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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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Keller ranks #1 on 2023 ENR List
- Nov, 10, 2023
- Foundation Design / Construction Deep Foundations Deep Excavations News On Awards News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Engineering News Record (ENR) ranks Keller #1 Excavation and Foundation firm for 2023. This is Keller’s fifth year holding this top position. Before 2019, this position was held by Keller company H...
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Video shows the moment apartment building sinks by one floor in Taipei
- Sep, 07, 2023
- Other Geotechnical Deep Excavations News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Footage has emerged showing an apartment building in Taipei, Taiwan, sinking by one floor into the ground on the evening of Thursday, September 7. Furthermore, reports were made to the Taipei City G...
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China has started digging an 11,100-meter deep borehole
- May, 30, 2023
- Deep Excavations Geomorphology Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry News On Research / Academia Other News
- China, 和田地区
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
China started digging an 11,100-meter-deep borehole late in May. Furthermore, the borehole is located in China’s largest desert, the Taklimakan Desert, and drilling started on May 30. The project a...
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Sinkhole appeared in Taipei, Taiwan, next to construction site
- May, 13, 2023
- Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Erosion Seepage Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole appeared next to a construction site in Taipei, Taiwan, around 2.50 p.m. on Saturday, May 13. According to the Taipei City government, the sinkhole measured 15 meters in length and 3 met...
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Rocscience | Undrained analysis of a deep excavation in clayey soils using PLAXIS Hardening Soil model in RS2
- Apr, 28, 2023
- Deep Excavations Soil Behavior Modeling News On Products & Services News On Software
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
When analyzing a geotechnical problem, different design parameters are utilized depending on drained or undrained conditions. A drained analysis is typically used for soils with large permeabilities,...
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