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What happens when you remove a geotechnical engineer? Article in Popular Mechanics discusses removal of dams, makes no reference to geotechnical engineers

In an article “What happens when you remove a dam”, the Popular Mechanics magazine discusses lots of aspects, including engineering aspects, of a dam removal. The article itself is interesting. It...

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Tunnel Collapse in Sendai, Japan

A 50-60 m section of the Sasago tunnel on the Chuo Expressway collapsed in the Tokyo-bound lane, about 80 km from Tokyo. Probably 7 people have died and recovery is still ongoing. A fire that started...

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Success in Austin’s Waller Creek Tunnel a motivation for another tunnel? Not without additional federal funding…

The city of Austin invited members of the news media to visit Waller Creek Tunnel, which is being constructed to reduce flooding of the Waller Creek.Joe Pantalion, Deputy Director of the Watershed Pro...

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Next Generation Geosynthetic? Inflatable balloons that seal off tunnel portals and protect them from flooding

The New York Times have a nice article about the potential of using inflatable balloons to seal of tunnel portals and protect them from flooding. Of course the challenge is the amount of water pressur...

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PortMiami Tunnel recognized as top100 urban infrastructure project!

Nicholson’s PortMiami Tunnel project has been included in KPMG International’s "Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition," a report of the world’s most innovative and inspiring urban infrastructure pr...

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Tunnel Design and Construction Asia 2012

The event will be hosted at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre on 28 - 29 February 2012. To enhance the networking between the stakeholders of both the tunnel and bridge engineering in...

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Middle East Tunnelling 2011

The launch of MEED’s Middle East Tunnelling conference will provide all attendees with the very latest information surrounding specific tunneling projects across the Middle East region. The Middle...

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Environmental issues force construction of tunnels!

Asian tunnel engineers want to learn how Hong Kong and Singapore have used high speed tunnels to their benefit. In a survey done with 4,500 tunneling professionals, almost half of the respondents – 47...

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Tunnelling 20Twenty

The Tunnelling 20Twenty Conference will take place in TBC, Hong Kong on 19-22 September, 2011.  If you would like more information about the conference visit the link!

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IQPC's Tunnel Design & Construction ASIA 2011

IQPC's 3rd Annual Tunnel Design & Construction ASIA 2011 Conference will take place in Singapore on 22-23 June, 2011.     The event will examine among others Master plans and upcoming projec...

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