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Featured Book: Underground Sensing: Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Environment and Infrastructure
- Nov, 16, 2016
- News On Publications Underground Structures Green Infrastructure Geoenvironmental Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the addition of "Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Environment and Infrastructure" in our Featured Books Library! Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Enviro...
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Paris Metro Expansion Estimated to Cost $31.6 Billion
- Sep, 16, 2016
- News On Projects / Industry Underground Structures Railway Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Underground Structures
- Paris, France
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Plans have been unveiled to expand the Paris metro system to connect the city with the greater Ile de France area. The expansion will include 200 kilometers of new railway. The project is being cal...
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Sydney Metro Rail Geotechnical Drilling Unearths Secrets
The geotechnical investigations for the Sydney Rail Project has sampled and analyzed previously unearthed geology aspects of the Sydney harbor. Since April, 2015, barges on the harbor have been d...
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GeoStructures Conference - The First of Its Kind
The Geo-Institute and Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) are joining ranks to bring the first of its kind educational conference. The conference i...
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Hayward Baker: Keller North America Group Acquires GeoConstruction Group
- Sep, 23, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Deep Foundations Retaining Walls Dam Engineering Levees Shaft Foundations Underground Structures Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller North America announces the acquisition of the GeoConstruction group (“Bencor”) of Layne Christensen Company, a company that operates internationally, with headquarters in Frisco, Tex. This ac...
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Soil conditions challenge HSR in Singapore
- May, 15, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Underground Structures Railway Geotechnics
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Building the underground Singapore - Kuala Lumpur high speed rail (HSR) terminus is likely to be challenging, time-consuming and costly, mainly due to the soft soil conditions prevailing in the area,...
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Featured Book: Soil-Structure Interaction, Underground Structures and Retaining Walls
- Mar, 13, 2015
- News On Publications Retaining Walls Underground Structures
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the addition of "Soil-Structure Interaction, Underground Structures and Retaining Walls" in our Featured Books Library! This book, published by IOS Press ...
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Geotechnical works in progress for Doha metro
- Mar, 02, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Underground Structures
- Doha, Qatar
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Geotechnical investigations are on their way for the metro line in Doha. The $1.37 million project is about to complete and soil parameters will soon be delivered to rail line designers. A leading...
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London Mayor supports new road tunnel to decongest traffic
- May, 14, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling Underground Structures Foundation Design / Construction
- London, UK
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The option of a new 22-mile inner London orbital road tunnel is under investigation, after the initiative of London Mayor, Boris Johnson. The construction of such a tunnel would significantly deconges...
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The success story of the Calcutta underground sewage network.
- Apr, 14, 2014
- News On Projects / Industry Underground Structures Tunneling
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- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The underground sewage network spreading under Calcutta, built back in 1875 by the British settlers, was equivalent to the systems of European cities like London and Hamburg, Germany. Being in operati...
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