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Rocscience Inc.'s Rocscience Seminar- Beyond Factor of Safety: Anisotropy in Jointed Rock Masses and Probabilistic Approaches in Slope Stability Assessment begins on Jan 19th 2021
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Sinking and tilting of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower has led things to courts

In 2016, it became public that the 58–story skyscraper - the biggest residential building of San Francisco - was both sinking and tilting at non-acceptable rates. Blaming the building's inadequate fou...

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Featured Book: Underground Sensing: Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Environment and Infrastructure

Geoengineer.org is pleased to announce the addition of "Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Environment and Infrastructure" in our Featured Books Library! Monitoring and Hazard Detection for Enviro...

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Oso Washington Landslide Risk Goes Back Decades

In March, 2014, 40 people perished in a landslide in Oso, Washington.  Based on research from the University of Washington, many landslides in the same place may have occurred many times in the p...

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New Formula Protects Tunnels From Fires

The researchers of Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a method of spraying steel-fiber-infused shotcrete, which makes tunnels and bridges more robust against fire. The researchers of Ruhr-Unive...

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Hayward Baker: Eagle Mountain Spillway Project Wins ASDSO Rehabilitation Project of the Year

Hayward Baker Inc. commends Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), the 2014 recipient of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) National Rehabilitation Project of the Year Award. T...

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Portsmouth Coastal Scheme: colossal coastal protection project about to begin

An extended coastal protection project is about to begin in Portsmouth, UK, covering nearly 13km of the area's coastline. The project aims in reducing flood risk and erosion over a time span of 100 ye...

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Zetas: transforming risks into innovative and safe solutions

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others" is the leading moto of Zetas, the leading foundation engineering company in a region, covering Turkey, the Middle East, Gulf countries an...

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Sri Lanka invests in natural disaster protection

According to a statement, released by World Bank, Sri Lanka is the first South Asian country to receive funding for natural disaster protection works. The development policy loian of $102mn comes...

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16 States at high risk of earthquake according to updated USGS map

A new report with updated earthquake maps, issued by the U.S. Geological Survey, reveals the 16 states recognized as high risk areas for seismic activity. In addition, areas of 42 states, located in t...

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Marius Basson, Long-time Reliability-centered Maintenance Practitioner at Bentley, to Lead The Aladon Network

Aladon and Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, announced that Marius Basson, a long-time Reliabil...

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