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Inter Helix Spacing: A Historical and Technical Review

In today’s world of smartphones, cloud computing, and autonomous vehicles, helical piles and anchors hardly qualify as cutting‑edge technology. Yet this seemingly simple product continues to play a cr...

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Brownfield success: Engineering excellence starts below ground

Why environmental and geotechnical teams must unite data and work as one to better manage risks in brownfield projects. In the world of infrastructure, the most significant risks often lie hidden belo...

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From Conservative to Precise: Settlement Prediction in Layered Soils with Settle3, RS2, and RS3

In geotechnical design, settlement prediction is only as reliable as the stress distribution used to drive it. Long before consolidation theories, constitutive models, or serviceability criteria enter...

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Rapid Drawdown in Dam and Levee Design: A Hydrogeologic Perspective in Slide2

What happens to a dam or levee when the reservoir that once supported it drops rapidly? From the outside, rapid drawdown may appear to be a simple operational change: the water level falls while...

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We’re All Getting Older! Aging Behavior of Helical Anchors and Piles

One of the advantages often given for using helical anchors or piles is that they can be used immediately after installation. That is, they develop load capacity on installation. This can be a great...

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Fatal excavation failure under investigation in Bushwick

A trench collapse at a construction site in Bushwick, Brooklyn, left one worker dead and another critically injured Thursday morning, according to police and city officials. Emergency crews responde...

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Importing pore-water pressure results from SEEP3D into a two-dimensional SLOPE/W analysis

This example replicates the “Rapid drawdown” examples illustrated in SEEP/W and SIGMA/W. The purpose of this example is to demonstrate the steps required to conduct a stability analysis using the por...

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Highway embankment gives way in Kollam, investigation begins

A newly built embankment along National Highway 66 at Mylakkadu in Kollam collapsed without warning, trapping several vehicles, including a school bus, and causing deep ground fissures across the ser...

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Suspected mineshaft collapse swallows car in Redruth: managing risk in historic mining towns

A parked Mini partially subsided into a suspected mineshaft in a private car park behind Berrymans Bakery in Redruth, Cornwall, on 1 November 2025. The void is estimated at about two metres deep. The...

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Experts warn proliferation of substandard soil tests threatens building safety in Nigeria

In Nigeria, professionals are sounding alarms over the widespread practice of substandard and fraudulent soil testing in the housing sector. Kunle Awobodu, the Immediate Past President of the Nigeria...

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