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Breaking Ground Underwater: Jintang Tunnel Advances High-Speed Rail
- Oct, 24, 2024
- Tunneling Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry
- China, Ningbo
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Construction of China’s Jintang Undersea Tunnel has taken a significant step forward with the commencement of offshore excavation. Located in Eastern China, this ambitious project is poised to be the...
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Port Mann Water Main Supply Tunnel
- Oct, 25, 2024
- Groundwater & Seepage Tunneling News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Vancouver
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller developed a liquid nitrogen ground freezing solution that allowed for safe access to inspect and repair the tunnel boring machine (TBM) cutter head that experienced mechanical failure during m...
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A New Era for London's River Thames: Tideway Super Sewer Starts Operation
- Oct, 14, 2024
- Tunneling Underground Structures Groundwater & Seepage News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
London’s long-anticipated super sewer, the Thames Tideway Tunnel, has officially entered operation with the first four valves now open, marking a new chapter in protecting the River Thames from sewag...
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Geoengineer.org attends Bentley’s 2024 Year in Infrastructure Subsurface Modeling and Analysis Finalists’ Presentations
- Oct, 23, 2024
- Other Geotechnical Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics News On Awards News On Events News On Projects / Industry News On Software Other News
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The Geoengineer.org team attended Bentley’s 2024 Year in Infrastructure & Going Digital Awards that took place in Vancouver, Canada, on the 8th and 9th of October. Furthermore, three project fina...
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HS2 Team Trials Low-Carbon Clay Alternative to Concrete
- Oct, 07, 2024
- Green Infrastructure Tunneling News On Products & Services
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The HS2 project team, working on the London tunnels, has embarked on an innovative journey to reduce carbon emissions by testing clay as an alternative to Portland cement. A Sustainable Breakthroug...
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Watch now our new short video of Ralph B. Peck explaining the relationship of ground surface settlement and the Chicago subway construction!
- Oct, 14, 2024
- Tunneling Settlements Other Geotechnical Geology Highlights Other News
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
Our latest geo-short video can now be found on YouTube, featuring Ralph B. Peck explaining the relationship between ground surface settlement and the Chicago subway construction! Watch it here, or t...
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Innovative Soil Plasticity Analysis Enhances Tunnel Stability in Urban Construction
- Sep, 17, 2024
- Tunneling Numerical & Constitutive Modeling News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In an effort to enhance the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of urban tunnelling operations, groundbreaking research led by Professor Shinya Inazumi from the Shibaura Institute of Technology ha...
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Record rain causes floods and landslides in Japan
- Sep, 21, 2024
- Landslides Slope Stability Tunneling Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Japan
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
The Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa was once again tested by extreme weather phenomena during the past weekend, while still recovering from the devastating events of the New Year’s Day earthquake tha...
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Tragic incident in Thai-Chinese High-Speed Rail Project: Tunnel Collapse and Landslide Challenges
- Aug, 29, 2024
- Tunneling Landslides Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Thailand
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A tragic incident occurred as part of the ambitious Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project when a tunnel in Nakhon Ratchasima province collapsed due to a landslide. The tunnel, part of the new railw...
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Geotechnical news recap of August 2024 now on YouTube!
- Sep, 02, 2024
- Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Tunneling Landslides Retaining Walls News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Lysimachos Tigkas
You can now find Geoengineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting geotechnical news of August 2024. Namely, these were: 1) High-Speed Prog...
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