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Chaplin Station Grouting Project
- Oct, 10, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- Canada, Toronto
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
When unexpected movement and ground disturbance occurred following drilled shaft installation, Keller performed preventative grouting to keep the project on track. Chaplin is a new underground statio...
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Landslide damages dam wall in Arunachal Pradesh
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Dam Engineering Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A massive landslide triggered by heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh has damaged the guard wall of Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHP) at Gerukamukh. The intake tunnel of the project has been cl...
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Tropical Cyclone Noru Leaves 4 Dead, Thousands Displaced in Vietnam and Thailand
- Sep, 29, 2022
- Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Landslides Landslides
- Vietnam
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Before the storm struck in Vietnam as many as 327,937 people had been pre-emptively evacuated across the provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Danang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Bình Định. Vietnam’s Disaster...
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South African tailings dam collapses: Injuries and ‘extensive damage’
- Sep, 13, 2022
- Dam Engineering Tailings Dams Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News Concrete / Rollercrete Dams
- South Africa
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Emergency teams are on the ground in South Africa’s Free State province after a dam collapsed at an abandoned diamond mine. Disaster management specialists have joined police, engineers and medical f...
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Adelaide Hills dam: fears of collapse
- Sep, 28, 2022
- Dam Engineering Concrete / Rollercrete Dams Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Australia, Adelaide
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
An emergency flood warning has been issued for a South Australian town due to the “high risk” of a dam wall collapsing. The privately owned dam on the edge of an Adelaide Hills town remains at risk...
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Soldier Pile Wall Florida Project
- Sep, 28, 2022
- Pile Foundations Foundation Design / Construction News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Florida, Tallahassee
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
CHANCE helical tieback anchors provide lateral support for many retaining wall designs including this challenging construction site. Major renovations to Rickards High School in Tallahassee, Florida...
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How to Determine the Basic Soil Parameters
- Sep, 28, 2022
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In order to obtain stresses and deformations in a geotechnical analysis, finite element analyses require stiffness parameters in addition to the traditional cohesion and friction angle strength par...
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Rocscience | Growing our Slide2 Manufacturer Library with Synteen Geogrids
- Sep, 21, 2022
- Slope Stability Analysis News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
Rocscience adds Synteen Geogrids to its 2D Limit Equilibrium tool, Slide2. Toronto, ON: Expanding our Slide2 Geogrids Library to include manufacturers from around the world means more flexibility and...
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South Shore Water Reclamation Facility Excavation Support Project
- Sep, 26, 2022
- Foundation Design / Construction Shaft Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Wisconsin, Oak Creek
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The South Shore Water Reclamation Facility on the coast of Long Island, New York, is undergoing a major upgrade to redirect treated effluent away from the Western Bays – where nitrogen-rich effluent...
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Kefalonia, Greece: Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake hits the island
- Sep, 08, 2022
- Landslides Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Other Geotechnical Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Seismic Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit between the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea on Thursday 8 September morning. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 10:30 local time. There we...
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