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Angola to construct its first motorway
- Jul, 12, 2024
- Pavement Transportation Geotechnics Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Angola
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It has recently been reported by several media outlets that Angola has awarded a contract for the construction of the country’s very first motorway. Furthermore, the winning firm is the China Road a...
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Landslide cuts vital Indian transportation route near Chinese border
- Apr, 25, 2024
- Landslides Slope Stability Other Geotechnical Transportation Geotechnics Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide hit the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, April 25, wiping out a large part of the vital highway that connects Dibang Valley to the rest of the country. Furthermore, accordi...
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California’s Highway 1 to remain closed after landslide induced collapse
- Mar, 30, 2024
- Transportation Geotechnics Landslides Slope Stability Other Geotechnical Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Part of California’s iconic Highway 1 was swept into the ocean by a landslide that took place around 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Highway 1 is a major north-south state highway, wh...
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Award lectures from Charlotte Geo-Congress 2022
- Apr, 07, 2022
- Pavement Soil Dynamics Geoenvironmental Engineering Biogeotechnical Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Liquefaction Engineering Site Response Analysis Soil Structure Interaction Ground Improvement News On Events
- Authored by: Gerasimos Livieratos
The following special lectures were given at the context of Geo-Congress 2022 (Charlotte, North Carolina | March 20-23 2022). All lectures can be found in the media gallery below. Karl Terzaghi Lect...
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The impact of coastal flooding on traffic resilience: The case of San Francisco Bay Area
- Jul, 16, 2021
- Risk & Reliability Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Research / Academia
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study suggests that coastal flooding and seawater level rise severely impact the traffic network and safety in San Francisco Bay Area, USA. Seal level rise in California will potentially become...
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Storm Christoph devastates UK: Floods, landslides and a bridge collapse reported
- Jan, 18, 2021
- Landslides Erosion Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The United Kingdom has been devastated by Storm Christoph that has caused destruction including landslides and infrastructure damage. Storm Christoph hit the United Kingdom by January 18, 2020. It tr...
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Geotechnical Engineering finalists for the Year in Infrastructure 2020 by Bentley Systems
- Sep, 24, 2020
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Offshore Geotechnics Ports Railway Geotechnics Risk & Reliability Rock Engineering Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures Pavement News On Events
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced the...
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A sinkhole opened near Pantheon, Rome, revealing slabs of ancient streets
- Apr, 27, 2020
- Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures Engineering Geology Other Geotechnical
- Italy, Roma
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole that opened near Pantheon in Rome revealed an ancient Roman street. The Pantheon is an ancient structure in Rome which was completed around 126-128 A.D. It is nowadays utilized as a Cathol...
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Submit your geotechnical project for the Year in Infrastructure (YII) 2020 Awards
- Feb, 25, 2020
- Dam Engineering Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Foundation Design / Construction Green Infrastructure Railway Geotechnics Pavement Offshore Geotechnics Ports Risk & Reliability Rock Engineering Soil Mechanics Tunneling Underground Structures News On Events News On Awards
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, to be held from October 12-15 in Vancouver Conversion Centre will conclude with the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards gala and ceremony, where the winners...
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Bus falls into a sinkhole in Pittsburgh
- Oct, 28, 2019
- Erosion Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A 6-meter deep sinkhole suddenly opened up shallowing a Port Authority bus in Pittsburgh, USA. The ground failure occurred at Penn Avenue and 10th Street, on Monday, October 28, 2019. According to...
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