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Brownfield success: Engineering excellence starts below ground

Why environmental and geotechnical teams must unite data and work as one to better manage risks in brownfield projects. In the world of infrastructure, the most significant risks often lie hidden belo...

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Landslides in Sikkim, India cut off critical mountain transport routes

Severe rainfall across the Himalayan state of Sikkim has triggered multiple landslides and road failures, cutting off access to key high-altitude regions and leaving thousands of tourists stranded. Th...

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Nairobi dam at risk of breach as rising water levels trigger mass evacuations

Authorities in Nairobi have issued urgent evacuation orders for multiple downstream neighbourhoods following a significant rise in water levels at Nairobi Dam, raising concerns over a potential emban...

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Rapid Drawdown in Dam and Levee Design: A Hydrogeologic Perspective in Slide2

What happens to a dam or levee when the reservoir that once supported it drops rapidly? From the outside, rapid drawdown may appear to be a simple operational change: the water level falls while...

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Rainfall saturation triggers deadly hillside collapses in Ethiopia

At least 102 people have been killed after a series of landslides and floods struck the Gamo Zone in southern Ethiopia following several days of intense rainfall. The disaster unfolded across highlan...

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Importing pore-water pressure results from SEEP3D into a two-dimensional SLOPE/W analysis

This example replicates the “Rapid drawdown” examples illustrated in SEEP/W and SIGMA/W. The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the steps required to conduct a stability analysis using the por...

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Record rainfall triggers fatal floods and landslides in Minas Gerais

At least 30 people have died and dozens remain missing after heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding and landslides in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The worst impact was recorded in Juiz de F...

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Pore-Water Pressure Definition for a Levee Stability Analysis

This example explores the effect of a flood event on the stability of a levee underlain by a confined aquifer. The analysis is conducted from the perspective of users with different licensing options...

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Dewatering example on a specific deep well system with GeoStudio

The objective of dewatering is to lower the groundwater table to prevent significant groundwater flow into an excavation, and/or to ensure slope stability. The preferred dewatering system will depend...

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A1 motorway collapses near Coimbra after levee breach on River Mondego

A section of Portugal’s A1 motorway collapsed near Coimbra after a levee on the River Mondego burst amid weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding. According to local authorities, the breach occurred next...

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