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RocSlope3’s Latest Features: Joint Trimming, Bolt Application, Faster Computation, and More

Since RocSlope3’s release in June 2023, Rocscience created the following new features and improvements to make the program more useful: Fast and precise bolt application via .csv Joint trimming to r...

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Videos show landslide blocking road in Taiwan

Footage has recently emerged, showing a landslide blocking a road in Keelung, Taiwan. Furthermore, the incident took place at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 3, near the Beining Road entrance to Chao...

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PLAXIS 2D – Traditional Tunnelling Method: Application Of MTM

The Traditional Method of Madrid is a method for tunnel construction that has been used for tunnelling in the Madrid Metro network since 1917 (Melis Maynar, M. 2012). The method uses a distinctive ex...

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Implenia-led joint venture secures second contract for major Norwegian sub-sea road tunnel

A joint venture between Implenia and Stangeland Maskin was awarded a second contract, worth CHF 540 million (€556.7 million), by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, for the Rogfast project. T...

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A brief tribute to Sir Alec Skempton

Professor Sir Alec Westley Skempton, one of the founding fathers of soil mechanics, was born exactly 110 years ago, on June 4, 1914, and we will try to draw a brief description of his vast legacy....

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Webuild-NGE joint venture awarded €1.38 billion Grand Paris Express Line 15 contract

It was announced on May 30 that a €1.38 billion contract for the construction of Grand Paris Express’ Lot 2 of the Western section of Line 15 was awarded to a joint venture between Webuild and NGE....

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€6 billion underwater tunnel could connect Spain and Morocco by 2030

It was recently reported that financial and strategic feasibility studies are currently underway for a very ambitious underwater tunneling project that would connect the European and African continen...

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Norway sued over the approval of deep-sea mining

It was announced on May 23 by the Norwegian branch of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that they had filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court against Norway’s decision to approve deep-sea mining. Furthermor...

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California’s proposed water tunnel estimated to cost $20.1 billion

A new cost-benefit analysis regarding California’s Delta Conveyance Project was released on May 16, raising its expected cost to $20.1 billion from 2020’s $16 billion estimate. Furthermore, the Delt...

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"Geo-Trends Review" twenty-seventh issue is published!

GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the twenty-sixth issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine. The twenty-seventh issue was just d...

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