, 2020
- Standard Penetration Testing (Spt) Foundation Design / Construction Shallow Foundations Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Soil Mechanics News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NovoTech has gone through more than 70 published papers and geotechnical reference books to collect over 300 SPT correlations with 20 soil properties, correction factors, bearing capacity, and settle...
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The Water Conservancy Project Monitoring in Guangzhou China
- May, 15, 2020
- Slope Stability Deep Foundations News On Projects / Industry Data Management Foundation Design / Construction Instrumentation Slope Stabilization
- China, Guangzhou
- Authored by: Annie GINTEC
1. Project overview The water conservancy project is located in Guangzhou China, and its main goal is the installation of water conservancy tunnels between two cities. To improve the construction e...
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