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Global geotechnical construction market forecast to grow at a CAGR of 6.1% till 2028
The global geotechnical construction services market is expected to grow from US$ 2,112.5 million in 2021 to US$ 3,192.5 million by 2028; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR* of 6.1% during 2021-2028....
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Floods and landslides in South Africa and India on April
- Apr, 19, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
South Africa has been hit by unprecedented rain, the heaviest in 60 years, with at least 448 people killed in the city of Durban and the surrounding KwaZulu-Natal province. Nearly 4,000 homes and 500...
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Huge volcanic landslide identified on Santorini, Greece
- Apr, 17, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Traces of the largest known volcanic landslide in the entire Mediterranean, with a volume of up to 125 cubic kilometers, have been discovered in the sea around the island of Santorini by Greek and fo...
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Philippines landslides, floods: at least 167 fatalities
- Apr, 11, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Philippines
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 167 people died in landslides and floods after Tropical Storm Megi devastated Philippines last Sunday. Furthermore 110 people are missing and 1.9 million have been adversely affected, the na...
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Landslide in northwest Colombia: at least 11 fatalities
- Apr, 07, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Colombia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 11 people have been killed and a dozen injured following a landslide in a mining area in northwest Colombia, authorities reported on Thursday. An "unspecified" number of people remain miss...
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PLAXIS, OpenGround & GeoStudio Users: Nominate Your Project for the 2022 Going Digital Awards
- Apr, 08, 2022
- Data Management Visualization Underground Structures Tunneling Soil Mechanics Slope Stability Rock Engineering Railway Geotechnics Offshore Geotechnics Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Landslides Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Geophysics Geomatics Foundation Design / Construction Earth Retaining Structures Dam Engineering News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure If you used PLAXIS, OpenGround, or GeoStudio to tackle a complex geotechnical project, you can win a trip to London and...
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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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Australian landslide: two fatalities and two others critically injured
- Apr, 05, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Rock Engineering Other Geotechnical Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Australia, Sydney
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Two members of a British family have died and two others are critically injured from a landslide while they were hiking on holiday in Australia. The man, 49, and his 9 year old son were killed by fal...
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The Evolution of Geotechnical Information Management: Why Cloud-Based Management is Growing Fast
- Apr, 05, 2022
- Data Management News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
All earth scientists know the geological time scale. From the Archean era of the Earth’s formation billions of years ago, through the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras of shifting land formations and bizar...
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Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Floods and landslides kill eight, thirteen missing
- Apr, 02, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 8 people including six children and leaving 13 missing, authorities said on Saturday...
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