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Flood Waters in Nepal Break Through Defense Wall (Video)

Heavy rainfall in Nepal continues and mass flooding is causing severe damage. Flash flooding and landslides in Butwal in the Rupandehi district just over a week ago were responsible for over 58 deaths...

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Hayward Baker: Keller North America Group Acquires GeoConstruction Group

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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Featured Book: Soil-Structure Interaction, Underground Structures and Retaining Walls

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&nbsp...

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UPDATE: Hayward Baker constructs temporary emergency earth retention for landslide collapsed Railroad retaining wall in Baltimore.

A century-old stone block retaining wall failure, after heavy rain occurring in late April and captured on video, resulted in blocking Baltimore's railroad network. In total, eight parked cars, light...

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Railroad retaining wall collapses and is caught live on video!

The collapse of a retaining wall, blocking Baltimore's railroad network, occurred last Wednesday as a result of the heavy rain in the area. No one was injured and many homes were evacuated. City offic...

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Hayward Baker Completes 6,200 Square Foot Decorative Sculpted Shotcrete Wall in Arvada, Colorado

Hayward Baker Inc. (HB), North America’s leading geotechnical contractor, recently completed a 6,200 square foot decorative sculpted shotcrete wall behind a housing development in Arvada, Colorado. H...

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Diaphragm wall construction in Germany on the Elbe-Harvel Canal

The construction of the new Zerben lock will facilitate the passage of large barges to reach ports on the river Rhine and Berlin’s inland harbor network. A diaphragm wall is being constructed as a fou...

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Earn PDH's online with the Shamsher Prakash Foundation's Video Lecture

The first available video is on a sesmic design of rigid retaining walls. Purchase it online by following the link: Read more...

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British Geotechnical Engineer Received Honor from National Civil Engineering Society

Dunnicliff, P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, independent geotechnical engineering consultant in the United Kingdom, was recently named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ASCE’...

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