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Advanced Modelling for Deep Burial Structures in France
- Mar, 01, 2025
- Tunneling Deep Excavations Structural Geology Soil Behavior Modeling Finite Element / Finite Difference News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia
- France
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In the heart of France’s Callovo-Oxfordian (COx) claystone, a complex challenge unfolds—how do we safely seal radioactive waste for thousands of years? Enter Cigéo: the French National Radioactive Wa...
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Trench Collapse in Catonsville Kills Two Workers – March 2025 Investigation Underway
- Feb, 28, 2025
- Deep Excavations Other Geotechnical Soil Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Maryland, Catonsville
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On February 28, 2025, a tragic trench collapse in Catonsville, Maryland, claimed the lives of two young construction workers. The two men were reinforcing a retaining wall inside an 8-foot-deep trenc...
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Old Oak Common Station: A Geotechnical Triumph for HS2
- Feb, 10, 2025
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Excavations News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The construction of Old Oak Common Station, a key part of the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) project, has reached a significant milestone with the completion of its foundations. This crucial stage, which un...
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Geotechnical and Engineering Challenges of Neom: Excavating the City of the Future and the 100 Year Planning
- Feb, 10, 2025
- Deep Excavations Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure News On Projects / Industry
- Saudi Arabia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Saudi Arabia’s Neom project is one of the most ambitious urban developments in history, aiming to redefine sustainable living and infrastructure. As part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision...
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New GEO5 2025
- Feb, 02, 2025
- Deep Excavations Retaining Walls Engineering Geology News On Products & Services News On Software Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Jakub Netik
GEO5 2025 is here! Discover the latest enhancements in GEO5: • Fine Cloud License system • Free access to all supported languages • Hardening and Soft Soil Models in FEM • Plus many more exciting fe...
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Construction Site Tragedy in Panchkula: Soil Collapse Injures Five Workers
- Jan, 04, 2025
- Deep Excavations Slope Stability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- India, Panchkula
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In a tragic incident at Barwala Industrial Area, Panchkula, five laborers were injured when a pile of soil collapsed during excavation work at an under-construction site. The accident occurred as the...
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Black Cove Storage Facility
- Oct, 06, 2024
- Grouting Ground Improvement Deep Excavations News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Maine, Portland
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller installs remedial jet grout columns to facilitate cofferdam construction of new wastewater storage tanks. As part of its focus on reducing the use of combined sewer overflows (CSOs), the City...
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Sydney: Building’s evacuation due to a huge sinkhole close to the construction of M6 tunnel
- Mar, 01, 2024
- Deep Excavations Slope Stability Slope Stabilization Tunneling Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News News On Projects / Industry
- Australia, Sydney
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole formed beneath the Rockdale building in the city's southern area, near Sydney's M6, on Friday 1st of March 2024. Twenty firefighters quickly responded and assisted 20 people to evacuate th...
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A site visit at the new subway line being constructed in Athens, Greece
- Dec, 08, 2023
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Deep Excavations Other Geotechnical Earth Retaining Structures Underground Structures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Greece, Athens
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new subway line is currently being built in Athens, Greece, and we paid a visit to one of its construction sites. Furthermore, the new line is going to be the city’s fourth and facilitate 15 new s...
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New study investigates partial replacement of Portland cement with waste London Clay
- Dec, 06, 2023
- Green Infrastructure Deep Excavations Tunneling Material Reuse Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia News On Publications News On Products & Services News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new paper titled “Reutilising waste clays from tunnelling operations as a cement replacement material in concrete - An innovative circular approach” by Kanavaris, F., et al., discusses the effectiv...
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