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Advancing Tunnel Sustainability with Fibre-Reinforced Shotcrete

Recent advancements in sprayed fibre-reinforced concrete (SFRC) technology are reshaping the way tunnels are designed and constructed. With nearly 70% of a tunnel’s embodied carbon coming from concre...

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The Underground Challenge: Why Traditional Tunneling Approaches Are Failing

Going underground is a seemingly simple approach to addressing the increasing pressure for infrastructure in our fast-growing societies—but it is far from simple. Tunneling can carry enormous costs p...

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After 700,000 years of silence, InSAR unveils that Iran’s Taftan volcano shows signs of awakening

The Taftan Volcano in southeastern Iran, long thought to be extinct, is showing signs of renewed activity after approximately 700,000 years of dormancy. Recent satellite data analyzed between July 20...

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The VIKTOR App Builder: Empowering Geotechnical Engineers to Automate Workflows

VIKTOR’s latest innovation, the App Builder, marks a major step forward in bringing automation into the hands of every geotechnical engineer. Designed to turn ideas into functional, interactive web a...

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A landslide buries a building in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, China

On October 18, a landslide occurred in a mountain in Jingyang Township, Yunxi County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province. According to the video below a building was burried at the scene.  According to Jin...

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MGB experts assess Cebu ports for soil instability after September earthquake

The Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has requested the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB-7) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct a Geological Site Scoping on port areas a...

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Landslide cuts off Bukidnon–Davao road. Two feared buried in tricycle cab

A major landslide struck the Bukidnon–Davao City Road on 18 October 2025, collapsing a section of the highway near Overview Park in Barangay Palacapao, Quezon, Bukidnon, and forcing authorities to cl...

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Seepage and rising water levels threaten landslide-formed dam in Taiwan’s Taroko Gorge

Authorities and geotechnical experts in Taiwan are closely monitoring an unstable natural dam that formed after a landslide in Taroko Gorge, Hualien County, warning that increasing seepage and rising...

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Research finds humans exceed climate as the main driver of Arizona’s groundwater loss

A recently published study indicates that human groundwater extraction in Arizona has become a greater factor in aquifer depletion than climate change alone. The research highlights that while climat...

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Metro Vancouver completes tunnelling under Fraser River for Annacis Water Supply Tunnel project

Metro Vancouver has completed the tunnelling phase of the AnnacisWater Supply Tunnel, marking a major milestone in one of the region’s largest water infrastructure projects. The new 2.3-kilometre tun...

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